Why Not, Like, Sardie?

Why Not, Like, Sardie?

Mar 04

I don’t know what’s more disturbing about this link: the fact that Freddie Highmore maybe, possibly impregnated his Spiderwick Chronicles co-star (who, to add to the ick factor, plays HIS SISTER) or the fact that the fans couldn’t come up with a better couple nickname.

Frarah?

Linkishness

Linkishness

Mar 04

Jeff over at Conditional Axe “celebrates” Gambit Week:

Now, there’s a truism that gets bandied around about no character being a bad character, but for all of that talk, I still look at Gambit and scratch my head.

Us too, Jeff.

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I have mixed feelings about the new geek blog on the block, io9, but I do genuinely appreciate their coverage of ALL corners of sci-fi, especially artwork and literary stuff (even though my own “history” with literary sci-fi is shamefully inadequate). Here’s their latest book review, of John Varley’s latest novel, Rolling Thunder. Sounds like a fun read. More of this and fewer random lists, please!

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Via The Beat, an absolutely genius bit of nonsense: