September 2016

Fri Sep 30

Wesley Chu’s The Lives of Tao is Being Developed for Television by Stubby the Rocket

Celebrate Robert Repino’s Culdesac With This Perfect Cat Poster by Stubby the Rocket

Fran Wilde on Why Her Characters Aren’t Defined by Their Disabilities by Natalie Zutter

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Catwoman Goes to College” / “Batman Displays His Knowledge” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Illicit by Cathy Clamp

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

I Am Not a Serial Killer Movie Adaptation Wins the Prestigious Silver Méliès Award by Natalie Zutter

Is There Anything R2 Can’t Do? by Stubby the Rocket

Dark Angel: Suck it, Succubus! by Grady Hendrix

Games of Thrones Might Get A Spinoff If HBO Can “Find the Right Take” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Old Timey X-Men: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children by Karin L Kross

Which Series Warrants a “Best Series” Hugo Award? by Stubby the Rocket

Listen to Zachary Quinto Read an Excerpt From John Scalzi’s The Dispatcher by Natalie Zutter

The Questions Raised By 1973’s Westworld Made Its Revival Inevitable by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Revealing the Cover for Curtis Craddock’s An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Sep 29

James S.A. Corey Has Started Drafting the 7th Volume of the Expanse Series by Stubby the Rocket

Tetris: The Games People Play by Box Brown

Experiments in Animation: Disney’s Fantasia 2000 by Mari Ness

When You See Yourself on a Book Cover by Stubby the Rocket

Just Your Average Disney Gothic YA Alien Ghost Mystery Thriller Thing: The Watcher in the Woods by Leigh Butler

ZNB Publishing Funds Three New Anthologies, Themes Include Robots, Water, and Death by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Midnight in Karachi Episode 65: Marie Brennan by Mahvesh Murad

George R.R. Martin and Apple Release Interactive Edition of A Game of Thrones by Stubby the Rocket

A Brief History of Luke Cage in the Comics by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

Wed Sep 28

Greg Rucka Confirms Wonder Woman is Queer by Leah Schnelbach

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

World War Z Author Max Brooks to Write the First Minecraft Novel by Natalie Zutter

Five Can’t-Miss SFF Books by Diverse Authors by Rae Carson

The U.S. Postal Service Versus Shub-Niggurath: Robert Bloch’s “Notebook Found in a Deserted House” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

How Long Was the “Endless Summer” in The Wheel of Time? by Chris Lough

Travel Through Old, Magical New York City with the New Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer! by Natalie Zutter

Innumerable Voices: The Short Fiction of Charlotte Ashley by Haralambi Markov

Lev Grossman to Write Post-Camelot Novel The Bright Sword by Natalie Zutter

These Agatha Christie Stamps Are Guaranteed to Bring Out the Sleuth in You by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin

Tue Sep 27

“Mister Doctor?” “It’s Strange.” Watch the New Doctor Strange TV Spot! by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 25-29 by Stefan Raets

Visit First Second at New York Comic-Con 2016! by Tor.com

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

Fiction Affliction: October Releases in Fantasy by Tor.com

The Tick has Survived to Bring Us Mighty Blue Justice in a Whole Season on Amazon! by Leah Schnelbach

Brent Weeks Gives Dates for Blood Mirror Book Tour! by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Different Kinds of Death by Liz Bourke

Everyone Loves Superman in the Supergirl Season 2 Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Colorful Heroes: The Origins of Marvel’s Iron Fist and Luke Cage by George Khoury

She’ll Kill You With Her Mind: Announcing Two Killing Gravity Novellas by Corey J. White by Carl Engle-Laird

Remembrance of Earth’s Past and Humanity’s Future: Reflections on the Three-Body Trilogy by Rachel Cordasco

Artist Takes Tourists for a Ride with the Staten Island Ferry Octopus Disaster Memorial by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Sep 26

This Week: Tor.com NYC Meet-Up! Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 6 PM. by Tor.com

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 20-21 by Judith Tarr

Sanctioned Sororicide: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake by Alex Brown

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Warrior’s Apprentice, Chapters 10-12 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Rains by Gregg Hurwitz

Announcing the 2016 British Fantasy Award Winners by Tor.com

The Final Luke Cage Trailer is Here to Raise the Stakes by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books That Force Me To Buy Multiple Copies by James Dashner

Our Malazan Rereaders Look Back at Gardens of the Moon: Favorite Moments and Tips for New Readers by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Where to Start? Choosing Between the Original Story and the Screen Adaptation by Alasdair Stuart

Fri Sep 23

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Joker’s Last Laugh” / “The Joker’s Epitaph” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Robots Are Cheaters! by Natalie Zutter

Jeffrey Alan Love Talks the Art and Words of Notes from the Shadowed City in His Reddit AMA by Tor.com

