Blog Archive
September 2010
Thu Sep 30
Of AT-ATs and Dogs
by Irene Gallo
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing October Releases in Epic Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
Review: Cherie Priest’s Dreadnought
by Mike Perschon
New Skyline Trailer
by Danny Bowes
Frequency Rotation: Kate Bush, “Deeper Understanding”
by Jason Heller
Bad good guys, good bad guys, bad bad guys, no good good guys
by Jason Henninger
Applications Open for Towers of Midnight “Tower Guards” Program
by Tor.com
How Did I Miss This?Thoughts on Where’s Neil When You Need Him?
by Lee Mandelo
A different fairyland: The Magical Monarch of Mo
by Mari Ness
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #25
by John Klima
Wed Sep 29
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing October Releases in Young Adult Paranormal Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Frederik Pohl and Jack Vance on StarShip Sofa
by Stubby the Rocket
A future that never came: Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust
by Jo Walton
Wednesday Pull-List: All Over But The Cryin’
by Matt Lampert, Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 24 and Epilogue
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Intersections and Interlopers
by Ken Scholes and Lisa Desrochers
We Knew Them When: Idiots’Books on Slate.com
by Liz Gorinsky
River of Souls
by Beth Bernobich
Tue Sep 28
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing October Releases in Urban Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
Ralph Vicinanza, 1950-2010
by Beth Meacham
The Suck Fairy
by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 20
by Leigh Butler
Richard Matheson—Storyteller
by Tor.com
Richard MathesonStoryteller: We Are Legend
by Matthew R. Bradley
Richard MathesonStoryteller: Introducing a Series of Irregular (Sometimes Highly Irregular) Posts
by Matthew R. Bradley
Not a Nice Guy: a review of Mr. Monster by Dan Wells
by Lee Mandelo
Mon Sep 27
U.N. Appoints No One At All To Talk To Aliens
by Chris Greenland
Pondering humanity: Theodore Sturgeon’s The Dreaming Jewels
by Jo Walton
Questions for Steven Erikson on Gardens of the Moon? Start asking!
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing October Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Stasis, a short film
by Irene Gallo
The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects: A Review
by Alex Brown
Monuments from the future: Robert Charles Wilson’s The Chronoliths
by Jo Walton
Fri Sep 24
Going to the Maker Faire? Locate Liz!
by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: The Downliners Sect, “Lord of the Rings”
by Jason Heller
New Behind-The-Scenes Footage from The Walking Dead
by Stubby the Rocket
Dexter returns to face his Biggest Bad: Last Season
by Theresa DeLucci
Charles Vess and The Wheel of Time. Or, Charlie Goes to Randland
by Irene Gallo
A is for Artist: K
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
The Gestalt Possibility of Joseph Gordon-Levitt
by Jason Henninger
A Softer World, series 2
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
A Softer World 16
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
Thu Sep 23
Robot International Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Makers Recommendations & Giveaway!
by Tor.com
A cup or a comb or a song: Ellen Kushner’s Thomas the Rhymer
by Jo Walton
Filming Fairyland: The Wizard of Oz
by Mari Ness
James Burke: An Appreciation
by Jason Henninger
Wed Sep 22
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 trailer
by Irene Gallo
Recettear: Capitalism Ho!
by Jenny Rae Rappaport
Two Beauties, Two Beasts: Robin McKinley’s Beauty and Rose Daughter
by Jo Walton
Wednesday Pull-List: Larger Meanings & Old Bets
by Matt Lampert, Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
Bad Kitty: A Meditation on Cat People
by Bob Fingerman
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 22 and 23
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Dr. Horrible and Other Horrible Stories by Zack Whedon & More
by Lee Mandelo
The Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight Advance Review
by Leigh Butler
Tue Sep 21
A merrier world: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit
by Jo Walton
Jeff Jones “Better Things” Documentary Trailer
by Irene Gallo
Have Questions for Scott Westerfeld? Let Us Know!
by Megan Messinger
Return of the Living Tor.com Name-that-Zombie Caption Contest Winner!
by John Joseph Adams
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 19
by Leigh Butler
Prologue to The Towers of Midnight on sale now!
by Tor.com
Back to the Future for Beginners: Charles Yu’s How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by the rejectionist
Al Williamson awarded Spectrum Grand Master
by Irene Gallo
Spoiler Thread for “Distinctions,” the Prologue to Towers of Midnight
by Tor.com
Mon Sep 20
Celebrate Caprica Day in October!
by Teresa Jusino
Tor.com Zombie Readiness
by Tor.com
The Illustrated Fan
by Jason Henninger
Lizard-People Gone Wild! The Top 10 Hottest Cold-Blooded Sentient Reptiles of All Time
by Ryan Britt
Queering SFF: New BooksDisturbed by Her Song by Tanith Lee
by Lee Mandelo
What is The Mongoliad?
