Blog Archive
June 2010
Wed Jun 30
Eclipse: The Decline and Fall of the Twilight Empire
by Genevieve Valentine
Don’t you forget about me: being a review of Jonathan Lethem’s Gun, with Occasional Music
by Elizabeth Bear
Amazing Adventures in Local Theater
by Richard Fife
Hugo Review: Catherynne M. Valente’s Palimpsest
by Jason Henninger
What is Love Without Life?
by Scott Brundage
Small Offerings
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Tue Jun 29
The Unwritten V.1 by Mike Carey & Peter Gross
by Lee Mandelo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 19
by Leigh Butler
Priscilla Wong: Zankel Scholar, future concept artist
by Irene Gallo
True Blood episode review: “It Hurts Me Too”
by Theresa DeLucci
Mon Jun 28
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows trailer
by Irene Gallo
Who Wants to Buy a Lightsaber?
by Lee Mandelo
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.8, “The Houses of Healing”
by Kate Nepveu
GWAR: The Other Side of Geekdom
by Richard Fife
Review of Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Soundtrack (Newly Expanded Edition)
by Dexter Palmer
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Now Officially Includes Octavia E. Butler, Richard Matheson, Douglas Trumbull and Roger Zelazny
by Tor.com
Sun Jun 27
OK, where do I start with that? L
by Jo Walton
Sat Jun 26
2010 Locus awards announced
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Fri Jun 25
Inception: Sci-Fi’s Last, Best Box-Office Hope?
by Genevieve Valentine
Futurama’s Back! Was This a Good Idea?
by Chris Greenland
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 18
by Leigh Butler
Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings Tour Announced!
by Tor.com
“Life is so cheap in D.C.”: being a review of Pat Cadigan’s Tea from an Empty Cup
by Elizabeth Bear
Sex, Violence, and Family Politics: Dead In The Family
by Alex Brown
Reinforcing my childhood belief that Legos can do anything
by Megan Messinger
Thu Jun 24
SciFi Airshow Taunts Us With the Real Thing
by Irene Gallo
Review: Charles Stross’ The Fuller Memorandum
by Ava Jarvis
Star Trek Re-Watch: “The Omega Glory”
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
Lacking Purpose in Fairyland: The Scalawagons of Oz
by Mari Ness
Academic Time Travel: Connie Willis’ To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Jo Walton
A Message From Tor.com
by Tor.com
NASA Finds Doctor Who-style Crack in Universe
by Chris Greenland
Gandalf Goes to the World Cup
by Megan Messinger
Wed Jun 23
Don’t Stop Believing: Utopian Sci-Fi and Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed
by Sean Grattan
Doctor Who S5, Eps 8 & 9: “The Hungry Earth”/”Cold Blood”
by Teresa Jusino
Frequency Rotation: Pop Will Eat Itself, “Inject Me”
by Jason Heller
True Blood episode review: “Beautifully Broken”
by Theresa DeLucci
When magick has fallen from fashion: being a review of Galen Beckett’s The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
by Elizabeth Bear
Tue Jun 22
In the market for a TARDIS?
by Ellen B. Wright
Winter’s Heart ebook now available for sale
by Steve Godecke
Firefly Re-watch: “Objects in Space”
by Richard Fife
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 17
by Leigh Butler
We Are What We Leave Behind
by Lesley Hauge
A Cory Doctorow giveaway!
by Irene Gallo
It wouldn’t look right: M.J. Engh’s Rainbow Man
by Jo Walton
Mon Jun 21
Illustration Master Class 2010
by Gregory Manchess
Review: Jonah Hex
by Genevieve Valentine
Lightspeed magazine #1
by John Klima
The Chronicles of Amber: Nine Princes in Amber
by Rajan Khanna
Sun Jun 20
OK, where do I start with that? K.
by Jo Walton
Sat Jun 19
Smurfpocalypse Now: The Smurfening
by Bridget McGovern
Fri Jun 18
Do Not Adjust Your Monitor
by Megan Messinger
Steal this Star Trek Reboot
by Chris Greenland
The Little One is the Un-Twilight: Interview with playwright, James Comtois
by Teresa Jusino
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 16
by Leigh Butler
Clementine by Cherie Priest
by John Klima
Queering SFF: Writing SexTo Do, or Not to Do?
by Lee Mandelo
Original, weird, charming: Parke Godwin’s Waiting for the Galactic Bus
by Jo Walton
Thu Jun 17
The Countdown to Futurama Begins…
by Bridget McGovern
Romance and Science Fiction, Sittin’ in a Tree
by Heather Massey
In Space No One Wears Pants: Flash Gordon
by Sean Grattan
Confusion in Fairyland: The Wonder City of Oz
by Mari Ness
Perception Altering Fiction: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
by John Ottinger III
Designing the covers for Dan Wells’ John Wayne Cleaver trilogy
by Peter Lutjen
When did the Internet become poison?
by Richard Fife
Wed Jun 16
The Ghosts’ High Noon!
