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January, 2009

01/31: Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “The Oath” by Pablo Defendini

01/31: 1st Annual Global Game Jam NYC - Day 1 (1/30) Recap by David Pucik

01/31: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “The Fly and the Eye” and “Oscuridad-luz-oscuridad” by Irene Gallo

01/30: On Updike by Joe Haldeman

01/30: Around the Web: geek clock, a surprising street view, and chocolate Iron man by Torie Atkinson

01/30: Social Life 2.0 by M.M. Buckner

01/30: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 4 by Leigh Butler

01/30: Picking on Costumed Heroes: The Watchmen Portraits by Genevieve Valentine

01/29: “Give me back the Berlin Wall": Ken MacLeod’s The Sky Road by Jo Walton

01/29: Don’t Mind Me Giving the Trade Name by Jason Henninger

01/29: For Every Flow There is an Ebb by John Klima

01/29: Bruce Wayne: Neander-bat? by Pablo Defendini

01/29: Around the Web: zombie warnings, a blacked-out Mars rover, and why you shouldn’t be afraid of buttons by Torie Atkinson

01/29: The Long-Awaited DVD Dissemination: The Middleman Coming to DVD by Genevieve Valentine

01/29: Lost Round Table: Episode 3,“Jughead” by Pablo Defendini

01/29: New Wallpapers: Manchess and Martiniere by Pablo Defendini

01/28: Mamatas In Translation by John Klima

01/28: The Legacy of Holmes: Television by Rajan Khanna

01/28: Convince Me! by John Ottinger III

01/28: Around the Web: P&P (with zombies), gaming console histories, and Songsmith classics by Torie Atkinson

01/28: Real world reading for fantasy writers by Jo Walton

01/28: Addicted to Armageddon by David Moody

01/28: New YA Fantasy: Bones of Faerie by Megan Messinger

01/28: Near future and far future: Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin by Jo Walton

01/28: Hater, by David Moody: Intro & Chapter 1 by Management Services

01/27: Good Bye Realms of Fantasy by John Klima

01/27: Jon Schindehette, an interview with Wizards of the Coast’s senior Dungeons and Dragons art director by Irene Gallo

01/27: Around the Web: faux Doc Savage covers, R.I.P. Kim Manners, and no zombie child left behind (part deux) by Torie Atkinson

01/27: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

01/27: Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope by Lou Anders

01/27: Faux retro-cute novelization covers by Irene Gallo

01/27: Cette Lettre Prend le Vengence by J. Hennenger

01/26: Geek Survival Guide: tips you may never need by Mur Lafferty

01/26: Eleventh Hour: “Miracles” by Genevieve Valentine

01/26: Around the Web: steampunk cylons, Coraline, and international fiction award news by Torie Atkinson

01/26: Nobody Wins! (Congratulations to Neil Gaiman...) by Bridget McGovern

01/26: Why do I pick up the books I do? by Jo Walton

01/26: LotR re-read: Fellowship I.7, “In the House of Tom Bombadil” by Kate Nepveu

01/26: Review: The Stepsister Scheme by Arachne Jericho

01/26: Ancient Rockets: Frankenstein by Kage Baker

01/26: Glory at Sea: a post-Katrina, postapocalyptic Orphean tale by Irene Gallo

01/26: Marvel Preview: Runaways #6 by Management Services

01/26: Marvel Preview: Ender’s Shadow #2 by Management Services

01/25: Self-Serve Books by John Klima

01/25: Edward Binkley, artist interview by Irene Gallo

01/24: Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “A Disquiet Follows My Soul” by Pablo Defendini

01/24: Fairytale Rape: Robin McKinley’s Deerskin by Jo Walton

01/24: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Le Processus” and “Al Dente” by Irene Gallo

01/23: “The Superman Exists, and He’s American”: Faux-vintage Watchmen Goodies by Bridget McGovern

01/23: Post-Apocalyptic: Lost and Battlestar Galactica by Rajan Khanna

01/23: New Coraline trailer by Irene Gallo

01/23: Inkheart: A Little Less Action, Please by Genevieve Valentine

01/23: Around the Web: superuseless powers, open beverages, and an interview with George Takei by Torie Atkinson

01/23: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

01/23: The Azaming Snipermad! by Jason Henninger

01/23: “Are You a Witch? Are You a Fairy? Are You the Wife of Michael Cleary?” by Megan Messinger

01/23: It tolls for thee by Elizabeth Bear

01/22: Better luck next year (or decade) by Dayle McClintock

01/22: An HD tour of the ISS by Pablo Defendini

01/22: A Softer World 05 by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

01/22: Around the Web: Star Trek Barbies, 1000 novels everyone must read, and a knitted brain by Torie Atkinson

01/22: Lost Season 5 Premiere Round Table by Pablo Defendini

01/22: My Perfect Anthology by Jo Walton

01/21: Are Comic Books Dying? by Heather Massey

01/21: Lost season 5 premieres tonight, or, Is it tonight yet?! by Theresa DeLucci

01/21: Fighting dragons and depression: Robin McKinley’s The Hero and the Crown by Jo Walton

01/21: The New Frontiersman comes alive. by Pablo Defendini

01/21: Preview: X-Factor #39 by Management Services

01/21: Around the Web: LEGO inauguration, robot rock, and a bionic arm by Torie Atkinson

01/21: Richard Hatch on Galactica Watercooler by Pablo Defendini

01/21: Cowboy Funk by Dayle McClintock

01/21: Weis & Hickman’s Bones of the Dragon, Chapter 1 by Management Services

01/20: LotR re-read: Fellowship I.6, “The Old Forest” by Kate Nepveu

01/20: SF Crowsnest adds “Sci-Fi Play” by John Ottinger III

01/20: Around the Web: abandoned amusement parks, a very dangerous uterus, and LOTR-themed cakes by Torie Atkinson

01/20: Wheel of Time Charity Auction by Megan Messinger

01/20: Eleventh Hour: “H2O” by Genevieve Valentine

01/20: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

01/20: CG Society’s Steampunk Challenge by Irene Gallo

01/20: Ancient Rockets: Impossible Voyage by Kage Baker

01/20: Build A Better World, And The World Will Come To Your Door by Jon Evans

01/19: It’s A Mixed-Up Muddled-Up Shook-Up World by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

01/19: Edgar Allan Poe Hears Sweet Music Like the Dulcet Tones of Angels or Whatever by Adam Rex

01/19: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Introductory Post by Leigh Butler

01/19: Yes We Will by Dan Goldman

01/18: Edgar Allan Poe Should be Writing or Sleeping, Not Doing a Crossword Puzzle by Adam Rex

01/18: A Seldon Crisis of epic proportions in the making. by Pablo Defendini

01/18: Colonial Fantasy: Robin McKinley’s The Blue Sword by Jo Walton

01/18: Post-Apocalyptic: The Past and the Future by Rajan Khanna

01/18: A Good Year for the Robots by Irene Gallo

01/17: An Edgar Allan Poem by Adam Rex

01/17: Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “Sometimes a Great Notion” by Pablo Defendini

01/17: Saturday morning cartoons: “Imago” and “Leo’s Song” by Irene Gallo

01/16: Coincidence or Contrivance? by Jane Lindskold

01/16: Around the Web: nuke it!, how to do a ninja wall flip, and a zombie Hello Kitty cake by Torie Atkinson

01/16: Review: You Suck! by Arachne Jericho

01/16: The countdown to midnight is a go: Watchmen legal issues resolved. by Pablo Defendini

01/15: Cornelia Funke and Brendan Fraser’s Inkheart Q&A by Genevieve Valentine

01/15: We share everything. by Elizabeth Bear

01/15: LotR re-read: Fellowship I.5, “A Conspiracy Unmasked” by Kate Nepveu

01/15: Be Seeing You: Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009 by Bridget McGovern

01/15: Around the Web: two losses for the geek world, a Klingon keyboard, and a periodic table of awesoments by Torie Atkinson

01/15: Errata by Jeff VanderMeer and Jonathan Twingley

01/14: Will you be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered? by Christopher Butcher

01/14: Battlestar Galactica returns with The Face of the Enemy webisodes by Theresa DeLucci

01/14: Around the Web: Tiny Ninja Theater, Avengers news, and a free streaming RiffTrax! by Torie Atkinson

01/14: Justin Gerard and The Hobbit by Irene Gallo

01/14: A Year Without a Year's Best? by John Klima

01/13: Brian Azzarello’s Lex Luthor: Man of Steel by Lou Anders

01/13: Dave Seeley’s Luke Skywalker, a digital step-by-step by Irene Gallo

01/13: Repo! The Genetic Opera - DVD Anatomy by Genevieve Valentine

01/13: Crafting an “Audiobook Drama”: Jack Kincaid on the technical and creative challenges of producing Hoad's Grim by John Joseph Adams

