| Date | Post Title | Author | Work | Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon Aug 3: | 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow [Post] | [Cory Doctorow] | [Little Brother] | |
| Thu Aug 6: | The most expensive plumbers in the galaxy: Lois McMaster Bujold's Falling Free [Post] | [Lois McMaster Bujold] | [Falling Free] | |
| Fri Aug 7: | 2009 Hugo Best Novel Nominee Spotlight: Anathem, by Neal Stephenson [Post] | [Neal Stephenson] | [Anathem] | |
| Fri Aug 7: | Murder in deep time: Vernor Vinge's Marooned in Realtime [Post] | [Vernor Vinge] | [Marooned in Realtime] | |
| Mon Aug 10: | Infinite ideas: Robert Reed's Down the Bright Way [Post] | [Robert Reed] | [Down the Bright Way] | |
| Thu Aug 13: | Rogue in the ambient: C.J. Cherryh's Rider books [Post] | [C.J. Cherryh] | ||
| Sun Aug 16: | Growing Up for Real: Alexei Panshin's Rite of Passage [Post] | [Alexei Panshin] | [Rite of Passage] | |
| Tue Aug 18: | A very long poem: Alan Garner's Red Shift [Post] | [Alan Garner] | [Red Shift] | |
| Thu Aug 20: | Bridging the divide between hard and soft SF: Karl Schroeder's Permanence [Post] | [Karl Schroeder] | [Permanence] | |
| Fri Aug 21: | Planet, colony, home: Maureen McHugh's Mission Child [Post] | [Maureen McHugh] | [Mission Child] | |
| Sun Aug 23: | Goodbye, Dortmunder: Donald E. Westlake's Get Real [Post] | [Donald E. Westlake] | [Get Real] | |
| Tue Aug 25: | Sea battles and grand emotion: David Weber's Off Armageddon Reef [Post] | [David Weber] | [Off Armageddon Reef] | |
| Wed Aug 26: | We are not amused: My love/hate relationship with funny fiction [Post] | |||
| Thu Aug 27: | Beautiful, poetic, and experimental: Roger Zelazny's Doorways in the Sand [Post] | [Roger Zelazny] | [Doorways in the Sand] | |
| Fri Aug 28: | Martial art fantasy: C.J. Cherryh's The Paladin [Post] | [C.J. Cherryh] | [The Paladin] | |
| Mon Aug 31: | Hollywood and science fiction: Terry Bisson's Voyage to the Red Planet [Post] | [Terry Bisson] | [Voyage to the Red Planet] |