April 2010

Fri Apr 30

The May Day Fairie Festival by Marc Hudgins

MoominWeek! Day 5 by Kathryn Hurley

Queering SFF: Review of The Red Tree by Caitlin Kiernan by Brit Mandelo

Asimov’s Science Fiction Accepting Electronic Submissions by John Klima

The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

Tor.com Tribble Contest Winners! by Torie Atkinson

Bizarre Love Triangles by Marie Rutkoski

JordanCon: Interview with Harriet McDougal by Richard Fife

Thu Apr 29

Star Trek Re-Watch: “A Piece of the Action” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

MoominWeek! Day 4 by Kathryn Hurley

Drops of True Blood by Theresa DeLucci

V: “Heretic’s Fork” by Mur Lafferty

Tor Story Podcast 019 – “Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure” by Richard Parks by Mur Lafferty

Outsiders in Fairyland: Ojo of Oz by Mari Ness

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Fortuneteller” (episode 114) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

The Gashlycrumb Losties by Jason Henninger

Don’t want to be all by my Doctor-self by Nina Lourie

Wed Apr 28

Black Blade Blues, by J.A. Pitts – An interview with the man behind the woman by Jen West

Ok, where do I start with that Custom Index by Tor.com

Ok, where do I start with that? by Jo Walton

MoominWeek! Day 3 by Kathryn Hurley

Doctor Who S5, Ep 2: “The Beast Below” by Teresa Jusino

LotR re-read: Return of the King V.4, “The Siege of Gondor” by Kate Nepveu

Recap of JordanCon II (AKA: The SeanCon Invasion) by Richard Fife

V: “We Can’t Win” by Mur Lafferty

Tue Apr 27

Firefly Re-watch: “Our Mrs. Reynolds” by Richard Fife

MoominWeek! Day 2 by Kathryn Hurley

Moomin-mania!: Celebrating 65 Years of Moomins by Ksenia Winnicki

Sometimes, we win. by Madeline Ashby

A hound among hounds: Margaret Ronald’s Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Bear

The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

Robert Sawyer—WWW:WATCH and Flash Forward by Mark Graham

The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 8, “Dirge” by Brit Mandelo

A fragilistic look at the expialidocious by Jason Henninger

Mon Apr 26

Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, Act II by Dexter Palmer

How Tove Jansson can Change Your Life by Sara Kramer

Comet in Moominland Re-read by Gina Gagliano

MoominWeek! Day 1 by Kathryn Hurley

Moominweek Index by Tor.com

Moomin DeviantART! by Luke Pearson

Moominary! by Ksenia Winnicki

Introduction to Moominweek! by Gina Gagliano

Prime Baby by Nina Lourie

Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells by Brit Mandelo

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Blue Spirit” (episode 113) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

Buffy, “Intervention,” and King Lear by Marie Rutkoski

Novel Disfunction by Jason Henninger

GGG#017: Dragons! Fan Fiction! Copyright Law! (Guest: Naomi Novik) by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams

Sun Apr 25

OK, where do I start with that? B. by Jo Walton

Sat Apr 24

The Last Airbender trailer by Irene Gallo

Live Feed From JordanCon, Day Two! by Tor.com

Fri Apr 23

Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Gateway Shuffle” by Madeline Ashby

Tor Books B-Day Giveaway: Wheel of Time Posters by Megan Messinger

Tribbles Week Contest Reminder by Eugene Myers

Moominpappa at Sea Reread by Jessica Zimmerman

Meet Tor Books, 30 years old by Irene Gallo

The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

Live Video Feed from JordanCon!!! by Tor.com

Tor Books B-Day Giveaway: Box o’ Books by Megan Messinger

Bitter Seeds, by Ian Tregillis – a review by Elizabeth Bear

Total immersion in 1950s India: Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy by Jo Walton

JordanCon Invades Atlanta! by Matt Hatch

Thu Apr 22

Drawn and Quarterly Moomin Comics Giveaway by Drawn and Quarterly

Drawn and Quarterly talks Moomins by Tom Devlin

Tales from Moominvalley Re-read by Gina Gagliano

Moominland Midwinter Re-read by Leslie York

Moomin Cover Art by Elynn Cohen

Moominsummer Madness Re-read by Katelyn Detweiler

Moomin Souvenir Giveaway! by That Kate

My Little Mys by Wesley Adams

Moominpappa’s Memoirs Re-read by Jessica Tedder

Me and the Moomins by Niina Niskanen

Mrs. MacOlsson’s Moomins by Mrs. MacOlsson

Finn Family Moomintroll Re-Read by Beth Potter

Moomin Books Giveaway by Kathryn Hurley

An Adventure in Moominland by Margaret Maloney

Tor’s 30th: T-1: Into the Future by Liz Gorinsky

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Storm” (episode 112) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

