Blog Archive
November 2016
Wed Nov 30
Fiction Affliction: December Releases in Science Fiction
by Tor.com
Felicity Jones Tells Us Which Star Wars Character Would Regift Your Christmas Present
by Stubby the Rocket
Farcical Evolution: Lovecraft and Barlow’s “Till A’the Seas”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Illustrated Scenes from Seanan McGuire’s Down Among the Sticks and Bones
by Tor.com
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Nine
by Bill Capossere
Reminder! Brandon Sanderson’s Only East Coast Tour Stop is This Saturday
by Tor.com
Defending Your Life as a Philosophy of Life
by Robert Repino
Announcing Two New Nightshades Stories from Melissa F Olson
by Lee Harris
Beyond Words Lies the Language of Storytelling
by Matt Wallace
The Wild Cards Have a New Home on the Web!
by Leah Schnelbach
The Morning in Publishing: November 30th, 2016
by Leah Schnelbach
Dragons of Tomorrow
by Kathleen Baldwin
Tue Nov 29
The Alchemy of SciFi: John Crowley’s New Telling of The Chemical Wedding
by Em Nordling
The New Normal: Supergirl, “Medusa”
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Yesteryear”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Man Who Wasn’t There: Normal by Warren Ellis
by Niall Alexander
Lin-Manuel Miranda Producing Film and TV Adaptations of Patrick Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicle
by Natalie Zutter
SFWA Announces Jane Yolen as Newest Damon Knight Grand Master
by Tor.com
Check Out the UK Cover for Laura Lam’s Shattered Minds
by Bella Pagan
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 9
by Leigh Butler
Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Three
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Fiction Affliction: December Releases in Fantasy
by Tor.com
The Most Important Place in Brandon Sanderson’s Books is Named After Jane Yolen
by Stubby the Rocket
Westworld Season 1, Episode 9: “The Well-Tempered Clavier”
by Theresa DeLucci
Get Your Head in the Future: 6 of Our Favorite Warren Ellis Stories
by Stubby the Rocket
Mon Nov 28
Gather Round for Story Time with Tywin Lannister!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 14-15
by Judith Tarr
Dive into the Incredible Worldbuilding of Studio Ghibli!
by Leah Schnelbach
The Poison Eater
by Shanna Germain
World Fantasy Convention 2017 Is Taking Your Program Ideas
by Stubby the Rocket
Women of Harry Potter: Evil in Authority
by Sarah Gailey
Narnia Meets Game of Thrones in the New Trailer for The Magicians Season 2
by Natalie Zutter
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapters 7-8
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Announcing a New Novella by Jeffrey Ford
by Carl Engle-Laird
The Faithful and the Fallen: A Truly Epic Fantasy Series of Valour in the Face of Malice, Wrath, and Ruin
by Laura M. Hughes
Fri Nov 25
6 Gifts That Changed the Course of Their World(s)
by Stubby the Rocket
Ghosts of Science Fiction’s Past, New Heroes for the Future: Rewatching Interstellar
by Alasdair Stuart
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection: Spoiler Review!
by Alice Arneson
Wed Nov 23
A Definitive Ranking of Every MST3K Short
by Leah Schnelbach
Freezerburn: The Flash 3×07, “Killer Frost”
by Molly Templeton
Toto, I Don’t Think We’re In Arkham Anymore: Matt Ruff’s “Lovecraft Country”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Eight
by Amanda Rutter
7 Great Binge-Reads for Long Holiday Stretches
by Stubby the Rocket
Did We Come Across Town For This? Revisiting A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
by Leah Schnelbach
Tue Nov 22
Trust Fail: Supergirl, “The Darkest Places”
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Beyond the Farthest Star”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Making Stained Glass: A Surprisingly Great Way to Recharge Your Writing
by Neal Shusterman
Poetry in Motion: An Interview with Anna Smaill
by Niall Alexander
Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Two
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
New “Lady Astronaut of Mars” Book Series Coming, Based on Hugo-Winning Novelette
by Tor.com
Sleeps With Monsters: Being and Belonging
by Liz Bourke
All the Movies We’re Excited to See This Winter
by Stubby the Rocket
The Morning in Publishing: November 22, 2016
by Leah Schnelbach
Brandon Sanderson’s Arcanum Unbounded: A Non-Spoiler Review
by Martin Cahill
Mon Nov 21
This Rogue One Supercut Gives You One Long Chronological Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 12-13
by Judith Tarr
Legendary Entertainment Acquires Film and Television Rights to Frank Herbert’s Dune
by Natalie Zutter
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is Fast Fun, But Leaves A Lot of Unanswered Questions
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Now You Can Watch Game of Thrones Through…Skyrim?