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
“This is America, ain’t it? Ain’t this America?”
by Mitch Wagner
Screwball comedy time travel: John Kessel’s Corrupting Dr. Nice
by Jo Walton
Starz and BBC join forces to drag Capt. Jack back to Earth
by Alex Brown
Winter’s Heart ebook cover by Scott M. Fischer
by Irene Gallo
True Blood: “Pack of Wolves” episode review
by Theresa DeLucci
A Softer World 15
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Tue Jun 15
Thank you, Al Williamson
by Gregory Manchess
Firefly Re-watch: “Heart of Gold”
by Richard Fife
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 15
by Leigh Butler
Greek Street by Peter Milligan
by Lee Mandelo
Al Williamson, 1931-2010
by Michael Kaluta
Are Friends Electric?
by Jason Henninger
Mon Jun 14
War God Feeling Blue
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Sam Rockwell is the Trickster God of Science Fiction
by Chris Greenland
Frequency Rotation: Janelle Monáe, “Neon Valley Street”
by Jason Heller
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.7, “The Pyre of Denethor”
by Kate Nepveu
First Preview of Game of Thrones
by Ellen B. Wright
Micmacs à tire-larigot
by Jason Henninger
Zelda: The Magazine of the Vintage Nouveau
by GD Falksen
Sun Jun 13
OK, where do I start with that? I and J.
by Jo Walton
Fri Jun 11
The Classical Approach
by David Drake
Flying away from Fairyland: Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz
by Mari Ness
Star Trek Re-Watch: “By Any Other Name”
by Torie Atkinson and Eugene Myers
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 14
by Leigh Butler
Thu Jun 10
Read the first three chapters of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings
by Tor.com
The Way of Kings: An Introduction
by Brandon Sanderson
I’d love this book if I didn’t loathe the protagonist: Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr’s Household Gods
by Jo Walton
The Way of Kings: Prelude, Prologue, Chapters 1-3 (Excerpt)
by Brandon Sanderson
Realms of Fantasy Subscription Numbers Dropping
by John Klima
Wed Jun 9
Walpurgisnacht, the handbook
by Ross MacDonald
Splice: The best (and only?) quirky, cross-genre horror flick this year
by Sarah Langan
Cory Doctorow on researching For the Win
by Mitch Wagner
Doctor Who S5, EP7: “Amy’s Choice”
by Teresa Jusino
My Science Project
by Jacob Steingroot
Justin Cronin: The Passage Release Day, NYC
by Joshua Starr
On Taking Advice
by Lee Mandelo
Tue Jun 8
A Farewell to Atlantis: Spacewalks & Touchdown
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
Firefly Re-watch: “The Message”
by Richard Fife
Freak out in a moonage daydream
by Jason Henninger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 13
by Leigh Butler
History inside-out: Howard Waldrop’s Them Bones
by Jo Walton
Feed Your Reader
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
What Doctor Gottlieb Saw
by Ian Tregillis
Mon Jun 7
Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
by Genevieve Valentine
The digital revolution hits the slums of India and China. Cory Doctorow’s For the Win
by Mitch Wagner
JordanCon: Interview with Brandon Sanderson
by Richard Fife
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung, Act III
by Dexter Palmer
Review: Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker
by GD Falksen
Humans are crazy that way: C.J. Cherryh’s Deceiver
by Jo Walton
Sun Jun 6
OK, where do I start with that? H.
by Jo Walton
Fri Jun 4
A Farewell to Atlantis: From Earth to Heaven
by Dr. Kirtland C Peterson
The Classical Background
by David Drake
Star Trek Re-Watch: “Patterns of Force”
by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson
The Wheel of Time Re-read: The Path of Daggers, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
“Not much changes on the street, only the faces.” George Alec Effinger’s When Gravity Fails
by Jo Walton
LotR re-read: Return of the King V.6, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”
by Kate Nepveu
Justin Cronin’s The Passage—the “big” book of the summer
by Mark Graham
Thu Jun 3
You are also an exile: C.J. Cherryh’s Conspirator
by Jo Walton
Send Diana Wynne Jones well-wishes
by Kate Nepveu
Frequency Rotation: The Rezillos, “Destination Venus”
by Jason Heller
Racism in Fairyland: The Silver Princess in Oz
by Mari Ness
Nine Hobbits that Could Happen
by Genevieve Valentine
Doctor Who books go to eleven
by Jason Henninger
Be careful what you ask for, being a review of White Cat by Holly Black
by Elizabeth Bear
Wed Jun 2
Battle Beyond The Stars
by Jacob Steingroot
Audioslice: Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker
by Liz Maverick
Facts universally acknowledged, being a review of Robin Hobb’s Dragon Haven
by Elizabeth Bear
Blogging Wagner’s Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung, Act II
by Dexter Palmer
Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing trailer
by Irene Gallo
Re-examining the old-school RPGs: Module S3, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
by David Williams
Tue Jun 1
A Softer World 13
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Shadow’s Son (Excerpt)
by Jon Sprunk
Firefly Re-watch: “Trash”
by Richard Fife
Stop what you’re doing: New Scott Pilgrim trailer
by Chris Greenland
JordanCon: Interview with Red Eagle Games
by Richard Fife
One is ever so glad to be rescued: C.J. Cherryh’s Deliverer
by Jo Walton