June 2012

Fri Jun 29

Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Paranormal Romance by Suzanne Johnson

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Unification, Part II” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Amazing Spider-Man is So Good I Don’t Know What to Say About It by Chris Lough

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 25 by Leigh Butler

Queering SFF –- Pride Month Extravaganza: Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation edited by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman by Lee Mandelo

Kangaroo Rex: Janet Kagan’s Mirabile by Jo Walton

Damon Lindelof to Adapt Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers For TV by Stubby the Rocket

Today in Beautiful Things: Todd Lockwood’s Gorgeous Anatomical Study of a Dragon by Tor.com

Stormdancer (Excerpt) by Jay Kristoff

Thu Jun 28

Popcorn Space Opera: Caliban’s War by James S. A. Corey by Niall Alexander

Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Urban Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson

The Doctor Remembers Klingons: IDW’s Assimilation2 #2 by Ryan Britt

Pigs! In! Magic! Freddy the Magician by Mari Ness

This Star Wars Music Video Sings What We’re Feeling by Stubby the Rocket

What Are Your Favorite Wheel of Time Quotes? by Stubby the Rocket

And Now, Avatar Korra: The Legend of Korra: “The Endgame” by Mordicai Knode

Second Total Recall Trailer Hits by Stubby the Rocket

Whatever Happened to Horror? by F.R. Tallis

Do the New Mass Effect 3 Extended Endings Help or Hurt? Yes. by Theresa DeLucci

Doctor Who: Shada (Excerpt) by Gareth Roberts

Wed Jun 27

Bobby Brown’s Music Video for Ghostbusters 2 is a Bizarre Moment in Time by Stubby the Rocket

Sibling Rivalry Takes Center Stage In Sci-Fi Trilogy’s Cathartic Conclusion Sovereign by Natalie Zutter

Fiction Affliction: “Genre-Benders” for July by Suzanne Johnson

Vulcan Nationalism Runs Amok: Diane Duane’s Spock’s World by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Pleasant Can’t Be Everything. Home from the Sea by Mercedes Lackey by Erin Horakova

Farscape Rewatch: “Nerve” by Scott K. Andrews

The Very Breath of Bronze Age Greece: Mary Renault’s The King Must Die by Jo Walton

Amon Revealed: The Legend of Korra: “Skeletons in the Closet” by Mordicai Knode

Wake of the Bloody Angel (Excerpt) by Alex Bledsoe

How to Come to Terms With Ryan Reynolds as the New Highlander by Ryan Britt

Reading Joanna Russ: What Are We Fighting For? Sex, Race, Class, and the Future of Feminism (1998) by Lee Mandelo

Ask Steven Erikson Your Bonehunters Questions! by Tor.com

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Unification, Part I” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Get a Sneak Peek at the Forthcoming Alan Turing Bio Comic The Imitation Game by Jim Ottaviani

Tue Jun 26

Star Trek, Pong, and Class Struggle by Douglas Lain

Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Science Fiction by Suzanne Johnson

10 Horror Movie VHS Boxes That Scarred Me For Life by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com

Of Rogues and Gadabouts: The Hammer and the Blade by Paul S. Kemp by Alex Brown

24 Hours Left for $2.99 First in YA by Stubby the Rocket

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 7 by Leigh Butler

A Shimmer of the Unexpected: Why The Age of Miracles Delivers by Jenn Northington

Introducing Stubby the Rocket Keychains by RockLove Jewelry! by Stubby the Rocket

Returning to Pern: Sky Dragons by Anne and Todd McCaffrey by Liz Bourke

Brother from Another Planet: Reassessing the Alien Franchise After Prometheus by Steven Padnick

A Bit of Derring-Do and Name Dropping: The Black Moth by Mari Ness

Welcome to the Georgette Heyer Reread by Mari Ness

Mon Jun 25

Three Short Novels by Connie Willis by Jo Walton

How Toy Story 2 Nearly Vanished by Stubby the Rocket

Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson

A Young Thief and Her God: False Covenant by Ari Marmell by Stefan Raets

Toughen Up, Tara: True Blood, “Whatever I Am, You Made Me” by Theresa DeLucci

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Has Made Charlize Theron Sad and She Needs Our Help by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Alan Moore Reread: WildC.A.T.s by Tim Callahan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Attack of the Sugar Plum Fairy Tale by Alyx Dellamonica

Blade Runner Debuted 30 Years Ago Today. What Would PKD Have Thought? by John Bonner

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 8: “Beneath the Peddler’s Moon” by Suzanne Johnson

Tell Us How George Orwell Changed the Way You Read by Stubby the Rocket

Queering SFF – Pride Month Extravaganza: Here, We Cross Edited by Rose Lemberg by Lee Mandelo

Life After Cancellation: 6 Shows That Deserve Netflix Resurrection by Shoshana Kessock

Sat Jun 23

For Alan Turing’s Birthday: A LEGO Turing Machine by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Jun 22

Level Up: How To Create A Better Video Game Movie by Shoshana Kessock

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “The Game” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Dark Companion (Excerpt) by Marta Acosta

Hey Girls, You Can Make Lipstick With Science! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 24 by Leigh Butler

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Epilogue by Bill Capossere

Mothers, Daughters and Mis-titles: Brave by Emmet Asher-Perrin

What Everybody Gets Wrong About Jekyll and Hyde by Steven Padnick

Cars 2 Loves You, No Mater What by Meghan Deans

Thu Jun 21

Girls’ Nightmare Out on TorChat by Tor.com

Treading Water: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks by Michael M Jones

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Pathfinder’s Advanced Race Guide by Mordicai Knode

Post-War Transformations: Freddy and the Popinjay by Mari Ness

Announcing the Girls’ Nightmare Out Tour Schedule by Tor.com

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: All Axe Fights, Somehow Not Enough. by Chris Lough

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 11: Te Rhintae? by Jo Walton

Last Rite (Excerpt) by Lisa Desrochers

Toy Story 3: The Steadfast Plastic Cowboy by Elisabeth Kushner

J.A. Pitts & A.M. Dellamonica Talk Dragons, Volcanoes, and the Loss Behind Coming Out by JA Pitts and Alyx Dellamonica

First Judge Dredd Trailer Hits by Stubby the Rocket

Reopening The X-Files: “Memento Mori” by Meghan Deans

Write Like a Metamorph by Mignon Fogarty

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World Is A Road-Trip Rom-Com That Really Commits To Its Sci-Fi Premise by Natalie Zutter

Space Music: Joel Hodgson Talks Riffing, MST3K and Film Scores by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com

Wed Jun 20

Republic City is Burning: The Legend of Korra: “Turning the Tides” by Mordicai Knode

Shine Shine Shine (Excerpt) by Lydia Netzer

Buffy Season 9: Dark Horse Lets Buffy Grow Up by Teresa Jusino

One Week Left for $2.99 First in YA by Stubby the Rocket

Farscape Rewatch: “A Bug’s Life” by Scott K. Andrews

Download Free Wallpaper from the The Path of Daggers Ebook by Tor.com

In Defense of Bronies — The Quest For Gender Equality in Fandom by Shoshana Kessock

Cover Reveal for New YA Novel The Nightmare Affair by Whitney Ross

Ender’s Game Filming News Roundup by Steven Padnick

Finding What Was Lost: Up by Rajan Khanna

They’re Finally the Same Temperature! Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 Trailer Revealed by Stubby the Rocket

Picturing Summer, a Solstice Celebration by Irene Gallo

Get a Sneak Peek at Monsters, Inc. 2! by Stubby the Rocket

Loco by Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker

Tue Jun 19

Weird Spaces and Familiar Faces: The Devil’s Nebula by Eric Brown by Niall Alexander

Watch Blade Runner in Watercolor by Stubby the Rocket

Get the First Audio Chapter of Princeps Free! by Cassandra McNeil

An Ode To NY In the Key of War: Brian Wood’s DMZ by Shoshana Kessock

10 Movies That Really Need Robots by Lydia Netzer

Watch The Avengers Get a Firefly Intro by Stubby the Rocket

What’s Gothic Now? by Alma Katsu

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 6 by Leigh Butler

5 Contemporary Literary Novels That Would Make Killer Sci-Fi Movies by Ryan Britt

Wall-E: Pixar’s Lasting Tribute to the Power of Art by Bridget McGovern

First Picture of Angelina Jolie as the Evil Maleficent by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Australian Author Karen Miller Answers Five Questions by Liz Bourke

The Wonders of Wonderland by Jo Walton

Mon Jun 18

On Our Radar: Hoverboard Lightstaber Portal Gun Fight! by Stubby the Rocket

One Small Step: The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter by Karin L Kross

