http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:41:23 -0700 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:06:21 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m8d26-True-Blood-stars-to-host-a-party-in-Boston-a-week-from-Saturday?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Boston vampire fans will get a taste of the Southern Gothic on Saturday, September 5, when two True Blood stars host a vampire-themed party at Kings, a restaurant, bar, and bowling alley located at 50 Dalton Street in the Back Bay.Rutina Wesley, who ... Vampires Television True Blood Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:06:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m8d26-True-Blood-stars-to-host-a-party-in-Boston-a-week-from-Saturday?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-5?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner So far in my series of vampire profiles, I’ve covered a Romantic poet, a Disney princess, and two Eastern Europe vampires from late nineteenth-century novels. But I haven’t yet profiled a fifteenth-century Romanian warlord whose role in t... Vampires Twilight Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:01:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-5?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d30-NY-Times-explores-the-role-of-alcohol-in-the-sixth-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Watch out, Harry Potter. Carry Nation's a-coming.    Since it first became popular, Harry Potter has been accused of enticing kids down the dark paths of witchcraft and Satanism. But an article in the New York Times earlier this week ... Movies Harry Potter Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:43:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d30-NY-Times-explores-the-role-of-alcohol-in-the-sixth-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d26-GForce-beats-out-Harry-Potter-at-the-box-office-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner They did what Voldemort couldn't.     Harry Potter may have defeated Voldemort four times before the age of seventeen, but this weekend, he was bested by a team of gerbils. According to the Associated Press, Disney’s 3-D movie ... Movies Harry Potter Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:55:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d26-GForce-beats-out-Harry-Potter-at-the-box-office-this-weekend?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Alice-in-Wonderland-and-New-Moon-feature-at-ComicCon?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner The Twilight stars at Comic-Con. (AP: Denis Poroy). Comic-Con 2009 is just wrapping up today, and, as always, this year’s convention has provided a wealth of new information and insights into the speculative fiction world. Although it would be... convention Movies Twilight Television Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:55:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Alice-in-Wonderland-and-New-Moon-feature-at-ComicCon?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Harry-Potter-The-Exhibition-is-shipping-up-to-Boston?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner   The Museum of Science in Boston announced today that it will host Harry Potter: The Exhibition this fall, according to an article in the Boston Globe.The 10,000-square-foot exhibition premiered at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry ... Movies Harry Potter Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:28:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Harry-Potter-The-Exhibition-is-shipping-up-to-Boston?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d20-The-anatomy-of-a-Harry-Potter-release?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Last Tuesday night, I was wearing a red and yellow striped scarf, sitting on bird poop-covered cement, and staring absently at a furniture store sign for hours. Had I gone off the deep end? No, of course not. It was just another Harry Potter release.... Movies Harry Potter Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:17:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d20-The-anatomy-of-a-Harry-Potter-release?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Speculative-fiction-shows-garner-Emmy-nominations?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner A promotional poster for Pushing Daisies, which garnered 5 nominations    By now most of you have heard the big Emmy news: 30 Rock snagged 22 nominations, Mad Men got 16, and so on. But how did the speculative fiction shows stack up a... Television Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:53:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Speculative-fiction-shows-garner-Emmy-nominations?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-five-worst-aspects-of-the-new-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Half-Blood Prince is the best Potter film yet, according to many reviewers. However, it’s inevitable that there are still some aspects of the movie that won't appeal to diehard book purists. I’ve already made my list of the best parts of ... Literature Movies Harry Potter Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:28:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-five-worst-aspects-of-the-new-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-five-best-aspects-of-the-new-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner It only opened in theaters 24 hours ago, but Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has already earned glowing reviews and shattered the previous record for midnight ticket sales. It’s not hard to see why; the movie is certainly the best of the... Literature Movies Harry Potter Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:20:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d16-The-five-best-aspects-of-the-new-Harry-Potter-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d10-HalfBlood-Prince-garners-mostly-positive-reviews-so-far?