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{{Short description|American writer and publisher, far-right activist (born 1968)}} | |||
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| name = Vox Day | ||
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| birth_name = Theodore Robert Beale | ||
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|21}} | ||
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| birth_place = ], U.S. | ||
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| known_for = Writer, publisher, game designer, activist | |||
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| parents = Rebecca Beale<ref name=ST/><br>Robert Beale<ref name=ST/> | |||
| other_names = Vox Day | |||
| website = {{URL|voxday.net}} | |||
| known_for = Writer, computer game designer, publisher, musician | |||
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'''Theodore Robert Beale''' (born August 21, 1968), commonly known as '''Vox Day''', is a right-wing American activist and writer. He has been described as a ] ],<ref name="popularscience_2015-04-17" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/9/16446920/internet-ban-nazis-white-supremacist-hosting-providers-charlottesville|title=Two months ago, the internet tried to banish Nazis. No one knows if it worked|last=Robertson|first=Adi|date=October 9, 2017|website=The Verge|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404073119/https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/9/16446920/internet-ban-nazis-white-supremacist-hosting-providers-charlottesville|archive-date=April 4, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> a ],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/28/harold-covington-northwest-front-dylann-roof-manifesto-charleston-shooting|title=White supremacist calls Charleston 'a preview of coming attractions'|last=Thielman|first=Sam|date=June 28, 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 February 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108144508/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/28/harold-covington-northwest-front-dylann-roof-manifesto-charleston-shooting|archive-date=November 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and part of the ].<ref name="FoundsComicGate">{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/alt-right-publisher-founds-com.html|title=Alt-right publisher founds ComicsGate comic imprint|last=Beschizza|first=Rob|website=Boing Boing|date=September 4, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221246/https://boingboing.net/2018/09/04/alt-right-publisher-founds-com.html|archive-date=September 7, 2018|access-date=7 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="fitts" /><ref name="dailydot.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/vox-day-theodore-beale-white-supremacist-internet/|title=Vox Day, 'alt-right' racist, is absolutely thriving online|date=January 17, 2020|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> '']'' described him as "the most despised man in science fiction".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rapoport|first=Michael|date=2015-05-15|title=The Culture Wars Invade Science Fiction|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-wars-invade-science-fiction-1431707195|access-date=2022-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106183243/https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-wars-invade-science-fiction-1431707195|archive-date=2022-01-06}}</ref> | |||
| religion = ] | |||
| parents = ] | |||
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Beale started in video game development, which led to him writing science fiction and social commentary with a focus on issues of religion, race and gender. He became active in the ], from which he was expelled, and was a central figure in the "]" controversy involving the ]s for science fiction. He is active in publishing, being a founding member of Castalia House. | |||
'''Theodore Beale''' is an American musician, publisher, science fiction writer, blogger, and former video game designer sometimes using the ] '''Vox Day'''. | |||
==Early life== | ==Early life and music career== | ||
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Beale grew up in ], the son of Rebecca and Robert Beale.<ref name=ST>{{cite journal|journal=Star Tribune|title=Tax deniers' crusade 'becomes a religion' – Wealthy CEO Robert Beale might not fit the profile of a tax evader – except for an unshakable faith in his own convictions.|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:STMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1208DFF3621D75A0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D663DC0A81A15EA|last=Tevlin|first=John|date=May 4, 2008|access-date=November 13, 2011|page=B1}}</ref> He graduated from ] in 1990.<ref name="BMS08">{{cite journal|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/Communication/BMagazine/Summer08.pdf|title=Reviews and Criticism: Vox Day (Theodore Beale '90) ''The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris and Hitchens''|journal=Bucknell Magazine|date=Summer 2008|publisher=]|page=17|access-date=December 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225404/http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/Communication/BMagazine/Summer08.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Beale was a member of the band ] between 1992 and 1994.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/11607-Psykosonik|title=Psykosonik|access-date=June 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314224501/https://www.discogs.com/artist/11607-Psykosonik|archive-date=March 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/psykosonik-mw0000057295|title=Psykosonik|author=Cooper, William|website=]|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012014112/http://www.allmusic.com/album/psykosonik-mw0000057295|archive-date=October 12, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==Career== | |||
Between 1992 and 1994 Beale was a member of the electronic band ], which recorded four<ref name=PB>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/354578/psykosonik/chart|work=]|title=Psykosonik}}</ref> Billboard Top 40 club play hits.<ref>These were in September 1993, and in February 1994, as well as "It Has Begun" and "Unlearn". ''Billboard Music Charts''; retrieved 2011-11-20.</ref> | |||
==Video game development== | |||
In 1993, together with Andrew Lunstad, he founded a video game company named Fenris Wolf. They developed the game ''Rebel Moon'' in 1995, and its sequel '']'' in 1997.<ref name=MobyGames>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/company/fenris-wolf-ltd|title=Fenris Wolf Ltd.|accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> Fenris Wolf was developing two games, ''Rebel Moon Revolution'' and ''Traveler'' for the Sega Dreamcast, when it closed in 1999 after a legal dispute with its retail publisher ].<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066861p1.html|title=Fenris Wolf Sues GT Interactive: Developer of Rebel Moon Series Charges Breach of Contract|publisher=IGN|date=February 11, 1999|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref> In 1999, under the name Eternal Warriors, Beale and Lunstad released '']'', a biblical video game published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E13F63D5D0C7B8DDDA90994D1494D81&fta=y&archive:article_related| title = It's Demons vs. Angels in Computer Game With a Religious Theme|last=Lohr|first=Steve|publisher=The New York Times|date=October 18, 1999|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref> | |||
Beale and Andrew Lunstad founded the video game company Fenris Wolf in 1993. The company was developing two games – ''Rebel Moon Revolution'' and ''Traveler'' for the Sega Dreamcast – when it closed in 1999 after a legal dispute with its retail publisher ].<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066861p1.html|title=Fenris Wolf Sues GT Interactive: Developer of Rebel Moon Series Charges Breach of Contract|publisher=IGN|date=February 11, 1999|access-date=May 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627165002/http://pc.ign.com/articles/066/066861p1.html|archive-date=June 27, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1999, under the name Eternal Warriors, Beale and Lunstad released '']'', a Biblical video game published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/business/it-s-demons-vs-angels-in-computer-game-with-a-religious-theme.html|title=It's Demons vs. Angels in Computer Game With a Religious Theme|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=October 18, 1999|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514052849/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/18/business/it-s-demons-vs-angels-in-computer-game-with-a-religious-theme.html|archive-date=May 14, 2009|url-status=live|access-date=May 18, 2010}}</ref> | |||
== Technology == | |||
