October 13th

Kickstarter Crowdfunding Book Publishing Projects That Are Closing Soon.

Explore and help bring one of over 40,000 publishing projects to life. FULL STORY

Games Workshop And Warhammer Push Gender Ideology And Sodomy In New Novel.

A new report details that Games Workshop and Warhammer are still pushing gender ideology and sodomy with the most recent example being in Mike Brooks’ Voidscarred novel. FULL STORY

Escaping the Christian Feedback Loop: Why Tolkien Isn’t Enough

Instead of producing bold new stories that engage the imagination of living audiences, too many new Christian writers repackage Tolkien and Lewis endlessly. FULL STORY

George R.R. Martin’s Excuses Wear Thin As He Once Again Brushes Off The Winds Of Winter Question At NYCC.

George R.R. Martin is not working on The Winds of Winter. FULL STORY

Elon’s War on OpenAI: When Competition Gets Personal

The world’s richest man has launched a sustained attack against OpenAI, calling the company “a lie” and accusing them of “dirty tricks and intimidation.” FULL STORY

James Gunn’s Happy Nazi-World

Peacemaker Season 2 is a disaster FULL STORY

Monday Arktoons

Two new episodes at Arktoons! FULL STORY

RHETORIC 90

The Art of Interrogation FULL STORY

October 14th

Domestic Intelligence Is Spying On You And Your Children

The Second American Revolution needs heroes, and you don’t need to break the law or risk your life to win this war. FULL STORY

Who Really Killed Fantasy?

Hilary Layne of The Second Story released another thoughtful video essay, this time on the history of modern fantasy publishing. FULL STORY

Fans Groan at Reveal Of New R.A. Salvatore D&D Forgotten Realms Novel Replacing Drizzt With A Strong, Female Lead

While it follows typical tropes of having to deal with a big legacy, the change to push a female character at the forefront of Forgotten Realms seems to coincide with Dugeons & Dragons consistently trying to remove any semblance of white, male culture and replace it with women and minorities. FULL STORY

The Underground AI Revolution: Why Tech Experts Are Going Offline

They’re tired of being told what they can and can’t ask their own computers. FULL STORY

Samhain Sorceries

In time for Halloween FULL STORY

Tuesday Arktoons

Two new episodes at Arktoons! FULL STORY

RHETORIC 91

The Epilogue FULL STORY

October 15th

Dystopia Porn Is Lucifer’s Fantasy

The point is not to explore man’s relationship with technology but to revel in despair. FULL STORY

This Comic Book Grift Is Gaining More And More Popularity Among Publishers

How did they do it? It wasn’t because of hype for the creative team of Gene Luen Yang and Freddie E. Williams II, who, outside of hardcore comic fans, most people have never heard of. FULL STORY

OpenAI Is Making This HUGE Mistake With ChatGPT!

ChatGPT is the leader in chatbot AI and they’ve signaled they’re going down a bad path for OpenAI. FULL STORY

📚 Book Discussion – Academy of Outcasts by Larry Correia

MHI’s author goes LitRPG FULL STORY

October Update

A summary of the major changes at Castalia Library FULL STORY

October 16th

Disney Lucasfilm Unveils A Star Wars Romance Novel Aimed At Teen Girls

Lucasfilm leader Kathleen Kennedy has repeatedly pushed new shows and movies with feminist themes through the brand, much to the chagrin of many fans. FULL STORY

Leftist Influencers Humiliated After Accusing Bane Creator Chuck Dixon Of Never Reading A Batman Book

Chuck’s reply is quite the flex given that he recently had a Jason Statham movie made from one of his new characters. FULL STORY

Thuesday Arktoons

Four new episodes at Arktoons! FULL STORY

The Next Serial

In which your opinion concerning the next serialization is requested FULL STORY

October 17th

What Is Cyberpunk? Not What You Think

To understand what cyberpunk really is, you have to start with its name. And the word “punk” does not mean what most people think. FULL STORY

New IndieGoGo Reporting Shows ComicsGate Has A Lot Fewer Backers Than They’d Like You To Believe

Evidence has come out supporting many people’s theories that ComicsGate creators like Ethan Van Sciver and Jon Malin have been faking their own campaign statistics by exploiting an IndieGoGo function that allows someone to back a campaign multiple times. FULL STORY

The Legend Legends, Legendarily

Chuck Dixon owns social media FULL STORY

Friday Arktoons

Two new episodes at Arktoons! FULL STORY

The Mecha Girl Quartet - Patlabor

This is part two of four in the Mecha Girl Quartet. FULL STORY

THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES is next

The next serialization is the classic history by Sir Charles Oman FULL STORY

October 18th

AI Is Killing Wikipedia… And That’s A Good Thing!

The traffic decline coincides with the rise of AI-powered search engines like Perplexity, which offer alternative approaches to information gathering. FULL STORY

Sword & Sorcery: The 1960s

The Genre Strikes Back! FULL STORY

THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES 01

Introduction FULL STORY

October 19th

Sunday Arktoons

Four new episodes at Arktoons! FULL STORY

THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES 02

From Roman to Mediæval Warfare FULL STORY

Thank you for reading. If there was news regarding books that happened during the week I didn’t include here, please mention it in the comments and I’ll be sure to monitor those media points in future for such activity. I’d particularly appreciate getting news regarding crowdfunding for independent publishers.

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