Apr 10, 2013 | Forbes
Winter is coming. No one knows this better than Ned Stark. Don Draper, winter is coming. Although the dashing Mr. Draper is frequently concerned with identity and the dark pockets of the human heart, he needs be even more concerned about HBO’s Game of Thrones. Mad...
Apr 8, 2013 | Forbes
An epic romance between a boy and his crossbow. A Storm of Swords, book three in the saga A Song of Ice and Fire, was such a large, sprawling epic that George R.R. Martin had to break it into two parts. Part 1: Steel and Snow is the base on which season 3 of Game of...
Apr 3, 2013 | Forbes
Popular Scottish science fiction author, Iain M(enzies) Banks, who also writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks (no M), has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, and according to his statement, has only a few months to live. His upcoming book, The...
Apr 1, 2013 | Forbes
After ten months of a Tyrion-free existence, life is good again. Game of Thrones is back, and my Sunday evening is filled with light and happiness. And corpses. Let’s not forget corpses. You can’t have this particular HBO show without a huge plate of sex and violence,...
Mar 31, 2013 | Forbes
This is only the second time in Doctor Who history that the phone on the police callbox-shaped TARDIS has rung. The first time was in “The Empty Child,” a season 1 (or season 27/28, depending on how you count it) episode, but that was an effect of electricity and...