In 2000, Beale published ''The War in Heaven'', the first in a series of fantasy novels with a religious theme; entitled ''The Eternal Warriors,'' it is "about good versus evil among angels, fallen and otherwise".<ref name=PW>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010416/29367-other-worlds-suffused-with-religion.html|title=Other Worlds, Suffused With Religion|publisher=Publishers Weekly|last=Winston|first=Kimberly|date=April 16, 2001|accessdate=2011-11-20}}</ref> The third in the series was published in 2006. | |||
Beale created the WarMouse (known as the ] Mouse until ] objected on trademark grounds<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/openoffice-distances-itself-from-openofficemouse-joins-everyone/|title=OpenOffice distances itself from OpenOfficeMouse, joins everyone else|website=Engadget|date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915124055/https://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/openoffice-distances-itself-from-openofficemouse-joins-everyone/|archive-date=September 15, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>), a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.<ref>{{cite web|title=WarMouse Meta review|first=Joanna|last=Stern|work=]|date=May 3, 2010 |url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/warmouse-meta-review/|access-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051212/https://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/warmouse-meta-review/|archive-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== Writings == | |||
He served as a member of the ] Jury in 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006122.html|title=New heights of prestige for the Nebula Award|publisher=Electrolite|first=Teresa|last=Nielsen Hayden|date=May 1, 2005|accessdate=2014-04-18}}</ref> and in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0705.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070824211619/http://www.sfsite.com/columns/news0705.htm|archivedate=2007-08-24|title=News - 2007 Nebula Novel Jury Announced|publisher=The SF Site|first=Steven H.|last=Silver|date=May 8, 2007|accessdate=2011-11-20}}</ref> He was a contributor to the ] blog until December 2012,<ref>{{cite web|work=Black Gate|url=http://www.blackgate.com/2012/12/05/a-throne-of-bones/|title=Throne of Bones}}</ref> and under his pseudonym Vox Day, he wrote a weekly video game review column and other features for the ].<ref name=GAMA>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080307060743/http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm|archivedate=2008-03-07|title=Fenris Wolf|publisher=Gamasutra|first=Tom|last=Loftus|date=July 31, 1998|accessdate=2011-11-20}}</ref> He presently uses the pen name for a blog, Vox Popoli, and (formerly) a weekly opinion column at ] (where his father was formerly a board member) and in the past was nationally syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. {{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} | |||
Beale writes under the ] ''Vox Day'' – a near-] for the Latin phrase "''Vox Dei''", literally "the voice of God".<ref>, Translate.com. The phrase comes from the Latin expression '']'' ("the voice of the people is the voice of god").</ref> He first used the aliases as a contributor for the magazine '']'' throughout the first half of 1995.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_128.pdf |title=Can't Stand the Heat? |last=Dei |first=Vox |magazine=] |issue=128 |date=March 1995 |page=112}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_128.pdf |title=Vertigo to the Third Degree |last=Day |first=Vox |magazine=] |issue=131 |date=June 1995 |page=104}}</ref> He then appeared in a weekly video game review column in the '']'',<ref name=GAMA>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307060743/http://www.gamasutra.com/newswire/industry_analysis/19980731/pitch_07.htm|archive-date=March 7, 2008|title=Fenris Wolf|publisher=Gamasutra|first=Tom|last=Loftus|date=July 31, 1998|access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> and later continued to use the pen name for a weekly '']'' opinion column. In 2000, Beale published his first solo novel, ''The War in Heaven'', the first in a series of fantasy novels with a religious theme titled ''The Eternal Warriors.'' The novel investigates themes "about good versus evil among angels, fallen and otherwise".<ref name=PW>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010416/29367-other-worlds-suffused-with-religion.html|title=Other Worlds, Suffused With Religion|work=Publishers Weekly|last=Winston|first=Kimberly|date=April 16, 2001|access-date=November 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222091358/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010416/29367-other-worlds-suffused-with-religion.html|archive-date=December 22, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Beale served as a member of the ] Jury in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006122.html|title=New heights of prestige for the Nebula Award|publisher=Electrolite|first=Patrick|last=Nielsen Hayden|date=May 1, 2005|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413081043/http://nielsenhayden.com/electrolite/archives/006122.html|archive-date=April 13, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2008, as Vox Day, he published '']'', a nontheological book devoted to criticizing the arguments presented in various books by atheist authors ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=PW2>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080303/14771-in-defense-of-god.html|title=In Defense of God: Atheist bestsellers have spurred on protectors of the faith | |||
|publisher = ]| last=Smith|first=Lori|date=March 3, 2008|accessdate=2011-11-03}}</ref> The book was named a 2007 Christmas recommendation by ] in the conservative magazine, '']''.<ref name=NRO>{{cite web|url=http://article.nationalreview.com/334497/christmas-shopping-2007/nro-symposium|title=Christmas Shopping 2007: A Time for Recommendations|publisher = ]|last=Derbyshire|first=John|authorlink=John Derbyshire|date=November 21, 2007|accessdate=2010-05-18}}</ref> Beale's 2008 book, ''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'', was nominated for an American Christian Fiction Writers award in 2009.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:GREG&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=134202A8B4E8C108&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D663DC0A81A15EA|journal=Grand Rapids Examiner | |||
|title=Announcing the ACFW Book of the Year finalists!|last=Schab|first=Linda|date=July 26, 2009|accessdate=2011-11-13}}</ref> | |||
In 2008, Beale published '']'',<ref name="BMS08" /> a book devoted to criticizing the arguments presented in various books by atheist authors ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name=PW2>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080303/14771-in-defense-of-god.html|title=In Defense of God: Atheist bestsellers have spurred on protectors of the faith|work=]|last=Smith|first=Lori|date=March 3, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074545/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20080303/14771-in-defense-of-god.html|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The book was named a 2007 Christmas recommendation by ] in the conservative magazine '']''.<ref name=NRO>{{cite web|url=http://article.nationalreview.com/334497/christmas-shopping-2007/nro-symposium|title=Christmas Shopping 2007: A Time for Recommendations|work=]|last=Derbyshire|first=John|author-link=John Derbyshire|date=November 21, 2007|access-date=May 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604022831/http://article.nationalreview.com/334497/christmas-shopping-2007/nro-symposium|archive-date=June 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
Beale holds the design patent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=clDJAAAAEBAJ&dq=D602,493|title=United States Patent Number: D602493}}</ref> for WarMouse, a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.<ref>{{cite web|title=WarMouse Meta review|first=Joanna|last=Stern|work=]|url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/warmouse-meta-review/}}</ref> | |||
==Publishing== | |||
In 2013 Beale ran unsuccessfully to succeed ] as president of the ] (SFWA). Later in 2013, he was investigated by the Board, who subsequently voted to expel him from the organization.<ref> at '']''; published August 14, 2013; retrieved February 15, 2015.</ref> Beale maintains that the vote does not signify his expulsion from the organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-sfwa-board-decides.html|date=August 14, 2014|title=The SFWA Board Decides|last=Beale|first=Theodore|accessdate=February 15, 2015}}</ref> | |||
===Castalia House=== | |||
