February 2017

Tue Feb 28

The Best Locked-Room Mystery in Space You’ll Read All Year by Alasdair Stuart

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Fourteen by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Lovecraftian Cruelty and Kindness by Liz Bourke

Open Thread: Books That Punched Us in Our Tear Ducts by Stubby the Rocket

The Right Stories to Topple Dangerous Regimes: Announcing The Last Queens of Nuryevet by Alexandra Rowland by Tor.com

On the Cosmic Scale: Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan by Brit Mandelo

And the Oscar for Best Library Display goes To…. by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Feb 27

New York Burning: Five Books About the Collapse of New York City by Corey J. White

Pandora’s Post-Apocalypse: The Girl With All the Gifts by Karin L Kross

An A.I. That Loves Cat Pictures: Hugo-Winning Short Story Becomes YA Novel by Tor.com

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapters 4-9 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Darkly Dreaming: 5 Essential Reads from Caitlín R. Kiernan by Theresa DeLucci

Realism, Honesty, and Joy: Remembering Bill Paxton by Alasdair Stuart

Spaceships and Magic: Andre Norton’s Moon of Three Rings by Judith Tarr

See Cory Doctorow and Edward Snowden Discuss Walkaway at NYPL! by Stubby the Rocket

Science vs. The Expanse: Is It Possible to Colonize Our Solar System? by Swapna Krishna

Chalk by Paul Cornell

Mad Max: Fury Road Would Have Been a Silent Masterpiece by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Feb 24

Wonder Woman Soars In Her Invisible Jet by Stubby the Rocket

V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic Is Changing Direction, Now Headed to the Big Screen! by Stubby the Rocket

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Louie’s Lethal Lilac Time” by Keith DeCandido

Cold Counsel by Chris Sharp

Let’s Join a Cult! The Brainwashing Pulps of the ’70s and ’80s by Grady Hendrix

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Forge of Darkness, Chapter One by Bill Capossere

Shared Worlds is Now Open for Registration! by Stubby the Rocket

An Enthusiastic Carnival of Horrors: Dr. Potter’s Medicine Show by Arianne Thompson

Klingons Drug Everyone: David Dvorkin’s Timetrap by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Karen Memory Will Return in…Stone Mad, a New Novella by Elizabeth Bear by Carl Engle-Laird

In the Time of Antoine Volodine: Unlikely Fables, Literary Dystopias, and Strange Futures by Tobias Carroll

The Google Doodle is Just as Excited about Trappist-1 as We Are! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Feb 23

“Nobody ever gives up magic because everything’s peachy.” The Magicians, “Cheat Day” by Molly Templeton

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Love in the Time of Robots (Full Spoilers!) by Alan Brown

A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

Insects and Corporate Infighting: A Bug’s Life by Mari Ness

Starz Reveals American Gods Poster and Premiere Date by Stubby the Rocket

Announcing the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Nominees by Tor.com

Caterpillars and Butterflies: The Expanse: “Home” by Leah Schnelbach

Five Amazing Women Warriors of the Middle Ages by Michael Livingston

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 19 by Alice Arneson

Join the Crew for a Last Supper in the Alien: Covenant Prologue by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts V-VI by Natalie Zutter

Storytelling Through Costume: The Allure of the Red Dress by Sarah Gailey

A New Novel Written Entirely in Verse: Announcing Jane Yolen’s Finding Baba Yaga by Carl Engle-Laird

From Vampires to Space Battles: Where to Start with Chuck Wendig by Alex Brown

Neko Mads-sume! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Feb 22

Reunion Tour: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames by Niall Alexander

Five Books About Trolls by Chris Sharp

Urban Legends of Ancient Egypt: Gene Wolfe’s “Lord of the Land” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Sized Exoplanets Orbiting One Star by Swapna Krishna

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Forge of Darkness, Prelude by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

The Grisha Trilogy Reread: Ruin and Rising, Part Three by Kelsey Jefferson Barrett

Catch a FIYAH: Notes on Building a Black Speculative Fiction Revolution by P. Djeli Clark and Troy L. Wiggins

Losing Heart Among the Tall by A.M. Dellamonica

A Peculiar Coat, Four Years Later by Stubby the Rocket

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Will Get Movie Sign on April 14th! by Leah Schnelbach

Tue Feb 21

Congratulations to Our 2016 Nebula Award Nominees! by Katharine Duckett

Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Supergirl, “Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk” by Natalie Zutter

Revealing The Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy by Tor.com

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Time Trap” by Keith DeCandido

Spymaster by Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Fires of Heaven, Part 1 by Leigh Butler

Check Out the First Cast Photo from the Han Solo Film by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Thirteen by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Queens of Ice and Fire by Liz Bourke

