Lego Star Wars trilogy in 2:13
The latest video making the rounds: "The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told," covering the entire original...
Archive for Speculative Fiction
Some reasons to submit to Asimov’s
A couple of times in recent months, I've seen sf writers say that they don't submit to Asimov's. If you're...
Caprica thoughts
Kam and I have been watching and enjoying Caprica. We watched the pilot months ago, back when it came out...
Review: Inkheart (movie)
As many of y'all may recall, a year ago I committed the sacrilege of disliking Inkheart (the book). One of...
Who does whitewashing hurt?
Ellen Oh, a Korean-American writer, is one of many people who've blogged about the shameful whitewashing of the cast of...
R.I.P., William Tenn/Phil Klass
I've been reading William Tenn's stories since I was a kid; his stories were scattered through a bunch of the...
Want to read the fifth Marla Mason book?
T.A. Pratt's Marla Mason series of urban fantasy novels was cancelled last year after four books. Not long ago, the...
R.I.P., Kage Baker
Green Man Review reports that Kage Baker died this morning, of cancer.
Very sad news about Kage Baker
A couple of weeks ago, author Kage Baker's sister Kathleen Bartholomew sent out a public note revealing that Baker had metastatic cancer. Unfortunately, things have gotten even worse.
Yet another whitewashed book cover
Ari at Reading in Color blogs about the latest YA fantasy novel with a whitewashed cover. Yep, it's yet another...
NKJ on positive aspects of RaceFail
Thoughtful and interesting post from N. K. Jemisin on why RaceFail was good for science fiction/fantasy. Excerpt: The angry questions that...
Description of a PDA
I came across the following description of a PDA in a book a while back; I sent it out in...