Blog Archive
January 2016
Fri Jan 29
Not That Legendary: Legends of Tomorrow “Pilot, Part Two”
by Molly Templeton
Holy Rewatch, Batman! “The Bookworm Turns” / “While Gotham City Burns”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Google Beats Facebook to Developing AI That Can Intuitively Beat the Ancient Game of Go
by Natalie Zutter
Regency Dancing: A Certain Step Towards Falling In Love
by Alison Goodman
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 5 and 6
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter One
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Kevin Williamson’s H.G. Wells TV Pilot Time After Time is the Latest Time Travel Show
by Natalie Zutter
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Winter Night Part II, Chapters 8 and 9
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Rocket Talk Episode 71: Mur Lafferty
by Justin Landon
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for February
by Tor.com
“So Be It! See To It!” Octavia Butler States Her Purpose
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Jan 28
Fiction Affliction: February Releases in Science Fiction
by Tor.com
The Freedom of Michael Marshall Smith’s Only Forward
by Matt Hill
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for February
by Tor.com
American Gods Adaptation Casts Ricky Whittle as Shadow Moon
by Leah Schnelbach
I Could Show You the World, But I Won’t: Disney’s Aladdin
by Mari Ness
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 68
by Alice Arneson
Tommy Arnold Shares Some of His Favorite SFF Artwork in His Reddit AMA!
by Tor.com
Midnight in Karachi Episode 42: Tricia Sullivan
by Mahvesh Murad
Pull List: Hellcat, Moon Girl, and Faith
by Alex Brown
Winter 2016 Anime Preview: What the Heck Is “Rakugo”?
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
Wed Jan 27
Better Infrared Than Dead. Agent Carter: “Better Angels”
by Chris Lough
Aikido: The Art of Falling
by Helen Lowe
When Noir Meets Space Opera: The Expanse, “Salvage”
by Leah Schnelbach
Five Books About Weird Spies
by Max Gladstone
Why Hamilton is the Perfect Mashup for Every Fandom
by Natalie Zutter
Short Fiction Spotlight: Asimov’s February 2016
by Lee Mandelo
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Prologue
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Fiction Affliction: February Releases in Fantasy
by Tor.com
Neil Patrick Harris to Star in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Natalie Zutter
Oh, For Force’s Sake—Of Course Jedi Can Have Sex
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Maiden Thief
by Melissa Marr
Revealing the Cover for Jay Kristoff’s Nevernight
by Jay Kristoff
Tue Jan 26
Illegal Aliens and Survivor’s Guilt on This Week’s Supergirl
by Natalie Zutter
Lustlocked Audio Excerpt
by Danielle Prielipp
“You’re Not Very Remarkable.” The Magicians: “The Source of Magic”
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Bread and Circuses”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Cover Reveal for Lian Hearn’s Tale of Shikanoko
by Tor.com
What To Expect When You’re Expecting — The X-Files: “Founder’s Mutation”
by Leah Schnelbach
How to Make the Devil Boring. Lucifer.
by Chris Lough
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 6
by Leigh Butler
Make it Matter: City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
by Niall Alexander
Let Me Not to the Madness of True Minds Admit Impediments: Fungi From Yuggoth (Part 2)
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Sleeps With Monsters: There’s A Counter In My Head
by Liz Bourke
Moving On: The Bands of Mourning Spoiler Review
by Alice Arneson
The Last Mortal Bond: Prologue and Chapter 1
by Brian Staveley
First Kill
by Jennifer Fallon
Mon Jan 25
“Witch Marks” Were Just Some of the Graffiti Carved Onto Medieval Churches
by Stubby the Rocket
Rocket Talk Episode 70: Megan O’Keefe
by Justin Landon
The Absconded Ambassador
by Michael R. Underwood
Holy Rewatch, Batman! “The Curse of Tut” / “The Pharaoh’s in a Rut”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Book Narrative Chart for The Wheel of Time Shows Why The Series is So Appealing
by Chris Lough
Do We Still Want to Believe? The X-Files: “My Struggle”
by Leah Schnelbach
The Labyrinth “Reboot” Won’t Be a Remake
by Natalie Zutter
How Pacing Makes History into Story: Shakespeare’s Histories and The White Queen
by Ada Palmer
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Rising, Chapters 7-10
by Judith Tarr
Stories of a Life: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
by Lee Mandelo
Female Heroes of Color Who Should Get Their Own TV Show
by Stubby the Rocket
Anyone Want to Take a Shower in Room 237?
