Myke Cole at the Library of Congress on January 31st!

In our upcoming interview with Myke Cole, he mentioned that he will be giving a talk at the Pickford Theater at the Library Congress on Friday (Jan. 31st, 2014).  Since the episode won’t be up in time for people to hear about this event, we wanted to make sure to mention it on the blog. […]

A Darkling Sea has a tie-in blog!

Last week, Paul Weimer reviewed A Darkling Sea by James Cambias. It turns out the good folks at Tor have more to offer than just the book: We at Tor have done something a little extra for A Darkling Sea and created tie-in websites for readers to engage with. IlmatarMission.com is a prop website for the […]

Dashner Giveaway Winner!

And the winner is… Tristan! His favorite YA SF/F book, as it turns out, is The Maze Runner by James Dashner.  Go figure, right?  😛 Congrats to Tristan!  And thanks to everyone who entered the contest.

The Disquieting Guest — Some Notes on Gore

A couple of weeks ago, I took part in a brief Twitter conversation with Teresa Frohock and Fred Kiesche that touched on the virtues of the suggested versus the explicit in the creation of terror. If memory serves (and my apologies if it does not), Robert Wise’s The Haunting (the 1963 adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting […]

189. Our Favorite Things from 2013 (A Roundtable Discussion)

http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode189OurFavoriteThingsFrom2013/SandF%20–%20Episode%20189%20–%20Our%20Favorite%20Things%20from%202013.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBooks, movies, TV, and more, oh my!  In a fit of profound genius, most of the crew got together to discuss all the lovely stuff they […]

Book Review: Enchanted and Hero by Alethea Kontis

    Monday’s child is fair of face,     Tuesday’s child is full of grace,     Wednesday’s child is full of woe,     Thursday’s child has far to go,     Friday’s child is loving and giving,     Saturday’s child works hard for a living,     But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day     […]