In early 2014, Beale founded Castalia House publishing in ], Finland. He is lead editor and has published the work of such writers as ], ], ], ], ], Rolf Nelson, and ].<ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Hugo Awards|date=March 31, 2015|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/|publisher=World Science Fiction Society|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905132816/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2015-hugo-awards/|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Hugo and Campbell Award Finalists|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/04/2015-hugo-and-campbell-award-finalists/|website=Locus Online|date=April 2015|publisher=Locus Publications|access-date=November 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211174921/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/04/2015-hugo-and-campbell-award-finalists|archive-date=December 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/4/26/8495415/hugos-sad-puppies-controversy/|title=How conservatives took over sci-fi's most prestigious award|website=Vox|date=April 26, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212005101/http://www.vox.com/2015/4/26/8495415/hugos-sad-puppies-controversy|archive-date=February 12, 2016|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref> | |||
In 2016, Castalia House works had two wins at the ]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.dragoncon.org/winners|title=Winners|access-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907114052/http://awards.dragoncon.org/winners/|archive-date=September 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://file770.com/?p=30445|title=First Dragon Awards Presented|date=September 4, 2016|access-date=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907164814/http://file770.com/?p=30445|archive-date=September 7, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Dragon Award |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ay.cgi?63+2016 |website=The Internet Speculative Fiction Database |access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> | |||
===2014 Hugo Awards=== | |||
In 2014 Beale's novelette, "Opera Vita Aeterna", was nominated for the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Hugo Awards|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/|publisher=World Science Fiction Society|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}</ref> It came in sixth out of five nominees, behind "No Award."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2014HugoStatistics.pdf|title=2014 Hugo Award Statistics|publisher=World Science Fiction Society|accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2014/08/hugo-awards-2014.html|date=August 17, 2014|title=Hugo Awards 2014|last=Beale|first=Theodore|accessdate=August 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-awards-worldcon-2014|title=5 reasons to pay attention to the Hugo Awards—and one big reason not to|last=Baker-Whitelaw|first=Gavia|date=August 18, 2014|website=The Daily Dot|accessdate=19 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://file770.com/?p=18363|title=Hugo Statistics Dress Sad Puppies in Black Armbands|last=Glyer|first=Mike|date=August 18, 2014|website=File 770|publisher=]|accessdate=August 19, 2014}}</ref> | |||
* Best Science Fiction Novel: ''Somewhither,'' by ] | |||
===2015 Hugo Awards=== | |||
* Best Apocalyptic Novel: ''Ctrl-Alt-Revolt!'' by Nick Cole | |||
In 2015 Beale's slate of candidates for the ], which placed most of its nominees on the ballot, led two authors and fanzine to withdraw their own nominations, and for one presenter to withdraw from the event.<ref>{{cite web|title = Two Authors Withdraw Their Work From This Year's Hugo Awards|url = http://io9.com/two-authors-withdraw-their-work-from-the-hugo-awards-1698053027/|work=]|accessdate = 2015-04-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Black Gate Withdraws from Hugo Consideration|url = http://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/19/black-gate-withdraws-from-hugo-consideration/|accessdate= 2015-04-20}}</ref> | |||
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===Infogalactic=== | ||
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Beale is the Lead Editor at ] where he has published the novels of such writers as ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web|work=]|first=Allum|last=Bokhari|date=April 4, 2015|title=Hugo Awards Nominations Swept by Anti-SJW, Anti-Authoritarian Authors|url=http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/04/04/hugo-awards-nominations-swept-by-anti-sjw-anti-authoritarian-authors/}}</ref> | |||
{{anchor|Infogalactic}}In 2017, Beale launched Infogalactic, an English-language ] encyclopedia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/game-of-thrones-is-tolkien-with-chlamydia-72ttfr9ft|title=Game of Thrones is Tolkien with chlamydia|last1=Coren|first1=Giles|date=July 22, 2017|work=]|access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref> The site was a ] of the contents of ] which could be gradually edited to remove the influence of what Beale described as "the left-wing thought police who administer ".<ref name="fitts" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-nazi-slur-for-fake-news-became-an-alt-right-rallying-cry|title=How a Nazi Slur for 'Fake News' Became an Alt-Right Rallying Cry|last1=Huetlin|first1=Josephine|date=October 8, 2017|work=]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621053221/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-nazi-slur-for-fake-news-became-an-alt-right-rallying-cry|archive-date=June 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> It has been described by '']'' and '']'' as a version of Misplaced Pages targeted to alt-right readers.<ref name="fitts" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/silicon-valley-escalates-its-war-on-white-supremacy-despite-free-speech-concerns/2017/08/16/842771b8-829b-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html|title=Silicon Valley escalates its war on white supremacy despite free speech concerns|last1=Jan|first1=Tracy|date=August 17, 2017|newspaper=]|access-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103121925/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/silicon-valley-escalates-its-war-on-white-supremacy-despite-free-speech-concerns/2017/08/16/842771b8-829b-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html|archive-date=January 3, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===Arkhaven Comics=== | |||
In 2014 Castalia House published the novel ''],'' an American military fiction novel written by ].<ref name=TAC/> Lind wrote the novel in the 1990s but could not find a publisher.<ref name=TAC>{{cite web|work=]|title=Washington’s Legitimacy Crisis|author=S. Lind, William|date=June 17, 2009|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/washingtons-legitimacy-crisis/}}</ref> ''Victoria'' was published by Castalia House under Lind's pseudonym Thomas Hobbes.<ref name=CH>{{cite web|title=Victoria: A Novel of 4th Generation War|url=http://www.castaliahouse.com/downloads/victoria-a-novel-of-4th-generation-war/|work=]}}</ref> | |||
In September 2018, Beale announced Comicsgate Comics as a "100% ]-free" comic book publishing imprint. The use of this name drew backlash from ] and other ] activists, who variously objected to being associated with ] or to the name being commercialized.<ref name="FoundsComicGate" /> Beale later renamed the imprint to Arkhaven Comics. | |||
== Hugo Award nominations == | |||
Beale has been nominated three times for a ]. | |||
Beale also runs ] channels which, according to '']'', have jointly more than 49,500 subscribers.<ref name="dailydot.com"/> | |||
* 2014 nominee for ]<ref>{{cite web|title = 2014 Hugo Awards|url = http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/|accessdate = 2015-04-05}}</ref> | |||
* 2015 nominee for ]<ref name="2015 Hugo Award Nominees">{{cite web|title = 2015 Hugo Award Nominees|url = http://www.tor.com/blogs/2015/04/2015-hugo-award-nominees|accessdate = 2015-04-05}}</ref> | |||
==Controversies== | |||
* 2015 nominee for ]<ref name="2015 Hugo Award Nominees"/> | |||
===Expulsion from the SFWA=== | |||
In 2013, Beale ran unsuccessfully against ] to succeed ] as president of the ] (]). African-American writer ], during her delivery of the Guest of Honour speech at 2013 Continuum in Australia, stated that 10% of the SFWA membership voted for Beale in his bid for the SFWA presidential position and called him "a self-described misogynist, racist, anti-Semite, and a few other flavors of asshole" and asserted that silence about these issues was the same as enabling them.<ref name="LitReactor">{{cite web|url=https://litreactor.com/columns/controversies-inside-the-worl-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy|title=Controversies Inside the World of Science Fiction and Fantasy|last=Khanna|first=Rajan|date=November 26, 2013|website=Lit Reactor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914205351/https://litreactor.com/columns/controversies-inside-the-worl-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy|archive-date=September 14, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> Beale responded by calling Jemisin an "ignorant half-savage".<ref name=LitReactor /> In the resulting interactions, Beale also called writer and editor ] a "fat frog".<ref name="Beale Expelled from SFWA">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=August 14, 2013|title=SFWA Board Votes to Expel Beale|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/08/beale-expelled-from-sfwa/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817074044/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/08/beale-expelled-from-sfwa|archive-date=August 17, 2013|access-date=August 15, 2013|website=|publisher=Locus Online}}</ref> | |||