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapters 5-6
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Per Ardua Ad Astra: National Geographic’s New Docudrama Heads to Mars
by Alasdair Stuart
Westworld Season 1, Episode 8 “Trace Decay”
by Theresa DeLucci
Five Slavic SFF Novels You Should Have On Your Shelves
by Jeremy Szal
Subterranean Press Announces Print Edition of John Scalzi’s The Dispatcher
by Natalie Zutter
The Necessary Weaknesses (and Surprising Strengths) of The Walking Dead, Season 7
by Alasdair Stuart
A New Stormlight Archive Story. Arcanum Unbounded: “Edgedancer”, Chapters 1-3
by Brandon Sanderson
Fri Nov 18
Emilia Clarke Joins the Han Solo Standalone Film
by Natalie Zutter
Superheroes Are Real in the First Clip from the Doctor Who Christmas Special
by Natalie Zutter
This Week in the Arrowverse: Evil Dreams, Bad Vibes, and Strange Visions
by Molly Templeton
Holy Rewatch Batman! “Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Welcome to Teen Wolf: The Final Season
by Jenn Northington
The Exorcist III: Legion—William Peter Blatty’s Long-Awaited Director’s Cut
by Alex Bledsoe
7 Small Fictional Products That Become Big Problems
by Stubby the Rocket
The Liquor Locker’s Finest Hour: Satan Sublets
by Grady Hendrix
This Morning in Publishing: November 18, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
I Love Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. What Should I Read Next?
by Stubby the Rocket
Introducing the Only Plushie That Can Survive Outer Space
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Nov 17
The End of the Line: Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson
by Niall Alexander
An Adorable Dog in an Unbelievable Premise: Disney’s Bolt
by Mari Ness
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Third Season Overview
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Set Out on a Very Top-Secret Expedition with the First Trailer for Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Natalie Zutter
Meaningful Ladies in My Fiction: Red Sonja
by Leigh Butler
Sign Up for the Tor.com Digest…and the Tor.com Publishing Newsletter
by Tor.com
Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 6
by Alice Arneson
Oh, You Shouldn’t Have: The Delicate Dynamics of Human/Alien Gift Exchanges
by Natalie Zutter
Warner Bros to Adapt Jeff Smith’s Bone as a Feature Film Trilogy
by Stubby the Rocket
The Morning in Publishing: November 17, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Science Fiction in Your Own Back Yard: Pavane, by Keith Roberts
by Dave Hutchinson
All the People Who Created the Death Star Weapon Throughout Star Wars History
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Nov 16
“An Idea Isn’t A Story”: A Conversation with The Burning Light Co-Authors Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler
by Tor.com
Going Through the Spin Cycle: Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson
by Stefan Raets
Pull List: Mockingbird and Comics’ Feminist Growing Pains
by Alex Brown
Cover Your Inner Eyes: Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Green Tea”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Wildlife Vet: Not The Worst Day Job In The World
by Thoraiya Dyer
Haunted Places, People, and Books: Listening for Ghosts in Fiction and Non-Fiction
by Tobias Carroll
Syfy Will Bring Us A Stranger in a Strange Land Television Series
by Stubby the Rocket
It’s Numbers Against Time in the New Hidden Figures Trailer
by Natalie Zutter
Women of Harry Potter: Molly Weasley, Rebel Par Excellence
by Sarah Gailey
A Pest Most Fiendish
by Caighlan Smith
Tue Nov 15
Come Out, Come Forward: Supergirl, “Changing”
by Natalie Zutter
Power with Consequences: Fred Saberhagen’s Swords Series
by Dan Wells
Seven Birthdays
by Ken Liu
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 8
by Leigh Butler
The Sleeper Has Awakened: Welcome to the Reread of Frank Herbert’s Dune!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
American Gods’ Michael Green Tapped as Showrunner for Y: The Last Man TV Series
by Natalie Zutter
The Cheysuli Reread, Book 8: Tapestry of Lions
by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Marvel Will Bring us Inhumans as a Television Series in September 2017
by Stubby the Rocket
Going Through the Spin Cycle: Axis by Robert Charles Wilson
by Stefan Raets
Arcanum Unbounded Reveals What Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand Looked Like Before it Became a Graphic Novel
by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Nov 14
Find Out More About Mistborn in New Excerpt From Brandon Sanderson’s Arcanum Unbounded
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 10-11
by Judith Tarr
Ken Liu and Tara Clancy on Translating Fiction and Adapting Bar Stories
by Natalie Zutter
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapter 4
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Now More Than Ever, We Want to Go Drinking with Jason Momoa
by Stubby the Rocket
Charlie Jane Anders, Alyssa Cole, and Rumaan Alam on Avoiding Blind Spots When Writing Outside Your Experience
by Natalie Zutter
Five Giant Monsters to Make Your Day
by Shawn Pryor
Justin Cronin’s The Passage Might be Coming to a Television Near You!
