July 2012

Tue Jul 31

Mystery, Murdered: Jack Glass by Adam Roberts by Niall Alexander

Fiction Affliction: August Releases in Science Fiction by Suzanne Johnson

Wow! Wait, What? Wow!: Arthur C. Clarke’s Childhood’s End by Jo Walton

New Full Trailer for Skyfall by Stubby the Rocket

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

Trailer for Animated Adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns by Stubby the Rocket

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 12 by Leigh Butler

How We Would Cast a Neil Gaiman Biopic by Stubby the Rocket

Big Doctor Who Season 7 Spoiler Possibly Confirmed by Stubby the Rocket

Next Year, You Get Champagne: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie Turns 20 by Emily Asher-Perrin

Announcing the Tour for Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross’s The Rapture of the Nerds by Tor.com

Chris Marker Passed Away—Take a Moment and Rewatch La Jette by Irene Gallo

Sleeps With Monsters: WE WUZ PUSHED. Brit Mandelo on Joanna Russ and Radical Truth-Telling by Liz Bourke

The Electric Things Have Their Life Too: vN by Madeline Ashby by Stefan Raets

Mon Jul 30

The Moon Flags are Still Standing! by Stubby the Rocket

Fiction Affliction: August Releases in Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Supreme, Part 3 by Tim Callahan

Picturing Books by Irene Gallo

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: The Do That Girl Girl, The Do That Girl by Alyx Dellamonica

How to Who: On Starting to Watch Classic Doctor Who by Erin Horakova

But You Didn’t Have to Stoop So Low. True Blood: “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Theresa DeLucci

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Come Reap, Chapter 3: “Playing Castles” by Suzanne Johnson

Ecce Orcus! An Argument for Humanizing the Orc by Mordicai Knode

007 Reports for Duty in New Skyfall Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Checking in on Avengers Vs X-Men: Is It Any Good? by Shoshana Kessock

Fri Jul 27

SDCC 2012 Cosplay Round-Up by Teresa Jusino

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

Either “Romana” or “Fred”: Remembering Mary Tamm by Erin Horakova

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 28 by Leigh Butler

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter One by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

An Ode to Jasper Fforde: Introducing His Works and Worlds by Niall Alexander

Diverting But Forgettable Fun: Raunchy Alien Invasion Comedy The Watch by Natalie Zutter

When Sword and Shield Are Not Enough: Geek Girls and Trolling by Shoshana Kessock

Thu Jul 26

The Bane Mask Makes Anything Scary by Stubby the Rocket

Pigs! In! Flight! Freddy the Pilot by Mari Ness

First Trailer for Cloud Atlas Revealed by Stubby the Rocket

Brave and the Legacy of the Anti-Princess by Shoshana Kessock

In One Week: Tor.com’s 4th Birthday Party in NYC! by Stubby the Rocket

An Introduction to Forge of Darkness For Readers Old and New Alike by Steven Erikson

Forge of Darkness, Prelude and Chapter One (Excerpt) by Steven Erikson

Happy Birthday Stanley Kubrick! by Stubby the Rocket

Reopening The X-Files: “Gethsemane” by Meghan Deans

Nobody Gets Mad About Hamlet Remakes: Why Superheroes Are the New Cultural Mythology by Ryan Britt

Messages From Beyond Death: Connie Willis’s Passage by Jo Walton

Wed Jul 25

The Joss Whedon SDCC Firefly Talk You Might Have Missed by Teresa Jusino

Anne Hathaway: The Best Catwoman Yet by Shoshana Kessock

Stitching Genres: Zack Parsons’s Liminal States by Rajan Khanna

Five Possible Reasons that The Hobbit is Spilling Over into a Third Movie by Sylas K Barrett

First Trailer for Life of Pi Includes Lots of Fantastic Imagery by Stubby the Rocket

Which of These Insane Sci-Fi Things Will Actually Happen at the Olympics? by Stubby the Rocket

Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Prologue by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

