Recent content by gewata

Although not exactly fantasy (although there is magic in the world) I am constantly extolling the virtues of The Amtrak Wars by Patrick Tilley. There's quite a lot of dystopia and postapocalyptia, sex and violence, but there's also tribes belonging to the She-Kargo and D'Troit factions, and a...

The first time humans have had sex in space, certainly. Well, unless there's something the ISS crew isn't telling us...

DECISIVE TIEFLING WARLOCK FROM A RUINED CITY WHO ALWAYS REFERS TO INANIMATE OBJECTS AS 'SHES' That... sounds like an interesting character flaw. Some sort of upbringing in a matriarchal society, perhaps. Or even SWEET HALF-ELF FIGHTER FROM A SMALL FAMILY FARM WHO IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF...

Well, I guess Jim Sterling is going to have a field day. About Ubisoft. Again. Seems to be a running trend recently.

Crusader Kings 2. Nothing else allows you to fuck with history to that extent.

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Conquest_Embodiment Well... that was easy. Also, known users include Jesus and the Antichrist. That's a pretty select group right there.

I recently heard about a band called the Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band. Looked them up, because with that name how could you not. Didn't know I was expecting, but it sure as hell wasn't 7-piece rhythm-and-blues. And now I can't stop listening to them.

Actually I think its stated somewhere that the champion does the fighting and the summoner basically tells them where to go and where their allies are. I think its a way to explain away allied vision and other such stuff. And a lot of the matches are exhibition matches, the league is a big...

Halo rings. "Let's wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy." If that ain't last resort I don't know what is.

I'm going to say Lord Foul the Despiser from the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Basically the source of all evil in a magical world, this guy has all the answers, and every move the heroes make has been planned out by him without them even realising. EVERY move they make is the one he wants them...

There are several problems with the pokemon world, although I do admit it would be awesome. Everyone leaves school at age 10 - how smart were you at 10? Yeah, I thought so. Imagine an entire society where that is the average level of schooling. To be honest I'm amazed there is the technology...

This has to be pretty up there. Also the ability to see exactly 1/2 a second into the future.

http://www.sluggy.com/ is really good if you have a spare couple of months to go through the last 16 years of daily comics. Story based, with the same main characters for the entire thing. Quite a lot of quite dark bits (4U city when you get there) but some laugh out loud moments as well...

WILL THE GERMANS CHEAT YOUR HOUSE? ARE THE POLES MOLESTING YOUR HOUSE? HAVE WORKING MOTHER IMPREGNATED YOUR MORTGAGE? COULD FEMINISM IMPREGNATE CLIFF RICHARD? WILL HOODIES IMPREGNATE THE ROYAL FAMILY? IS RIP-OFF BRITAIN TURNING THE MEMORY OF DIANA GAY? All great, but the best...

I'm not sure if it counts as sci-fi per se, But I really enjoy an old series called "Amtrak Wars" (or "The Talisman Prophecy"). Its a six book series about a war set 1000 years after the nuclear holocaust, with 3 factions: The Amtrak Federation, who have modern levels of technology but basically...