All Entries in the "Fiction" Category
John Christopher 1922-2012
Tor.com reported the passing of John Christopher today. This saddens me greatly as I was a tremendous fan of the “Tripods” young adult sci-fi series many years ago. I learned critical life skills like how to evade capture, blow up alien war machines and the best way to infiltrate an alien city masquerading as a [...]
Liege-Killer–Post-Apocalyptic Role-Playing Inspiration on Space Colonies
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz is an older novel, but still well-worth your time. Since this series of posts focuses on a post-apocalyptic campaign, the Earth is, of course, blown all to hell. However, rather than a standard “devastated earth with survivors” motif, LK moves the action to a series of very large space colonies orbiting [...]
World War Z-Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Inspiration
Post-Apocalyptic role-playing games are one of my favorite genres and zombies among my favorite villains. “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks combines these two elements in a very literate take on the zombie genre. This is not your standard pulp fare, so do not expect a beefy hero [...]
Very Short Time Travel Story
Boing Boing had a link to a great short story this morning. I thought it was very funny and deserved to be shared. It has a great spin on the “time travel and kill the Evil Overlord trope.” Click here for the story. Trask, the Last Tyromancer