None of Einstein’s Theories Could Explain His Marionette by Stubby the Rocket

The Hero Gotham Deserves: Is Batman Good for Gotham City? by Shoshana Kessock

[Insert Werewolf Pun Here]: Talulla Rising by Glen Duncan by Alex Brown

Tue Jul 24

SDCC: The Grimm Experience by Teresa Jusino

No Need to Apologize After Reading Charles Yu’s Sorry Please Thank You by Ay-leen the Peacemaker

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

The Henson Company Reaffirms What We Already Knew About Muppets by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 11 by Leigh Butler

Secular and Mystical Sci-Fi: G. Willow Wilson’s Alif the Unseen by Jenn Northington

Myths of the Spaceways: Poul Anderson’s World Without Stars by Jo Walton

FULL Trailer for Man of Steel Leaks Online by Stubby the Rocket

Derring-Do, This Time with Cross-Dressing: These Old Shades by Mari Ness

A Lost Van Gogh or the Earth as Seen From Space? by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Jul 23

Sally Ride, the First American Woman in Space, 1951 – 2012 by Tor.com

Celebrate All the Wrong Choices You’ve Made by Stubby the Rocket

Library of America to Release Classic 1950’s SF Novels in Two-Volume Set by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Supreme, Part 2 by Tim Callahan

San Diego Comic Con, Tragedy, and the Family of Fans: A Handful of Thoughts by Karin L Kross

Margaret Mahy, 1936-2012 by Tor.com

Watch Sir Patrick Stewart Carry the Olympic Torch by Stubby the Rocket

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: I’m Not Supposed to Talk to Strangers by Alyx Dellamonica

Extraordinary Abilities, Ordinary Disabilities by Steven Padnick

2012 World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Awards Announced by Tor.com

A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Come Reap, Chapter 2: “The Girl at the Window” by Suzanne Johnson

Shiny Unhappy People: True Blood, “In The Beginning” by Theresa DeLucci

Pirate Cinema (Excerpt) by Cory Doctorow

A Mother, An Assassin, and How the Two Were Combined by Dan Dos Santos

Sun Jul 22

Finally, a Batman Movie Actually About Batman: The Dark Knight Rises by Ryan Britt

Our First Look at Next Year’s Superman Reboot: Man of Steel by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Jul 20

I, Rocket: What We Learned About Stubby in 2012 by Stubby the Rocket

The Legend of Korra Cosplay at Comic Con by Mordicai Knode

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

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 27 by Leigh Butler

Cult of Stubby by Irene Gallo

Tor/Forge E-Books Are Now DRM-Free by Tor.com

Everything About 3-Dimensional Heroes I Learned From A 2-Dimensional Cartoon by Madeline Ashby

A Tall Tail by

Fatal Shooting at The Dark Knight Rises Screening by Tor.com

Thu Jul 19

Tarzan Celebrates His 100th Birthday at Comic Con (NSFW) by Robin Maxwell

In A Fix (Excerpt) by Linda Grimes

Six Hints to Prepare You For The Dark Knight Rises by Stubby the Rocket

Pigs! In! Rodeos! Freddy the Cowboy by Mari Ness

Reminder: Tor.com’s 4th Birthday Party in Two Weeks! by Stubby the Rocket

“You Mess With One of Us, You Mess With All of Us”: Social Responsibility and Spider-Man by Emily Asher-Perrin

Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 12: Tinker, Tanner by Jo Walton

How Science Fiction/Fantasy Did in The 2012 Emmy Nominations by Stubby the Rocket

Homeland (Excerpt) by Cory Doctorow

Reopening The X-Files: “Zero Sum” by Meghan Deans

Benedict Cumberbatch Got an Emmy Nomination For His 36th Birthday! by Stubby the Rocket

How Boring You Make the TNG Crew, Doctor. IDW’s Star Trek: TNG/Doctor Who #3 by Ryan Britt

Donald Sobol and Encyclopedia Brown: In Memory by Rajan Khanna

A Little Dark Knight Music: Batman Through Soundtrack and Song by Emily Asher-Perrin

Wed Jul 18

The Most Horrifying is Yet to Come! 5 Insane Cliffhangers from the 1960’s Batman by Ryan Britt

