March 2017

Fri Mar 31

Star Wars + Tumblr Text Posts Have Made Us All Useless With Laughter by Stubby the Rocket

Addictive Sci-Fi: 5 Books with Fictional Drugs by Chris Howard

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Joker’s Flying Saucer” by Keith DeCandido

Pawn by Timothy Zahn

New Doctor Who Costar Bill Potts Will Be First Full-Time Gay Companion by Emily Asher-Perrin

True Artistry in Paperback Horror: Ken Greenhall’s Childgrave by Grady Hendrix

Why the Original Ghost in the Shell Remains a Cyberpunk Classic for the Ages by Alasdair Stuart

An Action Hero without Action or Heroism: Iron Fist Season One by Keith DeCandido

Television Deal Announced for John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire by Tor.com

The Best Wild Cards Character (That I Didn’t Create): Roger Zelazny’s The Sleeper by Walter Jon Williams

Your Favorite All-Female Super Teams! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Mar 30

Bureaucracy Over Tea: Convergence by C.J. Cherryh by Liz Bourke

39 Other Lives: The Magicians, “The Girl Who Told Time” by Molly Templeton

Even Toys Have Responsibilities: Character Growth in Toy Story 2 by Mari Ness

Never Take Your Plants For Granted. The Expanse: “Cascade” by Leah Schnelbach

Joss Whedon Enters the DC Cinematic Universe as the Director of Batgirl Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Skullsworn: Chapter 1 by Brian Staveley

New Game of Thrones Season 7 Teaser: Which Throne Has Daenerys Taken? by Stubby the Rocket

Sign Up for Tor.com Publishing’s Monthly Newsletter! by Katharine Duckett

Was the First Season of Legion Worth Watching? by Alex Brown

It’s Your Last Chance to Win One of Three Tablets Loaded With eBooks From Tor.com and The Portalist! by Tor.com

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 24 by Alice Arneson

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Part XV-Historical Notes by Natalie Zutter

What’s in a Reboot? How 1998’s Lost in Space Prepared Me for the Onslaught of the Future by Emily Asher-Perrin

Five Books That Tell the Monster’s Story by Ruthanna Emrys

Wed Mar 29

A Good Horror Story Hinges on Sincerity by Seanan McGuire

It’s Time to Light The Lights: The Unrepeatable Magic of the Theater by Ian McDonald

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Pirates of Orion” by Keith DeCandido

Are You Ready to Float? Check Out the New Trailer for Stephen King’s IT by Stubby the Rocket

How “Tallyho!” is Not Always Applicable to Airship Battles by Robyn Bennis

H.P. Lovecraft and the Chamber of Secrets: Lovecraft and William Lumley’s “The Diary of Alonzo Typer” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Why the Next SpaceX Launch Is Important by Swapna Krishna

If You Love Game of Thrones, What Science Fiction Books Would You Like? by Stubby the Rocket

Take a Peek at This Sumptuous Trailer For Luc Besson’s Valerian by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Third Option Includes Monsters: Brian McClellan to Write a New Military Fantasy by Lee Harris

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: A New Kind of Action Hero by Leah Schnelbach

The Scholast in the Low Waters Kingdom by Max Gladstone

People Populate the Darkness; with Ghosts, with Gods, with Electrons, with Diners. by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Mar 28

Little Girl Meets a Water Heater, Decides It’s a Robot Friend by Stubby the Rocket

Why Feminism is Still An Awkward Fit for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast by Jack Heckel

Celebrate Winter Tide With Ruthanna Emrys! by Katharine Duckett

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

Sleeps With Monsters: Gender Roles and Logan by Liz Bourke

Middle-earth: A World on the Edge by Elise Ringo

Peter Parker Faces a Tough Choice in the New Trailer for Spider-Man: Homecoming by Stubby the Rocket

Feminist High Plains Drifter …in Space! Announcing Una McCormack’s The Undefeated by Lee Harris

Five Books I Was Thinking Of When I Wrote The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Mon Mar 27