The Map of Lost Things by Nina Lourie

Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Gamesters of Triskelion” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

Private Armies in Fairyland: The Purple Prince of Oz by Mari Ness

Lost Round Table: “The Last Recruit” by Theresa DeLucci, Bridget McGovern and Rajan Khanna

Creating Dothraki: An Interview with David J. Peterson and Sai Emrys by Ellen B. Wright

Wed Apr 21

Tor’s 30th: T-2: Professional Fans by Liz Gorinsky

Doctor Who S5, Ep 1: “The Eleventh Hour” by Teresa Jusino

Oh, what it did to me by Nina Lourie

The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 7, “Spider’s Thrash” by Brit Mandelo

Harry Potter to the Rescue by Ethan Gilsdorf

The possibility of knowing yourself: Geoff Ryman’s Lust by Jo Walton

Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure by Richard Parks

Tue Apr 20

Tor’s 30th: T-3: Funniest Memories by Liz Gorinsky

Firefly Re-watch: “Safe” by Richard Fife

Kwaidan by Jason Henninger

George Scithers (1929-2010) by David Hartwell

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 24 by Leigh Butler

Tor.com is a Locus Finalist! by Liz Gorinsky

Riverworld is All Wet by Genevieve Valentine

Mon Apr 19

Tor’s 30th: T-4: Earliest Memories by Liz Gorinsky

Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, Act I by Dexter Palmer

Review: Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee by Jaymee Goh

SEED: Field of Dreams by Dot Lin

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Great Divide” (episode 111) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

Carla Ulbrich’s new album: Live from Outer Space by Mur Lafferty

OK, where do I start with that? A. by Jo Walton

GGG#016: Geek Rock! Mad Scientists! Dave’s Alien Ancestry! (Guest: Jonathan Coulton) by John Joseph Adams

Sat Apr 17

Before Heavy Metal, we had Screaming Metal by René Walling

Fri Apr 16

Countdown To Doctor Who: The Steven Moffat Interview by Teresa Jusino

George R. R. Martin is the Dark One? Musings on the Suvudu Cage Match 2010 and How Rand al’Thor Defeated a God by Matt Hatch

V: “John May” by Mur Lafferty

Tribbles Week: Tribbles and Altos Contest by Torie Atkinson

Tribbles Week: The Next Tribble-ation Contest by Torie Atkinson

Tor Story Podcast 018 – “First Flight” by Mary Robinette Kowal by Mur Lafferty

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 23 by Leigh Butler

Review: Laura Bickle’s debut novel, Embers by Elizabeth Bear

Gargoyles, fonts, and anachronism, oh my! by Nina Lourie

Thu Apr 15

Countdown to Doctor Who: The Paul Cornell Interview by Teresa Jusino

Lost Round Table: “Everybody Loves Hugo” by Theresa DeLucci, Bridget McGovern and Rajan Khanna

Tribbles Week: Re-watching Futurama’s “The Problem With Popplers” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Jet” (episode 110) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

Tricks, pranks and mischief: the birth of comic strips by René Walling

Remembering John Schoenherr by

Doctor Who Is In The House by Hugo Perez

Wed Apr 14

V – The New Series by Mur Lafferty

Countdown to Doctor Who: The Doctor in NYC! Apple Store, SoHo by Teresa Jusino

Queering SFF: Wanting, Searching, Finding by Brit Mandelo

Tribbles Week: Re-watching Deep Space Nine’s “Trials and Tribble-ations” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

Pirates in Fairyland! Pirates in Oz by Mari Ness

Review: Bellona, Destroyer of Cities, the play of Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren by Jo Walton

Selfish, selfless, or something in between: Ash, by Malinda Lo by Elizabeth Bear

Tue Apr 13

Countdown to Doctor Who: Moffat’s Women – The Women of The Library by Teresa Jusino

Firefly Re-watch: “Shindig” by Richard Fife

Tribbles Week: Re-watching Star Trek: The Animated Series “More Tribbles, More Troubles” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 22 by Leigh Butler

Formations and transformations: Samuel Delany’s Dhalgren by Jo Walton

The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 6, “Gouge Away” by Brit Mandelo

Mon Apr 12

Countdown to Doctor Who: Chicks Dig Time Lords! by Teresa Jusino

Tor Story Podcast 017 – “The Film-makers of Mars” by Geoff Ryman by Mur Lafferty

Tribbles Week: Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Trouble with Tribbles” by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Waterbending Scroll” (episode 109) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

