Blog Archive
April 2015
Thu Apr 30
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by Tor.com
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by Stubby the Rocket
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 5 and 6
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Smoking and Heroism: Disney’s Pinocchio
by Mari Ness
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 18
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 36
by Alice Arneson
Midnight in Karachi Episode 11: Genevieve Valentine
by Mahvesh Murad
Con/Game
by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
The Folklore Origins of The Avengers
by Caitlyn Paxson
House
by Neil Gaiman
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 28
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed Apr 29
Unanswered Questions in Gotham: “The Anvil or the Hammer”
by Thom Dunn
Announcing the 2015 European Science Fiction Society Award Winners
by Tor.com
Make Your Own Kind of Music: Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
by Mahvesh Murad
Rocket Talk Episode 52: Andrea Phillips
by Justin Landon
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 12 and 13
by Judith Tarr
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Eighteen
by Bill Capossere
The (Welcome) Invasion of the Whippersnappers
by Alex Brown
Catching Up with The Avengers and Friends!
by Stubby the Rocket
Ambiguity Machines: An Examination
by Vandana Singh
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 27
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Tue Apr 28
Short Fiction Spotlight: Asimov’s Science Fiction #473
by Lee Mandelo
The Gospel of Loki (Excerpt)
by Joanne M. Harris
The Final Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer Focuses on Imperator Furiosa
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Balance of Terror”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Books Where Music is Practically a Character
by Sabaa Tahir
Watch the First Trailer for Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 27
by Leigh Butler
JordanCon 2015: Bride of Con Report, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
When You’re Dead Ye’ll Ne’er Drink to Your King or Your Lass: “The Tomb”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: Ecology and Politics
by Liz Bourke
Cover Reveal for Cixin Liu’s Death’s End
by Irene Gallo
Bending Shakespeare
by Alex Brown
Women of Wonder (Introduction)
by Lauren Panepinto
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 26
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Terry Pratchett is (Supposedly) the Most Shoplifted Author in Great Britain for a Reason
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Mon Apr 27
Dress Up in Books: Maria Dahvana Headley’s Pop Quiz Interview
by Tor.com
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 231: James Bradley and Ian Mond
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
JordanCon 2015: Bride of Con Report, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 7
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Why Minority Settings in RPGs Matter
by Whitney Strix Beltrán
Landing The Apollo Quartet
by Niall Alexander
The Last Herald Mage: Forst Reach
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Message Fiction: Politics in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Literature
by The G
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 3: “The High Sparrow”
by Theresa DeLucci
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 25
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun Apr 26
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 24
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat Apr 25
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 23
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri Apr 24
5 Extremely Accurate Predictions For Star Trek Beyond
by Ryan Britt
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Seventeen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Five Books About Magical Realism
by Tony Puryear
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Guest Highlord Kamila Shamsie on Kitiara
by Kamila Shamsie
Breakout Female Voices of the British Fantasy Scene
by Lucy Hounsom
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 22
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu Apr 23
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 3 and 4
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Tiamat’s Terrain: Building Bridges with SFF
by Alex Mangles
To Be a Ghost-Fly on the Wall: Our Pop Quiz Interview with Mike Johnson
by Tor.com
Nick Offerman to Host Most Rugged Nebula Awards Ceremony Ever
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 35
by Carl Engle-Laird
Shakespeare Died 399 Years Ago Today and Sci-Fi/Fantasy Still Can’t Get Enough of Him
by Tor.com
Djinnthology Joy
by Niall Alexander
Arrested for Puppet Assault: Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio
by Mari Ness
Iceman Already Kinda Sorta Tried to Come Out as Gay in the 1990s
by Chris Lough
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 21
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed Apr 22
Five Epic Fantasies with Gender Equal Societies
by Kelley Grant
The Ogre is Groot: Gotham‘s “Under the Knife”
by Thom Dunn
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 10 and 11
by Judith Tarr
Rocket Talk Episode 51: Sam Sykes and Delilah S. Dawson
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Sixteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Daredevil, Catholicism, and the Marvel Moral Universe
by Leah Schnelbach
The Old Guy Action Comeback: I’m Getting Too Old for This Sh*t
by Ryan Britt
The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn
by Usman T. Malik
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 20
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Tue Apr 21
Galaxy Quest is Being Revived for Television!
by Stubby the Rocket
Sherlock Rewrites Watson’s Stories in the Mr. Holmes Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Charlie X”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Get a Load of All the Crazy Gadgets in the New Tomorrowland Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
The Dreadful Evil Guardian Seems Like an Awfully Nice Guy: “Through the Gates of the Silver Key”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: The Mystic Marriage by Heather Rose Jones
by Liz Bourke
Gollancz Can’t Get Enough S.N.U.F.F.
