Blog Archive
April 2017
Fri Apr 28
A Head for Heights: The History Behind Steeplejack
by A.J. Hartley
Deadly Peril Done Right: Brian Staveley’s Skullsworn
by Laura M. Hughes
Shared Destinies: Why Wealth Inequality Matters
by Cory Doctorow
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
Man vs Militarized Nature: Killer
by Grady Hendrix
Guardians of the Galaxy Is A Story About Finding, and Choosing, Your Family
by Alasdair Stuart
Spring 2017 Anime Preview: Can We Stop Adding “Re:” to Anime Titles Now?
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
Science Straight Out of the Vorkosigan Saga: Uterine Replicators! (Sort of!)
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Thu Apr 27
Mother May I: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
by Niall Alexander
Firebrand
by A.J. Hartley
The Power of Art: Community Development Through Writing
by Maurice Broaddus
Fur, Comedy, and Lawsuits: Monsters, Inc.
by Mari Ness
Daniel José Older’s YA Urban Fantasy Shadowshaper Optioned for Film and TV
by Stubby the Rocket
Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 29 and 30
by Alice Arneson
The Handmaid’s Tale Isn’t Just Offred’s Story Anymore
by Natalie Zutter
“The dwarfs’ jazz party was pretty bad.” C.S. Lewis Reviews Disney’s Snow White
by Stubby the Rocket
Every Song Mentioned in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods (Plus a Few Bonus Tracks)
by Bridget McGovern
Flawed Futures Make for Better Stories: Ada Palmer and Utopian SF
by Martin Cahill
Wed Apr 26
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “How Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Bad Solutions For Writer’s Block: Henry Kuttner’s “The Salem Horror”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Attention Citizens: We Have A Premiere Date for The Tick!
by Stubby the Rocket
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
by Seanan McGuire
Taking Flight with Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus
by Leah Schnelbach
Such Sweet Sorrow: On the Final Chapter of the Lady Trent Series
by Marie Brennan
Strange Days: A Flawed but Fascinating Look at Racism, Voyeurism, and the Future
by Michael Moreci
Jurassic World 2 Gets a Little More Chaotic as Jeff Goldblum Joins Sequel
by Stubby the Rocket
The Awakening of Insects
by Bobby Sun
Tue Apr 25
The Chosen Children of Portal Fantasy
by Seanan McGuire
Fighting on Arrival, Fighting for Survival: Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus
by Alex Brown
Which Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Character Should Get a Standalone Novel?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Horse-Lovers’ Guide to Star Trek
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Sleeps With Monsters: Thorns and Wings and Dragons
by Liz Bourke
We’ve Seen Your New Favorite Show, and It’s American Gods
by Leah Schnelbach
Announcing the 2017 Chesley Award Nominees
by Tor.com
Tor.com Publishing Offering Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway for Free: April 25 and 26 Only
by Tor.com
Mon Apr 24
Orlando Jones and Crispin Glover Discuss Race, Fashion, and Breaking Down Barriers in American Gods
by Leah Schnelbach
Mormama
by Kit Reed
Glen Cook’s ‘The Black Company’ Series Coming to Television; To Star Eliza Dushku
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapters 9-10
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Science and Politics: Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
by Liz Bourke
Innsmouth Legacy: “The Litany of Earth”
by Ruthanna Emrys
Pull List: The Nutty, Nerdy, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
by Alex Brown
Excitement and Dread: Looking Ahead to The Wheel of Time TV Series
by Leigh Butler
Margaret Atwood’s Blink-and-You’ll-Miss-It The Handmaid’s Tale Cameo Is Surprisingly Violent
by Natalie Zutter
Triple Threat: Andre Norton’s Three Against the Witch World
by Judith Tarr
Sending a Man to Do a Woman’s Job: How the 1990 Handmaid’s Tale Film Became an Erotic Thriller
by Natalie Zutter
Subterranean Press to Release Special Limited Edition of N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season
by Stubby the Rocket
Hackers, Amusement Parks, and Activism: Where to Start with Cory Doctorow
by Stefan Raets
Fri Apr 21
New To The Wheel of Time? This Video Gives You the Basics in 60 Seconds
by Stubby the Rocket
American Gods Showrunners Talk Sex; Reveal Favorite Deities
by Leah Schnelbach
Night Magic
by Jenna Black
Where Do We Go From Here? The Magicians, “We Have Brought You Little Cakes”
by Molly Templeton
The Speculative World of William Shakespeare
by A.J. Hartley
Supernatural Urban Decay: Night Train
by Grady Hendrix
5 Books That Get Ruined If You Take Away a Key Piece of Technology
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Firewalk Without Me, Please: Firestarter