Announcing the 2016 Aurealis Award Finalists by Tor.com

Belle Sings of Her Provincial Life in a New Clip from Beauty and the Beast! by Stubby the Rocket

Collecting Philip K. Dick: Science Fiction’s Most Powerful Gateway Drug by Joshua Sky

Announcing George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards: The Reread! by Tor.com

Mon Feb 20

Why Coming Into a Fandom Late Can Be Worth Getting Spoiled by Natalie Zutter

The Unlikely Philosophy of Joe Versus the Volcano by Leah Schnelbach

Passing for Human: Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas by Emily Nordling

Finding the Right Book at the Right Time by Caitlyn Paxson

The Joy of Being a Nerd: What Real Genius Reminds Us About Geek Culture by Emily Asher-Perrin

Announcing the 2016 Nebula Awards Nominees by Tor.com

The SFF Equine: Troublesome Tropes About Horses by Judith Tarr

Ten Authors on the ‘Hard’ vs. ‘Soft’ Science Fiction Debate by Fran Wilde

Fri Feb 17

Try A Short Fiction Tasting Flight with Nerds of a Feather’s Monthly Round! by Stubby the Rocket

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Funny Feline Felonies” / “The Joke’s on Catwoman” by Keith DeCandido

The Time Museum by Matthew Loux

Doom and Gloom Metal: The Stigma by Grady Hendrix

Neil Gaiman’s Next Novel Will Be a Sequel to Neverwhere by Emily Asher-Perrin

5 SFF Love Stories About Overcoming a Language Barrier by Stubby the Rocket

This American Afterlife: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders by Leah Schnelbach

Nigerian Production Company Fiery Film Options Nnedi Okorafor’s Short Story “Hello, Moto” by Stubby the Rocket

Beyond Han and Chewie: Cassian Andor, Sacrifice, and Redemption by Alasdair Stuart

This Morning in Publishing: February 17, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction Seeks to Encourage and Honor Pakistani SFF by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Feb 16

Here Are the Most Notable Kloo Horn Players in Star Wars, Don’t Argue With Me by Emily Asher-Perrin

Now We’re Just Grownups: The Magicians, “The Flying Forest” by Molly Templeton

Doctors Without Space Borders — The Expanse: “Godspeed” by Leah Schnelbach

Geek Week Presents: N. K. Jemisin, Daniel Jose Older, and More at Housing Works! by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts III-IV by Natalie Zutter

“Make Love, Not War” in Cheesy Sci-fi Form: Barbarella by Leigh Butler

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 18 by Alice Arneson

Help Refugees Through Science Fiction! by Ada Palmer

This Morning in Publishing: February 16, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Pull List: Goldie Vance and Ladycastle Turn Tropes into Treats by Alex Brown

The Collapsing Empire: Chapter Three by John Scalzi

Witness Mater by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Feb 15

Tips for Resistance in Lara Elena Donnelly’s Amberlough by Emily Nordling

Escher Meets Noir: Revealing Jeff Noon’s A Man of Shadows by Tor.com

On National Hippo Day, Sci-Fi Author Reminds Us Why We Don’t Just Eat All the Hippos by Stubby the Rocket

India Launches a Record-Breaking 104 Satellites on One Rocket by Swapna Krishna

Matt Wallace’s Sin du Jour Series: Delectable, Delightfully Deranged Urban Fantasy by Alasdair Stuart

Ia! I’ll Show Them All! Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro’s “The Electric Executioner” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett by Nisi Shawl

Tor.com Acquires the Third Centenal Cycle Novel from Malka Older by Carl Engle-Laird

The Grisha Trilogy Reread: Ruin and Rising, Part Two by Kelsey Jefferson Barrett

The Collapsing Empire: Chapter Two by John Scalzi

The Morning in Publishing: February 15, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Not a Prequel, Or a Sequel, But an Equel: Philip Pullman Announces The Book of Dust by Niall Alexander

Extracurricular Activities by Yoon Ha Lee

David Tennant Reacts to Finding Out Everyone Loves David Tennant by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Feb 14

She Said, She Said: Supergirl, “Luthors” by Natalie Zutter

Victor LaValle Combines Frankenstein with Cyborgs and Political Consciousness in New Comic, Destroyer by Leah Schnelbach

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Terratin Incident” by Keith DeCandido

Enter to Win One of Three Tablets Loaded With eBooks From Tor.com and The Portalist! by Tor.com

Birth, Death, Rebirth: The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley by Brit Mandelo

Enter The Flow With Excerpts from John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire by Tor.com

Kiss Me, Quick: How Code Name Verity Pulls the Rug Out from Under its Readers by Jacqueline Carey

Thor Won’t Pay His Rent in Team Thor: Part 2 by Emily Asher-Perrin

What’s the Value of Romance in Sci-Fi & Fantasy? by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Twelve by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: War and Revolution and Hope by Liz Bourke

