August 2016

Wed Aug 31

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “That Which Survives” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Science Fiction by Tor.com

Sail the Skies with Tommy Arnold’s Cover for The Guns Above by Tor.com

A Case Study in Interspecies Research Ethics: Seanan McGuire’s “Down, Deep Down, Below the Waves” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Bill Nye Saves the World With New Netflix Talk Show by Natalie Zutter

The Journey to Night Vale: The Foundations of SFF Podcast Fiction by Tee Morris

The Soviet Version of The Hulk is a Giant Bear With a Machine Gun by Chris Lough

Revealing the Cover for Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Agents of Dreamland by Tor.com

Innumerable Voices: The Short Fiction of A. Merc Rustad by Haralambi Markov

Netflix Reveals Creepy Episode Titles for Season 2 of Stranger Things by Leah Schnelbach

The Key to the Coward’s Spell by Alex Bledsoe

Tue Aug 30

Learn How to Write the VanderMeer Way by Leah Schnelbach

Is It Just Us, Or Does Leonardo Da Vinci’s Tank Look Like a Giant Terrifying Dalek? by Leah Schnelbach

Holy Rewatch Batman! “That Darn Catwoman” / “Scat! Darn Catwoman” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Hamlet Makes Way More Sense as an Out-of-Control D&D Campaign by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Zachary Quinto to Narrate New John Scalzi Novella The Dispatcher by Natalie Zutter

Fiction Affliction: September Releases in Fantasy by Tor.com

Next Year’s Words: Science Fiction, Innovation, and Continuity by Jo Walton

Download the Tor.com Publishing Sampler for Free! by Tor.com

Mon Aug 29

Remembering Gene Wilder, 1933-2016 by Tor.com

Keeping Telepaths in Mind: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester by Paul Weimer

NASA’s HI-SEAS Crew Has Completed Their Year-Long Mars Simulation Mission by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 12-13 by Judith Tarr

DC Film Universe to Introduce Justice League Dark by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Monster Next Door: I Am Not a Serial Killer by Lee Mandelo

Enter the Dream of HBO’s Latest Westworld Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Who Are the Biggest Breakout Stars of Television’s Golden Age? by Leah Schnelbach

Five Books about Loving Everybody by Nisi Shawl

Thessaly: The Baroque Inspiration by Jo Walton

You Can Finally See What Thor Was Up to During Captain America: Civil War by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Warrior’s Apprentice, Chapter 1 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Sun Aug 28

The Varied Life of Jack Vance by Leah Schnelbach

Fri Aug 26

Beautiful Street Mural Honors SFF’s Heroines, Reminds Us “We Can Be Heroes” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Abyss: Welcome to Hell, Tennessee Coal Miner’s Association! by Grady Hendrix

Dan Wells Talks the I Am Not a Serial Killer Movie and Critiques Stranger Things in His Reddit AMA by Tor.com

Revealing the UK Cover of Susan Dennard’s Windwitch by Bella Pagan

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Spring Dawning: Homecoming by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

Thu Aug 25

“MEESA BACK!” Rogue Binks is Even More Disturbing Than The Binks Awakens by Natalie Zutter

Get Schwifty with the Greatest Pizza Puns We’ve Ever Seen by Leah Schnelbach

Forcing a Theme: Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free by Mari Ness

Trollhunter: Fun with Found Footage! by Michael Livingston

This Week in Publishing: Pottermore Presents and Unbound Worlds by Stubby the Rocket

Midnight in Karachi Episode 60: Malka Older by Mahvesh Murad

Twitter Gives Us All the Feels Over Fictional Deaths by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Creatures of the Deep: Why I’m Addicted to My Biggest Fear by Nate Crowley

Television’s Greatest Hacker has been Hacked! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Aug 24

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time Wins the 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award by Tor.com

Abandon the Newspeak and Drink the Soma: Aldous Huxley’s Snarky Letter to George Orwell by Leah Schnelbach

Pull List: The Vision by Alex Brown

Borrowing From Pickman’s Library: Robert W. Chambers’s “The Yellow Sign” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Joseph Fiennes Joins Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale as The Commander by Natalie Zutter

What’s Coming Next from the 2016 Hugo Award Fiction Winners? by Chris Lough

Join Author Nisi Shawl on Her Everfair Tour! by Tor.com

NPR Let Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Mutton Chops Write Him a Letter by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Maria Dahvana Headley and Victor LaValle in Conversation Over Frankenstein by Leah Schnelbach

Ratspeak by Sarah Porter

What James Tiptree Jr. Can Teach Us About the Power of The SF Community by Leah Schnelbach

Tue Aug 23

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 4-7 by Stefan Raets

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Wink of an Eye” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Now You Can Watch All of The Ray Bradbury Theater Anthology Series Online by Natalie Zutter

