Blog Archive
May 2015
Fri May 29
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “Sweet Victory” and “Rude Awakenings”
by Justin Landon
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Eight
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Tanith Lee — A Brief Retrospective
by Lee Mandelo
A History of Feminist Speculative Fiction: Sisters of the Revolution
by Mahvesh Murad
Rocket Talk Episode 55: Aidan Moher
by Justin Landon
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 21 and 22
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Debut Tor Authors Play “Would You Rather: SFF Edition”
by Natalie Zutter
Thu May 28
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 13 and 14
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Imagination and Wish Fulfillment in Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story
by Margaret Fortune
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 22
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 40
by Alice Arneson
Midnight in Karachi Episode 14: Sarah Lotz
by Mahvesh Murad
The SFF Book Covers You Remember Most Vividly
by Stubby the Rocket
What the Devil? Announcing a second Tor.com novella from K.J. Parker
by Lee Harris
A Pair of Magical Shoes: Variations on “Cinderella”
by Mari Ness
Wed May 27
Metal Music for Five Fantasy Writers and Their Worlds
by Peter Orullian
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Miri”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: “How is Lady Pole?”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 19 and 20
by Judith Tarr
George Miller’s Justice League Would Have Changed Superhero Movies Drastically
by Natalie Zutter and Chris Lough
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 235: Elizabeth Hand
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Read Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism Book 1 in Its Entirety
by Tor.com
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Chapter 2
by Seth Dickinson
Zapped
by Sherwood Smith
Harlan Ellison Taught Me How to Be Interesting
by Ryan Britt
Tue May 26
Short Fiction Spotlight: Spring Smorgasbord
by Lee Mandelo
Five Books About Kickass Moms
by Aidan Moher
By the Sword: The Ride
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
What Is The Frequency of Hope? Tomorrowland Never Quite Tells Us
by Leah Schnelbach
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Lovecraftian Dream Logic: “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath,” Part 1
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Sleeps With Monsters: Mad Max: Fury Road
by Liz Bourke
Tanith Lee, 1947-2015
by Tor.com
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Chapter 1
by Seth Dickinson
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 7: “The Gift”
by Theresa DeLucci
Message Fiction: Power Rivalries and Interstellar Cold Wars
by The G
So Glad She Stopped Playing Tennis! Why Sally Ride Still Amazes Us
by Tor.com
Mon May 25
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 11
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Sun May 24
Tor Books Announces a Decade of John Scalzi
by Tor.com
Sat May 23
Announcing the Spectrum 22: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art Award Recipients
by Irene Gallo
Fri May 22
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “The Seventh Day” and “Too Many Masters”
by Justin Landon
Dead in the Water: Day Four by Sarah Lotz
by Niall Alexander
Mapping An Ember in the Ashes
by Jonathan Roberts
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 19 and 20
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 50
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu May 21
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 11 and 12
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
What are Neville Longbottom’s Abs Hiding?
by Stubby the Rocket
Rocket Talk Episode 54: Uprooted
by Justin Landon
Failed Expectations: Supernatural Season 10
by Alex Brown
The Penfield Mood Organ in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Chris Beckett
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 21
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 39
by Alice Arneson
Kenstibec is Back
by Niall Alexander
Midnight in Karachi Episode 13: Nnedi Okorafor
by Mahvesh Murad
Tor.com Redesign Bug Fix Update
by Tor.com
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Disney’s Post-War Constraints: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
by Mari Ness
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 49
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed May 20
New SFWA Board Announced
by Stubby the Rocket
Bill Nye’s Spacecraft Has Launched Successfully and Wait How Did We Get Here?
by Chris Lough
The First Season of CW’s The Flash Was a Massive Pop-Paradox
by Ryan Britt
SFF Book Covers That Made You Pick Up the Book
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapter 18
by Judith Tarr
Once “The Mountain” Takes Your Book, It’s Not Coming Back
by Stubby the Rocket
Updraft
by Fran Wilde
“Unbreakable Imperator Furiosa” is a Weirdly Perfect Mashup
by Stubby the Rocket
We All Agree that Mad Max: Fury Road is Great. Here’s Why It’s Also Important.
