Blog Archive
March 2010
Wed Mar 31
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear
by John Klima
Acceptance in Fairyland: Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
by Mari Ness
DVD Extra: Interview with Sherlock Holmes Stunt Man Mike Yahn
by Megan Messinger
Children’s Choir Covers “Still Alive,” Achieves Huge Success
by Bridget McGovern
Speed Racer: misunderstood art film?
by Dexter Palmer
Amazingly solid world: John M. Ford’s The Princes of the Air
by Jo Walton
Tue Mar 30
Battlefield Earth Writer Apologizes: Let the Healing Begin
by Bridget McGovern
Werewolf Smackdown; Mario Acevedo’s Latino vampire detective goes south
by Mark Graham
Queering SFF: The Bone Key by Sarah Monette
by Lee Mandelo
Firefly Re-watch: “The Train Job”
by Richard Fife
[PAX East 2010] Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
by Torie Atkinson
Dark Matter Update (March 2010)
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Three short Hainish novels: Ursula Le Guin’s Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile and City of Illusions
by Jo Walton
Mon Mar 29
[PAX East 2010] Three Dimensions: The Future of Gaming?
by Torie Atkinson
A talking dog and puckered shoes: Derby Dugan’s Depression Funnies
by Mitch Wagner
Tech News for Nerds: Life Without Wires
by K Tempest Bradford
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The King of Omashu” (episode 105)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Bite Me: Christopher Moore talks about Abby Normal
by Mark Graham
Graham Joyce, How to Make Friends with Demons
by Elizabeth Bear
GGG#013: Horror! Academia! Our Deepest, Darkest Fears! (Guest: John Langan)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun Mar 28
John Anealio Writes Songs For Our Kind of People
by Mur Lafferty
Sat Mar 27
Epistolary fantasy that will make you smile: Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer’s Sorcery and Cecelia
by Jo Walton
Fri Mar 26
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Stray Dog Strut”
by Madeline Ashby
Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour Approaches
by Bridget McGovern
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Introductory Post
by Bill Capossere and Stefan Raets
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 18
by Leigh Butler
Tor.com Story Podcast 015 – “Errata” by Jeff VanderMeer
by Mur Lafferty
The mind, the heart, sex, class, feminism, true love, intrigue, not your everyday ho hum detective story: Dorothy Sayers’s Gaudy Night
by Jo Walton
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 3 “Year of the Bastard”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Mar 25
Axe Cop. Possibly the best thing in the history of the world.
by Mur Lafferty
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Warriors of Kyoshi” (episode 104)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Obsession”
by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
Lost Round Table: “Ab Aeterna”
by Theresa DeLucci, Rajan Khanna and Bridget McGovern
State of Nature
by Dexter Palmer
Youth and Aging in Fairyland: The Giant Horse of Oz
by Mari Ness
Firefly Re-watch: “Serenity”
by Richard Fife
V – A Retrospective Pt. 1
by Mur Lafferty
Wed Mar 24
Chicks Dig Time Lords
by Ellen B. Wright
It’s Ada Lovelace Day! Go blog!
by Bridget McGovern
The Genesis of Hawkmoon
by Michael Moorcock
No Beast So Fierce
by Patrick Garson
Tue Mar 23
Freakangels – Free to Air
by Lee Mandelo
Interview: Carrie Ryan on Zombie Fiction
by John Ottinger III
Repo Men: Take That Back.
by Genevieve Valentine
Chick Fight!
by Ellen B. Wright
Dead Snow
by John Klima
Caprica S1, Ep 8 – “Ghost in the Machine”
by Teresa Jusino
Mon Mar 22
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Southern Air Temple” (episode 103)
by Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Adventure Calling
by Heather Tomlinson
What do you think you should do?: Keith Roberts’s Molly Zero
by Jo Walton
Painting the Multiverse: An Interview with John Picacio
by Lou Anders
Tech News for Nerds: Living in the Future with Smart Phones and eReaders
by K Tempest Bradford
He’s Back! Dr. Who Returns
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
GGG#012: Hobbits! Balrogs! My Precious! (Guest: Corey Olsen)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun Mar 21
Honour to your holdfast, honour to your teyn: George R.R. Martin’s Dying of the Light
by Jo Walton
Sat Mar 20
Found Treasure: Wayland Drew’s Dragonslayer Novelization
by Eve Conte
Fri Mar 19
Novelist Jonathan Lethem Goes Virtual
by Mitch Wagner
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.3, “The Muster of Rohan”
by Kate Nepveu
Thomas Fuchs hearts Star Wars (and many other things)
by Irene Gallo
Thinking of Selling Your Soul to Get To Dragon*Con?
by Megan Messinger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 17
by Leigh Butler
“It’s Like Pandora—Only Better”
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 2, “Lust for Life”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Mar 18
Tor.com Story Podcast 014 – “The Next Invasion” by Robert Reed
by Mur Lafferty
Lost Round Table: “Recon”
by Bridget McGovern, Rajan Khanna and Theresa DeLucci
How Not to Use a Magic Belt: The Gnome King of Oz
by Mari Ness
Eine Kleine George R.R. Martin Fix
by Megan Messinger
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Avatar Returns” (episode 102)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Polyphony Anthology Series
by John Klima
Wed Mar 17
Grimmer than grim: C.J. Cherryh, The Chronicles of Morgaine
by Jo Walton
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Deadly Years”
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Firefly Re-watch: Calling all Browncoats.
