Was the year too heavy, deep, and real? Yes, but it was also rich in creativity, humor, and shared adventures. It’s a gift and privilege for me to be continually allowed to publish so many entertaining posts. Thanks to all of you who contributed!
COLUMNS
CHRIS BARKLEY
[Note: Some of Chris’ columns don’t appear below because they are listed in the annual news roundup.]
- So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #83: A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — DUNE Part 2: A (Relatively) Spoiler Free Review
- So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #84: A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — Unburdening Myself of Unfinished Business
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #85 — A REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: A FEW THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE 2024 HUGO AWARD FINALISTS
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #86, A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — THE SECOND CIVIL WAR AND CIVIL WAR; AN ALARMING PAIR OF FILM REVIEWS (PLUS A BONUS REVIEW OF A MURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD)
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #87, A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — What Harlan Ellison (STILL) Means To Me
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #91, A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — MY TOP FIFTEEN STAR TREK MOMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES
- Barkley — So Glad You (Didn’t) Ask #92, A Column of Unsolicited Opinions — AMONG 270 REASONS, HERE IS MINE…
FEATURES
ROBIN ANNE REID
STEVE VERTLIEB
- Merian C. Cooper: A King And A God In The World He Knew
- “Groucho: A Life in Review” Starring Frank Ferrante
- “The Man Who Would Be Kirk” — Celebrating William Shatner’s 93rd Birthday
- Remembering Roger Corman (April 5, 1926 – May 9, 2024)
- A Monster Kid Remembers
- Seeing The Rolling Stones — “The World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band”
- Xanadu: A Castle in the Clouds: The Life of Orson Welles
- Jerry Goldsmith: A “First Knight” Celebration
- Steve Vertlieb Review: A Quiet Place: Day One
- Max And Me: Music Composed by Mark McKenzie
- Careening Spaceships & Thundering Hooves: The Magic, Memories And Friendship Of Buster Crabbe … And Of An Era!
- Dracula in the 1970s: Prints of Darkness
- The “Show Biz” of “Les Miz”
- Celebrating Frank Capra’s “Wonderful Life,” And Ethereal “Lost Horizons”
- Remembering James Earl Jones (January 17, 1932 – September 9, 2024)
- The Life of Boris Karloff, “The Man Who Made a Monster”
- Beneath the Cape: The Life of Bela Lugosi
- Something “Wicked” This Way Comes!
RICH LYNCH
- We’ll Never Know For Sure with Guy H. Lillian III. Was the Zodiac Killer a fanzine fan?
- Buffalo NASFiC 2024 First Day Photos
- NASFiC 2024 Second Day Photos
- NASFiC 2024 Third Day Photos
- NASFiC 2024 Final Day Photos
- The Curious Case of David Mitchell: A Guest Post by Rich Lynch
- Stalking the Wild Comet
- An Evening with Bob
- Farewell, Dear Lady — Es Cole (1924-2024)
JAMES BACON
In addition to reviewing comics and graphic novels, James used his camera and descriptive abilities to take us along on visits to all kinds of fascinating exhibits and pop culture events.
- The High Ground: Guest Post by James Bacon (Star Trek)
- Dublin Street Art
- Flann O’Brien Brien and the Railways
- Comics Speaking Out
TERESA PESCHEL
RICHARD MAN
RL THORNTON
- Unearthing Literary Fantasy: Evangeline Walton’s Mabinogion Tetralogy
- Talking With Michael Moorcock About His Music: Part 1
- Talking With Michael Moorcock About His Music: Part 2
- Speculative Sounds: Sonic Discoveries from “John The Balladeer”
- Pursuing the Ghost of Literary Fantasy
PAUL WEIMER
- Paul Weimer Review: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume Two: Power & Light
- Paul Weimer Review: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volume Three: This Mortal Mountain
- Paul Weimer Review: The Collected Works of Roger Zelazny, Volume Four, Last Exit to Babylon
- Paul Weimer Review: New Adventures in Space Opera
- Paul Weimer Review: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny: Volume 5: Nine Black Doves
- Paul Weimer Review: The Fireborne Blade
MICHAELE JORDAN
- Michaele Jordan Review: The Trilogy of the Ninths
- Michaele Jordan Review: Babel
- Michaele Jordan Review: The YinYang Master
- Azur and Asmar: The Princes’ Quest: A Fairy Tale for Every Age Group
- Let’s Talk About The Wolfman!
CORA BUHLERT
JOHN KING TARPINIAN
CAT ELDRIDGE
TRIGGER SNOWFLAKE — BY INGVAR
The saga of Sheriff Trigger Snowflake, the lovely Coraline, and the shenanigans of the Solarian Poets Society added several chapters this year that were not so much ripped-from-the-headlines as amused by the news.
- Trigger Snowflake and the Dequalifications
- Trigger Snowflake and the Quicksilver Fallout
- Trigger Snowflake and the Con Guests
- Trigger Snowflake and the Categories
- Trigger Snowflake and the Convention Reports
- Trigger Snowflake and the Business Meeting
MELANIE STORMM
Stormm continued her humorous series about the misdirected emails she gets from Writer X throughout 2024, braiding together comedy, horror, and the pitfalls of being a writer.
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the One Hundred and First (Jan. 8) NEW YEAR, NEW ME!!!
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Second (Jan. 15) ALL MY CHARACTERS ARE THIN, LITHE, AND HAVE LIMPID EYES
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred and Third (Jan. 29) THE FRESH FISH OF ROCK AND ROLL
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred and Fourth (Feb. 5) THE CRIPPLING FLAMES OF SUCCESS
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Fifth (Feb. 19) ROCK THE SUSHI SHOP!