THE DS9 TRIBBLES CONTEST Official Rules by Tor.com

THE ST:TNG TRIBBLES CONTEST Official Rules by Tor.com

Buffy Season 8, and What Makes a Series Good by Marie Rutkoski

Ender’s Game ebook cover by Sam Weber by Irene Gallo

GGG#015: The Black Death! Archimedes! Counterfactuals! (Guest: Dan Carlin) by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams

Sun Apr 11

Feast or famine? by Jo Walton

Fri Apr 9

Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold by Dexter Palmer

Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Honky Tonk Women” by Madeline Ashby

Instructions: Charles Vess from pencil to paint, Neil Gaiman from words to reading by Irene Gallo

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 21 by Leigh Butler

The next best thing to being there: Plato’s Republic by Jo Walton

Caprica S1, Ep 9: End of Line, Part Two by Teresa Jusino

Thu Apr 8

Star Trek Re-Watch: “Wolf in the Fold” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

An Email Conversation I Had Yesterday by Leigh Butler

Lost Round Table: “Happily Ever After” by Bridget McGovern, Rajan Khanna and Theresa DeLucci

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku” (episode 108) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

A Crown of Swords ebook cover by Mélanie Delon by Irene Gallo

Rockets in Fairyland: The Yellow Knight of Oz by Mari Ness

New perspectives on humanity: Molly Gloss’s Wild Life by Jo Walton

Wed Apr 7

Changes, Book 12 of the Dresden Files, by Jim Butcher by Megan Messinger

Mega Piranha: an interview with director Eric Forsberg by Dayle McClintock

Heavy Metal Pulp debuts with Pleasure Model by Mark Graham

V – A Retrospective, Pt. 2 by Mur Lafferty

George Lucas Has Lost His Mind by Jordan Hamessley

Julian the Apostate on a Gunboat: Robert Charles Wilson’s Julian Comstock by Jo Walton

Tue Apr 6

Sooo, Joss, when’s the real game coming out? by Megan Messinger

Firefly Re-watch: “Bushwhacked” by Richard Fife

Unusual dystopia: Sumner Locke Elliott’s Going by Jo Walton

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 20 by Leigh Butler

The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 5, “Lonely City” by Brit Mandelo

Mon Apr 5

Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle by Dexter Palmer

Book Review: The Poison Throne by Celine Kiernan by Thea James and Ana Grilo

Clash of the Titans by Genevieve Valentine

Caprica S1, Ep 9: End of Line, Part One. by Teresa Jusino

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World” (episode 107) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

2010 SFWA Author Emeritus: Neal Barrett, Jr. by John Klima

Breaking Rules and Making Babies by Marie Rutkoski

GGG#014: Fairies! Unicorns! Action Figures! (Guest: Holly Black) by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams

Sun Apr 4

Hugo Nominations! by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Sat Apr 3

Good hunting by Scott Brundage

“Yakking about who’s civilized and who’s not”: H. Beam Piper’s Space Viking by Jo Walton

Fri Apr 2

Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Imprisoned” (episode 106) by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams

The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Crown of Swords, Part 19 by Leigh Butler

Why do I re-read things I don’t like? by Jo Walton

Tor Story Podcast 016 – “Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction” by Jo Walton by Mur Lafferty

The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 4, “The New Scum” by Brit Mandelo

Jim C. Hines First Novel Survey by John Klima

Thu Apr 1

A Softer World 11 by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau

True Facts of the Science! #5 by Flora Spoils

LHC’s First Collision Finds Devil Particle by Richard Fife

Mummies: Out of the Casket, Into The Streets by J. Melusine Royal

Star Trek Re-Watch: “What Men Dare Do” by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

True Facts of the Science! #4 by Flora Spoils

Time Ramblin’ Guy by Jason Henninger

Congress Reinstates Pluto as a Planet by Richard Fife

Entmoot Convenes to Discuss Same-Sex Marriage by Jason Henninger

True Facts of the Science! #3 by Flora Spoils

Lost Round Table: “The Package” by Theresa DeLucci, Rajan Khanna and Bridget McGovern

Thrust Upon an Unsuspecting Fandom: Sherlock Holmes Meets the Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Ava Jarvis

BBC Casts 12th Doctor by Tor.com

The Lit Monster: Gaga Goes Genre by Silas Bell

True Facts of the Science! #2 by Flora Spoils

On reflection, not very dangerous: Harlan Ellison’s The Last Dangerous Visions by Jo Walton

Dell Announces the Delldo by Jason Henninger

True Facts of the Science! #1 by Flora Spoils

New Mid-Grade Reader Line from Tor: InnerSpace! by Mur Lafferty

M. Night Shyamalan to Guest-Direct Lost Finalé. by Richard Fife