Blog Archive
February 2009
Sat Feb 28
Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “Someone To Watch Over Me”
by Pablo Defendini
Weekend Getaway: Jason Stoddard
by John Klima
Fri Feb 27
The weight of time to come: Ursula Le Guin’s Lavinia
by Jo Walton
A future for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles?
by Theresa DeLucci
Will “Kings” Rule?
by Genevieve Valentine
Out Of This World: SciFi, Sitcoms and the Best Superpower Ever
by Bridget McGovern
Blueberry Girl book trailer
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 9
by Leigh Butler
Machines to save our lives: Universal Robots at Manhattan Theatre Source
by Liz Gorinsky
Thu Feb 26
Ken Scholes on Tor.com
by Tor.com
The NeverEnding Remake
by Dayle McClintock
John Dickenson, artist interview
by Irene Gallo
David Moody Shares Seven Reasons Why You Need to Read Hater
by Matt Staggs
Is there any such thing as the Great World Novel?
by Jo Walton
The Caryatids…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
The Leviathan Chronicles – Top-Notch Podcast Drama
by Mur Lafferty
Last Flight of the Goddess by Ken Scholes
by Tor.com
Lost Round-Table: Episode 7, “The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham”
by Pablo Defendini
Wed Feb 25
Philip José Farmer, 1918-2009
by Jo Walton
From the Web to Print
by John Klima
Palimpsest…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 8
by Leigh Butler
Dirty Snow and Yellow Mud
by Jason Henninger
Sitting Shiva For Sitka: Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
by Jon Evans
Tue Feb 24
LotR re-read: Fellowship I.11, “A Knife in the Dark”
by Kate Nepveu
Eleventh Hour: “Minamata”
by Genevieve Valentine
In Shade and Shadow…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Adam McCauley’s Monster stamps
by Irene Gallo
The Myriad Worlds of Chris Roberson: the Bonaventure-Carmody universe
by Lou Anders
Mon Feb 23
Not All Who Wander Are Lost in Translation
by Megan Messinger
Vampire Cowboys’ Soul Samurai brings hip-hop, martial arts, and comic books to the New York stage
by Liz Gorinsky
Red Sonja vs. Red Sonya
by Douglas Cohen
Ancient Rockets: Houdini
by Kage Baker
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
Similo
by Irene Gallo
The Myriad Worlds of Chris Roberson: the Celestial Empire
by Lou Anders
Tussling with Tolkien: Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife: Horizon
by Jo Walton
Sun Feb 22
Alfred Kubin: Drawings 1897-1909
by Irene Gallo
Airs of Night and Sea…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Sat Feb 21
Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “Deadlock”
by Pablo Defendini
Weekend Getaway: Diamonds in the Sky
by John Klima
Fri Feb 20
Seeing Patterns Everywhere: Elizabeth Moon’s The Speed of Dark
by Jo Walton
My Gatorade with Brandon
by Jason Henninger
Mortal Coils…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
LotR re-read: Fellowship I.10, “Strider”
by Kate Nepveu
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
An Unexpected Novel and the Influences that Birthed it
by Ken Scholes
The Middleman: The Decimating Dismissal Decision
by Genevieve Valentine
Montmartre a trois
by Wesley Allsbrook
Thu Feb 19
SF Scene: KGB Fantastic Fiction 2/19/09
by Liz Gorinsky
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa
by Elizabeth Bear
Review: The New Annotated Dracula, by Leslie S. Klinger
by Bruce Baugh
Neil Gaiman: I Don’t Get It
by Jon Evans
Brian Despain, robot artist, interviewed
by Irene Gallo
You are so Undead to Me…in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Hugo Nominations
by John Klima
Like pop rocks for the brain: Samuel R. Delany’s Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
by Jo Walton
Lamentation, Chapter 2 (Excerpt)
by Ken Scholes
Wed Feb 18
Lost Round Table: Episode 6,”316″
by Pablo Defendini
Jane Austen: SF and Monster-Lit 101
by Dot Lin
Fool … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Land of the Lost: Hollywood Takes on the Craft of the Kroffts
by Bridget McGovern
(Welcome to the) Dollhouse
by Theresa DeLucci
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
The beauty of lists: Angelica Gorodischer’s Kalpa Imperial
by Jo Walton
Hater, Chapter 4 (Excerpt)
by David Moody
A Softer World 06
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Tue Feb 17
Christopher Nolan to See New Project from “Inception”
by Genevieve Valentine
It doesn’t get much colder than this.