Losing Bookstores, Female Artists, and More: Other Things I Saw at San Diego Comic Con by Karin L Kross

The Future is Disturbing and Funny: Ghosts With Shit Jobs by Tim Maughan

Farscape Rewatch: “Bone To Be Wild” by Scott K. Andrews

Straight from Roberto Orci: Current Trek Comics are Canon! by Ryan Britt

Printing the A Memory of Light Sales Proof by Irene Gallo

Rapture of the Nerds (Excerpt) by Cory Doctorow

Batman: Plutocrat by Steven Padnick

Gotham’s Reckoning: A Spoiler-Free Review of The Dark Knight Rises by Danny Bowes

TorChat this Week Features D.B. Jackson, Alex Bledsoe, and Ian Tregillis by Tor.com

Have We Lost The Future? by Jo Walton

Tue Jul 17

New Genre TV at SDCC: Beauty and the Beast and Elementary by Teresa Jusino

Gotham’s Finest: What to Read to Prepare For The Dark Knight Rises by Shoshana Kessock

The International Conversation: Philippine Speculative Fiction IV, edited by Dean Francis Alfar & Nikki Alfar by Lee Mandelo

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

First Teaser Trailer for After Earth by Stubby the Rocket

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 10 by Leigh Butler

This is How You Paint a 150 Foot Tall Batman by Irene Gallo

The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln and the Future of Alternate History in the Mainstream by Ron Hogan

Other Tidbits From Brandon Sanderson’s SDCC Spotlight by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: The Smurfette Principle (We Can Do Better) by Liz Bourke

July Recommendations from Bergen Street Comics by Bergen Street Comics

Mon Jul 16

Listen to Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Catch Him on Tour by Samantha Beerman

For $1000 Nathan Fillion Will Rock Your World (and Adam Baldwin Will Help) by Stubby the Rocket

Hellboy 3 Might Be Underway Thanks to One Boy’s Wish by Stubby the Rocket

Ironskin (Excerpt) by Tina Connolly

No, Kickstarter is Not the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher by Steven Padnick

2011 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners Announced by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Supreme Part 1 by Tim Callahan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Want, take, have. Pay, pay, pay. by Alyx Dellamonica

Did Marvel Reveal the Story for Avengers 2 at SDCC? by Chris Lough

Daleks, Dinosaurs, and Westerns: Doctor Who at San Diego Comic Con by Karin L Kross

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Interlude and Come Reap, Chapter 1: “Beneath the Huntress Moon” by Suzanne Johnson

Drawing Wire, Wikis, and Smiting: Epic Fantasy War at SDCC by Karin L Kross

Friendly Neighborhood Speculation: Amazing Spider-Man Sequel Casting by Shoshana Kessock

Sun Jul 15

Karl Urban Releases Star Trek 2 Footage, Hates Us by Stubby the Rocket

Robert Downey Jr. Surprises Little Girl Dressed as Iron Man at SDCC by Stubby the Rocket

How Books Can Become Batman: Scalzi at SDCC by Karin L Kross

Read an Excerpt From Chapter One of A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

Sat Jul 14

Science, Belief, and an Origami Crab: Dave McKean at SDCC by Karin L Kross

Firefly Fans Make Joss Whedon Cry at SDCC by Karin L Kross

Fri Jul 13

Becky Cloonan Starts Work On The Fabulous Killjoys by Karin L Kross

Joss Whedon On What We Can Expect to See Next From Firefly by Stubby the Rocket

Be Careful What You Wish For: Nicolas Cage & Christian Bale Will Make Tesla Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Permanently Grounded: Struck by Jennifer Bosworth by Michael M Jones

“Name another comedy on TV that has this much murder!” SDCC’s Community Panel by Karin L Kross

Alif the Unseen (Excerpt) by G Willow Wilson

Happy Birthday, Patrick Stewart! by Stubby the Rocket

On Our Radar: Play Comic Con Bingo! by Stubby the Rocket

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

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 26 by Leigh Butler

The Legend of Korra: Speculation on Season Two & Beyond by Mordicai Knode

Changing the Direction of the Ship: Racebending Panel at SDCC by Karin L Kross

Incoming: The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis by Alex Brown

