New Worlds: Lost and Unwanted
This week’s New Worlds Patreon post comes with trigger warnings: the topic at hand is foundlings and infanticide. If you’re up for that, you can comment over there, but I’m well aware this one won’t be for everyone.
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New Worlds: Bringing Up Baby
A new month, a new topic: the steadfast patrons of the New Worlds Patreon have voted for discussion of certain aspects of the life cycle. We’re starting off with a look at how well or badly certain child-rearing methods can turn out — comment over there!
Last day for half-off ebooks!
As is tradition now, Book View Cafe is having a Boxing Day sale: 50% off all our ebooks ($3.99 minimum purchase). You’ve got until tonight to snag titles new and old — which on my end includes the entire Onyx Court series, all the New Worlds Patreon annuals, my short story collections, and more! We have tons of fantasy, SF, romance, mystery, historical fiction, and other genres on offer, so check it out while the sale lasts!
New Worlds Theory Post: Slipping Through the Cracks
The New Worlds Patreon is closing out 2023 with a fifth Friday in the month, and therefore a theory post! This one looks at the gap between how a society says it does things and how they actually work, and what can happen in that space . . . comment over there!
New Worlds: Granting Pardon
At the end of our New Worlds Patreon tour of crime, it’s time to show a little mercy — which is to say, we’re talking about pardons. Comment over there!
New Worlds: A Miscellany of Crimes
Did you know it’s illegal to enter the U.K. House of Commons while wearing armor? The New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at some of the odds and ends of our laws (and the breaking thereof) — comment over there!
New Worlds: Shady Trades
You can buy all the New Worlds Patreon through legitimate channels, but some things have to be sold in the shadows. That’s right, come on into the black market, and comment over there!
New Worlds: The Morality Police
My scofflaws at the New Worlds Patreon have voted for a return to crime! The topic thereof, at least, and we’re starting off with the lurid field of vice. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Local Government
From the big to the small: the New Worlds Patreon is scaling down from grand empires to the question of government much closer to home. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Colonial Subjects
This week the New Worlds Patreon is taking a look at a motif that speculative fiction is starting to more frequently view from the opposite side of yore: the colony. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Imperial Ambitions
Last week’s New Worlds Patreon had to leave out one particular type of political unit because it was — very appropriately — too large to fit into that essay. So this week we’re looking at empires: comment over there!
A couple of pieces of news
Book View Cafe is fifteen years old! Which means we can trust it in the kitchen. Long-time readers of the blog know that we’ve had a tradition of posting recipes; now two dozen of us have come together to publish a cookbook. For my own contributions, I chose dishes that have acquired odd names in my household; buy the book to discover the delights of Lorem Ipsum Salad, Garbled Pasta, The Four Cs, Yoon Stew (yes, named for Yoon Ha Lee . . . though not made with bits of him), and The Transitive Property of Marjoram!
And in other news, I finally have a publication date for the audiobook of The Waking of Angantyr! It will be out on December 19th, just in time for Christmas (you know, if the holiday season makes you crave bloody Viking revenge epics — well, given family stresses, it might . . .). The pre-order links haven’t yet gone live at retailers, but I will remind closer to the pub date!
New Worlds: Countries, Kingdoms, States
The November theme for the New Worlds Patreon has looped back around to government, so we’re starting off with a look at what meaning is embedded in the words we use for different kinds of political unit. Exciting, I know — but actually quite revealing! Comment over there.
New Worlds: Blood Sacrifice
It’s a topic often treated very sensationally, but the New Worlds Patreon had to get there eventually: we’re talking at last about the blood sacrifice of animals and humans. Comment over there . . .
New Worlds: Offered in Sacrifice
No, the New Worlds Patreon isn’t talking about human or animal sacrifice — not yet. (That’ll be next week.) Instead we’re looking at some of the places where sacrifices are made and the reasons for them, and the use of inanimate objects for the purpose. Comment over there!
New Worlds: Saints and Miracles
Having talked about sanctification last week, now the New Worlds Patreon turns to the holiest people of all: saints! Comment over there.
New Worlds: Sanctification
New month, new theme! The New Worlds Patreon is pivoting back toward religion, with a look at what gets sanctified and how. Comment over there!
New Worlds Theory Post: Unfortunate Implications
As many of you know, when there are five Fridays in a month, the New Worlds Patreon devotes the fifth one to a theory post! This month we’re looking at the unfortunate messages your worldbuilding may send, whether you intend it to or not — comment over there.
New Worlds: PTSD
For the end of a mental health month, the New Worlds Patreon asks whether more of our fictional characters should have PTSD from the plot . . . comment over there!
New Worlds: Treating Mental Afflictions
Having looked at the broad topics of mental illness and intellectual disability, now the New Worlds Patreon turns its attention to the question of how societies have generally responded to those afflictions. Warning: the answer is often “not well.” Comment over there . . .
