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The Sandman Reread: The Doll’s House
I mentioned last time that “The Sound of Her Wings” was originally reprinted in both the first and second Sandman trade paperbacks, and that’s true, and it is the story in which the series fully comes...
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Doctor Who to Premiere on March 30th
The BBC have just announced the date Doctor Who is returning, and it’s a little earlier than we thought! Saturday, March 30th on Easter Weekend, we’ll catch up with the Doctor and Clara Oswin Oswald...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Book Two, Chapter...
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series,...
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George Saunders Controls Your Feelings Now: On Tenth of December
If all of our angst and private suffering were broadcast out through our pores and into the air as invisible vapors, then George Saunders would figure out how to bottle it all up and sell the stuff...
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Geek Love’s New Season is Surprisingly Honest in Its Portrayal of Dating, For...
Right alongside the debut of King of the Nerds there’s a more romantic look at the dorkier side of life—Geek Love. (Not to be confused with Katherine Dunn’s book of the same name.) The title may sound...
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Cover Reveal for Ian Tregillis’ Something More Than Night
The best kind of torture for an art director is receiving a bunch of comps and wanting to publish them all. Thankfully, in the internet age, we can show off the alternates, even if we can’t officially...
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George R. R. Martin to Debut New Song of Ice and Fire Novella
George R. R. Martin recently unveiled the table of contents for Dangerous Women, the upcoming anthology edited by him and Gardner Dozois, and revealed that it will include a new novella set in the...
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Farscape Rewatch: “Liars Guns and Money III: Plan B”
Liars, Guns and Money III: Plan BWritten by Justin Monjo, directed by Tony TilseSeason 2, Episode 211st US Transmission Date: 19 January 20011st UK Transmission Date: 18 December 20001st Australian...
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A Novella About “Nothing”: Tim Powers’ Salvage and Demolition
Richard Blanzac works in salvage and demolition—or at least, that’s what he tells Sophia Greenwald when he travels back in time to destroy her life’s work. Mere hours before that, he had read...
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High School Han Solo: The Yearbook Pics of Some of Your Favorite...
New York Magazine recently ran an amazing article featuring 63 photos of celebrities as they appeared in their high school yearbook. Right here, we’ve got Harrison “The Charming Sex Machine” Ford,...
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Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time Answers From #TorChat
Every month, Tor Books hosts a #TorChat on Twitter, connecting authors with their fans. This month, Brandon Sanderson sat down with excited fans to discuss the events of A Memory of Light, the...
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Morning Roundup: These Ghostbusters LEGOs are Ready to Believe You
The most shocking thing about these fan-made Ghostbusters LEGO minifigs is how accurate Venkman’s face is. Who knew you could convey so much snark and awesomeness through a LEGO face? Also, Winston’s...
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The Great Stephen King Re-read: Pet Sematary
Rarely is revenge so sweet. Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is notorious for being the book that King thought was too scary to be published, and that one idea became its entire marketing campaign when King...
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Weird Differences Between the First Star Wars Movie and Its Preceding...
Published in 1976—a full six months prior to the release of the film it was adapting—the novelization of Star Wars titled: Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker was billed as “a novel by...
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Steampunk Hits the Mainstream! (Again)
(a.k.a. The tempest in a teapot.)This past week, the steampunk community expressed both apoplectic shock and exuberant clamoring over a press release from IBM’s Social Sentiment Index predicting that...
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The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 10, “A Warm Welcome”
Welcome back to the chapter-by-chapter reread of The Hobbit. You can find past posts at the reread index, or you can catch up with our previous reread of The Lord of the Rings. As always, the...
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The Science of Future Past: Part 4
In today’s installment of Science of Future Past, we continue our exploration of the technology showcased in the forth part of Asimov’s Foundation: The Traders.As we discussed in the last episode, in...
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The Monkeys Strike Back: The Twits
Even by the standards of writer Roald Dahl, The Twits starts out on an unusually disgusting note, with a rant about beards followed by an overly detailed description of just what a certain Mr. Twit has...
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Without A Summer Sweepstakes!
Following Shades of Milk and Honey and Glamour in Glass, we have another exciting adventure for Jane and Vincent Ellworth! We are lucky enough to have have 10 ARC copies of Mary Robinette Kowal’s...
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Reopening The X-Files: “X-Cops”
Season 7, Episode 12: “X-Cops”Original Airdate: February 20, 2000Nothing like the threat of a Cops crossover to put a scare in the honest X-Files fan, am I right? The drunk great-uncle of reality...
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