Blog Archive
March 2015
Tue Mar 31
Love Storytelling? New Convention NerdCon: Stories is for You!
by Stubby the Rocket
Short Fiction Spotlight: Some Classic Bradbury
by Lee Mandelo
Brandon Sanderson Releases New Novella Perfect State
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 24
by Leigh Butler
Things Man Was Not Meant to Buy: Lovecraftiana Faves and Wish Lists
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: The Legend of Korra Saved My Sanity
by Liz Bourke
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 227: Ken Liu and Joe Monti
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
A Time of Transformation: The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
by Niall Alexander
Creative Works Inspired by your RPG Campaign
by Caitlyn Paxson
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Mon Mar 30
A Dalek Goes Walkies in Seattle
by Stubby the Rocket
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season One
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Walking Dead, Season 5 Finale: “Conquer”
by Alex Brown
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 3
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
James Bond is a Kite Dancing in a Hurricane in the First Spectre Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Shakespeare Adaptations That Best Speak to Teens
by Leah Schnelbach and Natalie Zutter
Maisie Williams to Give Peter Capaldi “Exactly the Right Sort of Hell” on Doctor Who
by Stubby the Rocket
The Last Herald Mage: Family
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Pull List: Getting Emotional Over Bitch Planet
by Alex Brown
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
Fri Mar 27
The First Photo of Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool is Appropriately Racy
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “Prepared for the Worst” and “The Habit of Command”
by Justin Landon
How Navigating the Louvre with a Nintendo 3DS Made Me Rethink the Future of Gaming, Art, and Virtual Reality
by Peter Tieryas
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Eleven
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Evil Eighties: The Face That Must Die by Ramsey Campbell
by Will Errickson
Five Stories About Cannibalism
by Karin Tidbeck
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 5 and 6
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Thu Mar 26
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 34 and 35
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Rich and Strange: “The New Mother” by Eugene Fischer
by Amal El-Mohtar
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 15
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 34
by Carl Engle-Laird
New Avengers Line-Up Revealed
by Stubby the Rocket
Midnight in Karachi Episode 9: Rebecca Levene and Lavie Tidhar
by Mahvesh Murad
15 Secrets Hiding in the World of Game of Thrones
by Chris Lough
“Rose” Introduced A New Generation to Doctor Who Ten Years Ago Today
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Mar 25
Steven Spielberg to Direct Ready Player One
by Stubby the Rocket
The Memory Painter (Excerpt)
by Gwendolyn Womack
Cersei Flips Tables and Sansa Crushes on Margaery in The Real Housewives of Westeros
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Ten
by Bill Capossere
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 3 and 4
by Judith Tarr
Cover Reveal for Lindsay Smith’s Dreamstrider
by Tor.com
Five Books that Twist History Until it Begs for Mercy
by Alan Smale
“I Have Never Been Terribly Good at Holding My Tongue.” Marie Brennan’s Voyage of the Basilisk
by Liz Bourke
Announcing Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
by Niall Alexander
Dog
by Bruce McAllister
Tue Mar 24
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Love in the Time of Hydra” Discussion Thread
by Chris Lough
Now You Can Join the Clone Club with the Orphan Black Fashion Collection
by Stubby the Rocket
SFWA’s Humble Bundle Provides Tons of Post-Apocalyptic Reading Material
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Mudd’s Women”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Grace of Kings (Excerpt)
by Ken Liu
Empowering, Tear-Forming Graphic Novel I Kill Giants Finally Coming to the Big Screen
by Chris Lough
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 23
by Leigh Butler
BookCon is Excited to Announce an Evil SFF Panel!
by Tor.com
Buffy Meets the Mythos? “The Horror in the Museum”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: Marie Brennan Answers Six Questions
by Liz Bourke
Protecting What You Love: On the Difference Between Criticism, Rage, and Vilification
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Here’s Where Everyone in Game of Thrones is Before Season 5
by Sarah Tolf
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 226: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Mon Mar 23
Game of Thrones Will Spoil the Remaining Song of Ice and Fire Books
by Stubby the Rocket
It is Truly Upsetting That This Hawkeye(s) TV Show Isn’t Real
by Stubby the Rocket
Update: The X-Files Is (Definitely!) Reopening Soon!
