Blog Archive

July, 2010

Sat Jul 31
Beating Caprica Withdrawal 3: The SDCC Experience by Teresa Jusino
Best & Worst Job Prospects in the Urban Fantasy Economy for 2011 by Carolyn Crane and Chris Castle
That New Kid Smell: The Allure of the New Kid at School by Shannon Delaney
Fri Jul 30
The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle by John Klima
The Boys are Back by Marjorie Liu
Paranormal Romance Grab Bag You-Know-What-Friday-Means! by Megan Messinger
With One Magic Word, Part Four: Miracleman, The Golden Slumber by George Khoury
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 6 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: C by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Queering SFF: Interview with Elizabeth Bear by Brit Mandelo
City as Character by Suzanne Johnson
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.10, “The Black Gate Opens” by Kate Nepveu
Holy Retro DC Universe, Batman! by Irene Gallo
Thu Jul 29
The Way of Kings, Chapters 9 and 11 (Excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson
From Cavemen to Manga and Beyond: Expressing Ourselves Through Comics by Anne Elizabeth
The Legend of Neil is back! by Chris Greenland
Doctor Who S5, EP11: “The Lodger” by Teresa Jusino
Video games aren’t just for boys: The new booming market for women by Melissa Heidrich
Spinning round in Fairyland: Merry Go Round in Oz by Mari Ness
A great castle made of sea: Why hasn’t Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell been more influential? by Jo Walton
Avatar Rewatch: “The Cave of Two Lovers” (episode 202) by Jordan Hamessley
Get to Know Your Hugo Nominees—Voting Ends This Week! by Management Services
2010 Hugo Awards Best Novelette Nominees by John Klima
Becoming Human Again: Rebecca Maizel Discusses Her Upcoming Debut Novel Infinite Days by Rebecca Maizel
Smokin’ Stubbs! Or, all our readers are special, occasionally some are specialer by Irene Gallo
Wed Jul 28
Fashion Dos and Dont’s for the Paranormal Heroine by Kate Perry
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Mad About Batman by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
The Rocketry Blog by Irene Gallo
2010 Hugo Awards - Best Novella Nominees by John Klima
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 6 and 7 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
An Interview with Leanne Renee Hieber by Ron Hogan
Comic Con Roundup by Alex Brown
The Cage by Alyx Dellamonica
Tue Jul 27
It’s All Charlaine’s Fault. (And Jim’s, Laurell’s, oh, and Joss Whedon’s) by C.T. Adams
Doktor Sleepless and its Ideas by Brit Mandelo
Word to the Wired: Personal Advice, Science Fiction Style by Ellen B. Wright
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 5 by Leigh Butler
Embodying Mercy Thompson In Person and In Paint by Irene Gallo
What about Love: Paranormal Romance, Teens and Happily Ever Afters by Shannon Delaney
Of childhood, memories and foxes: Oblivion Island by René Walling
Mon Jul 26
I Blame Buffy by Cynthia Eden
Finding Your Writing Tribe by Kelley Armstrong
A novel in sonnets: Vikram Seth’s The Golden Gate by Jo Walton
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Jamming With Edward!” by Madeline Ashby
Writing the Paranormal by L.A. Banks
Carrie Vaughn’s big week—Kitty Goes to War and Discord’s Apple by Mark Graham
Comic Con Day Three: The End Is Nigh by Alex Brown
Fangs for Hire by Jenna Black
Sun Jul 25
Comic Con Day Two: Lines, Obnoxious Security Guards, Lines, Robert Kirkman, Lines, C-List Celebrities, and Lines by Alex Brown
OK, where do I start with this? P. by Jo Walton
Sat Jul 24
Super Kate by Kate Perry
Fri Jul 23
Imagine by Heather Webber
The language of stones: Terri Windling’s The Wood Wife by Jo Walton
Ménage à Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway Trois by Megan Messinger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 4 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: B by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Comic-Con Day One: Caprica, British invasions, ogling Michael C. Hall, and more by Alex Brown
Down This Gravel Road: A Look at Contemporary Rural Fantasy by Deborah Coates
Queering SFF: A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files by Brit Mandelo
Thu Jul 22
Because It’s Shiny by Shiloh Walker
Parliamentary Democracy with Martians: Robert Heinlein’s Double Star by Jo Walton
Audioslice: Olivia Munn’s Suck It, Wonder Woman! by Liz Maverick
What Urban Fantasy Means to Me by Susan Sizemore
With One Magic Word, Part Three: Apocalypse Please, The Eclipse Years by George Khoury
Frequency Rotation: Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip, “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper” by Jason Heller
Repetition in Fairyland: Hidden Valley in Oz by Mari Ness
