“Curse You, Euclid!”
Cube Zero is definitely not the Greatest Movie Ever! Hear more here.
Honest and Dishonest Swearing
In 1969, Joanna Russ spoke to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Convention about taboo words, their honest and dishonest uses and the unearned thrill: “I want to be able to use dirty wordies without shocking anybody. I want to write about the subjects they refer to without shocking anybody. […]
Journey to the Centre of a Terrible Cover Idea
Good Show, Sir, offers you, the reader, only the worst and most ill-conceived science fiction and fantasy book covers. And if you have some terrible cover art in your collection, you can submit to their gallery.
The 5 Stages of Star Wars Fandom
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance and Star Wars. (Thanks, B-Sol!)
Sick to Death of Nerd Culture
Dave is “sick to death of nerd culture” and if there’s one thing he wants you to take away from what he has to say, it is, “You can be into a thing without having to be into being into a thing.” Nerds and fellow travelers respond in […]
George R. R. Martin in The New Yorker
The New Yorker writes about George R. R. Martin, his fans, his angry fans, his fantasy epic, A Song of Fire and Ice, the upcoming HBO series based on it, and his next book, A Dance of Dragons, six years in the writing: “I’m living the dream here. […]
The Cultural Gutter 