Charlaine Harris’ New Fantasy Book Series Splits the U.S. Six Ways by Stubby the Rocket

Fighting For Utopia: Revisiting Classic ’90s RPG Phantasy Star IV by Peter Tieryas

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

Power Rangers is Charming as All Get Out by Emily Asher-Perrin

Beyond the Siege Perilous: Andre Norton’s Witch World by Judith Tarr

Can Life Tackle Alien Horror Better Than Ridley Scott? by Alasdair Stuart

Imagine and Survive: Resistance Through Speculative Fiction by Sunny Moraine

Sat Mar 25

DC’s Greatest Heroes Come Together in this Trailer for The Justice League! by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Mar 24

Holy Rewatch Batman! “I’ll Be a Mummy’s Uncle” by Keith DeCandido

John Scalzi is Optimistic about Cockroaches, Novels, and the Future of Science Fiction by Leah Schnelbach

Reminder: Download The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Before March 25 by Tor.com

Plot Details From Han Solo Film Call The Character’s Name Origin Into Question by Emily Asher-Perrin

How Many Times Does Braid-Tugging and Skirt-Smoothing Happen in The Wheel of Time? by Stubby the Rocket

NASA Might Make High-Speed Space “Internet” a Reality by Swapna Krishna

Fabulous Despite Fascists. Lara Elena Donnelly’s Amberlough to Become Trilogy by Tor.com

What Do We Want From Alien: Covenant? by Stubby the Rocket

V.E. Schwab Expanding A Darker Shade of Magic With New Stories, Fan Art by Stubby the Rocket

The Depths of Paul La Farge’s The Night Ocean by Matthew Keeley

OK, OK, You’re Not The Last Unicorn – Just Please Stop Crying! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Mar 23

Do You Hear the Magicians Sing? “Lesser Evils” by Molly Templeton

Skullsworn: Prologue by Brian Staveley

Heroic Choices are Never Easy. The Expanse: “The Weeping Somnambulist” by Leah Schnelbach

Questioning History Through Fairy Tale: Anatole France’s The Seven Wives of Bluebeard by Mari Ness

Working Dogs: Revealing the Cover for An Oath of Dogs by Wendy N. Wagner

Eternamente: Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald by Niall Alexander

“Now I’m Awake”: Watch the Full-Length Trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale by Natalie Zutter

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 23 by Alice Arneson

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts XIII-XIV by Natalie Zutter

Shades of London: Why You Should Be Reading V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic by Ardi Alspach

Download The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson for Free: March 23rd & 24th Only by Tor.com

Wed Mar 22

Quilting and Storytelling by Cassandra Rose Clarke

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

Bad Ways to Pick Up Barbarians: C. L. Moore’s “Black God’s Kiss” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

We’ve Got Movie Sign! Netflix Releases First Trailer for the New MST3K by Stubby the Rocket

Pull List: Queer Women Writing Comics About Queer Women, Batwoman and America Edition by Alex Brown

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: An Announcement by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

A Confusing Lack of Action: First Impressions of Iron Fist by Keith DeCandido

9 Emotional Books That Had Our Readers in Tears by Leah Schnelbach

Cho Chang: Outsider, Insurgent, Builder of Bridges — Not Walls by Sharon Hsu

Open Thread: Tell Us Your Favorite Character in the Book You’re Reading Right Now! by Stubby the Rocket

Ecdysis by Julianna Baggott

You Probably Need a Human Skull Fire Pit by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Mar 21

Is Everyone’s Favorite Cross-Dressing Pirate Lila Bard a Non-Binary Person? by Stubby the Rocket

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

Rage and Radioactivity. Announcing “The Only Harmless Great Thing” From Brooke Bolander by Tor.com

Necessary Whimsy: Fun, Funny Comfort Reads for the SFF Soul by Lish McBride

Chalk–Paul Cornell’s Most Important Work–Now Has its Own Soundtrack by Katharine Duckett