by Leah Schnelbach
Aliette de Bodard Nukes Notre-Dame
by Niall Alexander
FSG Acquires Jeff VanderMeer’s New Novel Borne
by Stubby the Rocket
A New Reality: The Optimism of Zen Cho
by Naomi Novik
“Strike up a Lucifer” — Announcing Novellas from Andy Remic and Tim Lebbon
by Lee Harris
Ginga
by Daniel José Older
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 48
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Tue May 19
Bad Blood
by Niall Alexander
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: “The Friends of English Magic”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Dagger of the Mind”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
5 Aspects of Science Fiction That Are Far From Childish
by Ryan Britt
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
Epic Cosmic Vistas and Scary Houses — Impressions So Far in the Lovecraft Reread
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
This Just In — Books Are Still Awesome
by Liz Bourke
“A Thing Within a Thing” — Redesigning Dune
by Niall Alexander
Truth’s Solar Burn: Radiant State by Peter Higgins
by Liz Bourke
Endurance: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
by Niall Alexander
St. Dymphna’s School For Poison Girls
by Angela Slatter
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 47
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Mon May 18
Speak to Me
by Niall Alexander
7 Bizarre James Bond/Star Wars Connections
by Ryan Britt
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 234: World Fantasy Awards
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
An Oddball Mash-up: P.N. Elrod’s The Hanged Man
by Liz Bourke
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 10
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Dursleys Were Mean to Harry Because They’re Terrible, Not Because He Was a Horcrux
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
By the Sword: We’re not in Valdemar Anymore
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 6: “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
by Theresa DeLucci
Check Out the New Look For Brandon Sanderson’s Alcatraz Books
by Isaac Stewart
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 46
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun May 17
16 Minutes of Raw Behind-the-scenes Footage of Mad Max: Fury Road
by Stubby the Rocket
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 45
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat May 16
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 44
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri May 15
Spoiler Thread for A Read of Ice and Fire, Part 8!
by Tor.com
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Seven
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Daniel Craig Will Play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Books That Broke Sacred Writing Rules (And Yet We Love Them)
by Kathleen Baldwin
Ask Ian Cameron Esslemont Your Orb Sceptre Throne Questions!
by Tor.com
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Book Wrap
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
The Hype is Real. Mad Max: Fury Road is One of the Best Films of the Year
by Leah Schnelbach
Could Asa Butterfield Be the Next Spider-Man?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Speculative Fiction of Mad Men
by Gilbert Colon
Syfy’s The Magicians Trailer Shows Us Some Real Magic
by Stubby the Rocket
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 1, Chapters 17 and 18
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Completing the Dark Circus Cycle
by Niall Alexander
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 43
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu May 14
Five Weapons You Don’t Want Your Enemy To Bring To A Fight
by Marc Turner
The Challenge of Realistic Animation: Disney’s Bambi
by Mari Ness
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 9 and 10
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Behold the Many Pets of Tor.com!
by Stubby the Rocket
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 20
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 38
by Alice Arneson
Welcome to the New Tor.com!
by Tor.com
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 42
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed May 13
The Liminal War
by Ayize Jama-Everett
I Finally Figured Out Why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Isn’t Engaging
by Chris Lough
The Second Trailer for Crimson Peak is Here to Scare Us to Death
by Stubby the Rocket
Cover Reveal for Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s HEX
by Tor.com
Midsummer’s Music and Magic
by Alex Bledsoe
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 16 and 17
by Judith Tarr
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Epilogue
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Should You Watch the Original Mad Max Trilogy?
by Leah Schnelbach
New Cover Art for Cassandra Clare’s Infernal Devices Trilogy!
by Tor.com
Elephants and Corpses
by Kameron Hurley
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 41
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Tue May 12
The Return of Pinhead: The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
by Theresa DeLucci
Werewolves and Other Beasts: Our Pop Quiz Interview with Lane Smith
by Tor.com
“The monsters are still out there. Waiting.” Dreams of Shreds and Tatters by Amanda Downum
by Liz Bourke
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “What Are Little Girls Made Of?”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
H.G. Wells and the Dream of Astronomy
by Jeffrey Rotter
Fox’s Minority Report TV Show Looks Pretty Good
by Stubby the Rocket
Horror in Your Own Back Yard: “The Picture in the House”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: Young People These Days…
by Liz Bourke
Book Smugglers Publishing Declares 2016 the Year of the Superhero
by Stubby the Rocket
Dispatches from the Digital First Front
by Niall Alexander
Short Fiction Spotlight: Octavia Butler’s Bloodchild and Other Stories
by Lee Mandelo
Introducing Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway, with Cover Reveal!
by Lee Harris
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 40
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Mon May 11
Announcing the 2015 Finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award!
by Tor.com
Five Books with Powerful Friendships
by Karina Sumner-Smith
Five Books with Powerful Friendships
by Karina Sumner-Smith
The Last Herald Mage: The End
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 233: Paolo Bacigalupi
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Tor to Publish The Geek Feminist Revolution by Kameron Hurley
by Tor.com
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 9
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Here’s Where to Start Reading the Works of Brandon Sanderson
by Martin Cahill
Announcing the 2014 Bram Stoker Award Winners
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 5: “Kill the Boy”
by Theresa DeLucci
Watch Your Favorite SFF Authors Write Stories in Real-Time During the #TwitterFiction Festival
by Stubby the Rocket
Lost and Found: Where by Kit Reed
by Lee Mandelo
The Testament of Hal Duncan
by Niall Alexander
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 39
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun May 10
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 38
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat May 9
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 37
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri May 8
Nothing’s Really Where It’s At: Ayize Jama-Everett Takes Our Pop Quiz Interview
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Six
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
All Her Bridges Burned Behind Her: Defiant by Karina Sumner-Smith
by Liz Bourke
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “The Fourth Day” and “The Perfect Couple”
by Justin Landon
More Dinosaur Lords Art from Richard Anderson
by Irene Gallo
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Twenty-One
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Agent Carter Renewed for a Second Season
by Chris Lough
No Strings, But Plenty of Switches in the Whedonverse
by Natalie Zutter
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 15 and 16
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Obvious Doctor Who Fan Stand-In Character Not Murdered After All!
