Blog Archive
November 2010
Tue Nov 30
How One Astronomer Became the Unofficial Exoplanet Record Keeper
by Scientific American
Peter Orullian interviews Brandon Sanderson, Part 4
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing December Releases in Epic Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
Quantum Leap: “Shock Theater”
by Alyx Dellamonica
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
Read an Exclusive Preview from Orson Scott Card’s The Lost Gate
by Tor.com
Richard MathesonStoryteller: The Curtis Years, Part I
by Matthew R. Bradley
Whedonistas: Celebrating Joss Whedon
by Teresa Jusino
Whedonistas, A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them (Excerpt)
by Seanan McGuire
Mon Nov 29
Aliens and Jesuits: James Blish’s A Case of Conscience
by Jo Walton
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing December Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Will Tron Himself Actually Be in the New Tron: Legacy?
by Ryan Britt
Win an ARC of John Scalzi’s Upcoming Little Fuzzy Reboot: Fuzzy Nation
by Stubby the Rocket
At the Queen’s Command, Book 1 of the Crown Colonies
by Michael A. Stackpole
Ain’t I elegant? Patrick O’Brian’s Treason’s Harbour
by Jo Walton
So You Want to be a Writer?
by Aidan Moher
The Lost Gate (Excerpt)
by Orson Scott Card
The Analog Gamer: Stocking Stuffers10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Under $20.00
by Bob Gallo
The Walking Dead S1, E5: “Wildfire”
by Alex Brown
Open Call for Questions for Ian Cameron Esslemont
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Sun Nov 28
“Time can be rewritten. People can’t.” Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol” trailer
by Chris Greenland
With Great Ticket Prices Come Great Responsibility: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark Has First Preview Today
by Danny Bowes
Hugo Nominees: 1959
by Jo Walton
Sat Nov 27
A Game of Thrones preview (updated for new clip)
by Irene Gallo
E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops
by Stubby the Rocket
Found on the Internet: Muppet Staring Contest
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Nov 26
Found on the Internet: The sun sets over Mars
by Stubby the Rocket
Found on the Internet: Underwater Sculpture of Jason de Caires Taylor
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: T
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Found on the Internet: Brontë Sisters Power Dolls
by Stubby the Rocket
Geeky Stuffed Animals on Parade
by Chris Greenland
Found on the Internet: Lego Star Wars: “Bombad Bounty”
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Nov 25
Found on the Internet: “Strange Charm”: A Song about Quarks
by Stubby the Rocket
Found on the Internet: Giant Spaceship Bubbles
by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: David Bowie, “The Laughing Gnome”
by Jason Heller
Found on the Internet: Dawn of the Ted
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek Re-watch: “For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
Found on the Internet: Dune home movies
by Stubby the Rocket
Childhood in Fairyland: The Runaway of Oz
by Mari Ness
Wed Nov 24
Tor.com Podcast: “Lightbringers and Rainmakers”
by Stubby the Rocket
Philip K. Dick Takes the Stage: An Interview With Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Playwright/Director Edward Einhorn
by Danny Bowes
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: The Uncomfortable Spider-Man
by Matt Lampert, Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
Science Fiction Cuisine: The Leftovers
by Jason Henninger
Quantum Leap: “8-1/2 Months”
by Alyx Dellamonica
SFContario Party Game: Fannish Fortune Cookies
by Jo Walton
The Secret Origins of Internet People: The Guild Comic Review
by Chris Greenland
New Symphony of Science Video!
by Lee Mandelo
Tue Nov 23
Pictures from SteamCon II
by Gregory Manchess
Richard Griffiths For the Next Doctor
by Stubby the Rocket
Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It’s a Recipe Book
by Ian McDonald
Happy-Slapping Hoodies with ASBOs and Superpowers: Misfits and Teenage Culture
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Learn the true meaning of Science Fiction Cuisine
by Jason Henninger
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
The Analog Gamer: Android
by Bob Gallo
From the Good Idea Files: Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Reboot is a Go
by Stubby the Rocket
The Green Bird
by Kage Baker
Mon Nov 22
Air war in the stone age: Poul Anderson’s The Man Who Counts
by Mitch Wagner
Writers on Writing: On Writing by Stephen King
by Lee Mandelo
An Independent Bookstore Just Off the Beaten Path
by GD Falksen
Parenthesis: Patrick O’Brian’s The Ionian Mission
by Jo Walton
The Walking Dead S1, E4: “Vatos”
by Alex Brown
Time to Give Thanks and Praise!
