John C. Wright's Journal

To any who reads these words: if you cannot tell the difference between heckling and commentary, please go speak to your grandmother, or someone old enough to remember when folks enjoyed common sense and common courtesy; or go find a primer on logic, and learn the difference between attacking an argument an attacking an arguer.

I do not obligate myself to give any of my guests the benefit of a warning. Mind your manners, gentlemen, ladies, please.

As ever, if there are any readers who think his comments lent grace, entertainment or educational value to the discussion here, or even a single reader, I will relent. If none speaks up, I will assume none craves his continued participation.

Larry Correia is among the most prolific, and in my opinion, the most underestimated writer on the scene today.

Yes, underestimated. His books are action-packed thrillers with a spooky or horrific supernatural edge to them, with loving and detailed descriptions of guns and gunplay — a science fictional version of Max Bolan paperbacks. But, after drawing the reader in with what seems a simple action thriller, we find three dimensional characters, clever plot twists and revelations, and deeper themes. Genius is genius in any genre.

This is particularly true in his SON OF THE BLACK SWORD, which is his best work to date.

If any of my dear readers have not had the pleasure, now is an opportunity.

The words below are the Baen announcement:

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