Leah Bobet - "Above" book launch - March 22

On March 22, Leah Bobet will be launching her first book in Toronto, Canada. I am very excited for her and will be supporting her at the launch. I hope you will join us at Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina Avenue, Toronto. The party starts at 8pm and goes to 2am!

Leah has published several stories in publications such as Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell -- Lewd Did I Live and The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection.  Above will also be available in German and Portuguese (Brazilian). Please visit her site for more information about the launch, Leah, and Above! 

http://www.leahbobet.com/

Game of Thrones Season 2 - April 1, 2012 on HBO

G.O.T. (affectionate name for Game of Thrones) airs in just two weeks. 


Excited? I am!!!


I know what happens in the books, however, isn't it nice to see the characters come alive on screen? We all know that this is just one adaptation of the book and quite a good adaptation it is. G.O.T. fans are popping up everywhere. We know that even Fantasy- dismissers are hiding away in their apartments gasping in shock and grief as Eddard Stark's head falls to the ground.


Sounds dramatic, but this series has caused quite a stir, inciting people who don't really read much (EVER) to devour all five of the A Song of Ice & Fire books and wait, quite impatiently, for the sixth.


I've discovered an interesting site where you can view a lovely interpretation of the map of Westeros (the land in which the series takes place). If your computer can handle it and you can figure out the quirks, there is a informative little timeline map that you can follow:

Speculative Map of Westeros and Time Lines

 

I would like to maintain an ongoing discussion of the series as it progresses, using the comments section below (for now). I'm quite eager to hear the thoughts of other G.O.T. fans and hope that people will contribute their feedback and their questions.

Guillem H. Pongiluppe (click to see his work)

Let's start with the basic questions I've listed below. Please send me your questions and any other G.O.T. related issues you might want to discuss! Cheers!

1. For those who have read the series, did they pick the right actress to play Daenerys Targaryen?

2. Did they pick the right John Snow?

Sean Bean in Boardwalk Empire

3. Which actors/actresses do not fit your vision of the characters they have been chosen to play?

4. Do you think the second series will be as good as the first?

5. I'm so sad that Eddard Stark is gone, but am happy that he has been reincarnated as a lovely lady in  Boardwalk Empire. What say you? 

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The Legend of Korra

Airbender fans, the creators of Avatar: The last Airbender, Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, have created a new series which will air on Nickelodeon on April 14. Watch the preview below!

Looks pretty good to me!


This series takes place in Republic City, about 100 years after Ang's defeat of Azula and the Fire Nation (see original series). Korra, a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe, is the current Avatar. In the first season, she will take on a group of anti-benders called the Equalists. She must master airbending under the tutelage of Tenzin, the son of Katara, a water bender (original series), and Ang, the last Avatar. 


For those of you unfamiliar with Avatar: The last Airbender, the Avatar is the incarnation of a powerful being who brings peace and balance to the world through mastery over the four elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth. 


I highly enjoyed the first series and recommend that you watch it before The Legend of Korra comes out. I have high hopes that this new series will be just as amazing as its predecessor. 


In other news, M.Night Shyamalan's, The Last Airbender: Cross Roads of Destiny, is supposed to come out sometime soon! Uh oh! Not everyone appreciated his film adaptation of the first half of The last Airbender series! Here is an idea of what it might look like:

Hmmm...interesting. Airbender fans, any thoughts?

Dark Shadows preview: Johnny Depp doing the Emo Do

Ladies and Gents, how we all love Johnny Depp and Tim Burton. Aren't we glad that they keep giving us more??!!

Check out this preview for Dark Shadows, coming out May 11. Looks very entertaining.

Mr. Depp is Barnabus (with yet another interesting hair-do!) and Eva Green plays his amorous enemy, as they duke it out during the age of Aquarius. I'm not sure if we get to see Eva's assets, as we did in the series Camelot, however, her standard "witch-y" Morgana voice is still going strong, though I'm kind of tired of it (yeah, yeah, you're "evil, like the fru-eets of the De-veel", we get it).

Sick Boy is in it, as is Miss Ghastly-Crumb-Tiny herself, Helena Bonham Carter.

I've added some clips from the original series! Enjoy!!!