Vox Day (real name: Theodore Beale) is a highly controversial science fiction/fantasy writer and blogger, who runs the blog Vox Popoli. His written works include the fantasy religion-themed series Eternal Warriors and the epic fantasy series The Arts of Dark and Light, as well as a number of nonfiction works about politics, religion and economics. He also worked on a number of computer games, including Rebel Moon, its sequel Rebel Moon Rising (unrelated to the 2023 movie of the same name) and a Christian-themed first person game The War in Heaven, all published in The '90s by GT Interactive Software. He is also the leader editor of the publishing company Castalia House
, which focuses on a conservative audience. Most recently, he writes the controversial ongoing comic book series Alt★Hero, featuring an Alternate History setting where superpowered freedom fighters battle an oppressive liberal regime.
Over above his already polarizing fiction, Vox Day is most infamous for his quite extreme views — politically, he stands to the far right, and has nothing but disdain for the moderate right — compounded by his unashamedly inflammatory style; he was expelled from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America after publicly insulting a number of fellow members. During the 2015 and 2016 editions of the Hugo Awards, he gained special infamy by starting a movement called the "Rabid Puppies", encouraging his followers (the "Dread Ilk") to nominate the works from a list he composed; subsequent backlash from the voters resulted in the 2015 Hugos receiving the most "No Award" categories in the award's history.
Tropes associated with Vox Day:
- Author Catchphrase: A number of his catchphrases show up in his works:
- "You have it precisely backward." Corvus says this in A Throne Of Bones.
- "The ride never ends" shows up in a volume of Alt★Hero.
- "SJWs Always Lie" became the title of one of his nonfiction books.
- Catchphrase: Usually some variation of "What you fail to understand is..."
- Start My Own: "Build your own platforms" is a motto Vox practices as well as preaches. In addition to the aforementioned Castalia House, he has his own online encyclopedia (Infogalactic), webcomic hosting site (Arkhaven) and video hosting site (unauthorized.tv).
