It’s that time of year when you start to understand why they’re called the dog days of August–all you want to do is hide under whatever shade you can find, and pant, and sleep if you can. It’s not even August yet, but the second half of July, at least in the South, is really an honorary extension of the month. The empire has been churning along at half-speed for most of our contributors. If you’ve been too busy doing’ nothing or worse yet working long hours at your job just to stay in the 65-degree AC on someone else’s dime to check in every day, have no fear! I’ve got your cheat sheet, my (currently bi-)weekly run-down of our original content so that you can go back to that daiquiri, confident you didn’t miss something awesome.
Events
The BSC empire launches its latest collaboration, Gestalt Mash, including a re-read of A Game of Thrones, thoughts on Sandman Slim and reading Gaimon, a special contribution from Ben Thompson with a G-Mash exclusive Badass of the Week, and more.
Interviews
Elena Nola interviews producer Kathryn Wallack about the upcoming indie movie Mighty Fine
Elena Nola takes a crack at her favorite romance writer, Shana Abe, to discuss her just-finished (or is it?) fantasy-romance crossover series
Book Reviews
Elena Nola pulls out another old-school review with Joe Abercrombie’s The First Law trilogy
Professor Crazy on The Bloodstained Man by Christopher Rowley
Lexie C on Wolf’s Cross by S.A. Swann
Elena Nola on Swords and Dark Magic edited by Lou Anders and Jonathan Strahan
Lexie C on The Dragon and the Stars edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi
At the Movies
Emmaleigh R. Hall on The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Elena Nola on Christopher Nolan’s Inception
The Week in Television
Elena Nola on True Blood “9 Crimes” and “Trouble”
PLMII on Warehouse 13 “Mild-Mannered” and “Beyond Our Control”
Gerald So on Psych “Romeo and Juliet and Juliet” and “Feet Don’t Kill Me Now”
Gerald So on Burn Notice “Entry Point” and “Past and Future Tense”
Gaming
Finishing up our Gaming editor B.T. Robertson’s E3 coverage, we have:
Columns
Dragonwomant offers us her review of her new Nook in Dr. Strangenook, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the eBook reader