The New Lara Croft, Now With 100% More Torture! by Shoshana Kessock

The Great Alan Moore Reread: 1963 by Tim Callahan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Real Vampy Love Bitches of Sunnydale by Alyx Dellamonica

Announcing the 2012 Chesley Award Nominees by Irene Gallo

For Love of Art and the Education of A Critic: Ratatouille by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 7: “On the Drop” by Suzanne Johnson

Christopher Meloni Gets Fangs: True Blood, “Authority Always Wins” by Theresa DeLucci

Queering SFF — Pride Month Extravaganza: The Bending the Landscape Series by Lee Mandelo

Sun Jun 17

Reorganization at Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck by Tor.com

Cars: Don’t You Ever Just Go For A Drive? by Sara Eileen Hames

Our Favorite SFF Dads (Who Built Their Own Children) by Stubby the Rocket

Sat Jun 16

Announcing the 2012 Locus Award Winners by Tor.com

The Most Emotionally Realistic Superhero Movie Ever: The Incredibles by Ryan Britt

Fri Jun 15

Ghost Key (Excerpt) by Trish J MacGregor

Novel Docu-Horror: Last Days by Adam Nevill by Niall Alexander

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Disaster” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Classic Sci-Fi Cameos in Prometheus by Nick Abadzis

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 23 by Leigh Butler

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-Four by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

It’s the Voyage Home That Matters: Finding Nemo by Tim Callahan

True Blood Fan Confession: I’m So Over Sookie by Shoshana Kessock

Looking Ahead: Godzilla 2014—Fears and Hopes by Jeremy Robinson

Five Seldom Mentioned Bradbury Creations You Need to Check Out by Ryan Britt

Thu Jun 14

On Our Radar: Calvin Coolidge: Mummy Slayer by Stubby the Rocket

Bugs! In! War! Freddy and Mr. Camphor by Mari Ness

Redshirts: Of All the Metafiction in the World, This is the Metafictioniest by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Future is a Foreign Country: Margaret Wander Bonanno’s Strangers From the Sky by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Forget Sunscreen! Everything You Need to Know in Life You Can Learn From Monsters, Inc. by Nancy Lambert

Reopening The X-Files: “Never Again” by Meghan Deans

I Told You Not to Underestimate Her! The Legend of Korra: “Out of the Past” by Mordicai Knode

Time Travel and the Black Death: Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book by Jo Walton

Wed Jun 13

From Shadow to Wednesday: Casting Thoughts for American Gods by Shoshana Kessock

Farscape Rewatch: “Through The Looking Glass” by Scott K. Andrews

The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Pewter by Lee Falin

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-Three, Part Two by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Love and Sacrifice: an Appreciation of Toy Story 2 by Steven Padnick

Safety Not Guaranteed is Twee, Adorable, Indie Time Travel Magic by Ryan Britt

A Spell of Vengeance by DB Jackson

Tue Jun 12

On Our Radar: Four Minutes of Questions About Prometheus (Mildly NSFW) by Stubby the Rocket

Sidewise Awards Nominees Announced by Tor.com

A Kingdom Divided (Excerpt) by Alex Rutherford

Balancing Heroism and Great Villains: Shadow and Bone by Sylas K Barrett

10 Changes Made in Season Two of Game of Thrones by Shoshana Kessock

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Silicon Avatar” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 5 by Leigh Butler

Ants. Why Did It Have To Be Ants?: A Bug’s Life by Alex Brown

Prometheus: Science Fiction or Religious Fiction? by Ryan Britt

Sleeps With Monsters: Why Are Fantasy Films All About The Men? by Liz Bourke

Announcing The Fierce Reads Anthology: A Tor.com Original (FREE!) by Tor.com

In Dreams: The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin by Stefan Raets

Mon Jun 11

A Dramatic Reading of John Scalzi’s “The Shadow War of the Night Dragons” by Stubby the Rocket

Life as a Video Game Called “Class”? by Douglas Lain

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Violator by Tim Callahan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Wish Upon a Demon by Alyx Dellamonica

Ripley Versus Shaw: The Women of the Alien Universe by Shoshana Kessock

Something New: Toy Story by Stephanie Treanor

Prometheus Reviewed in Comic Form by Faith Erin Hicks

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 6: “Sheemie” by Suzanne Johnson

Queering SFF – Pride Month Extravaganza: Spotlight on James Tiptree, Jr. / Alice Sheldon by Lee Mandelo