by Stubby the Rocket
Jerusalem in the Spring
by Niall Alexander
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 2
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Glenn Close and Gemma Arterton to Star in The Girl with All the Gifts Movie
by Stubby the Rocket
Unreliable Histories: Language as Power in The Tempest
by Katharine Duckett
Your Truth But Not Mine: Insurgent
by Natalie Zutter
The Last Herald Mage: Peaches
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Five Books with Unforgettable Animal Sidekicks
by Laura Bickle
Fri Mar 20
Lois McMaster Bujold Announces New Cordelia Vorkosigan Novel Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Books About False Identities
by Arwen Elys Dayton
Can You Survive the Lovecraftian Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story Harrison Squared Dies Early?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Stargate Rewatch: Stargate (1994)
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Dwellers of the Deep: Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
by Niall Alexander
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “The Trap” and “Horrible Old Man”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Nine
by Bill Capossere
Evil Eighties: The Finicky Details of Linda Crockett Gray
by Grady Hendrix
And the Winner of the Inaugural YA Book Prize Is…
by Niall Alexander
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Guest Highlord Sam Sykes on Kaz the Minotaur
by Sam Sykes
Thu Mar 19
A Bleak and Desperate Future: Monica Hughes’ Invitation to the Game
by Mari Ness
Introducing the Stargate Seasonal Rewatch!
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
New Avengers: Age of Ultron TV Spot is So Ridiculous It’s Basically a New Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Duelists You Should Never Challenge to a Fight
by Sebastien de Castell
Hunting Rebecca Levene’s The Hollow Gods
by Niall Alexander
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 33
by Alice Arneson
Rothfuss Reread: The Slow Regard of Silent Things Part 1: A Seemly Place
by Jo Walton
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 32 and 33
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Saying Goodbye: Daniel Abraham’s The Price of Spring
by Martin Cahill
Wed Mar 18
iZombie Gets Badass with Banter, Bodies, and Brains
by Alex Brown
Rocket Talk, Episode 48: Marc Simonetti Talks Working In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
by Justin Landon
Pull List: Women’s History Month
by Alex Brown
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 1 and 2
by Judith Tarr
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Eight
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
A Perfect Cost-to-Shenanigan Ratio: Community Season Six is Here!
by Leah Schnelbach
Pac-Man is the Bad Guy in the Pixels Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
The Perfect Vessel: Kushiel’s Avatar, Part 2
by Theresa DeLucci and Natalie Zutter
What’s the Point of an RPG Without a Main Villain? How Ultima IV Changed the Game
by Peter Tieryas
The Museum and the Music Box
by Noah Keller
Tue Mar 17
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “One of Us” Discussion Thread
by Chris Lough
Short Fiction Spotlight: Stories from Daily Science Fiction
by Lee Mandelo
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Corbomite Maneuver”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 22
by Leigh Butler
A Very Scientific Haunting: “The Shunned House”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Margaret Atwood’s Heart Goes Last
by Niall Alexander
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 225: Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan, and Scott Westerfeld
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
The Blades of Robert Jackson Bennett
by Niall Alexander
Agony in Autumn: Daniel Abraham’s An Autumn War
by Martin Cahill
The Joy of the Journey: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
by Niall Alexander
Mon Mar 16
Call and Response: The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson
by Niall Alexander
Steven Moffat Reveals the Sherlock Christmas Special is Set in Victorian Times
by Stubby the Rocket
What Changes To Expect in Game of Thrones Season Five
by Bridget McGovern
Feast Your Eyes on the Welcome to Night Vale Book Cover!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 1
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Terry Pratchett: The Legend Lives On
by Niall Alexander
Courage and Kindness: A Familiar, Charming Look at Cinderella
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Celebrating Women in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Art
by Stubby the Rocket
The Last Herald Mage: Road Trip
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Writing the Weird: In Praise of M. John Harrison’s Nova Swing
by Rjurik Davidson
“They’ll Rue the Day a Metanatural Visits the Raj”: Gail Carriger’s Prudence
by Ay-leen the Peacemaker
Sun Mar 15
British Fiction Hitlist: Late March New Releases
by Niall Alexander
Fri Mar 13
Like Quidditch, But With Allomancy! Read Highlights from Brandon Sanderson’s Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Writing in Motion: Our Pop Quiz Interview with Genevieve Valentine
by Tor.com
Five Books with Fantastic Horses
by Patricia Briggs
Rocket Talk, Episode 47: Renay Williams and “The G” Talk Hugo Predictions
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Seven
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Is Ladyhawke the Best Fairy Tale of Them All?
