Blog Archive
March 2016
Thu Mar 31
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 21 and 22
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Girl Power, A Cricket, and a Dragon: Disney’s Mulan
by Mari Ness
What Could Ben Affleck’s Batman Movie Be About?
by Natalie Zutter and Emmet Asher-Perrin
Is Catching Up with a Show After Getting Spoiled Still Worth It?
by Natalie Zutter
Words of Radiance Reread: Interludes 12 and 13
by Alice Arneson
This is How Your Zombie Book Cover Gets Made
by Stubby the Rocket
A Horse-lover’s Guide to The Blue Sword
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Five Books I Will Always Reread
by Cam Rogers
Wed Mar 30
Pull List: Wonder Woman, Bombshells, and Black Widow
by Alex Brown
The Last Stand of Daredevil and Elektra (Featuring: The Punisher)
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
There Are Other Meanings: Neil Gaiman’s “A Study in Emerald”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Author Myke Cole’s Reddit AMA Has Already Produced the Perfect Presidential Candidate
by Chris Lough
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Ten (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for April
by Tor.com
Oscar Isaac Ventures Into Area X for Alex Garland’s Annihilation
by Natalie Zutter
Cloned, Recruited, and Kidnapped: Military Evolution in the Star Wars Universe
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Discards
by David D. Levine
Tue Mar 29
The Best of Infinite Worlds: Supergirl, “Worlds Finest”
by Natalie Zutter
Get a Blankie: The Magicians, “Remedial Battle Magic”
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Patterns of Force”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Daredevil Can’t Hear Ninjas (or His Own Terrible Life Choices)
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 14
by Leigh Butler
The Many Worlds of Seanan McGuire
by Natalie Zutter
Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series
by Stefan Raets
It’s Okay to Give Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice A Chance
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Mon Mar 28
Loose Nuke: Javelin Rain by Myke Cole
by Stefan Raets
Leonard Audio Excerpt and Sweepstakes
by Danielle Prielipp
Check Out the Teaser for The Force Awakens Deleted Scenes!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: High Deryni, Chapters 1-3
by Judith Tarr
Prisoner: Cell Block Daredevil
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Five Books About the Ancient World
by Myke Cole
The LEGO Batman Movie is so Huge, It Needs Two Trailers!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Falling Free, Chapters 5 and 6
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Game of Thrones Embraces March Madness in New Teaser
by Stubby the Rocket
An Oral History of Batman v Superman (as Told By Its Critics)
by Chris Lough
Stormlight Archive Fan-Made Funko POP Figure is (Storm)blessed
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Mar 25
Announcing the 2015 Aurealis Awards Winners!
by Tor.com
Batlexander Manilton Fights Like He’s Running Out of Time in This Batman/Hamilton Mashup
by Natalie Zutter
Holy Rewatch, Batman! “The Spell of Tut” / “Tut’s Case is Shut”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Pieces of Hate Audio Excerpt
by Justine Sha
In Praise of Daredevil’s Karen Page
by Leah Schnelbach
Meet the Man Preserving Pulp Fiction for Posterity!
by Leah Schnelbach
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Ten (Part One)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Dragonlance Reread: Dragons of Winter Night Part III, Chapters 13 and 14
by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad
Boys Who Like Girls Who Are Actually Boys: X,Y
by Grady Hendrix
Thu Mar 24
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 19 and 20
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The House of Daniel
by Harry Turtledove
Honor and Crossdressing: The Ballad of Mulan
by Mari Ness
Boaty McBoatface Inspires An Epic Naming Battle on Twitter!
by Stubby the Rocket
Innumerable Voices: The Short Fiction of Shveta Thakrar
by Haralambi Markov
New Connie Willis Novel Crosstalk About Love Telepathy and Blurring the Lines of Privacy
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance Reread: Part 4 Epigraphs
by Alice Arneson
The People Vs. Matt Murdock
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Midnight in Karachi Episode 49: Tim Lebbon
by Mahvesh Murad
Preview Art from Todd Lockwood’s Upcoming Novel, The Summer Dragon!
by Todd Lockwood
The Trailer for LEGO Batman Gives us the Batman we Deserve!
by Stubby the Rocket
Who Guards the Guards?: The Compleat Bolo by Keith Laumer
by Alan Brown
When They Say “Next Generation” They Mean It
by Stubby the Rocket
Wed Mar 23
xkcd to Help Educate America’s Youth!
by Natalie Zutter
Watch a Deer Disrupt a Fictional Landscape!
by Stubby the Rocket
Briar Rose
by Jane Yolen
Charlie Jane Anders Takes Writers With Drinks on the Road!
by Stubby the Rocket
We Are All Completely Batrachian — I Mean Normal: August Derleth’s “The Shuttered Room”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Nine (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Dating With Daredevil
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Peter Serafinowicz Will Bring Evil-Doers to Justice as The Tick!
by Stubby the Rocket
Writing Women Characters Into Epic Fantasy Without Quotas
by Kate Elliott
The Weather
by Caighlan Smith
Announcing Two Novellas by Cassandra Khaw
by Carl Engle-Laird
Tue Mar 22
Engaging in Unprotected Rituals: The Magicians, “Homecoming”
by Molly Templeton
Hiding in Plain Sight: Supergirl, “Manhunter”
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Return to Tomorrow”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
In the Labyrinth of Drakes
by Marie Brennan
Download New York Review of Science Fiction’s Free David Hartwell Memorial Issue
by Tor.com
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux, The Dragon Reborn, Part 13
by Leigh Butler
Five Oddball Time Travel Books Written by Brits
by Alan Smale
Daredevil + Punisher = Vigilante Bros
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
See Every Heart a Doorway Author Seanan McGuire in April!
by Katharine Duckett
In History and Fantasy, Diversity is the Tradition
by Myke Cole
Mon Mar 21
The Devil You Know Audio Excerpt
by Justine Sha
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Checkmate, Chapters 16-18
by Judith Tarr
Check Out All the Easter Eggs in Daredevil Season Two!
by Stubby the Rocket
Announcing Brett Savory’s A Perfect Machine from Angry Robot Books
by Tor.com
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Falling Free, Chapter 4
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Daredevil is Not Bulletproof
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
New Malazan Novel Fall of Light Coming April 26
by Tor.com
Literary Travel: Following Your Blood Compass
by Mark Tompkins
Darth Vader Finds Your Lack of Dental Care Disturbing
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Mar 18
Holy Rewatch, Batman! “The Minstrel’s Shakedown” / “Barbecued Batman?”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Race Riot in the Time Stream: Going Black in Time
by Grady Hendrix
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Nine (Part One)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Storytelling and Chance — Lessons from Magic: The Gathering
by Matthew De Abaitua
Here’s Your First Look at Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand Graphic Novel
by Natalie Zutter
Let’s Dream Cast V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic!
by Stubby the Rocket
Disney’s Taking a Second Shot at The Chronicles of Prydain!
by Leah Schnelbach
Has Radar Uncovered the Remains of Queen Nefertiti?
by Rocket Science
Shared Worlds is the Kind of SFF Writing Camp You Wish Existed When You Were a Teenager
by Stubby the Rocket
The Dragonlance Reread: Dragons of Winter Night Part III, Chapters 11 and 12
by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin
Netflix Rescues The Little Prince!
by Stubby the Rocket
How a Fifth Indiana Jones Movie Could Actually Work
by Alasdair Stuart
Cover Reveal for Dan Wells’ Extreme Makeover
by Tor.com
Thu Mar 17
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 17 and 18
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
American Gods Has Found a Fortunate Laura Moon!
by Stubby the Rocket
Nightstruck
by Jenna Black
Interpersonal Space Opera: The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel
by Liz Bourke
Pregnant T. Rex Fossil Might Contain Valuable Dino DNA
by Natalie Zutter
I Can Go the Merchandising Route: Disney’s Hercules
by Mari Ness
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 75
by Alice Arneson
Midnight in Karachi Episode 48: Charlie Jane Anders
by Mahvesh Murad
“No More False Gods”: Watch the New X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer
by Natalie Zutter
After “Ever After” — An Interview with Seanan McGuire and Lee Harris
by Jill Pantozzi
The Importance of Daredevil’s Catholicism Going Into Season 2
by Leah Schnelbach
Wed Mar 16
The Logistics of World Building: Algebra for Fantasy Writers
by Brian Staveley
A Shadow All of Light
by Fred Chappell
Please Do Not Climb the Cyclopean Artifact: Robert Howard’s “The Black Stone”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Eight (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Kin and Kind in Maggie Stiefvater’s Blue Lily, Lily Blue
by Lee Mandelo
Check Out the First Trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children!
by Stubby the Rocket
Do Not Make Luke Skywalker Another Tragic Gay Character
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Adagio for an Archipelago: Revealing The Gradual by Christopher Priest
by Niall Alexander
That Game We Played During the War
by Carrie Vaughn
Tue Mar 15
Don’t Drink the Ghost Tea: The Magicians, “The Writing Room”
by Molly Templeton
Five Books That Will Take You to Another World
by Danielle Paige
But What If I Like Bad Supergirl More Than Supergirl?
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “By Any Other Name”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
New Indiana Jones Movie Coming Summer 2019!
by Stubby the Rocket
Run, Walk, Crawl: How a Writer Trains for a Triathlon
by Tim Lebbon
A Horse-lovers’ Guide to The Hobbit
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
Gods at the Gates: The Last Mortal Bond by Brian Staveley
by Niall Alexander
With me or Against Me: Queer Experience in Maggie Stiefvater’s The Dream Thieves
by Lee Mandelo
The Monster in the Mirror: On Horror, Disability, and Loving Both at Once
by Emily Foster
Show Off Your Love of Dragons with Wallpaper by Todd Lockwood!
by Tor.com
Your Orisons May Be Recorded
by Laurie Penny
Mon Mar 14
Sleeping Giants
by Sylvain Neuvel
A Woman Confronts Her Predators in 10 Cloverfield Lane
by Chris Lough
Expanding Olondria: The Winged Histories, by Sofia Samatar
by Jenn Northington
Rereading Katherine Kurtz, Deryni Checkmate: Chapters 13-15
by Judith Tarr
World Building and Wheel Spinning: Checking in with The Walking Dead Season 6
by Alex Brown
Safe as Life: Complex, Messy Love in The Raven Boys
by Lee Mandelo
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Falling Free, Chapters 2-3
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Cover Reveal for Lev Grossman’s Warp
by Tor.com
What We Don’t Like To Mention: Philip K. Dick and the Unnameable Horrors
by Lavie Tidhar
Albert Einstein Changed the Shape of the Universe
by Leah Schnelbach
Fri Mar 11
We Want to Be on the Bridge Where This Hamilton/Star Trek Mashup Happens
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Eight (Part One)
by Bill Capossere
“Say Something That Makes Sense.” Legends of Tomorrow, “Night of the Hawk”
by Molly Templeton
Holy Rewatch Batman! “Hot Off the Griddle” / “The Cat and the Fiddle”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
A Crowded Narrative: The Lyre Thief by Jennifer Fallon
by Liz Bourke
Repulsion and Revelation: The Humanity of Monsters
by Haralambi Markov
Drawn to the Rhythm
by Elizabeth Bonesteel
Spoon? The Tick Might be Coming to Amazon!
by Stubby the Rocket
Just Try to Escape the Voice of Kevin R. Free
by Ryan Britt
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Winter Night Part III, Chapters 9 and 10
by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad
Black Hole: The Slow Death of the Destination City
by The G
Worst Anti-Aging Plan Ever: Miss Finney Kills Now and Then
by Grady Hendrix
Thu Mar 10
Children of Earth and Sky
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Download Hundreds of Free Stories by the 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Ancient Superhero: the Myths of Herakles
by Mari Ness
This Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction will Change Your Reading Life!
by Leah Schnelbach
New Captain America: Civil War Trailer Reveals Spider-Man!
by Stubby the Rocket
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 74
by Alice Arneson
Midnight in Karachi Episode 47: Sofia Samatar
by Mahvesh Murad
J.K. Rowling, No: The Opportunism of “History of Magic in North America”
by Chris Lough
It’s Just Business: Why Rejection of Your Art Feels So Personal
by Natalie Zutter
Paradise Regained: Those Below by Daniel Polansky
by Niall Alexander
Wed Mar 9
The Emperor’s Railroad
by Guy Haley
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Back in the Thick of It
by Alan Brown
Just Say No (To Drug-Induced Time Travel): “The Crawling Chaos” by H.P. Lovecraft & Winifred Jackson
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Moon Shot Documents a Giant Leap in Space Exploration!
by Leah Schnelbach
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Seven (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Living in an Infomocracy
by Malka Older
On the “Equality” of Objectification in Movies
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Listen
by Karin Tidbeck
Cover Reveal for Jay Posey’s Outriders
by Tor.com
Tue Mar 8
A Wookiee Life Debt: The Magicians, “The Strangled Heart”
by Molly Templeton
Watch the First Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 6!
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “A Piece of the Action”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Making Genre Personal: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
by Lee Mandelo
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
Perceived Authenticity: Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
by Em Nordling
Little Lost Linkings: Revealing A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
by Niall Alexander
Illustrated Scenes from Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway
by Tor.com
More Men Should Cry on Television
by Alasdair Stuart
Mon Mar 7
Announcing The Kitschies’ 2015 Winners!
by Tor.com
Quantum Break: Zero State
by Cam Rogers
Zootopia’s Cast Changes Depending on the Country You See It In
by Stubby the Rocket
On the Lam from the Fae: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
by Liz Bourke
Seanan McGuire Talks New Newsflesh and Wrestling Plot Crocodiles in Her Reddit AMA
by Tor.com
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Falling Free, Chapter 1
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Reminder: Star Trek Transporters are Death Traps
by Stubby the Rocket
Analysing the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award Submissions List
by Niall Alexander
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Deryni Checkmate, Chapters 10-12
by Judith Tarr
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Exits Sandman Adaptation Due to Creative Differences
by Natalie Zutter
Rocket Talk Episode 75: ESPN’s Keith Law
by Justin Landon
Manipulable Geometry: The Mathematics of Paper-Folding
by Ken Liu
Now You Can Eat Benedict Cumberbatch’s Face
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Mar 4
“You’re No Captain Kirk.” Legends of Tomorrow, “Marooned”
by Molly Templeton
Holy Rewatch Batman! “Shoot a Crooked Arrow” / “Walk the Straight and Narrow”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
She Talks to Angels: Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
by Mahvesh Murad
The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Winter Night Part III, Chapters 7 and 8
by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Blood and Bone, Chapter Seven (Part One)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Revealing the Cover for The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Tor.com
Sympathizing with Psychopaths: Mort Castle’s The Strangers
by Grady Hendrix
Pieces of Hate
by Tim Lebbon
Find Out What Your Strength Rating is in Dungeons & Dragons
by Bella Wang
No One Gets Into San Francisco Without Robin Williams’ Approval
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Mar 3
V.E. Schwab’s A Gathering of Shadows Debuts at #15 on the New York Times Bestseller List
by Tor.com
The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 15 and 16
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Light Fantastic: Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente
by Niall Alexander
When Gargoyles Interrupt Your High Concept Film: Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Mari Ness
Forest of Memory
by Mary Robinette Kowal
Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 73
by Alice Arneson
“We Do Not Build.” Talk [Spoilers] For Daniel Polansky’s The Builders With Reddit Fantasy!
by Tor.com
Midnight in Karachi Episode 46: Mary Robinette Kowal
by Mahvesh Murad
Five Books with Snarky Magicians
by Dan Koboldt
Watch the First Trailer for the New Ghostbusters Movie!
by Stubby the Rocket
Seven Things I Want to See in a Theoretical Quantum Leap Reboot
by Leah Schnelbach
Wed Mar 2
Frost Fails in Fun, Forgetful Finale. Agent Carter: “Hollywood Ending”
by Chris Lough
HEX
by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Matt Wallace’s Envy of Angels Available For 99¢–Today Only
by Tor.com
One Day You Wake Up and You Are Grown: Catherynne Valente’s Fairyland and the Secrets of Growing Up
by Molly Templeton
Missy Decides to Dress Up as River Song, Steals Her Dress For Doctor Who Fan Event
by Stubby the Rocket
Monkeys Drinking Margaritas: Revealing Poison City by Paul Crilley
by Niall Alexander
SAGA Press to Publish Serial Box in Print Form
by Tor.com
The Pathetic Fallacy Made Flesh: Edgar Allan Poe’s “Fall of the House of Usher”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Dory Reunites with Old Friends in New Finding Dory Trailer
by Natalie Zutter
Dumbledore’s Origin Story is the Predecessor to Peter Pan
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers
by Alyssa Wong
Tue Mar 1
The Hack is a Red Herring: Supergirl, “Solitude”
by Natalie Zutter
Javelin Rain
by Myke Cole
Star Trek The Original Series: “The Immunity Syndrome”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Customer is Always Right: The Devil You Know by K. J. Parker
by Niall Alexander
Silence, Snow, and Spells: The Magicians, “The Mayakovsky Circumstance”
by Molly Templeton
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Dragon Reborn, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
The Great Classic Fantasy Reread: Child of Saturn by Teresa Edgerton
by Ilana C. Myer
Brandon Sanderson Announces New Apocalypse Guard Book Trilogy
by Chris Lough
“The Real World Didn’t Go Away”: Revealing The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
by Niall Alexander
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for March
by Tor.com
Stephen King Confirms Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey Starring in The Dark Tower
by Natalie Zutter
Sleeps With Monsters: SFF Television and Female Mentorship
by Liz Bourke
Check Out the Gorgeous New Artwork for Steven Erikson’s Midnight Tides
by Tor.com
Five Books with Deadly Games
by Peter Tieryas
Oil Paintings Come to Brilliant Life in Loving Vincent
by Leah Schnelbach