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Back to the Future…with a Warhammer – Aaron Dembski-Bowden Guest Blog

On July 30 By Aaron Dembski-Bowden In (special) Guest Blogs, Books & Comics, Gaming

Aaron Dembski-Bowden is back!

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Sandman Meditations – The Wake

On July 27 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Matthew Cheney is reaching the end in these collected essays on Neil Gaiman’s epic Sandman run with The Wake.

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Deadpool – Badass of the Week

On August 7 By Ben Thompson In (special) Guest Blogs

Ben Thompson chronicles the crazy badass history and highlights of the Merc

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What is Style? – Notes From New Sodom

On August 1 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Big question. Hal Duncan has (long) answers.

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The Order of the Blue Flower by Hal Duncan – Notes from New Sodom

On June 21 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Science Fiction and Fantasy broken down and put back together by Hal Duncan on the quest forthe Blue Flower.

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Badass Moments in Sci-Fi History

On June 23 By Ben Thompson In (special) Guest Blogs

A guest blog by Ben Thompson, who kicks ass.

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The Kindly Ones – Sandman Meditations

On November 22 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

The beginning of the end as the spawn of Dream enters the game in these Matt Cheney essays on The Kindly Ones.

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Sandman Meditations – World’s End

On November 4 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

A little Canterbury Tales in Dreaming for Matthew Cheney to analyze for us.

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Doctor Doom – Badass of the Week

On October 14 By Ben Thompson In (special) Guest Blogs

Ben Thompson is back to show you all the street and cosmic cred Doctor Doom has.

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The Bleating of the Lesser Snipewank – Notes from New Sodom

On August 18 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan discusses the media reaction to Sarah Thornton’s successful libel suit of Lynn Barber.

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The Marriage(s) of Science Fiction & Fantasy – Notes From New Sodom

On August 9 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan is guest blogging and has genre on his mind.

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Simone Boyce and Game of Thrones Cast at Summit Entertainment’s Comic-Con Soiree

On July 25 By Simone Boyce In (special) Guest Blogs, Game of Thrones

Simone on the beat meeting the Game of Thrones cast… and towering over them?

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Brief Lives – Sandman Meditations

On July 5 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Delirium & Destruction reign in this series of essays by Matthew Cheney continuing his journey into the dreaming.

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Batman – Badass of the Week

On July 3 By Ben Thompson In (special) Guest Blogs

DC’s rich playboy mortal detective gets the badass treatment from Ben Thompson. Are you prepared?

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Sandman Meditations – Fables and Reflections

On June 25 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Constantine returns and we enter the land of stories in these collected essays on Fables & Reflections by Matthew Cheney.

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The Ghost and the Golem – Notes from New Sodom

On June 15 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

The ever evolving, the reborn, and death of Science Fiction? Hal Duncan contemplates SF.

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GrimDark: Loose Canon & Warhammer Race War Aaron Dembski-Bowden Guest Blog

On April 20 By Aaron Dembski-Bowden In (special) Guest Blogs, Books & Comics, Gaming

Aaron Dembski-Bowden bringing his cannons to canon. Also his warhammer.

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An Essay into Exoticism – Notes from New Sodom

On April 7 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan on Exoticism in Literature, representation, cultural appropriation, and needed suspicion.

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Sandman Meditations – A Game of You

On March 15 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Matthew Cheney meets Barbie Adventures as he continues his Sandman Meditations in A Game of You.

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The Secret Cuisine – Notes from New Sodom

On March 7 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan examines science fiction and fantasy as genre and literature and speculative fiction’s place in culture.

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Sandman Meditations – Season of Mists

On February 8 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Matthew Cheney visits Hell and Ragnarok following Gaiman in Season of Mists.

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Gareth Edwards’ Monsters – Notes from New Sodom

On February 7 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan on how strange Gareth Edwards is.

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Being a Hack: Writing a Shared-World Novel – Erin M. Evans Guest Blog

On January 25 By Erin M. Evans In (special) Guest Blogs

Erin M. Evans takes a break from Forgotten Realms to bring you this.

