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October, 2009

10/31: Thanks To All At Once, and To Each One by Management Services

10/31: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Jeweled Spider Brooch by Torie Atkinson

10/31: The Steampunk Cold War, Part Four: Alliances of Convenience, or “Autocracy is like democracy if you say it in Russian” by GD Falksen

10/31: Steampunk anime: Steamboy by Eugene Myers

10/31: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Skhizein” and “Marianne’s Theatre” by Irene Gallo

10/30: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Steampunk Keyhole Plate Pendant by Torie Atkinson

10/30: An Interview with Scott Westerfeld on Barking Spiders, Steampunk, and All Things Leviathan by Joe Monti

10/30: LotR re-read: Two Towers IV.5, “The Window on the West” by Kate Nepveu

10/30: Told In The Dark: Ghost Stories by Helen Stringer

10/30: Return to the Written Word by Jaymee Goh

10/30: The Steampunk Cold War, Part Three: The Dreadnought Arms Race, or “Kaiser Wilhelm gets a boat” by GD Falksen

10/30: Wallpaper giveaway: H.M.S. Stubbington by Irene Gallo

10/30: Star Trek Re-Watch: “Catspaw” (Halloween Edition) by Eugene Myers

10/30: Was Poe Steampunk? by S.J. Chambers

10/30: Story Psych: What Makes a Good Story (Part 2) by Megan Crewe

10/30: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 51 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/29: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Jay Lake’s Mainspring and Escapement by Torie Atkinson

10/29: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Sweet Libertine Set of Eyeshadows by Torie Atkinson

10/29: A Moment for My DIY Peers by Jaymee Goh

10/29: Wallpaper giveaway: Gregory Manchess by Irene Gallo

10/29: On Becoming a Hungry Ghost by Ying Compestine

10/29: Just slightly ahead of our time by Edward M. Lerner

10/29: Making the Tor.com Steampunk Month letterpress poster by Irene Gallo

10/29: The Steampunk Cold War, Part Two: The Great Game, or “the British are still in Afghanistan” by GD Falksen

10/29: It's the Great Pumpkin, And It's Going to Eat You by Megan Messinger

10/29: How to Convert an Ordinary Suit Coat into a Tail Coat by Evelyn kriete

10/29: JC Hutchins’s SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 3 by Management Services

10/29: Ray Bradbury: “A Theatre Inside My Head” by Management Services

10/29: Hating Fairyland: Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz by Mari Ness

10/29: King of an Endless Sky, Part 12 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

10/28: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Antique Watchwork Swarovski Crystal Pendant by Torie Atkinson

10/28: Bioshock: Social Sci-Fi in a Steampunk Veneer? by David Pucik

10/28: The Brooklyn Indie Market goes Steampunk by Genevieve Valentine

10/28: The Gathering Storm Launch Party (with pictures!) by Richard Fife

10/28: The Steampunk Cold War, Part One: The Pax Europaea, or “Tommy’s got my bank account, Ivan’s got the bomb” by GD Falksen

10/28: No catastrophes here: William Tenn’s Of Men and Monsters by Jo Walton

10/28: With this Steam-Powered Prosthetic Arm, I Could Be As Strong as... A Normal Person by Jaymee Goh

10/28: Can Dirigibles Slouch Along? Can They Saunter? by Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer

10/28: Joe Hill’s Locke & Key Volume 2: Head Games by Mark Graham

10/28: Steampunk Blogging: tit-tat for a giveaway! by Torie Atkinson

10/28: Steampunk Blogging, aka Tit-Tat by GD Falksen

10/28: Gogglicious: A Steamcon Report by Jason Henninger

10/28: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 50 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/27: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Stephen Hunt’s The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Torie Atkinson

10/27: Steampunk Month Giveaway: $40 Gift Certificate to Retroscope Fashions by Torie Atkinson

10/27: Ghosts to My Rescue by Ying Compestine

10/27: Gathering Storm Release Party by Megan Messinger

10/27: Asimov's Editorial Staff Talk Magazine Business on The Sofanauts by Pablo Defendini

10/27: Story Psych: A Semi-Scientific Look at What Makes a Good Story by Megan Crewe

10/27: Wallpaper giveaway: Jon Foster and Boneshaker by Irene Gallo

10/27: Art and life and fairytales: Steven Brust’s The Sun the Moon and the Stars by Jo Walton

10/27: Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Doomsday Machine” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