by Stubby the Rocket
Westworld Season 1, Episode 7 “Trompe L’oeil”
by Theresa DeLucci
Watch the First Ghost in the Shell Trailer
by Natalie Zutter
This Morning in Publishing: November 14, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Watch the First Trailer for Disney’s Live-Action Beauty and the Beast
by Natalie Zutter
Going through the Spin Cycle: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
by Stefan Raets
Fri Nov 11
This Week in the Arrowverse: The Past is the Present
by Molly Templeton
Holy Rewatch Batman! “Ice Spy” / “The Duo Defy”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Chasing Hypnagogic Hallucinations
by Julianna Baggott
Three Perfect Moments in Star Trek III
by Alex Bledsoe
Last Year
by Robert Charles Wilson
Quirk Books Came Up With Literary Emojis That We Need On Our Phones
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Seven (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter
Story of Your Purpose: Arrival
by Karin L Kross
I Love Books That Inspire Me to Work for a Better World. What Should I Read Next?
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Nov 10
Magic, Danger, and Makeouts in Syfy’s The Magicians Season 2 Trailer
by Molly Templeton
Syfy Drops Trailer and Premiere Date for The Expanse Season 2
by Natalie Zutter
Rogue One International Trailer Fleshes Out More Plot Details
by Natalie Zutter
Far from Timid: Shy Knives by Sam Sykes
by Aidan Moher
Udderly Awful Yodeling: Disney’s Home on the Range
by Mari Ness
Where to Start with Robert Charles Wilson
by Robert H. Bedford
Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 4 and 5
by Alice Arneson
Announcing Andy Remic’s An Impossible War Omnibus
by Lee Harris
The Happily Invisible Co-Author
by Ken Liu
Watch the First Teaser Trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
by Natalie Zutter
Renewal and Rebirth: An Interview with Mark Charan Newton
by Niall Alexander
The One Book That Changed My Life Three Different Times
by Rick Wilber
The Morning in Publishing: November 10, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Fairy Tales through Gaming: The Ancient Arc of Modern Storytelling
by Whitney Strix Beltrán
Neil Gaiman Created a Pocket Universe For Each of Us
by Leah Schnelbach
Wed Nov 9
An Uncanny Silence: Thin Air by Michelle Paver
by Niall Alexander
Space Sublime: Bridging Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan
by Lee Mandelo
Awesome SFF Panels at Book Riot Live That You Can See This Weekend
by Stubby the Rocket
Never Call It Necromancy: Sarah Monette’s “Bringing Helena Back”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Seven (Part One)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Chow Down with Sin du Jour: The First Course
by Lee Harris
I’ll See You in 25 Years: The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost
by Theresa DeLucci
One Day Left to Download Malka Older’s Infomocracy for Free
by Tor.com
This Morning in Publishing: November 9, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Reverse Documentary
by Marisela Navarro
Carl Sagan Lived His Life Believing Science Belonged to All of Us
by Chris Lough
Tue Nov 8
Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: The Graveyard Game, Part 5
by Stefan Raets
Fight With Knowledge: Supergirl, “Crossfire”
by Natalie Zutter
Memories Found: The Shadow of What Was Lost James Islington
by Robert H. Bedford
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Turnabout Intruder”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Between Two Worlds: NBC’s Awake Was Cancelled Before Its Time
by Theodore Krulik
Narrative Isolation: After Atlas by Emma Newman
by Liz Bourke
Five Magical Spots in New Orleans
by Suzanne Johnson
The Trouble With Being Queen: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
by Mahvesh Murad
Sleeps With Monsters: Monsters of the Mundane
by Liz Bourke
Harry Dean Stanton and the Art of the Everyman
by Robert Repino
Today, Infomocracy is Free to Download in Its Entirety
by Tor.com
Are We Heading Towards an Infomocracy?
by Malka Older
Bram Stoker Created a Horror Classic from the Anxieties of his Age
by Leah Schnelbach
Mon Nov 7
Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 8-9
by Judith Tarr
The Game Architecture: We’re All Living in a Cyber World
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Want a Side of Po-Tay-Toes with Those Eggos? Sean Astin Joins Stranger Things Season Two!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapters 2 and 3
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Go on an Easter Egg Hunt with the Sorcerer Supreme!
