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April, 2010

Fri Apr 30
The May Day Fairie Festival by Marc Hudgins
MoominWeek! Day 5 by Kathryn Hurley
Queering SFF: Review of The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan by Brit Mandelo
Asimov’s Science Fiction Accepting Electronic Submissions by John Klima
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 3 by Leigh Butler
Tor.com Tribble Contest Winners! by Torie Atkinson
Bizarre Love Triangles by Marie Rutkoski
JordanCon: Interview with Harriet McDougal by Richard Fife
Thu Apr 29
Star Trek Re-Watch: “A Piece of the Action” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
MoominWeek! Day 4 by Kathryn Hurley
Drops of True Blood by Theresa DeLucci
V: “Heretic's Fork” by Mur Lafferty
Tor Story Podcast 019 - “Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure” by Richard Parks by Mur Lafferty
Outsiders in Fairyland: Ojo of Oz by Mari Ness
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Fortuneteller” (episode 114) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
The Gashlycrumb Losties by Jason Henninger
Don’t want to be all by my Doctor-self by Nina Lourie
Wed Apr 28
Black Blade Blues, by J.A. Pitts - An interview with the man behind the woman by Jen West
Ok, where do I start with that? by Jo Walton
MoominWeek! Day 3 by Kathryn Hurley
Doctor Who S5, Ep 2: “The Beast Below” by Teresa Jusino
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.4, “The Siege of Gondor” by Kate Nepveu
Recap of JordanCon II (AKA: The SeanCon Invasion) by Richard Fife
V: “We Can't Win” by Mur Lafferty
Tue Apr 27
Firefly Re-watch: “Our Mrs. Reynolds” by Richard Fife
MoominWeek! Day 2 by Kathryn Hurley
Moomin-mania!: Celebrating 65 Years of Moomins by Ksenia Winnicki
Sometimes, we win. by Madeline Ashby
A hound among hounds: Margaret Ronald’s Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Bear
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 2 by Leigh Butler
Robert Sawyer—WWW:WATCH and Flash Forward by Mark Graham
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 8, “Dirge” by Brit Mandelo
A fragilistic look at the expialidocious by Jason Henninger
Mon Apr 26
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, Act II by Dexter Palmer
How Tove Jansson can Change Your Life by Sara Kramer
Comet in Moominland Re-read by Gina Gagliano
MoominWeek! Day 1 by Kathryn Hurley
Moominweek Index by Management Services
Moomin DeviantART! by Luke Pearson
Moominary! by Ksenia Winnicki
Introduction to Moominweek! by Gina Gagliano
Prime Baby by Nina Lourie
Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells by Brit Mandelo
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Blue Spirit” (episode 113) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
Buffy, “Intervention,” and King Lear by Marie Rutkoski
Novel Disfunction by Jason Henninger
GGG#017: Dragons! Fan Fiction! Copyright Law! (Guest: Naomi Novik) by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley
Sun Apr 25
OK, where do I start with that? B. by Jo Walton
Sat Apr 24
The Last Airbender trailer by Irene Gallo
Live Feed From JordanCon, Day Two! by Management Services
Fri Apr 23
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Gateway Shuffle” by Madeline Ashby
Tor Books B-Day Giveaway: Wheel of Time Posters by Megan Messinger
Tribbles Week Contest Reminder by Eugene Myers
Moominpappa at Sea Reread by Jessica Zimmerman
Meet Tor Books, 30 years old by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 1 by Leigh Butler
Live Video Feed from JordanCon!!! by Management Services
Tor Books B-Day Giveaway: Box o’ Books by Megan Messinger
Bitter Seeds, by Ian Tregillis - a review by Elizabeth Bear
Total immersion in 1950s India: Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy by Jo Walton
JordanCon Invades Atlanta! by Matt Hatch
Thu Apr 22
Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Comics Giveaway by Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly talks Moomins by Tom Devlin
Tales from Moominvalley Re-read by Gina Gagliano
Moominland Midwinter Re-read by Leslie York
Moomin Cover Art by Elynn Cohen
Moominsummer Madness Re-read by Katelyn Detweiler
Moomin Souvenir Giveaway! by That Kate
My Little Mys by Wes Adams
Moominpappa’s Memoirs Re-read by Jessica Tedder
Me and the Moomins by Niina Niskanen
Mrs. MacOlsson’s Moomins by Mrs. MacOlsson
Finn Family Moomintroll Re-Read by Beth Potter
Moomin Books Giveaway by Kathryn Hurley
An Adventure in Moominland by Margaret Maloney
Tor's 30th: T-1: Into the Future by Liz Gorinsky
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Storm” (episode 112) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
