Blog Archive
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 Emmet Asher-Perrin
Announcing the Tour for Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross’s The Rapture of the Nerds
by Tor.com
Chris Marker Passed AwayTake a Moment and Rewatch La Jette
by Irene Gallo
Sleeps With Monsters: WE WUZ PUSHED. Lee 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 Emmet 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 Charles Stross
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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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