Blog Archive
December 2014
Wed Dec 31
The Emperor and the Scullery Boy: Quests and Coming-of-Age Stories
by Katherine Addison
Pull List: Saga
by Alex Brown
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 12 and 13
by Judith Tarr
7 Credible Ways The Incredibles 2 Could Work
by Ryan Britt
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for January
by Suzanne Johnson
Need to Read Something Not So GrimDark? Check Out These 13 Optimistic Fantasies
by Leah Schnelbach
Tue Dec 30
How the World Map in Brian Staveley’s Fantasy Series Was Made
by Isaac Stewart
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “It’s Only a Paper Moon”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Thought-Provoking Self-Indulgence: “The Unnamable”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
I Think Die Hard Might be a Fairy Tale
by Max Gladstone
Sleeps With Monsters: The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson
by Liz Bourke
Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Spock Riding a Unicorn Pegasus
by Stubby the Rocket
Mon Dec 29
Margaret Atwood Talks Her 2114 Novel and Coping with Real and Fictional Dystopias in Her Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Joy, Sorrow, Regret, and Reassurance: The Singular Beauty of The Last Unicorn
by Bridget McGovern
Thor and Loki are Probably Naked Onscreen Most of the Time
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
A Library In Your Pocket: How Having an E-reader Has Changed My Reading Habits
by Jo Walton
Sat Dec 27
Six Word Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Anything Stories
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 26
Why Do We Want More MST3K?
by Leah Schnelbach
Defanged, but Not Declawed: Into the Woods
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Why Islands Win: Hook, Line & Sinker
by Lynne Matson
Build Your Own Tor.com Stubby Paper Rocket
by Stubby the Rocket
Teaching Political Science Through Game of Thrones
by Jacopo della Quercia
Thu Dec 25
This is the Story of Your Life. Doctor Who: “Last Christmas”
by Chris Lough
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 11 and 12
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Dec 24
Tor.com Wishes You a Merry Cthulhumas!
by Stubby the Rocket
This Little Kid’s The Princess Bride Dread Pirate Roberts Theory Just Blew Our Minds
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 10 and 11
by Judith Tarr
Toys Are People, Too
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
All I Want For Christmas is an Evil Snowman: Christmas Tales of Terror
by Mari Ness
Tue Dec 23
Some of Your Favorite Short Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fiction of 2014
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Covenant”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Ghoulish Aesthetes: “The Hound”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 13
by Leigh Butler
Christmas in the Stars: Aliens Encounter the Holidays!
by Leah Schnelbach
Sleeps With Monsters: Looking Back On 2014
by Liz Bourke
God Bless Pastiche! The 7 Best Non-Traditional Christmas Carols of Film and TV
by Ryan Britt
Legends & Lairs in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition’s “Monster Manual”
by Mordicai Knode
Mon Dec 22
I’ll Just Have a Little Lava, Thanks: The Top of the Volcano: The Award Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison
by Ryan Britt
Mike Colter Cast as Marvel’s Luke Cage!
by Stubby the Rocket
Follow Your Arrow: Look At Your Life, Look At Your Choices
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
What is it Like to be a Malfoy Post-Battle of Hogwarts? Rowling Reveals All on Pottermore
by Stubby the Rocket
Technology is the Worst Gift in Black Mirror: White Christmas
by Natalie Zutter
The Hobbit Reread: Concluding with The Battle of the Five Armies
by Kate Nepveu
You Gotta Deal With It: The Legend of Korra is Over
by Mordicai Knode
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 15
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Terry Pratchett Based Crowley on Neil Gaiman, and Other Tidbits from the Writing of Good Omens
by Stubby the Rocket
Have Yourself a Dark and Terrifying Christmas
by Leah Schnelbach
Legend of Korra’s Finale and the Problem With “Fan Service”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Getting Into Into the Woods
by Jack Heckel
Fri Dec 19
The Book of Storms (Excerpt)
by Ruth Hatfield
Tim Powers Unlocks Another Gate in Nobody’s Home
by Alyx Dellamonica
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “The Siege of AR-558”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
“Can’t Live with Magic, Can’t Destroy Humanity Without it”: A Hero at the End of the World, by Erin Claiborne
by Em Nordling
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “This Noble Business” and “The New Man”
by Justin Landon
The 2015 World Fantasy Award Judges Have Been Announced!