A Family Affair: Spellbreaker by Blake Charlton by Niall Alexander

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

Weird Connections: Six Degrees of Separation with Fireworks, Candy, and Corpses by Kate Milford

Is the World Ready for a Post-Watchmen Tick? by Leah Schnelbach

Too Human: The Kind Folk by Ramsey Campbell by Niall Alexander

Revealing the UK Cover for V.E. Schwab’s A Conjuring of Light by Tor.com

Mon Aug 22

The City Dreams: The Last Days of New Paris by China Miéville by Theresa DeLucci

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 10-11 by Judith Tarr

Susan Dennard Talks Epic Female Friendship and Brainstorms a Dragon Age Novel in Her Reddit AMA by Tor.com

Which SFF Character Would You Pick to Officiate Your Wedding? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Barrayar Chapter 19 and Epilogue by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Learning Through Loss: Kubo and The Two Strings by Leah Schnelbach

Do Better: Sexual Violence in SFF by Sarah Gailey

Japan Has a Dozen Geeky Reasons Why You Should Look Forward to the Tokyo Olympics by Natalie Zutter

Five Novels Written By Comic Book Creators by Paul Jenkins

Thessaly: The Platonic Inspiration by Jo Walton

Announcing Tor Books Germany and Tor.com Germany by Tor.com

Ray Bradbury: The Best Writing Teacher You Could Ever Have by Leah Schnelbach

Sat Aug 20

Announcing the 2016 Hugo Award Winners by Tor.com

Fri Aug 19

Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar Are Back in a New Batman Animated Movie! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

At the Edge: Short Fiction from Australia and New Zealand by Haralambi Markov

Friday’s Child is Satan’s Child by Grady Hendrix

Five Gateway Books by Keith Yatsuhashi

Zombie Romeo and Juliet Novel Warm Bodies Gets a Sequel by Natalie Zutter

Dream Casting Tom Bombadil for Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings by Leah Schnelbach and Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Spring Dawning Part 3, Chapters 13 and 14 by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Eight: A Personal Tour of Amber by Theodore Krulik

Do Worldcon the Radchaai Way, With Plenty of Tea Breaks by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 18

Between Fact and Fiction: the Power (and Fun) of Mythology by William Ritter

Navigators of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson

Kinda Just Throwing Things Together: Disney’s Make Mine Music by Mari Ness

M.R. Carey Announces Prequel Novel to The Girl With All the Gifts by Natalie Zutter

How Netflix and Ridley Scott Conspired To Ruin My Childhood, Sort Of: Legend by Leigh Butler

Five Great Time Travel Stories You May Not Know About by Matthew Loux

Check out the Trailer for the Iron Giant Documentary, The Giant’s Dream! by Leah Schnelbach

Midnight in Karachi Episode 59: Sami Shah by Mahvesh Murad

Creatures That May (or May Not) Exist in the Wheel of Time by Bailey Miller

Revealing Seanan McGuire’s Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Tor.com

Up from Hell by David Drake

Wed Aug 17

This Ancillary Justice Fan Trailer is Out of This World by Natalie Zutter

The Creators of Gossip Girl and The O.C. to Adapt Marvel’s Runaways for Hulu by Natalie Zutter

Paths & Portals by Gene Luen Yang

Spirited: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Ghost Talkers by Aidan Moher

Getting to Know the Mole-Men: John Langan’s “Children of the Fang” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore Tales to Be Transformed Into eBooks! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Fantastic Voyage of Innerspace by Robert Repino

New Moon: The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin by Niall Alexander

I Have Forgiven Aslan for Being Jesus, But I Still Hate Fairytales by Jacob Clifton

Beyond Happily Ever After: Why Divorce Needs to Be An Option in Fantasy Fiction by Anise K. Strong

The Weight of Memories by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu

Pokémon Goes Medieval by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Aug 16

The Animated Adventures of Firefly Teaser Gives Us All the Gorram Feels by Natalie Zutter

Ants. Why Did It Have To Be Ants? Chuck Wendig’s Invasive by Alex Brown

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 1-3 by Stefan Raets

Django Wexler Shoulders His Musket and Talks about The Guns of Empire! by Leah Schnelbach

Revealing the Print Edition of Bookburners from SAGA Press by Tor.com

The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

Dune’s Kyle MacLachlan Explains the Plot of Dune Through Emojis by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Blending the Impossible: David D. Levine’s Arabella of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Sleeps With Monsters: Towers, Spies, and Alexander the Great by Liz Bourke

The First Full Arrival Trailer Reveals the Aliens and Their Language by Natalie Zutter

Mundane Horrors: The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson by Lee Mandelo

Is Pete’s Dragon an Uninspired Remake or a Modern Children’s Classic? by Alex Brown

