Blog Archive
May 2010
Mon May 31
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung, Act I
by Dexter Palmer
Dog-Eared Cat Tales
by Nina Lourie
John Berkey’s The Humanoid Touch
by Gregory Manchess
Sun May 30
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by Jo Walton
Sat May 29
The Way of Kings on Tor.com
by Tor.com
Memories of You: Pacman Edition
by John Klima
Fri May 28
Taking it all back: C.J. Cherryh’s Pretender
by Jo Walton
Lost “The End”: On finality
by Theresa DeLucci
V: “Red Sky”
by Mur Lafferty
Bob Eggleton: Free wallpapers from Artist Hugo Nominee
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
The 40th Anniversary of Apollo 13
by Torie Atkinson
Best Graphic Story Nominee #5: Fables—The Dark Ages
by Lee Mandelo
Doctor Who S5, EP6: “The Vampires of Venice”
by Teresa Jusino
Pickles and Parasols: An interview with Gail Carriger
by Jason Henninger
Thu May 27
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Nominee: Up
by Eugene Myers
Lost: Myths, Legends, Star Wars and Daddy Issues
by Bridget McGovern
V: “Fruition”
by Mur Lafferty
John Picacio: Free wallpapers from Artist Hugo Nominee
by Irene Gallo
Looking different in Fairyland: Handy Mandy in Oz
by Mari Ness
How To Make A Tribble
by Torie Atkinson
Best Graphic Story Nominee #4: Captain Britain and MI13—Vampire State
by Lee Mandelo
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From Lost
by Stephanie Bodeen
Queering SFF: The Lambda Awards, Present and Past
by Lee Mandelo
Wed May 26
Breakfast in the ruins: C.J. Cherryh’s Destroyer
by Jo Walton
Lost Finale Reaction “The End”
by Rajan Khanna
V: “Hearts and Minds”
by Mur Lafferty
Stephan Martiniere: Free wallpapers from Artist Hugo Nominee
by Irene Gallo
Best Graphic Story Nominee #3: Girl Genius v. 9
by Lee Mandelo
The Maddening Innards of the TARDIS
by Chris Greenland
Re-examining the old-school RPGs: Gamma World
by David Williams
The Cockroach Hat
by Terry Bisson
Tue May 25
Happy Towel Day
by Megan Messinger
Firefly Re-watch: “War Stories”
by Richard Fife
Dan Dos Santos: Free wallpapers from Artist Hugo Nominee
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Heavy Metal Queen”
by Madeline Ashby
Best Graphic Story Nominee #2: Schlock Mercenary v. 10
by Lee Mandelo
The Office of Shadow (Excerpt)
by Matthew Sturges
Mon May 24
The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings? Artists’ perspective
by Irene Gallo
Roger Zelazny’s The Chronicles of Amber
by Rajan Khanna
Shaun Tan: Free wallpapers from artist Hugo nominee
by Irene Gallo
Best Graphic Story Nominee #1: Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?
by Lee Mandelo
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung, Prologue
by Dexter Palmer
The State of Genre TV
by Genevieve Valentine
Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy #021: African SF & Fantasy! Nollywood! Entomology! (Guest: Nnedi Okorafor)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun May 23
OK, where do I start with that? F.
by Jo Walton
Fri May 21
The Sorceress Armida!
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
The Hugo for Best Graphic Story: A Short History
by Lee Mandelo
Doctor Who S5, EPS 4 & 5: “The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone”
by Teresa Jusino
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 9
by Leigh Butler
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Siege of the North (Part 2)” (episode 120)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Reading at the Speed of Sound Podcast, Episode 3: Audiobook Review of Dexter Palmer’s The Dream of Perpetual Motion
by Susan Dunman
Thu May 20
Look around you. Here comes science!
by Jason Henninger
Lost Round Table “What They Died For”
by Theresa DeLucci, Bridget McGovern and Rajan Khanna
Brains: a zombie memoir by Robin Becker
by Mark Graham
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Return to Tomorrow”
by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
Colonialization in Fairyland: Captain Salt in Oz
by Mari Ness
Nightmarish monstrosities, arena battles, spontaneous communal creativity
by Joshua Starr
The Mad God’s Amulet (Excerpt)
by Michael Moorcock
Wed May 19
Feminism Smash!!!
by Chris Greenland
The Top 15 Moments in the History of Lost
by Bridget McGovern, Theresa DeLucci and Rajan Khanna
How many sides are there in this?: C.J. Cherryh’s Explorer
by Jo Walton
What else has he got two of?
by Nina Lourie
Re-examining the old-school RPGs: Metamorphosis Alpha
by David Williams
He Walked Among Us (Excerpt)
by Norman Spinrad
This all happened so fast
by Dan Goldman
Tue May 18
Firefly Re-watch: “Ariel”
by Richard Fife
The Path of Daggers eBook now available
by Matt Hatch
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Siege of the North (Part 1)” (episode 119)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 8
by Leigh Butler
A Fond Farewell to Ripley, the Borderlands Cat
by Bridget McGovern
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Siegfried, Act III
by Dexter Palmer
Mon May 17
JordanCon: Interview with Red Eagle Entertainment
by Richard Fife
Jane Eyre: From Gothic Heroine To Vampyre Slayer
by Eve Conte
Hugo fan artist nominee Dave Howell
by Frank Wu
Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies
by John Klima
MicroVisions 5 auction
by Irene Gallo
A Cro-Magnon living in the future
by Mitch Wagner
GGG#020: Climate Change! Geoengineering! Terraforming! (Guest: Eli Kintisch)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun May 16
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by Jo Walton
Sat May 15
2010 Nebula Award Winners!
by Irene Gallo
Charles Vess’ Drawing Down the Moon (and giveaway!)