by Elizabeth Bear
Scary Monsters…In Our Food?
by M.M. Buckner
Coraline 3D: worth a second viewing
by Mur Lafferty
Seraph of Sorrow … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon
by Ken Scholes
Mon Feb 16
SF Quintessential
by John Klima
Book View Cafe: New Adventures in Online Publishing
by Erika Nelson
Zombie Caption Contest Winner
by John Joseph Adams
The Art of Boskone
by Bridget McGovern
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
Ancient Rockets: The Golem
by Kage Baker
Marvel Excerpts: X-Factor #40
by Marvel Comics
Marvel Excerpts: Spider-Man Noir #3
by Marvel Comics
Sun Feb 15
DC Universe Online: First Look
by Rajan Khanna
New Watchmen Photos Confirm: Zack Snyder Did Read the Comic
by Genevieve Valentine
Update: No Sleep…Till Boskone!
by Bridget McGovern
Sat Feb 14
Battlestar Galactica Round Table: “No Exit”
by Pablo Defendini
Eleventh Hour: Pinocchio
by Genevieve Valentine
Fri Feb 13
Countdown to Certain Doom
by Megan Messinger
Tom Doherty to attend JordanCon 2009
by Jennifer Liang
Fight the Power: Hip Hop and Comics
by Bridget McGovern
Behold: Tales of the Black Freighter!
by Pablo Defendini
Introductions At the End of the Analog Age
by Ken Scholes
Last chance for Zombie Caption Contest!
by Torie Atkinson
Castaways … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
Review: The Shadow Pavilion: An Inspector Chen Novel
by Ava Jarvis
Thu Feb 12
Charles Darwin Turns 200
by Megan Messinger
Celebrate Black History Month by Reading SF
by John Ottinger III
Enclave … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Lost Round Table: Episode 5,”This Place is Death”
by Pablo Defendini
Cthulhu …Calling Mister Cthulhu: The Dark Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
by Douglas Cohen
The Rise of the Named Lands: A Brief History of the Settlement of the New World and the Establishment of Kin-Clave (Excerpt)
by Ken Scholes
Wed Feb 11
Just One More Hit of Con…
by Ren Hsieh
A Movie Sell-Out Survival Guide: Spring 2009 Edition
by Dayle McClintock
Chip Kidd tour of New York ComicCon
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Vincent the Vegetarian Vampire and Other Fantastical Creatures
by Matt Staggs
The Better to Hold You … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Call for Interstitial Artwork
by Megan Messinger
Hater, Chapter 3 (Excerpt)
by David Moody
Tue Feb 10
On the Fannish Phenomenon of Sherlock Holmes, or, My Fandom is Crazier Than Your Fandom
by Ava Jarvis
Battlestar Galactica Round Table Index
by Tor.com
What a pity she couldn’t have single-handedly invented science fiction! George Eliot’s Middlemarch
by Jo Walton
Lost Round Table Index
by Tor.com
Shirley Jackson Awards Lottery
by Torie Atkinson
LotR re-read: Fellowship I.9, “At the Sign of The Prancing Pony”
by Kate Nepveu
Tor.com meetup at Tor Party at Boskone this Saturday
by Jo Walton
The Carbon Footprint of Reading
by M.M. Buckner
NYCC: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Toy Parade
by Ren Hsieh
Mon Feb 9
Dear Publishers: Girls Read Comics, Too
by Heather Massey
NYCC: Sunday Wrap Up
by Ren Hsieh
Literature in Translation: From Russia with Light and Dark
by John Klima
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Great Hunt, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
Revenge of the Tiny Panels
by Dayle McClintock
A wish for something different at the frontier
by Jo Walton
Ancient Rockets: Nemo!
