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Why Dune Shouldn’t Be Gender-Swapped
Good morning, campers. Today, here at Catholic Geeks, we’re going to play Let’s Kick The Woke Hornets’ Nest And See How Much The Internet Loses Its S**t. Step right up, folks. I was at home, minding my own business, when … Continue reading
Posted in Rants, Reviews, Science Fiction
Tagged Casting, Catholicism, Characters, Dune, Politically Correct, Women
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A Review of The Last Jedi
The reviews on The Last Jedi range from “IT’S THE BEST THING EVA!!!” To “IT”S WORSE THAN THE PREQUELS!!” Yeah… no. My first real problem with The Last Jedi was when I heard that The Force Awakens had to have its ending redone … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: DragonCon 2017 Report
The Catholic Geek: DragonCon Report 09/17 by We Built That Network | Books Podcasts://percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=533877&episodeId=10267405 Declan Finn (Love at First Bite) reports on the Dragon Awards, and the latest news about Monster Hunter International, the SHOT Show, guns, Harry Dresden spin-offs, … Continue reading
Captain America, Nazi
No, that’s not click bait. That’s Marvel’s latest move. They’re making Steve Rogers, Captain America since 1941, into an agent of Hydra, the Nazi organization of the Red Skull. Now, I know what you’re thinking. If you read comic books, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Rants, Superhero, Writing
Tagged Captain America, Declan Finn, Falcon, Hydra, John C. Wright, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Nazi, Nazis, Superhero
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The Catholic Geek: Sad Puppies 4, the Embiggening 01/10
Description How Declan Finn (Honor At Stake) welcomes the return of author Tom Knighton (Bloody Eden). They’ll discuss Sad Puppies 2016, the Hugos, and the cultural impact that Puppygate has had on the Science Fiction community. T.L. ‘Tom’ Knighton is … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, News, Rants
Tagged Hugo Awards, Larry Correia, Sad Puppies, Tom Knighton
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The Pointless Clock Change
Why do we even do this anymore? No, really, WHY? I asked this on Facebook, and the closest I got to a defense of Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time for the rest of the world) was “Some of us don’t … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: #GamerGate Primer with ShadowDancer, Ninjas and More
Description Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK ‘Shadowdancer’ Modena return. RK Modena is an artist whose work is on sale (and quite beautiful). She will join a panel that includes the Novel Ninja, Matthew … Continue reading
The Catholic Geek: Michelle Buckman, Death Panels, and more 09/06 by We Built That Network | Books Podcasts
Description: Host Declan Finn (author, Honor At Stake), will interview Catholic Writer Guild member and author Michelle Buckman, who penned a book called Death Panels in 1994. Expect that we’ll be talking about Planned Parenthood, abortion.and some of the more … Continue reading
Putting a Spolight on “Spotlight”
Finn’s Law: Never Attribute to Malice What Can be Equally Attributed to Stupidity. [Preface to the evil religion blog posts is here.] After the start of my online Twitter career, some moron threatened me because I even implied that someone … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope St. John Paul II
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Dawn of Justice, Twilight of Interest
So, the second Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. Yay?
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Rants, Science Fiction
Tagged Batman, Batman vs. Superman, DC, DC Comics, Film, Movie Trailer, Movies, Superhero
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The Catholic Geek: Rory Modena and David Chalmers 08/30 by We Built That Network | Culture Podcasts
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK ‘Shadowdancer’ Modena and her cohort David Chalmers. We’ll cover art (which Declan knows nothing about), censorship in gaming and game chat, as well as their upcoming collaboration on … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Rants, Romance, Science Fiction, The Church, Writing
Tagged Hugo Awards, Matthew Bowman, Pope Francis, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show
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The Catholic Geek: the Hugos, and Planned Parenthood with Daniella Bova 08/23
August 23rd’s show had host Declan Finn (A Pius Man, Honor At Stake), welcome back author Tom Knighton (author of Bloody Eden, Bad Moon on the Rise) as the Hugo nominations of 2015, wrapping up Sad Puppies 3. If you … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Comedy, Commentary, Fiction, Rants, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged BlogTalkRadio, Daniella Bova, Hugo Awards, Larry Correia, The Catholic Geek Radio Show, Tom Knighton
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http://percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=533877&episodeId=7845501 In this episode of The Catholic Geek, we had…
Posted in Analysis, Comedy, Commentary, Fiction, Rants, Science and Technology, Thriller
Tagged BlogTalkRadio, The Catholic Geek Radio Show, Writing
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AAR The Catholic Geek radio show: #GamerGate Primer with ShadowDancer, Ninjas and More 09/27
Declan Finn (Honor At Stake, The Pius Trilogy) has the wonderful RK “Shadowdancer” Modena return. RK Modena is an artist whose work is on sale (and quite beautiful). She will join a panel that includes Matthew Bowman and Tom Knighton. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Gaming, Rants, The Church, Video Games
Tagged #GamerGate, Anita Sarkeesian, Matthew Bowman, Strawpope Frank, Tom Knighton, Zoe Quinn
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AAR: The Catholic Geek radio show: “The Young, Catholic and Restless,” with J. Ryan on 09/13
Jonathan Ryan (Dark Bride) of Ave Maria Press joined Declan Finn (Honor at Stake), discussing being an editor, and “The Young, Catholic and Restless” revolution, his book Dark Bride, as well as working as an editor for Ave Maria Press
Posted in Commentary, Fiction, News, Rants, The Church
Tagged BlogTalkRadio, Catholic Writer's Guild, Declan Finn, Honor At Stake, The Catholic Geek Radio Show, Writing
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AAR on The Catholic Geek radio show: Erin Lale on WorldCon 09/20
Tonight, host Declan Finn (Honor at Stake) will talk with Damnation Press’ Erin Lale, as Erin gives us an after action report on this year’s WorldCon. Erin Lale is an author and editor.
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Rants, Romance, The Church, Writing
Tagged Damnation Books, Declan Finn, Erin Lale, Eternal Press, Honor At Stake, Sad Puppies, Strawpope Frank, Worldcon
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What the Pope Doesn’t Say
There is a lot of people online complaining about “Why hasn’t the Pope condemned Obama? Planned Parenthood? Abortion? Communism? WHY HASN’T HE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WANT SO I CAN BE REASSURED OF WHAT HE BELIEVES.” Yes, really. If they … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Pope, Pope Francis, Pope Francis Visits, Strawpope Frank, Vatican
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Dear Media: Stop Lying about the Pope
There is a new article out about the six times that you’ve been flat out lied to about Pope Francis. While long-time readers of The Catholic Geeks have noticed the running gag based around this problem — Strawpope Frank — … Continue reading
Judge Napolitano’s Odd View of Catholicism
The Catholic Geek network brought to my attention an interview with Andrew Napolitano, a former judge on the New York Superior Court and now a law professor and a commentator for various publications in both print and on television. The former … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fisks, History, News, Rants, Resources, The Church
Tagged Annulment, Capitalism, Communism, Doctrine, Economics, Papal Infallibility, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Strawpope Frank, Traditionalism
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The Murder of Alfie Evans
The more I look at Europe, the more I think it would look pretty whilst on fire.For the past twenty years, I’ve watched Europe fall apart. I saw the EU throw their entire Christian history under the bus in the … Continue reading →