Queen’s Hunt (Excerpt) by Beth Bernobich

Sat Jun 9

You Can Own a Redshirts Shirt! by Tor.com

Fri Jun 8

Black Bottle (Excerpt) by Anthony Huso

Intersectional, Feminist, Diverse: The Moment of Change, edited by Rose Lemberg by Lee Mandelo

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Ensign Ro” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 22 by Leigh Butler

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-Three, Part One by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter

Fanboy Porn Or Old School Monster Smackdown? The Alien vs. Predator Films by Ryan Britt

Remembering Ray Bradbury by Gregory Benford

Winter Has Gone: True Blood Returns to HBO by Theresa DeLucci

Ridley Scott Brings The Light: Prometheus by Danny Bowes

At the Edge: An SFF Exhibition by Gregory Manchess

Thu Jun 7

Pigs on the Edge of War: Freddy and the Bean Home News by Mari Ness

General Lee’s Dreams: Connie Willis’s Lincoln’s Dreams by Jo Walton

The 10 Most Memorable Trek Redshirts Not Dressed in Red by Stubby the Rocket

I’m the Monster’s Mother: Alien Resurrection by Bridget McGovern

Reopening The X-Files: “Leonard Betts” by Meghan Deans

Picturing Ray Bradbury by Irene Gallo

The Comet’s Curse (Excerpt) by Dom Testa

Sometimes They’re Easy: the Process for the “Dress Your Marines in White” Artwork by Irene Gallo

Wed Jun 6

Dreaming Captain America and Falcon by Douglas Lain

Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for June by Tor.com

Farscape Rewatch: “A Human Reaction” by Scott K. Andrews

Team Avatar Rides! The Legend of Korra: “When Extremes Meet” by Mordicai Knode

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-Two, Part Two by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Alien 3: A Haunting Failure by Theresa DeLucci

Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012 by Ryan Britt

Genre in the Mainstream at BookExpo America by Ron Hogan

Fierce Reads Tour is On A Roll! by Tor.com

The Witch of Duva: A Ravkan Folk Tale by Leigh Bardugo

Tue Jun 5

On Our Radar: Puppies Assemble! by Stubby the Rocket

Galactic Family Mystery: Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds by Robert H. Bedford

LARP in Film: The Okay, the So-So, and the Horrifying by Shoshana Kessock

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Darmok” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 4 by Leigh Butler

I, Asimov: Your Picks for Robot Authors by Stubby the Rocket

Not Bad… For A Human: Aliens by Danny Bowes

Lev Grossman Explains Why No One Reads Books in Narnia by Ryan Britt

How to Build an Android (Excerpt) by David F Dufty

Mon Jun 4

Dead Reckoning (Excerpt) by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill

Tor Books Announces E-book Store: Doctorow, Scalzi & Stross Talk DRM-Free by Tor.com

Tor/Forge Books Announces DRM-Free E-book Store by Tor.com

Growing Up: Sean Stewart’s Nobody’s Son by Jo Walton

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Spawn by Tim Callahan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: “They Swear There Was A Memo” by Alyx Dellamonica

In Space, Sigourney is Too Cool to Scream: Why Alien Endures by Ryan Britt

So… Did You Understand Snow White and the Huntsman? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 5: “Welcome to Town” by Suzanne Johnson

Game of Thrones, Season 2, Episode 10: “Valar Morghulis” by Theresa DeLucci

5 Things You Might Not Know About The Wrath of Khan by Stubby the Rocket

Queering SFF – Pride Month Extravaganza: Point of Knives by Melissa Scott by Lee Mandelo

Queering SFF: Pride Month Extravaganza! by Lee Mandelo

SFWA’s Author Signing Schedule at BEA by Irene Gallo

Sun Jun 3

New The Dark Knight Rises Footage by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Jun 1

Fiction Affliction: June Releases in Paranormal Romance by Suzanne Johnson

Big Finish Produces Doctor Who Audio Plays with Brains, Heart and Humor by Erin Horakova

Little Green Men and Huge Blue Dudes: The Science of Avatar by Stephen Baxter by Niall Alexander

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 21 by Leigh Butler

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-Two, Part One by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Green Lantern’s Light! Alan Scott is DC’s New Gay Character by Stubby the Rocket

A Picture Tour of Amanda Palmer’s Awesome Brooklyn Lot Party (with Neil Gaiman) by Stubby the Rocket

No One Watches the Watchmen: The Authoritarianism of The Avengers by Steven Padnick

Titles from Poetry: Blake vs Marvell by Jo Walton