Beale tweeted a link to his comments about Jemisin on the SFWA's official @SFWAAuthors Twitter feed. The SFWA Board subsequently voted unanimously to expel him from the organization.<ref name="Beale Expelled from SFWA"/> In 2015, '']'' described Beale as "the most despised man in science fiction".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-wars-invade-science-fiction-1431707195|newspaper=]|date=May 15, 2015|title=The Culture Wars Invade Science Fiction|access-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302190205/http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-wars-invade-science-fiction-1431707195|archive-date=March 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== Rabid Puppies and Hugo Awards controversy === | |||
{{main|Sad Puppies}} | |||
====2015 Rabid Puppies campaign==== | |||
Based on ]'s "]" ballot-manipulation campaign, Beale implemented a ] for the 2015 ] called "]", instructing his followers to nominate the slate "precisely as they are."<ref name="slate2015" /> The Rabid Puppies slate placed 58 of its 67 recommended nominees on the ballot. Two of the nominations were for Beale himself (''Best Editor - Long Form'', ''Best Editor - Short Form'') and eleven were for works published by his publisher Castalia House,<ref>{{cite web|work=Nyt.fi|url=http://nyt.fi/a1305959954351|title=Yhdysvaltain scifimaailmassa riehuu sota, johon Game of Thrones -kirjailijakin on sotkeutunut – ja kaiken keskiössä on tämä kouvolalaismies|language=fi|date=March 6, 2015|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603131328/http://nyt.fi/a1305959954351|archive-date=June 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://electricliterature.com/the-2015-hugo-nominees/|title=The 2015 Hugo Nominees|website=Electric Literature|date=April 4, 2015|access-date=January 16, 2022}}</ref> where Beale acts as lead editor.<ref name="slate2015">{{Cite web|work=]|date=April 8, 2015|title=How Sci-Fi's Hugo Awards Got Their Own Full-Blown Gamergate|first=Katy|last=Waldman|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/04/08/_2015_hugo_awards_how_the_sad_and_rabid_puppies_took_over_the_sci_fi_nominations.html|access-date=April 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114234926/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/04/08/_2015_hugo_awards_how_the_sad_and_rabid_puppies_took_over_the_sci_fi_nominations.html|archive-date=January 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Two authors, an editor, and a fanzine subsequently withdrew their own nominations; three of these four explicitly cited the wish to dissociate themselves from Beale as being among their reasons for doing so.<ref>{{cite web|title = Two Authors Withdraw Their Work From This Year's Hugo Awards|url=http://io9.com/two-authors-withdraw-their-work-from-the-hugo-awards-1698053027/|work = ]|date=April 15, 2015 |access-date = April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416000518/http://io9.com/two-authors-withdraw-their-work-from-the-hugo-awards-1698053027|archive-date = April 16, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404105331/http://aletheakontis.com/2015/04/in-which-edmund-schubert-withdraws-from-the-hugos/ |date=April 4, 2016 }}, by ]; at AletheaKontis.com; published April 27, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Black Gate Withdraws from Hugo Consideration|date=April 19, 2015 |url=http://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/19/black-gate-withdraws-from-hugo-consideration/|access-date = April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422020356/http://www.blackgate.com/2015/04/19/black-gate-withdraws-from-hugo-consideration/|archive-date = April 22, 2015|url-status = live|df = mdy-all}}</ref> Withdrawals from the ''Best Novel'' category allowed space for ]'s '']'' to move into a finalist position,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/08/won-science-fictions-hugo-awards-matters|title=Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters|author=Wallace, Amy|magazine=Wired|date=August 23, 2015|access-date=September 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826193307/http://www.wired.com/2015/08/won-science-fictions-hugo-awards-matters|archive-date=August 26, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/04/2015-hugo-awards-ballot-further-revised|title=2015 Hugo Awards Ballot, Further Revised|date=April 17, 2015|website=Locus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918190258/http://www.locusmag.com/News/2015/04/2015-hugo-awards-ballot-further-revised|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref> and it went on to win the ''Best Novel Award''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2015HugoStatistics.pdf|title=2015 Hugo Statistics|access-date=September 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905120203/http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2015HugoStatistics.pdf|archive-date=September 5, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the winning novel was one of the few nominees not on the Rabid Puppies slate, some sources credited the win to Beale's backing of the novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-three-body-trilogy-or-at-least-two-thirds-of-it|title=The Three-Body Trilogy, Or at Least Two-Thirds of It (Excerpt from ''Guided by the Beauty of Their Weapons: Notes on Science Fiction and Culture in the Year of Angry Dogs'', Eruditorum Press, 2015)|author=Sandifer|first=Elizabeth|date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425192511/http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-three-body-trilogy-or-at-least-two-thirds-of-it/|archive-date=April 25, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=September 9, 2016}}</ref> | |||
Beale stated that his intentions behind the Rabid Puppies campaign were that he "wanted to leave a big smoking hole where the Hugo Awards were" and send "a giant Fuck You—one massive gesture of contempt." He also said that no matter how the Hugo administrators modify the nominating process to try to prevent manipulation, he will still have enough supporters to control future awards: "I have 390 sworn and numbered vile faceless minions who are sworn to mindless and perfect obedience."<ref name=WallaceWired> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309050118/https://www.wired.com/2015/08/won-science-fictions-hugo-awards-matters/ |date=March 9, 2017 }}, by Amy Wallace, in '']''; published August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015</ref> | |||
====2016 Rabid Puppies campaign==== | |||
In 2016, Beale continued the Rabid Puppies campaign, posting a slate of finalists for the Hugo Award, including all finalists in the Best Short Story category.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/26/hugo-awards-shortlist-rightwing-campaign-sad-rabid-puppies|last=Barnett|first=David|date=April 28, 2016|title=Hugo awards shortlist dominated by rightwing campaign|access-date=April 28, 2016|work=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427144645/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/26/hugo-awards-shortlist-rightwing-campaign-sad-rabid-puppies|archive-date=April 27, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Beale included himself on the slate of candidates, and was nominated in the category Best Editor, Long Form, the ''Castalia House Blog'' edited by Jeffro Johnson in the category Best Fanzine, and his own non-fiction release ''SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police'', published by Castalia House, in the category Best Related Work. | |||
Other Rabid Puppy recommendations that were Hugo Award finalists included ]'s short story ''Space Raptor Butt Invasion'' and ]'s '']'', which won in the Best Novelette category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2016/08/hugo-award-predictions-handicapping-sheet|title=Hugo Award Predications Handicapping Sheet|website=Amazing Stories|date=August 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818183910/http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2016/08/hugo-award-predictions-handicapping-sheet/|archive-date=August 18, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2016}}</ref> All nominated works associated with Castalia House ranked below No Award.<ref name=HugoAwards2016>{{citation|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards|title=The 2016 Hugo Awards|date=December 29, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614210833/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/|archive-date=June 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== Gamergate === | |||
