Author Archives: Rawle Nyanzi

The Planetary Adventures of Eric John Stark (Appendix N Review)

The Planetary Adventures of Eric John Stark by Leigh Brackett Originally published by Fiction House (1949)* Republished by Wonder Publishing Group (2010) $5.99 * The Road to Sinharat was published in 1963. Eric John Stark — also known as N’Chaka, … Continue reading

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The Face in the Frost (Appendix N Review)

The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs Originally published by Macmillan (1969) Republished by Open Road Media (2014) $6.15 (Kindle) $9.99 (Paperback) The wizard Prospero goes on a journey alongside his friend Roger Bacon. While on this journey, Roger … Continue reading

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The High Crusade (Appendix N Review)

The High Crusade by Poul Anderson Originally published by Doubleday (1960) Republished by Baen Books (2010) $6.99 (Kindle) $12.00 (Paperback) Among medieval Englishmen, aliens land, their towering spacecraft dwarfing primitive works. Men watch transfixed as a blue creature steps out, … Continue reading

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Real Permanent Open Thread

I just learned that WordPress pages don’t have comment threads, so here’s the true open thread right here; talk amongst yourselves, and sorry for any inconvenience.

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Suicide Squad (movie review)

Daytime Renegade and I review the film Suicide Squad, the true Ghostbusters remake (Zuul The Enchantress is in it.) Also, stay a while and read my Appendix N Review Series. It’s spoiler-free, and you’ll find great reads.

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The Broken Sword (Appendix N Review)

The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson Originally published by Abelard-Schuman (1954) Republished by Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (2014) $6.15 Hark! Gather ye, youths and lasses, for a fierce tale of Skafloc, stolen from his fair mother’s arms by … Continue reading

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Three Hearts and Three Lions (Appendix N Review)

Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson Originally published by Doubleday (1961) Republished by Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy (2015) $4.20 In the 1940s, Danish native Holger Carlsen left an idyllic life in the United States to fight … Continue reading

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Announcing the Appendix N Review Series

Through my reading of the Castalia House blog and other blogs, one name kept coming up whenever the history of sci-fi and fantasy was mentioned: Appendix N. Apparently, this was a list of works and authors that inspired Gary Gygax … Continue reading

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The Teenage Girl’s Robot Army

My short story, The Teenage Girl’s Robot Army, has been accepted for publication by the Sci Phi Journal. As a result, I had to take the story down. The story talks about what would happen to the sanctity of life … Continue reading

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The Missionaries (A Review Unspoiled)

The Missionaries by Owen Stanley Published by Castalia House (2016) $4.99 When academic theories collide with practical reality, fun is had by all and sundry. The Missionaries is a hilarious book that will have you turning the page to see … Continue reading

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