Tag: Science Fantasy
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Thoughts on Larry Correia’s Letter to Epic Fantasy Fans
Larry Correia wrote a blog post calling out a specific demographic of epic fantasy fans: those who won’t take a chance on a new author. After being burned by the likes of George R. R. Martin and Patrick Ruthfoss, they won’t read a new author unless his series is complete, for fear that they won’t…
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Babylon Black: The Doctrine of the Sword
Katanas are cool. Small wonder, then, that katanas show up often in cyberpunk media. The genre came of age in an era of Japanese ascendency. In Western cyberpunk works, the katana served as a symbol of Japanese cultural and martial power, and a marker of globalization and Niponnisation. With Babylon, I wanted to do something…
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Babylon Black: A Sword Against Leviathan
The New Gods possess overwhelming power. Manpower, firepower, soft power, hard power, name the power and they have it. And they gift their most loyal believers ultratech and occult powers. No human military or police force can oppose them; they have all been co-opted by the New Gods. No corporation can compete with them; they…
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Babylon Black: The Forging of A Warrior
How do you forge a man into a warrior against the New Gods? This is one of the key questions Babylon Red seeks to explore. Outnumbered and outgunned, there is no way Team Black Watch can fight the New Gods alone. They need allies. But who dares to challenge the rulers of the world? This…
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Babylon Black: Diplomacy Through Violence
The Special Tasks Section comprises of just under a hundred operators scattered across a continent. The New Gods are each a nation, with armies and economies that rival those of superpowers. The STS has few allies. The New Gods control the governments and corporations. It’s impossible for the STS to sustained prolonged operations against the…
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Babylon Black: The Threshold of War
Babylon is balanced on a knife’s edge. During the events of Babylon Red, a rogue experiment nearly wiped out the megalopolis. Although the New Gods temporarily put aside their differences to deal with an eldritch abomination, they recognize that at least one faction has to power to destroy the city—and likely the world—entirely by accident.…