Blog Archive
February 2014
Fri Feb 28
FYI: Ragnarok is Probably Still Happening
by Stubby the Rocket
Tropical Island Getaway: Nil by Lynne Matson
by Michael M Jones
Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Symbols Without Substance: Rjurik Davidson’s Unwrapped Sky
by Liz Bourke
Aaron Allston: 1960-2014
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Homefront”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Ophelia Prophecy (Excerpt)
by Sharon Lynn Fisher
The Muppets Have to Dance and Sing to You About Their Sequel
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Nine
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Fearsome Felines: Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss
by Niall Alexander
The Ending to A Terry Gilliam Version of Watchmen is… Well, It’s Different?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Locke & Key Reread: “Alpha & Omega” (Vol. 6)
by Robert H. Bedford
The Devil You Know: A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain by Adrianne Harun
by Alex Brown
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Marjorie Liu
by Tor.com
Thu Feb 27
Putting a Coda to a Series: The Xanadu Adventure
by Mari Ness
The Revolutions (Excerpt)
by Felix Gilman
Editor-in-Chief of Ace/Roc Books Announces Retirement
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Urban Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Liz de Jager
by Tor.com
A Breathtaking Duel in Dorothy Dunnett’s The Game of Kings
by Marie Brennan
Three-Eyed Raven Made of Swords! New Poster for Game of Thrones Season 4
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 59
by Carl Engle-Laird
Bite And Sting: The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
by Liz Bourke and Stefan Raets
True Detective isn’t Genre, it’s a Show About Nothing
by Leah Schnelbach
Because Sometimes, Your Girlfriend Just Won’t Get Off the ComputerStar Wars: Children of the Jedi
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Feb 26
Smells Like Nirvana: Teen Spirit by Francesa Lia Block
by Michael M Jones
Code Zero (Excerpt)
by Jonathan Maberry
Farscape Rewatch: “Peacekeeper WarsPart 2”
by Scott K. Andrews
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for March
by Suzanne Johnson
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, The Blade Itself: “Nobody’s Dog”
by Justin Landon
Game of Thrones Pop Up Book Transforms into Westeros
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Eight
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Look and Feel, Test and Adjust: Disney in Shanghai
by Honor Hunter
Interior Art from Words of Radiance
by Tor.com
Jubilee
by Karl Schroeder
Cover Art Extravaganza
by Niall Alexander
Tue Feb 25
Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Once Upon a Time in the Weird West: Peacemaker by K. A. Stewart
by Michael M Jones
The Undertaking of Lily Chen (Comic Excerpt)
by Danica Novgorodoff
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Our Man Bashir”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Everybody Must Get Stoned: Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
by Michael M Jones
Finally, a New Trailer for Godzilla!
by Stubby the Rocket
Short Fiction Spotlight: The Tidbeck Treatment
by Niall Alexander
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 50
by Leigh Butler
Wakulla Springs
by Ellen Klages and Andy Duncan
Announcing the 2013 Nebula Awards Nominees!
by Tor.com
Sleeps With Monsters: But I’m Not Wrong… About Books. I Hope.
by Liz Bourke
Worth the Wait: A Non-Spoiler Review of Words of Radiance
by Carl Engle-Laird
Cold War
by Adam Christopher
Mon Feb 24
Reach for the Stars: V-S Day by Allen Steele
by Michael M Jones
The Detainee (Excerpt)
by Peter Liney
Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Faerie-Fighting British Buffy: Banished by Liz de Jager
by Michael M Jones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: A trigger, a soul and a chip walk into the high school
by Alyx Dellamonica
Harold Ramis, 1944-2014
by Tor.com
Tor Books Announces Special Die-Cut Card Promotion For Words of Radiance
by Tor.com
Battling Super Sleuths: The Awkward Case of Elementary, Sherlock, and Building the Better Adaptation
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Are You Ready for Some Star Stuff? Cosmos Returns March 9th!
