September 2008

Tue Sep 30

Bloat: threat or menace? by Jo Walton

Choose Your Own Infection: The Outbreak by Pablo Defendini

Heroes “One of Us, One of Them” episode review by Theresa DeLucci

Where My Brain Goes to Die by John Klima

Mon Sep 29

New York Anime Festival 08 by Ren Hsieh

Pushing Daisies: Even Better Than Free Pie by Eugene Myers

The Predictable Thing by Elizabeth Bear

DC Speaks About All-Star Frakkup by Pablo Defendini

Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor? by Pablo Defendini

Sat Sep 27

Waiting for the Mail: Philip K. Dick by John Klima

Fri Sep 26

Entertaining asides and vistas of glorious revelation: Some general cool things Neal Stephenson does by Jo Walton

Dexter “Our Father” early episode review by Theresa DeLucci

Better Zombies Through Physics 01 by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri

Thu Sep 25

More Todd Klein Comics Typographical Goodness by Pablo Defendini

Tor.com Readers, Lend me Your Ears: Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar on Audio by John Joseph Adams

Gloom & Wartime SF: A reponse to Damien Walter by Kathryn Cramer

Wed Sep 24

Science-fictional Nuggets Found in the News by Kathryn Cramer

More Watchmen Movie Woes by Pablo Defendini

Showtime turns ‘Dexter’ into a cover boy by Theresa DeLucci

Andrew Jones, live painting, and the Illuminated. by Irene Gallo

Too Many Mad Scientists, Not Enough Igors by Melissa Ann Singer

Tue Sep 23

Heroes episode review/recap “The Second Coming” and “The Butterfly Effect” by Theresa DeLucci

Coming Sooner by Tor.com

Alien anthropology and a ton of fun: Eleanor Arnason’s Ring of Swords by Jo Walton

Mon Sep 22

Tintin Movie Hits a Snag by Pablo Defendini

Brian Thomsen is dead, and I am deeply sorry. by Ed Greenwood

In Memoriam: Brian M. Thomsen by Pablo Defendini

5 Things I Don’t Want to See in the New Season of Heroes by Theresa DeLucci

Sun Sep 21

Dave Stevens, Brush with Passion by Irene Gallo

John Crowley Reads at the 92nd St. Y by Torie Atkinson

Sat Sep 20

I’m Holding This Game For Ransom! by Bruce Baugh

Christopher Paolini’s Brisingr release. Or, I can only talk to artists. by Irene Gallo

The Raveled Fringe by Melissa Ann Singer

Fri Sep 19

SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 9/19/08 by Liz Gorinsky

Red Rocket 7 Turns 10 by Pablo Defendini

Weekend Getaway: Avast and Arr and All That by John Klima

Coming Soon by Tor.com

Thu Sep 18

George Takei and Brad Altman are married! by Melissa Ann Singer

Black and white and read a million times: Jerry Pournelle, Janissaries by Jo Walton

Ignatz Award Nominees Announced by Pablo Defendini

Wed Sep 17

Magazine Closings by John Klima

Free e-books from Will Shetterly and Emma Bull by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

A Softer World 01 by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

“It’s all the same world. It’s always been all the same world. It just changes some, that’s all. “ by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Tue Sep 16

John Crowley tries to make sense of it all by Kathryn Cramer

To trace impunity: Greg Egan’s Permutation City by Jo Walton

Better Zombies Through Physics by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri

Unsolving the Genre Problem by David Hartwell

Matthew Kalamidas, Art Director for the Science Fiction Book Club by Irene Gallo

Alien Worlds by Mike Brotherton

Mon Sep 15

Vietnamese SF by Kathryn Cramer

Poll: Standalone Anthologies or Anthology Series by John Klima

John Hodgman on bbtv by Pablo Defendini

A Softer World by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

Bookstore as Escape Hatch by Kathryn Cramer

Sun Sep 14

We Will Be Expecting an Apology From the Discovery Institute in 2208 by John Scalzi

World of Warcraft as a Social Operating System by Bruce Baugh

Sat Sep 13

A Chance to Show Off: the first line game by Jo Walton

Weekend Getaway: Dr. Roundbottom by John Klima

Podcast Roundup 4: Big Red Kitty; How I WoW by Bruce Baugh

Fri Sep 12

Something rich and strange: Candas Jane Dorsey’s Black Wine by Jo Walton

Waiting for the Mail: Realms of Fantasy, Shimmer, and Weird Tales by John Klima

Clarke reimagined in hot pink: Tanith Lee’s Biting the Sun by Jo Walton

Thu Sep 11

What a Load of Crap: San Antonio’s New Energy Solution by John Scalzi

In Memoriam by John Klima

Benjamin Rosenbaum’s Derivative Works Contest by Kathryn Cramer

The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder by Elizabeth Bear

Wed Sep 10

See Your Subscription Box Next Tuesday, Batfans by Jim Henley

MSNBC on “Totally Fictional Doomsdays” by Kathryn Cramer

The Guardian suggests that Large Hadron Collider scientists haven’t read enough SF by Kathryn Cramer

Julie Bell, Boris Vallejo, Anthony Palumbo, and David Palumbo Tarot by Irene Gallo

Tue Sep 9

John Joseph Adams Wants Your Brains by John Klima

A Libertarian Reading List by Kathryn Cramer

Neal Stephenson Presents Anathem Tonight via Webcast by Pablo Defendini

The Poetry of Deep Time: Arthur C. Clarke’s Against the Fall of Night by Jo Walton

We Must Be Cruel, Only to Be Kind Fanboys by Jim Henley

Mon Sep 8

Is That a Large Hadron Collector in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See Me? by John Scalzi

Preliminary Nebula Award Nominations by John Klima

Don’t get too attached to this decade: George R. R. Martin’s The Armageddon Rag by Jo Walton

Secret? What Crisis? by Jim Henley

Sun Sep 7

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles returns! by Theresa DeLucci

Sat Sep 6

Podcast Roundup 3: The Master Plan; The Voice of the Revolution by Bruce Baugh

Fri Sep 5

Fantasy List by Jo Walton

Missing person by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

More Cold Equations: Sylvia Engdahl’s Heritage of the Star by Jo Walton

My Dream Zombie Game by William Smith

Thu Sep 4

Cory Doctorow on Worldchanging by Pablo Defendini

Moving Beyond Your Comfort Zone by John Klima

Scalzi Story on Subterranean by Pablo Defendini

Wed Sep 3

SF Theatre: TWCSR remounted, plus other NYC shows by Liz Gorinsky

Tue Sep 2

Comics, Not Just for Fiction Anymore! by Steven Padnick

John Joseph Adams: Anthologist by John Klima