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Doesn’t Come with a How-To Manual: Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney
The flap copy of Blood Oranges, the first novel by Caitlin R. Kiernan writing as Kathleen Tierney, reads like the copy for a fistful of other contemporary paranormal novels—if they had been put through...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Attached”
“Attached”Written by Nicholas SaganDirected by Jonathan FrakesSeason 7, Episode 8Production episode 40276-260Original air date: November 8, 1993Stardate: 47304.2Captain’s Log: The Enterprise is...
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First Game of Thrones Season 3 Pics Released, Are Thoroughly Awesome
HBO has released over 20 new photos from the upcoming third season of Game of Thrones, featuring awesome snapshots of nearly every character in the series. Stalwart Brienne, slap-ready Cersei, Meera...
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Tragic, Yet True: The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
As a reader, and a reviewer, I like to think that I practice reasonably equal opportunities.I suppose there are some sub-genres I struggle with, and a select few I have a particular passion for, but by...
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Will All Six James Bond Actors Crash the Oscars?
While it’s been confirmed Adele will sing “Skyfall” at the Oscars on February 24th, a new top secret rumor has emerged: the six canonical Bond actors will all appear on stage together! If it’s true, it...
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Morning Roundup: Kirk and Spock Kidnap Vader, Demand Ransom
In response to the news that J.J. Abrams is cheating on them, James Kirk and Spock of Vulcan promptly kidnapped has-been warlord Darth Vader and threw him in the brig of the Starship Enterprise. Kirk...
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Back to the Source: Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
With last year’s Shadow Ops: Control Point, Myke Cole burst onto the scene with a bang, launching a cool, action-packed new series that combines elements of military fantasy and superhero fiction in a...
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The Book That Retroactively Turned a Video Game Into an Epic Fantasy Series:...
The emergence of the Hyrule Historia, out on January 29th from Dark Horse Comics, was meant as a pleasant retrospective for The Legend of Zelda video game series, but ended up making a little history...
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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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New Trilogy from Charles Stross Coming Soon!
We’ve just received word from Tor Books editor David Hartwell that beloved author Charles Stross has just committed to a new trilogy of novels set in the Merchant Princes universe. Tor published the...
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Without a Summer (Excerpt)
Have another adventure with Jane and Vincent Ellsworth in Mary Robinette Kowal’s Without a Summer, out on April 2:Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: There’s Something About Riley
Shiny focused Buffy is standing on a tomb, listening to the worms turn in one of the many Sunnydale graveyards as part of her all-new, all-slay commitment to excellence. It appears to be working out:...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 12, Changes Pt. 1
The twelfth book in The Dresden Files, Changes, is full of, well, changes. Major, massive, sweeping changes. Butcher makes some bold decisions in this book, leading Harry to a significant decision that...
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If Kanye West Lived in Middle-earth: “Touch the Sky/Concerning Hobbits” Mashup
We recently came across this impressive mashup of Howard Shore’s “Concerning Hobbits/Shire Theme” with Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky,” and literally cannot get it out of our heads. Have a listen and...
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Walter Mosley Super Sweepstakes!
Now that you've read the excerpt, we've got an awesome sweepstakes for you! Not only can you win a copy of Walter Mosley's Stepping Stone and The Love Machine in one volume, but we've got ARC of his...
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“If You’re Gonna Kill a Witch, You Set Her Ass on Fire.” Hansel and Gretel:...
It’s at the point where the townsperson in Ye Olde Village is hocking milk sold in bottles with drawings of missing children tied onto them that you realize just what you signed up for in sitting down...
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Fiction Affliction: February Releases in Fantasy
Fifteen new fantasies try to make us forget winter on Earth, although there’s much dissension and disease plaguing the imaginary realms. Marie Brennan takes on dragons, and new series additions come...
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Finally, Downton Abbey for Super Nintendo!
If fluffing pillows and aristocratic gossip doesn’t sound like good material for a video game, we frankly don’t understand you. Screenshots from this super awesome (and super fictional) SNES Downton...
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Last Saturday, Over 2800 Spaceships Clashed in a Battle Costing Thousands of...
Despite my father’s love of science fiction, that headline is probably not something he ever imagined one of his children saying.This past Saturday, one misplaced mouse click in MMORPG EVE Online sent...
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Morning Roundup: The Doctor(s) Teach Sherlock About the Solar System
We saw this fan art over on thedoctorandgallifrey.tumblr and thought it was adorable. The 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors finally explaining to Sherlock the one thing he doesn’t understand: THE SOLAR...
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