Blog Archive
July 2008
Thu Jul 31
At the edge of humanity: Amy Thomson’s Virtual Girl
by Jo Walton
Couch Potatoes Everywhere Raise Their Fists, Weakly, In Celebration
by John Scalzi
Chris McGrath and the Dresden Files
by Irene Gallo
SDCC Exhibit Hall Walk-through
by Pablo Defendini
SDCC: Fraggle Rock Season 4 on DVD
by David Moldawer
What you have to do for me to write about your book here
by Jo Walton
Ancient Secrets
by Alison Scott
Wed Jul 30
Finding old books with AbeBooks
by Avram Grumer
Short Story Adaptation Poll: Results
by John Klima
Dan Dos Santos paints Brandon Sanderson’s Warbreaker
by Irene Gallo
Old News
by Alison Scott
Re-reading long series
by Jo Walton
Tue Jul 29
An Interview with Sherrilyn Kenyon
by David Moldawer
Individual and Irreverent: Eric Frank Russell
by Jo Walton
SDCC: Greg Manchess Demo
by Irene Gallo
SDCC: Last Day at the Con
by Dot Lin
Mon Jul 28
A Story Plugged Directly Into The Terror Portions of My Brain
by John Scalzi
Market Acceptance
by John Klima
SDCC: The Wrap of Con
by Ren Hsieh
Review: Microlite d20, by Greywulf and others (2008)
by Bruce Baugh
SDCC: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Toy Parade (Part 3)
by Ren Hsieh
SDCC: Stephan Martiniere demo
by Irene Gallo
Weird Tales wants your spam
by John Klima
SDCC: Saturday round-up, and more Costoomz…
by Ren Hsieh
Sun Jul 27
SDCC: Five (or eight) things make a post–Douglas Wolk
by Liz Gorinsky
Review: Hot War, by Malcom Craig (2008)
by Bruce Baugh
SDCC: In 140 characters or less (Part 2)
by Liz Gorinsky
SDCC: Watching the Watchmen
by Pablo Defendini
SDCC: SF authors panel
by David Moldawer
Tor.com Flickr Group
by David Moldawer
Total Immersion: Heinlein’s Citizen of the Galaxy
by Jo Walton
SDCC: The Cute, the Funny, and the SPOILER
by Dot Lin
O my tiny geeky subculture, you ate the planet
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Who’s watching back?
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
SDCC: More Costoomz…
by Ren Hsieh
Sat Jul 26
SDCC: Reinventing the Superhero
by David Moldawer
That’s just scenery: what do we mean by “mainstream”?
by Jo Walton
SDCC: An Important Announcement From Tor.com
by Dot Lin
SDCC: Rick Berry–another three-in-one demo
by Irene Gallo
SDCC: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Toy Parade (Part 2)
by Ren Hsieh
SDCC: Ha-lo in the House
by Dot Lin
From Herring to Marmalade: the perfect plot of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
by Jo Walton
SDCC: Will Wright’s Spore exploits Geek Addictive Tendencies
by Liz Gorinsky
SDCC: Friday Round-Up
by Ren Hsieh
Fuzzy Heroes III: The Final (Promise!) Fuzzing
by Jim Henley
SDCC: Dr. Horrible Panel– the non-Twitter version
by Pablo Defendini
SDCC: Marvel
by David Moldawer
MMOs: Bizarro Columbus Sails Atlantic, Gives Home to Indians
by Bruce Baugh
Fri Jul 25
SDCC: One-on-one with Terry Moore
by Pablo Defendini
SDCC: pablod livetwitters Dr. Horrible
by Liz Gorinsky
SDCC: Three-in-one Jon Foster demo
by Irene Gallo
Your Weekend Getaway: Hal Duncan and Jeffrey Ford
by John Klima
SDCC: Thursday Round-Up
by Ren Hsieh
SDCC: In 140 characters or less (Part 1)
by Liz Gorinsky
SDCC: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Toy Parade (Part 1)
by Ren Hsieh
A Different Way to Tell A Story
by John Klima
SDCC: The Greatest American Hero comic book
by David Moldawer
Random Acts of Senseless Violence: Why isn’t it a classic of the field?
by Jo Walton
RPGs: Some RIPs
by Bruce Baugh
Some of Origins of Marvel (and Other) Comics
by Jim Henley
SDCC: Jim Butcher Interview
by David Moldawer
Thu Jul 24
SDCC: Guerilla Warfare and Sneak Attacks: Rocco Versaci
by Pablo Defendini
Finding the Doctor
by Constance Cochran
It’s Official: I’m Less Intelligent Than a Worm
by John Scalzi
SDCC: Doc Savage film announced
by David Moldawer
Name that Tune
by Melissa Ann Singer
SDCC: I can haz costoom?
