Sturm und Drang! ancient god-aliens coming back to earth to raise the people up! it's a revolution, against the Mexican government and the terrible monster-god-aliens who come from the Evil Stars! the Aztecs rise again to commit bloody atrocities! hearts are pulled from chests! battles with light...
I've always found Avram Davidson to be amongst the subtlest of writers. Where other writers will use words like meat cleavers or blunt instruments, Davidson will use them as a prankster might a feather or a surgeon a scalpel. At his best, which is in the realm of the short story, he leaves the re...
The premise of this book is amazing: In the Middle Ages, it was believed that the Roman poet Vergil was a magician. What if he really had been?As you can probably tell, I think this is the best idea for a plot ever.Set in a strange alternate Europe (I am not sure what time period it is supposed t...
Plot: The starship Persephone has been taken over by Mutineers, and the loyal crew was stuck on the life boat and left. The Captain, instead of going to the nearly planet with the lifeboat and calling for help, goes far afield to a pre-tech culture to try to get back to Guild space and catch t...