by Amanda Rutter
The Occultist (Excerpt)
by Dark Horse Comics
Sun Nov 21
Trailer Review: Source Code
by Danny Bowes
Beth White and the cover to Cat Valente’s Deathless
by Irene Gallo
Hugo Nominees: 1958
by Jo Walton
Fri Nov 19
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
by Danny Bowes
Playing Tabletop Dungeons & Dragons Online
by Matt Forbeck
Rick Berry Wins Society of Illustrators Award for Amanda Palmer’s Cabaret
by Irene Gallo
Star Trek Comes To METAtropolis
by Stubby the Rocket
Tor.com’s Zazzle Store is Open!
by Tor.com
A is for Artist: S
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Faith and lies: Two fascinating novels about nuns
by Jo Walton
Zombies, death, funerals and YOU
by Jason Henninger
Queering SFF Corollary: Hal Duncan’s “It Gets Better”
by Lee Mandelo
A Softer World 17
by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau
I Saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
by Megan Messinger
Thu Nov 18
EVE Online Debuts New Character Generator
by Matt London
Is Your Brain Holding 200 Harry Potter Characters?
by Stubby the Rocket
For Those About to Rock, Part 4
by Mark Korsak
Violent Video Games Are Good for You
by Ethan Gilsdorf
Frequency Rotation: Helium, “Aging Astronauts”
by Jason Heller
Amnesia in Fairyland: The Forbidden Fountain of Oz
by Mari Ness
A Baker Street Irregularity: Why the BBC’s new Sherlock is Science Fiction
by Ryan Britt
Photos from HBO’s Game of Thrones
by Aidan Moher
Star Trek Re-watch: “Day of the Dove”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
Weird Wizard of Oz
by Gregory Manchess
The Ivory Tower meets Social Networking
by Amanda Rutter
Peter Orullian interviews Brandon Sanderson, Part 3
by Tor.com
Ringworld 40th Anniversary: A Ringworld Mystery, Why Are Sunflowers on the Ringworld?
by Doug McElwain
Wed Nov 17
For Those About to Rock, Part 3
by Mark Korsak
Tor.com Podcast: “Ponies”
by Stubby the Rocket
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Reaching Critical Batmass
by Annie Gala, Chris Greenland and Matt Lampert
Movie News Roundup: Red Riding Hood, Hulk, and Cowboys & Aliens
by Danny Bowes
Remaking Fairyland: A Wizard of Oz Remake?
by Mari Ness
“Hyperactive git”: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Miles Vorkosigan
by Jo Walton
The Candy Shop: A cautionary tale for the modern world
by GD Falksen
The Walking Dead S1, E3: “Tell It to the Frogs”
by Alex Brown
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Night of Knives, Chapter 6 and Epilogue
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
So You Wanna Be an RPG Superstar?
by Matt Forbeck
It Ain’t Sci-Fi If the Tears Don’t Fall
by Stubby the Rocket
Ponies
by Kij Johnson
Tue Nov 16
Time present and time past: Connie Willis’s Blackout/All Clear
by Jo Walton
Preview Pages from Batman: The Return
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard MathesonStoryteller: Keep on Truckin’
by Matthew R. Bradley
For Those About to Rock, Part 2
by Mark Korsak
Whitechapel Steampunks The Batman and it is Awesome
by Stubby the Rocket
Hidden in Plain Sight: Researchers Find Galaxy-Scale Bubbles Extending from the Milky Way
by Scientific American
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Prologue, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
Quantum Leap: “The Leap Home”
by Alyx Dellamonica
From Twitter: You Can Recognise A Fantasy Reader By…
by Amanda Rutter
Queering SFF: Writing QueerLanguages of Power
by Lee Mandelo
Mon Nov 15
Deficit commission proposes axing commercial spaceflight without knowing what it is
by Scientific American
Harry Potter Will School You on the Periodic Table
by Stubby the Rocket
Write geek-themed poem, win geeky book on Geek Mom
by Ethan Gilsdorf
The Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight Spoiler Review Thread Continuation
by Tor.com
Dungeons & Dragons Returns to Comics
by Matt Forbeck
George R.R. Martin’s Westeros vs. Europe
by Stubby the Rocket
For Those About to Rock, Part 1
by Mark Korsak
I know you mean it kindly, Stephen: Patrick O’Brian’s The Surgeon’s Mate
by Jo Walton
From Twitter: That Dreaded To Be Read pile!
