October, 2008

DatePost TitleAuthorWorkSeries
Wed Oct 1 : The hero with a thousand extra lives: Terry Pratchett's Only You Can Save Mankind [Post] [Terry Pratchett] [Only You Can Save Mankind]
Mon Oct 6 : Political agency and changing the world [Post]
Wed Oct 8 : College as magic garden: Why Pamela Dean's Tam Lin is a book you'll either love or hate [Post] [Pamela Dean] [Tam Lin]
Sat Oct 11: Making the future work: Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang [Post] [Maureen McHugh] [China Mountain Zhang]
Tue Oct 14: Growing up tomorrow: Cory Doctorow's Little Brother [Post] [Cory Doctorow] [Little Brother]
Fri Oct 17: The numinous underpinnings of fantasy: Bujold's Paladin of Souls [Post] [Lois McMaster Bujold] [Paladin of Souls]
Mon Oct 20: Centaur songs and scientific revolutions: Walter Jon Williams' Knight Moves [Post] [Walter Jon Williams] [Knight Moves]
Wed Oct 22: Sentimental Adventures in Time: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger [Post] [Audrey Niffenegger] [The Time Traveler's Wife]
Sun Oct 26: What stops you from buying a book? [Post]
Mon Oct 27: Telepathy and Tribulation: John Wyndham's The Chrysalids [Post] [John Wyndham] [The Chrysalids]
Thu Oct 30: Not only science fiction, but more science fictional than anything else: Rosemary Kirstein's Steerswoman books [Post] [Rosemary Kirstein] [Steerswoman books]
Fri Oct 31: Halloween Special: Why I hate horror. [Post]



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