FORTIER TAKES ON THE LATEST SENTINELS-METALGOD!

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BOBBY NASH INTERVIEWED AT RALPH’S RANTS

Ralph's Rants conducted an in-depth interview with New Pulp Author Bobby Nash. Bobby discusses his writing history, what makes a story pulp, what books are coming up from him, how it feels to kill off a favorite character, and much more.You can read the full interview he...

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Theme: Mutation

This is a collection of Sandwalk posts on mutation starting in 2007. The latest ones are at the bottom of the list.March 27, 2007Silent Mutations and Neutral Theory Neutral Theory and random genetic drift explains variation and it also explains molecular evolution and the (approximate) molecular clock. There are no other explanations that make sense...

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ALL PULP'S NEW PULP BESTSELLER LIST-COMING SOON!

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Dramatic Irony

From Wikipedia [irony] ...Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance) is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is an incongruity between the literal and the implied meaning....In dramatic irony, the author causes a character to speak or act erroneously, out of ignorance...

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Citation Chart

This is pretty cool. You can ask Google Scholar to collect all citations to your published articles and display them as a chart [Citations]. I don't have a lot of citations but it's still fun to see them. [Hat Tip: Ford Denison of This Week in Evolution: A citation a day keeps ideas in play. He has hundreds of citations every yea...

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Defending Homeopathy?

Timothy Caulfield published a nice article in The national Post last week where he lambasted naturopathy and homeopathy [Don’t legitimize the witch doctors]. Here's part of what he said ...Allow me to lay my admittedly love-of-science, rant-tainted cards on the table. In general, the services provided by naturopaths reside either in the realm of commonsense...

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Should Chilliwack BC Permit Distribution of Bibles in Public Schools?

Here's a notice from the BC Humanist Association.Recent secular victories in Chilliwack are at risk.On November 13th, the Board of the Chilliwack School District deleted Regulation 518 that stated, "The Board approves the distribution of Gideon Youth Testaments to Grade 5 pupils with parental consent." At the same meeting, the Board agreed to draft...

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FORTIER TAKES ON 'TARZAN-THE GREYSTOKE LEGACY'!

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UCHRONIC PRESS ANNOUNCES LATEST UCHRONIC TALE- THE STUDIO SPECTRE!

PRESS RELEASE-The Uchronic Press is proud to announce the third novella in the Uchronic Tales line—The Studio Spectre.This time around, Clark Tyler finds himself on a movie lot with a killer on the loose. The rumors had always warned that the lot was haunted, but this time it seems the Spectre is out to kill Hollywood's hottest starlet.W. Peter...

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DOC SAVAGE MEETS KING KONG IN NEXT WILD ADVENTURE FROM ALTUS PRESS!

Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company released the first issue of Doc Savage Magazine, introducing one of the mostpopular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene.Doc Savage was the greatest adventure and scientist of his era, andwhile his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators ofSuperman,...

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RUNEMASTER PULP CASTS A SPELL OF BLOOD!

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CAPTAIN HAZZARD BRAVES THE CITADEL OF FEAR ONCE MORE!

PRESS RELEASE:CAPTAIN HAZZARD The Citadel of Fear By Ron Fortier & Martin Powell NEW AIRSHIP 27 EDITION Airship 27 Productions is happy to once again announce the availability of its second Captain Hazzard adventure; Citadel of Fear by Ron Fortier & Martin Powell. In 2011 Airship 27 Productions parted ways with their former publisher...

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VAN ALLEN PLEXICO ONCE AGAIN DIVES INTO THE BOOK CAVE

New Pulp Author Van Allen Plexico visits The Book Cave to talk about the latest installment in his Sentinels series of books as well as his new Lords of Fire sci fi novel with Art Sippo, Bruce Rosenberger, and Ric Croxton.Listen to The Book Cave Episode 215: Van Plexico and The Sentinels now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/the-book-cave-episode-2...

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Guelph Biology Students

Here are the biology students at the University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada) dancing and singing to "Anna Sun" by Walk the Moon.I love this stuff. Some of these students are going to be scientists some day.[Hat Tip: Ryan Gregory, Professor, University of Guelp...

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PRO SE ANNOUNCES YESTERYEAR AS ROLE PLAYING GAME!

For Immediate ReleasePUBLISHER ANNOUNCES PULP/SUPER HERO ROLE PLAYING GAMEFEATURING NEWLY DESIGNED SYSTEMPro Se Productions, a leading Publisher of Genre Fiction and New Pulp, announces that one of its most consistently popular properties is stepping beyond its covers and into the world of gaming.YESTERYEAR by Tommy Hancock is a novel featuring a new...

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New Premier of Ontario: Kathleen Wynne

Last night the Liberal Party of Ontario selected a new leader, Kathleen Wynne. Since it's the governing party, she automatically becomes the Premier of Ontario.¹ I was hoping she would be chosen but in the last few weeks it looked like her opponent, Sandra Pupatello, was going to win.Kathleen Wynne represents the leftish wing of the Liberal Party of...

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