by Irene Gallo
Fri May 14
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Siegfried, Act II
by Dexter Palmer
STS-132
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
“Actually, you’re the alien”: C.J. Cherryh’s Defender
by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
Beyond Bea Arthur: Bea and SF
by Bridget McGovern
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Waterbending Master” (episode 118)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
The Unlikeable (Potentially Evil) Protagonist
by Lee Mandelo
Thu May 13
Star Trek Re-Watch: “A Private Little War”
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Sweets, spacestations and intrigue: C.J. Cherryh’s Precursor
by Jo Walton
Lost Round Table “Across the Sea”
by Rajan Khanna, Theresa DeLucci and Bridget McGovern
Taxation in Fairyland: The Wishing Horse of Oz
by Mari Ness
Do we really need another Robin Hood?
by Ethan Gilsdorf
For the Win Excerpt
by Megan Messinger
For the Win (Excerpt)
by Cory Doctorow
Wed May 12
By no means unlikely: C.J. Cherryh’s Inheritor
by Jo Walton
Iron Man 2 Review
by Rajan Khanna
The Puppet Makers: The John Leavitt Interview
by Teresa Jusino
JordanCon: Interview with Alan Romanczuk
by Richard Fife
Traveller: Reexamining the old-school RPGs
by David Williams
His Dark Materials & The Assault on Sociopathic Organizations
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Moorcock: The Multiverse’s Big Bang
by Rajan Khanna
Tue May 11
Firefly Re-watch: “Out of Gas”
by Richard Fife
Doctor Who S5, EP3 “Victory of the Daleks”
by Teresa Jusino
Reflections on an empty studio
by David Apatoff
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 10, “One More Time”
by Lee Mandelo
Moorcock, Genre Fiction, and “Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel”: An Introduction
by David Hartwell
The Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel
by Michael Moorcock
Mon May 10
Frank Frazetta
by Gregory Manchess
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Sympathy for the Devil”
by Madeline Ashby
Kurt Vonnegut’s Look at the Birdiethe last of the wine?
by Lenny Bailes
Audioslice: A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
by Liz Maverick
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Siegfried, Act I
by Dexter Palmer
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Northern Air Temple” (episode 117)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
OK, where do I start with that? D.
by Jo Walton
Sun May 9
Heartless: The Story of the Tin Man
by Bridget McGovern
Sat May 8
GGG#019: Immortality! Automata! Consciousness Transference! (Guest: Robin Wasserman)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Fri May 7
The Good Man Jesus & The Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Carrie Vaughn’s Voices of Dragons
by Mark Graham
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.5, “The Ride of the Rohirrim”
by Kate Nepveu
Thoughts on The X-Files
by Lee Mandelo
Thu May 6
From here I can touch the sun: A science/spec mix experiment
by Chris Greenland
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Immunity Syndrome”
by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
The Path of Daggers ebook cover by Julie Bell
by Irene Gallo
Excerpts and Launch News: Sword of My Mouth
by Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard
Dinosaurs in Fairyland: Speedy in Oz
by Mari Ness
Lost Round Table “The Candidate”
by Bridget McGovern, Rajan Khanna and Theresa DeLucci
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “The Deserter” (episode 116)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
Burning bridges and making alliances: C.J. Cherryh’s Invader
by Jo Walton
Wed May 5
After the Dome: Stephen King in 2010
by Joshua Starr
Cat tales
by Nina Lourie
JordanCon: Interview with Wilson Grooms
by Richard Fife
Hansel and Gretel are Out For: Blood, at Least One Cullen
by Genevieve Valentine
Alone among aliens: C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner
by Jo Walton
The Courtship of the Queen
by Bruce McAllister
Tue May 4
The Great Comics Read-Along: Transmetropolitan v. 9, “The Cure”
by Lee Mandelo
May the Fourth Be With You: Happy Star Wars Day to Jedi Young and Old
by Megan Messinger
Firefly Re-watch: “Jaynestown”
by Richard Fife
Our fictional offerings: Expanded staff! New procedures! Same old quirky fiction!
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
Avatar: The Last Airbender Re-Watch: “Bato of the Water Tribe” (episode 115)
by Jordan Hamessley, Matt London and John Joseph Adams
That is howcome pop-up books are neato
by Jason Henninger
Mon May 3
Tor Story Podcast 020 – “Firstborn” by Brandon Sanderson
by Mur Lafferty
Reincarnated as a Space Yacht: IKAROS Flies/Sails Again
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
JordanCon: Interview with Maria Simons
by Richard Fife
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Ballad of Fallen Angels”
by Madeline Ashby
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre, Act III
by Dexter Palmer
OK, where do I start with that? C.
by Jo Walton
GGG#018: Organ Repossession! Con Men! Dystopian Satire! (Guest: Eric Garcia)
by David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
Sun May 2
Tove Jansson: Out of the Closet
by JoSelle Vanderhooft
Sat May 1
A Softer World 12
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
MoominWeek! Day 6
by Kathryn Hurley