Blog Archive
December 2012
Mon Dec 31
F.A.B. Thunderbirds Creator Gerry Anderson, 1929-2012
by Nick Abadzis
Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Great Alan Moore Reread: Albion
by Tim Callahan
The Dresden Files Reread: Book 9, White Night
by Rajan Khanna
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Delicious Refreshing Coda
by Alyx Dellamonica
Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Six
by Tor.com
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Todash, Chapter 7: “Todash”
by Suzanne Johnson
WondLa is WondLaful
by Mordicai Knode
Sun Dec 30
Locus Reveals Results of Its All-Century Short Fiction Poll
by Stubby the Rocket
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Appointment in Crime Alley” & “Mad as a Hatter”
by Steven Padnick
Sat Dec 29
Read an Exclusive Excerpt From A Memory of Light on NPR
by Tor.com
Fri Dec 28
Celebrate Stan Lee’s 90th Birthday By Watching All His Marvel Movie Cameos
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Descent, Part II”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Hobbit Reread: Movie Interlude
by Kate Nepveu
Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 7, “The Backbone of Night”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Dec 27
The First Four Minutes of Warm Bodies is a Sad, Funny Short Film About When Zombies Win
by Natalie Zutter
10 Reasons to Read a Star Trek Novel
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Sometimes It’s Better When Things are Wrong
by Stubby the Rocket
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Adam Rex
by Stubby the Rocket
Tolkien, Alignment, Non-Violence, and Why Hobbits are Required for Middle-earth to Survive
by Mordicai Knode
Reopening The X-Files: “The Sixth Extinction”/”The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati”
by Meghan Deans
The Ten Essential Genre Films of 2012
by Ryan Britt
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Wed Dec 26
Farscape Rewatch: “A Clockwork Nebari”
by Scott K. Andrews
Sleeps With Monsters: So How About That For Boundary-Policing?
by Liz Bourke
Tue Dec 25
Doctor Who’s Surprisingly Romantic Christmas: “The Snowmen”
by Ryan Britt
Celebrate the Twelve Doctors of Christmas!
by Stubby the Rocket
Updating Santa’s Story: When Santa Fell to Earth
by Mari Ness
Mon Dec 24
Christopher Lee Reads “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
by Stubby the Rocket
The Great Alan Moore Reread: Lost Girls
by Tim Callahan
The Dresden Files Reread: Book 8, Proven Guilty
by Rajan Khanna
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Neo the Terminator Slayer
by Alyx Dellamonica
Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Five
by Tor.com
Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part VII
by Nancy Marie Brown
Watch a New Stop-Motion Doctor Who Christmas Special!
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Todash, Chapter 6: “The Way of the Eld”
by Suzanne Johnson
Download the First Part of Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World for Free
by Tor.com
Sun Dec 23
Come Back, Holmes For the Holidays!
by Stubby the Rocket
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Fear of Victory” & “The Clock King”
by Steven Padnick
Changing Depictions of Santa Claus in Science Fiction Magazines and Superhero Comic Book Covers
by Victor Grech
Sat Dec 22
Play the First Line Game With Us
by Stubby the Rocket
Locus Announces Winners of “Best Novels of 20th and 21st Century” Poll
by Irene Gallo
Fri Dec 21
To the Holidays!
by Stubby the Rocket
Don’t Worry Mayans, This Happens to a Lot of Doomsayers
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: Sixth Season Overview
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas: A Henson Classic
by Rajan Khanna
A Peek at Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex’s Chu’s Day
by Irene Gallo
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
The Last Gigot in England: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford
by Jo Walton
The Annotated Sword of Shannara: Tolkien Lite, and That’s Alright!
by Mike Perschon
Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 6, “Travellers’ Tales”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Dec 20
Breaking Point (Excerpt)
by Kristen Simmons
The End is Reached: Ally Condie’s Matched Series Finale
by Shoshana Kessock
Did A Man or A Woman Write This?
