Blog Archive
November 2009
Mon Nov 30
Beyond Sherwood Forest: The Fantasy of Robin Hood?
by Genevieve Valentine
“Athyra rules minds’ interplay”: Steven Brust’s Athyra
by Jo Walton
Movie ReviewFantastic Mr. Fox
by Elizabeth Bear
Reprint Anthologies from the VanderMeers and others
by John Klima
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 64 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Nov 29
Robert Holdstock 1948-2009
by Jo Walton
NCIS: LA and Steampunk; or, how not to capitalize on a popular emerging subculture
by GD Falksen
Fri Nov 27
I have been asking for nothing else for an hour: Steven Brust’s The Phoenix Guards
by Jo Walton
Year’s Best Fantasy 9, Part two
by Pablo Defendini
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 63 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Nov 26
“Phoenix rise from ashes grey”: Steven Brust’s Phoenix
by Jo Walton
Screw CGI: Gimme old-school visual effects
by J.C. Hutchins
Fairness and Foolishness: The Patchwork Girl of Oz
by Mari Ness
King of an Endless Sky, Part 16
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Nov 25
“How can you tell?”: Steven Brust’s Taltos
by Jo Walton
People in my Neighborhood or, Strange Adventures part B
by Tim Hamilton
Logicomix Giveaway!
by Tor.com
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 62 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Nov 24
Gaiman’s Odd and the Frost Giants–a stocking stuffer for young readers
by Mark Graham
JC Hutchins’s SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 6
by Tor.com
The covers that got away
by Irene Gallo
Ancient Rockets: Wolf Blood
by Kage Baker
Review: The Ninth Daughter, by Barbara Hamilton
by Elizabeth Bear
“Frightened teckla hides in grass”: Steven Brust’s Teckla
by Jo Walton
Mon Nov 23
Clever, these nanobots
by Edward M. Lerner
Kris Kuksi exhibit: “Beast Anthology”
by Irene Gallo
Barbara Hambly sequel stories to download for $5
by Jo Walton
An interview with Garth Nix
by John Klima
A coachman’s tale: Steven Brust’s Brokedown Palace
by Jo Walton
What If? and What Happens Next? Two secret weapons for aspiring writers
by J.C. Hutchins
Total Oblivion, more or less…weirdness on the Mississippi
by Mark Graham
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 61 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sat Nov 21
Yendi coils and strikes unseen: Steven Brust’s Yendi
by Jo Walton
Fri Nov 20
LotR re-read open thread: responses in fiction
by Kate Nepveu
The Duel, part 2: How I will defeat Brandon Sanderson
by Jason Denzel
Review: New Moon
by Genevieve Valentine
Studio 360: The Science and Fiction of Time Travel
by Ellen B. Wright
Year’s Best Fantasy 9, now in bite-size chunks for your downloading pleasure
by Pablo Defendini
Strange Adventures
by Tim Hamilton
Review: Soulless, by Gail Carriger
by Mur Lafferty
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 60 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Nov 19
Noodles, self-help groups and airplane parts: things to avoid when making up fantasy names
by Jo Walton
A Bird Out of the Cage
by Ying Compestine
Young Adult Science Fiction: A Reading Guide
by Megan Crewe
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion
by Jason Henninger
Ray Bradbury on Fahrenheit 451 and Humanity’s Future
by Tor.com
Invading Utopia: The Emerald City of Oz
by Mari Ness
King of an Endless Sky, Part 15
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Nov 18
Podcast Review: Goblin Market by Jennifer Hudock
by Mur Lafferty
Why SF fans (and authors) can benefit from reading other genres
by J.C. Hutchins
Stubby, the Tor.com rocket
by Irene Gallo
Becoming a better editor, or me and the Best of the Year
by Jonathan Strahan
Audio for Unabridged Cryptonomicon and Zodiac
by Pablo Defendini
Tangent: Superman’s Reign
by Lenny Bailes
Young Adult Fantasy: A Reading Guide
by Megan Crewe
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 59 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Nov 17
“I am not a number! I am a free bland!”: The Prisoner
by Genevieve Valentine
Book Giveaway! Ying Compestine’s A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts
by Tor.com
Every Word Counts
by Ying Compestine
“Jhereg feeds on others’ kills”: Steven Brust’s Jhereg
by Jo Walton
Back to the future
by Edward M. Lerner
Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt eBook now available for sale!
by Irene Gallo
The Star and the Rockets
by Harry Turtledove
Mon Nov 16
Playing the angles on a world: Steven Brust’s Dragaera
by Jo Walton
Day Dreaming, Night Dreaming
by Tim Hamilton
Movie Review: 2012
by Bridget McGovern
My Least Favorite Plots
by Megan Messinger
Makers Tile Game, 7×7 iteration now live
by Pablo Defendini
Animated Sexual Shenanigans on Mongo
by Heather Massey
How Not To Ride A Giraffe
by Helen Stringer
Men of Bronze and Shadow
by Anthony Schiavino
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 58 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Nov 15
What is it with coffee?
