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Teaser Tuesday 17

Scatty wrote 5 hours ago: Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along … more →

Tags: Book memes, Book blog meme, Quote, redshirts, teaser tuesday

Book Review: Redshirts, by John Scalzi

CB wrote 20 hours ago: Redshirts by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars If there’s one thing I appreciate in a writer … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Sci-Fi, Book Review, Star Trek, redshirts, T-V

Authors, Please, Take Your Time17 comments

nrlymrtl wrote 2 days ago: Smudge does not snuggle books, even really good ones. No, really. I mean it. I read a lot, and my ey … more →

Tags: being social, A Song of Ice and Fire, authors take your time, Brandon Sanderson, george r r martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Red Seas Under Red Skies, Robert Jordan, Scott Lynch

Weekend Shorts: Human Division Extras and The New Yorker Fiction Podcast

Alison wrote 3 days ago: From The Human Division: “After the Coup” and “Hafte Sorvalh Eats a Churro and Spe … more →

Tags: 2000s, Fiction, Reviews, Audio, speculative fiction, 2010s, Short Stories, 1960s, 1990s

I Really Don't Give a Shit About Vox Day

Cam(eron) McLeod wrote 4 days ago: So June 13th the Science Fiction and Fantasy community went collectively bat-shit crazy across the i … more →

Tags: Rants, Science Fiction, Feminism, Science Fiction 2, SFWA, vox day

Book Review: Redshirts

Isis wrote 4 days ago: Title: Redshirts Author: John Scalzi Pages: 318 Genre: Humor, Science Fiction Summary: “Ensign … more →

Tags: redshirts, Humor, john scalzi, redshirts, Science Fiction

Personal, Professional, Official? Standards of Professionalism in SFWA6 comments

Chris Gerwel wrote 5 days ago: A little over a week ago, I wrote a post responding to the dialogue written by Mike Resnick and Barr … more →

Tags: Genre Observations, Barry Malzberg, Controversy, Feminism, Jean Rabe, jim c. hines, Kameron Hurley, Mike Resnick, sexism

Bookses4 comments

Caine wrote 5 days ago: Wandered into the bookstore yesterday while in town, came home with The Black Count by Tom Reiss, Kr … more →

Tags: Tangents, Books, tom reiss, China Mieville, N. K. Jemisin, jim c. hines, Rick Riordan

Scalzi: You Die, Too

the Ink Slinger wrote 6 days ago: “What is it like when you lose someone you love?” Jane asked. “You die, too, … more →

Tags: Life, Fiction, Old Man's War

Scalzi: She'd Think That Was Enough

the Ink Slinger wrote 6 days ago: “Katherine’s marker has her name (Katherine Rebecca Perry), her dates, and the words: Be … more →

Tags: Life, Fiction, Old Man's War

Next Video Topic Revealed!!!

nathanreview wrote 6 days ago: Old Man’s War, written by John Scalzi, is a military sci-fi novel. John Perry, a 75 year old m … more →

Tags: Old Man's War, old, Mans, War, John, scalzi, Perry, Colonial Defense Force, CDF

W...W...W...Wednesdays 182 comments

Scatty wrote 6 days ago: W…W…W…Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should be Reading. To play along, just answer th … more →

Tags: Book memes, george r r martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, Book blog meme, WWWWednesdays, the ghosts of nagasaki, Daniel Clausen, A Storm of Swords, The Legend of Finndragon's Curse

A Flash Update

Peter Germany wrote 1 week ago: Good morning, I say good hoping it will kick start my day nicely seeing as I had about two and a hal … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Sci-Fi, writing, zombies, Project Apollo, redshirts, Resident Evil The Umbrella Conspiracy

Book Review: John Scalzi's "Redshirts"

Ani J. Sharmin wrote 1 week ago: “There’s something seriously wrong with this ship.” (Andrew Dahl in John Scalzi’s Redshirts)[1] “In … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, fandom, Science fiction and fantasy, Star Trek, redshirts

On the NSA's Data-Mining of Phones and Online Activity

Nathaniel wrote 1 week ago: I don’t have a lot to say about this, partially because I think you can just read this already … more →

Tags: General Destruction, NSA, Privacy

access, surveillance & edward snowden

jjackunrau wrote 1 week ago: As it stands right now, there are three biggish stories going on in the information policy world rig … more →

Tags: International Issues, National Issues, technology, Bell, culc, David Simon, Edward Snowden, Guardian, Hong Kong

Old Man's War

magicreader wrote 1 week ago: Finished reading it today, I loved reading it today due to getting into reader mode when are really … more →

Tags: Science Fiction 2

Daily Prompt: Do Not Disturb -- Through A Prism15 comments

Teepee12 wrote 1 week ago: Author John Scalzi in his blog Whatever posted what I think is a sane, intelligent answer to the upr … more →

Tags: blackstone valley, Blogging, Commentary, Computers, Crime, daily prompt, Events 2, media, News

Wait! That's My Idea!2 comments

Ben Trube wrote 1 week ago: There’s been a patent for podcasts since 1996, before the iPod, before the MP3 player or befor … more →

Tags: Trube On Tech, Patents, Podcasts, technology, writing


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