by Tor.com
A Complete Ranking of Every Adaptation of A Christmas Carol
by Leah Schnelbach
Global Franchises, Particle Physics, and Manhattan as a Hell Dimension: The Ghostbusters 3 Movies That Could Have Been
by Natalie Zutter
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Reread: Part 10
by Kate Nepveu
Thu Dec 18
Unbreakable (Excerpt)
by W.C. Bauers
Mistborn Fans Will Get TWO New Novels Next Year!
by Tor.com
Swiftly Does It
by Niall Alexander
When Ghosts Want You in a Small Town: Gallows Hill
by Mari Ness
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 9 and 10
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
BBC America Shares Orphan Black Season 3 Premiere Date and Teaser: “This Is War”
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 22
by Carl Engle-Laird
A Message From John Sargent
by John Sargent
Following Battlestar Galactica’s Lead: Ascension, “Night Three”
by Natalie Zutter
Jonathan Strange Meets Georgette Heyer: Pan Macmillan Acquires Zen Cho’s Regency Fantasy Sorcerer to the Crown
by Tor.com
Midnight in Karachi, Episode 2: Patrick Ness
by Mahvesh Murad
The Gospel of Loki U.S. Cover Reveal!
by Tor.com
A Long Spoon
by Jonathan L. Howard
Wed Dec 17
Half-Resurrection Blues (Excerpt)
by Daniel José Older
Rich and Strange: “Nkásht íí” by Darcie Little Badger
by Amal El-Mohtar
What of the King Under the Mountain? The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 8 and 9
by Judith Tarr
We Three Kings Have Traveled Far, Over The Misty Mountains Cold
by Stubby the Rocket
It’s a Good Thing Neil Gaiman Was Kidding About Tom Hiddleston Playing Morpheus in Sandman
by Stubby the Rocket
Philip Pullman Releases New His Dark Materials Story for Christmas
by Niall Alexander
‘Twas the Dark Knight Before Christmas: Batman Returns
by Jake Hinkson
Picturing Dragons
by Irene Gallo
Tue Dec 16
Short Fiction Spotlight: Nunslinger Begins
by Niall Alexander
The 2014 Black List Features Artificial Intelligence Thrillers, Space Angst, and Apocalyptic Family Dramas
by Stubby the Rocket
Cosmopolitan Temptation: “The Whisperer in Darkness”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Professional Swordsmen Demonstrate How to Fight with The Force Awakens’ Crossguard Lightsaber
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Once More Unto the Breach”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
“The Maiden in the Ice” (Excerpt)
by Angela Slatter
Asking for Forgiveness Instead of Permission: Ascension, “Night One”
by Natalie Zutter
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
How Do We Categorize The Nightmare Before Christmas?
by Max Gladstone
Under the Radar: The Books That Pinged
by Justin Landon, Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Constantine Gets Back In The Habit With “The Saint of Last Resorts”
by Thom Dunn
Anime Year in Review: The Ten Best Shows of 2014
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
Mon Dec 15
All Your Giant Mecha Dreams Come True! The Legend of Korra, “Kuvira’s Gambit”
by Mordicai Knode
End of the Line: Jeff VanderMeer and the Southern Reach Trilogy
by Brian Slattery
Ancient Textbook Doodles Prove School Has Been Boring for Centuries
by Stubby the Rocket
Follow Your Arrow: Valdemaran Public Health and Epidemiology
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Flying Hats and Marching Brooms: Once Upon a Time, “Heroes and Villains”
by Mari Ness
Sony Hack Reveals Potential Plot Details About Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII and Episode IX
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 14
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Saga Press to Publish Kameron Hurley’s Standalone Space Opera The Stars Are Legion
by Stubby the Rocket
The Just City (Excerpt)
by Jo Walton
The Infinite Points of Interest in Alternate History
by Jacopo della Quercia
Gandalf Is the Worst Boss Ever in This The Hobbit/The Office Mashup
by Stubby the Rocket
Steven Erikson: On Compassion, Completing Malazan, and Looking Toward the Future
by Tor.com
Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon
by Ken Liu
Fri Dec 12
Briar Queen (Excerpt)
by Katherine Harbour
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Treachery, Faith, and the Great River”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “The Poison Trade” and “Being Chief”
by Justin Landon
New Insurgent Trailer Pits Tris vs. Tris
by Stubby the Rocket
On the Masterful Creepiness of Merricat: Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle
by Angela Slatter
5 More Crossovers that Make as Much Sense as Jump Street/MIB
by Ryan Britt
Could Jennifer Lawrence Join the All-Female Ghostbusters 3?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Coode Street Podcast is Coming to Tor.com!