10/27: The Roundtable of DOO- I mean, of Race and Steampunk by Jaymee Goh

10/27: The Wheel of Time on Tor.com by Management Services

10/27: J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son: Descent Available for download by Management Services

10/27: The Eye of the World ebook cover with David Grove by Irene Gallo

10/27: The Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm Review and Open Spoiler Thread! by Leigh Butler

10/26: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Socks from Sock Dreams! by Torie Atkinson

10/26: The Steampunk Bible Wants You! by Pablo Defendini

10/26: Ancient Rockets: Waxworks by Kage Baker

10/26: Playing Human in Octavia Butler’s Imago by Erika Nelson

10/26: Experiments in Comics with Sydney Padua by Jaymee Goh

10/26: Speed Weed Comes Clean: Steampunk and NCIS: Los Angeles by Jeff VanderMeer

10/26: Spacing out by Edward M. Lerner

10/26: The Identical Twin Paradox: Robert A. Heinlein’s Time For the Stars by Jo Walton

10/26: Steampunk Wardrobe Customizations for the Lazy, the Poor, or the Crafty by Cherie Priest

10/26: Andy Awesome’s awesome heroes by Irene Gallo

10/26: That Ghostly Appeal by Megan Crewe

10/26: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 49 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/25: A New Car With Some Old-Fashioned Hardware by Megan Messinger

10/24: Airing China’s Dirty Laundry by Ying Compestine

10/24: Saturday Morning Cartoons, the Halloween Edition: “The Mascot” and “Attack of the Giant Vegetable Monsters” by Irene Gallo

10/23: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Chet Phillips’ Steampunk Monkey Cards by Torie Atkinson

10/23: New Lit! About Sir Thomas Riley by Jaymee Goh

10/23: The Evil Dead Shall Rise: Blackest Night #3 Review by Anthony Schiavino

10/23: Naked Girls Reading by Steven Padnick

10/23: The Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm Advance Review by Leigh Butler

10/23: Crafting the Continuum Bracelet: A DIY How-To by Chrononaut Mercantile

10/23: Aunts in Space: Elizabeth Moon’s Serrano series by Jo Walton

10/23: Tor.com Announces the Steampunk Month Photo Contest! by Liz Gorinsky

10/23: Steampunk Month Photo Contest Official Rules by Management Services

10/23: Review: Astro Boy by Eugene Myers

10/23: Living Poe Girl, Part IV: The Young Girl of the Valley by S.J. Chambers

10/23: The Education of a Speculative Fiction Fan (and Writer) by Megan Crewe

10/23: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 48 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/22: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Kage Baker’s The Women of Nell Gwynne’s by Torie Atkinson

10/22: Pretending to be a Teacher by Ying Compestine

10/22: The future of the Commonwealth: Nevil Shute's In the Wet by Jo Walton

10/22: Wallpaper giveaway: Thom Tenery by Irene Gallo

10/22: Ray Bradbury: “They’re All Graphic Novels” by Management Services

10/22: Following Your Inner Chicken: Ozma of Oz by Mari Ness

10/22: King of an Endless Sky, Part 11 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

10/21: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Modded Book Locket Necklace by Torie Atkinson

10/21: JC Hutchins’ SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 2 by Management Services

10/21: Everybody Line Up!: Berít New York by Jaymee Goh

10/21: Catching Up With Steampunk Artist Dan Hillier by geoffrey h goodwin

10/21: Steampunk Needs a Shot of—Wait for It—Romance by Heather Massey

10/21: Intelligence, algorithms, and anthropomorphism by Edward M. Lerner

10/21: Review: Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett by Arachne Jericho

10/21: Calling Down the Storm by Lou Anders

10/21: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 47 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/20: Steampunk Month Giveaway: James Blaylock’s The Ebb Tide by Torie Atkinson

10/20: Fury, absurdity, sorcery: Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o by Jon Evans

10/20: Grave Digging by Helen Stringer

10/20: All Ages Adventure: Adventure Comics #3 by Anthony Schiavino

10/20: Stalinism vs champagne at the opera: Constantine Fitzgibbon’s When the Kissing Had To Stop by Jo Walton

10/20: Fahrenheit 451, Part 5 by Management Services

10/20: Steampunk Month Wallpaper Giveaway: Eric Freitas by Irene Gallo

10/20: The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday by GD Falksen and David Malki

10/19: Halloween craft ideas: cheap and easy like me by Jason Henninger

10/19: An apology to David Malki by Management Services

10/19: Ancient Rockets: Usher Falls, Twice by Kage Baker

10/19: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 31 by Leigh Butler

10/19: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Jeweled Windup Bird Ring by Torie Atkinson

