Blog Archive
December 2010
Fri Dec 31
Coming Soon, But Not Soon Enough?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Joy of Six
by Josiah Rowe
A is for Artist: W
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Swiftly goes the swordplay: Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword
by Jo Walton
Thu Dec 30
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing January Releases in Young Adult Paranormal
by Suzanne Johnson
Frequency Rotation: Orbital with Matt Smith, “Doctor Who”
by Jason Heller
Self-discovery in Fairyland: Gregory Maguire’s Son of a Witch
by Mari Ness
Shifting into Fifth
by Pia Guerra
Star Trek Re-watch: “Elaan of Troyius”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
Queering SFF: Icarus, the Magazine of Gay Speculative Fiction
by Lee Mandelo
Wed Dec 29
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing January Releases in Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey: Top 5 Doctor Who Paradoxes
by Ryan Britt
“The Cold Equations” in south central PA—being a review of Unstoppable
by Elizabeth Bear
Born to be an Alien
by Nicholas Whyte
God is a spaceship: Sharon Shinn’s Archangel
by Jo Walton
Tue Dec 28
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing January Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
The Third Doctor
by Paul Cornell
Richard Matheson—Storyteller: The Twilight Years, Part I
by Matthew R. Bradley
Ooku: The Inner ChambersVolume 1
by Lee Mandelo
Mon Dec 27
Encore Presentation: Backpacking Through Fantasyland
by Megan Messinger
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing January Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
The Mystery of the Cosmic Hobo (or, Bow Ties Are Cool!)
by Nick Abadzis
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.8, “The Scouring of the Shire”
by Kate Nepveu
How To Get Into Doctor Who In One or Two Easy Steps
by Chris Greenland
Sun Dec 26
The First Doctor of Christmas
by George Mann
The Doctor Rides the Shark on Christmas: Doctor Who, “A Christmas Carol”
by Ryan Britt and Teresa Jusino
Hugo Nominees: 1963
by Jo Walton
Sat Dec 25
The Doctor RIDES the Shark on Christmas
by Ryan Britt
A Chance to Show Off 3: The First Line Game
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 24
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” as read by Christopher Lee
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Dec 23
Merry Christmas from Tor.com!
by Tor.com
Santa Claus in Fairyland: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
by Mari Ness
Star Trek Re-watch: “The Empath”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
Moffat’s Women: Amy Pond
by Teresa Jusino
Poets geek out
by Ethan Gilsdorf
Wed Dec 22
1774Being a review of Barbara Hamilton’s A Marked Man
by Elizabeth Bear
Speaks Romulan, All Three Dialects: The Endurance of Lieutenant Uhura
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Axe Cop. That is all.
by Chris Greenland
Halo: Cryptum, Chapter One (Excerpt)
by Greg Bear
Exclusive Halo: Cryptum Excerpt!
by Tor.com
Catch Halo: Cryptum Author Greg Bear in Seattle
by Tor.com
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 4 and 5
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Geek Book Gift Guide
by Ethan Gilsdorf
Terry Gilliam to co-produce 1884
by Danny Bowes
Not born to be a heroine: Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey
by Jo Walton
Tue Dec 21
Eclipses & Poetry: Solstice Countdown Wrap-Up
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard MathesonStoryteller: Signs o’ the Time
by Matthew R. Bradley
Quantum Leap: “Running For Honor”
by Alyx Dellamonica
Announcing the Twelve Doctors of Christmas
by Tor.com
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
Solstice Countdown Day #21 Giveaway: The Eleven Doctors Figure Set!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Twelve Doctors of Christmas
by Tor.com
Announcing the Twelve Doctors of Christmas!
by Tor.com
2010 for Me Was Full of Swords and Sorcery
by John Klima
The Trains that Climb the Winter Tree
by Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn
Mon Dec 20
Three Reasons AKA Jessica Jones Makes Me Worried
by Chris Greenland
Congratulations to Tor/Forge Books on 20 Bestsellers in 2010
by Tor.com
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.7, “Homeward Bound”
by Kate Nepveu
“Nicholas Was…” A poem by Neil Gaiman set in motion
by Irene Gallo
A is for Artist: V
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
What Isn’t In The Recently-Discovered 2001 Footage…
by Danny Bowes
He was a stranger: Patrick O’Brian’s The Letter of Marque
by Jo Walton
Solstice Countdown Day #20 Giveaway: Wheel of Time eBook cover print!
by Stubby the Rocket
Blast From the Past: Superman vs Muhammad Ali
by Susan Dunman
Sun Dec 19
Paul: International Trailer review
by Danny Bowes
Hugo Nominees: 1962
by Jo Walton
Solstice Countdown Day #19 Giveaway: Jo Walton book pack!
by Stubby the Rocket
Sat Dec 18
Solstice Countdown Day #18 Giveaway: Gene Wolfe book pack!