The Map of Lost Things by Nina Lourie
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Gamesters of Triskelion” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Private Armies in Fairyland: The Purple Prince of Oz by Mari Ness
Lost Round Table: “The Last Recruit” by Rajan Khanna, Bridget McGovern and Theresa DeLucci
Creating Dothraki: An Interview with David J. Peterson and Sai Emrys by Ellen B. Wright
Wed Apr 21
Tor’s 30th: T-2: Professional Fans by Liz Gorinsky
Doctor Who S5, Ep 1: “The Eleventh Hour” by Teresa Jusino
Oh, what it did to me by Nina Lourie
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 7, “Spider’s Thrash” by Brit Mandelo
Harry Potter to the Rescue by Ethan Gilsdorf
The possibility of knowing yourself: Geoff Ryman's Lust by Jo Walton
Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure by Richard Parks
Tue Apr 20
Tor’s 30th: T-3: Funniest Memories by Liz Gorinsky
Firefly Re-watch: “Safe” by Richard Fife
Kwaidan by Jason Henninger
George Scithers (1929-2010) by David Hartwell
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 24 by Leigh Butler
Tor.com is a Locus Finalist! by Liz Gorinsky
Riverworld is All Wet by Genevieve Valentine
Mon Apr 19
Tor’s 30th: T-4: Earliest Memories by Liz Gorinsky
Blogging Wagner's Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, Act I by Dexter Palmer
Review: Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee by Jaymee Goh
SEED: Field of Dreams by Dot Lin
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Great Divide” (episode 111) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
Carla Ulbrich’s new album: Live from Outer Space by Mur Lafferty
OK, where do I start with that? A. by Jo Walton
GGG#016: Geek Rock! Mad Scientists! Dave's Alien Ancestry! (Guest: Jonathan Coulton) by John Joseph Adams
Sat Apr 17
Before Heavy Metal, we had Screaming Metal by René Walling
Fri Apr 16
Countdown To Doctor Who: The Steven Moffat Interview by Teresa Jusino
George R. R. Martin is the Dark One? Musings on the Suvudu Cage Match 2010 and How Rand al’Thor Defeated a God by Matt Hatch
V: “John May” by Mur Lafferty
Tribbles Week: The Next Tribble-ation Contest by Torie Atkinson
Tribbles Week: Tribbles and Altos Contest by Torie Atkinson
Tor Story Podcast 018 - “First Flight" by Mary Robinette Kowal by Mur Lafferty
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 23 by Leigh Butler
Review: Laura Bickle's debut novel, Embers by Elizabeth Bear
Gargoyles, fonts, and anachronism, oh my! by Nina Lourie
Thu Apr 15
Countdown to Doctor Who: The Paul Cornell Interview by Teresa Jusino
Lost Round Table: “Everybody Loves Hugo” by Rajan Khanna, Bridget McGovern and Theresa DeLucci
Tribbles Week: Re-watching Futurama’s “The Problem With Popplers” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Jet” (episode 110) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
Tricks, pranks and mischief: the birth of comic strips by René Walling
Remembering John Schoenherr by Gregory Manchess
Doctor Who Is In The House by Hugo Perez
Wed Apr 14
V - The New Series by Mur Lafferty
Countdown to Doctor Who: The Doctor in NYC! Apple Store, SoHo by Teresa Jusino
Queering SFF: Wanting, Searching, Finding by Brit Mandelo
Tribbles Week: Re-watching Deep Space Nine’s “Trials and Tribble-ations” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
Pirates in Fairyland! Pirates in Oz by Mari Ness
Review: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities, the play of Samuel Delany's Dhalgren by Jo Walton
Selfish, selfless, or something in between: Ash, by Malinda Lo by Elizabeth Bear
Tue Apr 13
Countdown to Doctor Who: Moffat's Women - The Women of The Library by Teresa Jusino
Firefly Re-watch: “Shindig” by Richard Fife
Tribbles Week: Re-watching Star Trek: The Animated Series “More Tribbles, More Troubles” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Malazan Reread of the Fallen by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 22 by Leigh Butler
Formations and transformations: Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren by Jo Walton
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 6, “Gouge Away” by Brit Mandelo
Mon Apr 12
Countdown to Doctor Who: Chicks Dig Time Lords! by Teresa Jusino
Tor Story Podcast 017 - “The Film-makers of Mars" by Geoff Ryman by Mur Lafferty
Tribbles Week: Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Trouble with Tribbles” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Waterbending Scroll” (episode 109) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
THE DS9 TRIBBLES CONTEST Official Rules by Management Services