by Stubby the Rocket
Mark Your Calendars: NYC Midnight Release Party for A Memory of Light
by Stubby the Rocket
Taking the Animal Point of View: Fantastic Mr Fox and The Magic Finger
by Mari Ness
Gaiman For Younglings: Odd and the Frost Giants
by Ryan Britt
The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 6, “Out of the Frying-Pan Into the Fire”
by Kate Nepveu
Reopening The X-Files: “Biogenesis”
by Meghan Deans
Candy Caine: The Sweetness of A Muppet Christmas Carol
by Ryan Britt
The Great Stephen King Reread: Cujo
by Grady Hendrix
Wed Dec 19
Congrats to Marissa Lingen and Meghan McCarron!
by Stubby the Rocket
Ending Well: The Best Comics You Won’t See in 2013
by Adam McGovern
A Message from John Sargent
by John Sargent
Trailer for John Dies at the End is Crazy, Silly, Gory Fun
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Descent, Part 1”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, and Brandon Sanderson on Finishing the Series
by Tor.com
Farscape Rewatch: “The Ugly Truth”
by Scott K. Andrews
Star Trek’s Alice Eve is Our New Favorite Meme
by Stubby the Rocket
Download Free Wallpaper of the New Spring Ebook Cover
by Tor.com
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Four, Part Two
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
The New Doctor Who TARDIS Interior Revealed
by Stubby the Rocket
Artificial Life Story: Age of the Android Reinvents the Past
by Adam McGovern
All the Whos Down in Whoville are Aliens
by Ryan Britt
Pathfinder’s Best Bestiaries
by Mordicai Knode
The Ghosts of Christmas
by Paul Cornell
Tue Dec 18
Dave McKean Reveals Artwork for Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
by Irene Gallo
Pat Murphy’s “About Fairies” Picked for Best SF
by Tor.com
The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker (Excerpt)
by John Edgar Browning
Has Star Trek Into Darkness Revealed That It’s the Contemporary Wrath of Khan?
by Chris Lough
A Touch of Mystery with Derring-do: Georgette Heyer’s The Talisman Ring
by Mari Ness
The Wheel of Time: A Light Re-read of Memory, Or Something
by Leigh Butler
Monster of the Week: Dr. Edward Pretorius (From Beyond)
by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com
Sleeps With Monsters: Laura E. Reeve
by Liz Bourke
2012 Fiction Wrap Up from Tor.com
by Tor.com
John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War Only $2.99 Today
by Tor.com
Mon Dec 17
eDiscover… Agyar by Steven Brust
by Jo Walton
Watch the First Nine Minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness
by Stubby the Rocket
Blood’s Pride (Excerpt)
by Evie Manieri
New Doctor Who Minisode “Vastra Investigates”
by Stubby the Rocket
The Great Alan Moore Reread: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part Four: Century
by Tim Callahan
The Dresden Files Reread: Book 7, Dead Beat
by Rajan Khanna
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: A Farewell To Oz
by Alyx Dellamonica
Lee Mandelo & Meghan McCarron Among the Year’s Best SF Short Fiction
by Tor.com
Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Four
by Tor.com
Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part VI
by Nancy Marie Brown
Brand New Trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Todash, Chapter 5: “Overholser”
by Suzanne Johnson
11 Odd, Campy, Surreal Holiday Specials That Should Be Classics
by Bridget McGovern
Intestate
by Charlie Jane Anders
Sun Dec 16
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Joker’s Favor” & “Vendetta”
by Steven Padnick
Fri Dec 14
Cyberpunk is the New Retro: Rosa Montero’s Tears in Rain
by Karin L Kross
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Timescape”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Have You Seen the Elvish Meme?
by Mordicai Knode
Not Saving the World? How Does That Even Work?
by Jo Walton
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Four, Part One
by Bill Capossere
What 2001: A Space Odyssey Would Look Like if You Made it Today
by Stubby the Rocket
If You Love Uhura, Set Her Free: The Tears of the Singers and Uhura’s Song
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
It’s Okay to Shamelessly Enjoy The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 5, “Blues for a Red Planet”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Dec 13
6 Unexpected Heroes Not Named Bilbo Baggins
by Ryan Britt
Download the First Part of Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World
by Tor.com
Creating the Art for Kathryn Cramer’s “Am I Free to Go?”
by Scott Bakal
Listen to Wintery Genre Readings in Brooklyn This Friday!
by Stubby the Rocket
Down and Out in Drowned Dordrecht: The Folly of the World by Jesse Bullington
by Niall Alexander
19 Gene Wolfe Books Now Available Again in Ebook
by Tor.com
Now THIS is How to Do Transatlantic Travel: James and the Giant Peach
by Mari Ness
Turning Tragedy into the Fantastic: Roald Dahl
by Mari Ness
A Natural History of Dragons (Excerpt)
by Marie Brennan
The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 5, “Riddles in the Dark”
by Kate Nepveu
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice 2012: The Best Books We Read This Year
by Tor.com
Reopening The X-Files: “Field Trip”
by Meghan Deans
Gene Wolfe Named 2012 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
by Tor.com
A Memory of Light Being Printed, Step By Step
by Irene Gallo
The First Pacific Rim Trailer Has Been Released
by Stubby the Rocket
The Great Stephen King Reread: Firestarter
by Grady Hendrix
Wed Dec 12
Gandalf is Playing the Bagpipes on a Unicycle
by Stubby the Rocket
Breaking the Romantic Pattern: Ilona Andrews’ Steel’s Edge: A Novel of the Edge
by Liz Bourke
Outside Space and Time: The Explorer by James Smythe
by Niall Alexander
Farscape Rewatch: “The Locket”
by Scott K. Andrews
Collecting Lucid Nightmares and Nostalgic Reveries in Ekaterina Sedia’s Moscow But Dreaming
by Ay-leen the Peacemaker
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Three, Part Two
by Bill Capossere
Gaiman for Younglings: The Dave McKean Picture Book Collaborations
by Ryan Britt
The Science of Future Past: Did Asimov’s Foundation Predict Wikipedia?
by Lee Falin
Am I Free to Go?
by Kathryn Cramer
Tue Dec 11
Announcing the Party Reborn! A Midnight A Memory of Light NYC Release Event
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Second Chances”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Hi-Yo Trailer! First Look at The Lone Ranger
by Stubby the Rocket
Solo’s Eleven. Star Wars: Scoundrels
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Wheel of Time: A Memory of Light Spoiler-Free Review
by Leigh Butler
Get Paul Cornell’s New Story “The Ghosts of Christmas” Early!
by Tor.com
New Full Trailer for Man of Steel
by Stubby the Rocket
Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and L.E. Modesitt Jr.
by Stefan Raets
John Scalzi’s Video Game Project Morning Star is a First Person Shooter With a Twist
by Stubby the Rocket
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Howard Andrew Jones
by Stubby the Rocket
Alice Eve’s Star Trek Into Darkness Character Is Someone You’ve Heard Of
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeps With Monsters: “He Left” or How About That War Then? R.M. Meluch’s Jerusalem Fire
by Liz Bourke
This is How You Paint 150 Foot Tall Hobbit Dwarves
by Irene Gallo
Mon Dec 10
Cumberbatch’s Star Trek Into Darkness Villain Revealed (Again) and He’s…a Redshirt?
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeping Beauty: Robin McKinley’s Spindle’s End
by Jo Walton
Imager’s Battalion (Excerpt)
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Rightful Heir”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Great Alan Moore Reread: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part Three: Black Dossier
by Tim Callahan
The Dresden Files Reread: Book 6, Blood Rites
by Rajan Khanna
eDiscover… The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick
by Jo Walton
Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Three
by Tor.com
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Don’t Talk Dirty in Front of the Poltergeist
by Alyx Dellamonica
First Trailer for After Earth
by Stubby the Rocket
Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part V
by Nancy Marie Brown
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Todash, Chapter 4: “Palaver”
by Suzanne Johnson
Doctor Who Christmas Surprise: A Brand New TARDIS Interior!
by Stubby the Rocket
Are All Big Franchise Films Essentially the Same Now?
by Ryan Britt
Monster of the Week: Jason Voorhees (and the Sound of Sex)
by Robert Lamb, StufftoBlowYourMind.com
Sun Dec 9
Tom Cruise Saves Mankind in this Oblivion Trailer
by Irene Gallo
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Feat of Clay: Part 1 & 2”
by Steven Padnick
Fri Dec 7
New Signs Created to Communicate Science in ASL
by Stubby the Rocket
Those Two Imposters: How Aral and Miles Vorkosigan Deal With Triumph and Disaster
by Jo Walton
Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, and Brandon Sanderson Tell the Story of Robert Jordan’s Life
by Tor.com
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Three, Part One
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Love in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Three Good, Bad, and Star-Crossed Star Wars Romances
by Christopher Morgan
Pre-order Some of the Best From Tor.com 2012 Now
by Tor.com
Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 4, “Heaven and Hell”
by Lee Mandelo
Thu Dec 6
Superhero Noir Comedy Hearts Like Fists Proves That You Can’t Spell “Crimefighter” Without “Love”
by Natalie Zutter
Wombling On! The Wombles to the Rescue and The Invisible Womble
by Mari Ness
The One With The Magic Teapot and the Seasons: Victoria Walker’s Winter of Enchantment
by Jo Walton
Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That.
