Blog Archive
October 2008
Fri Oct 31
The Six Billion Dollar Cyborg
by Heather Massey
What are Fantasy and Magical Realism Anyway?
by Brian Slattery
Halloween Special: Why I hate horror.
by Jo Walton
Behaving Badly As A Career Strategy, part 4
by Steven Gould
Better Zombies Through Physics 06
by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Thu Oct 30
Maybe It’s Time I Changed This Pumpkin
by Headless Horseman
Behaving Badly As A Career Strategy, part 3
by Steven Gould
David Tennant Quits Doctor Who
by Torie Atkinson
Not only science fiction, but more science fictional than anything else: Rosemary Kirstein’s Steerswoman books
by Jo Walton
Skipadee-do-dah?: Do You Peek?
by Jane Lindskold
T.I. is Aware of Internet Traditions
by Megan Messinger
A train that could go back in time…
by Elizabeth Bear
Wed Oct 29
Behaving Badly As A Career Strategy, part 2
by Steven Gould
A Water Matter
by Jay Lake
Tue Oct 28
A Closer Look at Watching the Watchmen
by Pablo Defendini
Telling Stories Online
by John Klima
The Scary Thing is Almost Here
by Megan Messinger
I Am Epic: A story of the World of Warcraft zombie invasion
by Torie Atkinson
Podcast Roundup 7: Board Games with Scott
by Bruce Baugh
Forget Everything You Know About Black Holes
by Heather Massey
Heroes Eris Quod Sum episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Perfect for Halloween
by Jason Henninger
Down with Stripper Heels: A Candy-Corn-and-Bile-Flavored Halloween Pep Talk
by Bridget McGovern
Mon Oct 27
Behaving Badly As A Career Strategy, part 1
by Steven Gould
Real Original, Jerks
by Headless Horseman
Tony Hillerman (1925-2008)
by Aimée Thurlo
Ivory, Bone, Bamboo, Bakelite… and Polymer Clay?
by Jane Lindskold
Eight Bits, and That’s a Lot!
by Bruce Baugh
The Competition
by Emma Bull
Greg Ruth interview
by Irene Gallo
Dexter Turning Biminese episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Telepathy and Tribulation: John Wyndham’s The Chrysalids
by Jo Walton
Sun Oct 26
Pushing Daisies Review: “Frescorts”
by Eugene Myers
Weekend Getaway: Weird Tales
by John Klima
What stops you from buying a book?
by Jo Walton
This makes no sense to me
by Irene Gallo
Sat Oct 25
RPGs: The Virtual Tabletop
by Bruce Baugh
Fri Oct 24
O Demon Lover! Why the Vampire Romance is Taking Over Your Grocery Market Shelf
by Ava Jarvis
State of the Art
by Arnie Fenner
SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 10/15/08
by Liz Gorinsky
Total Insanity of the Very Best Kind: Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django
by Bridget McGovern
Better Zombies Through Physics 05
by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Thu Oct 23
Magic realism: not fantasy. Sorry.
by Jon Evans
Audiobook Review: METAtropolis edited by John Scalzi
by John Joseph Adams
The monster is your kid brother
by Elizabeth Bear
The People in Your Neighborhood
by John Klima
On Games, and How at Them I Suck
by Jason Henninger
Flowers and Seasons: Bonus or Bane?
by Jane Lindskold
Wed Oct 22
Pushing Daisies Review: Bad Habits
by Eugene Myers
Barrington J. Bayley, 1937-2008
by David Hartwell
Sentimental Adventures in Time: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
by Jo Walton
Prince of Stories: A New Guide To All Things Gaiman, Plus Poster Giveaway!
by Bridget McGovern
Free e-book from Brian Francis Slattery
by Liz Gorinsky
Tue Oct 21
Audiobooks: They Collaborate, You Listen
by Megan Messinger
Something to Believe In: Nation
by Ava Jarvis
Heroes Dying of the Light episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
System = Unmagical?