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner                 A great adaptation? Or a disgrace to the book? We'll see...Although most of us still have four days and 56 minutes before we get to see Half-Blood Prince, there are... Movies Harry Potter Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:03:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d10-HalfBlood-Prince-garners-mostly-positive-reviews-so-far?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d9-New-Hampshirite-Harry-Potter-fans-can-attend-a-string-of-Potter-events-at-a-Hudson-library-tomorrow?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Potter fans in southern New Hampshire who are looking for ways to occupy themselves until the Half-Blood Prince release next week might be interested in a lecture taking place Thursday night at the Rodgers Memorial Library at 194 Derry Road in Hudson... Literature Movies Harry Potter Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:25:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d9-New-Hampshirite-Harry-Potter-fans-can-attend-a-string-of-Potter-events-at-a-Hudson-library-tomorrow?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-4?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Perhaps I should have titled this article “Alice’s ancestors: the greatest pre-Twilight female vampires.” But if I'd chosen to write this whole series about Alice's ancestors instead of Edward's, I'd have considerably fewer subjects... Literature Vampires Twilight Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:36:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-4?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Five-scenes-from-HalfBlood-Prince-that-theyd-better-do-well-in-the-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner                     Cue Hedwig's Theme.As the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie release date draws closer, I find myself wondering just how fait... Movies Harry Potter Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:55:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d30-Five-scenes-from-HalfBlood-Prince-that-theyd-better-do-well-in-the-movie?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-3?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner                     And she looks so innocent. I’ve already mentioned seeing the slogan “Forget princess; I want to be a vampire” em... Literature Vampires Twilight Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:37:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-3?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Texas-man-takes-love-for-literature-too-far-when-he-shoots-a-woman-in-the-name-of-Frankenstein?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Do not base important life decisions on this book.One of the moral lessons in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is that evil is made, not born. In the book, an innocent creature is sculpted into a murderer after being spurned by society. Shelley's mo... Literature Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:07:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d25-Texas-man-takes-love-for-literature-too-far-when-he-shoots-a-woman-in-the-name-of-Frankenstein?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-2?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner The original cover of Dracula.As Twilight permeates our culture, as fan girls galore come pouring out of Hot Topic to declare their undying love for Edward Cullen, I can’t help but recall another time, when fans of vampires wore petticoats and ... Literature Vampires Twilight Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:30:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Edwards-ancestors-the-greatest-preTwilight-vampires-part-2?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Merlin-brings-both-epic-magic-and-teen-angst-to-NBC?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Uther Pendragon, Arthur, Merlin, Gaius, Morgana, and Gwen.What do Merlin and Harry Potter have in common? They’re both wizards, for one thing. But more importantly, they’re also both teenage boys, saddled with many of the typical problems... Harry Potter Television Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:44:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d22-Merlin-brings-both-epic-magic-and-teen-angst-to-NBC?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Stephen-King-wins-big-at-the-Bram-Stoker-Awards?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Stephen King, master of horror and the macabre, racked up the accolades at the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards last weekend, winning both the novel category and the fiction collection category with his books Duma Key and Just After Sunset.  Bram Stoker ... Literature convention Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:19:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Stephen-King-wins-big-at-the-Bram-Stoker-Awards?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Robert-Pattinson-dodges-his-fans-only-to-be-struck-by-a-cab-in-New-York-this-afternoon?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner Pattinson in New York on Monday. Photo: AP/Charles SykesThe other night, I caught part of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on TV. When Cedric came on screen, looking so young and fresh-faced in his Hogwarts robes, I felt a stab of pity, and not be... Twilight Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:22:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-13268-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner~y2009m6d18-Robert-Pattinson-dodges-his-fans-only-to-be-struck-by-a-cab-in-New-York-this-afternoon?cid=exrss-Boston-Speculative-Fiction-Examiner