Warrior mindset is rooted in believing 300 was a video documentary of the Battle of Thermopylae.

In the Highlander remake, I wonder who will play General Katana.

“The world of print is orderly, logical and rational. In books, knowledge is classified, comprehended, connected and put in its place … Now, we are living through the counter-revolution.” Thus is not going to make you happy, but it is the article you need to read today.

What if the rapture happened and nobody noticed?

Going to start tracking some of the books I'm reading on here. 1) The Incandescent by Emily Tesh - adult fantasy, dark academia, queer

So stoked to have made this list

Love the SH archives! In addition to all the stories Maria called out, I'll piggyback on this to drop two of my SH faves: "Collateral Memory" by @followthelede.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/fiction/coll... "Secrets of the Kath" by @fatimataqvi.bsky.social: strangehorizons.com/fiction/secr...

Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

Have never watched The Simpsons Movie. Should I?

Tim Burton’s heartwarming story of the innocently endearing character who cannot touch others will charm audiences new and old when Edward Scissorhands makes its debut on digital retailers on October 28 just in time for the Halloween season.

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Peacemaker Season 2 is better than it has any right to be. So much to say about it, but don't want to spoil anything. The storyline about how easy it is for privileged people to ignore the signs of fascism all around them is just wildly timely.

The Frank Gehry-designed Disney Concert Hall is a space-age design that's been used as a stand-in for Stark Enterprises in Iron Man and the Confederacy of Earth's Presidential Palace in the alternate universe of Star Trek Picard, among other fantastical places.

The Indigenous North American Type Collection is a large set of fonts that support the Indigenous communities in North America and their unique writing systems, in terms of digital access, use, and local typographic needs.

Peacemaker Season 2 is better than it has any right to be. So much to say about it, but don't want to spoil anything. The storyline about how easy it is for privileged people to ignore the signs of fascism all around them is just wildly timely.

The last federally run residential school closed in 1997, but traces of the system are everywhere on the land. How to commemorate the dark, painful history of these places? Across Canada, survivors are taking the lead: thenarwhal.ca/truth-reconc...

Photos of the Worldcon @seattlein2025.org Masquerade from 2025 were just posted to Flickr. www.flickr.com/gp/200788293...

How To Lose A Hugo by @hugobookclub.bsky.social hugoclub.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-... I also want to say that OIav and Amanda worked hard at making the Photography of @glasgow2024.bsky.social happen (and I am proud I was part of that effort) Maybe some of the best Worlcon Photography *ever*

Alien: Ant Farm

"The Nukes Of Hazard" Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Has anyone noticed that there are three major TV shows on the air right now that are about shadowy conspiracies inside nuclear fallout shelters after the end of the world? Anyhow, we blogged about this golden age of atomic bunkers. New blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

Fascists don’t like learning they are fascists.

100 per cent.

The success of the show, like with Superman, is a combo of Gunn clearly caring deeply about these characters, commitment to character development, personality over esthetics, practical effects and props over CGI and green screens, and making a comic book movie instead of a movie based on a comic.

Yeah it sure is weird there's so much fiction about shadowy conspiracies in bunkers. Anyway, it's not like fiction imitates life.

Which is your favourite current TV show in which a resident of a gigantic nuclear bunker becomes disillusioned with the status quo, questions commonly accepted history, and by doing so uncovers a shadowy conspiracy? Blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

In a related subject, we also blogged today about a similar flourishing of atomic fiction four decades ago. A blog post we called "The Nukes of Hazard," but almost called "Ferris Bueller's Day After." Second new blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

We are watching a coordinated right-wing takeover of popular media and it won’t stop here. archive.today/bXzZd

Ursula Witcher goes under the radar, but is secretly kind of great. I predict that one of her stories will be a Hugo finalist before the decade is out. Highly recommend North Continent Ribbon.

Last night I finished North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher and I can’t recommend it enough. Lovely storytelling and some of the best worldbuilding I’ve come across in a while. Also, to sweeten the deal, almost every last character is gay 🌈

Nice to see someone mention “City of Ember” - the books series is brilliant and it’s a shame the movie didn’t quite work.

Which is your favourite current TV show in which a resident of a gigantic nuclear bunker becomes disillusioned with the status quo, questions commonly accepted history, and by doing so uncovers a shadowy conspiracy? Blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

Has anyone noticed that there are three major TV shows on the air right now that are about shadowy conspiracies inside nuclear fallout shelters after the end of the world? Anyhow, we blogged about this golden age of atomic bunkers. New blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

"Algorithm movies usually exhibit easy-to-follow story beats that leave no viewer behind; under this regime, exposition is no longer a screenwriting faux pas."

I woke up this morning and said, "Internet, I'm sad. Can you help me find some happy?" The internet said, "Good. You should be sad. Frankly, we're all doomed and I didn't know how to tell you."

Sold!

Just updated our list of labour unions in SFF with a dozen new entries — most of which are fairly early examples that were pointed out by @joachimboaz.bsky.social List at our blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga... Link to a google docs version of the list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 1/3

I absolutely love this

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. It's an award I've cared about for more than 25 years, and loved judging for the past five years. If you are interested in alternate history, put your hat in the ring. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Hogwarts" New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Strixhaven already exists as both a Magic setting and a D&D expansion! I love the school, and I'm SO excited to be writing a book set there. With absolutely zero TERF bullshit!

This is tacky and degrading for both Star Trek and MtG. On paper, I should be the bullseye of the target audience for this set, but this image just makes me feel sad.

Well don't I feel stupid

Just grateful that there's a #MagicTheGathering set coming out that's based on original Magic The Gathering story content. I have confidence that @seananmcguire.bsky.social will give us a wizarding school that is more inclusive and unusual than the one in a certain popular series of books.

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. It's an award I've cared about for more than 25 years, and loved judging for the past five years. If you are interested in alternate history, put your hat in the ring. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just updated our list of labour unions in SFF with a dozen new entries — most of which are fairly early examples that were pointed out by @joachimboaz.bsky.social List at our blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga... Link to a google docs version of the list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... 1/3

when I lived in Southern California, I never got out here and regret it. I hope to rectify that next year