01/13: Around the Web: a Watchmen update, super-predators, and a flying car by Torie Atkinson

01/13: Dynamite alternate history: Jenny Davidson’s The Explosionist by Jo Walton

01/12: Prince of Persia: Fun, beautiful, and n00b-friendly by David Pucik

01/12: A Missing Sign by Jason Hnningr

01/12: Around the Web: imagined evolution, a crucifish, and 15 cool space projects by Torie Atkinson

01/12: Ancient Rockets by Kage Baker

01/12: Benjamin Button: Curiously Compelling by Erika Nelson

01/12: Nothing is Weirder than the Truth, Part 2: Kleptoplasty by Brian Slattery

01/12: James Jean “Kindling” opening by Irene Gallo

01/12: Gibgoblins & Ice-Boxes: Behind the Scenes of the Production of Jack Kincaid’s Hoad’s Grim by John Joseph Adams

01/12: Congratulations, Wesley Allsbrook! by Irene Gallo

01/11: Gene Wolfe Book Club by John Klima

01/10: Foundation and the iPhone by Bruce Baugh

01/10: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Jojo in the Stars” and “Adventures in Broccoli” by Irene Gallo

01/09: “Draw Me” New Yorker by Irene Gallo

01/09: Around the Web: some useful advice, a Wii crossbow, and a photographic Far Side reenactment by Torie Atkinson

01/09: Great Uncle George’s Will by Andi Watson

01/09: Sam Weber’s Thirteen Orphans by Irene Gallo

01/09: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Going Bimonthly by John Klima

01/09: A Puppet Who Can See the Strings: Watchmen Producer Speaks Out by Genevieve Valentine

01/09: Geek-in-Chief by John Joseph Adams

01/09: So you want to be a hero? by Elizabeth Bear

01/08: NYCC programming schedule goes live, or: I’m in way over my head. by Pablo Defendini

01/08: Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars by Elizabeth Bear

01/08: Book pr0n lovers, rejoice. by Pablo Defendini

01/08: Around the Web: RoboCop steals your fridge, an EEG Star Wars toy, and a Watchmen featurette by Torie Atkinson

01/08: Lord of the Bots, Mattias Adolfsson by Irene Gallo

01/07: Spaz, Mage of Coventry by Jason Henninger

01/07: Watchmen kawaii! by Torie Atkinson

01/07: Around the Web: Twilight spuds, space diapers, and cheap ebooks by Torie Atkinson

01/06: Watchmen trailer, in Japanese by Irene Gallo

01/06: Hard Fantasy by Jane Lindskold

01/06: The music has been liberated. by Pablo Defendini

01/06: Companionable Science: Casting Eleven’s Companion by Genevieve Valentine

01/06: Around the Web: LEGO steampunk, Orwell blogs 70 years later, and the top 50 movie special effects by Torie Atkinson

01/06: When Earth is Gone by Heather Massey

01/06: Outshine: More short short fiction by Rajan Khanna

01/05: SciFi Wire morphs into full site. by Pablo Defendini

01/05: Around the Web: the Year of Astronomy, Andrew Stanton, and Evgeni Tomov by Torie Atkinson

01/05: Announcement: JordanCon 2009! by Jennifer Liang

01/05: LotR re-read: Fellowship I.4, “A Short Cut to Mushrooms” by Kate Nepveu

01/05: Supermom Returns by Erika Nelson

01/05: Nothing Is Weirder than the Truth, Part 1 by Brian Slattery

01/04: Who Are These Fools, and Why Should You Care? by Jon Evans

01/04: New News from Reseune: C.J. Cherryh's Regenesis by Jo Walton

01/03: Ladies and gentlemen, this is your new Time Lord. by Pablo Defendini

01/03: Saturday morning cartoons: “Tir Nan Og” and “Syrinx” by Irene Gallo

01/02: Replacement Heroes by Rajan Khanna

01/02: 10 Hella Sexy Discoveries in The Outback Stars by Heather Massey

01/02: Donald E. Westlake 1933-2008 by Jo Walton

01/02: Western Fantasy: Lois McMaster Bujold's Sharing Knife books by Jo Walton

01/02: Brian Azzarello’s Joker by Lou Anders

01/02: From the conversations: magic systems in fiction by Torie Atkinson

01/02: The 12 Days of Zombie Christmas, Day 12: Hangover by Sean Bieri

01/01: Your Guide to the Universes: The Risen Empire by John Ottinger III

01/01: The 12 Days of Zombie Christmas, Day 11: Champagne by Sean Bieri