by John Klima
Small Town Zombies
by Harrison Geillor
Review: Dust by Joan Francis Turner
by Emily Kramer
Sun Sep 19
Zombie Week Survey: Sunday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
Sat Sep 18
Night of the Living Trekkies, the book trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Zombie Week Survey: Saturday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
Fri Sep 17
Happy Birthday Mario!
by Matt London
20th Anniversary Tribute to Night of the Living Dead (1990)
by Julia Sevin
Common Lines
by Catherine MacLeod
Zombies vs. Scenesters #5
by Sean Bieri
Beware of Zombies Bearing Metaphorical Significance
by Joshua Starr
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 18
by Leigh Butler
Josh Cochran draws Zombies Vs Unicorns
by Irene Gallo
A is for Artist: J
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Zenda reimagined with sex: George MacDonald Fraser’s Royal Flash
by Jo Walton
Frequency Rotation: Jeffrey Lewis, “If You Shoot the Head You Kill the Ghoul”
by Jason Heller
Dead Sexy
by Amelia Beamer
Zombie Week Survey: Friday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
Word to the Wired #2: Undeadiquette
by Ellen B. Wright
Zombie Round Table: Favorite Examples of Zombie Fiction
by John Joseph Adams
Thu Sep 16
Towers of Midnight Tour Schedule Announced
by Tor.com
Zombies and steampunk and games, oh my!
by GD Falksen
Carl Rush on the Hitchhiker’s Guide 30th Anniversary Redesign
by Faceout Books
Zombies vs. Scenesters #4
by Sean Bieri
Avatar Rewatch: “Zuko Alone” (episode 207)
by Matt London
Preparations
by Mark Mills
Ridiculously honourable: Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda
by Jo Walton
Six or Seven Zombie Films You Haven’t Seen (And May Not Want To See): Part 2
by R.J. Sevin
The Evolution of Zombie Video Games: A Brief Treatise
by Peter Malloy
Dragon*Con Report: “The Art of The Way of Kings”
by Richard Fife
The Time I Fought Matsuo Basho
by Ryan Mecum
Interview: David Lubar on Zombie Humor
by John Ottinger III
Zombie Week Survey: Thursday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies (Excerpt)
by Mac Montandon
Wed Sep 15
New Finder series graphic novel and Savage Sword preview
by Stubby the Rocket
Six or Seven Zombie Films You Haven’t Seen (And May Not Want To See): Part 1
by R.J. Sevin
The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten (Excerpt)
by Harrison Geillor
Steampunk Literary Corner at the Brooklyn Indie Mart
by Liz Gorinsky
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Best Week Ever.
by Matt Lampert, Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
Zombies vs. Scenesters #3
by Sean Bieri
Dragon*Con Report: Steampunk Superheroes
by Richard Fife
Two young ladies: Joan Aiken’s Deception
by Jo Walton
One Damned Thing After Another
by Ross MacDonald
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 20 and 21
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Zombie Round Table: What is the Appeal of Zombie Fiction?
by John Joseph Adams
The Unwritten: Inside Man: It Gets Even Better
by Lee Mandelo
Zombies, They’s be a Walkin’
by Richard Fife
Zombie Week Survey: Wednesday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
True Blood: “Evil is Going On” finale review
by Theresa DeLucci
Dear Melissa
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Tue Sep 14
Top Five Undercredited Contributions to Zombie History
by Julia Sevin
Zombies vs. Scenesters
by Sean Bieri
Stepping into Fiction: Mogworld by Yahtzee Croshaw
by Chris Greenland
That’s Not Billy Anymore
by Adam-Troy Castro
Zombies vs. Scenesters #2
by Sean Bieri
Dragon*Con Report: Browncoats: Redemption
by Richard Fife
Dust (Excerpt)
by Joan Frances Turner
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 17
by Leigh Butler
E.C. Tubb 1919-2010
by Jo Walton
I Rocked with a Zombie: An Undead Playlist
by Jesse Bullington and Jason Heller
Eve dreaming of Adam: Mary Stewart’s The Ivy Tree
by Jo Walton
Favorite Zombie Art: A Gallery
by Dave Palumbo
Zombie Week Survey: Tuesday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
Good People
by David Wellington
Presenting “Good People” by David Wellington
by John Joseph Adams
Mon Sep 13
Zombies and Their Haunts
by Joe McKinney
Zombies: The Regular Schmuck of the Monster World
by Bob Fingerman
Zombies vs. Scenesters #1
by Sean Bieri
Dragon*Con Report: The Wheel Weaves
by Richard Fife
Zombie Hand-to-Hand Combat: A Defensive Primer
by Roger Ma
Return of the Living Tor.com Name-that-Zombie Caption Contest
by John Joseph Adams
ZOMBIE CAPTION CONTEST: Official Rules
by Tor.com
Historical Zombies: Mummies, The Odyssey, and Beyond
by Paula R. Stiles
Zombie Week Survey: Monday of the Dead
by Bridget McGovern
HBO Reveals New Game of Thrones Preview
by Stubby the Rocket
Bitter Grounds
by Neil Gaiman
Sun Sep 12
Audioslice: It Goes To 11
by Liz Maverick
“You’re not the devil by any chance?” Daphne Du Maurier’s The Scapegoat
by Jo Walton
Sat Sep 11
The Best Astronomy Photographers of the Year
by Stubby the Rocket
TiM: A Stop-Motion Tribute to Tim Burton
by Bridget McGovern
Fri Sep 10
The Evolutionary Void (Excerpt)
by Peter F. Hamilton
The Zombies of Lake Woebegotten
by Mark Graham
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 16
by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: I
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Frequency Rotation: Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon”
by Jason Heller
A pit in Dothan: Josephine Tey’s Brat Farrar
by Jo Walton
Thu Sep 9
Free Comics! Slightly Scanned.