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, Blue Heaven, Chapter 8 Sections 10-19
by Suzanne Johnson
The Walking Dead, S4 E11 “Claimed”
by Alex Brown
Party Time TONIGHT! 100 Free Drinks and 4 Tor Authors on Monday, February 24th
by Tor.com
Sat Feb 22
Happy Ragnarok! Time to Choose a Side
by Ada Palmer
Fri Feb 21
The Potent Stamina of Goat Mint: Anna Kashina’s Blades of the Old Empire
by Liz Bourke
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “The Sword of Kahless”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Farscape Movie Is In the Works and Peter Dinklage is Set to Star in Another HBO Series!
by Stubby the Rocket
Lockstep (Excerpt)
by Karl Schroeder
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Shannon Stoker
by Tor.com
Space Opera Bona: The Sea Without A Shore by David Drake
by Liz Bourke
Annual Con or Bust Auction Ends Sunday!
by Tor.com
The Locke & Key Reread: “Clockworks” (Vol. 5)
by Robert H. Bedford
Cover Reveal for Jay Lake’s The Last Plane to Heaven
by Tor.com
When We Last Left Our Heroes: The Way of Kings in Ten Minutes
by Carl Engle-Laird
Thu Feb 20
Performing Pigs and Other Magic: The Rope Trick
by Mari Ness
The Revenant of Thraxton Hall (Excerpt)
by Vaughn Entwistle
A Song of Ice and Pokemon Makes a Strange Sort of Sense
by Stubby the Rocket
Through the Looking Glass: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
by Niall Alexander
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 58
by Michael Pye
The Tick-Tock Man Cometh, But Should He?
by Ryan Britt
Die Hard and Fairy Tales
by Max Gladstone
Building Bridges: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
by Liz Bourke
Captain America And The Saga of The Winter Soldier
by Jake Hinkson
Fantastic Four Reboot Reveals Cast?
by Stubby the Rocket
Wed Feb 19
The Two Pill Problem: The Troop by Nick Cutter
by Niall Alexander
The Pilgrims (Excerpt)
by Will Elliott
Loki Writes Slash Fiction… Because Of Course He Does
by Stubby the Rocket
Farscape Rewatch: “Peacekeeper WarsPart 1”
by Scott K. Andrews
The Constant Coureur: Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson
by Niall Alexander
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, The Blade Itself: “The House of the Maker”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Seven
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
If Anyone’s Going to Ruin RoboCop… it’s The RoboCop Remake Project!
by Stubby the Rocket
Jedediah Berry’s “A Window or a Small Box” has been Selected for The Year’s Best SFF!
by Tor.com
Do the Stars Align for Star-Crossed?
by Alex Brown
Reflections of Radiance: Spoiler-Free Reactions to Brandon Sanderson’s Words of Radiance
by Alice Arneson
The Price Of Doing Business
by DB Jackson
Imagine Shenanigans
by Niall Alexander
Watch the Full Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Tue Feb 18
The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza (Excerpt)
by James Kochalka
Gilded (Excerpt)
by Christina Farley
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Little Green Men”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
On Spider-Man, Puppet Monkeys, and Saturday Morning Chinese School
by Gene Luen Yang
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 49
by Leigh Butler
Japan’s Manga Contributions to Weird Horror Short Stories
by Ada Palmer
Short Fiction Spotlight: Stories from Clarkesworld
by Lee Mandelo
Check Out the Preview to the Trailer of Guardians of the Galaxy!
by Stubby the Rocket
Post-Binary Gender in SF: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
by Alex Dally MacFarlane
Geek Love: If U Cri Evertim
by Jacob Clifton
Announcing the 2013 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honors
by Irene Gallo
Mon Feb 17
Night Broken (Excerpt)
by Patricia Briggs
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Home Movies hit Sunnydale
by Alyx Dellamonica
The Walking Dead, S4 E10 “Inmates”
by Alex Brown
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, Blue Heaven, Chapter 8 Sections 1-9
by Suzanne Johnson
Am I Frankenstein? Am I the Monster? An Attempt at a Review of Strange Bodies
by Leah Schnelbach
RoboCop Tried to Take Over the Federation. Twice! 4 Weird RoboCop/Star Trek Connections
by Ryan Britt
Sun Feb 16
Second Game of Thrones Season 4 Trailer is the One We’ve Been Waiting For
by Stubby the Rocket
British Genre Fiction Hitlist: Late February New Releases
by Niall Alexander
Fri Feb 14
Dangerous (Excerpt)
by Shannon Hale
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Starship Down”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: David Edison
by Tor.com
Bizarre Love Stories from Greek Mythology
by George O'Connor
What’s Missing in the Winter’s Tale Movie?
by Ron Hogan
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Six
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Farscape Told Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Story
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Locke & Key Reread: “Keys to the Kingdom” (Vol. 4)
by Robert H. Bedford
“As You Wish…” Eight Unabashedly Romantic SF/F Love Stories
by Ryan Britt and Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Tallest Doll in New York City
by Maria Dahvana Headley
Thu Feb 13
The Riverman (Excerpt)
by Aaron Starmer
Is There a Training Montage That Can Prepare Us for the Hoth Olympics?