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The Kipple Foodstuff Factory – Notes from New Sodom

On December 3 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Pulp? Science Fiction? and Sci-Fi? Kafka? Lovecraft? Atwood? Hal Duncan speaks on genre.

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Sandman Meditations – Dream Country

On December 2 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Matt Cheney dreams a dream of 1000 cats in this chapter of his walk through of the Gaiman Sandman run.

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The Booker and the Bistro de Critique – Notes from New Sodom

On October 12 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan ponders the Man Booker Prize and the candidacy of science fiction and fantasy novels in his latest Notes from New Sodom.

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Sandman Meditations – The Doll’s House

On September 14 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

Taverns, serial killers, and… MTV? Matthew Cheney’s journey through Gaiman’s Dreaming continues.

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Would a Robot Love You? – Notes from New Sodom

On September 4 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Romantic advice from the future from the great Hal Duncan.

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The Combat Fiction Bar & Grill by Hal Duncan – Notes from New Sodom

On August 22 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Combat Fiction in science fiction and fantasy. What it is. Why. And Catch-22? Hal Duncan explains all in the latest Notes of New Sodom.

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Sandman Meditations – Preludes & Nocturnes

On July 23 By Matthew Cheney In (special) Guest Blogs, Sandman Meditations

This is the beginning of the best issue-by-issue analysis of Sandman IMHO. Follow Matt Cheney’s journey through Sandman and start here!

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Thanos – Badass of the Week

On July 21 By Ben Thompson In (special) Guest Blogs

SNAP! Find out more of the exploits of Thanos before Infinity War. They are def BADASS.

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The Lost Airbender – Notes from New Sodom

On July 3 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

The world needed it, and we got it. The Hal Duncan take on The Last Airbender movie.

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Under Heaven and the Book World Under Siege – Guy Gavriel Kay Guest Blog

On June 4 By Guy Gavriel Kay In (special) Guest Blogs

The great Guy Gavriel Kay blesses my blog.

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The Spelunkers of Speculative Fiction – Notes from New Sodom

On May 2 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Speculative fiction. Science Fiction versus Sci-Fi versus science fiction versus Fantasy versus fantasy?Hal Duncan on genre and labels.

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The Kerspindle Kerfuffle – Notes from New Sodom

On February 28 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

The book world stands off as Macmillan and Amazon square off over digital domination in publishing.

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Outlining for Non-Outliners: An Outline – Erin M. Evans Guest Blog

On January 19 By Erin M. Evans In (special) Guest Blogs

Erin Evans is back from the Realms to outline your life.

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On Blood, Bad Boys and Bottoms – Notes from New Sodom

On November 5 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Vampire! Hal Duncan’s latest Notes on New Sodom examines vampires in popular fiction, specifically Anne Rice, Twilight, and Poppy.

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To the Water Fountains – Notes from New Sodom

On October 1 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan on discovering Samuel Delany, punk rock, the Ramones and Burroughs

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Down in the Ghetto at the SF Café – Notes From New Sodom

On September 3 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Defining science fiction, it’s birth, midlife, some punk, and current state with Hal Duncan in the latest Notes from New Sodom.

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What the Devil Taught Me – Richard Kadrey Guest Blog

On July 13 By Richard Kadrey In (special) Guest Blogs

The author of the bestselling Sandman Slim series is here to bless you with a guest blog.

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Alternate Londons – Guest Blog By Ian R. MacLeod

On January 29 By Ian R. MacLeod In (special) Guest Blogs

Ian R. MacLeod visits Miclonian to help you make your way through all the Londons.

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The Latest Teacup Tempest – Notes From New Sodom

On January 22 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Hal Duncan breaks down the latest book world debate, examining Elitism, Escapism and authorship in publishing.

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The Scourge of Sci-Fi – Notes From New Sodom

On January 5 By Hal Duncan In (special) Guest Blogs, Notes from New Sodom

Fantasy & Science Fiction as genre, where it came from and where it’s going and the discussion around it from Hal Duncan.

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