by Amanda Rutter
Pictures For Sad Children: New Directions, Book Art
by Lee Mandelo
Sun Nov 14
Hugo Nominees: 1957
by Jo Walton
Fri Nov 12
A is for Artist: R
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
NASA’s Successor to Hubble Is $1.4 Billion Over Budget and 1 Year-Plus Behind Schedule, Inquiry Finds
by Scientific American
The Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight NYC Signing Report
by Leigh Butler
From Twitter: Where in Randland?
by Amanda Rutter
Revisiting Hugo Awards Nominees
by Tor.com
An Interview with Bear McCreary: TV’s Most Popular Music Geek
by Teresa Jusino
Behind the Scenes with Star Trek: The Next Generation
by Aidan Moher
Thu Nov 11
Science of The Night Land: Dying Suns and Earth Energy
by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com
Brush Up Your Shakespeare: Henry V To Get Post-Apocalyptic SF Treatment
by Danny Bowes
A Guided Tour of Supernatural Minnesota: The Sub
by Ron Hogan
Avatar Rewatch: “Bitter Work” (episode 209)
by Matt London
Dune and Conan Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis 1919-2010
by Danny Bowes
Legends of the Super-Weird TV Specials
by Jim Beard
Star Trek Re-watch: “Spectre of the Gun”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
“Spectre of the Gun” Star Trek Giveaway
by Stubby the Rocket
Dimness in Fairyland: The Enchanted Island of Oz
by Mari Ness
Indigo Springs (Excerpt)
by Alyx Dellamonica
Wed Nov 10
Towers of Midnight Debuts at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List!
by Tor.com
Spec-Fic Parenting: Dora or Avatar?
by Richard Fife
We Always Knew Planets Didn’t Explode on Their Own
by Lou Anders
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Skip Week
by Chris Greenland, Matt Lampert and Annie Gala
“He isn’t like anything, he’s the original.” Some thoughts on Lois McMaster Bujold’s Aral Vorkosigan
by Jo Walton
A Guided Tour of Supernatural Minnesota: The Priest
by Ron Hogan
Ringworld 40th Anniversary: The Characters of Ringworld
by David Sooby AKA Lensman
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Night of Knives, Chapter 5
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Realms of Fantasy Déjà vu
by John Klima
Is Boston the hub of steampunk?
by Ethan Gilsdorf
Tue Nov 9
Tor.com Meetup Giveaway
by Stubby the Rocket
Wishful Thinking: Ender’s Game Movie Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard MathesonStoryteller: Fresh Hell
by Matthew R. Bradley
Is Pluto the biggest dwarf planet after all?
by Scientific American
Tell Us Some Tales: Serenity: Float Out
by Richard Fife
Quantum Leap: “M.I.A.”
by Alyx Dellamonica
Peter Orullian interviews Brandon Sanderson, Part 2
by Tor.com
A Guided Tour of Supernatural Minnesota: The M.D.
by Ron Hogan
The Walking Dead S1, E2: “Guts”
by Alex Brown
Shared Worlds Awarded Amazon.com Grant
by S.J. Chambers
Writers on Writing: John Scalzi’s You’re Not Fooling Anyone When You Take Your Laptop to a Coffee Shop
by Lee Mandelo
Mon Nov 8
Tor.com Meetup Tomorrow!
by Stubby the Rocket
Finding Earth’s Secret History: Absolute Planetary: Book One
by Susan Dunman
Answers from Today’s Towers of Midnight Tweet-Up with Brandon Sanderson
by Stubby the Rocket
Gotham City 14 Miles: The Fifteenth Mile
by Jim Beard
Beautiful BookshelvesHow Do You Sort Yours?
