October 2012 Preview
After a busy couple of months, October is shaping up to be a little more sedate. But there’s still plenty on tap for the blog.
Star Wars Reads Day – The month kicks off on Saturday, October 6th, with the nationwide Star Wars reading celebration. Several FANgirl correspondents are planning to attend their local events, and we’ll put together a report on our experiences.
Reviews – With Season Five of The Clone Wars underway, Megan continues her great reviews of each week’s episode. Also look for a review from Lex on the first arc of the Dawn of the Jedi comics by John Ostrander and Jan Duursema.
More Interviews – Several interviews from Celebration VI look to be ready to share this month, so keep your eyes out for them.
Here are a few of the other things we’re looking forward to in October:
New Star Wars Books
- Star Wars Art: Illustration – October 1st
- The Essential Reader’s Companion – October 2nd
New Star Wars Comics
- Darth Maul: Death Sentence #4 (of 4) – October 17th
- Agent of the Empire: Iron Eclipse (TPB) – October 24th
New Movies
- Taken 2 – October 5th
- Argo – October 12th
- Cloud Atlas – October 26th
Television Returning Shows & Premieres
- Supernatural – Wednesday, October 3rd at 9:00 p.m. (CW)
- Arrow – Wednesday, October 10th at 8:00 p.m. (CW)
- Nashville – Wednesday, October 10th at 10:00 p.m. (ABC)
- The Vampire Diaries – Thursday, October 11th at 8:00 p.m. (CW)
- Beauty and the Beast – Thursday, October 11th at 9:00 p.m. (CW)
- Covert Affairs – Tuesday, October 16th at 10:00 p.m. (USA)
New Releases on DVD
- Cinderella – October 2nd
- The Princess Bride (25th Anniversary Edition) – October 2nd
- Prometheus – October 9th
- Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – October 23rd
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – October 23rd
Tricia Barr's novel, Wynde, won the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Ebook. She was also part of Silence in the Library's successful all-female creator science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters, which is available now. For excerpts and tales of her adventures in creating a fictional universe, hop over to TriciaBarr.com.
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