by Chris Greenland
The Dark Passenger: Secretly Speculative?
by Lee Mandelo
Thursday Comics Pull-List: Joe Quesada Is Wrong, He Says
by Chris Greenland and Annie Gala
Double Identity
by Jo Walton
Book Review: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices, Book 1)
by Thea James
Mr. Sanderson goes to Raleigh
by Richard Fife
Visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
by Stephanie Treanor
Wed Sep 8
Delicacy From Steel Wire
by Stubby the Rocket
Do you skim?
by Jo Walton
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 18 and 19
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Happy Airdate, Star Trek!
by Megan Messinger
Quincentenniel: Arthur C. Clarke’s Imperial Earth
by Jo Walton
Anthologies: A Few Thoughts
by Lee Mandelo
The Monster’s Million Faces
by Rachel Swirsky
Tue Sep 7
The Giant Zardozian Head of Stanley Kubrick
by Greg Ruth
How do you find these things?
by Jo Walton
Chicken Soup for the Soulless: The Living Dead 2 Hits the Shelves Next Week
by Matt London
Really good fun: Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade
by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm Open Spoilers Review
by Leigh Butler
Cowboy Bebop Re-watch: “Toys in the Attic”
by Madeline Ashby
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by Robert Silverberg
by Robert Silverberg
Mon Sep 6
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by David Drake
by David Drake
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by Greg Bear
by Greg Bear
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.2, “The Land of Shadow”
by Kate Nepveu
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by Eric Flint
by Eric Flint
Super Sad and Not-So-Secretly a Science Fiction Novel: A Review of Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story
by Ryan Britt
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by Diana L. Paxson
by Diana Paxson
Poul Anderson’s The High Crusade: An Appreciation by Astrid Anderson Bear
by Astrid Anderson Bear
Sun Sep 5
OK, where do I start with that? X,Y,Z.
by Jo Walton
Announcing the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!
by Tor.com
Sat Sep 4
Watch the Towers of Midnight trailer
by Tor.com
The Gathering Storm ebook cover by Todd Lockwood
by Irene Gallo
Ditmar Awards 2010
by Jo Walton
Fri Sep 3
Happy Labor Day Weekend from Tor.com!
by Tor.com
Geek Out!
by Ethan Gilsdorf
See You On Some Other Channel: Futurama Season 6
by Alex Brown
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 15
by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: H
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Manners and escapes: Sherwood Smith’s Crown Duel
by Jo Walton
The Music of Our Passions: Symphony of Space
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Sep 2
Bob McCall’s “Escape the Morning”
by Gregory Manchess
Out of Print For Decades, The Dune Encyclopedia Surfaces Online
by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men, “Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n’ Roll”
by Jason Heller
Avatar Rewatch: “The Blind Bandit” (Episode 206)
by Jordan Hamessley
Warner Bros Making an Attempt at Sandman TV Series
by Stubby the Rocket
The Doctor’s 13th Incarnation as Sketched by You
by Chris Greenland
“A number of humans and a number of baboons”: Robert M. Sapolsky’s A Primate’s Memoir
by Jo Walton
Wed Sep 1
Colliding Large Hadrons Moves Many to Music
by Stubby the Rocket
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: We Love Hordes of Things
by Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
“Day Jobs”: Business Cards for Fictional Companies
by Bridget McGovern
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Gardens of the Moon, Chapters 16 and 17
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
The United States of Star Wars
by Stubby the Rocket
Your Tamagotchi misses you. (Being a review of Ted Chiang’s The Lifecycle of Software Objects)
by Elizabeth Bear