Auteur/autrice : Cyril Pasteau
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Playing with the Company 4: Words about the Silence
« [Dr. Zeus] seemed to be blind to whatever might lie beyond 9 July 2355 AD.« Kage Baker, The Sons of Heaven In the Company novels, the future is off limits; Dr. Zeus can only project its power into the past and the present. No one knows what lies beyond 2355, because no time traveler has…
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Playing with the Company 3: Taming the Serpent
« Paradox? If you view time as a linear flow, certainly. Not, however, if you finally pay attention to the ancients and regard time (not eternity) as a serpent biting its own tail, or perhaps a spiral. » Kage Baker, The Life of the World to Come Methodological solipsists vs Area Man When you write about past…
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Playing with the Company 2: Theobromos
« Our masters were horrified when they discovered that chocolate gets us pleasantly stoned, because they thought they’d designed us to be proof against intoxicants. They even tried to forbid it to us, but must have realized they’d have a revolt on their hands if they did, and settled for strictly regulating our use of the…
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Playing with the Company: Kage Baker’s legacy
« He’ll be very clever, look at that score. And we’ll take this figure for his strength, and this one for his alignment with the forces of good. Is that neat or is that neat?« Kage Baker, The Life of the World to Come In a series of books collectively known as the novels of The…
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Casus Belli IV, le retour de la vengeance du fils de la nuit
Nous discutons de Casus Belli v4 dans l’épisode du mois de décembre de Radio Rôliste. J’ai depuis eu le temps d’en lire une grande partie et j’en reviens à ma première impression : enthousiaste. A. D’abord, un historique de ma relation à la presse rôliste. A la fin des années 1980 et au début des…