Clik here to view.
Daniel H. Wilson’s Tor.com Short Story “The Nostalgist” Will Become a Movie!
Back in 2009, Daniel H. Wilson, acclaimed author of Robopocalypse wrote an original short story for Tor.com titled “The Nostalgist,” a tender tale about a world where we augment ourselves artificially...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Short Fiction Spotlight: Opening the Conversation
Welcome to the Short Fiction Spotlight, a new series of reviews and discussions. As the title implies, a few times a month in this space I (and my co-conspirator, the delightful Niall Alexander) will...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Short Fiction Spotlight: Reading the BSFA’s Best Short Shortlist, Part 1
Much as we like to tell ourselves otherwise, size absolutely matters.What? I’m a shorty; I get to say these things!But I mean the size of stories, of course. There are no two ways about it, I’m afraid:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Harry Potter Actor David Bradley to Play the First Doctor
The upcoming docudrama about the early days of production on Doctor Who— called An Adventure in Space and Time—has cast the man to play First Doctor actor William Hartnell. Known to Harry Potter fans...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “The Laughing Fish” &“Night of the Ninja”
“The Laughing Fish”Written by Paul DiniDirected by Bruce W. TimmEpisode #033Music Composed by Shirley WalkerAnimation by Dong Yang Animation Co., LTD.Original Airdate - January 10th, 1993Plot: The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Farscape Rewatch: “Die Me, Dichotomy"
Die Me, DichotomyWritten by David Kemper, directed by Rowan WoodsSeason 2, Episode 221st US Transmission Date: 26 January 20011st UK Transmission Date: 19 December 20001st Australian Transmission: 30...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Writing Across the Mediums
This is a story about a straight line that got interrupted. It’s a story that feels especially apt to tell around Christmas, you see, it’s this season which first started me writing fiction. I wrote...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for February
Fifteen new genre benders hit the shelves in February, including series additions from Mark Chadbourn, Rod Rees, and Nathan Bransford, and three interesting anthologies: John Joseph Adams edits a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales Sweepstakes!
We've got ten copies of Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa, and we want you to win one! This book focuses on the interconnections between 11 unnamed narrators and is sure to chill you to bone....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Steampunk Events for February 2013
Brrrrr—February weather isn’t encouraging to the social set, but there are some events cropping up that I’d brave these temperatures for (or wish I could hop a plane to!). Splice a sequence or roll a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fables Will Cross Over With The Unwritten And I Am Kind of Worried
Vertigo Comics revealed the cover to The Unwritten issue #50 today, revealing that the title will cross over with Bill Willingham’s Fables universe. (Or that, specifically, Tommy Taylor from The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Get The Trouble With Fate eBook for Only £4.99
U.K novel The Trouble With Fate by Leigh Evans will be available for £4.99 for the month of February. This is for U.K readers only! Buy it DRM-Free here.About the book:Hedi looks normal. Yet that’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Morning Roundup: Dinosaurs, Now With More Mutant Powers
Most paleontologists agree that the crest-bone of the Parasaurolophus was used to make awesome noises, but we now know these creatures were also capable of an optic blast! This art is by David Restro...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First Glimpse of the Final Maurice Sendak Book
We were all devastated last May when we lost the transcendently brilliant author/illustrator Maurice Sendak. But now, the world will get one last taste of his genius with the impending release of My...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Etiquette & Espionage (Excerpt)
Set in her popular Parasol Protectorate universe, take a look at this exclusive excerpt of Gail Carriger’s Etiquette & Espionage, the first book in a new YA series:It’s one thing to learn to curtsy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Great Stephen King Re-read: Thinner
If there’s one central fact of Stephen King’s existence it’s this: he likes to write. The man has a genuine enthusiasm for putting words on the page that other bestselling novelists just don’t seem to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Catch Marissa Meyer’s Scarlet Tour
This February, catch Marissa Meyer on tour for Scarlet, the second volume in Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles series, available on February 5th from Feiwel & Friends. The tour begins on the 7th,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Hobbit Reread: Chapter 11, “On the Doorstep”
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...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Production Art from Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings
Ralph Bakshi’s Lord of the Rings may have had its faults—I admit I’ve been afraid to see it since it’s realease—but to my eight year old self, the gritty hybrid of drawing and live was a dark and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Grammar Fight! Star Trek Into Darkness Title Sparks Tussle on Wikipedia
As brilliantly highlighted in a recent installment of the web comic XKCD; the title of the latest Star Trek film has precipitated a grammar smack down on a Wikipedia talkpage between whether the “into”...
View Article