by Tor.com
When My Wife Put Her Face in a Fireball for Epic Fantasy
by Brian Staveley
Beta Testers Wanted to Break Our Website (Very Meticulously)
by Tor.com
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Reread: Part 9
by Kate Nepveu
Thu Dec 11
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Character Names Revealed Through Trading Cards!
by Stubby the Rocket
Mort(e) (Excerpt)
by Robert Repino
It’s Yuletide and You Are Dying: Watch the Doctor Who Christmas Special Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
It’s the Social Security Numbers That Get You: Locked in Time
by Mari Ness
Trailer for Song of the Sea, From the Same Team that Brought Us The Secret of Kells
by Irene Gallo
5 Times Stephen Colbert Was Declared the Ultimate Fanboy
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 7 and 8
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 21
by Alice Arneson
We Need Diverse Books Returns to BookCon for an SFF Panel!
by Tor.com
Under the Radar: Things We Found During the Autopsy
by Mahvesh Murad
A Pottermore Christmas
by Niall Alexander
The Pure Joy of Flight is Yours: Sketches From Peter Sis’ Little Prince Biography
by Tor.com
Wed Dec 10
Sony Hack Ruins Potential Marvel Phase 3 Surprise
by Stubby the Rocket
“Operation Beifong” Strikes Back on The Legend of Korra!
by Mordicai Knode
A Bicycle Built For You, But Not You. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “What They Become”
by Chris Lough
Rich and Strange: “No Vera There” by Dominica Phetteplace
by Amal El-Mohtar
“Everybody’s Gone Out of Their Mind”: Watch the First Teaser Trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road
by Stubby the Rocket
Pixar’s New Trailer for Inside Out Gives Us The Parents’ Perspective!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 6 and 7
by Judith Tarr
We’re Swooning Over Sam Weber’s New Cover Art for Dune!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rising Waters: “The Doom That Came to Sarnath”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
We Need a Kink in Our Stories: BDSM Characters in Your Favorite Genre Fiction
by Emmet Asher-Perrin, Leah Schnelbach and Natalie Zutter
Rocket Talk Episode 37: Tina Connolly and Brad Beaulieu
by Tor.com
What Happens When You Strip a Story of Its Morals and Purpose? Ridley Scott’s Exodus
by Leah Schnelbach
Even More Standalone Fantasy Fiction!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Weird World of Jeff VanderMeer
by Cheryl Morgan
Rainbow Rowell’s Next Book Carry On is a Fangirl Spinoff Starring Simon Snow
by Stubby the Rocket
Burnt Sugar
by Lish McBride
Teaser Trailer for BBC’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Stubby the Rocket
Tue Dec 9
Angels We Have Heard On High: Constantine “Blessed Are the Damned”
by Thom Dunn
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Chrysalis”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Eleventh Doctor’s Legacy Was Loss and Failure
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
Reimagining Homer: Christopher Logue’s War Music
by Brian Staveley
Pixar’s Finding Dory Won’t Take Place Just in the Ocean
by Stubby the Rocket
Short Fiction Spotlight: “Where the Trains Turn” by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
by Lee Mandelo
Syfy Joins the Superhero Prequel Game with Krypton
by Stubby the Rocket
World Book Night is Back
by Niall Alexander
The Rabbit Back Literature Society (Excerpt)
by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2014
by Tor.com
Father Christmas: A Wonder Tale of the North
by Charles Vess
Mon Dec 8
First Trailer for The Little Prince
by Irene Gallo
Book of the Dead (Excerpt)
by Greig Beck
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Marissa Meyer
by Tor.com
Evil Is More Fun: Once Upon A Time, “Shattered Sight”
by Mari Ness
Follow Your Arrow: The North Trade Road
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
2014 Fiction Wrap-Up from Tor.com
by Tor.com
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 13
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
How Fast is the Millennium Falcon? A Thought Experiment.
by Chris Lough
Tiamat’s Terrain: Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange
by Alex Mangles
Tiamat’s Terrain: An Introduction
by
Fri Dec 5
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Take Me Out to the Holosuite”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Mystery of Bao in a Drowning World: Fish Tails by Sheri S. Tepper
by Emmi Itäranta
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Before They Are Hanged: “The Abode of Stones” and “Back to the Mud”
by Justin Landon
The Globe (Excerpt)
by Terry Pratchett
Ryan Reynolds to Play Deadpool Again
by Stubby the Rocket
The Flash / Arrow Crossover Shows Us What We Might Expect from Batman vs Superman
by Sam Riedel
Krysten Ritter is Marvel’s Jessica Jones!
