Today is May 1, which is not only Labour day across much of the world but also the first day in the fantasy blog event Wyrd & Wonder! It's great fun, that one, and I thought I'd pitch in with a post that would put FEAR back into everyone's fantastical Wyrdness and Wonderness! https://youtu.be/oC58_iV7lWw Inscryption... Continue Reading →
The notion of Victorian bourgeois society as sexually repressed weighs heavy on the general understanding modern society has of that by-gone time. Michel Foucault, in his History of Sexuality, seeks to dispell this unimaginative notion. Rather, he envisions the very notion of sexuality as a bourgeois invention, meant to negotiate between "power and knowledge," between... Continue Reading →
The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. However, it IS fascinating to read about in The Foundation, arguably the most monumental work of science fiction. Isaac Asimov's works in the field of science fiction are widely accepted as required reading; one of the starting points of our collective... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 