by Richard Fife
The Jewel in the Skull Part Four: Chapters Five and Six
by Michael Moorcock
3…2…1 Let’s jam! Cowboy Bebop Re-watch, “Asteroid Blues”
by Madeline Ashby
Revenge of the Return: Sequels Get Even
by Genevieve Valentine
The Next Invasion
by Robert Reed
Tue Mar 16
Queering SFF: First Experiences
by Lee Mandelo
Reading at the Speed of Sound Podcast, Episode 2: Audiobook Review of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Susan Dunman
Lord of Chaos eBook now available
by Richard Fife
In Sheep’s Clothing: Why Fantasy and SF might be disguised as each other
by Jo Walton
Mon Mar 15
REPO! vs Repo
by GD Falksen
Caprica S1, Ep 7: “The Imperfections of Memory”
by Teresa Jusino
Why reviewers don’t often say “This sucks”.
by Jo Walton
Can you do that in a fantasy novel?
by Brandon Sanderson
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Boy in the Iceberg” (episode 101)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Shadow Prowler: The Story of the Crossbow
by Dot Lin
GGG#011: Star Wars! Ewoks! The Almighty Sarlacc! (Guest: Alexandre Philippe)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun Mar 14
Getting ready for Bite Me: Rereading Christopher Moore’s You Suck and green beer
by Mark Graham
The π’d Piper of Hamelin
by Scott Brundage
Fri Mar 12
The Great Comics Read-Along
by Tor.com
Tor.com Story Podcast 013 – “Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky
by Mur Lafferty
Shifting Iconography
by Jason Henninger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 16
by Leigh Butler
Peter Straub’s A Dark Matter—a literate horror story
by Mark Graham
Painting Saturn’s Ring red: John Varley’s 1970s Eight Worlds stories
by Jo Walton
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 1
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Mar 11
Lost Round Table: “Dr. Linus”
by Bridget McGovern, Theresa DeLucci and Rajan Khanna
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Friday’s Child”
by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
200 free copies of Cory Doctorow’s For The Win, for young reviewers
by Pablo Defendini
Lutins and Tengu and Were-Bears. Oh, my.
by Heather Tomlinson
Gene Wolfe, The Sorcerer’s House (review)
by Elizabeth Bear
Re-living your own life: Ken Grimwood’s Replay
by Jo Walton
Gender in Fairyland: The Hungry Tiger of Oz
by Mari Ness
Wed Mar 10
Superman in cartoon history
by Irene Gallo
“Everyone talks like Shakespeare”: Pamela Dean’s Secret Country trilogy
by Jo Walton
The Jewel in the Skull, Chapters Three and Four
by Michael Moorcock
Tor.com’s Hugo Award-eligible works
by Tor.com
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch on Tor.com
by Tor.com
Tue Mar 9
How I Spent My Winter Vacation
by Gabriel Hunt
New Tron Legacy Trailer
by Bridget McGovern
The Illusion of Understanding Michael Moorcock
by Felix Gilman
Jonathan Lethem’s Fortress of Solitude & Me
by Mitch Wagner
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: Prelude to the Endeavor
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Fantasy and the need to remake our origin stories
by Jo Walton
Mon Mar 8
“Naked Girls Reading” Tackles SF
by Charles Ardai
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.2, “The Passing of the Grey Company”
by Kate Nepveu
Caprica S1, Ep 6: “Know Thy Enemy”
by Teresa Jusino
Jonesing becomes Smithing?
by Jason Henninger
Absolute Editions: Geek Heaven?
by Lee Mandelo
JordanCon Approaches!
by Jennifer Liang
GGG#010: Space Battles! Giant Ants! Physics! (Guest: Tom Rogers)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun Mar 7
Irritation, the Step-mother of Invention
by Heather Tomlinson
Fri Mar 5
Pulp Lives, Again (But For How Long?)
by Charles Ardai
OuSciFiPo
by Jason Henninger
The Great Comics Read-Along: Intro
by Lee Mandelo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 15
by Leigh Butler
Michael Whelan, an Appreciation
by Brandon Sanderson
Putting It On The Line, Putting Her Money Where Her Mouth Is—and Speaking Up/Out
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
A heroine’s journey: Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Hawkmistress
by Jo Walton
Thu Mar 4
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Journey to Babel”
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Tor.com Story Podcast 012 – “The Final Now” by Gregory Benford
by Mur Lafferty
Lost Round Table: “Sundown”
by Bridget McGovern
No weapon that leaves the hand: Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Heritage of Hastur
by Jo Walton
Mysteries in Oz: The Lost King of Oz
by Mari Ness
The Final Now
by Gregory Benford
Wed Mar 3
Nova Albion Steampunk Exhibition
by GD Falksen
Around the Solar System in 39 Days (Well, at least to Mars)
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Survival Unlikely In Matt Youngmark’s Zombocalypse Now
by Eve Conte
“Where did he belong?”: Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Bloody Sun
by Jo Walton
Winter is SO TOTALLY Coming
by Megan Messinger
The Jewel in the Skull, Part Two: Chapters One and Two
by Michael Moorcock
Tue Mar 2
Devouring Moorcock
by Lou Anders
Caprica S1, Ep 5: “There Is Another Sky”
by Teresa Jusino
Lord of Chaos ebook cover by Greg Manchess
by Irene Gallo
Joe Hill’s Horns is worth the three-year wait
by Mark Graham
Mon Mar 1
SyFy’s Beauty and The Beast
by Genevieve Valentine
Robert McCall
by Irene Gallo
In The Shadow of The Jewel in the Skull
by Tad Williams
Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings cover by Michael Whelan
by Irene Gallo
In Praise of Audio Fiction
by Blake Charlton
Telepathy and polyamory: Marion Zimmer Bradley’s The Forbidden Tower
by Jo Walton
GGG#009: Vampires! Werewolves! Unicorns! (Guest: Carrie Vaughn)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams