August 2015

Mon Aug 31

A Post-Mortem for Hannibal, the Greatest Television Show of All Time by Leah Schnelbach

Cross of Confusion: A Cold Silence by Alison Littlewood by Niall Alexander

Catch a Rising Wind with Fran Wilde’s Updraft by Alyx Dellamonica

Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 25 by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Fear the Walking Dead, S1 E2: “So Close, Yet So Far” by Alex Brown

Toeing the Wavy Line in Mark Lawrence’s Prince of Thorns by Mel Odom

Watch the New Trailer for MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles! by Stubby the Rocket

The Last Witness by K.J. Parker

Five Stories with an Audacious Premise by David Walton

Fri Aug 28

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Paranormal Romance by Suzanne Johnson

The Stargate Rewatch: Universe Season One by Keith R.A. DeCandido

This Homage From Batman to Snoopy is One of the Most Beautiful Things in Comics by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Last Argument of Kings: “Greater Good” and “Skarling’s Chair” by Justin Landon

Digging Into Fandom: Cover Reveal for The Poet and the Prophecy by Cecilia Tan

My Kinda Scene: Unforgiven and Clint Eastwood’s Achilles Heel by Brian Staveley

Four Classic Children’s Books That Are Pure Magic by Ilana C. Myer

This Multi-Generational Star Trek Fan Vid Makes Us Wanna DANCE by Stubby the Rocket

This Cake is More Than Meets the Eye! by Stubby the Rocket

The Dragonlance Reread: Guest Highlord Jason Heller on Raistlin Majere by Jason Heller

Thu Aug 27

The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 37 and 38 by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Urban Fantasy and Horror by Suzanne Johnson

A Bear with Little Brain: Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by Mari Ness

Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for September by Tor.com

Finn Wields His Lightsaber in New Teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! by Stubby the Rocket

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 35 by Leigh Butler

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 52 by Alice Arneson

Midnight in Karachi, Episode 26: Kate Elliott by Mahvesh Murad

Witches of Lychford Audio Excerpt by Danielle Prielipp

How Baru Cormorant Would Overthrow Emperor Palpatine, Kill Voldemort, and Stop Sauron by Seth Dickinson

Wed Aug 26

Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for September by Suzanne Johnson

Rocket Talk Episode 62: David Liss by Justin Landon

Why We’re Creating More Uncanny: Still a Real Magazine, Now With a Fake Future History by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas

Falling Off a Cliffhanger in Terry Brooks’ The Elfstones of Shannara by Jeff Wheeler

Reading Melanie Rawn: The Dragon Token, Chapters 1-5 by Judith Tarr

Hurricane Katrina: Dystopia, in Real Time by Suzanne Johnson

Spotlight on James Tiptree, Jr. / Alice Sheldon by Lee Mandelo

The Wheel of Time Companion: “Old Tongue” Dictionary (Excerpt) by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons

The Wheel of Time Companion: Foreword by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons

That Seriously Obnoxious Time I Was Stuck at Witch Rimelda’s One Hundredth Birthday Party by Tina Connolly

Tue Aug 25

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Science Fiction by Suzanne Johnson

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Space Seed” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Dread Wolf: Teen Wolf Season 5 Midseason Finale by Alex Brown

Five Sci-Fi Books That Crank Out the Funny by Patrick S. Tomlinson

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 14 by Leigh Butler

Miskatonic Valley Literary Festival: “The History of the Necronomicon” and “The Book” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Sleeps With Monsters: Melanie Rawn Answers Five Questions by Liz Bourke

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson

Expansionary Ambitions: John Scalzi’s The Last Colony by The G

Mon Aug 24

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Fantasy by Suzanne Johnson

Made to Kill by Adam Christopher

Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 24 by Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Dead and the Dying: Fear the Walking Dead Premiere by Alex Brown

Mercedes Lackey’s Winds of Fury: Shiny! by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Sharp Ends of Joe Abercrombie by Niall Alexander

Vive la Révolution! Dream Paris by Tony Ballantyne by Niall Alexander

Sun Aug 23

Announcing the 2015 Hugo Award Winners by Tor.com

Fri Aug 21

The Magic Carpet of Clive Barker’s Weaveworld by Robert Masello

The Stargate Rewatch: Atlantis Season Five by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Books That Dump You into a Pit of Despair by Jason Sizemore

Under the Dome: Legacy by Grady Hendrix

The Dragonlance Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 2, Chapters 15 and 16 by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin

Get Your Head in the Clouds with These Cities in the Sky! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 20

The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 35 and 36 by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Presenting the Ten Best Horror Films of the 21st Century, According to the Internet by Bridget McGovern

Announcing Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s Illuminae Tour! by Tor.com

Walt Disney Supervises His Last Film: The Jungle Book by Mari Ness

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 34 by Leigh Butler

Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 51 by Alice Arneson

Midnight in Karachi Episode 25: N.K. Jemisin by Mahvesh Murad

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps Audio Excerpt by Danielle Prielipp

