"Frodo and Gandalf" by Alan Lee [Gandalf] paused, and then said slowly in a deep voice: 'This is the Master-ring, the One Ring to rule them all. This is the One Ring that he lost many ages ago, to the great weakening of his power....
Author: Abigail Nussbaum
"Eleventy-First Birthday" by Nicole Gustafsson He stepped down and vanished. There was a blinding flash of light, and the guests all blinked. When they opened their eyes Bilbo was nowhere to.
Every year for the better part of a decade, I write one of these TV roundup posts, and every year for most of that time, I have opened with some.
My Steam Replay dropped last week, which I suppose means that it's time for one last Gaming Notes post for 2025. I always say that I don't consider myself a gamer, but then these summaries come out and it turns out that on all metrics—number...
"The Doors of Durin" by J.R.R. Tolkien [This is the first essay in a new series I'm starting on my blog. I'm reposting it here to gauge if there's interest.
Like a lot of genre fans of my generation—and perhaps several generations before and after—I had a Stephen King phase. The adage that the golden age of science fiction is.
I love a good publishing scandal. They're usually highbrow enough that you don't feel cheap for being engaged by them, stupid enough to give you excellent schadenfreude, and low-stakes enough that you don't walk away wishing you and everyone involved was dead. This summer's excellent...
Greetings from the doldrums of summer, LGM! I've had a rather exciting August. I went to Seattle, did a Worldcon, saw them throw the fish at Pike Place Market, had.
[This review was requested by reader Greg Sanders, winner of the LGM fund drive auction. Thank you to Greg for the contribution, and for selecting an excellent book!] In the.
James Gunn's Superman begins in its second act. Halfway through that act, in fact, with Superman (David Corenswet), having just been trounced by an opponent, taking a breather to recharge his strength in the Fortress of Solitude, and then rejoining the fray in Metropolis. In quick succession...
Emily Tesh is the author of Some Desperate Glory, the debut novel (it was preceded by two novellas) that won the Hugo award last year. It's an absolutely top-notch space.
A Meal of Thorns, from the fanzine Ancillary Review of Books, is one of the most exciting new podcasts of the last few years. A bimonthly critical book club in which.