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Adler Cracks the Whip! Sherlock: “A Scandal in Belgravia”
The long-awaited return of the popular 21st century Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson kicked off the new year with the Series 2 premier of Sherlock titled “A Scandal in Belgravia.” In addition to giving...
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Article 5 ARC Sweepstakes!
We’ve got five ARCs of Article 5 for those of you who are hankering for more after reading the excerpt! Keep an eye out for tour dates from the author and comment below for you chance to win a copy!NO...
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Rothfuss Reread: Speculative Summary Part 5: “Lackless likes her riddle...
We’re half way through our ridiculously detailed re-read of Patrick Rothfuss’s The Wise Man’s Fear, and we’re going to pause here for another set of speculative summary posts. After we’ve summed up...
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Reopening The X-Files: “The Host”
Season 2, Episode 2: “The Host”Original Airdate: September 23, 1994This episode is gross, and we need it. We have grown complacent in our tangled conspiracies! In our search for alien life! We have...
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Kristen Simmons Article 5 Tour!
Kristen Simmons, author of Article 5 will be going on tour next month and in March, and you don’t want to miss it! For those of you in need of a primer, here’s an excerpt from the book — and we have...
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Espionage and Morality: The Arm of the Starfish
After playing with coming of age stories, science fiction, and warm family tales for young adults, for her next book, The Arm of the Starfish, author Madeleine L’Engle decided to try a new type of...
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Defyingly I Worship Thee! A Review of Faith by John Love
Three hundred years ago, a strange and seemingly invincible alien ship visited the Sakhran Empire. Exactly what happened is unclear, because the events were only recorded in the Book of Srahr, a text...
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Morning Roundup: Ellen Ripley as a LOL Cat
In an alternate universe Ellen Ripley is a cat and has a pet human named Jones. This topsy-turvy Alien universe might be what Prometheus ends up being all about. Would the aliens look like dogs in this...
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Controversial Akira Remake Is No Longer Happening
The Hollywood Reporter has learned today that the Warner Bros. funded live-action remake of the iconic anime film Akira, has completely terminated production. According to their insider “the offices...
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Occupy Starfleet: 10 Politically Minded Trek Episodes That Still Resonate
I like to joke that my favorite kind of television science fiction features people sitting around in a room talking. But the source of this joke is a serious truth: the best episodes of any version of...
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Four-Year-Old Dinosaur Toy Inspector Delivers Harsh Criticism
This just in: Stella, a four-year-old dinosaur enthusiast, has detected some inexcusable flaws in a recently produced “Triceratops” toy. Speaking in this brief video Stella notices the toy meant to...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Midnight Tides, Chapter Thirteen
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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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 1
Welcome back to A Read of Ice and Fire! Please join me as I read and react, for the very first time, to George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.Today’s entry is Part 1 of A...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “The Offspring”
Housekeeping note: This week’s Tuesday-Friday schedule is now the new norm. Moving forward, new installments of the TNG Rewatch will appear mid-day every Tuesday and Friday. We’ll have “Sins of the...
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Gnomes, Boxing Gloves, and Stuffed Tights: The Humor of David Bowie
For an isolated Southern kid growing up in the Seventies, David Bowie was terrifying.My first memory of him is seeing the fold-out cover for Diamond Dogs that belonged to a friend’s older brother....
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Happy Birthday from the Spiders From Mars!: Announcing Bowie Week on Tor.com
Happy birthday to rock demigod David Bowie, who turns 65 today…although somehow, we can’t quite believe it. One of the most versatile, innovative performers of the last century, Bowie’s shifting...
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Morning Roundup: Amy Pond Death Watch Begins+Old School Galactica Paintings
Welcome to Monday! According to actress Karen Gillan, Amy Pond must die! But we think it’s all a big lie because Steven Moffat and company are planning on revealing that Amy Pond has really been a...
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Future Music: Station To Station
Once, in my early teens, my friend Caspar said to our mate John, “I’m going to get Nick into Bowie. I’m going to play him ’Stay.’” I already knew who David Bowie was and liked some of his stuff,...
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Fan Input Wanted for New Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
The New York Times is reporting today that the most popular and enduring roleplaying game of all time is set for yet another makeover. Even though a new edition of D&D was released in 2008, Wizards...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Waste Lands, “Jake:...
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief,And the dry stone no sound of water.— From T.S. Eliot’s “The Wastelands” Welcome to A Read of the...
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