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 17
Spoiler-Free Review: Tron: Legacy
by Danny Bowes
Bad Astronomy Lists the 14 Best Astronomy Pics of 2010
by Stubby the Rocket
Solstice Countdown Day #17 Giveaway: Personal Demons by Lisa Desrochers
by Stubby the Rocket
End of Line, Man: The Legacy of the Classic Tron in Tron: Legacy
by Ryan Britt
Cosmos Incognita: Voyager 1 Spacecraft Arrives at the Cusp of Interstellar Space
by Scientific American
Worth waiting for: Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear
by Jo Walton
Reading at the Speed of Sound, Episode 6: The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir
by Susan Dunman
“Those four words of endearment have cost this casino one million and counting today.” — Being a review of The Cooler
by Elizabeth Bear
Thu Dec 16
Responding to Fairyland: Gregory Maguire’s Wicked
by Mari Ness
Hand Cranked Creatures: A chat with Amanda Louise Spayd
by Lana Crooks
Ducked and Covered: A Survival Guide to the Post Apocalypse by Nathaniel Lindsay
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek Re-watch: “Wink of an Eye”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
A long time ago in a TARDIS far away…Doctor Who Meets Star Wars
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 2 and 3
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Amortals (Excerpt)
by Matt Forbeck
Solstice Countdown Day #16 Giveaway: Very Big Quite Insane SFF Bookshelf
by Stubby the Rocket
Wed Dec 15
Solstice Countdown Day #15 Giveaway: Spectrum 17, Signed
by Stubby the Rocket
A girl on a haunted spaceship: C.J. Cherryh’s Merchanter’s Luck
by Jo Walton
Tor.com Podcast: “Sweetheart” by Abbey Mei Otis
by Tor.com
Orson Scott Card’s The Lost Gate Audio Excerpts
by Tor.com
Review: The Way of the Wizard edited by John Joseph Adams
by Lee Mandelo
Yarn (Excerpt)
by Jon Armstrong
“The Trains That Climb The Winter Tree” Insider Writer Info
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Open Call for Questions for Ian Cameron Esslemont—Answered!
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Steampunk for Charity
by GD Falksen
Tue Dec 14
Solstice Countdown Day #14 Giveaway: The Unremembered by Peter Orullian
by Stubby the Rocket
Quantum Leap: “The Play’s the Thing”
by Alyx Dellamonica
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 9
by Leigh Butler
Vaporpunk: An Exclusive Sneak Peek
by Ay-leen the Peacemaker
Richard MathesonStoryteller: Seeing Red
by Matthew R. Bradley
Join us and get our Christmas story early
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Mon Dec 13
Trailer Review: Pirates of the Caribbean
by Danny Bowes
Solstice Countdown Day #13 Giveaway: Anthologies from Prime Books
by Stubby the Rocket
Searching for Lavie Tidhar
by Jason Sizemore
The Consciousness Glitch: Peter Watts’s Blindsight
by Jon Evans
Packaging the Detective, Part 1
by Sarah Monette
How to Suppress Women’s Writing by Joanna Russ
by Lee Mandelo
Rode his luck to death: Patrick O’Brian’s The Reverse of the Medal
by Jo Walton
Announcing Tor.com Science Fiction and Tor.com Art Department
by Tor.com
Sun Dec 12
Solstice Countdown Day #12 Giveaway: Manga Omnibus Pack
by Stubby the Rocket
Hugo Nominees: 1961
by Jo Walton
Sat Dec 11
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Or, Why Alex Wouldn’t Mind Being A Dragon Once In A While
by Alex Brown
Solstice Countdown Day #11 Giveaway: Star Wars Pez!
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 10
New Thor Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Smug messiah: Robert A. Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land
by Jo Walton
Five Science Fiction Children’s Books
by Stubby the Rocket
“We’re a bad machine.” Being a review of Raphael Carter’s The Fortunate Fall
by Elizabeth Bear
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 8
by Leigh Butler
Solstice Countdown Day #10 Giveaway: Wheel of Time & Brandon Sanderson Audio Pack
by Stubby the Rocket
A is for Artist: U
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Early Year’s Best news
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
‘The Dybbuk in Love’ from People of the Book (Excerpt)
by Sonya Taaffe
Thu Dec 9
Knotwork and custom: R.A. MacAvoy’s The Book of Kells
by Jo Walton
Hugh Jackman and Robot Boxing: Real Steel Trailer
by Danny Bowes
Steampunk Links and Resources
by Stubby the Rocket
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card Giveaway
by Tor.com
Reading at the Speed of Sound, Episode 5: Starstruck by Elaine Lee
by Susan Dunman
More Filming in Fairyland: Return to Oz
by Mari Ness
Star Trek Re-watch: “Plato’s Stepchildren”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
Game of Thrones Already Gearing Up For a Second Season?
by Stubby the Rocket
Solstice Countdown Day #9 Giveaway: Paul Park’s Roumania series!