by Jane Lindskold
Mon Oct 20
Centaur songs and scientific revolutions: Walter Jon Williams’ Knight Moves
by Jo Walton
Dexter All in the Family episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Future Wars and Other Calamities
by Brian Slattery
Podcast Roundup 6: Games in Libraries; Point 2 Point
by Bruce Baugh
Earthsea Goes Anime
by Douglas Cohen
Sun Oct 19
Tim O’Brien and The Hunger Game
by Irene Gallo
Please Stop Staring at My Delicious Head
by Headless Horseman
Sat Oct 18
Weekend Getaway: Craig Gidney
by John Klima
Fri Oct 17
Why Thirteen Orphans?
by Jane Lindskold
The numinous underpinnings of fantasy: Bujold’s Paladin of Souls
by Jo Walton
Better Zombies Through Physics 04
by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Thu Oct 16
State of the Art
by Arnie Fenner
Green Eggs and Ham
by Heather Massey
Mystery. Money. Money. Mystery.
by Jane Lindskold
Keep your hands off my BRAINNNZZZ!!
by Pablo Defendini
Wed Oct 15
Throwing Down the Halloween Gauntlet…
by Tor.com
Would You Like Some Coffee With Your Espresso?
by John Klima
A Softer World 02
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Tue Oct 14
Heroes Angels and Monsters episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
When the S in SF Begins with an E
by Brian Slattery
Growing up tomorrow: Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother
by Jo Walton
Twittering on the Global Frequency
by Ava Jarvis
The Bookshelf Question
by Megan Messinger
Mon Oct 13
Psychohistory and the Nobel Prize
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Sun Oct 12
World of Warcraft’s Recruit-a-Friend Program
by Bruce Baugh
Stanford Prison Experiment: The Movie
by Bridget McGovern
Greetings and Curve Balls
by Douglas Cohen
Sat Oct 11
Life on Mars: A Pleasant, If Familiar Surprise (cautiously)
by Pablo Defendini
Making the future work: Maureen McHugh’s China Mountain Zhang
by Jo Walton
Fri Oct 10
The Great Tor.com Halloween Throwdown of 2008: Game on!
by Tor.com
Pushing Daisies Review: “Circus Circus”
by Eugene Myers
God and the FBI
by Elizabeth Bear
Better Zombies Through Physics 03
by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Ultimate Library Pr0n
by Pablo Defendini
Thu Oct 9
Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory
by Rudy Rucker
Wed Oct 8
College as magic garden: Why Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin is a book you’ll either love or hate
by Jo Walton
Tue Oct 7
New Gaiman: The Graveyard Book
by Bridget McGovern
Heroes “I Am Become Death” episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Mon Oct 6
AMC Heads to Red Mars for New Series
by Theresa DeLucci
Time travel the whole family can enjoy
by Torie Atkinson
Endless Inspiration: “Endless Reflections”
by Pablo Defendini
Political agency and changing the world
by Jo Walton
Dexter “Finding Freebo” episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
SF gems from the literary ghetto
by Jon Evans
Sun Oct 5
The Middleman, Season 1
by Elizabeth Bear
Sat Oct 4
Chuck season premiere makes me oh so happy
by Melissa Ann Singer
Fri Oct 3
Getting My Hands Dirty
by John Klima
Secretary of the Swedish Academy thinks American lit is too intimate with American mass culture
by Kathryn Cramer
Podcast Roundup 5
by Bruce Baugh
Better Zombies Through Physics 02
by Jim Ottaviani and Sean Bieri
Thu Oct 2
Strap on Those Tights: The Boy Wonder Rides Again
by Bridget McGovern
I Love Sarah Jane (and so does Tim Burton): A Zombie Love Story
by Dot Lin
Pushing Daisies Season Premiere Review: “Bzzzzzzz!”
by Eugene Myers
Convention Finder Makes It Easy to Plan Geektastic Getaways
by John Joseph Adams
New Scientist doing a “science fiction special”
by Kathryn Cramer
Criminal Minds 4×02 – “The Angel Maker”
by Elizabeth Bear
Wed Oct 1
Warren Ellis Talks Freakangels
by Pablo Defendini
Saving Doctor Who
by Constance Cochran
The hero with a thousand extra lives: Terry Pratchett’s Only You Can Save Mankind
by Jo Walton
Catch ‘Em in the Act
by Terry Bisson