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Sixth (Feb. 26) CRAMMING THE MACRO INTO MICROFICTION
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Seventh (March 11) MICROSTORY. GO!
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Eighth (March 18) THE THING ABOUT BUS STOPS
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Ninth (March 25) AN AUDIENCE OF ONE
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Tenth (April 8) PAUL REVERE PRESCHOOL & CRAFT BREWERY
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Eleventh (April 15) THE BOXING GLOVES MYSTERY
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Twelfth (April 22) THE PROCRASTINATE-A-THON
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Thirteenth (April 29) THE CANDLE IN YOUR HEART.
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Fourteenth (May 14) YOU CAN NEVER GET AHEAD OF TIME
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Fifteenth (May 20) DO DEMONS TAKE ADDERALL?
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Sixteenth (May 28) ADHD IS EATING THE FUTURE
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Seventeenth (June 4) THE STOWAWAY
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Eighteenth (June 17) HOLD ME CLOSER, TINY DEMON
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Nineteenth (July 1) THE BARGUWAR
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Twentieth (July 8) DAVY JONES’ TIKI TRUNK
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Twenty First (July 29) THE GLOOMY WOOD
- Emails From Lake Woe-Is-Me — Fit the Hundred & Twenty-Second (August 12) SMELL-O-MATIC 7000
MOSHE FEDER
HEATH ROW
SONDI WARNER
DANIEL DERN
- Playing With Full Fannish Decks
- Finding MiracleMan (The Moore’n’Gaiman Pre-Silver Age Issues, That Is)
- Phantom Faceoff Challenge
- Outsiders — Try DC’s (More! New!) Planetary Adventures[1] Comic Book — (A Hopefully Spoiler-Free Overlong Info-Dump)
- Short(ish?) Takes From My LBFSTBR (Library-Borrows-Foothill-Stack-To-Be-Read): Another Dern “I thought this would be shorter” Review
- Superman Playing Cards from Theory 11
- Rollacrit Revives, Updates ThinkGeek Messenger Bag of Holding
LIS CAREY
- Lis Carey Review: Charlie Jane Anders’ Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable #1)
- Lis Carey Review: How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub
- Lis Carey Review: Ivy, Angelica, Bay
- Lis Carey Review: “One Man’s Treasure”
- Lis Carey Review: On the Fox Roads
- Lis Carey Review: The Year Without Sunshine
- Lis Carey Review: Thornhedge
- Lis Carey Review: Mammoths at the Gates
- Lis Carey Review: The Mimicking of Known Successes
- Lis Carey Review: The Queen’s Mirror
- Lis Carey Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea Audiobook
CIDER
LEE WEINSTEIN
- In Search of the Glamis Monster
- The Big Screen’s First Batman
- Lady Mondegreen, Ann Warren, and Sylvia Wright
JOHN HERTZ
TIM MARION
STEVEN H SILVER
RIVERFLOW
TOY REVIEWS
CAT ELDRIDGE
- Cat Eldridge Review: Marvel Femme Fatales Spider-Gwen Statue
- Cat Eldridge Review: Body Knocker Groot
- Cat Eldridge Review: Funko’s Rock Candy Lady Thor Figure
- Toy Review: McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Cyborg: Teen Titans
IAIN DELANEY
- Toy Review: Limited Edition Stingray Die-Cast
- Toy Review: Futurama Bender Robot Action Toy
- Toy Review: Ultraman Super Gun
- Toy Review: Progressive Knife PKN-01C
- Toy review: M.I.B. Neuralyzer
FOLKMANIS PUPPETS
- Jack Merry Review: Folkmanis Puppet: Enchanted Tree
- Camille Alexa Review: Folkmanis Stage Puppet
- Camille Alexa Review: Folkmanis Sea Serpent Puppet
- Denise Dutton Review: Folkmanis Baby Dutch Rabbit Puppet
- Robert Tilendis Review: Folkmanis Snow Leopard Cub Puppet
- Denise Dutton Review: Folkmanis’ Jabberwock Puppet
- Mia Nutick Review: Folkmanis Puppets: Mouse in Shoe and Genie in Lamp
CATS SLEEP ON SFF
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Last Dangerous Visions (November 25; Piet Nel)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: J.R.R. Tolkien Uma Biografia (Feb. 6) — André Cavalcante
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Shards of Earth (Feb. 9) – Michelle Morrell
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Mr Raoul in the Library (Feb. 12) – Cyril Simsa
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Julia (March 3; Sandra Newman)
- Cats Sleep on SF: Blossom (March 7; Michaele Jordan)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Liberty’s Daughter (March 13; Simon Bisson)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Bleak House (March 19; Timothy Jaxon)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Girl Genius Kickstarter (April 4; Phil Foglio)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: The Time War (April 16; Shrinking Violet)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Worlds Beyond Time (April 22; Patricia Bryan)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Becoming Terran (May 5; Mark Roth-Whitworth)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: The Voyage of the Dogs (May 23; Lis Carey)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Farewell to Mooglie (June 21; Patricia Bryan)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Star Science Fiction (July 9; Joachim Boaz)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: On Strike Against God (July 11; Robin Anne Reid)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Some Desperate Glory (July 21; Chris Logan Edwards)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: The Crimson Pact (July 26; Michaele Jordan)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Odessa Moon (August 27; Teresa Peschel)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Star Wars Risk (September 15; Chris Willich)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Shipwreck Star (September 18; Elizabeth Bear)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Starter Villain (September 22; Naomi Kritzer)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Star’s Odyssey (October 16; Clint Green)
- Cats Sleep on SFF: Rocky and Bullwinkle (October 21; Chris Barkley)
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