We Want to Live In a World Where Studio Ghibli Makes a Legend of Zelda Movie by Leah Schnelbach

Uncanny Southern Gothic: The Family Plot by Cherie Priest by Liz Bourke

Take a Journey Through the History of Stop-Motion Animation! by Leah Schnelbach

In Praise of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Infamous “Reset Button” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Thu Sep 22

Haunting Grounds: As I Descended by Robin Talley by Lee Mandelo

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge

Treading Ink: Disney’s Robin Hood by Mari Ness

Revealing the Cover for Ellen Klages’ Passing Strange by Tor.com

Medieval Matters: How to Hold a Torch by Michael Livingston

Five Books That Make You Wish You Had Magic by Sarah Beth Durst

Worldcon 75 Announces Guests of Honor by Tor.com

Midnight in Karachi Episode 64: Nisi Shawl by Mahvesh Murad

Blink and You’ll Miss These First Glimpses of Ghost in the Shell by Natalie Zutter

Gene Luen Yang Receives MacArthur Genius Grant by Natalie Zutter

Fantasy Creatures Keep Inviting Me Over for Tea by Leah Schnelbach

Welcome Back to Red Dwarf: The Best Running Joke on UK Television by Alasdair Stuart

Mr. Nancy is One Swingin’ Spider in the New Retro Cover for Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys! by Leah Schnelbach

Wed Sep 21

Discover the 17th-Century Science Fiction of Margaret Cavendish by Leah Schnelbach

A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Season Four Premiere: Goodness Gracious, Great Skulls of Fire! by Alan Brown

The Earthquake is Coming From Inside the House: Brian Lumley’s “Cement Surroundings” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Meet the Hidden Figures of NASA in New Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Pull List: Thrills and Chills with Afterlife with Archie by Alex Brown

Five Books Where Insanity is Normalized by Brian Evenson

Today Only: Download The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson for Free by Tor.com

The Art of Survival in Imaginary Worlds: N.K. Jemisin, Robert Jackson Bennett, and Sarah Beth Durst by Martin Cahill

The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones

H.G. Wells Invented Everything You Love by Leah Schnelbach

The Great Stephen King Birthday Cinema Celebration! by Leah Schnelbach

Tue Sep 20

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 17-24 by Stefan Raets

Treachery’s Tools by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

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

What Could Margaret Atwood’s Cameo on The Handmaid’s Tale Be? by Natalie Zutter

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 4 by Leigh Butler

Chinese Literature and Apocalyptic SF: Some Notes on Death’s End by Cixin Liu

Hulu to Adapt Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass Series for Television by Natalie Zutter

Five Great Reads Featuring Creepy Ass Water by Kendare Blake

Hermione Granger: More Than a Sidekick by Sarah Gailey

Message in a Bottle: Death’s End by Cixin Liu by Niall Alexander

Alyssa Wong, Alice Sola Kim, Cat Valente, and Seth Dickinson Discuss Diversity in Science Fiction by Leah Schnelbach

Check Out the Tense New Trailer for Passengers! by Leah Schnelbach

George R. R. Martin: The Rock Star of Genre Fiction by Linda Antonsson and Elio García

Mon Sep 19

Read Selections from Cixin Liu’s Death’s End by Tor.com

S.O.S.! It’s the First Teaser for Passengers by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Warrior’s Apprentice, Chapters 8-9 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Nnedi Okorafor on Finding the Soul and Shape of Her Feature Film The Camel Racer by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 18-19 by Judith Tarr

Transformative SFF: Transcendent, edited by K.M. Szpara by Lee Mandelo

Read As Thou Wilt With This Gorgeous Limited Edition of Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Dart by Natalie Zutter

Cloudbound by Fran Wilde

Science Fiction, Literary Surrealism, and Latin American Fiction at the Brooklyn Book Festival by Tobias Carroll

Five Sci-Fi Books That Make Use of Music by Christopher Priest

Tatiana Maslany Finally Wins the Emmy for Orphan Black by Natalie Zutter

A Beginner’s Guide to Malazan Characters: Gardens of the Moon by Laura M. Hughes

Vengeance and Magic: Revealing the Cover for Paul Cornell’s Chalk by Tor.com

SCALZI PHONE HOME by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Sep 16

Nalo Hopkinson Shares the Best Uhura Cosplay Ever! by Stubby the Rocket

Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party is a Delightful Literary Take on Clue by Natalie Zutter

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Batman’s Anniversary” / “A Riddling Controversy” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

I’m Mr. MeeSeeks! 3D Print Me! by Leah Schnelbach

You Don’t Have to Understand the Moonchild To Kill It by Grady Hendrix

The Rise of Io by Wesley Chu

Let Tea Dragons Into Your Heart and Your Weekly Webcomics Bookmarks by Natalie Zutter

