August 2009
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Remembering "Reading Rainbow"
Recently, I started following LeVar Burton on twitter (@levarburton) and today he posted a link about “Reading Rainbow” ending it’s run on PBS. He also asked his followers what their favorite episodes were.
TSS: Fall 2009 TV, What will you be watching?
For today’s Sunday Salon I thought I’d ask what everyone is going to be watching on TV this fall. I’ve also included my viewing choices – all times are USA Eastern. For those of you in other contras I’d love to know more about what shows you’ve got that might not. Also if anyone in [...]
Saturday Scifi/Science Fiction Snark
Jason Standford deiced to ask “Is the term SciFi still derogatory?”
And after he got told (via Twitter), K. Tempest Bradford responded with – Sci-Fi Hate which includes the following:
Also, I have noticed that the majority of people who raise hell about Sci-Fi vs. SF tend to be folks who are older or have been in [...]
"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
“The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 9780060530921
Number of Pages: 320
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the [...]
Back on Twitter (@multiversefan)
Okay so I impulsively deleted my old twitter account because I didn’t think I was paying enough attention to it to keep it. But when I didn’t have an account I realized how much I missed reading the twitters when I WAS reading them. So I decided to try again with twitter. I can’t get [...]
The R.I.P Challenge
I’ve joined Carl of Stainless Steel Droppings’ Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) Challenge. It’s actually the fourth time he has done the challenge, but my first time participating. It runs from September 1st to October 31st and the goal is to read a set number of books in any of the following sub-genres: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, [...]
"Inside the Blogosphere" at Grasping for the Wind
In the most recent edition of “Inside the Blogosphere” John, of Grasping for the Wind, asks: “If you could live in an SF/Fantasy/Horror world, in which one would you live? Why?” My answer was:
I would probably pick Diane Duane’s Young Wizards universe. The magic is earth based and is set up with math formulas with [...]
Link to Gatefail 2009 Summary
Cate has just posted a Summary of Gatefail 2009, at Hard Core Nerdity, which explains the Stargate Universe controversy.
“In its final iteration, Gatefail is not about a single episode of a particular sci-fi show, but rather about the genre’s continued resistance to anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, and anti-ableist critiques. It reflects the refusal of writers and [...]
"Hero" by Perry Moore
“Hero” by Perry Moore
Publication Date: May 2009
ISBN: 9781423101963
Number of Pages: 432
The last thing in the world Thom would ever want is to disappoint his father. So Thom keeps two secrets from him: First is that he’s gay. The second is that he has the power to heal people. Initially, Thom had trouble controlling his powers. [...]
TSS: Multi-Genre Fan, Six Months Later
It’s been six months since I started this blog and I thought I’d review what I’ve done so far. I started out wanting to read 50 books in one year and then I took the Diversity Rocks Challenge to read more books by people of color.
So far this year (starting in February) I have read [...]
