In case you missed them (“I wouldn’t say I missed them, Bob.”), here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for April 2013 (not including the daily tidbits posts and frequent free fiction posts):
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In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for March 2013 (not including the daily tidbits posts and frequent free fiction posts):
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The news broke yesterday that SF Signal was nominated for the Hugo Award in the Best Fanzine category and the SF Signal Podcast was nominated in the Best Fancast category. I cannot tell you how tickled we are to make the ballot.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank the voters. Knowing that you value what we do is heartwarming, so from the bottom of our warm hearts, THANK YOU!

I also want to thank our awesome contributors, without whom this wouldn’t have happened. The strength of SF Signal lies with people who share their ideas and love of genre. And we have the best contributors this side of the Orion Nebula. Our contributors in 2012 included:
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In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for February 2013 (not including the daily tidbits posts and frequent free fiction posts):
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In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for January 2013 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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We’re always looking to improve the quality of SF Signal. To that end, we’d like to hear about your impressions for individual SF Signal features, as well as gather suggestions for improvements.

Take the SF Signal survey and let us know!

SF Signal is pleased to welcome Bryan Thomas Schmidt to the team!

As is tradition around these parts, we asked Bryan to describe himself in the third person:

Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and editor of adult and children’s speculative fiction. His debut novel, The Worker Prince(2011) received Honorable Mention on Barnes & Noble Book Club’s Year’s Best Science Fiction Releases for 2011. A sequel The Returning followed in 2012 and The Exodus will appear in 2013, completing the space opera Saga Of Davi Rhii. His first children’s books, 102 More Hilarious Dinosaur Jokes For Kids (ebook only) and Abraham Lincoln: Dinosaur Hunter- Land Of Legends (forthcoming) appeared from Delabarre Publishing in 2012. His short stories have appeared in magazines, anthologies and online. He edited the anthology Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6 (2012) and is working on Beyond The Sun for Fairwood Press, headlined by Robert Silverberg, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Mike Resnick and Nancy Kress, a Ray Gun Revival Best Of Collection for Every Day Publishing and World Encounters and Space & Shadows: SpecNoir with coeditor John Helfers, all forthcoming. He hosts #sffwrtcht (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writer’s Chat) Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Twitter and is an affiliate member of the SFWA.

Welcome aboard, Bryan! We’re happy to have you on our team!

As you may know, we have occasionally been hosting some of Bryan’s #sffwrtcht interviews. They are about to get a lot more frequent, so keep your eyes peeled for them, as I will be keeping my eyes peeled for free bagels from Bryan, if you know what I mean (nudge, nudge, wink, wink…).

Bryan’s first official post as SF Signal contributor is this interview with Courtney Schafer. Check it out!

In the meantime, please join me in welcoming Bryan to the team.

We had a great run of podcasts this year, thanks to the Herculean efforts of Patrick Hester. Here are the Top 10 Podcasts of 2012…
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Another year, another batch of posts. In case you missed them, here are The Top 50 SF Signal Posts for 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for December 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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SF Signal is pleased to welcome Timothy C. Ward to the team!

We asked Tim to describe himself in the third person:

Timothy C. Ward wakes up at 3am for kickboxing, writes SF/F/and Horror during his day job, and podcasts in the evening as AudioTim. His first short story publication will be in the Monsters! anthology by A Flame in the Dark. His first non-trunked novel, Kaimerus, is described as “Firefly crashes on Avatar and wakes up 28 Days Later.” His dream is writing full-time where he can snowboard and play with Huskies. Currently, he lives in Des Moines and his wife lets him have a Husky wall calendar, so he’s “this” close.

Another bit of interesting trivia: Tim’s first job was as a baker for Einstein Bros. Bagels, so we are expecting big things from him. Big, round, doughy, everything-flavored things with holes in the middle. Just sayin’…

Welcome aboard, Tim! We’re thrilled to have you on our team!

While Tim is contacting his network of bagel makers, check out his new post: a review of A Once Crowded Sky by Tom King.

And please join me in welcoming Tim to the team!

In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for November 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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In case you missed them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for October 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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If there’s one thing you count on at SF Signal, it’s a plethora of editorial gaffes and misspellings. But the one thing we do get right is adding stellar members to our blog army. Case in point: our newest member Carrie Cuinn!

