Blog Archive

August, 2010

Tue Aug 31
The Great Debate: Bruce Wayne vs. Dick Grayson by Annie Gala
Masks and moons: Melissa Scott’s The Kindly Ones by Jo Walton
Queering SFF: Where’s the Polyamory? by Brit Mandelo
True Blood episode review: “Fresh Blood” by Theresa DeLucci
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 14 by Leigh Butler
In a Kingly Way: Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings by Richard Fife
Review: The Native Star by M.K. Hobson by Alyx Dellamonica
It’s Here! by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Aug 30
I Can Has Ray Gunz! Cat-People in Science Fiction by Ryan Britt
Annapolis in space: Robert A. Heinlein’s Space Cadet by Jo Walton
How many cyberwizards can dance on the head of a pin? (Being a review of Omnitopia Dawn, by Diane Duane) by Elizabeth Bear
Tor Dot August Round-Up by Megan Messinger
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2010 by Jo Walton
The Way of Kings Holds a Secret From The Wheel of Time by Management Services
Writing Hurricane Katrina by Suzanne Johnson
The Reapers Are the Angels (Excerpt) by Alden Bell
Sun Aug 29
OK, where do I start with that? W by Jo Walton
Fri Aug 27
Not the Towers of Midnight Cover, But It’ll Do by Stubby the Rocket
The Best Films You’ll Never See: Alternate Universe Movie Posters by Bridget McGovern
Avatar Rewatch: “Avatar Day” (Episode 205) by Matt London
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 13 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: G by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
“Why would I scan food with my screwdriver?” by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: The Locust, “Flash’s Theme” by Jason Heller
30 Years of the Asteroid Belt in 3 Minutes by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Aug 26
Tor Books Events at DragonCon: Wheel of Time, Sanderson, and more by Management Services
Review: Suzanne Collins’s Mockingjay by Faye Bi
Power laces? Alright! by Chris Greenland
Donato exhibits “Water: A Parallel Universe” by Irene Gallo
An Interview with Filmmaker Arwen Curry by the rejectionist
Weather War: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg’s Lear’s Daughters by Jo Walton
Wed Aug 25
Prologue to The Towers of Midnight available for pre-order now! by Management Services
R.I.P. Satoshi Kon by Jenny Rae Rappaport
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas by Brit Mandelo
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Good Time Funny Books by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
An Interview with Nnedi Okorafor by the rejectionist
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 14 and 15 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
An interview with colorist Dave Stewart by Gregory Manchess
True Blood episode review: “I Smell a Rat” by Theresa DeLucci
“I do not know which of us has written this interview” by Jason Henninger
The Speed of Time by Jay Lake
Tue Aug 24
Upcoming SF Events in September by René Walling
GLaDOS Goes To College by Bridget McGovern
Get ready for The Walking Dead: Official trailer and release date by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 12 by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Chapters 12 and 13 Up Now! by Management Services
An interview with Elizabeth Hand by the rejectionist
Recognizing the Constitutional Rights of Zombies? by Chris Greenland
Mon Aug 23
Hear the first chapter of Mockingjay by Stubby the Rocket
Pencil Art by Irene Gallo
Packing for Mars and laughing out loud by Mark Graham
From a land, from a faraway place by Patrick Garson
Angel Joins Buffy at Dark Horse Comics by Brit Mandelo
Why Science Fiction? by the rejectionist
After the Smoke Clears (Or, What To Read After Mockingjay) by Thea James
Orbit Books’ Guide to Fantasy Art by Bridget McGovern
Sun Aug 22
OK, where do I start with that? U and V. by Jo Walton
Sat Aug 21
Fab Fighters: The Beatles Vs. Zombies by Chris Greenland
Fri Aug 20
Star Wars Gets the Silent Treatment by Stubby the Rocket
AIR MMORPG wants steampunk illustrators! by GD Falksen
Audioslice: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey by Liz Maverick
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 11 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: F by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
A Fondness for Antiques: The Future of Books According to Science Fiction by Ryan Britt
What Comic-Con Means to Me: The Joss Whedon Experience by Juliana Weiss-Roessler
Thu Aug 19
The Way of Kings, Chapters 12 and 13 by Brandon Sanderson
Reading at the Speed of Sound Podcast, Episode 4: Audiobook Review of Alan Goldsher’s Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion by Susan Dunman
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.1, “The Tower of Cirith Ungol” by Kate Nepveu
Stickman, Prepare to Meet your Maker by Stubby the Rocket
Phil Plait’s Bad Universe Expands by Bridget McGovern
Avatar Rewatch: “The Swamp” (episode 204) by Jordan Hamessley
Gulp or sip: How do you read? by Jo Walton
The Ragged Man (Excerpt) by Tom Lloyd
Wed Aug 18
Buildings and Vampires, a tribute to “Where the Wild Things Are” by Irene Gallo
Fantastical Birds: Artist Kathleen Lolley by Brit Mandelo
Wednesday Comics Pull List: To All Things, Endings by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
And now video games tell history... by GD Falksen
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 12 and 13 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
First Juvenile: Robert A. Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo by Jo Walton
George Sirois Introduces Excelsior, Sci-Fi’s Newest Hero by Teresa Jusino
The Church of Heinlein (mildly) Reformed by Sarah A. Hoyt
Tue Aug 17
When literary authors slum in genre by Ethan Gilsdorf
Firefly Re-watch: Serenity, the second half by Richard Fife
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 10 by Leigh Butler
Robert A. Heinlein’s technological prophecies by Mitch Wagner
The Zero Stone, with a cover by Jeff Jones by Gregory Manchess
What Do Heinlein Women Want? by Sarah A. Hoyt
Witches, Pirates, Vampires, and Vengeful Gods: Hellboy by Alex Brown
Pulp adventure and nothing wrong with that: Robert Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children by Jo Walton
The Undead Robert Heinlein by John Scalzi
Mon Aug 16
Tom Sawyer and the Undead and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Mark Graham
American, Like Me by Sarah A. Hoyt
A brief thought about why Heinlein discussions frequently become acrimonious by Jo Walton
True Blood episode review: “Everything is Broken” by Theresa DeLucci
Heinlein Biographer Tells All by Mitch Wagner
Queering SFF: Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts by Brit Mandelo
The Customs Of His Tribe by Sarah A. Hoyt
Monstrous Wildlife: Graboids by Bridget McGovern
Sun Aug 15
OK, where do I start with that? T. by Jo Walton
Sat Aug 14
Bioshock, now with 100% more steampunk by GD Falksen
Some responses to the opening posts of the Heinlein discussion by Pamela Dean
Fri Aug 13
Heinlein and The Saturday Evening Post by John Scalzi
That Was Fun, But I’m Not in Lesbian With It. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Chris Greenland
Spec Fic Parenting: “That’s a Wizard’s Tower” by Richard Fife
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 9 by Leigh Butler
Heinlein’s contradictory views on race by Mitch Wagner
A is for Artist: E by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 10: It Will Always Be the Same Old Story by Steve Englehart
Pariah (Excerpt) by Bob Fingerman
Thu Aug 12
Growing up alien: Michael Coney’s Hello Summer, Goodbye by Jo Walton
Funny, Hip and Nerdy: Regarding The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Michael Rubens by Ryan Britt
Avatar Rewatch: “Return to Omashu” (episode 203) by Matt London
Frequency Rotation: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, “21st Century Boy” by Jason Heller
Heinlein: Forward-looking diversity advocate or sexist bigot? Yes by Mitch Wagner
True Blood episode review: “Night on the Sun” by Theresa DeLucci
The right kind of girl by Jo Walton
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Ganymede Elegy” by Madeline Ashby
Through a backward telescope: Heinlein’s context by Charlie Stross
Patterson Heinlein biography: Not to be trusted on details by Jo Walton
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 9: Quit Cramming Concepts Into Comic Movies! by Steve Englehart
Wed Aug 11
Tomorrow Through the Past by Pamela Dean
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Old Battles and Déjà Vu by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
Coming Home by Sarah A. Hoyt
Way of Kings ARC and audio giveaway on Facebook by Management Services
Heinlein: Strangely Human by John Scalzi
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 10 and 11 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
“Out far, and onward yet!” Heinlein’s future history stories of the thirties and forties by Jo Walton
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 8: In Which Captain America Loses His Freedom by Steve Englehart
Robert A. Heinlein: A real-life Forrest Gump by Mitch Wagner
Robert A. Heinlein: The Tor.com Blog Symposium by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model by Charlie Jane Anders
Tue Aug 10
Newsflash! Torchwood: The New World by Alex Brown
Firefly Re-watch: Serenity, the first half by Richard Fife
Knife of Dreams ebook cover by Michael Komarck by Irene Gallo
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 7: Working in the Industry, Then and Now by Steve Englehart
Behold, The 2010 Social Networking Map by Bridget McGovern
Mon Aug 9
Robert Abbett and A Princess of Mars by Gregory Manchess
Big Think Rolls Out 31 Days of Dangerous Ideas by Chris Greenland
Aliens, Steppe Nomads, and just the right amount of romance: Kate Elliott’s Jaran by Jo Walton
The Eisner Awards: And the Eisner Goes to... by Brit Mandelo
Smexy Zombies and Runaway Zeppelins: The Loving Dead by Alex Brown
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 6: The Secret Marvel/DC Crossover Event by Steve Englehart
More Stories from the Twilight Zone by Mark Graham
Sun Aug 8
OK, where do I start with that? S. by Jo Walton
Fri Aug 6
Editorial Roundtable: The Roots of Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy by Melissa Ann Singer
Congratulations to the 2010 Chesley Award Winners! by Irene Gallo
Provencal Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Song for Arbonne by Jo Walton
Queering SFF: An Interview with Editor Steve Berman by Brit Mandelo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 8 by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: D by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 5: Stan Lee and Thor By Flashlight by Steve Englehart
She Loves Hot Reads Paranormal Book Giveaway! by Eileen Rothschild
One children’s book without so much squid in it...being a review of Greg van Eekhout’s Kid Vs. Squid by Elizabeth Bear
Thu Aug 5
Reread All 40 Books in the Oz Series by Management Services
Chicago Museum of Science is Looking for a Subletter by Chris Greenland
Real world engineering: Nevil Shute’s No Highway by Jo Walton
Life in the Multiverse by René Walling
I Believe I Can Fly by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: Isis, “Hall of the Dead” by Jason Heller
Star Trek Re-Watch Season 2 Wrap-Up by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 4: Comics Make You a Better Writer Faster Than Anything Else by Steve Englehart
Geek Fashion: Molly Crabapple Goes Dirtee Hollywood by Teresa Jusino
Queering SFF: Wilde Stories 2010 edited by Steve Berman by Brit Mandelo
Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson
Wed Aug 4
Kiss the fleeting stead of death by Jason Henninger
“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” Thinking about Inception by Mitch Wagner
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Torchwood, Magnus, and a Surprising Amount of Baltimore by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
The best spacestation novel not written by Cherryh: Walter Jon Williams’ Angel Station by Jo Walton
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 8 and 9 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 3: Pterodactyls Play Ptheir Part by Steve Englehart
Urban Fantasy Recommendations by Carrie Vaughn
China Miéville Takes Comic Con by Alex Brown
What Makes a River by Deborah Coates
Tue Aug 3
Prince of Storms (Excerpt) by Kay Kenyon
What happened to genres? by Alexandra Ivy
Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 3 by Richard Fife
Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. by Gregory Manchess
Young Adult Paranormal Book Giveaway, Courtesy of WordsnStuff.net! by Eileen Rothschild
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 7 by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Chapters 9 and 11 Up Now! by Management Services
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 2: Missed Connections by Steve Englehart
True Blood “Hitting the Ground” episode review by Theresa DeLucci
Suppose you are contemplating an island: Jill Paton Walsh’s Knowledge of Angels by Jo Walton
Let the Right One In, Eli in my psyche by Greg Ruth
Mon Aug 2
Family ties and sore losers: Summer Wars (サマーウォーズ) by René Walling
Review: Masked by Jason Henninger
TV Vampires: The Broody and the Badass by Juliana Weiss-Roessler
Way of Kings Advance Reading Copy Giveaway by Megan Messinger
I am a Reasonably Happy Man: The Trouble with Trouble on Triton by Sean Grattan
From Comics to Cosmic, Part 1: It Begins with Murder by Steve Englehart
An Interview with Laura Anne Gilman by Ron Hogan
Towers of Midnight Prediction Open Thread by Management Services
Doctor Who S5 Finale: “The Pandorica Opens”/“The Big Bang” by Teresa Jusino
Manga Farming by Irene Gallo
Sun Aug 1
There Can Be Only— Oh. Oops. Never Mind. by Doranna Durgin
OK, where do I start with this? R. by Jo Walton