by Amanda Rutter
Vampires as Drama Queens
by Sarah Jane Stratford
The American navy was the staple diet of conversation: Patrick O’Brian’s The Fortune of War
by Jo Walton
A Guided Tour of Supernatural Minnesota: The Businessman
by Ron Hogan
Classic RPG Gaming In Your Pocket
by Aidan Moher
Sun Nov 7
Hugo Nominees: 1956
by Jo Walton
Sat Nov 6
Apollo 18 Landing March 4th, 2011
by Danny Bowes
Fri Nov 5
Prize Drawing to Support the The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund
by Stubby the Rocket
A is for Artist: Q
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Your own personal holodeck
by Jason Henninger
Frequency Rotation: Cannibal Ox, “Battle for Asgard”
by Jason Heller
Alternative Titles for The Lord of the Rings!
by Amanda Rutter
“Living” History
by Sarah Jane Stratford
Thu Nov 4
Architects Vie to Design the City of the FutureOn the Moon
by Scientific American
“Lando Doesn’t Know How to Fly Space Ships”—A Babysitter Evaluates the Current State of The Force
by Ryan Britt
Ringworld 40th Anniversary: “To Arrive Where We Started and Know The Place for The First Time”
by Andrew Love
Tor.com Podcast: “Sacrifice of the First Sheason”
by Stubby the Rocket
Fairylands in the Sky: Sky Island
by Mari Ness
“Is There in Truth No Beauty?” Star Trek Giveaway
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek Re-watch: “Is There in Truth No Beauty?”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
#WoT Tweetup with Brandon Sanderson on Nov. 8
by Stubby the Rocket
Do you Ezine? A List of Genre Zines
by Amanda Rutter
Overloading the senses: Samuel Delany’s Nova
by Jo Walton
Wed Nov 3
First Impressions: Fable III for Xbox 360
by Aidan Moher
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: A Study in Scarlet
by Matt Lampert, Annie Gala and Chris Greenland
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Night of Knives, Chapter 4
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Trailer for Star Wars Art: Visions
by Stubby the Rocket
Making Fantasy Historically Accurate
by Sarah Jane Stratford
Sacrifice of the First Sheason
by Peter Orullian
Tue Nov 2
Steampunk Fortnight Steams Off
by Liz Gorinsky
Review: Vaporpunk: Relatos Steampunk Publicados Sob As Ordens De Suas Majestades
by Fabio Fernandes
Ringworld 40th Anniversary: The Astropolitics of Known Space
by Doug McElwain
Create a Six Word Science Fiction Story!
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard MathesonStoryteller: The Hammer Years
by Matthew R. Bradley
Quantum Leap: “Catch a Falling Star”
by Alyx Dellamonica
Steampunk Fortnight Giveaway: New Books From Tor
by Tor.com
“A particular story, or moral, or scenario”: Why Science Fiction May Not be a Genre
by Jo Walton
Pre-Reimagining Steampunk
by Jeff Mach
A Peter Orullian Interview with Brandon Sanderson
by Tor.com
Steampunk Abstractions: The Inevitability of Imperialism
by Jaymee Goh
“The Price” by Neil GaimanA Kickstarter Drive
by Lee Mandelo
Tor.com Fall Meetup: Tuesday, November 9th
by Stubby the Rocket
Book Review: Under the Poppy by Kathe Koja
by the rejectionist
Internal Devices
by Eileen Gunn
The Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight Spoiler Review
by Leigh Butler
Mon Nov 1
Out of the Dark (Excerpt)
by David Weber
ABC Cancels The Cleveland Steamers
by Rev. Dr. Christopher J. Garcia
Tom and Tombstone
by Mike Resnick
Steampunk Fortnight Giveaway: Chrononaut Mercantile Belt
by Tor.com
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.5, “The Steward and the King”
by Kate Nepveu
Dreadnought (Excpert)
by Cherie Priest
The Tesla Tragedy
by GD Falksen
The voyage of the world: Patrick O’Brian’s Desolation Island
by Jo Walton
Jasper Kent’s Twelve
by Jason Henninger
The Walking Dead S1, E1: “Days Gone Bye”
by Alex Brown
The Perdido Street Project
by Eileen Gunn