by Leah Schnelbach
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 3 and 4
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Evil Eighties: The Hollywood Horrors of David J. Schow
by Will Errickson
Thu Mar 12
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 30 and 31
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark Presents Little Kid with Iron Man Bionic Arm
by Stubby the Rocket
Do You Wanna Make a Sequel? Frozen 2 Announced
by Stubby the Rocket
Keeping Someone Else’s Promise: The Promise
by Mari Ness
Sir Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, a Reminiscence
by Jo Walton
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 14
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 32
by Carl Engle-Laird
Terry Pratchett, Author and Satirist, Passes Away at Age 66
by Tor.com
Five Fictional Women I Want In My D&D Party
by Caitlyn Paxson
Cold Decisions: Daniel Abraham’s A Betrayal in Winter
by Martin Cahill
Midnight in Karachi Episode 8: Kelly Link and Becky Chambers
by Mahvesh Murad
Wed Mar 11
Elizabeth Bear Talks Genre Mashups and Role-Playing Games in Her Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Books Featuring Heroic Hackers
by E.C. Myers
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapter 31
by Judith Tarr
Julius Caesar Dies, Wills the Modern Movie Blockbuster to the People
by Chris Lough
Introducing Shakespeare on Tor.com!
by Tor.com
The Perfect Victim: Kushiel’s Avatar, Part 1
by Theresa DeLucci and Natalie Zutter
13 Fantasies Inspired by Mythology from the British Isles
by Tor.com
Introducing Tor’s New Home on iBooks
by Tor.com
Watch Closely Everyone; I’m Going to Show You How To Kill a God
by Leah Schnelbach
The Thyme Fiend
by Jeffrey Ford
Our Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams Gave Science Fiction a Sense of Humor
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Tue Mar 10
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Who You Really Are” Discussion Thread
by Chris Lough
Crushing on Villains: Damien Angelica Walters Takes Our Pop Quiz Interview
by Tor.com
Marvel Movies Need to Step Up Their Soundtrack Game
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
You Can Watch the First Episode of Powers Now!
by Stubby the Rocket
9 Weird Things We Learn About Luke’s Brain in Heir to the Jedi
by Ryan Britt
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 21
by Leigh Butler
Your Emotions Go to Imagination Land in the New Inside Out Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Daemoniac Portraiture: “Pickman’s Model”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Good and Evil Want the Same Thing in the New Daredevil Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 224: Kelly Link Gets in Trouble
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Sleeps With Monsters: Mass Effect and the Normalisation of the Woman Hero
by Liz Bourke
Ideas of Mass Destruction: Daniel Abraham’s A Shadow In Summer
by Martin Cahill
The Future of Diplomacy: Persona by Genevieve Valentine
by Mahvesh Murad
Starborn Artwork Reveal: The Evolution of a Cover
by Bella Pagan
Mon Mar 9
Aurora Australis: February was the BEST Month
by Alexandra Pierce
The New Tomorrowland Trailer Wants to Fix the Future
by Stubby the Rocket
Superposition (Excerpt)
by David Walton
Watch the New Game of Thrones Season 5 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Theological Fantasies for Ecstatic Atheists
by Rachel Hartman
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 25
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Terror and Wonder of Watching Your Book Get Made Into a Movie
by Dan Wells
Saturday Night Live‘s Thor Wants You to Check Out His Podcast
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Season 5 Episode Titles and Synopses Revealed
by Stubby the Rocket
The Last Herald Mage: Live Fast, Die Young
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
What Happens When E.T. Grows Up: Chappie
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
New Tor.com Original Fiction in March and April
by Tor.com
The Fantôme Ball
by Andi Watson
Fri Mar 6
Here’s Your First Look at Supergirl in Costume
by Stubby the Rocket
The Most Important Pi Day of the Century is ALMOST HERE
by Chris Lough
A Brotherhood Sundered: Sword of the North by Luke Scull
