Clik here to view.
Steampunk Events for September 2013
Starting with the tail end of Dragon*Con’s Alternate History Track (featured last month), this fall’s steampunk events season continues with fashion shows and art galleries in London, a continent-wide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Fight Song for a Friend: “Unfettered”
“Unfettered,” the tune: it’s a fight song. It incorporates every story in the anthology of the same name. I wrote it to help a friend—to help anyone fighting cancer. And you can listen to it on Tor.com...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morning Roundup Might Solve a Mystery, Or Rewrite Hist’ry
It’s possible that some of us here like Ducktales a little too much. But not nearly as much as Mondo, the great aesthetes of poster arts, who are releasing their Ducktales series this week. And while...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Only Advice A Writer Needs
I am a sucker for advice. I like tips, I like tricks, I like cheats. I’m part of why Lifehacker is so popular, and why self-help books sell so well. I want people to tell me how to do things better,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These eBook Errors Must Please Lord George R.R. Martin
Sometimes the digital world just gives and gives to us fans. It turns out that due to an ebook formatting error, some versions of George R.R. Martin’s A Feast For Crows contain his name and the book’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Okay, Boba Fett Likes Some People: Hard Merchandise
When you’re Boba Fett (just pretend you are for a second, for fun), only two things matter: staying alive and getting paid lots of money for the work you do.And why must these things be so very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vicious (Excerpt)
Take a sneaky peek at Vicious by V. E. Schwab, out on September 24:Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Final Salute To Matthew Shear From His Friends In The Flatiron
Yesterday we lost a great publisher, but more importantly we lost a remarkable man.Matthew worked with us for 18 years and was always, in every way, a larger than life character. He had that big...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exploring the meaning of heroism: The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander’s wartime training in Wales during World War II failed to do the usual things expected of wartime training: turn him into a capable soldier or give him that much respect for military...
View ArticleClik here to view.
James Spader Cast as Ultron in Avengers 2
Marvel has wasted no time getting their big bad for Avengers: Age of Ultron lined up, which is good for all of us because we still have to wait until 2015 for the movie—anything they can do to make the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 42
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 42 of A...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Entire Wounded World: More Than This by Patrick Ness
A decade on from The Crash of Hennington, this April saw the publication of Patrick Ness’s first novel ostensibly for adults since his little-seen 2003 debut, and what a novel The Crane Wife was! At...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Chronicles of Amber Reread: The Courts of Chaos
Welcome to the fifth installment of the Chronicles of Amber reread, covering The Courts of Chaos, the final book in the first series and climax of all of the novels to date.[All of Amber is at stake,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A History of Ancient Egypt Sweepstakes!
We've already shown you a fascinating excerpt from A History of Ancient Egypt, the first volume in famed archaelogist John Romer's two book series on the origins of Egypt.Now we want to give you your...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Urban Fantasy
Twenty-six new tales of paranormal peril fill the shelves in September with several additions to popular series, including releases from Seanan McGuire (October Daye), J.D. Tyler (Alpha Pack); Eileen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gaming Roundup: Nintendo Announces the 2DS
Nintendo made a few waves this week by announcing the impending launch of the 2DS, a budget version of their current handheld, the 3DS. The 2DS is fully compatible with all 3DS and DS games, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morning Roundup: Maybe Hiking with Virgil was a Bad Idea...
LEGO artist Mihai Marius Mihu hasn’t read all of Dante’s Inferno yet, but he clearly captured the spirit of the place in these epic LEGO hellscapes. We want to say that again: EPIC LEGO HELLSCAPE. You...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 10 Funniest Lines in all of Star Wars (According to Me)
Discussing Jungian archetypes and the Joseph Campbell hero arc might be a fun way for a lot of people to talk about Star Wars. But these broad strokes aren’t all there is to why people love Star Wars...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bloody Valentine: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
It’s probably true that a lot of people are suffering from vampire fatigue, especially with the pretty, sparkling vampires of Twilight and the pretty, brooding vampires of The Vampire Diaries and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do Not Approach the Dog Park: Welcome to Night Vale
In the darkest spaces between nightmares and hallucinations is a place unlike any other. The town is populated by hollow-eyed messenger children and ominous hooded figures, haunted by non-existent...
View Article