Blog Archive

September, 2008

Tue Sep 30
Bloat: threat or menace? by Jo Walton
Choose Your Own Infection: The Outbreak by Pablo Defendini
Heroes “One of Us, One of Them” episode review by Theresa DeLucci
Where My Brain Goes to Die by John Klima
New York Anime Festival 08 by Ren Hsieh
Mon Sep 29
Pushing Daisies: Even Better Than Free Pie by Eugene Myers
The Predictable Thing by Elizabeth Bear
DC Speaks About All-Star Frakkup by Pablo Defendini
Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor? by Pablo Defendini
Sat Sep 27
Waiting for the Mail: Philip K. Dick by John Klima
Saturday morning cartoons: “Herzog and the Monsters” and “How Wings are Attached to the Backs of Angels” by Irene Gallo
Fri Sep 26
Entertaining asides and vistas of glorious revelation: Some general cool things Neal Stephenson does by Jo Walton
Dexter “Our Father” early episode review by Theresa DeLucci
This and every Saturday by Irene Gallo
Thu Sep 25
More Todd Klein Comics Typographical Goodness by Pablo Defendini
Todd Lockwood’s Stormcaller, from sketch to finish by Irene Gallo
Tor.com Readers, Lend me Your Ears: Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar on Audio by John Joseph Adams
Gloom & Wartime SF: A reponse to Damien Walter by Kathryn Cramer
Wed Sep 24
Science-fictional Nuggets Found in the News by Kathryn Cramer
More Watchmen Movie Woes by Pablo Defendini
Showtime turns ‘Dexter’ into a cover boy by Theresa DeLucci
Andrew Jones, live painting, and the Illuminated. by Irene Gallo
Too Many Mad Scientists, Not Enough Igors by Melissa Ann Singer
Tue Sep 23
Heroes episode review/recap “The Second Coming” and “The Butterfly Effect” by Theresa DeLucci
Coming Sooner by Management Services
Alien anthropology and a ton of fun: Eleanor Arnason’s Ring of Swords by Jo Walton
Tintin Movie Hits a Snag by Pablo Defendini
Mon Sep 22
Brian Thomsen is dead, and I am deeply sorry. by Ed Greenwood
In Memoriam: Brian M. Thomsen by Pablo Defendini
5 Things I Don’t Want to See in the New Season of Heroes by Theresa DeLucci
Sun Sep 21
Dave Stevens, Brush with Passion by Irene Gallo
John Crowley Reads at the 92nd St. Y by Torie Atkinson
Sat Sep 20
I’m Holding This Game For Ransom! by Bruce Baugh
Christopher Paolini’s Brisingr release. Or, I can only talk to artists. by Irene Gallo
The Raveled Fringe by Melissa Ann Singer
Thomas Tenery Interview by Irene Gallo
Fri Sep 19
SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 9/19/08 by Liz Gorinsky
Red Rocket 7 Turns 10 by Pablo Defendini
Weekend Getaway: Avast and Arr and All That by John Klima
Coming Soon by Management Services
Thu Sep 18
Rudy Rucker’s paintings by Kathryn Cramer
George Takei and Brad Altman are married! by Melissa Ann Singer
Black and white and read a million times: Jerry Pournelle, Janissaries by Jo Walton
Ignatz Award Nominees Announced by Pablo Defendini
Wed Sep 17
Magazine Closings by John Klima
Lost the Game—concept art from Herve Groussin by Irene Gallo
Free e-books from Will Shetterly and Emma Bull by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
“It’s all the same world. It’s always been all the same world. It just changes some, that’s all. ” by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Joshua Middleton Interview by Irene Gallo
Tue Sep 16
John Crowley tries to make sense of it all by Kathryn Cramer
To trace impunity: Greg Egan’s Permutation City by Jo Walton
Better Zombies Through Physics by Sean Bieri and Jim Ottaviani
Unsolving the Genre Problem by David Hartwell
Matthew Kalamidas, Art Director for the Science Fiction Book Club by Irene Gallo
Alien Worlds by Mike Brotherton
Vietnamese SF by Kathryn Cramer
Mon Sep 15
Poll: Standalone Anthologies or Anthology Series by John Klima
John Hodgman on bbtv by Pablo Defendini
A Softer World by Joey Comeau and Emily Horne
Bookstore as Escape Hatch by Kathryn Cramer
We Will Be Expecting an Apology From the Discovery Institute in 2208 by John Scalzi
Sun Sep 14
World of Warcraft as a Social Operating System by Bruce Baugh
Sat Sep 13
A Chance to Show Off: the first line game by Jo Walton
Weekend Getaway: Dr. Roundbottom by John Klima
Podcast Roundup 4: Big Red Kitty; How I WoW by Bruce Baugh
Something rich and strange: Candas Jane Dorsey’s Black Wine by Jo Walton
Fri Sep 12
Waiting for the Mail: Realms of Fantasy, Shimmer, and Weird Tales by John Klima
Clarke reimagined in hot pink: Tanith Lee’s Biting the Sun by Jo Walton
Thu Sep 11
What a Load of Crap: San Antonio’s New Energy Solution by John Scalzi
In Memoriam by John Klima
Benjamin Rosenbaum’s Derivative Works Contest by Kathryn Cramer
The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder by Elizabeth Bear
See Your Subscription Box Next Tuesday, Batfans by Jim Henley
Wed Sep 10
MSNBC on “Totally Fictional Doomsdays” by Kathryn Cramer
The Guardian suggests that Large Hadron Collider scientists haven’t read enough SF by Kathryn Cramer
Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Anthony Palumbo, and David Palumbo Tarot by Irene Gallo
Tue Sep 9
John Joseph Adams Wants Your Brains by John Klima
A Libertarian Reading List by Kathryn Cramer
Neal Stephenson Presents Anathem Tonight via Webcast by Pablo Defendini
The Poetry of Deep Time: Arthur C. Clarke’s Against the Fall of Night by Jo Walton
We Must Be Cruel, Only to Be Kind Fanboys by Jim Henley
Mon Sep 8
Is That a Large Hadron Collector in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See Me? by John Scalzi
Preliminary Nebula Award Nominations by John Klima
Don’t get too attached to this decade: George R. R. Martin’s The Armageddon Rag by Jo Walton
Secret? What Crisis? by Jim Henley
Sun Sep 7
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns! by Theresa DeLucci
Podcast Roundup 3: The Master Plan; The Voice of the Revolution by Bruce Baugh
Sat Sep 6
Legendary Letterer Gaspar Saladino Profiled by Pablo Defendini
Fri Sep 5
Fantasy List by Jo Walton
Missing person by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
More Cold Equations: Sylvia Engdahl’s Heritage of the Star by Jo Walton
My Dream Zombie Game by William Smith
Cory Doctorow on Worldchanging by Pablo Defendini
Thu Sep 4
Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone by John Klima
Scalzi Story on Subterranean by Pablo Defendini
Wed Sep 3
Save the House Where Superman was Born by Pablo Defendini
SF Theatre: TWCSR remounted, plus other NYC shows by Liz Gorinsky
Tue Sep 2
Comics, Not Just for Fiction Anymore! by Steven Padnick
John Joseph Adams: Anthologist by John Klima