Author: Dan Ruffolo

Posted in 2018 Article

On SFF, Gender, and Expanding Boundaries

Recently there was big news in SFF when author Victoria Schwab signed a million dollar deal with…

Posted in Reading List

2017 Reading List

2017 Reading List, a good chunk of this year’s reading came from a bundle of e-books that…

Posted in 2018 Review Science Fiction

Review of ‘Paris Adrift’ by E.J. Swift

Paris Adrift is the latest novel from UK author E.J. Swift, and shows us the story of…

Posted in 2017 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘Deadhouse Landing’ by Ian C. Esslemont

Deadhouse Landing is the second book in the Path to Ascendancy trilogy by Canadian author Ian C….

Posted in 2017 Article Guest Article

The Shelf Life of Secret History During Interesting Times, by Tom Doyle

My American Craftsmen trilogy is a saga of magician-soldiers and psychic spies. It has a backstory in…

Posted in 2017 Review Science Fiction

Review of ‘All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault’ by James Alan Gardner

All Those Explosions Were Someone Else’s Fault is the latest novel from Canadian science-fiction author, educator and…

Posted in 1978 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘Beauty’ by Robin McKinley

Beauty was the debut novel of now far-more-prolific American author Robin McKinley, and is a re-telling of…

Posted in 2017 Fantasy Review

Review of ‘The Core’ by Peter V. Brett

NOTE THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE FOR PLOT ELEMENTS OF ‘THE CORE’ BUT MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FOR…

Posted in 2016 Game Review

Review of Kodama: The Tree Spirits by Daniel Solis

Kodama: The Tree Spirits is a 2016 game designed by Daniel Solis and published by Indie Boards…

Posted in 2017 Game Review Review

Review of ‘West of Loathing’ by Asymmetric

West of Loathing is a comedy western fantasy science fiction role-playing game featuring turn-based combat, open world…