Announcing the Starfire Trilogy by Spencer Ellsworth by Carl Engle-Laird

7 Different Ways Fantasy Has Used Language as Magic by Bailey Miller

We Want to Get Lost in this Amazing Dungeons & Dragons Map! by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Aug 15

Patrick Rothfuss on Why It Took 15 Years to Write The Name of the Wind by Leah Schnelbach

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 7-9 by Judith Tarr

6 Stories That Star Trek: Discovery Could Tell by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson

Announcing the 2016 Aurora Awards Winners by Tor.com

It’s All in the Rigging: My Favorite Fantasy Boats by Fran Wilde

The WIRED Book Club Brings New and Fascinating Speculation to Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Barrayar, Chapters 16-18 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Watch the First Trailer for NASA Biopic Hidden Figures by Natalie Zutter

Thessaly: The Original Inspiration by Jo Walton

That Loud, Messy Sound is the DC Cinematic Universe Finding Its Voice by Alasdair Stuart

Fri Aug 12

A Maritime Archaeologist Investigates The Little Mermaid’s Shipwreck by Natalie Zutter

Raiders! by Alan Eisenstock, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala

The Omen Novelizations: It All Comes Out in the End by Grady Hendrix

Neil Gaiman’s Inner Workings are Explored in New Documentary Dream Dangerously by Leah Schnelbach

What We Know About Max Gladstone’s Next Book: Six Feet Over by Chris Lough

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Spring Dawning Part 3, Chapters 11 and 12 by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

Kindness Amid Monstrosity: Kate Elliott’s Crown of Stars by Foz Meadows

Thu Aug 11

Watch the Beautiful New Star Wars: Rogue One Trailer by Chris Lough

Me, Myself and I: The Last Days of Jack Sparks by Jason Arnopp by Niall Alexander

Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire

An Aggressive Escape from Reality: The Three Caballeros by Mari Ness

The Strange Places Inside our Heads by Jay Kristoff

24×36 is a Documentary Devoted to the Lost Art of Illustrated Movie Posters by Natalie Zutter

Medieval Matters: Gods of Egypt by Michael Livingston

Hang Out with George R. R. Martin and Nearly 20 Authors in Kansas City, August 19th by Stubby the Rocket

Five Other 80s and 90s Movies to Gender-Swap by Jenn Northington

See Tor.com Publishing Authors at Nine Worlds! by Cameron Summers

Star Trek: Discovery is Set Just Before The Original Series by Chris Lough

Midnight in Karachi Episode 58: Laura Lam by Mahvesh Murad

Revealing the Cover for Aliette de Bodard’s The House of Binding Thorns by Tor.com

Why Star Trek: Discovery Needs to Break With Tradition by Alasdair Stuart

Wed Aug 10

Eternity’s Mind by Kevin J Anderson

Crafting Stories with Jewelry by Leanna Renee Hieber

My Road Trip to Ilvermorny by Jason Denzel

Ursula K. Le Guin Writes Blog Posts From the POV of Her Cat, Pard by Stubby the Rocket

“A Dragon! A Dragon! I Swear I Saw a Dragon!” The Magic of Love in Pete’s Dragon by Alex Brown

About This Summer at Shared Worlds SFF Writing Camp by Jeff VanderMeer

The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew: Critic as Diagnostician by Jacob Clifton

The Three-Body Problem Play Adaptation is a 3D Multimedia Spectacle for the Stage by Natalie Zutter

Totem Poles by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling

Tue Aug 9

LOKI’S BAAACK by Natalie Zutter

IT US by Stubby the Rocket

Conventional Wisdom: I Am Providence by Nick Mamatas by Niall Alexander

Five Books With Chaotic Childhood Companions by Kelly Barnhill

Join the Age-Old Debate: Catapult or Trebuchet? by Leah Schnelbach

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

“What Happens Now?” “They Arrive.” Watch the Arrival Teaser Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Fantasy Author Stephen R. Donaldson is Back with a New Trilogy! by Tor.com

A Horse Lover’s Guide to the Vorkosigan Saga by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Vassa in the Night by Sarah Porter

Ten Spec Fic Anthologies in Translation From Around the World! by Rachel Cordasco

Defying Tired Tropes: The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler by Liz Bourke

Sweet Christmas! Watch the New Luke Cage Trailer by Natalie Zutter

The Making of Sky Coyote by Kathleen Bartholomew

In Defense of Villainesses by Sarah Gailey

Mon Aug 8

Your First Look at Arrival, the Adaptation of Ted Chiang’s Novella Story of Your Life by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 5-6 by Judith Tarr

The Real Tragedy of Suicide Squad is That Everyone In It Just Wants to Be Normal by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Rocket Talk Episode 81: Drew Magary and Jared Shurin by Justin Landon

Help Decide Which Characters Will Be in GRRM’s Wild Cards TV Show by Chris Lough

Why Was Turkish Delight the Ultimate Temptation in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia? by Leah Schnelbach

