Top 10 Blog Posts for February 2014
And here they are: 10. Why I Haven’t Babbled About the Hugo Awards…Yet 9. Book Review: Tarnished by Rhiannon Held 8. Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Anime Movies 7. Censorship is what people say when they don’t want to address the actual issue…for reasons 6. How to Destroy the SFWA…err, no, I’m not going to talk about that after all 5. Moderating the Community and the Cost of Respect 4. Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies Since 2010 (Thus Far) 3. Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches 2. On the SFWA Bulletin Petition Thing Nonsense 1. Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) I am genuinely surprised that my review of Riddick remains one of my most popular posts this year. Interesting… For anyone curious, I’m currently using Google Analytics for the numbers. I don’t think they’re entirely accurate, but the stats in Blogger are currently flooded with hits from the spam accounts that targeted me last month. Some posts were artificially amplified by that; GA mostly removes spam hits, but it also removes repeat visits and anything else it assumes isn’t an “original visit,” which seems fairly wide in scope. So it’s a little difficult for me to figure out what is super popular right now… Oh well!
Top 10 Blog Posts for January 2014
And here they are: The Vigilante in American Mythology (Brief Thoughts) #monthofjoy Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) Guest Post: The Polarization of Genre Fiction by David Chandler Movie Review Rant : Catching Fire (2013) Silly Reader Questions: Super Powers, Magic, Bathrooms, and Poetry Top 10 Most Ridiculous Moments in Science Fiction and Fantasy Film in the 90s Self-Published Books vs. Literary Awards: In Response to Linda Nagata Star Trek: a Worf TV Show? (Some Thoughts) Gender Essentialism, Genre, and Me The Diversity Pledge: Crunching My Numbers for 2013 Interesting…
Top 10 Blog Posts for December 2013
Happy New Year! Here’s the list: 10. Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers 9. The Diversity Pledge: Crunching My Numbers for 2013 8. Draft Post Bingo: What should I finish? You Decide! 7. Draft Post Bingo Winners: What I’ll Be Finishing Next 6. Crowdfunding Links of the Week: Kaleidoscope (a Diverse YA Antho) & War Stories (a MilSF Antho) 5. Star Trek: a Worf TV Show? (Some Thoughts) 4. Diversity is Not a Selfie (or, Amazing Stories + Felicity Savage = Here We Go Again) 3. Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Anime Movies 2. Movie Review: Riddick (2013)(or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) 1. The Vigilante in American Mythology (Brief Thoughts) #monthofjoy Wee!
Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Anime Movies
I’ve been sitting on this list for months because I didn’t think I’d seen enough anime movies to warrant the creation of a list. Turns out I was wrong. When I did a bit of searching, I discovered I’d seen quite a lot of anime films, many of them viewed at 1 AM on some random satellite station my grandma had a decade ago. I still don’t know which station played anime at 1 AM, nor do I remember all of the films I saw (Black Magic M-66, which does not appear on the list below because it’s not that great, is one for which I am particularly nostalgic). So here I am with a list of 10. Don’t hesitate to tell me what you think in the comments (or share your own lists). Here goes (in no particular order): Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (Yutaka Fujioka) Flying beds, nightmare kings, magic scepters, flying squirrels, and dreams! The Place Promised in Our Lonely Days (Makoto Shinkai) Alternate realities, Cold War analogues, rebellion, and homemade jets! And I’m presenting a paper on it at the 2014 International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando! *dances* Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki) Talking flames, animalistic transformations, mystical castles, and Miyazaki’s classic genius. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki) Mythology, modernity vs. the old world, giant spirit animals, and muskets! The Cat Returns (Hayao Miyazaki) Talking cats in tophats, kitty kingdoms, and magic transformations! Oh, and the English-dubbed edition, which is surprisingly good, features Cary Elwes, Anne Hathaway, Kristen Bell, Rene Auberjonois (from DS9!), Peter Boyle, Elliot Gould, and many more. That’s one hell of a cast, no? Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo) Do I really need to explain this one? It’s a beautiful, mess-with-your-head kind of film. And it’s a classic. At this point, you should have seen it already… Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii) What happens if a human mind merges with an artificial one? And are cyborgs still human? A cyberpunk classic. Ghost in the Shell 2 (Mamoru Oshii) Can you really trust cyborgs when their ability to exert free will is always in question? Nothing like a little cyberpunk to tackle the tough questions! Macross Plus (Shoji Kawamori & Shinichiro Watanabe) Jet battles, artificial intelligence, mass hypnosis, and Robotech! Yeah! Patlabor (Mamoru Oshii) Mecha in everyday society + hackers + mecha police = greatness. —————————————————– P.S.: I really wanted to include the OVAs for Samurai X in this list, but they are technically episodic in format, rather than proper films like the ones listed above. That means I’m going to have to write a whole new list about my favorite SF/F anime series!
Top 10 Posts for October 2013
Here you go: 10. Crowfunding Links of the Week: Kaleidoscope (a Diverse YA Antho) & War Stories (a MilSF Antho) 9. Draft Post Bingo: What should I finish? You Decide! 8. Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies Since 2010 (Thus Far) 7. Ideological Rigidity (With a Side of Genre)(Adventures in Teaching) 6. Top 10 Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy 5. Top 10 Blog Posts for September 2013 (ha!) 4. Pixar Feature Films (from the worst to the best) — A List That Will Get Me Killed 3. Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches 2. Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) 1. Link of the Week: Judith Butler Explained with Cats!
Top 10 Blog Posts for September 2013
And here they are: 10. Why I Stopped Paying Attention to Feedburner Subscriber Numbers 9. That Readers vs. Writers Thing on Strange Horizons (or, Some Disconnected Nonsense From Me) 8. Link of the Week: “Conventions and Authors” by Tobias S. Buckell 7. Literary Fiction Does Not Exist (or, Please Shut Up About Literary Fiction) 6. Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches 5. Link of the Week: Aliette de Bodard on #DiversityinSFF and Writing About Other Cultures 4. Link of the Week: Judith Butler Explain with Cats! 3. Academic Spotlight: Afrofuturism — The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack 2. Oh, John Ringo and Your Silly Fantasies About People (or, I Now Like Redshirts) 1. Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) Enjoy!