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10 Sci-Fi VHS Boxes that Blew My Mind
Growing up, I spent a lot of time walking the aisles of various video stores, enraptured by all the flashy and trashy VHS box art.Last time I focused on the horror movie covers and how they affected...
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Ever Upward: Martian Discoveries and the Logistics of Curiosity
In the alternate universe where I pursued a STEM-centric career instead of banging my head against the entertainment business, I would absolutely have been an engineer. I love the problem-solving...
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Magic of the Mind: The Scrivener’s Tale by Fiona McIntosh
After losing his family in a tragic accident, Gabriel, psychologist-turned-writer, abandons his life to hide amongst the dusty bookshops and chatty cafes of Paris. He is befriended by a strange doctor...
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Furious (Excerpt)
Check out Furious by Jill Wolfson, out on April 16:We were only three angry high school girls, to begin with. Alix, the hot-tempered surfer chick; Stephanie, the tree-hugging activist; and me, Meg, the...
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James Herbert, OBE: 1943-2013
We’ve just received word that legendary horror writer James Herbert has passed away at the age of 69.After publishing his first novel,The Rats, in 1974, Herbert went on to write twenty-three horror...
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Love That Outlasts Memory: Unremembered by Jessica Brody
Perhaps it’s an obvious metaphor at the heart of Jessica Brody’s science fiction YA romance Unremembered—any teenage girl is trying to define her identity and desires in the face of a cacophony of...
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You Know What You Have To Do (Excerpt)
In an interesting turn for YA, meet Maggie in You Know What You Have to Do by Bonnie Shimko, out know from Amazon Children's Publishers:This quirky, appealing YA novel turns formulaic teen fiction on...
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Morning Roundup: Where 19th Century Girls Hid Their Interest in Science
The Museum of Childhood recently stumbled over a piece of 19th century embroidery depicting the solar system and began discovering more places where girls of that era expressed their interest in...
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Before They Played the Game of Thrones
HBO’s blockbuster series Game of Thones is often recognized for its fantastic ensemble cast, from famed stage actors to fresh-faced newcomers. By now, most people will recognize cast members Sean Bean...
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Doctor Sleep U.K. Cover Reveal
U.K. publisher Hodder & Stoughton have released the cover for the overseas edition of horror mega-star Stephen King’s highly anticipated sequel to The Shining—Doctor Sleep. Scroll across the above...
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Original Dark Shadows Writer Joseph Caldwell Played it Straight
If I were able to time travel 100 years into the future and find a descendant of mine writing about the never-ending popularity of vampires, I wouldn’t be surprised one bit. There’s nothing trendy...
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New Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer Reveals More Plot Points, Starfleet...
Okay, it looks like we're finally getting somewhere with all these “mysterious Cumberbatch is mysterious” teasers for Star Trek Into Darkness. The current international trailer reveals a bit more about...
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Reminder: Get Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings Ebook for $2.99 (or Win It...
Reminder: you can still purchase the ebook of The Way of Kings, the first volume in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series, for only $2.99! (U.S. and Canada, and many other nations.) Get it from...
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The Spren Theory of Disease: Unexpected Science in The Way of Kings
Spirits are essential to just about everything in Roshar, the world of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings. When it’s raining, rain spirits come out to splash in puddles. When the wind blows, ghostly,...
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Stephen King Reads An Excerpt From Doctor Sleep
Stephen King just made our morning much better—and much, much creepier—with this just-released video in which the master of horror himself reads a compelling excerpt from his upcoming novel Doctor...
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The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 17, “The Clouds Burst”
Welcome back to the chapter-by-chapter reread of The Hobbit. You can find past posts at the reread index, or you can catch up with our previous reread of The Lord of the Rings. As always, the...
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Neil Gaiman is Writing Guardians of the Galaxy and Wait, It Gets Weirder
Marvel Comics has just revealed that the current comics crossover series The Age of Ultron, about a maniacal robot built by an Avenger and bent on taking over the world, will feature an epilogue...
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The Sookie Stackhouse Reread: Book 5, Dead as a Doornail
Our reread of Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series continues, with fifth book Dead as a Doornail.“I knew my brother would turn into a panther before he did.”With that opening line, Harris gives...
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When Chocolate Goes Scary: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
As I noted during my post on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, my first viewing of the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory left me, how do we put this? Deeply traumatized for life. In...
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2013 International TableTop Game Day, Saturday March 30th
Wow, it has been over a year since my last installment of The Analog Gamer. Lots of changes in my personal life, a new career, a new location, and a new addition to the family on the way. Lots of...
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