by Leigh Butler
The X-Files will Return for 10-Episode Event Series
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Apr 20
Hulu Orders Locke and Key Pilot from Joe Hill and Carlton Cuse
by Stubby the Rocket
Check Out the First Official Photos from Game of Thrones Season 7
by Stubby the Rocket
Self-Conscious Stories: Tender by Sofia Samatar
by Lee Mandelo
10 Cloverfield Lane Writers to Adapt Neal Shusterman’s Scythe
by Stubby the Rocket
Nailing the Opening: Thomas McGuane’s Ninety-two in the Shade
by Kieran Shea
The Expanse’s Thrilling Season Finale: “Caliban’s War”
by Leah Schnelbach
Actor Bruce Langley on Playing American Gods’ Technical Boy
by Leah Schnelbach
Trickery, Social Climbing, and Possibly Fish: Puss in Boots
by Mari Ness
Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 27 and 28
by Alice Arneson
Casting Ideas for the New Wheel of Time TV Series
by Leigh Butler
Fahrenheit 451 Coming to HBO with Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
by Stubby the Rocket
Getting the Most Out of Life: Revisiting Television’s Forever
by Theodore Krulik
The Wheel of Time TV Series Moving Forward at Sony Pictures Television with Showrunner Rafe Judkins
by Stubby the Rocket
Let’s Stop Overlooking SFF in Translation
by Rachel Cordasco
Wed Apr 19
Watch the First Trailer for Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger
by Stubby the Rocket
New Tor Mini Hardcovers Includes: Brandon Sanderson’s Edgedancer, Charlie Jane Anders Collection, And More
by Tor.com
Refuge for Masterminds
by Kathleen Baldwin
Marvel Picks Directing Duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to Helm Captain Marvel
by Stubby the Rocket
From Robby to Roomba: Robots, AIs, and the Minds of Tomorrow
by Nicky Drayden and Marina J. Lostetter
Military SF Without the Space Battles: Cold Welcome by Elizabeth Moon
by Liz Bourke
This Exoplanet May Have an Atmosphere; Could It Support Life?
by Swapna Krishna
When You Wish Upon Yog Sothoth: Martha Wells’s “The Dark Gates”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
The “True Nature of the Force” is Way More Complicated Than You Think
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Samuel R. Delany’s The Jewels of Aptor
by Nisi Shawl
A Burden Shared
by Jo Walton
Tue Apr 18
So If Westeros Were Real the Bears Would Kill Everyone?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Guns Above: A Tussle in the Woods
by Robyn Bennis
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Albatross”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Bodies in Space: Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Book of Joan
by Leah Schnelbach
David Lynch’s Dune is What You Get When You Build a Science Fictional World With No Interest in Science Fiction
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Gallows Superstitions and the Repurposing of Corpses
by Viola Carr
Sleeps With Monsters: Katabasis and Anabasis
by Liz Bourke
The Trial of Galadriel
by Jeff LaSala
Essential Works By A Surrealist Master: The Complete Stories and Down Below by Leonora Carrington
by Matthew Keeley
Mon Apr 17
Create Your Own Lovecraft Horror: Knitting the Great Race of Yith
by Ruthanna Emrys and Samantha Lynn
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapters 6-8
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Amazon’s Oasis Pilot: Thoughtful SF That Deserves a Series
by Alasdair Stuart
Perfectly Gonzo: Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash
by Chuck Wendig
“I’ll Find You”: Watch the Outlander Season 3 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Amazing New Star Wars Books Include Ken Liu’s Take on Luke Skywalker
by Stubby the Rocket
Doctor Who Reaches Way Back to Its Roots for Season 10 Premiere
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
When Gender Bias Extends to the Animal Kingdom: C.S. Lewis’ The Horse and His Boy
by Judith Tarr
The Medieval Origins of Easter
by Michael Livingston
BBC to Adapt China Miéville’s The City & the City for Television
by Stubby the Rocket
Walkaway: “Takeoff”
by Cory Doctorow
Fri Apr 14
Unplanned Parenthood: Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
by Niall Alexander
Holy Rewatch, Batman! “Minerva, Mayhem, and Millionaires”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
What’s Going On In the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Trailer?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
D’Arc
by Robert Repino
Deathless Mixes Myth and History, and May Very Well Break Your Heart
by Alyx Dellamonica
Bad Science and Worse Parenting: The Orpheus Process
by Grady Hendrix
Feast Your Eyes on the Teaser Poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi
by Stubby the Rocket
Watch the First Teaser Trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi!
