Castalia House Post: My Hero Academia vs. Iron Fist

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

At the Castalia House blog, I compare My Hero Academia with Iron Fist. I put forth the argument that MHA beat Iron Fist at its own premise.

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Castalia House Post: My Hero Academia (Season 1)

Posted on May 6, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

This picture links directly to the first episode on Crunchyroll.

Over at the Castalia House blog, I give a spoiler-free review of the anime My Hero Academia’s first season. It’s a good series that would leave the viewer quite excited for more.

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Sword & Flower Finally Available in Paperback

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

At long last, it’s finally ready. My novella Sword & Flower is available in paperback.

“But wait,” I hear you saying. “Your book has been available in paperback for a while now. Why are you acting like it’s new?”

That’s because the paperback edition’s cover is now properly formatted. Let me tell you a story.

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Castalia House Post: War of the Ruby

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Brian K. Lowe

Over at the Castalia House blog, I talk about Brian K. Lowe’s War of the Ruby, which could be found in Cirsova Vol. 5.

As for why blogging has been so light, it is because I am working on a short story for the 21st Century Thrilling Adventure anthology, and I really want to get it done soon. I had balled up and thrown away multiple concepts before finally settling on one that worked, and now I’m anxious to finish it in a reasonable time frame.

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A Sudden Rescue of Male-Female Polarity

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

NOTE: This analysis contains spoilers.

Yesterday, I reviewed Jon Mollison’s new book Sudden Rescue at the Castalia House blog. Though the book was fairly short, it didn’t feel short; all of the action and details were relevant, with no meaningless filler. What struck me, though, wasn’t the brevity or the heroics — though those certainly helped.

It was the relationship between the main character E. Z. Sudden and the space princess Karenina. It showed excellent sexual polarity.

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Jeffro Johnson Critiques with an Iron Fist

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

The real hero of the series.

Seriously, why aren’t you all on Jeffro Johnson’s Google+ yet? Great discussions of sci-fi and fantasy take place there on a regular basis, all from a prespective you don’t typically see in the SF/F critical space. Come on and join in the fun.

One thing Jeffro did on his Google+ was give an episode-by-episode critique of the recent Netflix series Iron Fist. For your convenience, I’ve gathered all of the critiques here. Now stand back and watch him rip this show apart!

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Castalia House Post: Sudden Rescue (review)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

At the Castalia House blog, I review my Twitter buddy Jon Mollison’s new book, Sudden Rescue. It’s a fast-moving tale of a space trucker and his lovely princess; any sci-fi fan would enjoy it.

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Iron Fist: Results

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

I have completed my viewing of the Marvel Netflix series Iron Fist. The show proved to be quite entertaining and dramatic, with lots of neat twists and turns, as well as several places where it surprised me and caught me off guard. However, in an earlier post, I made eight hypotheses about what the show’s content would be like. Now, I will report on how they all stack up.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

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Iron Fist: A Hypothesis

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Inspired by Jeffro Johnson’s episode-by-episode reports on the Marvel Netflix series Iron Fist, I have decided to undertake a similar project: I will make several predictions about how the series will turn out, then make another post detailing how many of them came true and if they came true in any notable way. I have not read any of Jeffro’s reports, nor do I plan to until I have finished watching the series.

Now, on to the hypotheses.

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Guardians of the Galaxy: The Anti-Rangers

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Rawle Nyanzi

Come and get your love.

The 2014 film Guardians of the Galaxy serves as the perfect counterpoint to the recent Power Rangers movie. It succeeds everywhere Rangers failed, but it does slip up in the one place Rangers succeeded.

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