by Niall Alexander
Five Books with Siege Warfare
by Col Buchanan
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “Fortunes of War” and “The Kingmaker”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Six
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Evil Eighties: The Creepy Nursery Rhymes of Elizabeth Engstrom
by Grady Hendrix
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 1 and 2
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
On Iain M. Banks and the Video Game that Inspired Excession
by Peter Tieryas
Thu Mar 5
A New-New Hope: Star Wars: Rebels Had a Pretty Great First Season
by Ryan Britt
A Spoiled Princess in an Unspoiled Desert: Sandwriter
by Mari Ness
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 28 and 29
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 13
by Leigh Butler
The Master Wants You to Read on World Book Day
by Stubby the Rocket
What You Can Do Without Limits: The Magic of Weta Workshop
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 31
by Alice Arneson
To Catch a Cop: Gotham, “Everyone Has a Cobblepot”
by Thom Dunn
We Want Mecha Wombats! Our Pop Quiz Interview with Catherynne M. Valente
by Tor.com
The Thorn of Emberlain at Last
by Niall Alexander
Cover Reveal for Laura Anne Gilman’s Silver on the Road
by Tor.com
Girl Monsters: A Conversation With Nova Ren Suma
by Sarah McCarry
Amicae Aeternum
by Ellen Klages
Wed Mar 4
Announcing The Kitschies’ 2014 Winners!
by Tor.com
Razorhurst (Excerpt)
by Justine Larbalestier
Don’t Look Back in Anger. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Aftershocks”
by Chris Lough
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Cage”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Watch the New Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 29 and 30
by Judith Tarr
“Celtic Fantasy”: What Does It Even Mean?
by Liz Bourke
Rocket Talk Episode 46: Courtney Schafer
by Justin Landon
Writing Women Characters as Human Beings
by Kate Elliott
Announcing the 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists
by Tor.com
Blood is Thicker Than Water: Kushiel’s Chosen, Part 2
by Theresa DeLucci and Natalie Zutter
The Shape of My Name
by Nino Cipri
Tue Mar 3
Forget Me Not: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
by Niall Alexander
Community Season 6 Trailer! Everything is New, But Nothing has Chang-ed
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Books About Weird Metropolises
by Carrie Patel
Fox Mulder and the Problem of the Romantic Conspiracy Theorist
by Lindsay Ellis
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 20
by Leigh Butler
The Skull Throne Shown
by Niall Alexander
Lovecraft’s Most Bigoted Story, No Really: “The Horror at Red Hook”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 223: Alisa Krasnostein, Sean Wright, Tehani Wessely, and the Aurealis Awards
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 222: Forthcoming Books with Locus Magazine’s Liza Trombi
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Short Fiction Spotlight: A New-Format Smorgasbord
by Lee Mandelo
Bridge of Snow
by Marie Rutkoski
Mon Mar 2
“Count Your Sisters”: Watch the Orphan Black Season 3 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Agatha Christie Meets 19th-century Romance: The Buried Life by Carrie Patel
by Liz Bourke
Daniel Polansky Assembles an Evil Authors Team and Talks Fantasy Noir in His Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
George R.R. Martin Donates a First-Edition of The Hobbit to Texas A&M’s Library
by Stubby the Rocket
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for March
by Tor.com
Tiamat’s Terrain: Asking the Big Questions
by Alex Mangles
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 24
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Five Books with Snarky Sidekicks
by Ferrett Steinmetz
SFWA Names Larry Niven the 2014 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master
by Tor.com
Not NEARLY Enough Puppies: Once Upon a Time, Darkness on the Edge of Town
by Mari Ness
The Last Herald Mage: It Gets Better
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
A Ranking of 1980s Fantasy That Would Please Crom Himself!
by Leah Schnelbach
Sun Mar 1
British Fiction Hitlist: Early March New Releases
by Niall Alexander