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Fiction Affliction: June Releases in Fantasy
Thieves and assassins, plots and intrigue—it must be fantasy just in time for summer. Twelve new titles release in June, including sophomore series books from Erin Hunter (Seekers: Return to the Wild);...
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Journey to Planet JoCo: “Redshirt”
Welcome to Journey to Planet JoCo, an interview series where science fiction and sometimes fantasy author John Scalzi talks to musician Jonathan Coulton about science fiction and science fiction...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Mass Effect and the Normalisation of the Woman Hero
Let’s get something out of the way before we start. The Mass Effect franchise ending? IT DOES NOT EXIST AND WE SHALL NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN. Somewhere in an alternate universe, Garrus and Tali are...
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Leo Dillon 1933-2012
Illustration has lost another giant. Leo Dillon, husband and life-long collaborator of Diane Dillon, passed away on May 26th. Together they created a remarkable array children’s books and book covers....
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Party With Lev Grossman Tonight in Brooklyn
If you’re in the New York City area tonight, then head over to Word Bookstore in Brooklyn for the paperback launch of Lev Grossman’s The Magician King. He’ll be in conversation with Tor.com’s own Ryan...
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On Our Radar: Star Wars Characters Posing with Bunnies
BUNNY! Artist Kelly Kerrigan has created a series of paintings of characters from Star Wars holding bunnies. Like you do.She’s done both Boba Fett and his clone daddy father, and you can check out...
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The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 3
Happy Tuesday, WOTers! Welcome back to the Wheel of Time Re-read!Today’s entry covers Chapters 1 and 2 of Towers of Midnight, in which we discuss the merits of leadership, the probability of...
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June 2012 Steampunk Events Round-up
The heat is on this summer, along with some fantastic events in the steampunk community. Outdoor festivals, revolutionary conventions, innovative art shows, and dinner theater await the retrofuturistic...
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How Batman Got You Interested in Architecture. Batman: Death By Design
I was never really interested in architecture until Batman became involved. And I feel kind of weird about that.New graphic novel Batman: Death by Design is to blame for this. The stand-alone story by...
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Fiction Affliction: June Releases in Science Fiction
Science fiction fans are happy interstellar campers this month with nine new releases, including the climactic novel of Timothy Zahn’s Quadrail series, a new novel from Terry Pratchett and Stephen...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Redemption, Part II”
“Redemption II”Written by Ronald D. MooreDirected by David CarsonSeason 5, Episode 1Production episode 40275-201Original air date: September 23, 1991Stardate: 45020.4Captain’s Log: We get a summary of...
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Morning Roundup: Cumberbatch and Smith Speak in Unison
The only thing Matt Smith doesn’t have going for him is a name like Cumberbatch. This is really his only deficiency. If he could somehow get a more absurd name, there’s a chance their coolness would be...
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Our Human
On a savage backwater world, the last ragged survivors of an expedition to hunt down the infamous war criminal known as The Beast Magrison set off into an inhospitable wilderness in search of the alien...
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Girl of Nightmares (Excerpt)
The sequel to Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood is coming on August 7th, but we’ve got something to help make the wait seem a little shorter — the first chapter of Girl of Nightmares! Take a...
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Simon Pegg Denies Khan Rumors
Speaking to The Telegraph, Simon Pegg has denied the supposed “confirmation” that Benedict Cumberbatch would be playing a new incarnation of Khan in the next Star Trek film. Straight from the...
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A Time Lord, an Android and a Cyber-Borg Walk Into A Bar: IDW’s Assimilation2 #1
Russell T. Davies said he always hoped to do a crossover between Doctor Who and Star Trek. But when Who finally came back to television in 2005, the last Star Trek series, Enterprise went off the air....
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Twenty-One
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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Farscape Rewatch: “Durka Returns”
Before we kick off this week’s rewatch, a big apology for missing last week’s installment. I had a sinus infection and was so full of drugs that I didn’t even realise I’d missed the rewatch until...
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YA Firsts for Only $2.99
With all the great YA series out there, sometimes it’s not clear where to start. But if you’re into YA with a touch of the fantastic, we’ve got a solution: get an ebook of the first in three diffrent...
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The Science of Allomancy in Mistborn: Zinc and Brass
Emotional allomancy is the power described in Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn novels which allows an allomancer to influence another’s emotions. Allomancers that posses the appropriate powers can burn...
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