For your daily dose of pretty: Many of you probably remember the series of painting of Disney princesses in historically accurate clothing. Well, the same talented artist, Claire Hummel has started doing the Disney villains, and look at her first offering. Maleficient. Gorgeous. Click through for a bigger image and to see the rest of the series.

Coulson lives. Coulson lives!! I'm pretty sure that this is the equivalent of the Marvel fandom pulling an "I believe in fairies!" moment. Also, here's the full trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Which authors write the best action sequences?

The nominees for this year's ... Read More

The very polarizing THOMAS COVENANT series by Stephen R. Donaldson is getting its final installment. Check out the recently released cover art (I think that's a John Jude Palencar cover, though it isn't credited) and read a chapter here.

If you haven't signed up for the Orbital Drop newsletter, you should. They send out an email once a month with their e-book of the month for sale. This month is Daniel Abraham's The Dragon's Path Read More

Free YA audio books to listen to this summer including The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers, and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.

A great video discussing the controversy surrounding Orson Scott Card and the reaction to him writing Superman comics. Basically, does it matter if the artist creating something you like is "a dick"?

Rachel Rostad's slam poem "To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang," disc... Read More

The new teaser trailer for Catching Fire is out. I am loving that they don't show the arena at all. People who haven't read the books are going to be surprised!

Also, the final trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness is out. MMMmmmm, such a pretty movie.

Are you behind on your reading? Well, here's something else to make you fall even further behind: A serialized novel where each chapter is a different fairy tale! "Tickling Butterflies is an epic fantasy made out of 128 separate fairy tales that can be read independently (supposedly) but together weave one epic fairy tale about its main character, from his birth to his (perhaps) death," according to Guy Hasson. You can dive in here.

Tor.uk is offering up the first few chapters of Read More

Smeagol sings Mad World.

Neil Gaiman is more influential than Kim Jong Un.

What happened to the third acorn? Warwick Davis on Willow.

A beautiful fantasy short illustrated film. Dragons and wizards and true love.

Portrait of the Book As Golem, a poem by Jane Yolen, in honor of National Poetry Month.

Science fiction and fantasy books kids should be reading in school, Read More

Whaaaat? It's April already?

One more reason why libraries are awesome.

Rithmatist Sweepstakes. So looking forward to this book.

You can vote for the manliest of man covers over at Baen. Though one of the choices appears to be a feline. I think I'm opting for the Space BeeGee, myself.

An interview with Lady Trent, famed dragon naturalist.

Flying in Place is on sale as an e-book for $2.99. Our Terry says, "I have to give this one... Read More

Would you like some beautiful art to start your week? Check out these blown glass spacecraft. Read More

io9 is hosting a March Madness tournament to decide which TV science-fiction franchise is the  greatest.

Middle Earth is having their own March Madness. Will Frodo upset Sauron?

And if you have no idea what March Madness is all about, here's a video that explains it using Star Wars.

io9 also tells up about a project that generated reading lists based on your Hogwarts house, complete with photos of the bookshelves.

The women over at The Book Smugglers posted the results for their Read More

I've been gone for the last several weeks. Nothing exciting. It's just that I have depression, and when it gets particularly bad, I kind of go into survival mode and the things that aren't essential to my continuing function as an oxygen-processing organism get shelved for a bit. But things are getting better. So I'm venturing back into WWWebsday territory to say hello! I'm alive! and lots of cool things are happening out there in SF land. And thanks to Kat for giving me the time I needed to get back to healthier.

We've got new nerd trailers galore -- Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Doctor Who spring readily to mind.

If you're not watching Vikings on The History Channel you are totally missing out. It's only three episodes in, b... Read More

I don't have an source for this beautiful piece of art. If you know the artist, please let me know so I can credit it appropriately.

Ron Howard is in talks to direct a movie version of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.

Alan Moore is most known for the graphic novel The Watchmen. Here's a guide to reading a bit deeper into his repertoire.

Would you like a flying car?

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I'm back and feeling good which means this column has all sorts of goodies in it for you. If you can't find something interesting in here to read, watch, or listen to, you're not trying hard enough!



The Sunday Rumpus interviews Margaret Atwood. Also, this week marks the 63rd anniversary of George Orwell's death, and Margaret Atwood wrote a column about her experiences reading Orwell as a child.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller's LIADEN Universe hits its 25th anniversary this year. This is one of my best love worlds. It probably would best be defined as space opera, but its a complex world... Read More

This column is a bit short and lacking in flair because one, I am siiiiiiick, and two, it's my birthday! And apparently I celebrate by reading unreleased Catherynne M. Valente books rather than working on my column. So here we go.

1. An awesome comic teasing Neil Gaiman about his amazing success.

2. An excerpt from George R.R. Martin's upcoming The Winds of Winter. It is due out sometime this year.

3. And here's some video documentaries about The Wheel of Time:
"The Wheel of Time: The Last Chapter"

and

"The Wheel of Time: Legacy"

 
4. A fascinating diagram of t... Read More

Did you know that you can nominate and vote for the winners of the Hugo Award? You can!

And while you're at it, please vote for Fantasy Literature at the Preditors & Editors Poll for Best Review Site. Thank you!

Tor collected some of the best of the short fiction published on their website this year and collected them into one free DRM-free ebook.

Maurice Sendak's last intervi... Read More

A wonderful list of the things that Kvothe has to do on the third day of The Kingkiller Chronicles. That book is going to be giiiiiiiinormous. And he's going to have to talk like an auctioneer for 24 hours to get through all of that. Or maybe King is just a dog he runs over in a carriage.

According to Lois Lowry, The Giver is going to be made into a movie, with Jeff Bridges in the titular role. I have serious questions about how they are going to end a movie version of this. I also had pictured Jeff Bridges as Haymitch in the Hunger Games books, but that didn't happen. I guess this is why I am not a casting agent.

Awesome things from science fiction that actually Read More

It's getting to the end of the year, and assuming that the world does not end on Friday, fans of speculative fiction have a lot to be looking forward to next year. One of the great things about the internet is it has the ability to build a buzz around projects long before they actually hit the bookshelves or movie theaters. Today, I want to highlight trailers for some of the movies you might want to keep an eye out on next year.

Superheroes:

Man of Steel. Yummy

Thor - The Dark World. Yummier. Can't find an official trailer for this.

Iron Man 3. RDJ does nothing for me, but I'll watch it just to keep up with the Avengers

The Wolverine. Eh. I like it better when Hugh Jackman sings. - Also, no official trailer yet.

Fantasy:

Hansel a... Read More