by Stubby the Rocket
Nostalgia, Ghosts, and Storytelling: The Gawgon and the Boy
by Mari Ness
Seven Science Fiction/Fantasy Martyrs Who Give Saint Valentine a Run for His Money
by Ryan Britt and Emmet Asher-Perrin
Notes From the Internet Apocalypse (Excerpt)
by Wayne Gladstone
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 57
by Carl Engle-Laird
Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary 21: The Thing in the Lackless Box
by Jo Walton
sci fi tru luv: A Valentine’s Poem by Caragh O’Brien
by Caragh O'Brien
Pay For the Robot, Stay For the Insane Supporting Cast. RoboCop
by Chris Lough
Wed Feb 12
The 5 Soapiest Romances in the Star Wars Expanded Universe
by Natalie Zutter
Wild Fell (Excerpt)
by Michael Rowe
Announcing the 2013 Kitschie Award Winners!
by Tor.com
Farscape Rewatch: “Bad Timing”
by Scott K. Andrews
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, The Blade Itself: “The Ideal Audience”
by Justin Landon
Last Polka in Paris: Babayaga by Toby Barlow
by Niall Alexander
The Game of Thrones Guide to Love and Romance
by Bridget McGovern
Beta-Reading Words of Radiance: Spoiler-Free Thoughts on the Process
by Alice Arneson
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Little, Big, Brown
by Niall Alexander
Tue Feb 11
Watch Johnny Depp Become Superhuman in the Transcendence Trailer
by Irene Gallo
Espionage and Revolution: Cauldron of Ghosts by Eric Flint and David Weber
by Liz Bourke
P. Craig Russell’s New Cover for Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book
by Stubby the Rocket
Half-Off Ragnarok (Excerpt)
by Seanan McGuire
Marvel Body Mass Index Study Reveals Nearly 1/3 of Female Characters Are Underweight
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Rejoined”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
An Engaging Adventure: Emilie & the Sky World by Martha Wells
by Liz Bourke
Mark Helprin’s Winter’s Tale is a Failure that Genre Fans Must Experience
by Chris Lough
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 48
by Leigh Butler
Glimpses of Radiance Discussion Thread
by Tor.com
Short Fiction Spotlight: The Second Life of the Jackalope Wife
by Niall Alexander
Support the Annual Con or Bust Auction!
by Tor.com
You All Forgot That Luke Skywalker is a BAMF
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Mon Feb 10
Is-Land Life: Astra by Naomi Foyle
by Niall Alexander
Working God’s Mischief (Excerpt)
by Glen Cook
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Kristen Simmons
by Tor.com
School isn’t the Only Thing They Suck At: Vampire Academy
by Steph Sinclair
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Drop the bone already!
by Alyx Dellamonica
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, Blue Heaven, Chapter 7
by Suzanne Johnson
The Walking Dead, S4 E9 “After”
by Alex Brown
We Are All the Special! The LEGO Movie
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Reminder! Sign Up For Glimpses of Radiance Before Tuesday!
by Tor.com
Fungus Among Us: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
by Niall Alexander
Sun Feb 9
Watch a 15 Minute Preview for Game of Thrones Season 4
by Stubby the Rocket
Sat Feb 8
The Borribles Go For Broke (Excerpt)
by Michael de Larrabeiti
Fri Feb 7
John Scalzi’s Redshirts Coming to TV!
by Stubby the Rocket
Blood and Iron (Excerpt)
by Jon Sprunk
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Indiscretion”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Pushing Characters to Their Limits: Cress by Marissa Meyer
by Steph Sinclair
The Elric Reread: Farewell to the White Wolf
by Karin L Kross
The Elric Reread: Son of the Wolf, AKA The White Wolf’s Son
by Karin L Kross
Paul Bettany Cast as The Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Five
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
1990s Alt-Theology to Continue Taking over your TV as Preacher Comes to AMC!
by Stubby the Rocket
Ten Fossil Mammals as Awesome as Any Dinosaur
by Brian Switek
The Locke & Key Reread: “Crown of Shadows” (Vol. 3)
by Robert H. Bedford
The Borribles (Excerpt)
by Michael de Larrabeiti
Thu Feb 6
The Chocolate-Frosted Sugar Bombs Must Flow!