Happy 70th Birthday, Harrison Ford! You Have Outlived This Snake by Stubby the Rocket

5 Geeky Things that Everyone is Suddenly an Expert On by Ryan Britt

Mysterious New Stubby the Rocket Appears, Declines Interviews by Stubby the Rocket

First Trailer for Oz the Great and Powerful by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Jul 12

Neil Gaiman to Write a Sandman Prequel in 2013 by Stubby the Rocket

Safest Beach Ever? by Stubby the Rocket

Pigs! In! Sports! Freddy Plays Football by Mari Ness

Dissecting Spider-Man: The Comic Storylines That Inform The Film by Shoshana Kessock

Come Party in NYC for Tor.com’s 4th Birthday! by Stubby the Rocket

Behind the Scenes: Creating the Art for a New Swanwick Story Series by Gregory Manchess

In Praise of Red Matter by Steven Padnick

Reopening The X-Files: “Small Potatoes” by Meghan Deans

How Many Doctors Would Come Back for Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary? by Stubby the Rocket

Brother. Prince. Snake. by Cecil Castellucci

Wed Jul 11

Detailed Infographic Depicts 73 Years of Visual Batman History by Stubby the Rocket

A Conversation in Steel: Sharps by K.J. Parker by Stefan Raets

What to Expect When You’re Expecting An Extra Hunger Games Movie by Bridget McGovern

Gary Oldman Asks “You Feel Me?” in Dramatic Reading of R. Kelly’s Autobiography by Stubby the Rocket

Farscape Rewatch: “The Hidden Memory” by Scott K. Andrews

Final Book in the Halo: Forerunner Saga Revealed! by Tor.com

Download Free Wallpaper from the Winter’s Heart Ebook by Tor.com

Next 5 Neil Gaiman Books Announced by Stubby the Rocket

Getting Ready for San Diego Comic Con by Scott Allie

More Than Alien: Larry Niven’s Protector by Jo Walton

How Westeros Would Look in Super Mario World by Stubby the Rocket

New Art Inspired By Great Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books: The Book Show by Irene Gallo

Tue Jul 10

Last Man Standing: Live and Let Drood by Simon R. Green by Michael M Jones

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

Wherein a Book is Inconsistent: The Janus Affair by Erin Horakova

Our Favorite Tesla-Inspired Fiction & Art by Stubby the Rocket

Neither Pastiche Nor Homage: Why Bradbury Tribute Shadow Show is a Highly Unique Anthology by Ryan Britt

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 9 by Leigh Butler

We Need This Rocket-Shaped Coffee Cup by Stubby the Rocket

Dan Wells on Tour for Hollow City by Tor.com

Johnny Hiro: Half Asian, All Hero (Excerpt) by Fred Chao

The Good, the Bat, and the Ugly: Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank by Michael M Jones

The Four Questions Everyone Asks at Conventions by Steven Padnick

Wit and Lace: Powder and Patch, or, the Transformation of Philip Jettan by Mari Ness

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

Mon Jul 9

Super Golden Friends: The Finest Batman / Bea Arthur Mash-Up Of Them All by Bridget McGovern

This Case is Gonna Kill Me (Excerpt) by Phillipa Bornikova

Thieftaker Author D.B. Jackson Out on Tour Today by Tor.com

Do Go Down to the Woods Today: Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce by Niall Alexander

The Great Alan Moore Reread: Mr. Majestic, Voodoo, and Deathblow by Tim Callahan

Comics Publisher First Second’s SDCC Schedule Revealed by Tor.com

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Zep Zep Hooray! We Cheer for Xander Harris by Alyx Dellamonica

He’s Ba-ack! True Blood: “Let’s Boot and Rally” by Theresa DeLucci

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 10: “Bird and Bear and Hare and Fish” by Suzanne Johnson