by Stubby the Rocket
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.6, “Many Partings”
by Kate Nepveu
Space Makes Everything Better: First Trailer for Transformers 3 Released
by Stubby the Rocket
Review: 75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art Of Modern Mythmaking
by Alex Brown
Wed Dec 8
Solstice Countdown Day #8 Giveaway: The History of the Runestaff series by Michael Moorcock
by Stubby the Rocket
Coming Soon: Dirk Gently trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
I am Not a Blogger and this is Not a Blog: Adventures in Meta-Fiction with Paul Park
by Ryan Britt
Visit Sunny Monster Island!: Justin Van Genderen’s Comic Book Travel Posters
by Chris Greenland
Writers on Writing: Booklife by Jeff VanderMeer
by Lee Mandelo
Locus Magazine Heading Online
by Stubby the Rocket
Wednesday Comics Pull-List: Final Battles
by Chris Greenland, Matt Lampert and Annie Gala
The Reading Slump…
by Amanda Rutter
May The Force Be With Katie
by Teresa Jusino
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Prologue and Chapter 1
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Who’s Who in Fabletownand why you might want to know
by Lenny Bailes
Sweetheart
by Abbey Mei Otis
Tue Dec 7
The Princess Bride…With Lightsabers
by Stubby the Rocket
It is in far Siena that our scene is setbeing a review of Anne Fortier’s Juliet
by Elizabeth Bear
Trailer Review: I Am Number Four
by Danny Bowes
Quantum Leap: “A Single Drop of Rain”
by Alyx Dellamonica
“The journey is the worthier part”: Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale
by Richard Fife
Solstice Countdown Day #7 Giveaway: He Is Legend
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard MathesonStoryteller: The Curtis Years, Part II
by Matthew R. Bradley
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
Announcing Tor.com Fantasy and Tor.com Steampunk!
by Tor.com
Syd Mead, 2019: “A Future Imagined”
by Irene Gallo
Dark ages and doubt: Walter M. Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Jo Walton
Mon Dec 6
Wind Tunnel Tests Reveal Pterosaurs Could Soar for Hours
by Scientific American
A Mythical Menagerie!
by Amanda Rutter
Introductions All Around: Ellery Queen and Me
by Sarah Monette
Queering SFF: Best of 2010
by Lee Mandelo
Solstice Countdown Day #6 Giveaway: After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
by Stubby the Rocket
Around the Horn: Patrick O’Brian’s The Far Side of the World
by Jo Walton
The Walking Dead S1, E6: “TS-19”
by Alex Brown
Cover reveal for Carrie Vaughn’s After the Golden Age
by Irene Gallo
Open Call for Brandon Sanderson Questions
by Tor.com
Sun Dec 5
Latest Game of Thrones footage
by Stubby the Rocket
Solstice Countdown Day #5 Giveaway: Macmillan Audio pack!
by Stubby the Rocket
Review: The Warrior’s Way
by Danny Bowes
Hugo Nominees: 1960
by Jo Walton
Sat Dec 4
Solstice Countdown Day #4 Giveaway: Juvenile Book Pack from Gris Grimly & Charles Vess
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 3
You’re in the TARDIS! What’s the first time/place you go to?
by Stubby the Rocket
A Review of Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein
by Alex Brown
Ever outward: Robert A. Heinlein’s Have Space Suit, Will Travel
by Jo Walton
A is for Ackbar! Star Wars Nursery Alphabet
by Stubby the Rocket
Frequency Rotation: Spizzenergi, “Where’s Captain Kirk?”
by Jason Heller
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
Constructing the Art for The Sky People
by Gregory Manchess
Breaking Into Video Game Writing
by Matt Forbeck
The Molting: “Mother’s Day”
by GD Falksen
Solstice Countdown Day #3 Giveaway: Star Wars Art: Visions
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Dec 2
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing December Releases in Young Adult Paranormal
by Suzanne Johnson
Thursday Comics Pull-List: 3 Out of 6 Cthulhus Agree
by Chris Greenland
Puppets in Fairyland: The Rundlestone of Oz
by Mari Ness
More Awe-Inspiring Supercell (or Highstorm?) Photos
by Stubby the Rocket
NASA Astrobiology Press Conference Liveblog
by Karl Schroeder
Modern Times, TRON-ified
by Stubby the Rocket
Avatar Rewatch: “The Library” (episode 210)
by Jordan Hamessley
Star Trek Re-watch: “The Tholian Web”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
SFContario Panel: The family trees of fantasy
by Jo Walton
Solstice Countdown Day #2 Giveaway: Custom Cthulhu
by Stubby the Rocket
The Habitation of the Blessed (Excerpt)
by Catherynne M. Valente
Wed Dec 1
The Big Picture launches its 2010 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar
by Aidan Moher
Opening Dance Number from Craig Ferguson’s Doctor Who Special Leaked!
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing December Releases in Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Tor.com Podcast: “The Man with the Knives”
by Stubby the Rocket
Stargate: Universe, Roger Penrose, and the Time Before Time
by Karl Schroeder
Solstice Countdown Day #1 Giveaway: Songs of the Dying Earth
by Stubby the Rocket
Review: Stories from the Plague Years by Michael Marano
by Theresa DeLucci
Recolored Sandman Trades Sporting Spiffy New Covers
by Lee Mandelo
Announcing the Solstice Countdown on Tor.com
by Stubby the Rocket
An Interview with Michael Dougherty, Director of Browncoats: Redemption
by John Ottinger III
Innocent Bystander: Some thoughts on Lois McMaster Bujold’s Ivan Vorpatril
by Jo Walton
The Man with the Knives
by Ellen Kushner