Avatar Giveaway! Plus, “The Avatar State” (episode 201) by Matt London
Hugo Awards 2010 Best Short Story by John Klima
Eve of Sin City by S. J. Day
Wed Jul 21
Book Review: Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief by Juliana Weiss-Roessler
Sex and Urban Planning: Samuel R. Delany’s Times Square Red, Times Square Blue by Jo Walton
New Avatar: The Last Airbender series by Jordan Hamessley
Wednesday Comics on Tor.com: Facing Realities by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 4 and 5 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
I Speak for the Trolls by Kate Perry
True Blood episode review: “Trouble” by Theresa DeLucci
Beating Caprica Withdrawal 2: Electric Boogaloo by Teresa Jusino
Bogieman by Carole Nelson Douglas
Tue Jul 20
Stubby the Rocket wallpapers by Irene Gallo
It Is What They Call the Best of the Best: Two Years of Tor.com Highlights by Management Services
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour: You’ll Always Be My Clash At Demonhead by Chris Greenland
Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 2 by Richard Fife
The Crime Syndicate: the Evil Justice League by Rajan Khanna
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 3 by Leigh Butler
Build your own Stubby paper rocket! by Irene Gallo
How to Throw an Evil Twin Party by Liz Gorinsky and Bridget McGovern
How Tor.com Is Like (And Not Like) A Two-Year-Old by Idiots Books
Mon Jul 19
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “How I Wrote The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” by Andrew Liptak
Review: Inception by Genevieve Valentine
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.9, “The Last Debate” by Kate Nepveu
Is Anybody Out There? edited by Nick Gevers and Marty Halpern by John Klima
Text me that hex, please? Kthxbai! by Alyx Dellamonica
Launchpad Workshop Recap: Four Fun Things About the Universe by Genevieve Valentine
Feed Your Reader, revisited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: The Magic of Meh by Alex Brown
A Stroke of Dumb Luck by Shiloh Walker
Sun Jul 18
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Everybody Loves Dirigibles—Science For Tomorrow’s Fiction” by Andrew Liptak
Hugo Nominee for Best Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi by Brit Mandelo
OK, where do I start with that? O. by Jo Walton
Sat Jul 17
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Folklore and its Discontents” by Andrew Liptak
Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man by GD Falksen
Fri Jul 16
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “The New And Improved Future of Magazines” by Andrew Liptak
Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway II: The Grabbening by Megan Messinger
Frequency Rotation: Neil Young, “Sample and Hold” by Jason Heller
Queering SFF: At Readercon 21 by Brit Mandelo
A is for Artist by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 2 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: A by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Quandaries by Kate Perry
Immigrant Fantasy: Susan Palwick’s The Necessary Beggar by Jo Walton
Blogging from Launchpad Workshop: Science! by Genevieve Valentine
Thu Jul 15
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Global Warming and Science Fiction” by Andrew Liptak
With One Magic Word, Part Two: The Miraculous Revival of Marvelman by George Khoury
Star Trek Re-watch: “Assignment: Earth” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Real World Research or Building a Better Werewolf by Carrie Vaughn
Performing in Fairyland: The Shaggy Man of Oz by Mari Ness
The fantasy geography of America: Terry Bisson’s Talking Man by Jo Walton
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Waltz for Venus” by Madeline Ashby
The Heinlein Biography Approacheth: An Announcement, some Pointers, and a digressive Disquisition on the Nuanced Differences between two Web Sites sharing in common a certain Widely-Recognized Brand by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Fare Thee Well by Cathy Clamp
Wed Jul 14
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Citizens of the World, Citizens of the Universe” by Andrew Liptak
How I Started Reading Paranormal Romance by Ron Hogan
Wednesday Comics Round-Up: Dinosaurs vs. Sci-Fi by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 2 and 3 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Crossroads of Twilight ebook cover by Greg Ruth by Irene Gallo
Doctor Who S5, EP10: “Vincent and The Doctor” by Teresa Jusino
Tue Jul 13
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “New England, At Home to the Unheimlich” by Andrew Liptak
Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 1 by Richard Fife
Rachel Swirsky liveblogs Launch Pad by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 1 by Leigh Butler
