For 14 years, Scotto Moore was an active playwright in Seattle, with major productions nearly every year during that time, and 45 short plays produced during that time as well. 
Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore
My low rating of 2022’s Battle of the Linguist Mages comes from the distance between my anticipation of this book based on its excellent title, and the reality of reading it. I think people who like watching other people play video games will enjoy this book. I don’t, and so I didn’t. Your mileage, as we say, may vary.
Battle of the Linguist Mages is filled with awesome ideas. Here are a few:
a “battle language” that changes reality
extraterrestrials who live in human consciousness as punctuation marks
a powerful, high-tech cult
a dictatorial governor of California with a plan of conquest
1980s tropes and dance-offs
Moore’s book is filled with cool visuals and snappy dialogue, with villains who know they’re villains, and snark back with great glee at our ... Read More