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Elegant and Moody Fantasies
by Sofia Samatar
Mean Hippos, Fjords, and Fiddly Bits: Making the Map for River of Teeth
by Sarah Gailey
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is Coming Back! But Is It Better than Ever?
by Leah Schnelbach
16 Things We Want to See If/When the Fast and Furious Family Goes to Space
by Stubby the Rocket
Ode to The Master: A Brief History of Everybody’s Favorite Evil Time Lord (or Lady)
by Alasdair Stuart
Thu Apr 13
No Fate But What We Make: The Magicians, “Ramifications”
by Molly Templeton
“Together We Are One”: Watch the Orphan Black Season 5 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Labyrinth Spinoff in the Works from Don’t Breathe Director
by Stubby the Rocket
Austerity Measures: Waking Hell by Al Robertson
by Niall Alexander
Two Betrayals and a Rescue! The Expanse: The Monster and the Rocket
by Leah Schnelbach
Announcing the 2017 Eugie Award Nominees
by Tor.com
Seeker
by Veronica Rossi
Star Wars Celebration Remembers Carrie Fisher with Poignant Video Tribute
by Stubby the Rocket
When Real Life Is Juicier Than Fairy Tale Fiction: Edmund Gordon’s The Invention of Angela Carter
by Mari Ness
New World Fantasy Award Design Has Been Revealed!
by Stubby the Rocket
The One Book That Made Me Believe In Female Heroes
by Gwyneth Jones
What Are the Greatest Easter Eggs on Film?
by Stubby the Rocket
Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 26
by Alice Arneson
Star Wars: Forces of Destiny is a New Cartoon You Won’t Want to Miss
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Rereading The Handmaid’s Tale: The Legacy of Margaret Atwood and Offred
by Natalie Zutter
The Peril of Being Disbelieved: Horror and the Intuition of Women
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
When Computers Refuse to Obey: The Terrifying Future of Technology
by Cory Doctorow
Wed Apr 12
Have Some NSFW Fun With Hashtag #NameASuperheroSexAct
by Stubby the Rocket
Deadpool 2 Casts Josh Brolin as Cable
by Stubby the Rocket
Aboriginal Sci-Fi: Take Us To Your Chief by Drew Hayden Taylor
by Aidan Moher
A Quantum Mathematical Superhero: Tor Books Acquires S.L. Huang’s Cas Russell Series
by Tor.com
The Best of Both Forms: Hypertextuality and Serial Storytelling in Shadow Unit
by Ruthanna Emrys
The Game’s Afoot in Brittany Cavallaro’s Charlotte Holmes Trilogy
by Alex Brown
Jude Law to Play Young Albus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts Sequel
by Stubby the Rocket
Sophie Turner is the Latest Actress to Play A Time Traveler’s Girlfriend
by Natalie Zutter
Where Are the Rugose Cones I Was Promised? Duane Rimel’s “Dreams of Yith”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Piers Anthony’s Xanth Novels to Become Feature Film and TV Series
by Stubby the Rocket
Check Out the First Trailer for Stephen King’s The Mist Television Series
by Stubby the Rocket
Dream Casting The Raven Cycle
by Molly Templeton
Revealing the Next Nightshades and Lychford Novellas
by Tor.com
Dark Warm Heart
by Rich Larson
Tue Apr 11
Proof of Concept
by Gwyneth Jones
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Practical Joker”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Books About Achieving Immortality
by Neal Asher
Altered Skulls, Body Modification, and Visceral Corruption: The Fiction of Jeremy Robert Johnson
by Tobias Carroll
Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Twenty
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sleeps With Monsters: Thoughts on the 2017 Hugo Awards Ballot
by Liz Bourke
Netflix Orders Modern Reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House
by Stubby the Rocket
Revealing the Cover for Greg Manchess’ Fully Illustrated Novel Above the Timberline
by Tor.com
Girls on Fire: 9 SFF Heroes Inspired by Joan of Arc
by Leah Schnelbach
Mental Diplopia
by Julianna Baggott
Mon Apr 10
Daveed Diggs Raps a Human/A.I. Love Story in Hugo-Nominated Hip-Hop Space Opera
by Stubby the Rocket
“We Are All Worth Fighting For”: Watch the Sense8 Season 2 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapters 3-5
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Spill Zone
by Scott Westerfeld and Alex Puvilland
Kindling Hope: Brimstone by Cherie Priest
by Aidan Moher
Don Juan in the Machine: Amanda Prantera’s Conversations with Lord Byron
by Matthew Keeley
2017 Ditmar Awards Preliminary Ballot Announced
by Tor.com
Webs Within Webs: Andre Norton’s Web of the Witch World
by Judith Tarr
Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle is Coming to Television
by Stubby the Rocket
Art of SFF: Richard Anderson’s Broad, Luminous Worlds
by Aidan Moher
Thor Loses Mjolnir in the Teaser for Thor: Ragnarok
by Stubby the Rocket
Catherynne M. Valente’s Deathless is the Tor.com eBook Club Pick for April!
