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Bundle of Holding: Dungeon Age 2 A collection of old-school tabletop fantasy roleplaying scenarios by novelist and designer Joseph R. Lewis in his long-running Dungeon Age Adventures series. bundleofholding.com/presents/Dun...
Dungeon Age Bundle 2Adventurer! This all-new Dungeon Age Bundle 2 presents a fresh collection of old-school tabletop fantasy roleplaying scenarios by novelist and designer Joseph R. Lewis in his long-running Dungeon Age ...bundleofholding.comFive SF Works About Building a New Nation Sure, societal collapse is inherently dramatic — but nation-founding can be exciting too! reactormag.com/five-sf-work...
Five SF Works About Building a New Nation - ReactorSure, societal collapse is inherently dramatic — but nation-founding can be exciting too!reactormag.comSo, Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire and Niven & Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye... (con't)
Courtney MilanYou may recall the case where Lynne Freeman sued Tracy Wolff for writing a YA set in Alaska where the male lead was hot and broody, just like in Freeman's book. This litigation went on for three years before a judge finally read both books and said there was zero infringement.
Destinies, Summer 1980 (Destinies, volume 8) edited by Jim Baen Destinies returns with a lesson in how to induce readers to buy the same material twice. jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/just-...
Just Like WineDestinies, Summer 1980 is the third issue in the second volume of Jim Baen’s Destinies science fiction bookazine.
As it happens, I have previously mentioned this specific volume. Not that Jim Baen was...jamesdavisnicoll.comAugust 2026 Patreon Boost! August 2026 Patreon Boost! James Nicoll Reviews is your reliable source of purely human-crafted, AI-slop free reviews of purely-human crafted, AI-slop free works. Fight the machine by funding James Nicoll Reviews! jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/august-...
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You can fight the machine by funding James Nicoll Reviews in sev...jamesdavisnicoll.comBooks Received, July 25 — July 31 Nine books new to me. At least two fantasy, two SF, one thriller, one mystery, one non-fiction. There is also one magazine and one collection, both of which could have a mix of genres. jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/books-r...
Bundle of Holding: Gurps Horror (from 2022) Terrifying tabletop roleplaying supplements for GURPS, the Generic Universal RolePlaying System from Steve Jackson Games. bundleofholding.com/presents/G4H...
GURPS 4E Horror BundleHold it, monster hunter! This re-animated October 2022 GURPS 4E Horror Bundle, featuring terrifying tabletop roleplaying supplements for GURPS, the Generic Universal RolePlaying System from Steve Jack...bundleofholding.comBundle of Holding: GURPS 4E Supers (from 2023) Super-powered supplements for GURPS 4E! bundleofholding.com/presents/G4S...
GURPS 4E Supers BundleGURPS 4E Week gains superhuman strength as we revive our March 2023 GURPS 4E Supers Bundle with Supers, Powers, and many high-flying Powers expansions for the Fourth Edition of GURPS, the Generic Univ...bundleofholding.comJuly 2026 in Review July just raced by. I didn't make it into the CSFFA Hall of Fame but a friend did, plus I set a personal record for most (false alarm-related) building evacuations overseen during a show. Plus I read some books. jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/july-20...
July 2026 in ReviewJuly just raced by. Not sure where it went. At least I managed to review some books.jamesdavisnicoll.comThe Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean A ghost-talker determined to save Kowloon Walled City is confronted by an enemy from a past the ghost-talker cannot remember. jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/favou...
Favourite CrimeSunyi Dean’s 2026 The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a stand-alone historical fantasy.
Kowloon Walled City, August 1975: Mercy Chan is a ghost-talker. Here ability to talk to the many ghosts of Kowloon...jamesdavisnicoll.comPolitical activist, teacher/zombie rangler, ship builder, sailor/miner. Not miner in the sense of digging but disarming sea mines. So, about my grandmother and the undead. It only came up the once but it was memorable. Partway through a funeral she was attending, (con't)
RevanEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
Aaaaaahhhh this explains the "why are people picking on AI" post I saw on LinkedIn.
Greg Pakthis is... good!
Your Protagonist Is a Terrible Person — Can They Still Be Likable? Sure, they're utterly reprehensible — but you still want readers to root for them. reactormag.com/your-protago...
Your Protagonist Is a Terrible Person — Can They Still Be Likable? - ReactorSure, they're utterly reprehensible — but you still want readers to root for them.reactormag.comWarhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game by Dominic McDowall & Pádraig Murphy A look at Cubicle 7's novice-friendly roleplaying game, set in the Old World in an age when chaos seemed to have been vanquished. jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/old-t...
Just Like Old TimesDominic McDowall and Pádraig Murphy’s 2026 Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game is a secondary-universe tabletop fantasy roleplaying game (TTFRPG). The core rules are divided between Warhammer: t...jamesdavisnicoll.comBundle of Holding: GURPS 4E Space (from 2022) GURPS Space 4E, psionic powers, starships, and more! bundleofholding.com/presents/G4S...
GURPS 4E Space BundleFor GURPS 4E Week we reach to the stars with the revived June 2022 GURPS 4E Space Bundle featuring ebook starfaring supplements for the Fourth Edition of GURPS, the Generic Universal RolePlaying Syste...bundleofholding.com