Author Archives: Rawle Nyanzi

A Hunger for Heroes

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

On a Google+ thread by Jeffro Johnson, he talks about the decline of sci-fi since 1940, but that wasn’t what generated the most discussion. A discussion on heroism within the genre did, prompted by this Twitter thread.

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The Magic in This Other World Is Too Far Behind — Vol. 1 (spoiler-free review)

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

A boy named Reiji is brought by a summoning ritual to another world, a world of magic and monsters. In this world, the king tasks him with defeating the Demon Lord, who has destroyed many kingdoms and now threatens to … Continue reading →

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Anti-SJWs Uphold SJW Thought Control

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

Lately, I had been doing some thinking after listening to various Youtube videos critiquing the current Disney canon of Star Wars, as well as reading JD Cowan’s recent blog posts about the sci-fi and fantasy genres and the death of … Continue reading →

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Fisking a Heroism-Bashing Comment

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

A while back, I made a post critiquing a common modern view of heroism — namely, that there is no heroism, only differing definitions of what is right. I argued against this notion, and received a large number of comments … Continue reading →

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Why Critics Bash Virtuous Heroes

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: Yakov Merkin responds. UPDATE: Benjamin Cheah responds. I like the Youtuber Super Eyepatch Wolf. His analyses on The Simpsons’ rise and fall as well as the archetypes of shonen manga are quite informative, going in-depth while keeping the content … Continue reading →

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No Industry for Macho Men

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

A few days ago, I wrote a post detailing the far-left bias in traditional publishing; this bias is so pervasive that anyone even slightly non-extreme leftist must go indie to have a career at all. Now, from the UK, we … Continue reading →

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If You Are Conservative, You Must Go Indie

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

Reading through what goes on in the world of sci-fi and fantasy publishing, I’ve come to a very simple conclusion: Anyone even mildly right wing must self-publish on Amazon if they hope to have a career. It doesn’t matter whether … Continue reading →

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2018 is here. Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Rawle Nyanzi

2017 is finally over. A new year begins for all of us, with new beginnings, new challenges, and new opportunities. There will be new stories to write, new books to read, new movies and anime to watch (including the next … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on “To Be Men” and What it Means

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

On a Discord chat I was in, I saw Superversive Press put out a call for submissions to an anothology celebrating masculinity. Since I was knee deep in my own projects, I ignored it — after all, I was already … Continue reading →

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My NaNoWriMo Rebellion

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Revolutioooooooooooon! In a flash of inspiration over the weekend, I have decided to take up pencil and keyboard, I have decided to take up the literary struggle of National Novel Writing Month — NaNoWriMo! As I gathered my plan in … Continue reading →

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