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Monday, June 21, 2010

Here!

Geek Speak Magazine, Issue 4!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Amazon.com and DVD sellers.

Avatar The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 (Collector's Edition) on DVD.

Death Race 2000 (Roger Corman's Cult Classics) on DVD and Blu-ray, for some reason.

BSG and Dollhouse’s Tahmoh Penikett, V’s Laura Vandervoort and Highlander’s Peter Wingfield star in Riverworld, based on Philip José Farmer’s novels, on DVD and Blu-ray.

Fireball, starring Lexa Doig. You need a better reason to watch it?

The not-at-all-terrible Wolf Moon, on DVD.

Gothic Horror Collection Volume I, including Nosferatu, Vampyr & Le Vampire.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Star Wars Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia by Jason Fry. Enough said.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Mission of Honor, a new Honor Harrington novel by the incomparable David Weber. Joy and exhultation!

The Palace of Impossible Dreams by the newest Queen of Fantasy, Jennifer Fallon.

Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion by Alan Goldsher, in which The Beatles are zombies (except Ringo, who’s a ninja).

Unholy Magic, Downside Ghosts, Book 2 -- the second installment in the life of ghost story debunker Chess Putnam -- by Stacia Kane

The War That Came Early: Hitler's War, more Alternate History shenanigans from Harry Turtledove

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Columbus, Ohio

Origins, till June 27.

Portland, Maine

Port Con Maine, till June 27.

Carefree, Arizona

Science Fiction Research Association Conference (SFRA), till June 27

Friday, June 25, 2010

Houston, Texas

Apollo Con, till June 27.

Rockville, Maryland

Northeast Filk Convention – ConCertino, till June 27.

Rockville,  Maryland

Conterpoint, till June 27.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Chesapeake, Virginia

FantaSci.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Kelly Link’s awesome YA anthology, Pretty Monsters, out in paperback.

The cleverly titled The Ghost and Miss Demure, a paranormal romance (with, no doubt, some mystery and humor thrown in) by Melanie Jackson.

The Hugo Award Showcase: 2010 Volume, comprising the stories under consideration for that prestigious honor, compiled by Elizabeth Bear, John Kessel, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Nancy Kress.

The King’s Bastard, first in a new fantasy trilogy, Kind Rolen’s King, by Rowena Cory Daniells.

Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews by Bradbury’s biographer, Sam Weller.

The Orbiter, hard SF from first time author Patrick Cristobel.

Red Hot Fury, a Red Hot Fury supernatural detective novel by Kasey Mackenzie.

The Whisper, by romance novelist turned spooky romance novelist Carla Neggers.

Wolf's Bluff, the third in the quite unique werewolf series by W. D. Gagliani.

Go, Mutants!, a sci-fi parody by Larry Doyle.

I’ll Be Slaying You, erotic vampire romance with an edge, by Cynthia Eden.

Single White Vampire, an Argeneau Vampires novel by Lynsay Sands.

A Drop of Red, Vampire Babylon Book 4 by Chris Marie Gren.

Amazon.com and comic sellers

Peter David and David Lopez’s Fallen Angel Omnibus 0, collecting issues 1-20, in trade paperback.

Thor, Vol. 3: Defining Moments by J. Michael Straczynski, Marko Djurdjevic, and Olivier Coipel.

Amazon.com and DVD sellers

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, on DVD and Blu-ray, unfortunately.

Eureka, Season 3.5, in the lead up to Season 4 on Syfy this Summer.

Warehouse 13, Season 1, also in the lead up to a new season on Syfy this Summer.

The truly appalling Hot Tub Time Machine on DVD and Blu-ray.

The creepy The Crazies starring the always-hot Timothy Olyphant and Pitch Black’s Radha Mitchell, on DVD and Blu-ray.

The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo: The Complete Series on DVD. Awesome.

Ben 10: Alien Force Vol. 7.

HALO Series Red Vs. Blue:The Blood Gulch Chronicles:The First Five Seasons on DVD.

Japanese insanity with Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf on DVD.

Paranormal Cops: The Complete Season One on DVD.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Amberjack: Tales of Fear and Wonder, an anthology of speculative fiction by the inimitable Terry Dowling .

The Ammonite Violin and Others, an anthology of contemporary dark fantasy by the salacious Caitlin R. Kiernan.

Hard Luck Diggings, another anthology, this one of classic sci-fi stories by the ever-cool Jack Vance.

In US Theaters

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. (!)

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Mercedes Lackey returns to Altaria, where fairy tales come true, with The Sleeping Beauty.

Double Dating with the Dead, paranormal chick lit by Karen Kelley.

Padadena, California

Confirmation (Westercon 63), till July 4.

Bloomington, Minnesota

CONvergence till July 4.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Empire of Light, follow up to sci-fi novels Stealing Light and Nova War by Gary Gibson.

In US Theaters

M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. (!)

