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In and Out of the Lagoon: Why We Love The Gill-Man
Just because your protagonists in genre fiction aren’t human people, doesn’t mean we can’t feel for them. We recognize our panicky emotions in a robot like C-3PO or our warm, familiar tendencies in the...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Medley Time!
Today I thought we could do something different. I’m going to bounce up and down about some genre things that made me pretty happy lately. Why? Because when you live somewhere where you don’t even get...
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The Longest Goodbye. True Blood: “Gone, Gone, Gone”
This week on True Blood, it’s all about evolution.Russell has seen the light, quite literally, and he wants more. Bill’s still on his Lilith trip, leading to a big loss for Eric. Maybe. Pam and Tara...
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Industrial Revolution Magic: Barbara Hambly’s Darkmage Books
The Silent Tower (1987) and The Silicon Mage (1988) make up one story; you don’t want to get caught without the second half. They have been published together as “Darkmage” and they are also known as...
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Taylor Anderson’s Destroyermen Series
Taylor Anderson’s Iron Gray Sea, Book 7 in the Destroyermen series is now out on audio, narrated by audiobook veteran William Dufris. Iron Gray Sea released earlier this month and the hardcover has...
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The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 14
You-ooooh-ooeeooh set my soul alight, WOTers, and so I have crafted yet another Wheel of Time Re-read, just for you. Now give me a pony!Today’s entry covers Chapter 22 and 23 of Towers of Midnight, in...
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Psychopaths at the Bottom of the Sea: Peter Watts’ Rifters Trilogy
When you are sitting in a pressurized platform at the bottom of the ocean, you are psychologically vulnerable. I’m not talking some continental shelf here; I’m not even talking the “regular” incredibly...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Cost of Living”
“Cost of Living”Written by Peter Allan FieldsDirected by Winrich KolbeSeason 5, Episode 20Production episode 40275-220Original air date: April 20, 1992Stardate: 45733.6Captain’s Log: The Enterprise...
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Wake (Excerpt)
Amanda Hocking’s Watersong Trilogy has just seen the release of its first book, Wake. Take a peek inside:Gorgeous. Fearless. Dangerous. They’re the kind of girls you envy; the kind of girls you want to...
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Incredible Fanvid Compresses Decades of Fandom Into 5 Minutes
The password to view the vid is: fandom! (with the exclamation point)Most of us have a softspot (you might call it an illness) where well-edited, well-conceived fanvids are concerned. And this one...
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Batman is Afraid of Some Silly Stuff
Continuing the tradition of perfect Batman parodies over on College Humor, the newest one sees Batman facing off with Scarecrow. Find out what he’s really afraid of! (Hint, not bats!) Check out the...
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Morning Roundup: Moby Dick as a Spaceship
What kind of creature would a Moby Dick spaceship hunt? Maybe in this universe, the Pequod is a creature which wounded Moby Dick! We saw this yesterday and the timing with Sea Monster Week was too good...
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Harry Harrison, 1925-2012
Sad news this morning as we mourn the passing of one of the greats of science fiction, Harry Harrison. Harrison, 87, was best known as the author of Make Room! Make Room! (the basis for the film...
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The Fire Gown
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Michael Swanwick presents a new fiction series at Tor.com, consisting of stand-alone stories all set in the same world. “The Fire Gown,” continues the epic tale of...
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Queering SFF: Queer Universes: Sexualities in Science Fiction
Queer Universes: Sexualities in Science Fiction, edited by Wendy Gay Pearson, Veronica Hollinger, and Joan Gordon, is a collection of academic essays on, as it says, sexualities in science fiction, and...
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A Gallery of Favorite Mermaids
In honor of Sea Monster Week and the impending release of Mark Siegel’s mermaid-centric graphic novel, Sailor Twain, (look for a sneak peek of it later today) the author is sharing some of his favorite...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter Six
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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Sailor Twain: Or: The Mermaid in the Hudson (Comic Excerpt)
In honor of Sea Monster Week we bring you this 14-page excerpt from the upcoming graphic novel Sailor Twain, out on October 2nd from First Second.One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a...
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Girls’ Nightmare Out Mega Sweepstakes!
You’ve taken a look at the excerpts, you know the tour schedule and you’re ready for the chat today! But you still can’t get enough of the books from our Girls’ Nightmare Out series. And that’s okay....
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Farscape Rewatch: “Mind The Baby”
“Mind The Baby”Written by Richard Manning, directed by Andrew ProwseSeason 2, Episode 11st US Transmission Date: 17 March 20001st UK Transmission Date: 12 June 20001st Australian Transmission: 5...
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