Molly Case
May Day
On this day in 1886, nearly one million Americans went on strike in order to have an eight hour workday. Guess that didn’t last too well. I think we might already...
What is the Nebula Award?
The 2005 Nebula Awards Weekend starts today. This year Anne McCaffrey, best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series, will be inducted as a Grand Master. Until the...
Don’t Panic
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy opens today. I keep telling myself don’t panic. I keep telling myself that Fight Club was a brilliant adaptation of a book...
Gothic Sluts Free Picture of the Day
My CFIDS tends to be worse in the summer time and this makes me more goth or at least more gloomy, so, as the long days of summer draw closer, let’s enjoy the...
Who is Kerry Conran?
Kerry Conran is a writer/director who came to Hollywood via an unconventional route. He was an avid fan of 1930’s science fiction serials. As an animation student...
Why Unions Are Not Always Good
The only wrinkle in the Sin City deal was that Frank Miller was to be given a co-director credit which Robert Rodriguez was fine with giving. The wrinkle part being that...
Teenage Kix Likes Sexy Fandom!
The Teenage Kix blog uses erudite language to describe teener porno to entertaining effect. Teenage Kix had this to say about Sexy Fandom, “Something else struck...
How Did We Get a Digital File from Robert Rodriguez?
There is an interesting and I hope not apocryphal story about how Robert Rodriguez convinced comic book auteur Frank Miller to allow Sin City to be committed to the...
What is the Hugo Award?
The Hugo Awards are determined by the membership of each WorldCon, including both attending and supporting members. They are given to honor extraordinary works of...
The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge
Last year, science fiction author Vernor Vinge won the Hugo award for his novella “The Cookie Monster” which was originally published by Analog Science...
Cookie Monster Learns to His Chagrin that Cookies Are a Sometimes Food
Blue Blood’s Amelia G wrote a humorously poignant ode to Cookie Monster for BlueBlood.net. She included some great barroom bet winner trivia and a surprisingly...
Snark and Mayhem Likes Sexy Fandom!
The Snark and Mayhem blog recently had this to say about Sexy Fandom, “Yes Virgina, somewhere, somehow, there is a fandom sex blog. I wish I was making this up....