The Wheel of Time Companion, Spin the Wheel #3 Entry: “Narg” by Tor.com

The Magic Number: Why Witches Come in Threes by Paul Cornell

Wed Aug 19

Yvonne Craig, 1937-2015 by Tor.com

M.L. Brennan Talks Kitsune Science and Folklore in Her Reddit AMA by Stubby the Rocket

Five Canadian Books to Look for in Fall 2015 by Caitlyn Paxson

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “A Taste of Armageddon” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Last Song Before Night by Ilana C. Myer

Reading Melanie Rawn: Stronghold, Chapters 26-29 by Judith Tarr

The Enticing Realism of Ramez Naam’s Nexus by Jason Hough

It’s Matt Damon vs. Mars (and NASA) in the New Trailer for The Martian by Stubby the Rocket

Welcome to Rereading Shannara: The Elfstones of Shannara by Aidan Moher

The Wheel of Time Companion, Spin the Wheel #3 Entry: “Elayne Trakand” by Tor.com

Adult Children of Alien Beings by Dennis Danvers

Tue Aug 18

Dinner with the Yakuza and Magical Bloodlines: Highlights from Tom Doyle’s Reddit AMA by Stubby the Rocket

On Queerness, Subversion, Autonomy, and Catharsis: B.R. Sanders’ Ariah Reinvents the Bildungsroman by Foz Meadows

Wired Soldiers: The Technology Behind The Red by Linda Nagata

Hard Truths from a Harsh Universe: Scalzi’s The Ghost Brigades by The G

Starting with First Principles: Where to Begin with K.J. Parker by Jared Shurin

Announcing the Return of the Tor.com Conversations Page! by Tor.com

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 13 by Leigh Butler

Victor and Igor Toy with Wrathful Forces in the First Victor Frankenstein Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Translating the Necronomicon May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Clark Ashton Smith’s “The Return of the Sorcerer” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Sleeps With Monsters: We’re Still Reading Over Here by Liz Bourke

The Wheel of Time Companion, Spin the Wheel #3 Entry: “Mazrim Taim” by Tor.com

Where to Start with the Works of James Tiptree, Jr. by Lee Mandelo

Mon Aug 17

CBS to Adapt Ian McDonald’s Luna: New Moon for Television by Stubby the Rocket

(Almost) Everything That Happened at Disney’s D23 Expo 2015 by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books That Prove Mankind Shouldn’t Play With Technology by Chuck Wendig

The Coode Street Podcast Episode 245: Ian McDonald by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

Solaris Books Acquires Yoon Ha Lee’s Sci-Fi Trilogy The Machineries of Empire by Stubby the Rocket

Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 23 by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Court of Fives and the Importance of Making Race Explicit in YA Fantasy by Natalie Zutter

You Can Now Download Tor.com Publishing’s Fall 2015 Sampler! by Tor.com

Conclave of Angels: The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard by Niall Alexander

One, Two, Three, Four… I Declare a Dino War! by Brian Switek

Fri Aug 14

An Intricate Labyrinth: Kate Elliott’s Court of Fives by Robert H. Bedford

Under the Dome: Plan B by Grady Hendrix

#StraightOutta Goes from Viral Marketing to Delightfully Geeky Meme by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Stephen King Reread: From a Buick 8 by Grady Hendrix

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Gorgeous Fan Comic Proves That Music Keeps Daredevil From Going Insane by Stubby the Rocket

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: The Lees of Laughter’s End, Part Two by Bill Capossere

Hugh Jackman’s Final Wolverine Film Could Be a Sequel to Days of Future Past by Stubby the Rocket

Read the Query Letter That Paved the Way For Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice by Stubby the Rocket

The Dragonlance Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 2, Chapters 13 and 14 by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

Five Novels with Different Cosmological Outlooks by Ted Kosmatka

Thu Aug 13

The Master Would Not Approve of this Manos: The Hands of Fate Game by Stubby the Rocket

The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 33 and 34 by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Who Hacks the Hackers? Zer0es by Chuck Wendig by Stefan Raets

Hunting for a Home After Destruction and Loss: Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book by Mari Ness

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance With Dragons, Part 33 by Leigh Butler

Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 50 by Alice Arneson

Sign Up For Tor.com Publishing’s Newsletter by Tor.com

Little Robot by Ben Hatke

Wonderfully Weird: The Fiction of Charlie Jane Anders by Ashley Mullins

Tor.com Acquires Novella from Laurie Penny by Tor.com

Five SFF Stories Complicated by Intact Family Relationships by Kate Elliott

Wed Aug 12

Rocket Talk Episode 61: Ken from Neth Space and Growing as a Person Through Blogging by Justin Landon

Watch the New Doctor Who Season 9 Trailer! by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books with Forgotten Cities by Robin Hobb

Behind the Scenes at Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook by Cat Rambo and Fran Wilde

Reading Melanie Rawn: Stronghold, Chapters 21-25 by Judith Tarr

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: The Lees of Laughter’s End, Part One by Bill Capossere

Letters to Tiptree by Lee Mandelo

James Potter Didn’t Change So That Lily Evans Would Marry Him by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Milagroso by Isabel Yap

Tue Aug 11

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Return of the Archons” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Story of The Story of Kullervo by Niall Alexander

