Blog Archive
January 2011
Mon Jan 31
Batman: Plutocrat
by Steven Padnick
Writing What You Don’t Know
by Jon Sprunk
I Am Catwoman, Hear Me Roar Giveaway
by S.J. Chambers
The Werewolf Principle: Adapting Humans for Space
by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com
Jupiter Brings Fear
by Chris Greenland
Big Screen Batman: The 1943 and 1949 Batman Serials
by Danny Bowes
The chief argosy of your command: Patrick O’Brian’s The Commodore
by Jo Walton
Vulcans Invade Public Radio!
by Stubby the Rocket
A Batman For Every Season
by Lenny Bailes
Sun Jan 30
Hugo Nominees: 1968
by Jo Walton
Fri Jan 28
A is for Artist: Z
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Axe Cop Movie Translates Insanely Well to the Screen
by Chris Greenland
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/28
by Tor.com
Strange Animals, Preserved and Recreated
by Lana Crooks
Science Fiction/Fantasy Lonely Hearts Club Band
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 18
by Leigh Butler
The Crippled God Prediction Open Thread
by Tor.com
Crew of 520-Day Mock Mars Mission Nears Mock Landing
by Scientific American
Thu Jan 27
Science Fiction/Fantasy Films in 2010—What Happened?
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing February Releases in Young Adult Paranormal
by Suzanne Johnson
Snow Planets!
by Stubby the Rocket
Returning to a Magical Kingdom: Prince Caspian
by Mari Ness
Star Trek Re-watch: “That Which Survives”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
SF Editors & Authors Discuss Future of Publishing
by Stubby the Rocket
Spec Fic Parenting: Playing a Role
by Richard Fife
Wed Jan 26
Renovation Hugo Nomination Deadline Rapidly Approaching!
by Stubby the Rocket
Tor.com Podcast: “Beauty Belongs to the Flowers” by Matthew Sanborn Smith
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing February Releases in Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Hunger Games movie news: Release date!
by Stubby the Rocket
SFF and the Classical Past, Part 2The Greek Heroes
by Liz Bourke
GLAAD Media Awards: Comics!
by Lee Mandelo
Read an Excerpt of Original Sin
by Tor.com
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapters 12 and 13
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
The Real Qui-Gon Jinn Returns!
by Stubby the Rocket
Don’t mess with magic: Barbara Hambly’s The Ladies of Mandrigyn
by Jo Walton
Beauty Belongs to the Flowers
by Matthew Sanborn Smith
Tue Jan 25
Playing and Writing: The Gen Con Writers’ Symposium
by Matt Forbeck
Original Sin (Excerpt)
by Lisa Desrochers
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing February Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Sea Thy Mistress (Excerpt)
by Elizabeth Bear
The Disappearing Girl: Why I Love Kitty Pryde
by Nick Abadzis
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 17
by Leigh Butler
Quantum Leap: “Honeymoon Express”
by Alyx Dellamonica
The Unreal, and Why We Love It, Part 4: Laughter
by David Whitley
Definitions of Dystopia: Brave New Worlds Review
by Sarah Monette
Mon Jan 24
Lazy Teenage SuperheroesA Short Film
by Lee Mandelo
This Thursday, Naked Girls Reading Sci-Fi Strike Back
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing February Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Characters: What Are They Good For?
by Jon Sprunk
I still have hopes: Patrick O’Brian’s The Wine Dark Sea
by Jo Walton
Odyssey Con Short Fiction Contest Deadline Extended
by Stubby the Rocket
Gearing up for 2011: A Steampunk Convention List
by Ay-leen the Peacemaker
The Secret Feminist Cabal by Helen Merrick
by Lee Mandelo
Sun Jan 23
Hugo Nominees: 1967
by Jo Walton
Jerry Weist
by Irene Gallo
Fri Jan 21
First Annual Geek Girl Con Coming in October!