by Stubby the Rocket
Midnight in Karachi, Episode 1: Audrey Niffenegger
by Mahvesh Murad
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for December
by Tor.com
Benedict Cumberbatch Finally Officially Definitely Cast as Doctor Strange
by Stubby the Rocket
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Reread: Part 8
by Kate Nepveu
Thu Dec 4
Lifetime to Air Damien TV Series Starring Merlin’s Bradley James
by Stubby the Rocket
The Female Factory (Excerpt)
by Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter
Psychic Responsiblity: The Third Eye
by Mari Ness
Sarah Connor is Not Messing Around in the First Terminator: Genisys Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
A Russian Brown Bear is the Best Patronus! Our Pop Quiz Interview with Sergei Lukyanenko
by Tor.com
Jeff VanderMeer Talks Ambiguity, the Wilderness, and the New Weird in His Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Spoiler Thread for A Read of Ice and Fire, Part 7!
by Tor.com
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Jon Hamm is a Sinister Cyrano de Bergerac in the Black Mirror Christmas Special Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 20
by Carl Engle-Laird
Bond 24’s Title and Cast AnnouncedSherlock’s Moriarty to Play the Villain!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Harry Potter Reread: The Goblet of Fire, Chapters 5 and 6
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Visions of Mortality: Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
by Em Nordling
If Then What When?
by Niall Alexander
Wed Dec 3
The Blood of Angels (Excerpt)
by Johanna Sinisalo
Watch 197 Movie Trailers From 2014 Mashed Up Into One Epic Video
by Stubby the Rocket
Feelings and How to Destroy Them. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “…Ye Who Enter Here”
by Chris Lough
Peter Pan’s “Greatest Pretend” is Heroism
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
NASA Hopes Its New Deep Space Capsule Orion Could Eventually Take Us to Mars
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Melanie Rawn: The Star Scroll, Chapters 4 and 5
by Judith Tarr
Rich and Strange: “A Kiss With Teeth” by Max Gladstone
by Amal El-Mohtar
Creepy Kids and Constantine: “Rage of Caliban”
by Thom Dunn
Jared Leto, Will Smith, and the Rest of the Suicide Squad Cast Confirmed
by Stubby the Rocket
Why We Shouldn’t Reboot ReBoot
by Natalie Zutter
Skin in the Game
by Sabrina Vourvoulias
Tue Dec 2
Short Fiction Spotlight: The Sleeper and the Spindle
by Niall Alexander
The Genome (Excerpt)
by Sergei Lukyanenko
Reading Room: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
by Niall Alexander
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Afterimage”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
This Illuminated Copy of Tolkien’s Silmarillion is the Prettiest Thing You’ll See Today!
by Stubby the Rocket
Family Traditions: “The Festival”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Stephen Hawking Thinks He Would Make a Great Bond Villain
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
God said to Abraham, Kill Me a Son? Sleepy Hollow: “The Akeda”
by Leah Schnelbach
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Warren Hammond
by Tor.com
Sleeps With Monsters: Still Talking About Books
by Liz Bourke
The Goodreads Choice Awards Announce Their Best Books of 2014
by Tor.com
Naked Singularities and the Art of Science Writing: A Love Letter to Kip Thorne
by Max Gladstone
You Cannot Tell if Star Wars: Episode VII is Good or Bad From 90 Seconds of Footage
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Mon Dec 1
The Importance of Protective Eyewear: Once Upon a Time, “Fall”
by Mari Ness
Exploring Age as the Reason No One Gets Out Alive. Stephen King’s Revival
by Grady Hendrix
Pull List: Batgirl and Thor
by Alex Brown
How Korra Got Her Groove Back: The Legend of Korra’s “Beyond the Wilds”
by Mordicai Knode
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Servant of the Empire, Part 12
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
A Blood-Soaked Calculus and Cyanide Apples: The Imitation Game
by Michael Carlisle
The Walking Dead, S5 E8: “Coda”
by Alex Brown
Follow Your Arrow: Welcome to Arrow’s Flight!
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
The Whispering Swarm (Excerpt)
by Michael Moorcock
Remembering P. D. James
by Niall Alexander
Songs That Did (and Didn’t) Work in Genre Movies and TV
by Natalie Zutter, Emmet Asher-Perrin and Leah Schnelbach