Author Archives: Hatboy

About Hatboy

I’m not often driven to introspection or reflection, but the question does come up sometimes. The big question. So big, there’s just no containing it within the puny boundaries of a single set of punctuationary bookends. Who are these mysterious and unsung heroes of obscurity and shadow? What is their origin story? Do they have a prequel trilogy? What are their secret identities? What are their public identities, for that matter? What are their powers? Their abilities? Their haunted pasts and troubled futures? Their modus operandi? Where do they live anyway, and when? What do they do for a living? Do they really have these fantastical adventures, or is it a dazzlingly intellectual and overwrought metaphor? Or is it perhaps a smug and post-modern sort of metaphor? Is it a plain stupid metaphor, hedged around with thick wads of plausible deniability, a soap bubble of illusory plot dependent upon readers who don’t dare question it for fear of looking foolish? A flight of fancy, having dozed off in front of the television during an episode of something suitably spaceship-oriented? Do they have a quest, a handler, a mission statement, a department-level development objective in five stages? I am Hatboy. https://hatboy.blog/2013/12/17/metalude-who-are-creepy-and-hatboy/

The 45th Birthday Post

Time for a quick check-in and a Chucky Report for the occasion of my 45th birthday. I’d like to say these things are settling down and becoming more sensible, serious and mature over time, but … actually no, you know … Continue reading

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The Audacity: A Review

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. Next up for the SPSFC semi-finalists, I will be taking a … Continue reading

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Exin Ex Machina: A Review

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. Next up for the SPSFC’s 2022-2023 semi-finals, Team Space Leftovers is … Continue reading

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Intelligence Block: A Review

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. Next up for the SPSFC semi-finals, I’m pleased to present Intelligence … Continue reading

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Heritage: A Review

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. Next up for the SPSFC semi-finalists, I will be taking a … Continue reading

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Percival Gynt and the Conspiracy of Days: A Review

This review is part of my judging effort for SPSFC2. For a little intro to the whole thing and an explanation of my judging style, see this practice review. We’re running behind on our #SPSFC deliveries, so let’s get moving! … Continue reading

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Suomalainen

Torstaina sain päätös maahanmuuttovirastolta että saan suomalainen kansalaisuus. Haista vittu, persut. Torilla (ja äänestyskopissa) tavataan. (switching to English in the comments, but it’s okay, you can Google it)

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Cancel of the Week: Dilbert (Another Hatboy’s Lukewarm Sociocultural Events™ Special)

Okay, fuck it, we’re doing this. The “descent” of cartoonist Scott Adams has really only ever been of tangential interest to me, sort of like the stately collapse of Gina Carano and the supernova-level bed-shitting of Kevin Sorbo. These are … Continue reading

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The Clown God, and other news

Hey there. Long time so see. Long time no … anything but SPSFC, actually. More of that to come but so far I’m at 30% through the first of my 5 (okay, second of my 6 since I already did … Continue reading

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Our SPSFC semi-finalist roster

Having let you all know the three books Team Space Leftovers selected to move on to the next round of SPSFC2, the next step is for the semifinalists to actually get their moment in the sun. Or, in this case, … Continue reading

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