by Stubby the Rocket
Traveling with Poets and Greek Myths: The Arkadians
by Mari Ness
Sailor Twain, or: The Mermaid in the Hudson (Comic Excerpt)
by Mark Siegel
Fandom Rallies Around 11-Year-Old Boy Who Attempted Suicide After Bullying Over My Little Pony
by Tor.com
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Don’t Hate the D&D Playa, Hate the GM
by Stubby the Rocket
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 56
by Michael Pye
Simon & Schuster Announce SAGA, a New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Imprint
by Tor.com
Cover Reveal for James A Moore’s The Blasted Lands
by James A Moore
Geek Love: Man Of Steel, Fandom Of Kleenex
by Jacob Clifton
The Second Wave: Netflix and the Expanding Marvel Universe
by Honor Hunter
Traitor’s Blade (Excerpt)
by Sebastien de Castell
Wed Feb 5
The Winner’s Curse (Excerpt)
by Marie Rutkoski
Farscape Rewatch: “We’re So Screwed IIILa Bomba”
by Scott K. Andrews
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for February
by Tor.com
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, The Blade Itself: “Never Bet Against a Magus”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Four
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Patrick Stewart Tells Us How He’s Dying While Dressed as a Moon Rover
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance is Here!
by Tor.com
Nine of Your Relatives That Ruled Before Dinosaurs
by Brian Switek
Mad Maudlin
by Marie Brennan
Invisible Women For the Win
by Niall Alexander
Tue Feb 4
“That’s how I get into character, bro.” Watch the Thor 2 Gag Reel!
by Stubby the Rocket
Desire and Magic: Handsome Devil: Stories of Sin and Seduction edited by Steve Berman
by Lee Mandelo
Watch the Final Trailer for Divergent, Now Featuring Puppies!
by Stubby the Rocket
Got the World On a String: Hang Wire by Adam Christopher
by David Moran
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Hippocratic Oath”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Science Fiction as a Childhood Coping Mechanism? On Gary Shteyngart’s Little Failure
by Ryan Britt
Sorry, LadiesBlack Widow is Taken… This Pic From The Winter Soldier Tells All
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 47
by Leigh Butler
You Win This Time, Benedict Sherlock!
by Stubby the Rocket
Announcing Glimpses of Radiance: Daily Previews of Words of Radiance
by Tor.com
Short Fiction Spotlight: Stories by Sriduangkaew and Vernon
by Lee Mandelo
Are You Tough Enough to Accept Mary Robinette Kowal’s Correspondence Challenge?
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeps With Monsters: Elizabeth Bear Answers Eight Questions
by Liz Bourke
Post-Binary Gender in SF: Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
by Alex Dally MacFarlane
When Pop Quizzes Lead To Books: Announcing Adam Christopher’s L.A. Trilogy!
by Tor.com
Space Ballet
by Judith Moffett
American Gods Coming to TV! Now with Bonus Anansi Boys!
by Stubby the Rocket
Mon Feb 3
Learn About the Making of Wheel of Time Fan Film: “Flight From Shadow”
by Stubby the Rocket
Nil (Excerpt)
by Lynne Matson
You Can Also Download the 2014 Campbellian Anthology Through Tor.com
by Tor.com
Another Fantabulosa Everness Novel: Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald
by Stefan Raets
Join Tor Books for an SFF Extravaganza!
by Tor.com
“Shark Bad, Lemur Good”: Jeff VanderMeer on Annihilation
by Brian Slattery
2014 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced
by Tor.com
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Try our new Spike, now without chips!
by Alyx Dellamonica
Footnotes Done Right: Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Ann Leckie
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, Blue Heaven, Chapter 6
by Suzanne Johnson
The 2014 Campbellian Anthology is now Available for Free Download!
by Stubby the Rocket
Channeling T.E. Lawrence: A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias
by Karin L Kross
To the Lifeboats! J.K. Rowling Sinks a Ship
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
New Tor.com Original Fiction in February and March
by Tor.com
Blackmail is the New Black? Sherlock’s “His Last Vow”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sun Feb 2
Dinobots! Spider-Man! Weird Things! Your Super Bowl Commercial Round-Up
by Stubby the Rocket
New Amazing Spider-Man 2 Super Bowl Commercial (and Extended Scene!)
by Stubby the Rocket
Transformers: Age of Extinction Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier
by Stubby the Rocket
Groundhog Day Succeeds by Breaking the Rules of Every Genre
by Leah Schnelbach
British Genre Fiction Hitlist: Early February New Releases
by Niall Alexander
Sat Feb 1
The 2013 Locus Recommended Reading List
by Irene Gallo