August 2010

Tue Aug 31

The Great Debate: Bruce Wayne vs. Dick Grayson by Annie Gala

Masks and moons: Melissa Scott’s The Kindly Ones by Jo Walton

Queering SFF: Where’s the Polyamory? by Brit Mandelo

True Blood episode review: “Fresh Blood” by Theresa DeLucci

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 14 by Leigh Butler

In a Kingly Way: Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings by Richard Fife

Review: The Native Star by M.K. Hobson by Alyx Dellamonica

It’s Here! by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Aug 30

I Can Has Ray Gunz! Cat-People in Science Fiction by Ryan Britt

Annapolis in space: Robert A. Heinlein’s Space Cadet by Jo Walton

How many cyberwizards can dance on the head of a pin? (Being a review of Omnitopia Dawn, by Diane Duane) by Elizabeth Bear

Tor Dot August Round-Up by Megan Messinger

The Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2010 by Jo Walton

The Way of Kings Holds a Secret From The Wheel of Time by Tor.com

Writing Hurricane Katrina by Suzanne Johnson

The Reapers Are the Angels (Excerpt) by Alden Bell

Sun Aug 29

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

Fri Aug 27

Not the Towers of Midnight Cover, But It’ll Do by Stubby the Rocket

The Best Films You’ll Never See: Alternate Universe Movie Posters by Bridget McGovern

Avatar Rewatch: “Avatar Day” (Episode 205) by Matt London

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 13 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: G by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

“Why would I scan food with my screwdriver?” by Stubby the Rocket

Frequency Rotation: The Locust, “Flash’s Theme” by Jason Heller

30 Years of the Asteroid Belt in 3 Minutes by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 26

Tor Books Events at DragonCon: Wheel of Time, Sanderson, and more by Tor.com

Review: Suzanne Collins’s Mockingjay by Faye Bi

Power laces? Alright! by Chris Greenland

Donato exhibits “Water: A Parallel Universe” by Irene Gallo

An Interview with Filmmaker Arwen Curry by the rejectionist

Weather War: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg’s Lear’s Daughters by Jo Walton

Wed Aug 25

Prologue to The Towers of Midnight available for pre-order now! by Tor.com

R.I.P. Satoshi Kon by Jenny Rae Rappaport

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas by Brit Mandelo

Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Good Time Funny Books by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

An Interview with Nnedi Okorafor by the rejectionist

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 14 and 15 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter

An interview with colorist Dave Stewart by

True Blood episode review: “I Smell a Rat” by Theresa DeLucci

“I do not know which of us has written this interview” by Jason Henninger

The Speed of Time by Jay Lake

Tue Aug 24

Upcoming SF Events in September by René Walling

GLaDOS Goes To College by Bridget McGovern

Get ready for The Walking Dead: Official trailer and release date by Stubby the Rocket

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 12 by Leigh Butler

The Way of Kings Chapters 12 and 13 Up Now! by Tor.com

An interview with Elizabeth Hand by the rejectionist

Recognizing the Constitutional Rights of Zombies? by Chris Greenland

Mon Aug 23

Hear the first chapter of Mockingjay by Stubby the Rocket

Pencil Art by Irene Gallo

Packing for Mars and laughing out loud by Mark Graham

From a land, from a faraway place by Patrick Garson

Angel Joins Buffy at Dark Horse Comics by Brit Mandelo

Why Science Fiction? by the rejectionist

After the Smoke Clears (Or, What To Read After Mockingjay) by Thea James

Orbit Books’ Guide to Fantasy Art by Bridget McGovern

Sun Aug 22

OK, where do I start with that? U and V. by Jo Walton

Sat Aug 21

Fab Fighters: The Beatles Vs. Zombies by Chris Greenland

Fri Aug 20

Star Wars Gets the Silent Treatment by Stubby the Rocket

AIR MMORPG wants steampunk illustrators! by GD Falksen

Audioslice: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey by Liz Maverick

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 11 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: F by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

A Fondness for Antiques: The Future of Books According to Science Fiction by Ryan Britt

What Comic-Con Means to Me: The Joss Whedon Experience by Juliana Weiss-Roessler

Thu Aug 19

The Way of Kings, Chapters 12 and 13 (Excerpt) by Brandon Sanderson

Reading at the Speed of Sound Podcast, Episode 4: Audiobook Review of Alan Goldsher’s Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion by Susan Dunman

LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.1, “The Tower of Cirith Ungol” by Kate Nepveu