by Stubby the Rocket
All Things Bright and Beautiful: The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood
by Niall Alexander
Wonder, Pragmatism, Politics, and Big Ideas: Rewatching Contact
by Alasdair Stuart
10 Human Rights That Robots Deserve
by Stubby the Rocket
If Loved, Then Love: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
by Niall Alexander
Near Future and Far Future: Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin
by Jo Walton
This Morning in Publishing: November 7, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Westworld Season 1, Episode 6 “The Adversary”
by Theresa DeLucci
Arcanum Unbounded: “The Drominad System”
by Brandon Sanderson
Fri Nov 4
We Can Probably Blame the Tarantula That Bit J.R.R. Tolkien For Most Giant Spiders in Fantasy
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Aurora Australis: Anthologies, Novels, and Adaptations
by Alexandra Pierce
Holy Rewatch Batman! “Pop Goes the Joker” / “Flop Goes the Joker”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
This Week in the Arrowverse: Monsters of All Kinds
by Molly Templeton
Notes from the Shadowed City by Jeffrey Alan Love
by Justin Landon
I Love Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. What Should I Read Next?
by Stubby the Rocket
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Six
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Batman Makes the Joker Cry in New LEGO Batman Movie Trailer
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for November
by Tor.com
Ken Liu’s Invisible Planets Anthology is Outselling Confucius
by Stubby the Rocket
See Infomocracy author Malka Older at the Harvard Coop!
by Katharine Duckett
Nights in Mexico City: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
by Lee Mandelo
Hornblower in Space: Flandry of Terra by Poul Anderson
by Alan Brown
Thu Nov 3
Fiction Affliction: November Releases in Science Fiction
by Tor.com
Getting a Master’s Degree in Lovecraft
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Obsession Without Resolution: The Burning Light by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler
by Liz Bourke
The End of an Animated Era: Disney’s Brother Bear
by Mari Ness
Meet Neil Patrick Harris’ Count Olaf in the First Teaser for A Series of Unfortunate Events
by Natalie Zutter
The Nature of a Pirate
by A.M. Dellamonica
Belle’s Dress in the Live-Action Beauty and the Beast: Is it Yellow or Gold?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Innumerable Voices: The Short Fiction of Yukimi Ogawa
by Haralambi Markov
Announcing the Table of Contents for Some of the Best from Tor.com 2016
by Tor.com
Diana Prince Joins the Great War in New Wonder Woman Trailer
by Natalie Zutter
Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 3
by Alice Arneson
Oh No! Cubs’ World Series Win Ensures That Scalzi’s Old Man’s War Will Never Happen
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Reasons Robert Charles Wilson’s Spin is an SF Classic
by Justin Landon
6 Times That People Just Noped Straight Out of Reality
by Stubby the Rocket
The Morning in Publishing: November 3, 2016
by Leah Schnelbach
The Lyricism and Pathos of Chinese SF: Invisible Planets, Edited and Translated by Ken Liu
by Rachel Cordasco
Wed Nov 2
Fiction Affliction: November Releases in Fantasy
by Tor.com
Illuminating the Blurred Characters: Shadowed Souls edited by Butcher & Hughes
by Robert H. Bedford
Pass the Pepper: James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse
by Rob Ziegler
5 Books With Twisty Court Intrigue
by S.J. Kincaid
Books Get Banned For a Lot of Reasons: Ramsey Campbell’s “Cold Print”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Cast Your Vote for the Best Books of 2016!
by Stubby the Rocket
When the Marvel Magic Feels Flat: Doctor Strange Non-Spoiler Review
by Alasdair Stuart
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Five
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for November
by Tor.com
The POC Guide to Writing Dialect In Fiction
by Kai Ashante Wilson
Dream-casting Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
The Loud Table
by Jonathan Carroll
Tue Nov 1
A World Without Ego: Supergirl, “Survivors”
by Natalie Zutter
Rereading Kage Baker’s Company Series: The Graveyard Game, Part 4
by Stefan Raets
Apes and Angels
by Ben Bova
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “All Our Yesterdays”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Invisible Planets / Invisible Frameworks — Assembling an Anthology of Contemporary Chinese SF
by Ken Liu
How Halloween Brings On the Christmas Spirit
by Paul Cornell
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 7
by Leigh Butler
100 African Writers of SFF — Part Two: Writers in the U.K.
by Geoff Ryman
Holy Rewatch Batman! Extra: The Return of the Caped Crusaders
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
No Fear, No Doubt, Just Writing: The Real Value of NaNoWriMo
by Kate Elliott
19 Positive Approaches to Religion in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
by Leah Schnelbach
Dune: Red Plague
by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson
This Morning in Publishing: November 1, 2016
by Stubby the Rocket
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson is the Tor.com Ebook Club Pick for November!
by Tor.com
It’s Picture Day at Hogwarts!
by Stubby the Rocket