The Right Geek

This was a free-form stream with a couple of my YouTube bros. And yes, I'm pretty sure the tags below don't quite cover everything...

This video is excellent -- and not just because the Critical Drinker recognizes Tony Stark is amazingly well-written. ;) He's basicall...

A Clarification In my last full post, I expressed some anger that regular joes are getting short shrift in our popular fiction. Thanks to ...

Just the other day, Russell Newquist made an observation that actually hits me where I live: I’ve noticed a disturbing trend over the las...

Over the past week, many geek bloggers have been sharing their thoughts on what makes a successful space opera, and I do feel the obligatio...

This post, originally written in December of 2010, still holds generally true -- though in the years since, many enterprising authors of adu...

In 2006, I participated in a lively panel debate on the merits and flaws of Star Trek's Prime Directive. Below is an essay based on the ...

I don't share Declan's antipathy vis-à-vis Star Trek, but his insistence on world building and good characters is certainly on point...

The other day, we discussed SJWs, Social Justice Warriors, and why they're various and sundry types of lying pond scum. Mostly because t...

Do not change your channel. We are in control. We control the justification. We control the font... Anyway, now that that's out of the w...

In my circles, the word "literary" is often thrown around as a pejorative -- and given the developments of the last century, it...

I'm still running a little behind on my blogging duties, so while you wait, I recommend you read the following thought-provoking essay: ...

Readers: Have you heard of The Future Library ? The Future Library project, conceived by the award-winning young Scottish artist Katie Pater...

I had hoped that the intent of my last post would be obvious - especially given my track record as a reviewer and fan commentator - but as s...

While I was away at Dragon Con, an argument erupted on Facebook that I would like to address -- and since I've just reviewed John Ringo...

Eric S. Raymond has written some interesting reflections on the current state of science fiction, and while I don't agree with him on ev...

I need a little more time to finish Dave Freer's book, so in the meantime, enjoy my first attempts at organizing the science fiction and...

Let me first make this very clear: I love fandom . When you're Odd, going to a con is a relief . Finally , you can use the word "gr...

Many folks in the fandom, I hear, have been dumping on Amazon lately for a whole host of perceived evils -- and to a certain extent, I under...

Two weeks ago, I published some reflections on diversity in SF/F -- in particular, how hard-left fans get it disastrously wrong. Today, I...