by Niall Alexander
Joint US and UK Cover Reveal for V. E. Schwab’s A Gathering of Shadows
by Irene Gallo
There’s A Devil Watching Over You
by Marc Turner
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 230: K.J. Parker
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
What’s in a Name? K.J. Parker, Revealed
by Tor.com
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 19
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Mon Apr 20
Orphan Black Puts the Greater Good Above Its Clones: “The Weight of This Combination”
by Natalie Zutter
Check Out the Second Trailer for The Little Prince!
by Stubby the Rocket
Alike in Dignity: Feuding Houses in Romeo and Juliet
by Jo Walton
Tom Fletcher Does the Devil’s Work
by Niall Alexander
And Related Subjects: Discovering a Passion for Fencing
by V.E. Schwab
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 6
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Final Jurassic World Trailer Highlights the Downside of Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs
by Stubby the Rocket
The Net is the Meat: Bruce Holsinger’s Middle Ages
by David Perry
Star Wars: Rogue One Will Be About Stealing the Death Star Plans
by Stubby the Rocket
Half a War and Beyond
by Niall Alexander
The Last Herald Mage: Haven
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Meet Doctor Doom in the New Fantastic Four Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 2 “The House of Black and White”
by Theresa DeLucci
Tribes For The Twenty-First Century: The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson
by Stefan Raets
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 18
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun Apr 19
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 17
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat Apr 18
Check Out the First Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 16
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri Apr 17
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Four
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “Picked Up a Shadow” and “Questions”
by Justin Landon
Spring 2015 Anime Preview: The Hellish Life of a Pizza Delivery Boy
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
We Could Get a Doctor Who Movie in the Next Eight Years
by Stubby the Rocket
Evil Eighties: The Killer Kids of Somebody Come and Play
by Grady Hendrix
Ryan Gosling May Join the Blade Runner Sequel!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 11 and 12
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
The Cover of Each Max Gladstone Book Has Predicted the Cover of the Next One
by Stubby the Rocket
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 15
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu Apr 16
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 14
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Watch the New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Announcing Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
by Carl Engle-Laird
Words of Radiance Reread: Interludes 7 and 8
by Alice Arneson
Gollancz Acquires The Medusa Chronicles by Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds
by Stubby the Rocket
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 1 and 2
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
It All Started with a Fairy Tale: Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
by Mari Ness
Here’s Why NASA Thinks We’ll Find Alien Life by 2025
by Chris Lough
Wed Apr 15
50 Shades of Gotham: “Beasts of Prey”
by Thom Dunn
Archivist Wasp
by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dragon
by Mari Ness
Orbit to Serialize New K.J. Parker Fantasy!
by Tor.com
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 8 and 9
by Judith Tarr
Recasting The Rocky Horror Picture Show
by Stubby the Rocket
Cover Reveal for Charlie Jane Anders’ All the Birds in the Sky
by Irene Gallo
From Quantum Tunneling Devices to BioMimetics: The 10 Strangest Transports in Non-Driving Games
by N. Ho Sang and Peter Tieryas
The Ways of Walls and Words
by Sabrina Vourvoulias
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 13
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Tue Apr 14
Short Fiction Spotlight: Clarkesworld #103
by Lee Mandelo
Jo Walton Writes Amazing Godzilla Sonnets
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Naked Time”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Historical Worldbuilding: A Conversation with Kameron Hurley and Ken Liu
by Tor.com
The Avengers: Age of Ultron Cast Played Avengers Family Feud Basically In-Character
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 26
by Leigh Butler
The Weight of History and Also Cannibalism: “The Rats in the Walls”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: More Lesbian SFF Romance
by Liz Bourke
An Open Letter to HBO from House Greyjoy
by Theresa DeLucci
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 229: On Books, History, Awards and Such
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 12
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Mon Apr 13
Ken Liu Talks Silkpunk, Old Poems, and Contemporary Chinese SFF in His Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
The Last Herald Mage: Hearth Fires
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Five Books About Backwoods Horror
by Cullen Bunn
Should you be watching Marvel’s Daredevil?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Announcing the 2014 Aurealis Awards Winners!
by Tor.com
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 5
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
New Terminator: Genisys Trailer Heard You Like Terminators So It Put Some Terminators in Your Terminator
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 1: “The Wars to Come”
by Theresa DeLucci
New Ant-Man Trailer Finally Shows Off Ant-Man’s Powers
by Stubby the Rocket
King Lear: The Syntax and Scansion of Insanity
by Brian Staveley
Five Books in Which Special Ops Encounter Very Weird Things
by Jonathan Maberry
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 11
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun Apr 12
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 10
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat Apr 11
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 9
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri Apr 10
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Three
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Orbit Books Announces Two New Ann Leckie Novels!
by Stubby the Rocket
Listen to the Fantastic Fiction at KGB Podcast!
