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The Folding Knife Reread: Chapter Nine (Part One)
We’ve had a few quieter chapters—plus a brief intermission for a short story—and a lot of sappy gooey lovey-dovey stuff. But this is fantasy, dammit, enough with the marriage arrangements and give us...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Toll the Hounds, Chapter Eight (Part 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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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 28
Welcome back to A Read of Ice and Fire! Please join me as I read and react, for the very first time, to George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.Today’s entry is Part 28 of A...
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Growth of the Villain Protagonist in The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
Banking and ancient races, these are two of the main forces driving the narrative of the characters of and world events in Daniel Abraham’s The Tyrant’s Law. The novel is the third book of his series...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Captive Pursuit”
“Captive Pursuit”Written by Jill Sherman Donner and Michael PillerDirected by Corey AllenSeason 1, Episode 5Production episode 40511-406Original air date: January 31, 1993Stardate: 46477.5Station log:...
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The Garden of Stones (Excerpt)
Take a look at Mark T. Barnes' The Garden of Stones, out on May 21 from 47 North:An uneasy peace has existed since the fall of the Awakened Empire centuries ago. Now the hybrid Avan share the land with...
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The Great Gatsby is an Alternate Timeline Where Jack Survived Titanic
“...trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago.”—Jay GatsbyI’m sorry, but I think we have to discuss the elephant in the room here. While Baz Luhrmann’s movie adaptation of F....
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Sings David Bowie’s Space Oddity in Space
Astronaut Chris Hadfield has been living onboard the International Space Station for five months now, and has been charming the world from 230 miles above. Hear him sing David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”...
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Morning Roundup: Professor X is Taking the 70’s Real Hard
We’ve known for awhile that the sequel to X-Men: First Class would probably take place in the 1970’s, but now we’re sure at least part of it does. A recently released set picture from X-Men: Days of...
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Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Coursera
By now everyone has read or heard about the new buzz hitting higher education. MOCC’s. Massive Open Online Courses. All the cool kids are doing it. My friend Phil took a class on Artificial...
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Game of Thrones Season 3, Ep. 7: “The Bear and the Maiden Fair”
Each season of Game of Thrones has one episode written by AsoIaF author George R.R. Martin, and while we didn’t get the pyrotechnics of “Blackwater” or the surprise appearance of White Walkers as we...
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Picked Up By ABC, Has Shiny New Teaser
Over the weekend Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was reported as being picked up for a series by ABC and the network wasted no time in releasing a teaser, which aired during this Sunday's episode of...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Part...
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.”—Roland Deschain, of GileadWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, tackle the magnum opus of Stephen King’s...
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Dracula Could Make Dashing Vampires Cool Again
The first images for NBC’s sexy TV reboot of Dracula have emerged, along with a new synopsis and I think (against conventional wisdom) that it might not (pun intended) suck. Here’s why.[Read more]Read...
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Cyberman on the Run: Doctor Who “Nightmare in Silver”
The Doctor had a full house for this episode: the Cybermen came back, and Warwick Davis was one of the special guest stars, so... did “Nightmare in Silver” do as promised? Did Neil Gaiman make the...
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The One-Eyed Man (Excerpt)
Check out L. E. Modesitt, Jr.’s new novel, The One-Eyed Man, out on September 17:The colony world of Stittara is no ordinary planet. For the interstellar Unity of the Ceylesian Arm, Stittara is the...
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Two Stories From a Single Vision: L.E. Modesitt on The One-Eyed Man
The One-Eyed Man is a novel that was one I never intended to write. Some two years ago, my editor, the esteemed David Hartwell, approached me and several other authors and asked us to write a short...
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New Trailer for Ghost in the Shell: Arise
Back in February, we reported on the first glimpse of the prequel movie Ghost in the Shell: Arise, will finally detail the story of how Motoko Kusanagi became a cyborg. Now, ahead of its Japan-only...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Madness, Vengeance, Growing Pains
“Tough Love,” written by Rebecca Rand KirshnerWith Joyce gone and the weight of the Dawn on her shoulders, Buffy has conceded to the inevitable: she has to drop out of university. “Tough Love” opens...
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Music to Die For: Ghoulish Song, by William Alexander
Settings are sometimes the best and most memorable characters of a story, and of returning to YA literature in particular; revisiting Narnia is like seeing an old friend, and I won’t pretend not to...
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