Blog Archive

June, 2009

Tue Jun 30
Heart of Hush by Lou Anders
Judging a book by its cover by Brian James
Mark of the Demon...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Time is Running Out! by John Klima
Lord of the Ringlings by Adam McCauley
Mon Jun 29
Web Round-Up, Now With International Flavor by Megan Messinger
Ancient Rockets: Oz Road Trip, Day 2 by Kage Baker
Not so urban fantasy: Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s The Silent Strength of Stones by Jo Walton
Doomed Summer Pilots: Virtuality by Genevieve Valentine
Bringing the House Down: Norse Code by Arachne Jericho
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 14 by Leigh Butler
What music reminds you of science fiction or fantasy? by John Ottinger III
Sun Jun 28
The toy tie-in by Irene Gallo
Santa Olivia...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Sat Jun 27
Weekend Getaway: Pratt & Valente by John Klima
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Beatles Rock Band” and “Sea Orchestra” by Irene Gallo
Fri Jun 26
Characters and cryptography: Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon by Jo Walton
Flinx Transcendent...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 13 by Leigh Butler
Michael Jackson: 1958-2009 by Pablo Defendini
LotR re-read: Two Towers III.3, “The Uruk-hai” by Kate Nepveu
Thu Jun 25
Valley of the Dead...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Star Trek Re-watch: “This Side of Paradise” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways and Freebies Edition by Megan Messinger
Wed Jun 24
The Transformers Live-Action Movies, as they should have been. by Pablo Defendini
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 12 by Leigh Butler
Bestial...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
The Cheap Scare Scenario by Brian James
Writers Workshop of Horror: interview with editor Michael Knost by Jason Sizemore
Oliver Who? (A Mathom from the Time Closet) by Robert Charles Wilson
Tue Jun 23
Star Trek Re-watch: “A Taste of Armageddon” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
John Harwood’s The Séance by Justin Howe
Crafting the Psalms of Isaak: An Interview with Ken Scholes by Jason Henninger
To War, and Not Lightly: Kings, “The Sabbath Queen” by Genevieve Valentine
More dimensions than you’d expect; Samuel Delany’s Babel 17 by Jo Walton
The House That George Built by Harry Turtledove
Mon Jun 22
Concept art from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland by Irene Gallo
Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger
War of the Words Goes Global by Pablo Defendini
Telling Stories With Character by Jay Lake
The Wonderful World of Writing for Teens by Brian James
Ancient Rockets: Oz Road Trip, Day 1 by Kage Baker
Catching Up With Amber Benson by geoffrey h goodwin
LotR re-read: Two Towers III.2, “The Riders of Rohan” by Kate Nepveu
A funny book with a lot of death in it: Iain Banks’s The Crow Road by Jo Walton
Sun Jun 21
KGB Fantastic Fiction 6/17/09 Post-apocalyptic Barter Skills by Liz Gorinsky
The Greatest Stories Never Told by Brian James
Sat Jun 20
Patient Zero...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Oceansize” and “Scoop Volante” by Irene Gallo
Fri Jun 19
Shared Worlds and real life fantastical cities by Matt Staggs
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 11 by Leigh Butler
Packing books for a trip by Jo Walton
Genre Police by Brian James
“I’m thirteen, I’m a girl, and I like fantasy and some science fiction. What should I be reading?” by Melissa Ann Singer
“You are my miracle”: True Blood’s second season premiere by Nina Lourie
Thu Jun 18
Field Study (An Author In Search of Zombies) by Brian James
Star Trek Re-watch: “Space Seed” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Coraline: Stories From Inside a Piano by Megan Messinger
Stretching my legs by Jay Lake
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris by Nina Lourie
Starman Jones, or how Robert A. Heinlein did plot on a good day by Jo Walton
Don’t Panic: Magazine Closings by John Klima
The Redemption of Professor Nimbus Excerpt #2 by Michael Sloan
Wed Jun 17
Clocks and stars and magic: Melissa Scott and Lisa A, Barnett’s Point of Hopes by Jo Walton
Review: Demon’s Lexicon by Nina Lourie
Infamous: Sparking with Power and Fun by David Pucik
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 10 by Leigh Butler
The First Asian American ComiCon (AACC) by Torie Atkinson
Announcing the Tor.com Store! by Pablo Defendini
Happy Birthday, Michael Mitchell by Joanna Estep
Tue Jun 16
Star Trek Re-watch: “The Return of the Archons” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways and Freebies Edition by Megan Messinger
Review: Halo Uprising by Rajan Khanna
Play it Again, Sam: Moon by Genevieve Valentine
Jacqueline Carey’s Santa Olivia by Mark Graham
India’s superheroes: Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children by Jo Walton
Julian Comstock, Chapters 2 and 3 by Robert Charles Wilson
Mon Jun 15
Jumping Off the Cliff, Looking for Water on the Way Down by Jay Lake
Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger
Words Don’t Settle Debt: Kings, “Brotherhood” by Genevieve Valentine
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 9 by Leigh Butler
Review: Final Fantasy IV: The After Years by Matt London
Ancient Rockets: Nosferatu by Kage Baker
Darkness Calls (Excerpt) by Marjorie Liu
Remembering Stan Winston by geoffrey h goodwin
Sun Jun 14
The worst book I love: Robert Heinlein’s Friday by Jo Walton
Sat Jun 13
Saturday Morning Cartoons: A Shakespearean couplet, “Next” and “Sonnet 138” by Irene Gallo
Fri Jun 12
They are not welcome: IGN and District 9’s sexist contest by Torie Atkinson
LotR re-read: Two Towers III.1, “The Departure of Boromir” by Kate Nepveu
The Thrill of the Shelf by Jay Lake
The other woman: Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride by Jo Walton
Bob Eggleton: Free Wallpapers by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 8 by Leigh Butler
Sarah Waters vs. Forbidden Planet: A Ghost Story by Robert Charles Wilson
Thu Jun 11
The Repossession Mambo...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Basic Geek Survival - Zombie 101 by Zachary Ricks
Why I am Over the Moon about Duncan Jones by Lou Anders
The Net of a Million Lies: Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep by Jo Walton
Star Trek Re-watch: “Court Martial” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Shaun Tan: Free Wallpapers by Irene Gallo
Wed Jun 10
Maurice Sendak: 81 years of wild rumpusing. by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 7 by Leigh Butler
Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways, & Freebies Edition by Megan Messinger
Supernatural Thriller Personal Effects: Dark Art launches by Mur Lafferty
Licensed to sell weasels and jade earrings: The short stories of Lord Dunsany by Jo Walton
John Picacio: Free Wallpaper by Irene Gallo
Good News, Everyone! by Dayle McClintock
Ten Movies to Watch Instead of Star Trek by Genevieve Valentine
Green (Excerpt) by Jay Lake
Tue Jun 9
Star Trek Re-watch: “Tomorrow is Yesterday” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
This is Not a Game...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
The Success Trap by Jay Lake
Review: Tides from the New Worlds by Arachne Jericho
Dan Dos Santos: Free Wallpaper by Irene Gallo
The City Quiet as Death by Michael Bishop and Steven Utley
Mon Jun 8
Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger
Dean Koontz’s Relentless by Mark Graham
The Warded Man...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 6 by Leigh Butler
Donato: Free wallpapers from a Hugo-Nominated Artist by Irene Gallo
Ancient Rockets: Prince Achmed by Kage Baker
Gender and glaciers: Ursula Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness by Jo Walton
Sun Jun 7
Undead on Arrival...in 60 Seconds by John Joseph Adams
Being clever with mythology: John James’s Votan and Not For All the Gold in Ireland by Jo Walton
Sat Jun 6
Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Kunstbar” and “The Last Knit” by Irene Gallo
MoCCA Art Festival 2009 by Liz Gorinsky
Fri Jun 5
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 5 by Leigh Butler
Tales of Vesperia: The best next-gen JRPG out there by Torie Atkinson
The Ruins of Tomorrowland by Robert Charles Wilson
Thu Jun 4
Star Trek Re-watch: “Arena” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Lise Myhre signing this weekend by Pablo Defendini
Faster Than Light at any speed by Jo Walton
Mathoms from the Time Closet (1) by Robert Charles Wilson
Interview: Kevin J. Anderson by John Ottinger III
The Dreaded Question by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Jun 3
Something old, something new? by Jo Walton
LotR re-read: Fellowship movie re-watch by Kate Nepveu
David Eddings (1931-2009), In Memoriam by Bruce Baugh
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 4 by Leigh Butler
Where’s Waldo?: A Movie News Roundup (Rebooted) by Genevieve Valentine
Advertising dystopia: Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants by Jo Walton
Dungeon Crawls to Hyperspace - Paul S. Kemp Interview by Jay Tomio
Review: Strange Angels by Matt London
The Redemption of Professor Nimbus Excerpt #1 by Michael Sloan
Tue Jun 2
Star Trek Re-watch: “The Squire of Gothos” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
The addiction of time travel: Daphne Du Maurier’s The House on the Strand by Jo Walton
Review: New Mutants #2 by Greg van Eekhout
Ten Fiction Editors Talk Shop in Clarkesworld Magazine by Pablo Defendini
What books haven’t you read? by Torie Atkinson
Julian Comstock, Chapters 1 and 2 (Excerpt) by Robert Charles Wilson
Mon Jun 1
You may not know it, but you want to read this: Francis Spufford’s Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 3 by Leigh Butler
Free Audiobook! Sun of Suns, by Karl Schroeder by Pablo Defendini
Ancient Rockets: Schatten by Kage Baker
Mapping The City & The City: an interview with China Miéville by Theresa DeLucci
I’m In Your Media, Divorcing Your Intent by Bruce Baugh