At Joyous Gard Tristram, Palomides, Dinadan, and Gareth spend some time just chilling. They’re planning on attending the big tournament at Lonazep that keeps getting mentioned, but they’re in no hurry. Palomides and Tristram go out riding a lot. One … Continue reading →
Shelia Finch’s “A Very Small Dispensation” threw me dramatically back from the distant futures of “Memories of Earth” and “When the Rain Comin,” and the nearer futures of “Grounded” and “Adventures in Cognitive Homogamy” to the late 19th and … Continue reading →
Palomides and Hermind arrive by ship at the Red City, which by the way is located on the Delectable Isle, I kid you not. Palomides knows that Helius and Herlake won’t be happy about Hermind’s arrival, but they have no … Continue reading →
I debated ceasing these Asimov’s reviews, now that I’ve had a story appear in Escape Pod. Every issue there’s a story, or two, that doesn’t work for me, and I have zero interest in dickishly bad-mouthing the work of others. … Continue reading →
So Palomides, last seen in Chapter 59 vowing to revenge a total stranger, you remember him, right? Okay. He’s on a new strange adventure, the adventure of revenging the one guy. He boards the ship the dead guy came in … Continue reading →
It’s Labor Day! Enjoy some watermelon and a hot dog! Catch up on a series on Netflix! Get some sleep! Don’t come crying to me about your pressing need to get the whole Lonazep Tournament thing resolved. Lonazep goes on and … Continue reading →
Tristram, Gareth, and Dinadan ride on, leaving Palomides behind. They stop overnight in a castle, where Tristram notices the lord giving him the stink eye. “What’s up?” he demands. “You’re Sir Tristram de Liones, right?” the lord says. “You killed … Continue reading →
So Dinadan goes out looking for Tristram, again, and finds him, again, before too long. Due to Tristram’s new face-concealing helmet, Dinadan doesn’t recognize him, again. But this time he does recognize that helmet! It’s a distinctive helmet. “Hey, you!” … Continue reading →
At this point there’s a brief interlude of Tristram being a dick to Sir Dinadan for no reason at all. See, Dinadan comes by looking for Tristram, but Tristram’s incognito and won’t tell Dinadan that it’s him. Then Tristram insults … Continue reading →
FYI, my story “Nutshell” is this week’s episode of the science fiction podcast Escape Pod The reader, Alasdair Stuart, did a tremendous job bringing the story to life. Check it out why don’t you? I was surprised to hear it, actually; … Continue reading →