Beale was an early supporter of ] and hosted the GGinParis meetup in July 2015 with ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Audureau, William |date=July 15, 2015 |title=A la rencontre du GamerGate, le mouvement libertarien qui veut défendre " ses " jeux vidéo |work=Le Monde |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/07/15/a-la-rencontre-du-gamergate-le-mouvement-libertarien-qui-veut-defendre-ses-jeux-video_4683912_4408996.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120419/http://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2015/07/15/a-la-rencontre-du-gamergate-le-mouvement-libertarien-qui-veut-defendre-ses-jeux-video_4683912_4408996.html |archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> | |||
===''Rebel's Run'' movie=== | |||
In 2019, Beale put together a campaign to ] ''Rebel's Run'', which was to be an "anti-woke" superhero movie.<ref name=Barr2022>Kyle Barr, , Gizmodo, Oct 21, 2022. Retrieved Oct. 22, 2022.</ref><ref name= "Beast 2022">Will Sommer, , ''The ''Daily Beast''. Retrieved Oct. 22, 2022.</ref> The campaign exceeded its original goal and collected slightly over a million dollars in funding,<ref name= "Beast 2022" /> which was to be held in escrow while Beale worked to secure additional funds to make the movie. In 2022, however, Beale announced that he had put the funds in an investment with Ohana Capital Financial, which allegedly spent the funds on an unrelated business undertaking. Ohana owner James Wolfgramm has been indicted on charges of fraud.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Scholl |first1=Jacob |last2=Jan. 13 |first2=KSL com {{!}} Posted- |last3=A.m |first3=2022 at 10:02 |title=Utahn accused of defrauding Bitcoin-mining clients, moving customer money illegally |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50326371/utahn-accused-of-defrauding-bitcoin-mining-clients-moving-customer-money-illegally |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.ksl.com |language=en}}</ref> By video, Beale told the subscribers "I wouldn't count on us getting the money back."<ref name= "Beast 2022" /> | |||
== Hugo Award nominations == | |||
The Hugo voters ranked "Opera" sixth out of five nominees, behind No Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-awards-worldcon-2014|title=5 reasons to pay attention to the Hugo Awards—and one big reason not to|last=Baker-Whitelaw|first=Gavia|date=August 18, 2014|website=The Daily Dot|access-date=August 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818225224/http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-awards-worldcon-2014/|archive-date=August 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2015 Hugos, it was alleged that his nomination may have been the result of "block voting by special interest groups".<ref>Fortune, Ed (April 4, 2015) '']''</ref> In all cases, his nominations have been ranked below "No Award" in the final vote.<ref name="2014HugoStats">{{cite web |title=2014 Hugo Award Statistics |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2014HugoStatistics.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824130200/http://www.thehugoawards.org/content/pdf/2014HugoStatistics.pdf |archive-date=August 24, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2014 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society}}</ref><ref name="WiredUpdate"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117222440/http://www.wired.com/2015/10/hugo-awards-controversy/ |date=November 17, 2015 }}, by Amy Wallace, in '']''; published October 30, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2016</ref><ref name="HugoAwards2016" /> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Beale is married,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://voxday.net/2021/09/27/the-perfect-wife/|title = The Perfect Wife|date = September 27, 2021}}</ref> and has several children.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/08/won-science-fictions-hugo-awards-matters|title=Who Won Science Fiction's Hugo Awards, and Why It Matters|author=Wallace, Amy|magazine=Wired|date=August 23, 2015|access-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505054123/http://www.wired.com/2015/08/won-science-fictions-hugo-awards-matters/|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> With his family of five, he lives in the ] in ], and owns ] Manor in the ], Switzerland.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/dieses-schweizer-prachtschloss-gehoert-jetzt-einem-us-rechtsradikalen-541653428075?idp=OneLog&new_user=no|title = Dieses Schweizer Prachtschloss gehört jetzt einem US-Rechtsradikalen ("This Swiss castle now belongs to a member of the alt-right")|magazine=Tages-Anzeiger|date = June 1, 2022}}</ref> | |||
Beale speaks German and Italian.<ref name="D'Addario">{{cite web|last=D'Addario|first=Daniel |title=Sci-fi writer makes $50,000 for charity off of his "troll" |url=http://www.salon.com/2013/02/06/sci_fi_writer_makes_50000_for_charity_off_of_his_troll|publisher=Salon.com|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref> | |||
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==Political views== | ||
Beale describes himself as a ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-john-c-wright-is-not-libertarian.html | title=Why John C. Wright is not a libertarian | author=Vox Day | work=Vox Populi | date=December 15, 2015 | access-date=March 17, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113210602/http://voxday.blogspot.com/2015/12/why-john-c-wright-is-not-libertarian.html | archive-date=January 13, 2016 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> He has been described as an ] personality by '']'',<ref name="fitts">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-wikipedia-of-the-alt-right/|title=Welcome to the Misplaced Pages of the Alt-Right|last1=Fitts|first1=Alexis Sobel|date=June 21, 2017|magazine=Wired|access-date=January 16, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131122/https://www.wired.com/story/welcome-to-the-wikipedia-of-the-alt-right/|archive-date=January 17, 2018}}</ref> and a leader of the alt-right by '']''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=James D.|title=Get ready for the 'tech alt-right' to gain power and influence in Silicon Valley|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/get-ready-for-the-tech-alt-right-to-gain-influence-in-silicon-valley-2017-8|access-date=January 16, 2018|work=Business Insider|date=August 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070315/http://www.businessinsider.com/get-ready-for-the-tech-alt-right-to-gain-influence-in-silicon-valley-2017-8|archive-date=January 17, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Writing for '']'', Kimberly Winston described Beale as a "] ]",<ref name=PW/> but other journalists have made more pointed characterizations, such as Mike VanHelder's assertion in '']'' that Beale's views are "]".<ref name=popularscience_2015-04-17>{{cite web|work=Popular Science|title=Culture Wars Rage Within Science Fiction Fandom|url=http://www.popsci.com/culture-wars-raging-within-science-fiction-fandom?dom=fb&src=SOC|date=April 17, 2015|author=VanHelder, Mike}}</ref> | |||
Beale has been described by ] as a "fundamentalist Southern Baptist".<ref name=PW/> | |||
===Feud with John Scalzi=== | |||
Since 2005, Beale has been engaged in an online feud with science fiction writer ]. In February 2013, Scalzi attracted media attention with a pledge to pay $5 to various charities and nonprofit advocacy organizations every time Beale mentioned him; after others echoed this pledge, over $50,000 was pledged in under a week.<ref name="D'Addario"/> | |||
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===White supremacy=== | ||
