Shakespeare Roleplaying (or, the Ridiculous Things Adam Callaway and I Do on Google+)
This is what happens when Adam Callaway and I are bored and talking to one another on Google+. We turn into Shakespearean wannabes! Enjoy: Me: I am made of air. Adam: More like water. Me: Nay, careful knave, for I am beseeched by sun bursts in this blessed hour of whitefall. Have at thee! […]
The Fan: Discussing a Definition (in Dialogue w/ Jonathan McCalmont & Justin Landon)
I’ve been inspired, you might say, to talk about something I’ve had the itch to talk about since I started reading the Hugo Awards voting packet. I blame Justin Landon and Jonathan McCalmont for daring to talk about stuff, especially since they have a skill for ruffling feathers (with love, of course). Over at Staffer’s […]
Month of Joy: “Mike’s Favorite Comics” by Mike Underwood @mikerunderwood
I have many favorite comics, like I have many favorite novels, and so on. But the great thing about loving lots of stuff is that it’s much harder to run out of things to talk about. So here are a few of my favorite comics/runs from across my reading history, and a little about my […]
Month of Joy: “Borderlands, the Game” by Paul Weimer (A Sorta Review)
Sometimes, blowing off steam is exactly what you need after a hard day in the mundane job. Sometimes you want to wander in an alien landscape, with not much more of an agenda than to kill mutant creatures, cannibals and other assorted beasties. Sometimes, you want enter the world of Borderlands. Borderlands was an action […]
Top 10 Posts for July 2013
Finally! A month without seas of old stuff. Awesome job, folks! Here’s the list: 10. The Politicization of the SFWA? (A Mini-response to Michael Z. Williamson) 9. Month of Joy: “The Joy of City Stomping” by David Annandale 8. Movie Review: The Wolverine (2013) 7. Link of the Week: Speculative Friction (the website is still […]
Month of Joy: “Growing Up w/ Genre and Singaporean SF/F” by Joyce Chng — @jolantru
I grew up with genre. No, seriously, I did. It all began with a book of children’s stories complete with shape-shifting and transformation. The girl turned into a fluffy plush-tailed cat… and I was hooked. And it just kept on coming: Star Blazers (Battleship Yamato), Battle of the Planets (or G-Force), Robotech (Macross – Southern […]