by Tor.com
Fri Apr 7
Fashion is the Key to Discovering Whether or Not Rey is the Next Chosen Skywalker
by Stubby the Rocket
Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Faith Erin Hicks’ Nameless City Trilogy is Making Its Way to Television
by Stubby the Rocket
Buffalo Soldier
by Maurice Broaddus
New Perspectives and Deadly Nuns: Mark Lawrence’s Red Sister
by Laura M. Hughes
Tradition and Superstition: The Jinn in the Family Closet
by Karuna Riazi
Hi, Satan! The Devil-Worshiping Pulps of the ’70s
by Grady Hendrix
A Bunch of Your Favorite Authors Are Contributing to Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View
by Stubby the Rocket
Failure is Just the Beginning: Revealing Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn
by Tor.com
Which Books Would You Add to the Arctic Doomsday Vault?
by Stubby the Rocket
Scalzi Levels Up: The Collapsing Empire’s Characters Are Its Secret Weapon
by Renay Williams
This Baby Hippo Needs a Name!
by Leah Schnelbach
Thu Apr 6
Bowling in the Underworld: The Magicians, “The Rattening”
by Molly Templeton
Minutes to Midnight: The End of the Day by Claire North
by Niall Alexander
Do You Draw a New Map, or Turn Around? The Expanse: “Here There Be Dragons”
by Leah Schnelbach
Absolute Beginners: The Joy of Being a Dilettante
by Ruthanna Emrys
All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in April
by Tor.com
I’m Getting Off This Merry-Go-Round: Logan’s Run (1976)
by Leigh Butler
John Simm Returns to Doctor Who to Play the Master Opposite Michelle Gomez
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 25
by Alice Arneson
Who Are We Cheering for Here? The Goose Girl
by Mari Ness
Myke Cole’s Shadow Ops to Become Board Game with Shadow Ops: Reawakening
by Stubby the Rocket
Village of the Dead: Five Ways of Reading An American Cemetery
by Joe M. McDermott
Skullsworn: Chapter 2
by Brian Staveley
Wed Apr 5
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: What the Hail, Hydra?
by Alan Brown
Marvel’s New Warriors Coming to Freeform, Starring Squirrel Girl!
by Stubby the Rocket
Within the Sanctuary of Wings
by Marie Brennan
All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in April
by Tor.com
Killer Space Yeast Attacks: Wild Cards II Is A Superpowered Love Letter to Science Fiction
by Katie Rask
Let’s Talk About Marvel Comics, the “Diversity Doesn’t Sell” Myth, and What Diversity Really Means
by Alex Brown
Art That Challenges Your Assumptions: Ann K. Schwader’s “Objects From the Gilman-Waite Collection”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Five Offbeat Quasi-Fantastic Novels of the 1930s
by John Kessel
We’ve Been Waiting On This Tor.com Joke For a Long Time
by Stubby the Rocket
On Endings and New Beginnings: Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Three Distinct Finales
by Leah Schnelbach
When Stars Are Scattered
by Spencer Ellsworth
Tue Apr 4
Under a Red Reign: The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
by Niall Alexander
Check Out the Short List for the 2017 Nommo Awards
by Tor.com
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “Bem”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Marvel and Netflix Release The Defenders’ Premiere Date in the Sneakiest Way Possible
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: An Announcement
by Leigh Butler
Pulp Heroes, Imperial Commanders, and Giant Robots Are Revived in Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for April
by Tor.com
Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Nineteen
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Unfamiliar Rooms: Magic and Dread in Kari Sperring’s The Grass King’s Concubine
by Aliette de Bodard
Sleeps With Monsters: Sundry Novellas for Spring
by Liz Bourke
2017 Hugo Award Finalists Announced
by Tor.com
Open Thread: What is the Name of Your Favorite Magical Weapon?
by Stubby the Rocket
Mon Apr 3
Aurora Australis: Mixing Genres and Outrunning Robots
by Alexandra Pierce
Could Gene Wolfe’s “Blacker Than Black” Cloak Be A Reality?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Guns Above: On the Safe and Effective Use of Gunpowder-Filled Shells
by Robyn Bennis
Lovecraft’s Depths, Reimagined: Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
by Tobias Carroll
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapters 1-2
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in April
by Tor.com
Await the End Times with Eight Books Featuring Doomsday Cults!
by Stubby the Rocket
So How Does a Centaur Eat, Anyway?
by Judith Tarr
Storming the Gates of Geekdom: Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard
by Alan Brown
Walkaway: “You All Meet in a Tavern”
by Cory Doctorow