Beale has been supportive of the white supremacist ] slogan,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/from-alt-right-to-alt-lite-naming-the-hate |title=From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate |publisher=] |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730114127/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/from-alt-right-to-alt-lite-naming-the-hate |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> promoting it in his ''Sixteen points of the Alt-Right'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-alt-right-is.html|title=What the Alternate Right is|date=August 24, 2016|publisher=Vox Popoli|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924110132/https://voxday.blogspot.com/2016/08/what-alt-right-is.html|archive-date=September 24, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2017/05/22/online-alt-right-use-facial-recognition-track-anti-fascists/ |title=Online alt-right to use facial recognition to track anti-fascists |date=May 22, 2017 |publisher=] |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804201443/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2017/05/22/online-alt-right-use-facial-recognition-track-anti-fascists/ |archive-date=August 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> which placed the sentence "we must secure the existence of white people and a future for white children" as the fourteenth point.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-lucifers-hammer-to-newts-moon-base-to-donalds-wallthe-sci-fi-roots-of-the-far-right |title=The Sci-Fi Roots of the Far Right—From 'Lucifer's Hammer' to Newt's Moon Base to Donald's Wall |date=September 17, 2017 |work=] |access-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070516/https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-lucifers-hammer-to-newts-moon-base-to-donalds-wallthe-sci-fi-roots-of-the-far-right |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |url-status=live |last1=Auerbach |first1=David }}</ref> | |||
In June 2013, Beale used the SFWAuthors Twitter feed to post a link to his blog, in which he referred to African-American author ] as "an educated, but ignorant half-savage, with little more understanding of what it took to build a new literature" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-black-female-fantasist.html|author=Vox Day|work=Vox Popoli|date=June 13, 2013|title=A black female fantasist calls for Reconciliation}}</ref> and ] as a "fat frog."<ref name="Beale Expelled from SFWA">{{cite web|publisher=Locus Online|title=Beale Expelled from SFWA|date=August 14, 2013|url=http://www.locusmag.com/News/2013/08/beale-expelled-from-sfwa/}}</ref> In August, after complaints from members and an investigation initiated by the board of the ], Beale posted an excerpt of a letter from the SFWA president on his blog.<ref name="Beale Expelled from SFWA"/> Jemisin later commented that "if you represent the civilization to which I'm supposed to aspire then I am all savage, and damned proud of it."<ref>{{cite web|work=Nkjemisin.com|url=http://nkjemisin.com/2014/05/wiscon-38-guest-of-honor-speech/|title=Wiscon 38 Guest of Honor Speech|date=May 25, 2014|author=]}}</ref> | |||
===Women's suffrage=== | |||
==Discography== | |||
'']'' reported that Beale "has written that women should be deprived of the vote".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=The New Republic|title=Science Fiction's White Boys' Club Strikes Back|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/121554/2015-hugo-awards-and-history-science-fiction-culture-wars|date=April 17, 2015|author=Heer, Jeet|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321095348/https://newrepublic.com/article/121554/2015-hugo-awards-and-history-science-fiction-culture-wars|archive-date=March 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Beale said in a blog post that "] has been a complete and unmitigated disaster across the West and it is doubtful that any society can survive it for long."<ref>Beale, Theodore, (October 18, 2010). " {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065441/http://voxday.blogspot.com.au/2010/10/in-which-we-are-called-out.html |date=October 29, 2017 }}", ''Vox Popoli''. Retrieve November 29, 2017.</ref> | |||
*''Psykosonik'' (1993) | |||
*''Silicon Jesus'' (1993) | |||
*''Welcome to My Mind'' (1993) | |||
*''Details Magazine Music Matters Volume 4 (1992)'' | |||
*'']'' (1994) | |||
==Video games== | ==Video games== | ||
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!Game name | |||
!First released | |||
!System name(s) | |||
!Role(s) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'']'' | |||
! Game Name !! First Released !! System Name(s) !! Beale's Role(s) | |||
|1994 | |||
|SNES | |||
|Music (]) | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''CyClones'' | |||
! ] | |||
|1994 | |||
|| 1994 || <small>SNES</small> || <small>Music (])</small> | |||
|DOS | |||
|Audio | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''Rebel Moon'' | |||
! CyClones | |||
|1995 | |||
|| 1994 || <small>DOS</small> || <small>Audio</small> | |||
|DOS | |||
|Game designer, co-producer | |||
|- | |- | ||
|'']''<ref name="valizadeh">{{cite web|author=Roosh Valizadeh|date=March 5, 2015|title=Game Designer Vox Day Takes Us Far Back in Gaming History (interview)|url=http://www.reaxxion.com/5962/game-designer-vox-day-takes-us-far-back-in-gaming-history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907040136/http://www.reaxxion.com/5962/game-designer-vox-day-takes-us-far-back-in-gaming-history|archive-date=September 7, 2017|access-date=September 6, 2017}}</ref> | |||
! Rebel Moon | |||
|1997 | |||
|| 1995 || <small>DOS</small> || <small>Game Designer, Co-Producer</small> | |||
|DOS | |||
|Game designer, co-producer | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''Rebel Moon Revolution'' (cancelled) | |||
|Planned 1999 | |||
|| 1997 || <small>DOS</small> || <small>Game Designer, Co-Producer</small> | |||
|Windows | |||
|Game designer, co-producer | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''The War in Heaven'' | |||
! Rebel Moon Revolution | |||
|1999 | |||
|| Planned 1999 || <small>Windows</small> || <small>Game Designer, Co-Producer</small> | |||
|Windows | |||
|Game designer | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''RPG Traveller'' (cancelled<ref name="valizadeh" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Traveller|url=http://www.mjonesgraphics.com/traveler.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815114520/http://www.mjonesgraphics.com/traveler.html|archive-date=August 15, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>) | |||
! The War in Heaven | |||
|(Planned 2000) | |||
|| 1999 || <small>Windows</small> || <small>Game Designer</small> | |||
|Sega Dreamcast | |||
|Game designer | |||
|- | |- | ||
|''Hot Dish''<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Dish Credits|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/hot-dish/credits|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907035439/http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/hot-dish/credits|archive-date=September 7, 2017|access-date=September 6, 2017|publisher=Moby Games}}</ref> | |||
! Traveller | |||
|2007 | |||
|| Planned 2000 || <small>Sega Dreamcast</small> || <small>Game Designer</small> | |||
|Windows | |||
|- | |||
|(co-)game designer | |||
! Hot Dish | |||
|| 2007 || <small>Windows</small> || <small>Game Designer</small> | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Published |
==Published works== | ||
As sole author: | |||
*''The Altar of Hate'' (2014) ISBN 978-952-7065-23-5 | |||
*''The Last Witchking'' (2013) ISBN 978-952-7065-04-4 | |||
*''The Wardog's Coin'' (2013) ISBN 978-1-935929-97-0 | |||
*''A Throne of Bones'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6 | |||
*''A Magic Broken'' (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6 | |||
*''The Return of the Great Depression'' (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1 | |||
*'']'' (2008) ISBN 978-1-933771-36-6 | |||
*''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'' (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7 | |||
*''The Wrath of Angels'' (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1 | |||
*''The World in Shadow'' (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3 | |||
*''The War in Heaven'' (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8 | |||
===Fiction=== | |||
As a contributor: | |||
* ''A Sea of Skulls'' (2017) | |||
*''Quantum Mortis: The Programmed Mind'' (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. ISBN 978-952-7065-13-6 | |||
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* ''The Altar of Hate'' (2014) {{ISBN|978-952-7065-23-5}} | ||
*'' |
* ''The Last Witchking'' (2013) {{ISBN|978-952-7065-04-4}} | ||
*'' |
* ''The Wardog's Coin'' (2013) {{ISBN|978-1-935929-97-0}} | ||
*'' |
* ''A Throne of Bones'' (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-935929-82-6}} | ||
*'' |
* ''A Magic Broken'' (2012) {{ISBN|978-1-935929-79-6}} | ||
* ''Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy'' (2008) {{ISBN|978-0-9821049-2-7}} | |||
*''Revisiting ]: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in ]' Chronicles'' (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-63-1 | |||
* ''The Wrath of Angels'' (2006) {{ISBN|978-0-7434-6982-1}} (as Theodore Beale) | |||
*''Halo Effect'' (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-11-3 | |||
* ''The World in Shadow'' (2002) {{ISBN|978-0-671-02454-3}} (as Theodore Beale) | |||
*''You Do Not Talk About Fight Club'' (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-52-6 | |||
