Two Reviews

Malvasia Bianca on Legend of Korra (“But what’s interesting to me is the way that I experience removal of bending differently from death”) and Val’s Random Comments on Blue Mars (“It is  special to me, partly because it is the first novel by Robinson I’ve read. The book […]

Summer Fun Time Reading ’12

Summer’s come early this year, with the hum of air conditioners and fans in the air and the grass peacefully brown beneath my feet, the fireflies rising into the trees and all around the internet, Summer Top Ten lists are in bloom, from the Top Ten YA Summer […]

Vice Interviews ICP

“Ah shit, man, being a Juggalo is a hard thing. But at the same time, it’s the closest love you’re ever gonna have.”  More from Jason Webber’s interview with Insane Clown Posse’s Shaggy 2 Dope here. (via Matt Staggs)

“The Shy, Elusive Rape Particle”

“One of the unlovely things that has been happening in Anglophone SF/F … is the resurrection of unapologetic – nay, triumphant – misogyny beyond the already low bar in the genre. The churners of both grittygrotty ‘epic’ fantasy and post/cyberpunk dystopias are trying to pass rape-rife pornkitsch as […]