by Jo Walton
Fri Nov 13
A charming history of Science Fiction and Fandom: Frederik Pohl’s The Way the Future Was
by Jo Walton
Story Psych: The Draw of the Bad Boy
by Megan Crewe
A Pan-Galactic Giveaway
by Megan Messinger
Dear FOX: Don’t Worry, You Did Good
by K Tempest Bradford
Neuropath, Chapter Five (Excerpt)
by R. Scott Bakker
Of sequels and series
by Edward M. Lerner
East is east and west is west, except in the Wheel of Time
by Jason Henninger
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 57 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Nov 12
Neuropath, Chapter Four (Excerpt)
by R. Scott Bakker
The incarceration has begun…
by Alexander Gordon Smith
Like swords, but awesomer: Made up words in science fiction and fantasy
by Jo Walton
I’ll hold your hand while they drag the river: An Interview with Jill Tracy
by Jason Henninger
Ray Bradbury’s Theory of Flight
by Tor.com
JC Hutchins’s SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 5
by Tor.com
V for Vanilla
by Genevieve Valentine
King of an Endless Sky, Part 14
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Nov 11
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
by John Klima
The Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm NYC Signing Report (The quick and dirty version)
by Leigh Butler
Letters from Abroad: The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children Giveaway
by Keith McGowan
Neuropath, Chapter Three (Excerpt)
by R. Scott Bakker
A Fact More Indigestible than Evolution (Part II)
by R. Scott Bakker
Twists of the Godgame: John Fowles’s The Magus
by Jo Walton
Dances of Vice: The Grand Shipwreck Ball
by GD Falksen
Mission to Next Door
by Jason Henninger
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 56 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Nov 10
The Men Who Stare at Goats
by Brian Slattery
Neuropath, Chapter Two (Excerpt)
by R. Scott Bakker
DIY: Turning a Jewelry Box Into a Cooler Jewelry Box
by Megan Messinger
The Make Believe Empire
by Tim Hamilton
The Great Hunt ebook cover by Kekai Kotaki
by Irene Gallo
And Another Thing…
by Jason Henninger
Letters from Abroad: Brought To You By The Letters K and M, and the number 40
by Keith McGowan
My Grandmother’s House
by Cassandra Diaz
Mon Nov 9
When enough is(n’t) enough
by Edward M. Lerner
A Fact More Indigestible than Evolution
by R. Scott Bakker
An Argument for Friendship
by Megan Crewe
Fantasy disguised as science fiction disguised as fantasy: Roger Zelazny’s Lord of Light
by Jo Walton
Neuropath, Chapter One (Excerpt)
by R. Scott Bakker
Interview with Astro Boy director David Bowers
by mike sargent
Ancient Rockets: Haunted Castle
by Kage Baker
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 55 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Sun Nov 8
Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City
by Mark Graham
Fri Nov 6
Review: The Box
by Eugene Myers
LotR re-read: Two Towers IV.6, “The Forbidden Pool”
by Kate Nepveu
Attention, Hoopy Froods! A Giveaway!
by Megan Messinger
Spy-fi is just around the corner
by GD Falksen
Competence is really attractive: H. Beam Piper’s Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen
by Jo Walton
Letters from Abroad: Interview with Professor Kelly Joyce (Part 2)
by Keith McGowan
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 54 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Thu Nov 5
True Friendship
by Ying Compestine
Story Psych: A Question of Character
by Megan Crewe
Sketching on the way to battle: Caroline Stevermer’s When the King Comes Home
by Jo Walton
The Gathering Storm Audiobook
by Megan Messinger
Ray Bradbury on Adaptation
by Tor.com
Partying in a Utopian Fairyland: The Road to Oz
by Mari Ness
King of an Endless Sky, Part 13
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wed Nov 4
Steampunk Month Photo Contest Results
by Liz Gorinsky
Hoofin’ It In Portland
by Anthony Schiavino
The Duel, part 1: Help Me Defeat Brandon Sanderson
by Jason Denzel
BSG: The Plan, or: One Last Frakkin’ Dance Around the Round Table
by Dayle McClintock, Theresa DeLucci and Pablo Defendini
Like a red-figure vase: Steven Brust’s Agyar
by Jo Walton
The First Lady of Fantasy
by Lou Anders
JC Hutchins’s SF novel 7th Son: Descent serialized, Part 4
by Tor.com
Letters from Abroad: Interview with Professor Kelly Joyce (Part 1)
by Keith McGowan
The Sequel Question
by Megan Crewe
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 53 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow
Tue Nov 3
Ghosts of the Great Wall
by Ying Compestine
So good your head explodes every time: Ted Chiang’s Stories of Your Life and Others
by Jo Walton
Letters from Abroad: Sociology and History of Science
by Keith McGowan
Alien aliens
by Edward M. Lerner
A Memory of Wind
by Rachel Swirsky
Mon Nov 2
Wheel of Time eBook Publishing Schedule
by Pablo Defendini
Story Psych: What Makes a Good Story (Part 3)
by Megan Crewe
Mosaics and charioteers: Guy Gavriel Kay’s Sarantine Mosaic
by Jo Walton
Ancient Rockets: Phantom of the Opera
by Kage Baker
Last Drink Bird Head Awards
by John Klima
Cory Doctorow’s Makers, Part 52 (of 81)
by Cory Doctorow