by Teresa Jusino
A is for Artist: Y
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Family Feuds: A review of Madame Xanadu: Broken House of Cards from Vertigo Comics
by Stephen Aryan
Sci-Fi Art Show Closes This Weekend in NYC!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Analog Gamer: Deck-Building Card Games, Part 4: Resident Evil—the Deck-Building Game
by Bob Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 16
by Leigh Butler
Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth (Excerpt)
by Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon
Religious Science Fiction
by Jo Walton
Thu Jan 20
Skinning a Demon: Interview with Melita Curphy
by Ruth X
Deathless Comic (Excerpt)
by Amy Houser and Catherynne M. Valente
Do You Like Your Urban Fantasy On the Down-Low or Out in the Open?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Analog Gamer: Deck-Building Card Games, Part 3: Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
by Bob Gallo
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Premieres this Friday Night
by Theresa DeLucci
Through a magical doorway: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by Mari Ness
Tor.com Weekly Newsletter Special Edition
by Megan Messinger
The Adjustment Bureau: Trailer Review
by Danny Bowes
Typhon Pact Star Trek Giveaway
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek Re-watch: “The Mark of Gideon”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
Deathless (Excerpt)
by Catherynne M. Valente
Announcing Tor.com Wheel of Time on Facebook and Twitter
by Tor.com
Is it magic or is it mimetic? (Being a review of Jo Walton’s Among Others)
by Elizabeth Bear
Wed Jan 19
Happy Birthday, Buffy! Whitney Sorrow Pays Homage to the Slayer With Edgy Bibliopegy
by Teresa Jusino
The First Three Ellery Queen Novels: The Roman Hat Mystery, Part 1
by Sarah Monette
The Unreal, and Why We Love It, Part 3: Fear
by David Whitley
“Speak, speak, thou fearful guest…”
by Megan Messinger
The Analog Gamer: Deck-Building Card Games, Part 2: Thunderstone
by Bob Gallo
SFF and the Classical Past, Part 1Atlantis
by Liz Bourke
Voyager Might Out-Function Its Conceiver
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapters 10 and 11
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Sam Weber on the ebook cover for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy
by Sam Weber
Philip K. Dick Award Nominees, 2011
by Jo Walton
Tue Jan 18
The Internet: ‘Tis A Silly Place
by Stubby the Rocket
Analog Gamer Giveaway: Space Hulk: Death Angel and Dominion
by Stubby the Rocket
Among Others
by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Quantum Leap: “Mirror Image”
by Alyx Dellamonica
Salon Futura on the Hugo for Graphic Story
by Lee Mandelo
The Analog Gamer: Deck-Building Card GamesCures for Magic: The Gathering burn out?
by Bob Gallo
Trailer review: Love
by Danny Bowes
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 15
by Leigh Butler
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update: We’re Counting!
by Stubby the Rocket
D&D on TV
by Matt Forbeck
In Soviet Kandor, puddle jumps in you. New Spring: The Graphic Novel, a Review
by Richard Fife
Mon Jan 17
She is under your protection: Patrick O’Brian’s Clarissa Oakes (AKA: The Truelove)
by Jo Walton
The Art of Hammer
by Gregory Manchess
Sun Jan 16
Hugo Nominees: 1966
by Jo Walton
Sat Jan 15
Review: The Green Hornet
by Danny Bowes
Fri Jan 14
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/14
by Stubby the Rocket
Raymond Swanland and the Towers of Midnight ebook cover
by Irene Gallo
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 14
by Leigh Butler
A is for Artist: X
by Kurt Huggins and Zelda Devon
Wisecracking, aliens, and hot places: Roger Zelazny’s This Immortal (“And Call Me Conrad”)
by Jo Walton
Thu Jan 13
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/13
by Stubby the Rocket
Pixar Builds a Zoetrope Made of Pure Win
by Stubby the Rocket
500 posts by me right here on Tor.com
by Jo Walton
Worldbuilding: The Art of Everything
by Jon Sprunk
Star Trek Re-watch: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”
by Dayton Ward and David Mack
This Blog Has Superpowers: Adventures in Meta-Fiction With Mark Millar’s Superior
by Ryan Britt
LotR re-read: Return of the King VI.9, “The Grey Havens”
by Kate Nepveu
Wed Jan 12
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/12
by Stubby the Rocket
Tor.com’s Hugo- and Nebula-Eligible Stories
by Tor.com
Battle: Los Angeles Trailer Review
by Danny Bowes
Spec Fic Parenting: This, My Son, Is A Sword
by Richard Fife
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapters 8 and 9
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
In league with the future: Frank Herbert’s Dune
by Jo Walton
Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair
by Ken Scholes
Tue Jan 11
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/11
by Stubby the Rocket
Score one for the Ewok haters
by Stubby the Rocket
Ian McKellen is Back; The Hobbit Allowed to Continue
by Danny Bowes
So High, So Low, So Many Things to Know: Vernor Vinge’s A Deepness in the Sky
by Jo Walton
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 13
by Leigh Butler
Quantum Leap: “Dr. Ruth”
by Alyx Dellamonica
The Thousand Year/Dollar Challenge
by Matt Forbeck
Mon Jan 10
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/10
by Stubby the Rocket
The Unreal, and Why I Love It, Part 2: Surprise
by David Whitley
Announcing Tor.com Urban Fantasy
by Tor.com
Your Questions for Brandon Sanderson—Answered!