Star Trek 2 Villain Actually Revealed This Time? by Stubby the Rocket

There is Nothing Like Tron and That’s Why You Should Love It by Ryan Britt

The Mad Gods’ Last Lament: Lord of Slaughter by M. D. Lachlan by Niall Alexander

Sat Jul 7

I Grok Bob: Five Robert A. Heinlein Novels to Start With by Ryan Britt

Fri Jul 6

How Superman Got Us Interested in Dinosaurs by Stubby the Rocket

Brains of the Operation: Even White Trash Zombies Get The Blues by Diana Rowland by Michael M Jones

12 Year Old Asks His Future Self if He Still Likes Doctor Who by Stubby the Rocket

Fate of Worlds: Return From the Ringworld by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner

Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “A Matter of Time” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Watch Jaime Lannister and Ned Stark Duel with Lightsabers by Stubby the Rocket

Reading Joanna Russ: The Country You Have Never Seen (2007) by Lee Mandelo

Five Reasons Why Monkeybrain Comics is a Big Deal by Tim Callahan

Dying To Be Famous: Losers in Space by John Barnes by Michael M Jones

A Note from John Scalzi’s Editor About His Next SF Book: The Human Division by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

Thu Jul 5

Pigs! With! Ghosts! Freddy Goes Camping by Mari Ness

New Charles Vess Drawings for Neil Gaiman’s Stardust by Irene Gallo

A New World For Author and Tale: Embassytown by China Miéville by Theresa DeLucci

Tor Books at San Diego Comic Con. Scalzi, Sanderson, Card, and More! by Tor.com

Reopening The X-Files: “Tempus Fugit”/”Max” by Meghan Deans

Apocalypse In Aisle Five: Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne by Michael M Jones

Lady Gaga Has Decreed It: Don’t Ever Be Ashamed to Be A Hufflepuff by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Jul 4

Happy Fourth of July from Tor.com! by Stubby the Rocket

When Will You Rise: Deadline and Blackout by Mira Grant by Michael M Jones

Independence Day is the American Movie by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Mongolian Wizard by Michael Swanwick

Tue Jul 3

Celebrate July 4th with Benedict Cumberbatch! by Stubby the Rocket

Phoenix Eternal: 6 Reasons Why It’s Time For Jean Grey to Return by Shoshana Kessock

Sushi Chef Against the World — Anthony Bourdain’s Get Jiro! by Karin L Kross

Geekomancy (Excerpt) by Michael R. Underwood

Winter is Almost Upon Us: George R.R. Martin’s A Dance With Dragons by Jo Walton

The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 8 by Leigh Butler

Cover Revealed for Forge of Darkness as Malazan Ebooks Go $2.99 by Tor.com

J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy Cover Revealed by Stubby the Rocket

Just Because You’re Paranoid…: The Hollow City by Dan Wells by Stefan Raets

“Was It Sexual?” “Yes, Overwhelmingly So”: Lifeforce by Danny Bowes

Sleeps With Monsters: Endurance and Persuasion – Traits of the Heroine? by Liz Bourke

Heroism in the Field (Despite Himself): The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross by Lee Mandelo

The One and Only List for Steampunks at SDCC by Ay-leen the Peacemaker

Mon Jul 2

Is it Magic or is it Mimetic? (Being a Review of Jo Walton’s Among Others by Elizabeth Bear

This is How Chip Zdarsky Ended Up in Mid-Air Dressed as Spider-Man by Stubby the Rocket

Spark (Excerpt) by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Poor Unfortunate Souls: Why Does “Fashionable” Equal “Thin” to Disney? by Emily Asher-Perrin

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

The Harp Twins Return With “Misty Mountains Cold” From The Hobbit by Stubby the Rocket

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Powers? by Alyx Dellamonica

Spider-Man Super Geek: Why Peter Parker is One of Us by Ryan Britt

Earn Those Fruity Cocktails: True Blood, “We’ll Meet Again” by Theresa DeLucci

Emma Peel (Dame Diana Rigg) to Guest Star on Doctor Who by Stubby the Rocket

A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, Susan, Chapter 9: “Citgo” by Suzanne Johnson

How to Make a Good Dungeons & Dragons Movie by Mordicai Knode