Check Out Tor.com Publishing’s Upcoming Titles by Tor.com

The Morning in Publishing: February 14, 2017 by Leah Schnelbach

The Collapsing Empire: Chapter One by John Scalzi

Mon Feb 13

Tell Your Special Someone you Love Them to the Wall and Back with These Game of Thrones Valentines Cards! by Stubby the Rocket

Where Literary Meets Fabulist: Juan Martinez’s Best Worst American by Alyx Dellamonica

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapters 2-3 (Redux) by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher

Everything About The LEGO Batman Movie Is Awesome by Alasdair Stuart

Join N.K. Jemisin at the Franklin Park Reading Series! by Stubby the Rocket

The Andre Norton Reread Begins: Andre and Me by Judith Tarr

Read Two Free SFF Love Stories on Tor.com! by Stubby the Rocket

Okay, Bring Back Firefly…But Not the Crew of The Serenity by Chris Lough

This Morning in Publishing: February 13, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

5 Books to Read If You Loved Hidden Figures by Swapna Krishna

Sun Feb 12

6 Valentines for Your Mechanical Sweetheart by Sarah Tolf

Sat Feb 11

8 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books Sexier Than Fifty Shades by Natalie Zutter and Leah Schnelbach

Fri Feb 10

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Ogg Couple” by Keith DeCandido

This Week in the Arrowverse: Racing, Russia, and Revolution by Molly Templeton

Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp and Mike Cavallaro

Marvel’s Runaways Casts The Pride by Natalie Zutter

Terrorist Toys: William Hallahan’s Keeper of the Children by Grady Hendrix

From Alice to Zombies: Rewatching the Resident Evil Movies by Alasdair Stuart

This Morning in Publishing: February 10, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

The Vampire Diaries’ 10 Greatest Moments by Ashley Wells

Thu Feb 9

Emma Watson is Her Best Self in the New Trailer for The Circle by Natalie Zutter

The Regicide is the Fun Part: The Magicians, “Divine Elimination” by Molly Templeton

Here’s Your First Look at Elle Fanning as Mary Shelley by Natalie Zutter

The Beast is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale

Charlie Jane Anders Wins the 2017 Crawford Award for All the Birds in the Sky by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts I-II by Natalie Zutter

Goodnight, Moon. The Expanse: “Static” by Leah Schnelbach

M.R. Carey Reads the First Chapter from The Girl With All the Gifts Prequel The Boy on the Bridge by Natalie Zutter

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 17 by Alice Arneson

Snow Day Open Thread! What Are You Reading? by Stubby the Rocket

The One Book That Changed Everything by Lindsay Smith

Never Out of Date: The Past as Fantasy, and Our Fantasies of the Past by Lara Elena Donnelly

The First Trailer for Bill Nye Saves the World Brings Science and Joy by Natalie Zutter

This Morning in Publishing: February 9, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

The Death of Sandman: A Psychiatric Reading by Tade Thompson

Wed Feb 8

Florida Artist Premieres Pop Culture Postage Stamp Art Show in Los Angeles by Emily Asher-Perrin

Confronting the Horror of Time: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle by Leah Schnelbach

Psst, Kid, Wanna Buy an Apocalyptic Sweater? Amelia Gorman’s “Bring the Moon to Me” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer

Who Owns the Stars? Creating a Space Opera Universe by Kameron Hurley

The Moral Compass of Battlestar Galactica: Remembering Richard Hatch by Alasdair Stuart

The Grisha Trilogy Reread: Ruin and Rising, Part One by Kelsey Jefferson Barrett

Jules Verne’s Love of Adventure Took Us From the Center of the Earth to the Surface of the Moon by Emily Asher-Perrin

Starship Troopers: Paul Verhoeven’s Manic, Misunderstood Satire by Michael Moreci

This Morning in Publishing: February 8, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

The Old Dispensation by Lavie Tidhar

Thor Trades in Mjolnir for Superman’s “S” by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Feb 7

Join John Scalzi on His The Collapsing Empire Tour! by Tor.com

This Skin Is Beautiful: Supergirl, “The Martian Chronicles” by Natalie Zutter

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Mudd’s Passion” by Keith DeCandido

Inventing a Theme: Brunching in the Pickle Palace by Lara Elena Donnelly

“And the Master-Poet painted…”: Neil Gaiman Revisits Old Gods in Norse Mythology by Alex Brown

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 13 by Leigh Butler

A Well-Worn Story: Examining Iconic SFF Costumes by Sarah Gailey

Orphan Black Final Season Premiere Date Announced by Natalie Zutter

Danny Rand Treks Through City Barefoot in Iron Fist Trailer by Emily Asher-Perrin

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Eleven by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Fascism Tomorrow But Cabaret Today by Liz Bourke

