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August, 2009

08/31: King of an Endless Sky by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

08/31: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 11 by Leigh Butler

08/31: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 2 by Arachne Jericho

08/31: Ancient Rockets: The Bells by Kage Baker

08/31: Paranormal fantasy that isn't: George R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream by John Ottinger III

08/31: Not your father’s funny books: Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft and Ball Peen Hammer by Mark Graham

08/31: Disney Buys Marvel: Comic Book Fans Everywhere Die Little Deaths by Genevieve Valentine

08/31: Hollywood and science fiction: Terry Bisson’s Voyage to the Red Planet by Jo Walton

08/31: 9 days to 9/9/09 by Irene Gallo

08/31: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 25 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/30: Post-Apocalyptic Games: Fallout 3 by Rajan Khanna

08/29: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Madame Tutli-Putli” and “Drux Flux” by Irene Gallo

08/28: Leukemia Fundraiser in Memory of Dave Stevens by Irene Gallo

08/28: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 10 by Leigh Butler

08/28: Martial art fantasy: C.J. Cherryh's The Paladin by Jo Walton

08/28: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1 by Arachne Jericho

08/28: Paved with Good Intentions, Part One by David Whitley

08/28: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 24 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/27: King of an Endless Sky, Part 3 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

08/27: io9 Interviews Patrick Nielsen Hayden by Megan Messinger

08/27: Neurodiversity and Fandom by Jason Henninger

08/27: Beautiful, poetic, and experimental: Roger Zelazny's Doorways in the Sand by Jo Walton

08/27: Post-Apocalyptic Games: Fallout by Rajan Khanna

08/26: Megan Fox Ruins, Illuminates Everything by Genevieve Valentine

08/26: Editors Comment on Changes Planned for Best American Fantasy by Matt Staggs

08/26: We Who Are About to Die of the Awesome by Megan Messinger

08/26: Resurrecting Television Through Comics by Rajan Khanna

08/26: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 9 by Leigh Butler

08/26: We are not amused: My love/hate relationship with funny fiction by Jo Walton

08/26: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 23 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/25: The Rain it Raineth Every Day... by David Whitley

08/25: Sea battles and grand emotion: David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef by Jo Walton

08/25: First Flight by Mary Robinette Kowal and Pascal Milelli

08/24: Making Lists: Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color by K Tempest Bradford

08/24: William Peter Blatty's Jamesian ghost story, Elsewhere by Mark Graham

08/24: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 8 by Leigh Butler

08/24: Interview with Dragon Age: Origins lead writer, David Gaider by David Pucik

08/24: SF Theatre: FringeNYC + NYC Theatre Roundup by Liz Gorinsky

08/24: Ancient Rockets: Der müde Tod by Kage Baker

08/24: LotR re-read: Two Towers III.9, “Flotsam and Jetsam” by Kate Nepveu

08/24: “I, for one, welcome...”: Robot Overlord Contest Results by Liz Gorinsky

08/24: Sneak Preview of James Cameron's Avatar by Matt London

08/24: Kerouac wgah’nagl fhtagn: Nick Mamatas’s Move Under Ground by Jon Evans

08/24: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 22 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/23: Goodbye, Dortmunder: Donald Westlake's Get Real by Jo Walton

08/22: Saturday Morning Cartoons: "Accro" and "Das Rad" by Irene Gallo

08/21: Star Trek Re-watch: Season 1 Wrap-Up by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

08/21: RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space by Ellen Wright

08/21: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 7 by Leigh Butler

08/21: Planet, colony, home: Maureen McHugh’s Mission Child by Jo Walton

08/21: Identity and Characterization by Kate Elliott

08/21: Will Digital Comics on the Sony PSP Signal the eReader's iPod Moment? by K Tempest Bradford

08/21: Multi-purpose subterranean spaces... and Dragons by David Whitley

08/21: In related news, we are finite: reading priorities over time by Bruce Baugh

08/21: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 21 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/20: Wolf Man Trailer Dramatic, Romantic, Mildly Nauseating by Genevieve Valentine

08/20: Bridging the divide between hard and soft SF: Karl Schroeder’s Permanence by Jo Walton

08/20: Venture Bros. Season 4 Trailer, (or, Why Aren’t You Watching the Best Show On Television?!) by Bridget McGovern

08/20: King of an Endless Sky, Part 2 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

08/20: The Zen of Professor Nimbus: Train Wreck by Michael Sloan

08/19: Cory Doctorow On With A Little Help, For the Win, the Hugos and More by Mur Lafferty

08/19: True Blood: “I Will Rise Up” episode review by Theresa DeLucci

08/19: Paul Cornell drops the Hugo Graphic Story gauntlet by Pablo Defendini

08/19: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 6 by Leigh Butler

08/19: Two New Anthologies from John Joseph Adams by John Klima

08/19: Creating The Matrix, Part I by David Weber

08/19: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 20 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/18: Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger

08/18: Charles Vess at work on Neil Gaiman’s Instructions by Irene Gallo

08/18: First Zom-bees, now Zomb-ants? by Dayle McClintock

08/18: A very long poem: Alan Garner’s Red Shift by Jo Walton

08/18: The Ruined Queen of Harvest World by Damien Broderick and Kekai Kotaki

08/18: An Introduction to “The Ruined Queen of Harvest World” by Damien Broderick