* ''The War in Heaven'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-0-7434-5344-8}} (as Theodore Beale) | |||
*''Stupefying Stories October 2011'' (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC | |||
*''Stupefying Stories March 2012'' (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK | |||
===Nonfiction=== | |||
* ''Jordanetics: A Journey Into the Mind of Humanity's Greatest Thinker'' (2018) {{ISBN|978-952-7065-69-3}} | |||
* ''SJWs Always Double Down: Anticipating the Thought Police'' (2017) {{ISBN|978-952-7065-19-8}} | |||
* ''SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police'' (2015) {{ISBN|978-952-7065-68-6}} | |||
* ''The Return of the Great Depression'' (2009) {{ISBN|978-1-935071-18-1}} | |||
* '']'' (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-933771-36-6}} | |||
===As contributor=== | |||
* ''Cuckservative: How "Conservatives" Betrayed America'' (2015), John Red Eagle, ASIN B018ZHHA52 | |||
* ''Quantum Mortis: A Mind Programmed'' (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. {{ISBN|978-952-7065-13-6}} | |||
* ''Quantum Mortis: Gravity Kills'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. {{ISBN|978-952-7065-12-9}} | |||
* ''Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted'' (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. {{ISBN|978-952-7065-10-5}} | |||
* ''Rebel Moon'' (1996), Bruce Bethke. Pocket Books. {{ISBN|978-0-671-00236-7}}. Novelization of the ''Rebel Moon'' game. | |||
* ''The Anthology at the End of the Universe'' (2004), Glen Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. {{ISBN|978-1-932100-56-3}} | |||
* ''Archangels: The Fall'' (2005) {{ISBN|978-1-887814-15-7}} | |||
* ''Revisiting ]: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in ]' Chronicles'' (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. {{ISBN|978-1-932100-63-1}} | |||
* ''Halo Effect'' (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. {{ISBN|978-1-933771-11-3}} | |||
* ''You Do Not Talk About Fight Club'' (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. {{ISBN|978-1-933771-52-6}} | |||
* ''Stupefying Stories October 2011'' (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC | |||
* ''Stupefying Stories March 2012'' (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK | |||
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American writer and publisher, far-right activist (born 1968)
Vox Day | |
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Day in 2007 | |
Born | Theodore Robert Beale (1968-08-21) August 21, 1968 (age 56) Minnesota, U.S. |
Education | Bucknell University |
Known for | Writer, publisher, game designer, activist |
Parent(s) | Rebecca Beale Robert Beale |
Website | voxday |
Theodore Robert Beale (born August 21, 1968), commonly known as Vox Day, is a right-wing American activist and writer. He has been described as a far-right white supremacist, a misogynist, and part of the alt-right. The Wall Street Journal described him as "the most despised man in science fiction".
Beale started in video game development, which led to him writing science fiction and social commentary with a focus on issues of religion, race and gender. He became active in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, from which he was expelled, and was a central figure in the "Rabid Puppies" controversy involving the Hugo Awards for science fiction. He is active in publishing, being a founding member of Castalia House.
Early life and music career
Beale grew up in Minnesota, the son of Rebecca and Robert Beale. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1990.
Beale was a member of the band Psykosonik between 1992 and 1994.
Video game development
Beale and Andrew Lunstad founded the video game company Fenris Wolf in 1993. The company was developing two games – Rebel Moon Revolution and Traveler for the Sega Dreamcast – when it closed in 1999 after a legal dispute with its retail publisher GT Interactive. In 1999, under the name Eternal Warriors, Beale and Lunstad released The War in Heaven, a Biblical video game published by Valusoft and distributed by GT Interactive.
Technology
Beale created the WarMouse (known as the OpenOffice Mouse until Sun Microsystems objected on trademark grounds), a computer mouse with 18 buttons, a scroll wheel, a thumb-operated joystick, and 512k of memory.
Writings
Beale writes under the pseudonym Vox Day – a near-homophone for the Latin phrase "Vox Dei", literally "the voice of God". He first used the aliases as a contributor for the magazine Computer Gaming World throughout the first half of 1995. He then appeared in a weekly video game review column in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and later continued to use the pen name for a weekly WorldNetDaily opinion column. In 2000, Beale published his first solo novel, The War in Heaven, the first in a series of fantasy novels with a religious theme titled The Eternal Warriors. The novel investigates themes "about good versus evil among angels, fallen and otherwise".
Beale served as a member of the Nebula Award Novel Jury in 2004.
In 2008, Beale published The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens, a book devoted to criticizing the arguments presented in various books by atheist authors Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, and Michel Onfray. The book was named a 2007 Christmas recommendation by John Derbyshire in the conservative magazine National Review Online.
Publishing
Castalia House
In early 2014, Beale founded Castalia House publishing in Kouvola, Finland. He is lead editor and has published the work of such writers as John C. Wright, Jerry Pournelle, Tom Kratman, Eric S. Raymond, Martin van Creveld, Rolf Nelson, and William S. Lind.
In 2016, Castalia House works had two wins at the Dragon Awards:
- Best Science Fiction Novel: Somewhither, by John C. Wright
- Best Apocalyptic Novel: Ctrl-Alt-Revolt! by Nick Cole
Infogalactic
In 2017, Beale launched Infogalactic, an English-language wiki encyclopedia. The site was a fork of the contents of English Misplaced Pages which could be gradually edited to remove the influence of what Beale described as "the left-wing thought police who administer ". It has been described by Wired and The Washington Post as a version of Misplaced Pages targeted to alt-right readers.
Arkhaven Comics
In September 2018, Beale announced Comicsgate Comics as a "100% SJW-free" comic book publishing imprint. The use of this name drew backlash from Ethan Van Sciver and other Comicsgate activists, who variously objected to being associated with white supremacists or to the name being commercialized. Beale later renamed the imprint to Arkhaven Comics.
Beale also runs YouTube channels which, according to The Daily Dot, have jointly more than 49,500 subscribers.
Controversies
Expulsion from the SFWA
In 2013, Beale ran unsuccessfully against Steven Gould to succeed John Scalzi as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). African-American writer N. K. Jemisin, during her delivery of the Guest of Honour speech at 2013 Continuum in Australia, stated that 10% of the SFWA membership voted for Beale in his bid for the SFWA presidential position and called him "a self-described misogynist, racist, anti-Semite, and a few other flavors of asshole" and asserted that silence about these issues was the same as enabling them. Beale responded by calling Jemisin an "ignorant half-savage". In the resulting interactions, Beale also called writer and editor Teresa Nielsen Hayden a "fat frog".
Beale tweeted a link to his comments about Jemisin on the SFWA's official @SFWAAuthors Twitter feed. The SFWA Board subsequently voted unanimously to expel him from the organization. In 2015, The Wall Street Journal described Beale as "the most despised man in science fiction".
Rabid Puppies and Hugo Awards controversy
Main article: Sad Puppies2015 Rabid Puppies campaign
Based on Larry Correia's "Sad Puppies" ballot-manipulation campaign, Beale implemented a slate of candidates for the 2015 Hugo Awards called "Rabid Puppies", instructing his followers to nominate the slate "precisely as they are." The Rabid Puppies slate placed 58 of its 67 recommended nominees on the ballot. Two of the nominations were for Beale himself (Best Editor - Long Form, Best Editor - Short Form) and eleven were for works published by his publisher Castalia House, where Beale acts as lead editor. Two authors, an editor, and a fanzine subsequently withdrew their own nominations; three of these four explicitly cited the wish to dissociate themselves from Beale as being among their reasons for doing so. Withdrawals from the Best Novel category allowed space for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem to move into a finalist position, and it went on to win the Best Novel Award. Although the winning novel was one of the few nominees not on the Rabid Puppies slate, some sources credited the win to Beale's backing of the novel.
