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Flying Talking Horses, Yay!: Robin McKinley’s Pegasus
I’ve been a fan of McKinley’s for some time, but I was disappointed by her last two novels so I didn’t rush for Pegasus (2010) when it came out. It was a talking flying pony book, after all, and early...
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Welcome to Bordertown Anthology Releases in Paperback
First established in the beloved anthologies edited by Terri Windling, the shared world of Bordertown changed the face of fantasy as we know it, as a host of talented young writers broke new ground,...
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This Kraken Is Made Entirely Out of Money
The above collage of a kraken is made entirely out of cut up American currency, reconfigured into illustrations by artist Chad Person as part of his “TaxCut” series. (The money used is itself deducted...
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Morning Roundup: This Game of Thrones Fighter Game Will Never Exist
DeviantArt user Dynamaito mocked up the above image of a fighter video game based on A Game of Thrones. The game doesn’t actually exist, but maybe if we wish hard enough it will be! What would the game...
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The Advent of a Pig: Freddy Goes to Florida
During and shortly after the great Oz reread, a call came up from the comments asking me to do a Freddy the Pig reread.I must admit: my response was Freddy the what?As I have hinted here and there and...
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Behold My True Power! 8 Onscreen SFF Characters That Went God-Mode
When our favorite characters become super-sized it can either mean the stakes have been raised unbelievably high, or paradoxically lowered because of the absurd amounts of raw power being thrown...
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J.K. Rowling’s New Book is The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling new book for adult audiences is coming out way sooner than we expected. According to a recent press release, The Casual Vacancy will be released on September 27. (That’s worldwide, of...
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Reopening The X-Files: “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space”
Season 3, Episode 20: “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space”Original Airdate: April 12, 1996This is an episode about the truth, which I know all of the episodes are meant to be about, but. “Jose Chung’s From...
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Orb Sceptre Throne (Excerpt)
Check out the prologue for the latest Malazan Empire novel, Orb Sceptre Throne, out on May 22:Darujhistan, city of dreams, city of blue flames, is peaceful at last; its citizens free to return to...
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Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear Part 26: You’re alive!
Welcome to my wildly detailed reread of Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicles. This week’s post covers chapters 138-143 of The Wise Man’s Fear but also contains extensive spoilers for the whole book...
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Gaming Roundup: Once and Future Games
Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and Atari Corp, passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the age of 83. Born in Poland, Tramiel’s family was sent to Auschwitz during the German invasion...
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Voices of 1956: Hear Asimov, Bradbury, and Campbell on the State of Science...
The science fiction of 1956 is calling. Are you listening?There was a science fiction boom going on in 1956. An unprecedented number of science fiction magazines were available on the newsstands. Books...
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Ballroom Blitz: Discount Armageddon by Seanan McGuire
“So you’re not going to go to law school? What do you want to do then?”“… I wanna DANCE!”- Dazed and ConfusedNow, you might be wondering what the punch line from a 1993 teen comedy has to do with the...
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The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Sweepstakes!
The paperback edition of Cathrynne M. Valente’s The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making is coming out on May 10! It will also contain the short story “The Girl Who Ruled...
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On Our Radar: A Star Wars Nursery
Wish your nursery had been in a galaxy far, far away? Actually, you only need to go to Graylake, IL, where a certain infant named Rocky happens to have the coolest room any kid could ask for. Yeah,...
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The 10 Best Comedic Science Fiction Films According to Me
Science fiction has a rough reputation for being written off as escapist entertainment and as such has always struggled with being taken seriously. But what’s so great about being taken seriously,...
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Morning Roundup: Fear the Space Dinosaurs
If space dinosaurs were real, would they be upset about the death of their Earth-brethren? Would they consider Godzilla to be a stereotypical depiction of space dinosaurs? Would he sort of offend the...
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Running Away to Bordertown
Once upon a time, there was a girl who dreamed of running away to ... Minneapolis.That doesn’t sound very romantic, doesn’t it?To be fair, it didn’t have to be Minneapolis. I was also open to running...
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On Our Radar: New Trailer for Titanic Super 3D
Though the new 3D version of Titanic is impressive, it looks like another even bigger and clearly better version is coming soon. Check it out below! We can’t wait.Read the full article
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First Trailer for Looper Features Time Traveling Mobsters
What if mobsters could shoot people in the past? If they could, they would in new film Looper.Read the full article
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