Stickman, Prepare to Meet your Maker by Stubby the Rocket

Phil Plait’s Bad Universe Expands by Bridget McGovern

Avatar Rewatch: “The Swamp” (episode 204) by Jordan Hamessley

Gulp or sip: How do you read? by Jo Walton

The Ragged Man (Excerpt) by Tom Lloyd

Wed Aug 18

Buildings and Vampires, a tribute to “Where the Wild Things Are” by Irene Gallo

Fantastical Birds: Artist Kathleen Lolley by Brit Mandelo

Wednesday Comics Pull List: To All Things, Endings by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

And now video games tell history… by GD Falksen

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 12 and 13 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter

First Juvenile: Robert A. Heinlein’s Rocket Ship Galileo by Jo Walton

George Sirois Introduces Excelsior, Sci-Fi’s Newest Hero by Teresa Jusino

The Church of Heinlein (mildly) Reformed by Sarah A. Hoyt

Tue Aug 17

When literary authors slum in genre by Ethan Gilsdorf

Firefly Re-watch: Serenity, the second half by Richard Fife

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 10 by Leigh Butler

Robert A. Heinlein’s technological prophecies by Mitch Wagner

The Zero Stone, with a cover by Jeff Jones by

What Do Heinlein Women Want? by Sarah A. Hoyt

Witches, Pirates, Vampires, and Vengeful Gods: Hellboy by Alex Brown

Pulp adventure and nothing wrong with that: Robert Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children by Jo Walton

The Undead Robert Heinlein by John Scalzi

Mon Aug 16

Tom Sawyer and the Undead and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Mark Graham

American, Like Me by Sarah A. Hoyt

A brief thought about why Heinlein discussions frequently become acrimonious by Jo Walton

True Blood episode review: “Everything is Broken” by Theresa DeLucci

Heinlein Biographer Tells All by Mitch Wagner

Queering SFF: Black Blade Blues by J.A. Pitts by Brit Mandelo

The Customs Of His Tribe by Sarah A. Hoyt

Monstrous Wildlife: Graboids by Bridget McGovern

Sun Aug 15

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

Sat Aug 14

Bioshock, now with 100% more steampunk by GD Falksen

Some responses to the opening posts of the Heinlein discussion by Pamela Dean

Fri Aug 13

Heinlein and The Saturday Evening Post by John Scalzi

That Was Fun, But I’m Not in Lesbian With It. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Chris Greenland

Spec Fic Parenting: “That’s a Wizard’s Tower” by Richard Fife

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 9 by Leigh Butler

Heinlein’s contradictory views on race by Mitch Wagner

A is for Artist: E by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 10: It Will Always Be the Same Old Story by Steve Englehart

Pariah (Excerpt) by Bob Fingerman

Thu Aug 12

Growing up alien: Michael Coney’s Hello Summer, Goodbye by Jo Walton

Funny, Hip and Nerdy: Regarding The Sheriff of Yrnameer by Michael Rubens by Ryan Britt

Avatar Rewatch: “Return to Omashu” (episode 203) by Matt London

Frequency Rotation: Sigue Sigue Sputnik, “21st Century Boy” by Jason Heller

Heinlein: Forward-looking diversity advocate or sexist bigot? Yes by Mitch Wagner

True Blood episode review: “Night on the Sun” by Theresa DeLucci

The right kind of girl by Jo Walton

Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Ganymede Elegy” by Madeline Ashby

Through a backward telescope: Heinlein’s context by Charles Stross

Patterson Heinlein biography: Not to be trusted on details by Jo Walton

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 9: Quit Cramming Concepts Into Comic Movies! by Steve Englehart

Wed Aug 11

Tomorrow Through the Past by Pamela Dean

Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Old Battles and Déjà Vu by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

Coming Home by Sarah A. Hoyt

Way of Kings ARC and audio giveaway on Facebook by Tor.com

Heinlein: Strangely Human by John Scalzi

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 10 and 11 by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter

“Out far, and onward yet!” Heinlein’s future history stories of the thirties and forties by Jo Walton

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 8: In Which Captain America Loses His Freedom by Steve Englehart

Robert A. Heinlein: A real-life Forrest Gump by Mitch Wagner

Robert A. Heinlein: The Tor.com Blog Symposium by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model by Charlie Jane Anders

Tue Aug 10

Newsflash! Torchwood: The New World by Alex Brown

Firefly Re-watch: Serenity, the first half by Richard Fife

Knife of Dreams ebook cover by Michael Komarck by Irene Gallo

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 7: Working in the Industry, Then and Now by Steve Englehart

