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Morning Roundup: Godzilla in the Clouds
Some people see unicorns, or sea horsies, or giant falcons in the clouds. But sometimes people see clouds that produce the one and only Godzilla! Look out, he's loose and cumulus! Your offsite links...
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Let the Bona Temps Roll: Be My Enemy by Ian McDonald
Be My Enemy is the sequel to last year’s Planesrunner, the book that launched Ian McDonald’s first ever YA series in spectacular fashion. I dearly love both of these novels and don’t want to ruin your...
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The 10 Most Romantic Moments on Contemporary Doctor Who According to Me
Over the weekend, Doctor Who returned in a big way with Daleks, crazy plot twists, and romantic melodrama! Since the 2005 relaunch of this classic sci-fi series, this last element has become a key...
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Reopening The X-Files: “Kill Switch”
Season 5, Episode 11: “Kill Switch”Original Airdate: February 15, 1998“Kill Switch” is an old story gussied up with new tech. Of course, the tech is from 1998, so the new tech is now not so new, so...
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The Pen Is Mightier: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
“Where does he get those wonderful toys?”—The Joker, Batman (1989)Isaac Vainio is a librarian, but not like any you’ve ever met. He’s secretly a libriomancer, a magician capable of working amazing...
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They’re Making Whiskey in Space
In the midst of being sauced over Labor Day weekend we missed the news that astronauts are making whiskey in space. From the BBC article:A rocket carrying vials of chemical compounds from Ardbeg’s...
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Pigs! Forgetting! Plots! Freddy and the Dragon
Although the last few Freddy books had lacked a certain—what can I call it?—enthusiasm and joy from author Walter R. Brooks, resulting in books of bleakness and bitter cynicism, in 1958 Brooks managed...
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Brand New Cloud Atlas Trailer
The new Cloud Atlas trailer is a managable length! Only two minutes and thirty-one seconds. Watch and enjoy.Read the full article
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When The Lights Go Out: Is Abrams and Favreau’s Revolution Worth Following?
What do you get when you line up producer J.J. Abrams, Supernatural writer Eric Kripke, and director Jon Favreau behind a post-apocalyptic dystopian adventure set in a destroyed America? You get...
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Three Parts Dead (Excerpt)
Out on October 2, we've got an excerpt from Max Gladstone's Three Parts Dead:A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and...
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“Sweet mother of god, what the hell is going on here?”: Joker
More often than not, knowledge of a movie’s troubled production history is more a cloud hanging over one’s appreciation of that movie than a tool for insight into it. Earlier this year, for example,...
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Gravity’s Engines Sweepstakes!
Oh, we've got a cool copy of Gravity's Engine by Caleb Scharf for one of you! Find out how black holes mean a lot more than those terrifiying, sucking voids we've been warned about — they blows...
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A New Elfquest Story Will Debut Next Monday on BoingBoing
Exciting news for anyone who grew up in the indie comics scene. Beginning Monday, September 10th, BoingBoing will begin publishing a new Elfquest story: Elfquest: The Final Quest.First published in...
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Morning Roundup: What Would You Want From 30 More Minutes of Batman?
Just released from Entertainment Weekly: Bilbo! Running! (Probably from Bane.) Sometimes when we see these pictures of Martin Freeman as Bilbo, it's hard to believe we're not living in a dream. (We saw...
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Rise of the Rise of the Runelords!
Rise of the Runelords is what started it all for Pathfinder. As the very first Pathfinder Adventure Path, it set the tone for everything that followed. Don’t think that is hyperbole; this isn’t just...
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The Thrice-Done Film of the ’90s: What Jim West, Zorro, and Mrs Peel Have in...
High on the list of things I don’t often say: I was watching Wild Wild West the other night. (It was on Netflix Instant, don’t judge me.) There is nothing remotely defensible about the film, of course:...
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A Life in Constant Motion: Every Day by David Levithan
“If you wake up at a different time in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?” —Fight Club, by Chuck PalahniukIf you asked A this question, they’d tell you that it was a done deal....
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Ustream Will Broadcast the Hugo Awards in Full This Sunday
For those who missed out on watching last weekend's Hugo Awards ceremony thanks to Ustream's overzealousness, the streaming service will be re-broadcasting the ceremony in full this Sunday, September...
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New Amazon TV Show Might Feature a Young Wonder Woman
According to Vulture, Allan Heinberg of Grey’s Anatomy and The O.C. (as well as comics work on Young Avengers and Wonder Woman) is writing a pilot script for the CW titled Amazon, for a show that will...
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Patrick Rothfuss Will Write More Fantasy After the Kingkiller Chronicles
The September 2012 issue of Locus Magazine lists a recent book sale by Patrick Rothfuss to his longtime editor (and 2012 Hugo winner) Betsy Wollheim at science fiction/fantasy publisher DAW Books. The...
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