08/17: Xenophobia for Dummies: A District 9 Primer by Jon Evans

08/17: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 5 by Leigh Butler

08/17: How Do I Say Goodbye? by K Tempest Bradford

08/17: Ancient Rockets: Murnau’s Faust by Kage Baker

08/17: Cow of Legend: The Story of St. Endelienta by David Whitley

08/17: Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!: A Movie News Roundup by Genevieve Valentine

08/17: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 19 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/16: Growing Up for Real: Alexei Panshin’s Rite of Passage by Jo Walton

08/15: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “La Marche des Sans-Nom” and “Dynamo” by Irene Gallo

08/14: Outrage and Art by Jason Henninger

08/14: LotR re-read: Two Towers III.8, “The Road to Isengard” by Kate Nepveu

08/14: John Scalzi on Hugo Nominations, Collaboration, Fandom, and More. by Mur Lafferty

08/14: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 4 by Leigh Butler

08/14: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 18 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/13: Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways, & Freebies Edition by Megan Messinger

08/13: The art & design of Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes by Irene Gallo

08/13: Glenn Cooper’s Secret of the Seventh Son—a great debut by Mark Graham

08/13: The Bittersweet Broadcast Box-Set: The Middleman on DVD by Genevieve Valentine

08/13: Rogue in the ambient: C.J. Cherryh’s Rider books by Jo Walton

08/13: King of an Endless Sky, Part 1 by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

08/12: Neil Gaiman Reads Cory Doctorow’s “The Right Book” by Mur Lafferty

08/12: AMC Acquires Kirkman’s Walking Dead by Pablo Defendini

08/12: Once upon a time... by David Whitley

08/12: Makers Tile Game, 4x4 iteration now live by Pablo Defendini

08/12: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

08/12: True Blood: “Timebomb” episode review by Theresa DeLucci

08/12: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 17 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/11: Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger

08/11: Deadgirl: the horror of the modern male by Dayle McClintock

08/11: Ponyo Poster Giveaway! by Torie Atkinson

08/11: Film review: Ponyo by Eugene Myers

08/11: Size does matter—Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim by Mark Graham

08/10: Creating Better Magazines (and Anthologies) by K Tempest Bradford

08/10: Ancient Rockets: The Thief of Bagdad by Kage Baker

08/10: Gaiman and Doctorow Discuss Giving It Away by Mur Lafferty

08/10: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

08/10: Infinite ideas: Robert Reed’s Down the Bright Way by Jo Walton

08/10: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 16 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/09: Live and direct from Montréal: the Hugo Awards Ceremony by Pablo Defendini

08/09: Populating a Brave New World by Genevieve Valentine

08/08: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Red Rabbit” and “8848” by Irene Gallo

08/07: Best Served Cold (and thrown from a window) by Jason Henninger

08/07: Murder in deep time: Vernor Vinge’s Marooned in Realtime by Jo Walton

08/07: Anticipation, Worldcon 2009: Excerpt from the History of Tor Panel by Megan Messinger

08/07: The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

08/07: 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Anathem, by Neal Stephenson by Jo Walton

08/07: Hatter that isn’t by Irene Gallo

08/07: Steampunk novellas from Kage Baker and James P. Blaylock by Mark Graham

08/07: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 15 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/06: Comfort Fiction: Because Sometimes You Need a Frakking Hug by Arachne Jericho

08/06: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game by Steven Padnick

08/06: Review: Acacia, by David Anthony Durham by Kate Nepveu

08/06: The most expensive plumbers in the galaxy: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Falling Free by Jo Walton

08/06: 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Saturn’s Children, by Charles Stross by Bruce Baugh

08/06: LotR re-read: open thread, verse & what would you do? edition by Kate Nepveu

08/06: The Zen of Professor Nimbus: Radio Nimbus by Michael Sloan

08/05: Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways, & Freebies Edition by Megan Messinger

08/05: Oh No, The Mammoth Books of X, No by Arachne Jericho

08/05: 2009 Hugo Best Novelette Spotlight by John Klima

08/05: Closures: Jim Baen’s Universe by John Klima

08/05: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 25 by Leigh Butler

08/05: 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Zöe’s Tale, by John Scalzi by Jason Henninger

08/05: Closures: Farrago’s Wainscott by John Klima

08/05: Capability, Credibility, and the Problem of Mistakes by David Weber

08/05: “I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords”: Enter Our Robot Contest! by Liz Gorinsky

08/05: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 14 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/04: Web Round-Up by Megan Messinger

08/04: 2009 Hugo Best Short Story Spotlight by John Klima

08/04: World Fantasy Award Nominees by Megan Messinger

08/04: It’s Sunday on Wednesdays now! (Exploring DC’s Wednesday Comics) by Lenny Bailes

08/04: The "Robot Overlord" Contest by Management Services

08/04: 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman by Bridget McGovern

08/04: Doomed Summer Pilots: Defying Gravity by Genevieve Valentine

08/04: Re-reading Sandman: An introduction by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

08/03: ConReporter, for your minute-by-minute WorldCon coverage by Pablo Defendini

08/03: 2009 Hugo Best Novella Spotlight by John Klima

08/03: Ancient Rockets: Gertie the Dinosaurus by Kage Baker

08/03: 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow by Jo Walton

08/03: 2009 Hugo Awards Spotlight by Management Services

08/03: Makers Tile Game, 3x3 iteration now live by Pablo Defendini

08/03: The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 24 by Leigh Butler

08/03: Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 13 (of 81) by Cory Doctorow

08/02: Review: Ghost Ocean by S.M. Peters by Arachne Jericho

08/01: Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Wolf Loves Pork” and “Neighbors” by Irene Gallo