Category Archives: Fiction

The Catholic Geek Radio Show Has Begun!

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Declan Finn

So. This happened. Yes, I seem to say that a lot.

Posted in Analysis, Blog News, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superhero, Writing | Tagged Daredevil, Declan Finn, Joss Whedon, Lori Janeski, Matthew Bowman, Novel Ninja, Pope Francis, Sad Puppies, Sense8, Strawpope Frank, The Catholic Geek Radio Show | Leave a comment

Alice: Madness Returns

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Declan Finn

Do you like scary movies? If you do, keep on coming, have we a doozy for you today.

Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Reviews, Video Games | Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Alice: Madness Returns, Lovecraftian, Steampunk | Leave a comment

Sometimes, I love my fellow Catholics. And sometimes, they are brain-dead stupid. If you look at this article from CatholicFiction.net, you’ll see this great example of brain death. Science fiction has also been derelict in its duty. Who does science … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Fiction, Fisks, Science Fiction | Tagged 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Arthur C. Clarke, Babylon 5, Baen Books, C. S. Lewis, CatholicFiction.Net, Cedar Sanderson, Childhood's End, Cold War, Daniella Bova, David Weber, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Farscape, Fermi Paradox, Girl Genius, H. G. Wells, J. Michael Straczynski, John Ringo, Karina Fabian, Kia Heavey, Larry Correia, Last and First Men, Materialism, Nito Gnoci, Olaf Stapledon, Right Fans, Robert Heinlein, Rod Serling, Scientism, Star Trek, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Terminator, The Matrix, The Time Machine, The Twilight Zone, Timothy Zahn, Tuscany Press, VR Troopers, VR-5, World War III | 8 Comments

What We Will and Won’t Miss from the Star Wars Expanded Universe

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Declan Finn

Six things we won’t miss from the demise of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU), and four things we will. Last year, the Holy Rodent Empire (aka: Disney), released a note on the state of its expanded universe, including games and … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Science Fiction | Tagged Boba Fett, Disney, Emperor Palpatine, Expanded Universe, George Lucas, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Heir to the Empire, Luke Skywalker, Mara Jade, Rogue Squadron, Shadows of the Empire, Star Wars, Talon Karrde, The Truce at Bakura, Timothy Zahn, Wedge Antilles | 1 Comment

Classic Reviews: Forbidden Planet

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Lori Janeski

These days, it’s easy to love being a geek, what with all the Marvel movies and shows, various urban fantasy shows, tons of great books to read, and even favorite classic video games possibly making a comeback. Geek has become … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction | Tagged Anne Francis, Bebe Barron, Ben Mankiewicz, Classics, Doctor Who, Firefly, Forbidden Planet, Gene Roddenberry, Godzilla, Joss Whedon, Leslie Nielsen, Louis Barron, Movies, Robby the Robot, Science Fiction, Serenity, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Day the Earth Stood Still, THEM!, Walter Pidgeon | 3 Comments

Overview of OVERWATCH

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Ross Windsor

Blizzard Entertainment is kind of a big deal in gaming right now. If you haven’t heard of them, odds are you’ve heard of one of their major franchises: Warcraft, Starcraft, or Diablo. For most of Blizzard’s career, these were their … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Gaming, News, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superhero, Tabletop RPGs, Video Games | Tagged Blizzard Entertainment, Call of Duty, Diablo, First Person Shooter, Halo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Online Gaming, Overwatch, Player vs Player, PvP, Starcraft, Timesplitters, Tracer, World of Warcraft | Leave a comment

Read All About It! Sale at Chesterton Press!

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Lori Janeski

Today, May 29th, is a very special day for the followers of reason, writing, and common sense. It is the 141st birthday of the ever-witty Apostle of Common Sense, G. K. Chestertion! In honor of this special day, Chesterton Press … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, News, Plugs and Promotions, Resources | Tagged Books, Chesterton Press, G. K. Chesterton | Leave a comment

Memorial Day: Bedroom Eyes

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Lori Janeski

I wrote this story for Liberty Island’s Memorial Day short story contest in memory of my grandfather, T/Sgt. Lewis Forbes Smith, and the crew of his B29, Bedroom Eyes. I am pleased to say that it received one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Historical, Personal Posts, Plugs and Promotions, Resources | Tagged Armed Forces, Memorial Day, Military, Writing, WWII | Leave a comment

Lego Marvel Superheroes.

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Declan Finn

This is what happens when the biggest film franchise of all times meets the safest children’s toy of all time. Title:

Posted in Fiction, Gaming, Reviews, Superhero, Video Games | Tagged Bruce Banner, Doctor Doom, Hulk, Lego, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Marvel Comics | 3 Comments

Review: Specter

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Declan Finn

These two are right up there with Nick and Nora Charles Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Mystery, Plugs and Promotions, Reviews, The Church, Thriller | Tagged Bleeder, Chesterton Press, John Desjarlais, Nick Charles, Nora Charles, Specter, The Thin Man, Viper | Leave a comment

Can Frankenstein Resurrect Fox?

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Declan Finn

Many moons ago, I had heard that Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein material was going to be made into a film. But then book 3 took forever to come out, it was clear that it wasn’t going to be as good with … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Science Fiction | Tagged Frankenstein, Frankenstein (TV Show) | 1 Comment

The Tyranny of the Mega-Novel: A Fisk

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Lori Janeski

Yesterday’s fisk covered a lot of stupidity, and there is more to be slapped down today. There is a counter-argument for yesterday’s article, also from The Guardian, and it was written by someone who is dumb enough to deserve multiple … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing | Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Carter of Mars, Les Miserables, Liberals, Matthew Bowman, Monster Hunter International, Novel Ninja, Publishing, Short Fiction, Tarzan, Terry Goodkind, The Guardian, Tor Books, Worldbuilding, Writing | 2 Comments

The Return of Minority Report

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Declan Finn

Yeah. Minority Report as a television show. Uh huh. So … this happened. Item the first, bad things happened to the last sci-fi cop show on television, just saying.

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Mystery, News, Science Fiction | Tagged Minority Report, Person of Interest, Tom Cruise | 2 Comments

More Fall TV: Blindspot

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Declan Finn

First of all, if the actress looks familiar, picture her with long hair. With battle armor. And a Valkyrie. Yes, this is lady Sif from the Marvel movie universe, Jamie Alexander. I guess somebody saw her on Agents of SHIELD … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Mystery, News | Tagged Blindspot, Jaime Alexander | Leave a comment

Fantasy Worlds in Short Fiction: A Fisk

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Lori Janeski

AUTHOR RAGE ACTIVATED! There are few things more maddening than some stupid liberal author trying to tell all the rest of us what is and isn’t possible. They seem to enjoy making gigantic blanket statements that are supposed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing | Tagged Baen Books, Brandon McClellan, Chicks in Chainmail, Damien Walter, David Weber, Farseer, Frodo Baggins, George R. R. Martin, Harry Dresden, Harry Potter, High Fantasy, Honor Harrington, Honorverse, Ian McEwan, James Bond, Jane Austen, John D. Brown, K. D. Julicher, Liberals, Lord Darcy, Merlin, Monster Hunter International, Natasha Pulley, Powder Mage, Pride and Prejudice, Reader-Response Criticism, Robin Hobb, Shattered Shields, Short Fiction, Tales of Tethedril, The Dark God, The Dresden Files, The Expendables, The Guardian, The International Lord of Hate, The Lord of the Rings, Worldbuilding | Leave a comment

Coming to TV: Lucifer as Detective?

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Declan Finn

Yes, you saw that correctly, this is a real thing. Lucifer is bored with running Hell, so he moved to LA. How he can tell the difference is beyond me. Anyway, Lucifer is also fed up with vice directly affecting … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, News | Tagged Lucifer, Lucifer (TV Show) | 2 Comments

Hidden Catholicism: Why Catholics Shouldn’t Hate or Fear Victor Hugo

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Lori Janeski

Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables has once again gained status as a pop culture icon. It was bad enough when it was just a Broadway musical. I hadn’t seen it at all in high school, and yet I was very familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Historical, Reviews, The Church | Tagged Anti-Catholic, Charles Wilbur, Church Sex Scandal, France, French Revolution, Hamlet, Les Miserables, Message Fiction, Musicals, Pop Culture, Shakespeare, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Summa Theologica, Victor Hugo, Virtue | 4 Comments

GrimDark to Grimm, Dark: the Endarkenment of Television

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Declan Finn

A while ago, Kevin Feige, currently running the phases of Marvels’ movies, has mentioned that Marvel will never go “GrimDark,” like the Batman vs. Superman trailer seems to be. As he said it, I discovered I had the perfect word … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superhero | Tagged Arrow, Batman, Batman vs. Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Grimdark, Grimm, Person of Interest, Sleepy Hollow | 4 Comments

What comes after Marvel: Age of Ultron?

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Declan Finn

So, what’s next? Yes, we’ve got the upcoming movie list of the rest of Marvel, but what can we expect to see, given what’s come out thus far? Obviously, there will be SPOILERS from Age of Ultron, so if you’re like one … Continue reading →

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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Declan Finn

For the record, the title is STUPID. But this trailer looks freaking AWESOME.

Posted in Fiction, Superhero | Tagged Arrow, Arthur Darville, Black Canary, Brand Routh, Captain Cold, DC Comics, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, White Canary | 1 Comment

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