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Benjamin Espen

Timothy Zahn's Dragon and Thief, Dragon and Soldier, Dragon and Slave on Sale

Timothy Zahn is a long time favorite author of mine. My only regret is that I didn’t start diving into his works sooner, as I’ve found his works consistently good throughout his career. The Dragonback series is a six-volume juvenile series that is mildly didactic, but a lot

The Long View 2008-07-22: Ecology and Eschatology

John J. Reilly’s summary of the actual risks of popular devotions is spot on: Traditionally, the veneration of images and the cultivation of private devotions have led to actual idolatry much less often than iconoclasts have forecast. If anything, simple people had an easier time than did the educated

The side you pick requires changes in behavior

In the post included in this last week’s Linkfest about the individualism [look at me!] of modern D&D, there was a link to another post on alignment in D&D. at the Methods & Madness blog. The perception of and playstyle in practice has changed a

Timothy Zahn's Deadman Switch on Sale

Deadman Switch by Timothy Zahn is something a little different, a slow-burning but high-tension legal thriller wrapped up in science fiction dressings. It is also a multilayered story featuring anti-religious prejudice, providence, and the morality of lying. This particular work is more on the literary end of the adventure fiction

Linkfest 2021-06-18: Picking something up on Sensors

Claremont Review of Books: There Goes Robert E. Lee I’ve never liked the casual dismissal of Lee as nothing but a traitor, and Christopher Caldwell puts this into far better words than I ever could. Methods & Madness: The individualism of modern D&D I’m not the

The Widow's Son by Ryan Williamson Book Review

The Widow’s Son by Ryan Williamson [Amazon link] is a weird western, a tradition going back to at least to Robert E. Howard’s “The Horror from the Mound”. Westerns were popular for more than a century, oftentimes [loosely] inspired by the real-life adventures of men like Kit Carson,

Galaxy's Edge Order of the Centurion ebook set

All five books in the Order of the Centurion series are available in a set for $0.99 USD on Amazon right now. I copied in my capsule reviews of all five, or you can scroll down for the full reviews at the bottom. This is a screaming deal for