Basedcon Panel: Has Publishing Forgotten About Men?

Traditional publishers don't seem interested in selling books to men anymore. Is this because publishing is dominated by women, or perhaps because our culture is hostile to masculinity? Is it true that men don't like to read? Are men more difficult to market to? Are men's tastes more varied than women's, generally speaking? Is there an opportunity for indie authors/publishers to meet the demand for books that appeal to men?

Declan Finn,  Blaine Pardoe, Daniel Humphreys (mod.)

🇫🇷A historic French church, dating back to 1854 and having survived two World Wars, has tragically burnt to the ground. This latest incident adds to a troubling pattern of church fires across the West, raising concerns about the sustained attacks on Christianity. Many are questioning why these destructions continue to occur, with some attributing it to a greater evil at work.
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In 1663, the partial fossilised skeleton of a woolly rhinoceros was discovered in Germany. This is the “Magdeburg Unicorn”, one of the worst fossil reconstructions in human history

"Russia has for weeks been getting pummeled by Ukrainian cross-border drones strikes, which have especially impacted oil and gas facilities.

"So in an unprecedented escalation, Russia's military is saying the deadly strike on the military academy was fundamentally to take out foreign instructors from the West who allegedly were involved in guiding drone operations on Russian soil.

"Russian state media is going so far as to call the academy located in Poltava a "NATO instructor base"..."

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/foreign-instructors-targeted-mass-casualty-strike-ukraine-military-academy-russia#:~:text=Russia%20has%20for,instructor%20base%22...

The case for repealing the 19th amendment in only 18 seconds.

A BasedCon custom is for participating authors to offer a reading of their works in progress. Fields & Energy was a bit out of place among the science fiction and fantasy stories, but I shared a (brief and heavily edited) snippet of an upcoming post. Enjoy!

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BasedCon Presentation: Catechism and God's Entry into Time: Old English Poetry, Alice in Wonderland, and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity (Rachel Fulton Brown)

Catechism, historically, begins with telling a story in time: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). For modern Christians, this story-telling typically involves discovering Jesus of Nazareth as an historical figure — the “Jesus of history” who lived in the Roman province of Judea a generation before the destruction of the Second Temple in A.D. 70. For ancient and medieval Christians, the exercise was somewhat different. The problem, for modern Christians wanting to participate more fully in the long tradition of our faith, is that this ancient and medieval version of the story often sounds like nonsense worthy only of a children’s tale — or myth — “a tale begun in other days, when summer suns were glowing — a simple chime, that served to time, the rhythm of oar rowing — whose echoes live in memory yet, though envious years would say ‘forget.’” And yet, somehow, we need to learn to tell it, if we are, with Alice and the hobbits, to find ourselves in the same tale still, if only we knew where to begin without falling down the rabbit hole into the Mordor of lost time — and unbelief.

Cædmon's Hymn, the oldest extant text written in (Old) English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dmon's_Hymn

BasedCon Panel: Fairy Tales to Fight the Culture War

We all love re-telling fairy tales, using them as structures for our own stories, reframing them to point to current tensions, revealing them as the basis for our own sense of meaning and reality. In Tolkien's words, they enable us to recover the truth, escape from the lies, and experience the consolation of eucastrophe'which makes it all the more painful when others take these stories and subvert them to their own purposes. And yet, isn't this the whole point of re-telling the tales? In the woods with Granny Weatherwax, do we side with Red Riding Hood or the Wolf'particularly when Lily is using mirror magic to force the Happy Ending?

Kimberly Crilly, Ann Lewis, Bill Willingham, Rachel Fulton-Brown (mod.)

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” - The Fellowship of the Ring

Irish people out demonstrating for Enoch Burke. The school teacher who has been jailed for refusing to endorse trans ideology.

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"Vacationers in Sochi dragged a sea mine onto the shore

"A video is circulating online showing vacationers peacefully relaxing on a beach in Sochi when a sea mine moored next to them. The men, without fear (and, apparently, a sense of self-preservation), grabbed it by the “horns” and rolled it out onto the pebbles. It is unknown where the explosive device washed up on the Black Sea shore from.

"The rest of the beachgoers actively watched the mine being pulled out onto the land, not being afraid at all. Fortunately, the explosive charge did not go off - perhaps the ammunition was too old. However, we do not recommend following the example of the beachgoers - if you see explosives floating out to you in a friendly manner, it is better to leave the shore as soon as possible.

"UPD: Information about the in Sochi, the city's Municipal Control Center reported."

https://news.1rj.ru/str/readovkanews/86429