Indianapolis, Indiana

InConJunction, till July 4.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Oakville, Ontario

ConBravo , till July 4.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Disciple of a Dark God by Edmund Glasby. Oooh, great title!

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Ghostly romance with Another Time Around by Catherine Wade.

Paranormal Viking romance with All Fired Up by Kristen Painter.

Warrior chick Fantasy romance with Blade's Edge by Val Roberts.

Vampire mystery with Blood Law, a debut novel by Jeannie Holmes.

Blood Rites, the sixth novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, re-released in hardcover for some unfathomable reason.

Christina Dodd’s shapeshiftery romance series The Chosen Ones continues with Chains of Ice.   

Psychic investigators tackle Cold Cases in the first of Leslie Parrish’s Extra Sensory Agents series, Cold Sight.

Farscape Uncharted Tales: D'Argos Quest by Rockne S. O'Bannon and Keith R.A. Decandido. ‘Cause there can never be too much Farscape, or too much D’Argo.

Dark allegory in The Fuller Memorandum, Charles Stross’s latest Laundry Files Novel.

An anthology celebrating Frederick Pohl, Gateways, and featuring all new stories from Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, Larry Niven, Vernor Vinge, Gene Wolfe, and others…

Gone with the Monster, Monsters in Hollywood Book 3, erotic romance by Lila DuBois.

Jump Gate Twist, the third in the Jon & Lobo Series by Mark L. Van Name.

A Knight of Passion by Ingela Hyatt. Not hard to guess what genre that one falls under.

Lion’s Pride, Duals and Donovan: The Different, Book 1 by Teresa Noelle Roberts. A lion shapesifter and hot three-way sex. Right.

The Magickers Chronicles: Volume One by Emily Drake.

Pathfinder, Laura E. Reeve’s third Major Ariane Kedros Novel. Hooray!

Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill team up on a new Urban Fantasy series, Shadow Grail, beginning with Legacies.

Star Wars: Clone Wars Gambit: Siege by Karen Miller.

The kick-ass Queen Betsy returns in her ninth adventure, Undead and Unfinished, by MaryJanice Davidson.

Another precipitous anthology: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois

Amazon.com and DVD sellers

1963’s Jason and the Argonauts on Blu-ray.

The original UK Life On Mars: The Complete Collection, on DVD.

Adrian Paul in Eyeborgs. It’s even worse than it sounds. On DVD and -- astonishingly -- Blu-ray.

Jason Mewes (Jay from Clerks, et. al) stars in vampire black comedy Bitten, on DVD.

Ghostly thriller The Familiar, on DVD.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Zombies 101, the latest in Atomic Overmind Press’ 101 Series, by Kenneth Hite.

The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Silverberg. Now, doesn’t that sound cheery?

Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True by Tom Easton and Judith Klein-Dial. A must-read! (Really.)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Gatecon, till July 11.

Burlington, Massachusetts

Readercon, July 8.

Hartford, Connecticut

ConnectiCon, July 11.

Chicago, Illinois

G-FEST XVII, till July 11.

Phoenix, Arizona

Random Con, till Jul 11.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

Shore Leave 32, till July 11.

East Fairfield, New Jersey

Super Mega Show, till July 11.

Friday, July 9, 2010

In US Theaters

Animated wackiness in Despicable Me, featuring the voice of Steve Carrell.

Another Predator movie… Predators. Starring Adrien Brody and Topher Grace. Yep. Seriously.

Horror [Rec] 2. ‘Cause there’s nothing scarier than irregular punctuation.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Dr. Who: Aliens and Creatures, a Dr. Who Encyclopedia by David F. Chapman.

DreamScapes Myth & Magic: Create Legendary Creatures and Characters in Watercolor by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. Okay.

Amazon.com and DVD sellers

Saving Grace: The Final Season on DVD.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVIII on DVD.

The Super Hero Squad Show: Volume One on DVD.

Vampire gorefest Live Evil on DVD.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

In US Theaters

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. But for grown-ups.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) by Sherryl Vint, a bargain at US$95.00  

The Genius Gene, Book 1 in the Catherine Fox Trilogy by Howard Birnberg

The Very Best of Charles de Lint by Charles de Lint. And that is very good, indeed.

Orlando, Florida

Infinitus, till July 18

Friday, July 16, 2010

Amazon.com and good booksellers

Stargate Atlantis: Death Game, SGA #15 by Jo Graham

Stargate SG-1: The Power Behind the Throne, SG1 #15 by Steven Savile

In US Theaters

Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi action flick Inception, starring Leonardo Di Caprio and many other cool people.

Austin, Texas

Journey to Where Con, till July 16.

Lafayette, Louisiana

MechaCon, till July 18.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Moncton, New Brunswick (Canada)

Animinitime.

Toronto, Ontario

TFCon, till July 18.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Here!

Geek Speak Magazine, Issue 5!