Journeyman: The Gradual by Christopher Priest by Niall Alexander

Make a Perfect Fantasy World Map With Macaroni! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Stories with Unexplained Fortean Phenomena by Jack Womack

Where to Start with Delilah S. Dawson by Alex Brown

Thu Sep 15

Revealing Demon: Volume 3, and Five Other Sci-Fi Books About Math by Jason Shiga

Everybody Wants To Be a Cat: Disney’s The Aristocats by Mari Ness

All Your Wishes by Cat Adams

The Passing of an Icon: Gene Wilder and Young Frankenstein by Leigh Butler

Jeff VanderMeer’s Shriek: An Afterword and a Truly Freaky Chase Scene by Sarah Porter

Into the Empty: Revenger by Alastair Reynolds by Niall Alexander

A Hero Fulfills Her Destiny in the New Trailer for Disney’s Moana by Natalie Zutter

Midnight in Karachi Episode 63: Laure Eve by Mahvesh Murad

Zita the Spacegirl is Coming to the Movies! by Stubby the Rocket

The Year’s Best Alternate Histories Take Us to Timelines Dark and Bright by Leah Schnelbach

Check Out the Covers for Adam Christopher’s Upcoming Ray Electromatic Books! by Tor.com

Do Not Run Away From this Serious Recut of Monty Python and the Holy Grail! by Leah Schnelbach

Wed Sep 14

Northmen by John Haywood

Adapting Stories from Games: Writing Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan

Neil Gaiman Reveals the Cover for Norse Mythology by Natalie Zutter

New Frontiers in Elder Care: Rachel Caine’s “A Dying of the Light” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Greatest Nemesis is an Inconsistent and Forgettable Score by Natalie Zutter

Lúthien: Tolkien’s Badass Elf Princess by Jeff LaSala

Magic: The Gathering and the Importance of Inclusive Fantasy by Monique Jones

Burned Away by Kristen Simmons

This Soviet Ray Bradbury Cartoon Will Haunt Your Dreams by Leah Schnelbach

Tue Sep 13

New Westworld Trailer Makes Us Wonder If It’s All a Dream by Natalie Zutter

Storm Reid Cast as Meg Murry in Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 12-16 by Stefan Raets

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Whom Gods Destroy” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Robinson Crusoe of Tschai: Jack Vance’s Planet of Adventure Tetralogy by Paul Weimer

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Memoir About His Year in Space to Become Movie by Natalie Zutter

Comic Book Fever: The Neverending Story of Star Wars by George Khoury

A Woman Without a Past Shouldn’t Be This Compelling: Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan by Liz Bourke

Revealing the Cover for Charles Stross’ New Laundry Files Novel The Delirium Brief by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Sometimes the Book Equivalent Of A B-Movie is Exactly What You Want by Liz Bourke

Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti Serves as Inspiration For Futuristic Photography Series by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Announcing Cixin Liu’s Next Book: Ball Lightning by Tor.com

The Chef’s Life by Alexander Weinstein

Hey! Do You Want to Love Mad Max: Fury Road Even More? by Leah Schnelbach

Mon Sep 12

Check Out This Fan-Made Name of the Wind Monopoly Game! by Chris Lough

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 16-17 by Judith Tarr

Arachnophobes Should Definitely Read Children of Time Author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Spiderrific Reddit AMA by Tor.com

Demon by Jason Shiga

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Warrior’s Apprentice, Chapters 5-6 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Are You Mighty Enough to Roll the Giant Steel Dice of Doom? by Leah Schnelbach

Fairy Tales and Poetry: Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin by Seanan McGuire

Cold-Forged Flame by Marie Brennan

Check Out the Trailer for The Red Turtle, a New Film from Studio Ghibli! by Leah Schnelbach

Orsinia: Le Guin’s Imaginary Europe by Em Nordling

Gardens of the Moon and “Difficult” Fantasy: Advice to First-Time Readers by Joel Minty

Revealing the Cover for Seanan McGuire’s Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Tor.com

Miss Peregrine’s Gingerbread Home for Peculiar Children by Leah Schnelbach

Fri Sep 9

Black Mirror Creator Charlie Brooker Breaks Down What Season 3 is About by Natalie Zutter

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Penguin is a Girl’s Best Friend” / “Penguin Sets a Trend” / “Penguin’s Disastrous End” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

That Time Rick & Morty Crashed into Shaun of the Dead by Leah Schnelbach

The Episode “Balance of Terror” is Touchstone for Star Trek: Discovery by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Cheysuli Reread, Book 6: Daughter of the Lion by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Unhonored by Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman

Five Sci-Fi Novels That Satirize Society As We Know It by Luke Rhinehart

Fan Creates the Definitive Introduction to the Fantasy World of Malazan by Stubby the Rocket

