Blog Archive
August 2009
Mon Aug 31
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 2
by Ava Jarvis
Ancient Rockets: The Bells
by Kage Baker
Paranormal fantasy that isn’t: George R. R. Martin’s Fevre Dream
by John Ottinger III
Not your father’s funny books: Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft and Ball Peen Hammer
by Mark Graham
Disney Buys Marvel: Comic Book Fans Everywhere Die Little Deaths
by Genevieve Valentine
Hollywood and science fiction: Terry Bisson’s Voyage to the Red Planet
by Jo Walton
9 days to 9/9/09
by Irene Gallo
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 25 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Aug 30
Post-Apocalyptic Games: Fallout 3
by Rajan Khanna
Fri Aug 28
Leukemia Fundraiser in Memory of Dave Stevens
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
Martial art fantasy: C.J. Cherryh’s The Paladin
by Jo Walton
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1
by Ava Jarvis
Paved with Good Intentions, Part One
by David Whitley
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 24 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Aug 27
King of an Endless Sky, Part 3
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
io9 Interviews Patrick Nielsen Hayden
by Megan Messinger
Neurodiversity and Fandom
by Jason Henninger
Beautiful, poetic, and experimental: Roger Zelazny’s Doorways in the Sand
by Jo Walton
Post-Apocalyptic Games: Fallout
by Rajan Khanna
Wed Aug 26
Megan Fox Ruins, Illuminates Everything
by Genevieve Valentine
Editors Comment on Changes Planned for Best American Fantasy
by Matt Staggs
We Who Are About to Die of the Awesome
by Megan Messinger
Resurrecting Television Through Comics
by Rajan Khanna
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 9
by Leigh Butler
We are not amused: My love/hate relationship with funny fiction
by Jo Walton
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 23 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Aug 25
The Rain it Raineth Every Day…
by David Whitley
Sea battles and grand emotion: David Weber’s Off Armageddon Reef
by Jo Walton
First Flight
by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mon Aug 24
Making Lists: Mindblowing SF by Women and People of Color
by K Tempest Bradford
William Peter Blatty’s Jamesian ghost story, Elsewhere
by Mark Graham
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 8
by Leigh Butler
Interview with Dragon Age: Origins lead writer, David Gaider
by David Pucik
SF Theatre: FringeNYC + NYC Theatre Roundup
by Liz Gorinsky
Ancient Rockets: Der müde Tod
by Kage Baker
LotR re-read: Two Towers III.9, “Flotsam and Jetsam”
by Kate Nepveu
“I, for one, welcome…”: Robot Overlord Contest Results
by Liz Gorinsky
Sneak Preview of James Cameron’s Avatar
by Matt London
Kerouac wgah’nagl fhtagn: Nick Mamatas’s Move Under Ground
by Jon Evans
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 22 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Aug 23
Goodbye, Dortmunder: Donald Westlake’s Get Real
by Jo Walton
Fri Aug 21
Star Trek Re-watch: Season 1 Wrap-Up
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space
by Ellen B. Wright
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
Planet, colony, home: Maureen McHugh’s Mission Child
by Jo Walton
Identity and Characterization
by Kate Elliott
Will Digital Comics on the Sony PSP Signal the eReader’s iPod Moment?
by K Tempest Bradford
Multi-purpose subterranean spaces… and Dragons
by David Whitley
In related news, we are finite: reading priorities over time
by Bruce Baugh
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 21 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Aug 20
Wolf Man Trailer Dramatic, Romantic, Mildly Nauseating
by Genevieve Valentine
Bridging the divide between hard and soft SF: Karl Schroeder’s Permanence
by Jo Walton
Venture Bros. Season 4 Trailer, (or, Why Aren’t You Watching the Best Show On Television?!)
by Bridget McGovern
King of an Endless Sky, Part 2
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
The Zen of Professor Nimbus: Train Wreck
by Michael Sloan
Wed Aug 19
Cory Doctorow On With A Little Help, For the Win, the Hugos and More
by Mur Lafferty
True Blood: “I Will Rise Up” episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Paul Cornell drops the Hugo Graphic Story gauntlet
by Pablo Defendini
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
Two New Anthologies from John Joseph Adams
by John Klima
Creating The Matrix, Part I
by David Weber
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 20 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Aug 18
Web Round-Up
by Megan Messinger
First Zom-bees, now Zomb-ants?
by Dayle McClintock
A very long poem: Alan Garner’s Red Shift
by Jo Walton
The Ruined Queen of Harvest World
by Damien Broderick
An Introduction to “The Ruined Queen of Harvest World”
by Damien Broderick
Mon Aug 17
Xenophobia for Dummies: A District 9 Primer
by Jon Evans
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
How Do I Say Goodbye?
