That sounds really neat! The Alice In Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass take/theme has been very popular in science fiction and fantasy in the last decade. The Matrix had the theme particularly with the holes and vortexes (”rabbit holes”). Neil Gaiman’s dark fantasy novel, Neverwhere also uses the theme to structure his story [...]

The Looking Glass Wars – Arch Enemy
by Frank Beddor

This is going to be a bit of a stub review so as not to spoil anything for new readers.

Beddor has an interesting take on the Wonderland universe. Redd is Alyss’s Aunt, who attempted to usurp Alyss’s rightful place as Queen of all Wonderland. Alyss is [...]

TV Shows with new episodes in 2009

Battlestar Galactica (SyFy)
Being Human (BBC/BBC America)
Chuck (NBC)
Defying Gravity (ABC)
Desperate Housewives (ABC)
Dollhouse (FOX)
Doctor Who (BBC One/BBC America)
Eastwick (ABC)
Eureka (SciFi)
Fast Forward (ABC)
Fringe (FOX)
Ghost Whisperer (CBS)
Heroes (NBC)
Knight Rider (2008) (NBC)
Legend of the Seeker (Synd)
Lost (ABC)
Medium (NBC/CBS)
Merlin (NBC/BBC)
Prisoner (AMC)
Regenesis (Synd)
Robin Hood (BBC1/BBC America)
Sanctuary (Syfy)
Sarah Jane Adventures (BBC)
Smallville (The CW)
Stargate Universe (SyFy)
Supernatural (The CW)
Syfy [...]

Movies Released in 2009

9
17 Again
2012
Aliens in the Attic
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Angels & Demons
Astro Boy
Avatar
The Box
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Crank: High Voltage
District 9
Dragonball Evolution
Extract
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Final Destination
The Fourth Kind
Gamer
G-Force
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Haunting [...]

Author (New and Re-Issued in 2009)

AAA
Abercrombie, Joe
• Best Served Cold
Abraham, Daniel
• The Price of Spring
Ackroyd, Peter
• The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Akers, Tim
• Heart of Veridon
Armstrong, Kelley
• Angelic
• The Awakening
• Frostbitten
Asaro, Catherine
• Diamond Star
Asher, Neal
• Orbus
Atwood, Margaret
• The Year of the Flood

BBB
Bacigalupi, Paolo
• The Windup Girl
Baker, [...]

Best Animation

• Ratatouille

Best Artist

• Tom Kidd

Best Author

• JK Rowling

Best Movie

• The Golden Compass

Best TV Series

• Supernatural

Best Web Site

• eFanzines.com

Best Zine

• The Drink Tank

Fan Of the Year

• Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Best Animation

• Tripping the Rift (Season 2)

Best Pro Artist

• Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell

Best Fan Artist

• Brad Foster

Best Author

• Naomi Novik

Best Movie

• Pan’s Labrynth

Best TV Series

• Doctor Who

Best Web Site

• SF Crownest

Best Zine

• Science Fiction Five-Yearly

Fan of the Year

• Joy Beeson

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I’ve started a new IRC channel for members of the N3F and other science fiction fans on Undernet. You can access it using an IRC client at this location.

I’ll try to spend much of each weekday hanging out here lest anyone check in. If people like the idea, maybe we can schedule actual [...]

Hello N3F folks.

I was actually a member way back in the 1990s, and recently joined again. It was gratifying to see that many of the names are familiar. I look forward to getting to know everyone, old or new, though.

Current reading: Elfquest (the book,  not the comic). The writing ain’t that great, unfortunately.

Here are a [...]

The public edition of the September 2009 issue of The Fan is now available via the N3F, eFanzines, and Issuu.

Members who would like the PDF of the unexpurgated member edition should email me.

Letters of comment can be emailed to me or posted online in the discussion forums.

Want to contribute a letter of comment to Tightbeam, the lettercol in The Fan? Post it here, and it'll be considered for inclusion in the next issue!

Doesn’t look like you ended up liveblogging DragonCon, but I’d love a con report for the December issue of The Fan. Think you can whip something up by Nov. 15?