10/19: Review: Where the Wild Things Are by Bridget McGovern

10/19: Cog Ex Machina by Lou Anders

10/19: A Game of Thrones Cast (Nearly) Complete! by Genevieve Valentine

10/19: There is Totally Punk in Steampunk by Jaymee Goh

10/19: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 46 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/18: Joe Schreiber's Death Troopers and No Doors, No Windows—two books in one day by Mark Graham

10/17: Saturday morning cartoons: “The Cat Piano” and “The Lighthouse Keeper” by Irene Gallo

10/16: Tropes and Mundanity by Edward M. Lerner

10/16: LotR re-read: Two Towers IV.4, “Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit” by Kate Nepveu

10/16: An Ode to Lady Ada by Jaymee Goh

10/16: Two New Magazines in One Day? by John Klima

10/16: Gears Good Enough to Eat by Megan Messinger

10/16: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 30 by Leigh Butler

10/16: New Science Fiction Magazine: Lightspeed by John Klima

10/16: Living Poe Girl, Part III: Metaphysical Motherhood by S.J. Chambers

10/16: The Revolution Will Not be Telegraphed: The Sociopolitical side of Steampunk by Joshua Pfeiffer

10/16: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 45 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/15: Lovelace and Babbage at the Museum of the History of Science by Management Services

10/15: Makers Tile Game, 6x6 iteration now live by Pablo Defendini

10/15: Elvish Songs, Howard Shore, and the Best Creative Process Ever by Genevieve Valentine

10/15: Letters from Abroad: Recommendations by Keith McGowan

10/15: Ray Bradbury Meets Mr. Electrico by Management Services

10/15: Oz Revolts! - The Marvelous Land of Oz by Mari Ness

10/15: King of an Endless Sky, Part 10 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

10/14: Who reads cosy catastrophes? by Jo Walton

10/14: How to steam up your old goth wardrobe by Cherie Priest

10/14: History of a Universe by Anthony Schiavino

10/14: Exploring DC’s Wednesday Comics—Wrapup by Lenny Bailes

10/14: Nanotech IS distinguishable from magic by Edward M. Lerner

10/14: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 29 by Leigh Butler

10/14: Living the Vita Steampunk: Whisper Merlot by Jaymee Goh

10/14: The Steampunk Office by GD Falksen

10/14: JC Hutchins’s SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 1 by Management Services

10/14: Letters from Abroad: Two More Hugely Influential Fantasy Authors by Keith McGowan

10/14: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 44 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/13: Steampunk has taken over Oxford by Evelyn kriete

10/13: Steampunk goes viral: Riese the Webseries by John Ottinger III

10/13: A way the world ends: John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes by Jo Walton

10/13: Tor.com’s Steampunk Meetup by Management Services

10/13: Get Your Steam On: Steampunk Events the World Over by Liz Gorinsky

10/13: Fahrenheit 451 Index by Management Services

10/13: Fahrenheit 451, Part 4 by Management Services

10/13: Save Our Zines Day by John Klima

10/13: Drums in the Deep: The Fellowship of the Ring at Radio City by Genevieve Valentine

10/13: An Interview with James Ng by Jaymee Goh

10/13: Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan by Megan Messinger

10/12: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 28 by Leigh Butler

10/12: A Few of My Favorite Things: Top Steampunk Media by Joshua Pfeiffer

10/12: Negotiating Difference in Octavia Butler’s Adulthood Rites by Erika Nelson

10/12: Lies on Toast: The Fantasy of Mad Men by James Enge

10/12: Princesses and cats: Kij Johnson’s Fudoki by Jo Walton

10/12: Ancient Rockets: Strong & Silent, Day 5 by Kage Baker

10/12: All this stuff totally happened (except for how it didn’t) by Cherie Priest

10/12: The art of Leviathan, Part Two: An interview with Keith Thompson by Irene Gallo

10/12: In An Alternate World, I Could be “Cosmic Goddess” by Jaymee Goh

10/12: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 43 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/11: Steampunk Plot Bunnies for Adoption by Jaymee Goh

10/11: Aliens Among Us: Pauline Gedge’s The Twelfth Transforming by Pamela Sargent