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 4, “Over Hill and Under Hill”
by Kate Nepveu
Read Sylvia Day’s Romance Story “Eve of Sin City”
by Tor.com
Reopening The X-Files: “Arcadia”
by Meghan Deans
The Great Stephen King Reread: The Dead Zone
by Grady Hendrix
Star Trek Into Darkness Teaser Trailer Features Revenge On A Massive Scale
by Stubby the Rocket
John Scalzi’s The Human Division Debuts on January 15th
by Tor.com
Wed Dec 5
The Anti-Twilight is Complete! An Appreciation of David Wellington’s Sharkpires
by Mordicai Knode
Oi, Witch! You’re Nicked: London Falling by Paul Cornell
by Niall Alexander
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Suspicions”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Farscape Rewatch: “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
by Scott K. Andrews
Download Free Wallpaper of Towers of Midnight Ebook Cover
by Tor.com
What About Elevensies?
by Mordicai Knode
Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Two, Part Two
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Gaiman For Younglings: The Charles Vess Picture Book Collaborations
by Ryan Britt
Tor Books Unveils the Real Cover for Greg Bear’s Halo: Silentium
by Tor.com
Why the Resident Evil Films are Great Entertainment, Part II
by Liz Bourke
The Finite Canvas
by Lee Mandelo
Tue Dec 4
Slow Motion Space Opera: Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
by Niall Alexander
The Ivan Book: Lois McMaster Bujold’s Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
by Jo Walton
The Bones of the Old Ones (Excerpt)
by Howard Andrew Jones
5 Reasons You Should Be Reading All New X-Men
by Shoshana Kessock
Watch Frank Sinatra and Willie Nelson Loving on Space Technology
by Stubby the Rocket
Sparkling Murder: Georgette Heyer’s Death in the Stocks
by Mari Ness
The Colbert Report’s New York City as Middle-earth Map
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 29
by Leigh Butler
Alternate Timelines: What if Spielberg Directed Bond and Never Made Indiana Jones?
by Ryan Britt
The Complex Mathematical Formula Behind Twilight’s Success
by Lucy Knisley
Bilbo Baggins Wants to be Left Alone in Latest Hobbit Clip
by Stubby the Rocket
Goodbye, Karen Berger, Please Don’t Go
by Tim Callahan
Sleeps With Monsters: R.M. Meluch’s Tour of the Merrimack Series
by Liz Bourke
The Krampus is Coming to Town. Brom’s Krampus: The Yule Lord
by Mordicai Knode
Mon Dec 3
New Man of Steel Poster
by Stubby the Rocket
Move Over James Franco! New Harry Osborn is Dane DeHaan
by Stubby the Rocket
The Rise of Ransom City (Excerpt)
by Felix Gilman
The Great Alan Moore Reread: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part Two
by Tim Callahan
The Dresden Files Reread: Book 5, Death Masks
by Rajan Khanna
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Slaying is Hard. Let’s Go Shopping!
by Alyx Dellamonica
Let’s Cast Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Second Trailer for Warm Bodies Has More John Malkovich Action
by Stubby the Rocket
Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Two
by Tor.com
Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part IV
by Nancy Marie Brown
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Todash, Chapter 3: “Mia”
by Suzanne Johnson
The Walking Dead, S3 E8: “Made to Suffer”
by Alex Brown
eDiscover… The Other Nineteenth Century by Avram Davidson
by Ron Hogan
First Star Trek Into Darkness Poster Features the Wrath of Cumberbatch
by Stubby the Rocket
Rewatching for the First Time: Carnival of Souls
by Adam McGovern
Sun Dec 2
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Beware the Gray Ghost”
by Steven Padnick