by K Tempest Bradford
Ancient Rockets: Murnau’s Faust
by Kage Baker
Cow of Legend: The Story of St. Endelienta
by David Whitley
Welcome to the World of Tomorrow!: A Movie News Roundup
by Genevieve Valentine
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 19 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Aug 16
Growing Up for Real: Alexei Panshin’s Rite of Passage
by Jo Walton
Fri Aug 14
Outrage and Art
by Jason Henninger
LotR re-read: Two Towers III.8, “The Road to Isengard”
by Kate Nepveu
John Scalzi on Hugo Nominations, Collaboration, Fandom, and More.
by Mur Lafferty
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 18 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Aug 13
Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways, & Freebies Edition
by Megan Messinger
The art & design of Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes
by Irene Gallo
Glenn Cooper’s Secret of the Seventh Son—a great debut
by Mark Graham
The Bittersweet Broadcast Box-Set: The Middleman on DVD
by Genevieve Valentine
Rogue in the ambient: C.J. Cherryh’s Rider books
by Jo Walton
King of an Endless Sky, Part 1
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Aug 12
Neil Gaiman Reads Cory Doctorow’s “The Right Book”
by Mur Lafferty
AMC Acquires Kirkman’s Walking Dead
by Pablo Defendini
Once upon a time…
by David Whitley
Makers Tile Game, 4×4 iteration now live
by Pablo Defendini
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
True Blood: “Timebomb” episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 17 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Aug 11
Web Round-Up
by Megan Messinger
Deadgirl: the horror of the modern male
by Dayle McClintock
Ponyo Poster Giveaway!
by Torie Atkinson
Film review: Ponyo
by Eugene Myers
Size does matter—Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim
by Mark Graham
Mon Aug 10
Creating Better Magazines (and Anthologies)
by K Tempest Bradford
Ancient Rockets: The Thief of Bagdad
by Kage Baker
Gaiman and Doctorow Discuss Giving It Away
by Mur Lafferty
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Infinite ideas: Robert Reed’s Down the Bright Way
by Jo Walton
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 16 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Aug 9
Live and direct from Montréal: the Hugo Awards Ceremony
by Pablo Defendini
Populating a Brave New World
by Genevieve Valentine
Fri Aug 7
Best Served Cold (and thrown from a window)
by Jason Henninger
Murder in deep time: Vernor Vinge’s Marooned in Realtime
by Jo Walton
Anticipation, Worldcon 2009: Excerpt from the History of Tor Panel
by Megan Messinger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Lord of Chaos, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
by Jo Walton
Steampunk novellas from Kage Baker and James P. Blaylock
by Mark Graham
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 15 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Aug 6
Comfort Fiction: Because Sometimes You Need a Frakking Hug
by Ava Jarvis
Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
by Steven Padnick
Review: Acacia, by David Anthony Durham
by Kate Nepveu
The most expensive plumbers in the galaxy: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Falling Free
by Jo Walton
2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Saturn’s Children, by Charles Stross
by Bruce Baugh
LotR re-read: open thread, verse & what would you do? edition
by Kate Nepveu
The Zen of Professor Nimbus: Radio Nimbus
by Michael Sloan
Wed Aug 5
Web Round-Up: Contests, Giveaways, & Freebies Edition
by Megan Messinger
Oh No, The Mammoth Books of X, No
by Ava Jarvis
2009 Hugo Best Novelette Spotlight
by John Klima
Closures: Jim Baen’s Universe
by John Klima
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 25
by Leigh Butler
2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Zöe’s Tale, by John Scalzi
by Jason Henninger
Closures: Farrago’s Wainscott
by John Klima
Capability, Credibility, and the Problem of Mistakes
by David Weber
“I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords”: Enter Our Robot Contest!
by Liz Gorinsky
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 14 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Aug 4
Web Round-Up
by Megan Messinger
2009 Hugo Best Short Story Spotlight
by John Klima
World Fantasy Award Nominees
by Megan Messinger
It’s Sunday on Wednesdays now! (Exploring DC’s Wednesday Comics)
by Lenny Bailes
The “Robot Overlord” Contest
by Tor.com
2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
by Bridget McGovern
Doomed Summer Pilots: Defying Gravity
by Genevieve Valentine
Re-reading Sandman: An introduction
by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
Mon Aug 3
ConReporter, for your minute-by-minute WorldCon coverage
by Pablo Defendini
2009 Hugo Best Novella Spotlight
by John Klima
Ancient Rockets: Gertie the Dinosaurus
by Kage Baker
2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
by Jo Walton
2009 Hugo Awards Spotlight
by Tor.com
Makers Tile Game, 3×3 iteration now live
by Pablo Defendini
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Fires of Heaven, Part 24
by Leigh Butler
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 13 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Aug 2
Review: Ghost Ocean by S.M. Peters
by Ava Jarvis