by Chris Lough
Five Great Genre-Bending Novels Set in Post-1970s Tokyo
by Eli K.P. William
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 36
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Thu May 7
2014 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees Announced
by Tor.com
China is the Guest of Honor at This Year’s BookExpo America and BookCon
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Paranormal/Urban Fantasy and Horror
by Suzanne Johnson
The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 7 and 8
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Death and Survival: Felix Salten’s Bambi: A Life in the Woods
by Mari Ness
Announcing Infomocracy, Tor.com’s First Novel
by Carl Engle-Laird
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 19
by Leigh Butler
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 37
by Alice Arneson
Midnight in Karachi Episode 12: Emily St. John Mandel
by Mahvesh Murad
The Last Mortal Bond is the Third Book in Brian Staveley’s Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Series!
by Tor.com
Pull List: ODY-C
by Alex Brown
What the F*ck, Iago?
by Max Gladstone
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 35
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Wed May 6
Syfy Will Adapt Brave New World as a Miniseries
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for May
by Suzanne Johnson
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven Wins the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award
by Tor.com
Does Biology Need to Be Destiny in the Work of Joss Whedon?
by Leah Schnelbach
Five Books with Geeky Heroes
by Brooke Johnson
Rereading Melanie Rawn: Sunrunner’s Fire, Chapters 14 and 15
by Judith Tarr
Rocket Talk Episode 53: Renee Williams and Shaun Duke
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Twenty
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Historical Fiction for Genre Lovers: Burial Rites
by Caitlyn Paxson
Cover Reveal for Marie Brennan’s In The Labyrinth of Drakes
by Stubby the Rocket
The Two Weddings of Bronwyn Hyatt
by Alex Bledsoe
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 34
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Marvel CEO’s “No Female-Lead Movies” Email Makes No Sense
by Chris Lough
Tue May 5
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Aurora Australis: Blue Quandongs and Magenta Cherries
by Alexandra Pierce
Watch the Trailer for Puppet Epic Yamasong: March of the Hollows
by Stubby the Rocket
Hope Is For Losers: Gotham, “All Happy Families Are Alike”
by Thom Dunn
Lucasfilm Confirms a Fifth Indiana Jones Movie is in the Works
by Stubby the Rocket
The Book of Speculation
by Erika Swyler
Space Badasses and Cranking Basslines: Nicole Kornher-Stace’s Pop Quiz Interview
by Tor.com
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Eye of the World, Part 28
by Leigh Butler
The World’s Worst (or Maybe Best) Museum Exhibit: “Out of the Aeons”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: Older Women As Lead Characters In Urban Fantasy
by Liz Bourke
Devote May to the Undead with These 21 Zombified Classics!
by Tor.com
Global Powers: The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
by Lee Mandelo
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 33
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Mon May 4
This is Why Obi-Wan Lied to Luke Skywalker About His Father
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Last Herald Mage: Sorrows
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
The Coode Street Podcast Episode 232: On Canon Formation
by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Five Books About Fictional History
by Michael J. Martinez
Announcing the 2015 Locus Award Finalists!
by Tor.com
Han Solo Has Always Been the Lead of Star Wars
by Ryan Britt
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for May
by Tor.com
Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 8
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Is the Force A Religion?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Does the Suicide Squad Cast Photo Look More Like a Metal Band or a CW Show?
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 4: “Sons of the Harpy”
by Theresa DeLucci
Black Widow Finally Gets Her Own Movie in this SNL Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
“A Suit of Armor Around the World”: Avengers: Age of Ultron
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Snap a Shelfie and Get an Ebook with BitLit!
by Tor.com
An Uncut and Non-Remastered List of Star Wars Editions!
by Leah Schnelbach
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 32
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sun May 3
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 31
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Sat May 2
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 30
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Fri May 1
Five Books Where the Girl Saves the Boy
by Tina Connolly
The Stargate Rewatch: SG-1 Season Five
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
New Tor.com Original Fiction in May and June
by Tor.com
Channing Tatum to Star in Movie Adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Orb Sceptre Throne, Chapter Nineteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Thor is Just a Codename, Right?: What Humanity Knows About Superheroes in the MCU
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Chapters 13 and 14
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Tor.com is Open to Novella Submissions!
by Carl Engle-Laird
Hoshruba: The Land and the Tilism: Book 1, Episode 29
by Musharraf Ali Farooqi