We asked Carrie to describe herself using 260 characters, punctuation included. We think she succeeded quite nicely:

Carrie Cuinn is an author, editor, bibliophile, modernist, and geek. In her spare time she reads, draws, makes things, takes other things apart, and sometimes gets a new tattoo. You can find her on twitter as @CarrieCuinn and online at http://carriecuinn.com.

Now that she has mastered the task of character-counting, it’s time to present her with an even greater, more important challenge: buying bagels for the entire team! Or, barring that, just me..because the team is getting pretty big (if you know what I mean).

Anywho, welcome aboard, Carrie! We’re thrilled to add you to our team!

While Carrie does some sleuthing to find out that my favorite bagel flavor is blueberry (hint, hint), please take a gander at the first installment of her new column about comics, Outside the Frame.

And please join me in welcoming Carrie to the team!

In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for September 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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The dust has settled a bit after a very busy and fun-filled weekend at Chicon 7, home of the 2012 Worldcon.

All I can say is…wow. What a spectacularly fun time it was. From the moment I arrived to the moment I left, it was a stream of seeing good people and having good times. It was great to see old friends — meeting some of them face-to-face for the first time — and making new friends as well. If I try to start naming names then I will want to be comprehensive and will undoubtedly leave someone off, so I won’t even try. Suffice it to say that they know who they are. Thanks to them for making my first Worldcon so memorable.
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In case you dared to miss them, here are The Top 25 SF Signal Posts for August 2012 (not including daily tidbits posts):
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May I have your attention for this very important personnel announcement!

We are happy to announce that Kristin Centorcelli has joined SF Signal’s burgeoning blog army!

Kristin runs the excellent review site My Bookish Ways and comes to us eager to share her views of genre fiction.

We asked Kristin to talk about herself in the third person. This is what she said:

Kristin is a mom of 3 whose superpower is useless movie trivia. The inmates run the asylum, but in moments of quiet, she reviews speculative fiction for her own review blog, My Bookish Ways, and contributes to a few other sites where she indulges her other love of crime fiction. She’s known for her massive library which has already taken over the house, and threatens the entire block. Eventually she will finish her English degree and begin raking in the big bucks, but until then, reviewing books makes her deliriously happy, as does boxed wine, Supernatural, and traveling the world as a secret agent. One of those things isn’t true.

Welcome aboard, Kristin! We could use a sense of humor around here. And some bagels. Me first! Just sayin’…

While Kristin is trying to figure out whether she’s made a huge mistake, check out the his first post: a review of Clean by Alex Hughes…

Meanwhile, please join me in welcoming Kristin to the team!

Posting will be lighter than normal over the next several days since some of us will be attending Chicon/Worldcon. There are a few posts in the queue…including our monthly Book Cover Gallery post and the introduction of a new SF Signal contributor…so do continue to stop by each day.

If you are going to Chicon7/Worldcon, or are otherwise in the Chicago area…do stop by and meet us at the SF Signal 2012 Worldcon Meetup. There will be much rejoicing.

We here at SF Signal HQ pride ourselves on three things:

1. Our love of genre.
2. Our uncanny ability to clear rooms quickly.
3. Our outstanding team of contributors.

I wouldn’t have thought it possible to improve upon any these traits, and yet we are proud to note that Justin Landon has joined the SF Signal’s blog army!

Justin claims that his acceptance of our invitation was “accidental”…and that he’ll “notify the authorities if we don’t stop harassing him”…but we nevertheless convinced him to talk about himself in bio-like fashion. This is what he gave us:

Justin Landon is the Overlord of the genre blog Staffer’s Book Review (and occasional musings). When he’s not writing things of dubious value, he’s at the gym or being a dad. You can follow him on Twitter (@jdiddyesquire), which is strongly suggested lest you miss out on vital information that could someday save your life.

Welcome aboard, Justin! We’re thrilled you have proven yourself unable to dial 911. As a straightjacket-wearing member of the most questionably civilized bunch of bloggers found on the Interwebs, we may now let you in on one of the web’s worst-kept secrets: New Guy (that’s you) buys everyone else bagels! We’re not choosey when to comes to flavors…but let’s just say that favors are readily distributed immediately following the appearance of everything-flavored bagels in my presence.

While Justin is trying to figure out what he’s gotten himself into…check out the his first installment of his new column: Small Press Spotlight. First up: Small Beer Press!

Meanwhile, please join me in welcoming Justin to the team!