Beale stated that his intentions behind the Rabid Puppies campaign were that he "wanted to leave a big smoking hole where the Hugo Awards were" and send "a giant Fuck You—one massive gesture of contempt." He also said that no matter how the Hugo administrators modify the nominating process to try to prevent manipulation, he will still have enough supporters to control future awards: "I have 390 sworn and numbered vile faceless minions who are sworn to mindless and perfect obedience."
2016 Rabid Puppies campaign
In 2016, Beale continued the Rabid Puppies campaign, posting a slate of finalists for the Hugo Award, including all finalists in the Best Short Story category. Beale included himself on the slate of candidates, and was nominated in the category Best Editor, Long Form, the Castalia House Blog edited by Jeffro Johnson in the category Best Fanzine, and his own non-fiction release SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police, published by Castalia House, in the category Best Related Work.
Other Rabid Puppy recommendations that were Hugo Award finalists included Chuck Tingle's short story Space Raptor Butt Invasion and Hao Jingfang's Folding Beijing, which won in the Best Novelette category. All nominated works associated with Castalia House ranked below No Award.
Gamergate
Beale was an early supporter of Gamergate and hosted the GGinParis meetup in July 2015 with Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike Cernovich.
Rebel's Run movie
In 2019, Beale put together a campaign to crowdfund Rebel's Run, which was to be an "anti-woke" superhero movie. The campaign exceeded its original goal and collected slightly over a million dollars in funding, which was to be held in escrow while Beale worked to secure additional funds to make the movie. In 2022, however, Beale announced that he had put the funds in an investment with Ohana Capital Financial, which allegedly spent the funds on an unrelated business undertaking. Ohana owner James Wolfgramm has been indicted on charges of fraud. By video, Beale told the subscribers "I wouldn't count on us getting the money back."
Hugo Award nominations
The Hugo voters ranked "Opera" sixth out of five nominees, behind No Award. In the 2015 Hugos, it was alleged that his nomination may have been the result of "block voting by special interest groups". In all cases, his nominations have been ranked below "No Award" in the final vote.
Personal life
Beale is married, and has several children. With his family of five, he lives in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and owns Cressier Manor in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Political views
Beale describes himself as a Christian nationalist. He has been described as an alt-right personality by Wired, and a leader of the alt-right by Business Insider. Writing for Publishers Weekly, Kimberly Winston described Beale as a "fundamentalist Southern Baptist", but other journalists have made more pointed characterizations, such as Mike VanHelder's assertion in Popular Science that Beale's views are "white supremacist".
White supremacy
Beale has been supportive of the white supremacist Fourteen Words slogan, promoting it in his Sixteen points of the Alt-Right, which placed the sentence "we must secure the existence of white people and a future for white children" as the fourteenth point.
Women's suffrage
The New Republic reported that Beale "has written that women should be deprived of the vote". Beale said in a blog post that "women's suffrage has been a complete and unmitigated disaster across the West and it is doubtful that any society can survive it for long."
Video games
Game name | First released | System name(s) | Role(s) |
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X-Kaliber 2097 | 1994 | SNES | Music (Psykosonik) |
CyClones | 1994 | DOS | Audio |
Rebel Moon | 1995 | DOS | Game designer, co-producer |
Rebel Moon Rising | 1997 | DOS | Game designer, co-producer |
Rebel Moon Revolution (cancelled) | Planned 1999 | Windows | Game designer, co-producer |
The War in Heaven | 1999 | Windows | Game designer |
RPG Traveller (cancelled) | (Planned 2000) | Sega Dreamcast | Game designer |
Hot Dish | 2007 | Windows | (co-)game designer |
Published works
Fiction
- A Sea of Skulls (2017)
- The Altar of Hate (2014) ISBN 978-952-7065-23-5
- The Last Witchking (2013) ISBN 978-952-7065-04-4
- The Wardog's Coin (2013) ISBN 978-1-935929-97-0
- A Throne of Bones (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-82-6
- A Magic Broken (2012) ISBN 978-1-935929-79-6
- Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy (2008) ISBN 978-0-9821049-2-7
- The Wrath of Angels (2006) ISBN 978-0-7434-6982-1 (as Theodore Beale)
- The World in Shadow (2002) ISBN 978-0-671-02454-3 (as Theodore Beale)
- The War in Heaven (2000) ISBN 978-0-7434-5344-8 (as Theodore Beale)
Nonfiction
- Jordanetics: A Journey Into the Mind of Humanity's Greatest Thinker (2018) ISBN 978-952-7065-69-3
- SJWs Always Double Down: Anticipating the Thought Police (2017) ISBN 978-952-7065-19-8
- SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police (2015) ISBN 978-952-7065-68-6
- The Return of the Great Depression (2009) ISBN 978-1-935071-18-1
- The Irrational Atheist (2008) ISBN 978-1-933771-36-6
As contributor
- Cuckservative: How "Conservatives" Betrayed America (2015), John Red Eagle, ASIN B018ZHHA52
- Quantum Mortis: A Mind Programmed (2014), Jeff Sutton, Jean Sutton. Castalia House. ISBN 978-952-7065-13-6
- Quantum Mortis: Gravity Kills (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-12-9
- Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted (2013), Steve Rzasa. Marcher Lord Hinterlands. ISBN 978-952-7065-10-5
- Rebel Moon (1996), Bruce Bethke. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0-671-00236-7. Novelization of the Rebel Moon game.
- The Anthology at the End of the Universe (2004), Glen Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-56-3
- Archangels: The Fall (2005) ISBN 978-1-887814-15-7
- Revisiting Narnia: Fantasy, Myth, and Religion in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles (2005), Shanna Caughey (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-932100-63-1
- Halo Effect (2007), Glenn Yeffeth (editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-11-3
- You Do Not Talk About Fight Club (2008), Chuck Palahniuk (Foreword), Read Mercer Schuchardt (Editor). BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-52-6
- Stupefying Stories October 2011 (2011), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B005T5B9YC
- Stupefying Stories March 2012 (2012), Bruce Bethke (Editor). Rampant Loon Press. ASIN B007T3N0XK
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- ^ VanHelder, Mike (April 17, 2015). "Culture Wars Rage Within Science Fiction Fandom". Popular Science.
- Robertson, Adi (October 9, 2017). "Two months ago, the internet tried to banish Nazis. No one knows if it worked". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- Thielman, Sam (June 28, 2015). "White supremacist calls Charleston 'a preview of coming attractions'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
- ^ Beschizza, Rob (September 4, 2018). "Alt-right publisher founds ComicsGate comic imprint". Boing Boing. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
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- ^ "Vox Day, 'alt-right' racist, is absolutely thriving online". The Daily Dot. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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- "Fenris Wolf Sues GT Interactive: Developer of Rebel Moon Series Charges Breach of Contract". IGN. February 11, 1999. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- Lohr, Steve (October 18, 1999). "It's Demons vs. Angels in Computer Game With a Religious Theme". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
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