Behold, The 2010 Social Networking Map by Bridget McGovern

Mon Aug 9

Robert Abbett and A Princess of Mars by

Big Think Rolls Out 31 Days of Dangerous Ideas by Chris Greenland

Aliens, Steppe Nomads, and just the right amount of romance: Kate Elliott’s Jaran by Jo Walton

The Eisner Awards: And the Eisner Goes to… by Brit Mandelo

Smexy Zombies and Runaway Zeppelins: The Loving Dead by Alex Brown

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 6: The Secret Marvel/DC Crossover Event by Steve Englehart

More Stories from the Twilight Zone by Mark Graham

Sun Aug 8

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

Fri Aug 6

Editorial Roundtable: The Roots of Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy by Melissa Ann Singer

Congratulations to the 2010 Chesley Award Winners! by Irene Gallo

Provencal Fantasy: Guy Gavriel Kay’s A Song for Arbonne by Jo Walton

Queering SFF: An Interview with Editor Steve Berman by Brit Mandelo

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 8 by Leigh Butler

A is for Artist: D by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 5: Stan Lee and Thor By Flashlight by Steve Englehart

She Loves Hot Reads Paranormal Book Giveaway! by Eileen Rothschild

One children’s book without so much squid in it…being a review of Greg van Eekhout’s Kid Vs. Squid by Elizabeth Bear

Thu Aug 5

Reread All 40 Books in the Oz Series by Tor.com

Chicago Museum of Science is Looking for a Subletter by Chris Greenland

Real world engineering: Nevil Shute’s No Highway by Jo Walton

Life in the Multiverse by René Walling

I Believe I Can Fly by Stubby the Rocket

Frequency Rotation: Isis, “Hall of the Dead” by Jason Heller

Star Trek Re-Watch Season 2 Wrap-Up by Eugene Myers and Torie Atkinson

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 4: Comics Make You a Better Writer Faster Than Anything Else by Steve Englehart

Geek Fashion: Molly Crabapple Goes Dirtee Hollywood by Teresa Jusino

Queering SFF: Wilde Stories 2010 edited by Steve Berman by Brit Mandelo

Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson

Wed Aug 4

Kiss the fleeting stead of death by Jason Henninger

“You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” Thinking about Inception by Mitch Wagner

Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Torchwood, Magnus, and a Surprising Amount of Baltimore by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland

The best spacestation novel not written by Cherryh: Walter Jon Williams’ Angel Station by Jo Walton

The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 8 and 9 by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 3: Pterodactyls Play Ptheir Part by Steve Englehart

Urban Fantasy Recommendations by Carrie Vaughn

China Miéville Takes Comic Con by Alex Brown

What Makes a River by Deborah Coates

Tue Aug 3

Prince of Storms (Excerpt) by Kay Kenyon

What happened to genres? by

Firefly Re-watch: Serenity: Those Left Behind Part 3 by Richard Fife

Magnus, Robot Fighter 4000 A.D. by

Young Adult Paranormal Book Giveaway, Courtesy of WordsnStuff.net! by Eileen Rothschild

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 7 by Leigh Butler

The Way of Kings Chapters 9 and 11 Up Now! by Tor.com

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 2: Missed Connections by Steve Englehart

True Blood “Hitting the Ground” episode review by Theresa DeLucci

Suppose you are contemplating an island: Jill Paton Walsh’s Knowledge of Angels by Jo Walton

Let the Right One In, Eli in my psyche by Greg Ruth

Mon Aug 2

Family ties and sore losers: Summer Wars (???????) by René Walling

Review: Masked by Jason Henninger

TV Vampires: The Broody and the Badass by Juliana Weiss-Roessler

Way of Kings Advance Reading Copy Giveaway by Megan Messinger

I am a Reasonably Happy Man: The Trouble with Trouble on Triton by Sean Grattan

From Comics to Cosmic, Part 1: It Begins with Murder by Steve Englehart

An Interview with Laura Anne Gilman by Ron Hogan

Towers of Midnight Prediction Open Thread by Tor.com

Doctor Who S5 Finale: “The Pandorica Opens”/”The Big Bang” by Teresa Jusino

Manga Farming by Irene Gallo

Sun Aug 1

There Can Be Only— Oh. Oops. Never Mind. by Doranna Durgin

OK, where do I start with this? R. by Jo Walton