by Kage Baker
NYCC: A Problem with Panels
by Genevieve Valentine
Coraline: “Soon, you’ll see things our way.”
by Joshua Starr
Sun Feb 8
Bits and Pieces from Joss Whedon and Tahmoh Penikett
by Megan Messinger
NYCC: Saturday Costume Revue
by Ren Hsieh
Saturday Morning Cartoons with Chip Kidd
by Bridget McGovern
Penny Arcade Spotlight
by Torie Atkinson
Crime! Horror! Adventure! Pulp Rides Again at Comic Con
by Bridget McGovern
NYCC: Adventures in Costume Elitism
by Dayle McClintock
More teasers for Pixar’s Up
by Torie Atkinson
Sat Feb 7
Weekend Getaway: The Shortest of Fictions
by John Klima
Flight into Darkness … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
NYCC Kicks It Old School
by Bridget McGovern
Dealing with Dragons: gender and sexuality in manga
by Torie Atkinson
NYCC: Friday Round-Up
by Ren Hsieh
Fri Feb 6
Ridley Scott to Direct Monopoly, Provide Pun Fodder for Next Decade
by Genevieve Valentine
White Witch, Black Curse … in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
Before the Con: Set-up
by Dot Lin
Tor.com Name-that-Zombie Caption Contest
by John Joseph Adams
Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction
by Jo Walton
Thu Feb 5
Pre-Comic Con roundup, or: I won’t make it to half these things, but you should try to.
by Pablo Defendini
Universal Robots
by Torie Atkinson
Lost Round Table: Episode 4,”The Little Prince”
by Pablo Defendini
“My Star Trek novel”: Octavia Butler’s Survivor
by Jo Walton
Bones of Faerie in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Ordinary, not Extraordinary
by David Moody
Lamentation, Prelude and Chapter 1 (Excerpt)
by Ken Scholes
Wed Feb 4
Meet Adam Roberts: the King of High Concept
by Lou Anders
It’s Scott Pilgrim Day!
by Steven Padnick
A worthy endeavour
by Pablo Defendini
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
A is for Alien in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Hater, Chapter 2 (Excerpt)
by David Moody
Tue Feb 3
The Squishy Fear
by Jason Henninger
Have a close encounter, or, February events in science fiction
by Torie Atkinson
THE ZOMBIE CAPTION CONTESTOfficial Rules
by Tor.com
Congratulations!
by Tor.com
James Morrow Talks Hiroshima, Giant Lizards and the Lessons of History
by Matt Staggs
1st Annual Global Game Jam NYC – Days 2 & 3 (1/31-2/1)
by David Pucik
Long Walks, Last Flights in 60 Seconds
by John Joseph Adams
Mon Feb 2
Who’s human anyway? Who’s free? Octavia Butler’s Pattern series
by Jo Walton
Eleventh Hour: “Eternal”
by Genevieve Valentine
Global Warming is Good for Us!
by M.M. Buckner
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Eye of the World, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
LotR re-read: Fellowship I.8, “Fog on the Barrow-downs”
by Kate Nepveu
Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon on The Stuff of Life
by Pablo Defendini
Who Gets to Write Reviews?
by Brian Slattery
Ancient Rockets: Jekyll and Hyde
by Kage Baker
Museum Trips
by Joe Haldeman
Marvel Excerpts: Ender’s Game: Battle School #3
by Marvel Comics
Marvel Excerpts: Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius #1
by Marvel Comics
Marvel Excerpts: The Times & Life of Lucas Bishop #1
by Marvel Comics
Marvel Excerpts: Black Panther #1
by Marvel Comics
Marvel Excerpts: X-Men Noir #3
by Marvel Comics