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Fires of Heaven, Part 3 by Leigh Butler

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

Storytelling Through Costume: The Woman in White by Sarah Gailey

Sleeps With Monsters: Wonder, Incident, and Family by Liz Bourke

Victor LaValle, Ellen Datlow, and More Discuss H.P. Lovecraft at The Center for Fiction! by Stubby the Rocket

The First Order in Star Wars Creates Its Stormtroopers By Controlling Their Information Access by Emily Asher-Perrin

Excerpts from a Film (1942-1987) by A.C. Wise

Agent Carter! Behind You! by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Mar 20

Join Tor.com Publishing and Tor Books at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books! by Katharine Duckett

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapters 13-16 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Wandering Through Meg Howrey’s The Wanderers by Alex Brown

Disney’s Live-Action Beauty and the Beast Makes Their Most Odious Villain More Terrifying Than Ever by Emily Asher-Perrin

Revealing Dave McKean’s Cover and the Table of Contents for New Anthology Mad Hatters and March Hares by Tor.com

Where to Start With the Work of John Scalzi: A Guide for Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert Readers by Renay Williams

Download Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings for Free on March 23rd and 24th by Tor.com

Answering the Questions Posed by That Oathbringer Cover by Stubby the Rocket

Beast and Bone: Magic From the Darkness by Molly Templeton

Middle-earth Cage Match: Shadowfax vs. Bill the Pony by Judith Tarr

Walkaway: “Communist Party” by Cory Doctorow

Join Cory Doctorow on His Walkaway Tour, Starting April 25 by Tor.com

Boromir Lied to Us! by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Mar 17

Insufferable Devil Children: Seed of Evil by Grady Hendrix

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Great Escape” / “The Great Train Robbery” by Keith DeCandido

Brimstone by Cherie Priest

A Brief History of Iron Fist in the Comics by Keith DeCandido

Where Does the Cover to Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer Take Place? by Stubby the Rocket

This Star Is Orbiting a Black Hole at 1% of the Speed of Light by Swapna Krishna

A Piece of Iconic Americana: Superman (1978) by Leigh Butler

The Matrix Rebooted: Here’s Why We Need to Take the Red Pill and See Where This Goes by Alasdair Stuart

Grossman, Gaiman, and Gogol: Harper Voyager Acquires English Translation of Russian Fantasy Vita Nostra by Tor.com

Open Thread: What Stories Are the Best at Evoking Ireland? by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Mar 16

“Listen to High King Bambi.” The Magicians, “Word As Bond” by Molly Templeton

Writing Fairy Tales in Dialect: Giambattista Basile’s Il Pentameron by Mari Ness

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah is the Winner of the One Book, One New York Program by Stubby the Rocket

Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence

In Space, No One Can Hear You Abuse Refugees. The Expanse: “Pyre” by Leah Schnelbach

Writing for Dummies: The Art of Ventriloquism by Joseph Helmreich

Corsets, Courtship, and Creepy Creatures in Alison Goodman’s Lady Helen Trilogy by Alex Brown

The Jinn Are Everywhere (Including In These 6 Books) by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts XI-XII by Natalie Zutter

Revealing the Cover to Oathbringer, the Third Book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive by Tor.com

Revisiting Lovecraft, in Horror and in Ambiguity by Tobias Carroll

Check Out the First Trailer for British Action Comedy Mindhorn! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Mar 15

How LARP Changed My Life by Emma Newman

Storms of the Century: New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson by Niall Alexander

World’s Most Terrifying Pillow Book: Livia Llewellyn’s “The Low, Dark Edge of Life” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

American Gods Releases a Stunning New Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

If You Had to Solve a Murder at Hogwarts, How Would You Do It? Announcing Sarah Gailey’s Debut Novel by Tor.com

Check out the First Trailer for Pixar’s Latest Film, Coco! by Stubby the Rocket

New Young Adult Fiction: Gamer Girls, Warrior Princesses, and Inner Demons by Alex Brown

