The quietest week of the year seems to be the black hole between Christmas and New Year’s. Those unfortunate souls who have to work that week are too depressed to do anything, and those lucky ones who don’t are too busy sleeping in and continuing to overindulge before those New Year’s resolutions kick in to do anything, either. But a few of the BSC crew are hard-core like that and tossed out a few reviews, a few more columns, and various miscellany for your enjoyment. If you were too busy watching every college bowl game on TV or recovering for two days after ringing in the new decade to check in every day, have no fear! I’ve got your cheat sheet, my weekly run-down of our original content so that you can be sure you didn’t miss something awesome.
Events
Brian Lindenmuth reminds all the authors, editors, and publicists of mystery/crime fiction (and its various mistresses) that the Reading Period for the Spinetingler Awards is now open
Book Reviews
Professor Crazy reviews Prador Moon by Neal Asher
Nerd of Noir takes on The Long Division by Derek Nikitas
Damon Cap reviews Steven Brust’s Iorich (comes out on Tuesday!)
The Week in Television
Special review from a BSC guest blogger! Russel D. McLean offers us his take on the BBC’s new mini-series of The Day of the Triffids
Music
Matt Cibula unwinds another 47 Miles of Barbed Wire as he continues counting down his best albums of the decade with 39-29.5 and 29-20 and 19-10.
Columns
Damon Cap wonders Will Ebooks Make Reviewing Easier? in this installment of the sporadic Damon’s Noise
The BSC Mystery crew (Brian Lindenmuth, Keith Rawson, and the Nerd of Noir) give us not one but three versions of the Best Crime Fiction of 2009
In the spirit of all this decade-end business, I give my picks for the Top 10 Science Fiction Movies of the Decade
Damon Cap offers a few thoughts on the Sharper Image Sound Smoother for those of you who can’t sleep in silence
Brian Lindenmuth wonders What Was the Best Online Writing from 2009 and wants your nominees!
