7th Annual Book Tournament: Complete Lists and Schedule!
It’s that time of year again! March Madness is upon the college sports world, so here at BSC we are dusting off the chain mail and reweighting our lances for the annual book tournament. Our editorial...
View ArticleArticle 5 by Kristen Simmons – Review
Dystopian stories have a long tradition in science fiction. Dystopian stories for younger readers have been around even longer than that. A younger, more open mind is more willing to consider the...
View ArticleFate of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner – Review – Douglas R. Cobb
You know a SF series is über popular when a prequel series is written because the original has become so beloved that the fans demand more. Such was the case with Star Wars and also with Larry Niven’s...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 1 – Forgotten Realms Bracket
Welcome to Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament! Today begins the long and arduous journey for the knights of the Forgotten Realm to name their bracket champion, who will face the Westeros...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 1 – Westeros Bracket
Welcome to Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament! Today the knights of the Westeros bracket start their journey to naming their champion, who will face the Forgotten Realms champion in the...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 1 – Middle Earth Bracket
Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament continues! Today the heroes of Middle Earth begin to fight to be named the bracket champion, who will face the Malazan Empire champion in the semi-finals...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 1 – Malazan Empire Bracket
Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament continues! Today the heroes of the Malazan Empire begin their battle to be named bracket champion, who will face the Middle Earth champion in the...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament Round 1 Results – Westeros and Forgotten Realms...
Round 1 has closed and been tallied for our first two brackets. The sun has set for one quarter of the books who started this competition, and another quarter will fall before dawn breaks tomorrow....
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament Round 1 Results – Malazan Empire and Middle Earth...
The bell tolls now for the bested competitors in the final two brackets. 64 have become 32. Half the field has been discharged. Let us see who emerged victorious from Middle Earth and Malazan Empire...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 2 – Forgotten Realms AND Westeros Brackets
Welcome to Round 2 of the tourney! You didn’t think it was really going to be that easy, did you? Oh, no, my friends, there are miles to go before we sleep…. Today we open the second round with the...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 2 – Malazan Empire AND Middle Earth Brackets
We continue the second round with the Middle Earth and Malazan Empire brackets. Voting will end at midnight on Thursday, March 28, for these brackets. Round 3 will open for all brackets on Friday,...
View ArticleJoshua Alan Parry – VIRUS THIRTEEN – Interview
Now that the book tournament is racing along on its own like a carriage with unreined horses, I can take a step back toward normal operations and talk about the normal sorts of things with a debut...
View ArticleBook Tournament Announcement: Schedule Change
I have just gotten word that our server will be undergoing some maintenance this weekend, so I am revising the tournament schedule for rounds 3 and 4. Round 3, which was originally slated to begin...
View ArticleTarget Lancer by Max Allan Collins – review – Douglas R. Cobb
The author of The Memoirs of Nathan (Nate) Heller Mysteries series, Max Allan Collins, writes about new facts about the conspiracy to assassinate JFK in November, 1963, in Chicago, in his latest...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 2 Results
The day has closed for another half our champions, and we are down now to 1/4 of the initial field. Only 16 standards still fly, all vying to become their bracket champion and earn the chance to enter...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 3
The fight continues today after a long weekend of rest for our competitors! The 16 remaining books are fighting for the chance to appear in the bracket championship round (which begins on Thursday)....
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 3 Results
Round 3 has closed. The stage is set for our quarterfinals, in which the four bracket champions will be determined. Who fell, and who prevailed? Let’s take a look…. Forgotten Realms Bracket 16 Fated by...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 4 – Quarterfinals
Welcome to the quarterfinals! Today we begin the battles to determine which of our 8 remaining contestants will be our bracket champions and move on to the semi-finals. Voting will run until midnight...
View ArticleBlood of Asaheim by Chris Wraight – review
Out next week States-side in hardback, Blood of Asaheim is the first part of a new Space Wolf saga penned by talented Black Library stalwart, Chris Wraight. First part of how many? Well, Mr Wraight...
View Article7th Annual Book Tournament – Round 4 Results
The quarterfinals are closed, and the final four have been selected. How did the last intra-bracket matches turn out? Did your favorite survive to be named bracket champion? Forgotten Realms: 16 Fated...
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