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Final Day of the Starquest Indiegogo Campaign!

Posted December 5, 2018 By John C Wright

In honor of Starquest’s space pirates and St. Nicholas Day, I give you:

Pirate Santa!

Wish I could find the artist to give credit. Amazing picture!

Ready for some swashbuckling fun…in space! Come visit the Starquest Indiegogo campaign before it closes tomorrow evening!

We have unlocked the fourth stretch goal!  All four Starquest Episodes (books) are a reality!

Fifth stretch goal is: A Tie-In Card Game…help fund the card game that will allow you to play out a Starquest adventure or, if all goes well someday, to play Starquest verses Oz!

For every $500 the campaign makes between $11,000 and $13,000, backers of Pirate Hunter and above will receive a Starquest collector’s card (usable in the game.) If we reach $14,000, three more cards will be added to make a 7-card promo pack.

Happy St. Nicholas’s Day!

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Red Pill Religion

Posted December 5, 2018 By John C Wright

Belief in the supernatural is normal, rational, evidence-based, and healthy, and the ill health, irrationality, abnormality and fact-free feelings-based delusions of the anti-God world and all it says proves this.

Is Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer a Racist? Is Lord of the Rings? is ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ sexist? What about ‘Kiss the Girl’ from Disney’s THE LITTLE MERMAID?

Why, in a world without God, is everything fun suddenly no fun?

Join Max Kolbe and yours truly for the in depth discussion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cXV9ma1tMs

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Two Days To Go

Posted December 5, 2018 By John C Wright

Jagi, again.

It is the wee hours of Wednesday morning and we are less than $500 away from unlocking stretch goal four, the fourth book!  See the Starquest Campaign on Indiegogo!

We have two special announcements!

First: A special gift!

Author and scientist Hans Schantz has offered a signed copy of his YA trilogy–all three books–to the first six people to commit to Privateer and above over the next two days. This trilogy has been very well received and boasts real science in its science fiction!

Also, if we make the final stretch goal, anyone at Star Captain or Space Princess or above will receive a set of signed books from Hans.

 

Second — Announcing the final Stretch Goal!

 A Starquest tie-in card game!

If we reach this final goal in the next two days, the game makers will be able to purchase art toward eventually making the game.

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The Queen of the Tyrant Lizards

Posted December 5, 2018 By John C Wright

This little gem of mine first appeared in THE BOOK OF FEASTS AND SEASONS Tales Inspired by Feasts and Fasts of the Calendar  Castalia House (November, 2014). It enjoys a certain small fame among the deplorable.

 

 

The Queen of the Tyrant Lizards

By

John C. Wright

There was no time. That is the first thing to remember. I did not know what was about to happen. That is the second thing to remember.

Imagine a time line. Select a zero point. To one side is an infinity of tomorrow, starting with positive one. To the other is an infinity of yesterday, starting with negative one. But between the positive and the negative infinities, what is there? Less than nothing, less than half of nothing, a pinprick, a dot, a point, less time than it takes to decide to murder them all.

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So what are those perks?

Posted December 3, 2018 By John C Wright

*** LATE BREAKING NEWS***

We have added two new perks
for those who requested signed copies of all four books!

 

Jagi again — only a few days left on the Starquest Campaign, then you can get John and his normal posts back.

Some people have asked what the perks are, not realizing that more info comes up if you click on them. Here they are!

Slug Farmer                                         $1
Great things come from lowly beginnings. Jaywind Starquest himself began life as a slug farmer. No reward at this level except for our gratitude for showing faith and adding to the backer count.

Star Patrolman                                     $10
Receive complete ebook of Starquest #1 before it goes on sale for the public.

Pirate-Hunter                                       $25
Includes a pre-release ebook and a signed copy of the trade paper version when it becomes available.

Templar Squire                                     $40
Templars know the will of the stars. Even the squires understand good from evil. Included with this is an ebook of The Last Straw, John C. Wright’s 16 Chapter review of The Last Jedi. (An audio version of The Last Straw, read by Cooking with the Celts star Ken Dickason, is included.)

Privateer                                               $50
Privateers stop pirates and bad spelling! Join the creative team by getting a chance to read Starquest #1 before it is finalized, giving you a chance to see it first–and to comment on any mistakes you might catch

Templar Master                                     $125
Templar Masters have powers undreamed of–including the ability to alter history by naming a minor character or historical hero. (Name must be one that fits the Starquest universe.)

Star Captain or Space Princess             $250
Be in the book! Appear as a Space Pirate or other minor character. Names may need to be altered to fit milieu: example John Williams might become Pirate Johnny Will. Creative team will work with contributors to find appropriate presentation. (Or, you may choose to appear in the Moth and Cobweb or Books of Unexpected Enlightenment series.)

Star Maiden                                         $500
Have a John C. Wright book (not Starquest) dedicated to you. John has several books waiting to come out that need covers, including The Last Straw, two collections of non-fiction articles, a collection of short stories, and more. This will cover the price of a cover, and the book that cover is used on will be dedicated to you!

Galactic Emperor                                   $750
Have a book dedicated to you! Donate enough for an entire cover and have a Starquest book dedicated to you! From now until eternity you will be able to show all and sundry your name displayed with a testament of gratitude on the Dedication Page of the novel. (Four Starquest novels are planned currently. Only four of these available.)

Templar Grandmaster                 $2000
Commission a Short Story! The Grandmaster knows secrets known only to the Will of the Stars. Commission John C. Wright or L. Jagi Lamplighter to write a story for you, either about one of their existing characters or another topic to be mutually agreed upon. (Copyrights to the story remains with the author.)

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Conan Canon

Posted December 3, 2018 By John C Wright

Below is a list of reviews of the canonical and complete Robert E Howard Conan stories, including Red Nails, the last one published in his lifetime. As time permits, the list grows and the links will become active.

The list is chronological and includes essays on Conan, and links to online sites where the originals are in the public domain.

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OVER 9000!!!

Posted December 1, 2018 By John C Wright

Jagi here.

The Starquest campaign is now, actually, over $9000!

No one is more astonished than I.

Visit the Starquest Campaign on Indiegogo

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