10/10: Saturday Mornng Cartoons: “This Way Up” and “The Falcon” by Irene Gallo

10/09: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 27 by Leigh Butler

10/09: Lonely and special: Zenna Henderson’s Ingathering by Jo Walton

10/09: Berkeley Breathed’s first novel: Flawed Dogs by Mark Graham

10/09: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker by Torie Atkinson

10/09: Letters from Abroad: Illustrator Yoko Tanaka by Keith McGowan

10/09: No Elitism Please, We’re Steampunk by Jaymee Goh

10/09: Living Poe Girl, Part II: An Alchemical Marriage by S.J. Chambers

10/09: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 42 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/08: Michael Chabon: We’re All Amateurs Here by Joshua Starr

10/08: Steampunk Gaming: Getting in the Mood by David Pucik

10/08: Letters from Abroad: Doctor Who? by Keith McGowan

10/08: Where the saints never tread: Criminal #1 Review by Anthony Schiavino

10/08: The Past (and Future) of Steampunk Music. by Joshua Pfeiffer

10/08: Ray Bradbury’s Lifelong Love Affair With Comics by Management Services

10/08: Fabulous Journeys: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Mari Ness

10/08: King of an Endless Sky, Part 9 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

10/07: Steampunk 101 by GD Falksen

10/07: Hauntingly Familiar: Haunt #1 Review by Anthony Schiavino

10/07: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 26 by Leigh Butler

10/07: Steampunk Month Giveaway: Filigree Clockwork Ring by Torie Atkinson

10/07: J.C. Hutchins Interview by Mur Lafferty

10/07: Four Reasons to Watch League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Genevieve Valentine

10/07: No Pitching of the Preciousness: C.J. Cherryh’s Chanur’s Legacy by Jo Walton

10/07: Materializing for the first time by Edward M. Lerner

10/07: Prescription: Zombies by Cherie Priest

10/07: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 41 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/06: Announcing Discounts on the Tor.com Store for Steampunk Month! by Pablo Defendini

10/06: The art of Leviathan, part 1: An interview with Scott Westerfeld by Irene Gallo

10/06: Steampunk as Subculture by Jaymee Goh

10/06: Letters from Abroad: The Golden Compass & The Ruby in the Smoke by Keith McGowan

10/06: Fahrenheit 451, Part 3 by Management Services

10/06: LotR re-read: Two Towers IV.3, “The Black Gate Is Closed” by Kate Nepveu

10/06: Zeppelin City by Michael Swanwick, Eileen Gunn and Benjamin Carre

10/05: Treachery to species: C.J. Cherryh’s Chanur Trilogy by Jo Walton

10/05: Terry Brooks goes back to Landover by Mark Graham

10/05: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 25 by Leigh Butler

10/05: What’s the Soundtrack of Steampunk? by Brian Slattery

10/05: Ancient Rockets: Strong & Silent, Day 4 by Kage Baker

10/05: The world is not enough...but it is such a perfect place to start by GD Falksen

10/05: A Superb Space Opera: Cecelia Holland’s Floating Worlds by Pamela Sargent

10/05: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 40 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/03: Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Steampunk Edition: “Jasper Morello,” “The Aeronaut,” and “The Gentleman’s Duel” by Irene Gallo

10/02: Living Poe Girl, Part I: Objects of Desire by S.J. Chambers

10/02: The Post-Modernity of Steampunk by Jaymee Goh

10/02: Resurrecting Halloween by Jason Henninger

10/02: Across the Stargate Universe by Megan Messinger

10/02: Hello and Good Morning (Technically. Here in West Coast Time) by Cherie Priest

10/02: Dark Agent of Fear by Anthony Schiavino

10/02: Letters from Abroad: READ THAT BOOK, OR ELSE? by Keith McGowan

10/02: And the Antisocial Shall Inherit the Zombieland by Dayle McClintock

10/02: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 39 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

10/01: Introducing Guest Blogger Keith McGowan by Megan Messinger

10/01: How Stubby, the Tor.com rocket, became the H.M.S. Stubbington by Irene Gallo

10/01: Move Over Hawkwind: Here Comes Age of Misrule! by Lou Anders

10/01: George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge Giveaway! by Torie Atkinson

10/01: Has Anybody Seen the Bridge? George Mann’s The Affinity Bridge by Lou Anders

10/01: The Uneasy Alliance of Light by Anthony Schiavino

10/01: Interview with Steamcon Vice Chair Diana Vick by Jason Henninger

10/01: Steampunk Month on Tor.com by Liz Gorinsky

10/01: King of an Endless Sky, Part 8 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon