This past Tuesday was the release date for the much-anticipated finale to the Star Wars: Fate [...]
Character names made easy
By Michael BeneschWednesday, February 29th, 2012
Whether you’re writing a sweeping fantasy epic or a work of modern fiction, chances are that [...]
Book giveaways
By Michael BeneschWednesday, February 15th, 2012
Looking for something to read during the long winter months? Goodreads and Tor/Forge have thirteen giveaways [...]
Mistaken for truth
By Michael BeneschThursday, February 9th, 2012
As if we needed more evidence that many people don’t “get” satire: I’m sure many of [...]
World’s greatest bookstores
By Michael BeneschWednesday, February 1st, 2012
If you’re the kind of person who prefers browsing in a bookstore to browsing the web, [...]
Has plagiarism met its match?
By Michael BeneschThursday, January 26th, 2012
Scientists at Drexel’s Privacy, Security and Automation Lab have recently announced the beta release of a [...]
Books on TV
By Michael BeneschThursday, January 19th, 2012
I’ve been a fan of Firefly ever since seeing Serenity in 2005 (I, like many others, [...]
In memory of Darrell K. Sweet
By Michael BeneschTuesday, December 6th, 2011
The science fiction/fantasy genre has lost one of its most renowned artists. Darrell K. Sweet, whose [...]
A Game of Thrones reread
By Michael BeneschFriday, December 2nd, 2011
After watching HBO’s adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s critically-acclaimed A Game of Thrones, I decided [...]
There’s something out there…
By Michael BeneschTuesday, November 15th, 2011
Fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, rejoice! We’re still five months away from the apocalyptic [...]
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