The Lasting Appeal of Urban Fantasy by Laura Anne Gilman
How’s our driving? by Irene Gallo
Become a member of Tor.com and get a John Scalzi story a week early by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
iPad developers wanted by Fritz W Foy
Mon Jul 12
ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Interstitial Then, Genre Now” by Andrew Liptak
True Blood episode review: “9 Crimes” by Theresa DeLucci
Before the Internet We Expressed Ourselves Through Vans by Chris Greenland
Prince versus the internet by Jason Henninger
Texan Ghost Fantasy: Sean Stewart’s Perfect Circle by Jo Walton
Resident Ghost by Kate Perry
The President’s Brain is Missing by John Scalzi
The Ghost of Leadville by Jeanne C. Stein
2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards announced by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Sun Jul 11
OK, where do I start with that? N. by Jo Walton
Fri Jul 9
Revisiting the Tramp Stamp Phenomenon by Irene Gallo
Paranormal Romance Grab Bag Giveaway! by Megan Messinger
Editorial Roundtable: Paranormal Romance Heroines and Heroes by Melissa Ann Singer
Dom Testa’s The Web of Titan—the second Galahad book by Mark Graham
Reexamining the old-school RPGs: Top Secret by David Williams
A man and a house: Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger by Jo Walton
Thu Jul 8
Wednesday Comics on Tor.com: Large Helpings of Revenge by Chris Greenland
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Bread and Circuses” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
The Fifth Column in Fairyland: The Magical Mimics of Oz by Mari Ness
With One Magic Word: The Miracleman/Marvelman Saga: Part One by George Khoury
Audioslice Exclusive! Listen to Chapters 4, 5 & 6 of The Way of Kings by Liz Maverick
The Way of Kings: Chapters 4, 5, and 6 (Excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson
Interview: Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Creators of the Original Televised Avatar: The Last Airbender by Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
Malazan Empire and Michael Komarck wallpapers by Irene Gallo
The Success of Paranormals: Why is the Genre Taking a Big Bite of Publishing Sales? by Caridad Piñeiro
Time Control: Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity by Jo Walton
Wed Jul 7
The genre film festival: Fantasia by René Walling
Frequency Rotation: Rasputina, “Holocaust of Giants” by Jason Heller
Redemption in Indigo (Excerpt) by Karen Lord
Signs and portents by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Warping of Young Minds (Including My Own) by Cathy Clamp
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Prologue and Chapter 1 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen on Tor.com by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Is it Urban Fantasy? For Example: Charles Stross’ Laundry Files by Brit Mandelo
Tue Jul 6
The Last Airbender: Caucasians Not In Their Element? by Teresa Jusino
Homeless and Magical: Megan Lindholm’s Wizard of the Pigeons by Jo Walton
Firefly Re-watch: Series in Reflection by Richard Fife
Announcing Sharon Lee & Steve Miller’s “Expanding Universe Contest” by Heather Massey
Matsumoto Is Back—Oh Yes by Brit Mandelo
Timeline of a Trend by Carrie Vaughn
Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy on Tor.com by Melissa Ann Singer
Olga by C.T. Adams
Mon Jul 5
Preview: The Dervish House by Ian McDonald by Management Services
Five Short Stories with Useless Time Travel by Jo Walton
Batporn: The Dark Knight Gets Down and Dirty by Bridget McGovern
Why I Won’t Be Reading the New Wonder Woman (And Why It Doesn’t Matter) by Tristan Elwell
Sun Jul 4
OK, where do I start with that? M by Jo Walton
Sat Jul 3
I’m Beginning to Suspect Our Hoverboards Will Never Arrive by Chris Greenland
Fri Jul 2
Fireworks! Chickens! Patriotism! Weirdos! Happy Fourth from Tor.com! by Management Services
Whitley Strieber’s The Omega Point: Beyond 2012 by Mark Graham
Eclipse: A Handy Review of the Creepy Stalker Boyfriend Saga by Alex Brown
Spin-offs I’d like to see by Jason Henninger
The Last Airbender: The Greatest Fan Film of All Time by Matt London and Jordan Hamessley
Let the Right One In: The Remakening by Bridget McGovern
Thu Jul 1
Scavenge: Being a review of Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker by Elizabeth Bear
Frequency Rotation: Jermaine Jackson, “Escape From The Planet Of The Ant Men” by Jason Heller
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Ultimate Computer” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Gliding By in Fairyland: Lucky Bucky in Oz by Mari Ness
Childhood Dreams and Science Ninjas by Jason Henninger
The Society of Time: John Brunner’s Times Without Number by Jo Walton
Jonah Hex Wanted Poster by Ross MacDonald