If I seem to be not posting as regularly this week, I am on vacation, and do not have regular access to the Internet. Regularly scheduled screeds, jeremiads, and vituperations will resume the second week in August.
I have a note from my friend David Marcoe, who asked me to post his plea to my blog. I am glad to help:
You might remember a few years back that my father had cancer and I started a GoFundMeto to raise money for his surgery.
Now his cancer is in stage four and I started another campaign (https://gofund.me/6e843c5b) to raise money for his anticancer meds while he gathers resources and arranges to come back to the States for radiation treatment.
Readers of mine interested in accumulating any of my works now have an opportunity to do so thriftily and conveniently at the link here: https://aetherczar.com/?p=5861
Bypass the cultural gatekeeping, support non-woke authors, and get yourself some great books from both established and emerging talent for only $0.99 – many titles free!
The sale starts Wednesday June 21, 2023, and runs through Tuesday June 27, 2023.
Fan Favorites: These are some of the most popular titles from previous sales. This is a great place to start, if you’ve never been to a sale before, or if you want to be sure you haven’t overlooked a great deal.
New Arrivals: These are new releases and other books that we have not previously featured in a sale or that have not appeared in a while. If you’ve been to the sale before, this is a great place to start for some fresh reads.
Non-Fiction: we also have a handful of non-fiction works as well ranging from history to theology to writing.
Arkhaven Comics: Speaking of free entertainment, Arkhaven Comics offers a wide variety of serialized web-comics absolutely free. Genres include horror, science fiction, fantasy, thriller/adventure, comedy and political cartoons. Some personal favorites are:
You can support Arkhaven for as little as the cost of an ebook a month, keep the servers running, and help fund more exciting, entertaining, and based content.
Kudos and many thanks to the Aetherczarina who chipped in to help me execute our latest sale.
I found a number of deleted comments in my spam filter, which I have returned to their place, since this may have been an accidental side effect of Lorenzo deleting his account. I am not sure he meant to delete all of them, because most contained no objectionable material at all, and one was an apology.
If Mr. Lorenzo wants to contact me and ask for some of his comments to be deleted, he should contact me by email, which is shown at the bottom of my home page.
Myself, I did not find the conversation convincing, but I do not think it was so worthless that it should be forgotten. I would prefer for emotions not to run so high, and for accusations of arguing in bad faith to be avoided. A bit of patience and forgiveness would be useful.
Against the Mountains of Madness is reposting my serialized oratory on The Last Crusade.
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world.
The Enemy says truth is subjective, that is, truth is not truth, and no lie is forbidden. We hold that truth is true.
Against the Mountains of Madness is reposting my serialized oratory on The Last Crusade.
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world.
Political conservativism is only one ninth of our world. We are more. We are all men of good will who hold faith with truth, reason, reality, virtue, beauty, dignity, liberty, patriotism, and, most of all, faith in Christ.
Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Episode 21: Trapped in the Matrix
How do we know the world we perceive is real? Are we trapped in a simulation? On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness, Mr. Wright and Mr. Rennie tackle this question.
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Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Ep 20: The 15 Minute Gulag
Our “betters” think we need 15 minute cities to save us from warm weather or something, they are seeking to build gulags for us to make us comply. Is there hope for the future?
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Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Ep 19: Idiocracy Censoring Genius.
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness Mr. Wright and Mr. Rennie look at the current crop of mental patients seeking to update and improve the works of Roald Dahl and others.
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Hey, all! Jagi, here.
You may remember the Planetary anthologies that came out a few years back. While those anthologies are no longer available, a new Best of Planetary has been compiled. It features two of the best stories from each planet, and the planet Mercury belongs entirely to John and I.
So if you have not read John’s crazy time travel story about a young woman who has forgotten where she left the memory eraser helmet or my tale of how Erasmus Prospero came to know Tristmagistis (a.k.a. the god Mercury), now you can!
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By some oversight, the announcement for the February 9th podcast was never posted. I here hasten to correct.
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Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Episode11: Marvel and the Death of the Muse
This time on Against the Mountains of Madness, Mr. Wright and Mr. Rennie look at how Marvel Studios lost its way, when the studio had produced something amazing till recently. What led them astray? Is there hope for the future? Why do the inhabitants of the Mountains of Madness always strangle the muse?
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Against the Mountains of Madness is reposting my serialized oratory on The Last Crusade.
The Last Crusade takes up arms against a fallen world. In which is seen why a Holy War, and not merely a political movement, is needed to save civilization. Political movements fight for something. Holy Wars fight for everything.
Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Episode 18: The Desolation of Time
Mr. Wright and Mr. Rennie tackle the questions of deep time and visions of the far far future in this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness. How does it all end and what hope is there?
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Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Episode 17: Is Capitalism Moral?
On this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness John and Jason explore the question, “Is Capitalism Moral?”, and they disagree, not the way you would expect but they don’t see perfectly eye to eye on this. Enjoy!
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Each week, Jason Rennie and John C Wright brave the peaks of insanity which dominate the modern age, and how to overcome them. We discuss philosophy, science fiction, the true, the good, the beautiful, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
Against the Mountains of Madness Episode 16: A.I. and the End of the World
Will A.I. destroy us all? Can a machine think? What does that even mean? We look into these questions on this episode of Against the Mountains of Madness.
Episode Link: https://youtu.be/hZd6XE6Wu8E
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