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Jan 22
The X-Files’ New Season Will Draw on Creepy Real-World Genetic Engineering
by Natalie Zutter
Enter Macmillan Audio’s Mistborn Sweepstakes!
by Danielle Prielipp
Subverting Expectations: Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn
by Steve Kamb
The C-Team: Legends of Tomorrow “Pilot, Part One”
by Molly Templeton
The Road Back: My Journey With David Hartwell
by Marco Palmieri
I Want to See Allomantic Mecha in Mistborn
by Chris Lough
Cover Reveal for Beth Cato’s Breath of Earth
by Tor.com
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
by Michael Bishop
Watch a Grown-Up Toby Froud Reenact Labyrinth’s “Magic Dance”
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Jan 21
Patchwerk Audio Excerpt
by Danielle Prielipp
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 3 and 4
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Message From Tom Doherty
by Tom Doherty
Fairy Tale and the Other Realm as Social Commentary: “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp”
by Mari Ness
Creative Storytelling: The Gamer’s Life
by Tim Akers
There’s a Ninth Planet Floating in the Darkness Beyond Neptune
by Janine Veazue
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 67
by Alice Arneson
Welcome to Night Vale Creators Launch Podcast Platform and New Series
by Natalie Zutter
Midnight in Karachi Episode 41: David Tallerman and Patchwerk
by Mahvesh Murad
How Do You Like Your Science Fiction? Ten Authors Weigh In On ‘Hard’ vs. ‘Soft’ SF
by Fran Wilde
Mistborn: Who the Hell is Trell?
by Martin Cahill
Wed Jan 20
Tor Books Senior Editor David G. Hartwell, 1941-2016
by Tor.com
Everything Is Different, Nothing Has Changed. Agent Carter Season 2 Premiere
by Chris Lough
Star Wars: Episode VIII Release Date Gets Pushed Back to December 2017
by Natalie Zutter
To Spit a Storm: The Drowning Eyes, by Emily Foster
by Em Nordling
Cover Reveal for Will McIntosh’s Faller
by Tor.com
We’re all Lost in the Churn in The Expanse: “Windmills”
by Leah Schnelbach
The Profound Emptiness of Battle: The Forever War
by Jay Allan
Mistborn: What is the Extent of Harmony’s Knowledge?
by Martin Cahill
DC Films Reveals First Footage of Wonder Woman
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Wars is an Action Series Defined By Heroic Vulnerability
by Leah Schnelbach
The Caretakers
by David Nickle
Tue Jan 19
Supergirl’s Greatest Casualty is Friendship
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Trouble with Tribbles”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Cover Reveal for Ian McDonald’s Luna: Wolf Moon
by Tor.com
DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League Gives Us Cyborg, Flash, and a New Suicide Squad Trailer Tonight!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 5
by Leigh Butler
Sleeps With Monsters: Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Hollywood’s Problem With Really Low Bars
by Liz Bourke
Shall I Compare Thee to an Eldritch Day: Fungi From Yuggoth (Part 1)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Delivering the Impossible: Ian Sales’ All That Outer Space Allows
by David Tallerman
The Politics of Justice: Identity and Empire in Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Trilogy
by Liz Bourke
Small Wars
by Matt Wallace
Digging in to the Cosmere: The Bands of Mourning Non-Spoiler Review
by Martin Cahill
Mon Jan 18
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Rising, Chapters 4-6
by Judith Tarr
Lost in Hollywood: Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers
by Niall Alexander
The Fantastical, Magical Process of Cooking a Bigass Piece of Meat
by Robert Jackson Bennett
The Multi-Purpose Library of the Future: Memory Prime by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Let’s Talk About the MVPs of Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere
by Martin Cahill
Let’s Talk About Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere
by Martin Cahill
The Bands of Mourning: Chapter Six
by Brandon Sanderson
Fri Jan 15
Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Joker Trumps an Ace” / “Batman Sets the Pace”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Tim Curry Joins the Rocky Horror Picture Show Remake!
by Natalie Zutter
Can We Get Ch-ch-change for a £20?
by Leah Schnelbach
“There is No Planet B”: The Impossible Problems of Generation Ships
by Natalie Zutter
Race, Publishing, and H.P. Lovecraft: A Conversation With Daniel José Older and Victor LaValle
by Leah Schnelbach
On Alan Rickman, Loss, and Mourning Our Heroes
by Max Gladstone
Surprise! Cloverfield Sequel Out in March. Watch the Trailer!
by Chris Lough
Where to Start with Will Self
by Mahvesh Murad
Five Works About Future Art
by Edward Gauvin
Thu Jan 14
Star Wars’ Poe Dameron Continues to Entrance Fans, Gets Own Comic Series
by Stubby the Rocket
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 1 and 2
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
What The Hell Does He Know About Poker?
by Tim Powers
Firefly Online Nabs Original Cast, Has to Completely Rewrite Itself
by Natalie Zutter
Midnight in Karachi Episode 40: Emily Foster and The Drowning Eyes
by Mahvesh Murad
A Return to the Glory Days: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
by Mari Ness
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 66
by Alice Arneson
Welcome Jonathan Strahan, New Consulting Fiction Editor for Tor.com
by Tor.com
Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian Represent SFF in the 2016 Oscar Nominations
by Natalie Zutter
Lustlocked
by Matt Wallace
Hey, Star Wars: Episode VIII—Don’t Make Rey a Skywalker
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Alan Rickman, 1946–2016
by Tor.com
Wed Jan 13
Susan Dennard’s Truthwitch Debuts at #4 on the New York Times Bestseller List
by Tor.com
Creating the Map for The Drowning Eyes
by Tim Paul
Rereading The Elfstones of Shannara, Chapters 53 and 54
by Aidan Moher
Dragon Hunters
by Marc Turner
A Barsk Reader Made This Amazing Character Sculpture!
by Stubby the Rocket
Honesty Pays and Conspiracy Comes to Light in The Expanse: “Rock Bottom”
by Leah Schnelbach
There’s a Storm Brewin’ in These Fantastical Tales of Weather Magic!
by Stubby the Rocket
How Could The Winds of Winter Be Published In Only Three Months?
by Chris Lough
Star Wars: The Fandom Awakens
by Alex Brown
Tor.com Publishing’s The Best of 2015 Round-Up!
by Tor.com
Finnegan’s Field
by Angela Slatter
Tue Jan 12
Terry Pratchett Fans Sign Petition to Name Element 117 After Discworld’s Octarine
by Natalie Zutter
Pure Primal Joy: Crying As Han Solo Flies Out of the Sun
by Marcus Sakey
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “I, Mudd”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Feast your Eyes and Ears on the Audio Map for The Drowning Eyes
by Tor.com
Patchwerk
by David Tallerman
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 4
by Leigh Butler
It Was All a Dream… No It Wasn’t… Yes It Was… No, Wait: “Polaris” and “Memory”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Sleeps With Monsters: Catching the Stragglers from 2015
by Liz Bourke
MTV’s The Shannara Chronicles is a Modern Take on an Old Classic
by Aidan Moher
Tor.com Novellas are Now Available in Bundles!
by Tor.com
Two’s Company
by Joe Abercrombie
Mon Jan 11
Neil Gaiman Gives David Bowie a Proper Origin Story in “The Return of the Thin White Duke”
by Stubby the Rocket
David Bowie’s Book Recommendations — As If His Music, Acting, and Nonconformity Weren’t Gifts Enough
by Leah Schnelbach
Short Fiction Spotlight: Queers Destroy Fantasy!
by Lee Mandelo
Self-Discovery Through Rock Mythology — David Bowie, The Patron Saint of Personal Truth
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Tor.com Publishing’s Fiction from 2015
by Tor.com
Stubby Wins (Another) Stabby!
by Stubby the Rocket
Big Ideas in a Slim Package: This Census-Taker by China Miéville
by Theresa DeLucci
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Rising, Chapters 1-3
by Judith Tarr
The Different Faces of Sherlock Holmes
by Genevieve Cogman
The Bands of Mourning: Chapter Five
by Brandon Sanderson
Finally, A Star Wars Book That Really Gets Us
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Jan 8
Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Ring of Wax” / “Give ’em the Axe”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Fascinating and Unexpected Insights from NASA’s Female Astronaut Mars Hopefuls
by Natalie Zutter
Relateable Mythology: The Wicked + the Divine
by Erin M. Evans
Susan Dennard Talks Video Game Romances and How Airbending Inspired Truthwitch in Her Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
The Mad Science of Car Repair: Actually, Frankenstein was the Mechanic
by Emily Foster
Thu Jan 7
Rewatching the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Film
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Marriage Can Be Monstrous, or Wondrous: The Origins of “Beauty and the Beast”
by Mari Ness
Join V.E. Schwab on Her A Gathering of Shadows Tour!
by Tor.com
Magic on the High Seas: Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
by Mahvesh Murad
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for January
by Tor.com
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 65
by Alice Arneson
Archaeologists Discover an Amazingly Preserved 300-Year-Old Ship
by Natalie Zutter
Mark Your Calendars: Daredevil Returns on March 18
by Stubby the Rocket
A Song for No Man’s Land
by Andy Remic
Five Books About Fantastical Islands
by Simon Sylvester
Wed Jan 6
A Very Christmas Mickey: Mickey’s Christmas Carol and The Gift of the Magi
by Mari Ness
Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Main Character is Missing From Its Toys
by Natalie Zutter
The Expanse: “Back to the Butcher” Asks Us to Choose — Coffee or Liquor?
by Leah Schnelbach
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole of ‘90s Anime
by David Tallerman
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Costa Book Awards
by Niall Alexander
Rereading The Elfstones of Shannara, Chapters 50-52
by Aidan Moher
Read Chapters 1–4 of Charlie Jane Anders’ All the Birds in the Sky!
by Tor.com
The Glass Galago
by A.M. Dellamonica
What If Kylo Ren Loved His Grandmother, Too?
by Stubby the Rocket
Tue Jan 5
It’s One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Supergirl
by Natalie Zutter
Alex Garland’s Annihilation Adaptation Might Send A Stellar Cast to Area X
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series: “The Deadly Years”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Ireland is Trying to New Zealand Itself With The Force Awakens
by Natalie Zutter
A First Encounter with Necromancy: Garth Nix’s Sabriel
by Susan Dennard
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 3
by Leigh Butler
A Totally Unproblematic Utopia: “The Repairer of Reputations” by Robert W. Chambers
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Sleeps With Monsters: In Defence of Fanfiction, or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Trust Myself
by Liz Bourke
Celebrate Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary with Every Letter You Send!
by Stubby the Rocket
Don’t Miss These 10 Genre Shows Premiering in January!
by Jill Pantozzi
The Drowning Eyes
by Emily Foster
Ceci n’est pas une Thanos
by Stubby the Rocket
Mon Jan 4
Wait For The Winds of Winter By Reading…The Winds of Winter
by Stubby the Rocket
Aurora Australis: A Bite of Tucker and a Beer
by Alexandra Pierce
Gene Luen Yang is the First Graphic Novelist to Be Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
by Natalie Zutter
Pull List: Paper Girls and Plutona
by Alex Brown
Dreams, Destinies, and Opposable Thumbs: The Chosen Children of Portal Fantasy
by Seanan McGuire
N.K. Jemisin Launches SFF Column at The New York Times Book Review
by Natalie Zutter
Replacing Handmaids With Elois: The Core of the Sun by Johanna Sinisalo
by Natalie Zutter
The Deryni Rise Again: A Reread of Katherine Kurtz
by Judith Tarr
The Bands of Mourning: Chapter Four
by Brandon Sanderson
Sun Jan 3
J. R. R. Tolkien Went into the West, but Gave Us Middle-earth
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sat Jan 2
The Winds of Winter Will Not Be Published Before Game of Thrones Season 6
by Chris Lough
A Science Fiction Halo Rests Slantedly Over Isaac Asimov’s Amiable Head
by Ryan Britt
Fri Jan 1
30 Years Later, Real Genius is Still the Geek Solidarity Film That Nerd Culture Deserves
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
16 Snow-Swept Winter Reads!
by Stubby the Rocket
Shakespeare Adaptations That Best Speak to Teens
by Leah Schnelbach and Natalie Zutter
Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Chesley Bonestell: Striving Towards the Stars
by Irene Gallo