Get Tickets to a Luncheon With Nnedi Okorafor at the TLA Conference! by Stubby the Rocket

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

20 Classic Mystery Science Theater 3000 Episodes Premiere on Netflix Today! by Leah Schnelbach

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: W.E.B. Du Bois’ “The Comet” by Nisi Shawl

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

Hayao Miyazaki Finds Lupin III’s Heart in The Castle of Cagliostro by Leah Schnelbach

The Last Novelist (or A Dead Lizard in the Yard) by Matthew Kressel

A Most Unfortunate Tattoo by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Mar 14

Gaslamp Intrigue: Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman by Caitlyn Paxson

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Eye of the Beholder” by Keith DeCandido

Five Books With Birds in Their Titles by Chuck Wendig

My Alien Family: Writing Across Cultures in Science Fiction by Becky Chambers

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

Sleeps With Monsters: The Power of Community in Hidden Figures by Liz Bourke

Announcing the Winner and Honorees of the 2016 James Tiptree Jr. Award by Tor.com

7 Possible Series That Neil Gaiman Could Create Now That He is a Television God by Emily Asher-Perrin

Gods, Monsters, and a New Time Travel Tale from Kelly Robson by Lee Harris

Overlooked Classic Rewrites the History of Western Authoritarianism: The Alteration by Kingsley Amis by Paul Weimer

“C” is For Groundbreaking Achievements in Science by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Mar 13

“A Time For Heroes” Arrives in Doctor Who Season 10 Trailer! by Stubby the Rocket

Making Humans Happy: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers by Niall Alexander

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapters 11-12 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Talking Animals and an Elusive Golden Sphere: Jeff VanderMeer Charts New Territory with Adventures of Jonathan Lambshead YA Trilogy by Tor.com

Finding the Perfect Monster for Your Fantasy Novel by Alex Bledsoe

Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman

A Trip Through Retro Sci-Fi Tropes: Andre Norton’s Exiles of the Stars by Judith Tarr

John Scalzi Knows Optimism and Representation Matter: A Non-Spoiler Review of The Collapsing Empire by Renay Williams

David Hartwell’s Last Gift to Me: Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun by Theresa DeLucci

Ava DuVernay Shares First Behind-the-Scenes Photos From A Wrinkle in Time by Stubby the Rocket

The Best Thing About Logan is Comic Books by Molly Templeton

The Void of Space is No Match for the Weight of History: Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař by Leah Schnelbach

You Will Not Know Whether to Love or Fear These Books: Announcing 2 New Tensorate Novellas from JY Yang by Carl Engle-Laird

Writing a Future in Which You Choose Your Own Nation by Ada Palmer

Fri Mar 10

The Answer is Trees: The Erstwhile by Brian Catling by Niall Alexander

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Penguin’s Clean Sweep” by Keith DeCandido

An Overstuffed Narrative: Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer by Liz Bourke

The Horrors of the Female Body: The Searing by Grady Hendrix

Why Settle for a Human Face When You Can Celebrate #Bookfacefriday? by Stubby the Rocket

The One Book That Shook My Faith in Nature and Humanity by Cat Sparks

Kong: Skull Island Is A Surprisingly Complex Story of War and Survival, and Also a Giant Gorilla by Alasdair Stuart

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

Getting Medieval on Game of Thrones by Michael Livingston

Game of Thrones Live is Epic Theater for Epic TV by Theresa DeLucci

All the New Science Fiction Books Publishing in March by Tor.com

All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in March by Tor.com

Fairies in the Real World: Five Books About the Other Crowd by Alex Bledsoe

Thu Mar 9

Knights and the 1960s: J.B. Priestley’s Comic Fantasy by Matthew Keeley

MIT Brings New Iron Man Riri Williams to Life by Stubby the Rocket

Patsies Scattered Across Space Like the Stars Themselves. The Expanse: “The Seventh Man” by Leah Schnelbach

