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The Great Stephen King Re-read: Pet Sematary
Rarely is revenge so sweet. Stephen King’s Pet Sematary is notorious for being the book that King thought was too scary to be published, and that one idea became its entire marketing campaign when King...
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Weird Differences Between the First Star Wars Movie and Its Preceding...
Published in 1976—a full six months prior to the release of the film it was adapting—the novelization of Star Wars titled: Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker was billed as “a novel by...
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Steampunk Hits the Mainstream! (Again)
(a.k.a. The tempest in a teapot.)This past week, the steampunk community expressed both apoplectic shock and exuberant clamoring over a press release from IBM’s Social Sentiment Index predicting that...
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The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 10, “A Warm Welcome”
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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The Science of Future Past: Part 4
In today’s installment of Science of Future Past, we continue our exploration of the technology showcased in the forth part of Asimov’s Foundation: The Traders.As we discussed in the last episode, in...
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The Monkeys Strike Back: The Twits
Even by the standards of writer Roald Dahl, The Twits starts out on an unusually disgusting note, with a rant about beards followed by an overly detailed description of just what a certain Mr. Twit has...
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Without A Summer Sweepstakes!
Following Shades of Milk and Honey and Glamour in Glass, we have another exciting adventure for Jane and Vincent Ellworth! We are lucky enough to have have 10 ARC copies of Mary Robinette Kowal’s...
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Reopening The X-Files: “X-Cops”
Season 7, Episode 12: “X-Cops”Original Airdate: February 20, 2000Nothing like the threat of a Cops crossover to put a scare in the honest X-Files fan, am I right? The drunk great-uncle of reality...
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Stepping Stone and The Love Machine (Excerpt)
Two excerpts for the price of one! Take a look at Walter Mosley's Stepping Stone and The Love Machine, out in one volume on April 2:New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley delivers two...
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Gaming Roundup: Console Wars 2013 - Playstation 4 Edition
While the image above hearkens to a simpler time in console competition, the modern day battle is no less heated between contemporary industry giants Sony and Microsoft. What will the next generation...
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J.J. Abrams Tapped to Direct Star Wars Episode VII
Did you hear that? The internet just got REALLY excited about Deadline seemingly confirming that J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars Episode VII. They cite anonymous Hollywood inside sources, not Disney,...
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Morning Roundup: Kirk, Spock & Bones Banished to the Phantom Zone!
Jor-El might have screwed up on this one, as it looks like the Holy Trinity of Star Trek has been imprisoned in the Kryptonian Phantom Zone! One day, Jor-El and his heirs will have to kneel before...
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Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 11, “The Persistence of Memory”
The eleventh episode of Cosmos, “The Persistence of Memory,” moves from outer space to the interior of the mind, examining the mechanics of knowledge and intelligence. Sagan opens by discussing units...
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“It Be Opening New Worlds, Mon”: John Dies at the End
Imagine that you stumble across an insane story about two college dropouts who kill interdimensional demons under the influence of the only drug that can truly satisfy the definition of...
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Upside Down Trailer Sells The Most Impossible Sci-Fi Love Story
Remember the days when the only thing separating two star-crossed lovers was their dueling families or bounty hunters and a block of carbonite? It seems as if in the past few years, high-concept sci-fi...
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Spartacus Returns For its Final Season
The War of the Damned begins tonight as Spartacus fights his last battle on Starz’s blood-soaked hit series.To non-viewers, Spartacus comes across as a violent, pornographic 300 knock-off with...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Book Two, Chapter...
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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Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen Heading to Broadway in Waiting For Godot
So apparently our dreams have begun manifesting in the real world because it has just been announced that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen will be performing Waiting For Godot on Broadway in fall 2013!...
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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 15
Welcome 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 15 of A Storm of...
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John Dies At The End Sweepstakes!
We've got a super fun sweepstakes for John Dies At The End by David Wong! Now that this novel has become a motion picture, we've got our hands on five posters for the film and five books to go along...
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