Geek Syndicate

Red flags flying the Dissecting World duo man the barricades & storm China Melville's revolutionary fantasy novel 'The Iron Council. In so doing they shunt through such topics as:  - Industrialisation & Imperialism - Terrorism v Freedom Fighting - The coffee house & twitter revolutionaries Steaming through universes as divergent as Tolkien, Adrian Tchaikovsky's Shadows of the Apt, Game of Thrones & Conan's Hyboria they consider: - Does fantasy have to be conservative ? - Do revolution narratives need a certain technological base ? - The democratic nature of guns (& or crossbows). Kehaars blog post on guns in fantasy mentioned is here :  http://clarkythecruel.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/gunpowder-in-fantasy-rpgs/ Forgotten Planet Kickstarter link http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/339233852/forgotten-planet-by-peter-rogers-and-giancarlo-car