Death’s End: Cheng Xin by Cixin Liu

New Trailer for Disney’s Moana Features a Whole Ocean of Bad by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Barrayar, Chapters 14 and 15 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Robots, Time Travel, and Social Experiments: Why You Don’t Have to Be An Expert on Plato to Enjoy The Just City by Paul Weimer

Five Fantasy Books You Won’t Find in the Fantasy Section by Michael Swanwick

Fri Aug 5

Learn Every Spell in the Harry Potter Movies in 8 Minutes by Bailey Miller

One Couple, Infinite Breakups: Watch the Poignant Multiverse Love Story Possibilia by Natalie Zutter

Batman Breaks Out the L-Word in This Hilarious Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Mashup by Natalie Zutter

Ghost Talkers (Deleted Scene) by Mary Robinette Kowal

Robot Sprinters and Virtual Reality: Sci-Fi Writers Predict the Future of the Olympics by Natalie Zutter

Weirdness of the Now: Interviewing Warren Ellis About Normal by Lauren Beukes

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: Dragons of Spring Dawning Part 3, Chapters 9 and 10 by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

What Order Should You Read The Craft Sequence In? by Chris Lough

Daisy Ridley to Star in Adaptation of Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking Series by Natalie Zutter

Five Books Featuring Adventuring Parties by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Thu Aug 4

Foz Meadows’ An Accident of Stars: “Keep Fighting” by Liz Bourke

This Updated PokéRap is Everything Right with Pop Culture by Leah Schnelbach and Natalie Zutter

Chapel of Ease by Alex Bledsoe

Revealing the Cover for Brendan Reichs’ Nemesis by Tor.com

Donald Duck’s Goodwill Tour: Saludos Amigos by Mari Ness

The Spiderlight Party Rolls Up a Character Sheet! by Leah Schnelbach

The Unforgivable Crime of Deviating: Carrie (1976) by Leigh Butler

Tor Books Offering Free Download of The Stormlight Archive Pocket Companion by Stubby the Rocket

Words of Radiance Reread: Epilogue, and What Comes Next by Alice Arneson

Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for August by Tor.com

Midnight in Karachi Episode 57: Margaret Atwood by Mahvesh Murad

Five Great Meals from Literature by Matt Suddain

Wed Aug 3

The Cheysuli Reread, Book 5: A Pride of Princes by Tansy Rayner Roberts

See S.B. Divya and Greg van Eekhout at Mysterious Galaxy! by Tor.com

Of Sand and Malice Made by Brad Beaulieu

Maybe Rethink That Trip to the Beach: Lovecraft & Barlow’s “Night Ocean” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky: “I Get Surprisingly Few Laughs, in My Line of Work” by Liz Bourke

These Remixes will Satisfy Your Instant, Unsettling Nostalgia for Stranger Things by Leah Schnelbach

Revealing the UK Paperback Edition of Truthwitch by Bella Pagan

A Few Words from Roger Zelazny, Part Seven: Roger’s Vision of Amber by Theodore Krulik

Who is Doc Savage?: The Sargasso Ogre by Kenneth Robeson by Alan Brown

Fiction Affliction: August Releases in Science Fiction by Tor.com

Her Scales Shine Like Music by Rajnar Vajra

Tue Aug 2

A Walk In The Woods: Drew Magary’s The Hike by Alex Brown

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Plato’s Stepchildren” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

High Stakes by George R. R. Martin

Mapping the Dreamlands of Kij Johnson’s The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Tor.com

Christopher Lloyd is Not a Serial Killer by Natalie Zutter

In Praise of Stepping Away From Sequels, and Making Way for New Heroes by Alasdair Stuart

Announcing Peter Tieryas’ Next Book: Malleable Realities by Peter Tieryas

Fiction Affliction: August Releases in Fantasy by Tor.com

Mon Aug 1

Aurora Australis: New Books, Old Books, and Musical Cues by Alexandra Pierce

Channing Tatum is the Merman of Your Dreams in Genderswapped Splash Remake by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 3-4 by Judith Tarr

Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Are You There God? It’s Me, Jesse. Or, Deconstructing Preacher Season 1 by Alex Brown

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

Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence Feels Like it Could Fit Into Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere by Martin Cahill and Chris Lough

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Barrayar, Chapters 11-13 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Tor.com Free eBook Club Pick for August is The Just City by Jo Walton! by Tor.com

George R.R. Martin Reveals the Cover for the 20th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of A Game of Thrones by Natalie Zutter

On Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5, Humor, and Trauma by Alasdair Stuart

Death’s End: Yun Tianming by Cixin Liu

Star Trek: Beyond the Gernsback Continuum by Jacob Clifton

George R.R. Martin Has Assembled an Army of Wild Cards Authors for Worldcon! by Tor.com