Five of the Creepiest Monsters in Fantasy by Aliette de Bodard

Hell is Other People: The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu by Niall Alexander

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 12 by Leigh Butler

What Happens After They Laugh at You at the Academy: “Herbert West — Reanimator” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Covering Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers by Niall Alexander

What Do These Books Have In Common? by Liz Bourke

Old Man’s War, 10 Years On by The G

Let’s Talk About the MVPs of Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere by Martin Cahill

Mon Aug 10

Max Gladstone’s Reddit AMA Highlights Include Skeleton Mechanics and Magic Rules! by Stubby the Rocket

Read Excerpts from John Scalzi’s The End of All Things! by Tor.com

Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 22 by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Wayward Pines Is Half Paradise, Half Lost, All Crazy Town Banana Pants by Alex Brown

Join Brandon Sanderson on His Mistborn Shadows of Self Tour by Tor.com

Half an Adult: Joe Abercrombie’s Half a War by Justin Landon

Announcing the Winners of the 2015 David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy by Tor.com

Five Great Fantasy Books Most Fans Don’t Know Exist by Michael Swanwick

Spin the Wheel and Preview The Wheel of Time Companion: Round 3! by Tor.com

Fri Aug 7

The Stargate Rewatch: Continuum by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Meet Medjed, The Egyptian God Who’s Big in Japan! by Stubby the Rocket

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Editor Lynne M. Thomas Keeps Her Promise to Cosplay as Black Canary by Stubby the Rocket

“Say goodbye to your Sam.” Watch Stephen Colbert’s Glorious Lord of the Rings Goodbye to Jon Stewart by Stubby the Rocket

Break the Fourth Wall if You Want the Dungeons & Dragons Movie to be Great by Mordicai Knode

The Great Stephen King Reread: Dreamcatcher by Grady Hendrix

Why Did Seanchan Invade Randland From the Wrong Direction? by Chris Lough

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Part 2, Chapters 11 and 12 by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin

Thu Aug 6

The Harry Potter Reread: The Order of the Phoenix, Chapters 31 and 32 by Emmet Asher-Perrin

In Need of a Villain: Disney’s The Sword in the Stone by Mari Ness

Fox to Produce Grady Hendrix’s Horrorstör as a Dramedy by Stubby the Rocket

A Read of Ice and Fire: A Dance with Dragons, Part 32 by Leigh Butler

Titan Acquires Two Nina Allan Novels by Niall Alexander

Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 49 by Alice Arneson

Midnight in Karachi Episode 24: Aliette de Bodard by Mahvesh Murad

#GollanczFest ’15: Gollancz Harder by Niall Alexander

This is How Finished the Fantastic Four Movie Is by Chris Lough

Pulp, Pynchon, and Twin Peaks: True Detective Season Two by Gilbert Colon

Wed Aug 5

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Tomorrow is Yesterday” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Traumatic SFF Movie Moments (That I Loved and Watched Repeatedly) by Bridget McGovern

Reading Melanie Rawn: Stronghold, Chapters 16-20 by Judith Tarr

Discover Delight, Ingenuity and Joy with Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany! by Leah Schnelbach

Rocket Talk Episode 60: Sam Sykes and Tiffany Reisz by Justin Landon

The Deadpool Red Band Trailer Delivers in All Its Gory Glory by Stubby the Rocket

Mistborn Mania! Casting Mistborn with Pro Wrestlers by Carl Engle-Laird

The Night of the Salamander by Michael Swanwick

If Neil Armstrong Can Be the First to Land on a New World, So Can You by Chris Lough

Tue Aug 4

Exploring New Worlds: Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville by Theresa DeLucci

Shared Worlds is the Kind of SFF Writing Camp You Wish Existed When You Were a Teenager by Stubby the Rocket

Pulpy and Playful: Daughters of Frankenstein, edited by Steve Berman by Lee Mandelo

The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 11 by Leigh Butler

Warner Bros Announces Dungeons & Dragons Movie, Hoping You Forgot About the First D&D Movie by Stubby the Rocket

The Luck of the Irish, and Other Cliches: “The Moon-Bog” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Five Japanese Books of Mystery and Imagination by James Kendley

Let’s Go Back in Time (then Forward, then Back Again) With 20 Time Travel Classics! by Tor.com

“Just Because You’re Immortal, Doesn’t Mean You’re Going to Live Forever” — A Wicked + Divine Mixtape by Em Nordling

Mon Aug 3

Aurora Australis: Awards, Novels, and Podcasts by Alexandra Pierce

The Coode Street Podcast Episode 243: Michael Swanwick by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe

Witches and Real Estate: Five Magical Houses by Caitlyn Paxson

Sunset Mantle by Alter S. Reiss

Rereading the Empire Trilogy: Mistress of the Empire, Part 21 by Tansy Rayner Roberts

“Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Death is the Fifth, and Master of All”: The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin by Niall Alexander

Mercedes Lackey’s Winds of Change: Bring Me the Finest Cheese Plants in the Land! by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Way We Walk: Getting Started with the Short Stories of China Miéville by Jared Shurin