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Morning Roundup: Is New Doctor Who Just Like Old Doctor Who?
Over on Tumblr, someone noticed how much this new promo shot of Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith and new companion Jenna-Louise Coleman looks like the First Doctor William Hartnelll and Carole Ann Ford. Now...
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August Recommendations from Pandemonium Books & Games
Tyler Stewart founded Pandemonium Books & Games in 1989, and has been happily serving Boston’s science fiction fans ever since. The store was originally based in the book mecca of Harvard Square in...
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Coulson Will Be Avenged! Watch the Amazing Gag Reel for The Avengers
The gag reel from the DVD/Blu-ray release of The Avengers leaked out this morning and it is pretty much everything you want it to be. Jeremy Renner dancing. Mark Ruffalo cheesing it. Robert Downey, Jr....
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Sleeps With Monsters: Sherwood Smith Answers Eight Questions
Sherwood Smith hardly needs introduction. Her novels—for young readers and adults alike—have been appearing in print since 1990. She’s co-written space opera with Dave Trowbridge, collaborated with...
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“He’s my friend." A Review of Robot & Frank
Now playing in limited release after a favorable reception at this year's Sundance Film Festival (where it won the Alfred P. Sloan prize for movies featuring science as a theme or scientists as...
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Why Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Beats All Other Indy Films
This is one of those opinions that is probably going to get me hauled out to face some sort of tribunal under charges of blasphemy. See, when it comes to Indiana Jones, most hardcore fans will say it's...
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The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 15
‘Allo, mates! This is a Wheel of Time Re-read, this is!Today’s entry covers Chapter 24 through 26 of Towers of Midnight, in which we have dubious lawyer skills, dubiouser logic on behalf of foodstuffs,...
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Sergio Toppi, 1932-2012
Pioneering Italian cartoonist Sergio Toppi passed away today. Toppi is most famous for his work on Collezionista, but his cartooning on Blues and Little Big Horn was a major influence on countless...
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Remembering Sergio Toppi
Few handled a page full of characters, designed a visual flow, or drove a narrative quite like Sergio Toppi. He was a clear master of pen and ink. He worked in full color as well, but it was his black...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Imaginary Friend"
“Imaginary Friend”Written by Jean Louise Matthias & Ronald Wilkerson and Richard Fliegel and Edithe Swenson and Brannon BragaDirected by Gabrielle Beaumont Season 5, Episode 22Production episode...
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Pirate Cinema Sweepstakes!
The excerpt's up and you can't wait another day — but that's okay! We've got ten copies of Pirate Cinema to give to you, and all you need to do is enter in the comments below. You might win!NO PURCHASE...
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Clockwork Sky, Volume I (Comic Excerpt)
We present an excerpt from Madeleine Rosca's upcoming graphic novel, Clockwork Sky, out on September 4:London, 1895: Riots in the streets!Erasmus Croach’s miraculous factory, Ember, has flooded London...
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Announcing the Tour for Steven Erikson’s Forge of Darkness
Malazan series author Steven Erikson is heading out on tour in support of his new release Forge of Darkness, which is out on September 18th from Tor Books. This new Malazan novel begins the Kharkanas...
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A Cat Named Arya Will Sing You the Game of Thrones Theme
Okay, so the cat's not actually singing the theme but auto-tune and sound editing have approximated this pretty close rendition of a cat (whose name is Arya, by the way) singing the Game of Thrones...
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Morning Roundup: Look at the Pretty Spaceship Toys
Stubby is not jealous one bit of any of these pretty, pretty spaceships. And that's because none of these spaceships are ALIVE like Stubby the Rocket. But they can still hang out. It's fine. (We saw...
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Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia
The line between art and magic is a treacherous thing.[Read “Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia”]Read the full article
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Ray Bradbury Was Great
Today would have marked the 92nd birthday of the late author Ray Bradbury. The universe of science fiction and fantasy certainly is unimaginable without Ray’s unique prose style and relentless...
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Hollywood Drops The Dark Tower (Yet Again): Stephen King Will Not Be Pleased
Crushing news for fans of Stephen King: Warner Bros. has reportedly passed on the long-awaited, much-hyped adaptation of King’s genre-bending Dark Tower series…making it the second time in just over a...
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Through a Klosterman Darkly: The Visible Man Is the Great SF Novel You Might...
It’s next to impossible for some writers to escape how their initial success defines them, and Chuck Klosterman certainly became a successful writer, initially, for a specific reason. Making his career...
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Disney’s Hot New Project is... The Rocketeer?
Have you been waiting anxiously for another Rocketeer movie? Neither have we, but Disney is convinced that the time is right for another attempt at adapting the popular comic book—their 1991 version,...
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