THE ST:TNG TRIBBLES CONTEST Official Rules by Management Services
Buffy Season 8, and What Makes a Series Good by Marie Rutkoski
Ender’s Game ebook cover by Sam Weber by Irene Gallo
GGG#015: The Black Death! Archimedes! Counterfactuals! (Guest: Dan Carlin) by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley
Sun Apr 11
Feast or famine? by Jo Walton
Fri Apr 9
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold by Dexter Palmer
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Honky Tonk Women” by Madeline Ashby
Instructions: Charles Vess from pencil to paint, Neil Gaiman from words to reading by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 21 by Leigh Butler
The next best thing to being there: Plato’s Republic by Jo Walton
Caprica S1, Ep 9: End of Line, Part Two by Teresa Jusino
Thu Apr 8
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Wolf in the Fold” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
An Email Conversation I Had Yesterday by Leigh Butler
Lost Round Table: “Happily Ever After” by Theresa DeLucci, Rajan Khanna and Bridget McGovern
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku” (episode 108) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
A Crown of Swords ebook cover by Mélanie Delon by Irene Gallo
Rockets in Fairyland: The Yellow Knight of Oz by Mari Ness
New perspectives on humanity: Molly Gloss’s Wild Life by Jo Walton
Wed Apr 7
Changes, Book 12 of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher by Megan Messinger
Mega Piranha: an interview with director Eric Forsberg by Dayle McClintock
Heavy Metal Pulp debuts with Pleasure Model by Mark Graham
V - A Retrospective, Pt. 2 by Mur Lafferty
George Lucas Has Lost His Mind by Jordan Hamessley
Julian the Apostate on a Gunboat: Robert Charles Wilson’s Julian Comstock by Jo Walton
Tue Apr 6
Sooo, Joss, when’s the real game coming out? by Megan Messinger
Firefly Re-watch: “Bushwhacked” by Richard Fife
Unusual dystopia: Sumner Locke Elliott’s Going by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 20 by Leigh Butler
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 5, “Lonely City” by Brit Mandelo
Mon Apr 5
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle by Dexter Palmer
Book Review: The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan by Thea James and Ana Grilo
Clash of the Titans by Genevieve Valentine
Caprica S1, Ep 9: End of Line, Part One. by Teresa Jusino
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World” (episode 107) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
2010 SFWA Author Emeritus: Neal Barrett, Jr. by John Klima
Breaking Rules and Making Babies by Marie Rutkoski
GGG#014: Fairies! Unicorns! Action Figures! (Guest: Holly Black) by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley
Sun Apr 4
Hugo Nominations! by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Sat Apr 3
Good hunting by Scott Brundage
“Yakking about who's civilized and who's not”: H. Beam Piper's Space Viking by Jo Walton
Fri Apr 2
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Imprisoned” (episode 106) by John Joseph Adams, Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 19 by Leigh Butler
Why do I re-read things I don’t like? by Jo Walton
Tor Story Podcast 016 - “Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction” by Jo Walton by Mur Lafferty
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 4, “The New Scum” by Brit Mandelo
Jim C. Hines First Novel Survey by John Klima
Thu Apr 1
True Facts of the Science! #5 by Flora Spoils
LHC’s First Collision Finds Devil Particle by Richard Fife
Mummies: Out of the Casket, Into The Streets by J. Melusine Royal
Star Trek Re-Watch: “What Men Dare Do” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
True Facts of the Science! #4 by Flora Spoils
Time Ramblin’ Guy by Jason Henninger
Congress Reinstates Pluto as a Planet by Richard Fife
Entmoot Convenes to Discuss Same-Sex Marriage by Jason Henninger
True Facts of the Science! #3 by Flora Spoils
Lost Round Table: “The Package” by Bridget McGovern, Rajan Khanna and Theresa DeLucci
Thrust Upon an Unsuspecting Fandom: Sherlock Holmes Meets the Beekeeper's Apprentice by Arachne Jericho
BBC Casts 12th Doctor by Management Services
The Lit Monster: Gaga Goes Genre by Silas Bell
True Facts of the Science! #2 by Flora Spoils
On reflection, not very dangerous: Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions by Jo Walton
Dell Announces the Delldo by Jason Henninger
True Facts of the Science! #1 by Flora Spoils
New Mid-Grade Reader Line from Tor: InnerSpace! by Mur Lafferty
M. Night Shyamalan to Guest-Direct Lost Finalé. by Richard Fife