Game of Thrones Season 7 Will Premiere on July 16 by Stubby the Rocket

The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard

Heists and Complications: The Magicians, “Plan B” by Molly Templeton

A Gaslighting Fairy Tale: King Thrushbeard by Mari Ness

All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out this March! by Tor.com

This Dog Looks Like Patrick Stewart by Stubby the Rocket

Science Fiction Dialogues: Seven Stellar Interview Books by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

The Rock Fights a Torpedo in the New Trailer for The Fate of the Furious by Stubby the Rocket

You Have to Make Your Fantasy City a Character. Looking at the New Map for Brian Staveley’s Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 22 by Alice Arneson

Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: Parts IX-X by Natalie Zutter

The Collapsing Empire: The Best or Worst-Timed Title Ever? by John Scalzi

The Fifth Element: Luc Besson’s Wild and Crazy Masterpiece by Michael Moreci

Come See the Living Dryad by Theodora Goss

The Folio Society Presents New Edition of American Gods, Illustrated by Dave McKean by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Mar 8

The Ordinary Woman and the Unquiet Emperor by Catherynne M. Valente

“Her Story is Our Story”: Hulu Highlights Offred on International Women’s Day by Stubby the Rocket

Aurora Australis: Stories of Witches, Leeches, and More by Alexandra Pierce

Anabasis by Amal El-Mohtar

The Robotic Art of Murder: Standard Hollywood Depravity by Adam Christopher by Alex Brown

Lucille A. Rettino Appointed to Vice President of Marketing and Publicity of Tom Doherty Associates by Tor.com

The Jump Rope Rhyme by Jo Walton

The One Book That Taught Me How to Explore Faith in My Writing by Maurice Broaddus

The Last of the Minotaur Wives by Brooke Bolander

Top Ten Reasons to Summon an Elder God: David Drake’s “Than Curse the Darkness” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

More than Nothing by Nisi Shawl

Ever Wanted to Play D&D With A T-Rex? by Stubby the Rocket

Astronaut by Maria Dahvana Headley

Margot and Rosalind by Charlie Jane Anders

Storytelling Through Costume: The Badass Black Tank Top Walks the Line by Sarah Gailey

Persephone by Seanan McGuire

Open Thread: What Fictional “Girl Squad” Left You Most Inspired? by Stubby the Rocket

Alchemy by Carrie Vaughn

God Product by Alyssa Wong

Our Faces, Radiant Sisters, Our Faces Full of Light! by Kameron Hurley

Tue Mar 7

Supergirl Meets Alien Immigration Issues with Human Decency by Natalie Zutter

Asgardpunk: New Life to the Mythopoetic Struggle of “Monsters” by Chris Sharp

Princeton’s “Muggle Studies 101” Exhibit Deeply Misunderstands Bagels by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Slaver Weapon” by Keith DeCandido

Visually Stunning, Creatively Muddled: NBC’s Emerald City by Mari Ness

George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards Universe is About to Get Much Bigger by Tor.com

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Fires of Heaven, Part 2 by Leigh Butler

Star Trek’s USS Discovery Has A Captain — Jason Isaacs by Emily Asher-Perrin

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

Sleeps With Monsters: Desert Planets and Biker Mercenaries by Liz Bourke

Book Dinosaurs Are the Friends You Never Knew You Needed by Stubby the Rocket

Global Storytelling: The Djinn Falls in Love edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin by Liz Bourke

The Greatest Journalists in Live-Action Superhero Fiction, Ranked by Emily Asher-Perrin and Molly Templeton

Gene Wolfe’s Shadow & Claw is the Tor.com eBook Club Pick for March! by Tor.com

Mon Mar 6

Luna: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald

Michael Kenneth Williams Joins the Han Solo Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cetaganda, Chapter 10 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Future of U.S. Immigration by S.B. Divya

The SFF Equine: From Companions to Dragons by Judith Tarr

A Book To Make You Fall in Love with Science Fiction All Over Again: Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep by Alan Brown

Announcing “Nevertheless, She Persisted”, a Short Fiction Event Taking Place on March 8th by Diana Pho