by Stubby the Rocket
Evil Eighties: Spectre by Stephen Laws
by Will Errickson
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Fifteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
“Killed! Killed! Killed!” Key & Peele Recap All the Deaths in Game of Thrones
by Stubby the Rocket
What if Petunia Dursley Had Been a Good Person? This Harry Potter Alternate Universe Will Break Your Heart
by Stubby the Rocket
The Fake is a Lie in Ex Machina
by Natalie Zutter
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 9 and 10
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Listen to 13 International Versions of the Game of Thrones Theme!
by Stubby the Rocket
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 8
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu Apr 9
The Harry Potter Reread: Rewatching The Goblet of Fire Film
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Salvaging Darkness and SFF Spirit Animals: Highlights from Wesley Chu’s Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Remembering the Future in Ken Liu’s The Grace of Kings
by Justin Landon
Revealing the Cover for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Book The Bands of Mourning
by Tor.com
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 17
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Interludes 5 and 6
by Carl Engle-Laird
Midnight in Karachi Episode 10: Andrew Smith and Musharraf Ali Farooqi
by Mahvesh Murad
Introducing the Disney Read-Watch: A Grimm Snow White
by Mari Ness
A Tale to Blow Your Senses Away: Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism
by Mahvesh Murad
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 7
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 6
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 5
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 4
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 3
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 2
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 1
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed Apr 8
Five Books about Time Travel
by Karen Akins
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 6 and 7
by Judith Tarr
Announcing the 2014 BSFA Award Winners
by Niall Alexander
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Fourteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Brontosaurus Was Real All Along
by Stubby the Rocket
Diversity and Inclusivity at WonderCon 2015
by Alex Brown
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Discussion Thread
by Chris Lough
Rocket Talk Episode 50: Ken Liu and Joe Monti
by Justin Landon
Introducing Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism, a Fantasy Epic Previously Lost to Time
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
The Ghost Tide Chantey
by Fran Wilde
Announcing the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 7
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Man Trap”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Crow T. Robot’s Voice Is Going Back to Space!
by Stubby the Rocket
Cover Art and Release Schedule for John Scalzi’s The End of All Things Novellas
by Tor.com
Steven Moffat: Expect At Least Five More Years of Doctor Who
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 25
by Leigh Butler
Cosmic Horror’s Flip Side: “The Silver Key”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: Young Adult Books You Should Be Reading
by Liz Bourke
The Horror of the Herberts
by Niall Alexander
Giggle Along With Game of Thrones!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 228: John Scalzi and Alisa Krasnostein
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
16 Ecologically-Minded Speculative Fictions!
by Tor.com
Mon Apr 6
Five Books in Which Pop Music is Trying To Kill You
by Nick Courage
The Last Herald Mage: Murder Mystery Dinner Party
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Black Widow and Captain America Take on Ultron in Final Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Fantastical Cats Who Are More Than They Seem
by Caitlyn Paxson
Aurora Australis: Awards! Anthologies! Awesome things!
by Alexandra Pierce
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 4
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Magic (or Not) of The Winter’s Tale
by Alex Bledsoe
Sat Apr 4
Announcing the 2015 Hugo Award Nominees
by Tor.com
Announcing the 2014 James Tiptree Jr. Award Honors
by Irene Gallo
Fri Apr 3
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Two
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
George R. R. Martin Has a Winds of Winter Riddle for You
by Stubby the Rocket
Last of the Sandwalkers (Comic Excerpt)
by Jay Holser
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “The First Day” and “Such Sweet Sorrow”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Thirteen
by Amanda Rutter
Evil Eighties: The Mysteries of Norah Lofts
by Grady Hendrix
An Updated Mega-List of SFF Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures)
by Bridget McGovern
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 7 and 8
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
“I’ve developed a real fondness for porcupines.” Highlights from Brian Staveley’s Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Apr 2
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Urban Fantasy and Horror
by Suzanne Johnson
The Last Quarrel (Excerpt)
by Duncan Lay
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 36 and 37
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Triumph XV: Vetala
by Shweta Narayan
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 16
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Part 2 Epigraphs
by Alice Arneson
Five Books with Magical Doors
by V.E. Schwab
Five Things to Watch for in Game of Thrones‘ Fifth Season
by Theresa DeLucci
The New Chapter from The Winds of Winter Is Juicy As Hell
by Stubby the Rocket
Sam Weber’s Stunning Artwork for the Illustrated Edition of Dune
by Irene Gallo
Wed Apr 1
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for April
by Suzanne Johnson
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Enemy Within”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Catching Up with The 100
by Foz Meadows
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapter 5
by Judith Tarr
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for April
by Tor.com
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Twelve
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
The New Mad Max Trailer is the Most Beautifully, Brutally Bonkers One Yet
by Stubby the Rocket
Rocket Talk, Episode 49: Peter V. Brett
by Justin Landon
Shakespeare’s King: Some Thoughts on Henry V, Part 2
by Jo Walton
Anne McCaffrey Gave Us All Our Own Dragons to Ride
by Tor.com
There’s Not Been Enough of Samuel R. Delany
by Jo Walton