Walk Beneath the Canopy of These 8 Fictional Forests by Thoraiya Dyer

This Morning in Publishing: February 7, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

A Room of Our Own: On Writing Collaboratively by Max Gladstone

Do You Want to Build a Cloud Strife? by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Feb 6

Watch The Doctor Regenerate Through Space and Time in This Charming Fan Animation by Stubby the Rocket

Small Lives, Epic Scope: Alan Moore’s Jerusalem by Joe M. McDermott

Gather Her Round by Alex Bledsoe

Samurai Jack Returns in a Dark and Violent Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapters 2-3 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Rekindling Awe: V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic by Brad Beaulieu

Join Caitlín R. Kiernan to Celebrate Agents of Dreamland! by Katharine Duckett

Genre Runs on Horsepower: Introducing The SFF Equine by Judith Tarr

The Return to Osten Ard: Revealing The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams

Beware the Retrofuture: Elan Mastai and Jack Womack Navigate the Problems of SciFi Nostalgia by Tobias Carroll

Watch the Newest Teaser for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales by Stubby the Rocket

The Morning in Publishing: Monday, February 6, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Check Out the New Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2! by Stubby the Rocket

Irresistible Books: Small Presses in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Matthew Keeley

Stranger Things: Season 2 Releases a Creepy New Teaser, Announces Halloween Premiere! by Stubby the Rocket

Succumb to the Chaos Theory of Romance with an Ian Malcolm Valentine’s Day Card by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Feb 3

Patrick Rothfuss Announces The Name of the Wind Tenth Anniversary Edition and Shares Updates on The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 3 by Stubby the Rocket

An Atlanta High School and Trader Joe’s Celebrate SFF Authors for Black History Month by Natalie Zutter

This Week in the Arrowverse: New Faces, Old Problems by Molly Templeton

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Catwoman’s Dressed to Kill” by Keith DeCandido

Meet the Rogues Gallery in Latest LEGO Batman Teaser! by Natalie Zutter

The Clairvoyants by Karen Brown

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

The Tree of Life and Death: Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer by Alex Brown

What Even?! Teen Wolf Mid-Season Recap by Jenn Northington

Watch the Super Bowl Trailer for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale by Natalie Zutter

The One Book That Unstuck My Writing by Juan Martinez

This Morning in Publishing: February 3, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Grow up to Dream Again: Reading Every Heart a Doorway as a Parent by Alex Bledsoe

Isn’t this 2020 Tokyo Olympic Mascot Line-up Missing Somebody? by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Feb 2

Marvel Casts Its Runaways! by Natalie Zutter

Aurora Australis: Some Darkness, and Some Hope by Alexandra Pierce

Agricultural Tales and New Tats: The Magicians, “Hotel Spa Potions” by Molly Templeton

Here’s Who the Internet is Choosing (So Far) as the Next Star of Doctor Who by Stubby the Rocket

The Expanse Returns with a Two-Hour Season Premiere: “Safe” and “Doors and Corners” by Leah Schnelbach

A Fairy Tale Warning: Little Red Riding Hood by Mari Ness

Revealing A Plague of Giants by Tor.com

A Love Letter to Ray Harryhausen: Clash of the Titans by Leigh Butler

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 16 by Alice Arneson

Living in a House on Fire: A New Katherine Vaz Novella for Tor.com by Lee Harris

Isla de los Sueños: Caraval by Stephanie Garber by Niall Alexander

Breaking Barriers: Against Restoring Monarchy in Epic Fantasy by Thoraiya Dyer

Groundhog Day Breaks the Rules of Every Genre by Leah Schnelbach

The Morning in Publishing: February 2, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

The One Book That Made Me Move to Japan by Vic James

Goals! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Feb 1

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

The Discipline of Dance: Where the Words Stop by Skyler White

Assembly Line Adventures: On a Torn-Away World by Roy Rockwood by Alan Brown

The Horror of Cocktail Parties: F. Marion Crawford’s “The Upper Berth” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Win One of Three Tablets Loaded With Books From Tor.com and The Portalist! by Tor.com

Amberlough: Chapter 4 by Lara Elena Donnelly

It’s Time for Doctor Who to Change Television History for the Better by Alasdair Stuart

Revealing the Cover for April Daniels’ Sovereign by Tor.com

The Grisha Trilogy Reread: Siege and Storm, Part Two by Kelsey Jefferson Barrett

Announcing Acadie by Dave Hutchinson by Lee Harris

The 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List by Stubby the Rocket

Arrival Director Tapped to Helm Dune Remake by Stubby the Rocket

The Bloodline Feud by Charles Stross is the Tor.com eBook Club Pick for February! by Tor.com

The Morning in Publishing: February 1, 2017 by Stubby the Rocket