by Stubby the Rocket
Site Redesign: Help us test drive the new Tor.com!
by Tor.com
From the mizentop: Patrick O’Brian’s The Nutmeg of Consolation
by Jo Walton
Queering SFF: The Bone Palace by Amanda Downum
by Lee Mandelo
Bored of Board: Remixing the Classics
by Matt Forbeck
Sun Jan 9
Hugo Nominees: 1965
by Jo Walton
Fri Jan 7
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Poll Update 01/07
by Stubby the Rocket
Graphic Stories for your Hugo 2011 Nomination Consideration
by Lee Mandelo
The Future of Publishing
by Nick Abadzis
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Crossroads of Twilight, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
Wrapping Up the Twelve Doctors of Christmas with a Song
by Tor.com
Aliens, vengeance, complications: C.J. Cherryh’s Serpent’s Reach
by Jo Walton
Thu Jan 6
Star Trek Re-watch: “Whom Gods Destroy”
by David Mack and Dayton Ward
First Look at the Doug Wheatley Cover for Conan: The Road of Kings #5
by Stubby the Rocket
Why a Madman is Always Better if He Has a Box
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Drifting in Fairyland: Gregory Maguire’s A Lion Among Men
by Mari Ness
The Twelfth Doctors
by Jason Henninger
Best SFF Novels of the Decade Readers Poll
by Stubby the Rocket
“Beginning of Line”: Continuing Caprica Where SyFy Left Off
by Teresa Jusino
New Spring Graphic Novel (Excerpt)
by Tor Books
Wed Jan 5
Review: The Science of Battlestar Galactica
by Teresa Jusino
Super 8 (or Darlings?) Trailer Review
by Danny Bowes
Constructing the Art for The Satan Factory
by Gregory Manchess
“My Doctor Could Out-Sonic Your Doctor!”A Plea to Fellow Whovians
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Deadhouse Gates, Chapter 6 and 7
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Fezzes Aren’t Cool
by Mark Waid
Chicks Dig the Eleventh Doctor
by Lynne M. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
Giveaway: Fashionpunk Novel Yarn by Jon Armstrong
by Stubby the Rocket
Plays and Plato: Mary Renault’s The Mask of Apollo
by Jo Walton
Buffy: The Vampire Slayer #40
by Dark Horse Comics
Tue Jan 4
First Look: Camelot
by Danny Bowes
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #7: Greg Bear Book Set
by Stubby the Rocket
Packaging the Detective, Part 2
by Sarah Monette
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #6: Halo Action Clix
by Stubby the Rocket
Quantum Leap: “Killin’ Time”
by Alyx Dellamonica
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #5: RC Mongoose & Action Figures
by Stubby the Rocket
The Lost Gate Release Day Giveaway!
by Stubby the Rocket
Richard Matheson—Storyteller: The Twilight Years, Part II
by Matthew R. Bradley
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #4: Tobias S. Buckell Book Set
by Stubby the Rocket
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #3: Halo Encyclopedia, edited by Tobias Buckell
by Stubby the Rocket
Because I’m Clever
by Nasty Canasta
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #2: Halo MegaBloks & more
by Stubby the Rocket
Thoughts on the Unreal, Part 1: Anticipation
by David Whitley
Halo: Cryptum Giveaway #1: Halo Book Set
by Stubby the Rocket
Tor.com is Hiring a Part-Time Community Aggregator
by Tor.com
Mon Jan 3
Spec Fic Parenting: “Tell me a story”
by Richard Fife
Interview with Debut Epic Fantasist Peter Orullian
by Blake Charlton
Shaken down so well: Patrick O’Brian’s The Thirteen Gun Salute
by Jo Walton
The Walking Wounded
by Graham Sleight
Writers on Writing: Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress
by Lee Mandelo
Chasing the warmth: Being a review of Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Three
by Elizabeth Bear
Sun Jan 2
His Humanity Proven
by Steve Mollmann
Hugo Nominees: 1964
by Jo Walton
Sat Jan 1
The Tea is Getting Cold
by Seanan McGuire