by Dot Lin
SDCC: First Impressions
by David Moldawer
SDCC: Preview Night pandemonium
by Ren Hsieh
SDCC: Training Day at Comic Con
by James Frenkel
SDCC: Q&A with Steven Moffat
by Pablo Defendini
SDCC: Tor.com vs. io9
by Irene Gallo
Comicon of the Mind
by Jim Henley
WWHGD?
by John Klima
SDCC: No Lunch for Exhibitionists
by Dot Lin
Wed Jul 23
Become a bone-marrow donorI mean you, and right now
by Melissa Ann Singer
An open window to the past
by Beth Meacham
SDCC: Under construction
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Confessions of a Dirrrty Pirate
by Pablo Defendini
One for Artists and Photographers
by Alison Scott
Our Oil Crisis: Solved!
by John Scalzi
Tue Jul 22
Handicapping the Hugos
by Moshe Feder
Whither Goest Thou, Print Short Fiction?
by John Klima
The Singularity Problem and Non-Problem
by Jo Walton
Fuzzy Heroes II: The Fuzzening
by Jim Henley
Mon Jul 21
Uses the manufacturers never imagined
by Avram Grumer
Raffle for the KGB
by John Klima
Science that made me smile
by Melissa Ann Singer
A Beauty Treatment I Am Unlikely Ever To Have
by John Scalzi
Dan Dos Santos and Green
by Irene Gallo
Men: Funny Little Testosterone Factories
by John Scalzi
RPGs: Presenting Settings
by Bruce Baugh
Readercon 19, Or, What the Editors See
by Liz Gorinsky
Related Subjects: Living in the Future
by Alison Scott
Computer Games: The Next World of Warcraft Thing
by Bruce Baugh
Sun Jul 20
Tor.com at San Diego Comic Con
by Irene Gallo
Favorite Science Fiction Movie Based on a Short Story
by John Klima
July 20, 1969
by Beth Meacham
Roleplaying Games: A Past-Like Future
by Bruce Baugh
Welcome, Early Adopters!
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Good Words About Bad Men
by Jim Henley
Little Brother at the Lake
by Beth Meacham
The conversation
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Welcome to the Blogosphere
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Who, Tintin, and the changing of the seasons
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Leviathan
by Wesley Allsbrook
Ecce Fanno
by Moshe Feder
Short Fiction Thoughts
by John Klima
Naming the Plutoids
by John Scalzi
The Conquest of Earth Prime
by Jim Henley
Fuzzy Heroes
by Jim Henley
Down on the Farm
by Charles Stross
After the Coup
by John Scalzi
Sat Jul 19
By Their DVRs You Shall Know Them . . .
by Mina McQueen
A Deepness in the Sky, the Tragical History of Pham Nuwen
by Jo Walton
The Percentage of Billionaires Multiplied by the Percentage of Decathletes
by Jim Henley
Freebies Bonanza
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Superhero Politics: The Art of the Impossible
by Jim Henley
Fri Jul 18
A Homeless Moon in Print
by John Klima
Long Excited Cables
by Alison Scott
Now This is a Moon Shot
by John Scalzi
Listening to the Past From The Future
by Claire Eddy
So How Was the Movie, Mr. Henley
by Jim Henley
Watchmen Trailer: zomfg.
by Pablo Defendini
Dr. Horrible: My Kind of Hero
by Pablo Defendini
Starting a Joke with the Punch Line
by Jim Henley
San Diego Superheroes
by Irene Gallo
Adam Rex and the Frankensteins
by Irene Gallo
Thu Jul 17
Surprised By Science Fiction
by Constance Cochran
Forget Subscribing, Are You Even Reading Short Fiction?
by John Klima
Service R Us
by Beth Meacham
Computer Gaming: Flagship Studios Problems
by Bruce Baugh
Wed Jul 16
Your Intrepid Science Blogger Checks In
by John Scalzi
Do You Subscribe?
by John Klima
The Roleplaying Scene, Summer 2008
by Bruce Baugh
Donato is Iron Man
by Irene Gallo
What Is Casual Gaming?
by Bruce Baugh
Flash in Two Pans
by Jim Henley
Tue Jul 15
Tom Disch at Readercon
by David Hartwell
We Have Readers! They Ask Questions!
by Alison Scott
Southwestern Seasons
by Beth Meacham
The Running of the Dozois
by John Klima
Why I Re-Read
by Jo Walton
The Gaming Beat: Intro
by Bruce Baugh
SF/F Book Cover Review: Call for Entries…and the Rules of the Game.
by Pablo Defendini
Related Subjects: Fandom
by Alison Scott