7 Reasons Why Robert Silverberg Remains a Must-Read by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Thu Sep 8

Those Wonderful Moments When Star Trek Loses Its Mind by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Maybe it’s Witchcraft: The Graces by Laure Eve by Mahvesh Murad

There Are No Gods, Only…Spock? What Was Star Trek: Planet of the Titans? by Stubby the Rocket

The First True Disney Romance: Lady and the Tramp by Mari Ness

Is The Norseman The Worst Viking Movie Ever Made? by Michael Livingston

Fall 2016 TV: New Shows, Old Shows, and Plenty of Remakes by Alex Brown

Take a Deep Dive into Roddenberry-ism in The Philosophy of Star Trek! by Leah Schnelbach

Midnight in Karachi Episode 62: Indra Das by Mahvesh Murad

On Its 50th Anniversary, Star Trek Must Recommit Itself to “Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reframing Fantasy Tropes: The Startling Originality of Last Song Before Night by Alex Bledsoe

Wed Sep 7

Aurora Australis Alphabetised (Again!) by Alexandra Pierce

Where to Start with SFF Podcasts by Stubby the Rocket

The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue

Greg Ruth Illustrates the “Powerful Central Women” of Nnedi Okorafor’s Novels in Stunning New Book Covers by Natalie Zutter

Juggling Allegories: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Come to the Tor.com NYC Meet-Up on Wednesday, Sept. 28! by Stubby the Rocket

Everfair by Nisi Shawl: A Gorgeous, Complex, Thinky, Epic “What if?” by Liz Bourke

Five Books That (Conspicuously) Mix Science and Fantasy by J. Patrick Black

The Day After and The Fire Next Time: Lessons in Big Message Storytelling by Robert Repino

The High Lonesome Frontier by Rebecca Campbell

Tue Sep 6

One More Day to Download the First Malazan Novel Gardens of the Moon! by Tor.com

Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: Mendoza in Hollywood, Chapters 8-11 by Stefan Raets

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Impersonations by Walter Jon Williams

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

6 Different Ways Sci-Fi/Fantasy Characters Avoid Traditional School by Emmet Asher-Perrin, Leah Schnelbach, Molly Templeton and Natalie Zutter

14 Reasons to Read Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon by Bill Capossere

Sleeps With Monsters: Foz Meadows Answers Eight Questions by Liz Bourke

Brewing Magic: She Smells Tea Spells in the Steam Clouds by Nisi Shawl

A Genre Cornerstone: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein by Alan Brown

Mon Sep 5

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Saint Camber, Chapters 14-15 by Judith Tarr

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Warrior’s Apprentice, Chapters 2-4 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Sat Sep 3

Star Trek: Discovery Secrets Revealed at Missions NYC! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fri Sep 2

Robert Brockway, Author of The Unnoticeables, Talks Punk Life and Writing Like a Goldfish by Leah Schnelbach

Survival at a Price: Welcome to Bari Wood’s The Tribe by Grady Hendrix

Cut. It. Out. We Have a Mashup of The Avengers and Full House! by Leah Schnelbach

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

Return to the First of All Worlds: New Editions of The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay by Niall Alexander

The Dragonlance Chronicles Reread: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

American Gods Hires Jesus by Leah Schnelbach

The Great Classic Fantasy Reread: “The Snow Queen” by Patricia McKillip by Ilana C. Myer

Mark Hamill is Definitely in Star Wars: Episode IX… Unless He’s Trolling Us by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Thu Sep 1

Black Mirror Season 3 Episode Plot Details Revealed! by Natalie Zutter

One Last Package of Disney Shorts: Melody Time by Mari Ness

If You Have 1000 Hours of Free Time and a 3D Printer, You Can Build Your Own Stargate by Emmet Asher-Perrin

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

This Week in Publishing: Subway Reads and the Nommo Awards by Stubby the Rocket

Fraught With Pee-Wee Herman Complications: Flight of the Navigator by Leigh Butler

The African Speculative Fiction Society Announces the Nommo Awards by Tor.com

Happy Birthday to Tor.com Publishing! by Tor.com

Midnight in Karachi Episode 61: Victoria Schwab by Mahvesh Murad

Revealing the Cover for Victor Milán’s The Dinosaur Princess by Tor.com

Hobbits and Hops: 42 Nerdy Beers to Sample on Vacation by Molly Templeton

Islam Science Fiction Anthology Islamicates: Volume I Tackles Algorithms, Time Travel, and Divine Inspiration by Natalie Zutter

Fantasy Novel Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson is the Tor.com Free eBook Club Pick for September! by Tor.com

All We have to Decide is What to Do with the Cuteness that is Given to Us by Stubby the Rocket