May 2017

Wed May 31

Aurora Australis: Riddles, Promises, and Threads by Alexandra Pierce

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

Down Among the Sticks and Bones: Chapters 1 and 2 by Seanan McGuire

A Soap Opera with Sci-Fi Dressing: Hold Back the Stars by Katie Khan by Liz Bourke

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

Visit Tor/Forge & Tor.com Publishing at BEA and BookCon! by Tor.com

The Tiger’s Daughter: Chapter 2 by K Arsenault Rivera

The Horror Story We All Know by Stephen Graham Jones

Growing Up, Wonder Woman Was the Hero I Really Wanted To Be by Charlie Jane Anders

Shape Without Form, Shade Without Color by Sunny Moraine

Tue May 30

Remember When the Pirates of the Caribbean Movies Were Fun? by Alasdair Stuart

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Sarah Gailey on Heists, Hope, Feral Hippos, and Defiantly Joyful Characters by Alasdair Stuart

The Evolution of an Epic Fantasy Writer by Martin Cahill

Secret Identity as Role Model: A Look Back at Lynda Carter’s Wonder Woman by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Dial H for Hitchcock: Revealing The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts by Niall Alexander

Sleeps With Monsters: Teeth and Gods and Hearts by Liz Bourke

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World: American Gods, “Lemon Scented You” by Alex Brown

The Tiger’s Daughter: Chapter 1 by K Arsenault Rivera

Mon May 29

Those Perfect Moments When Star Trek Goes Off the Rails by Emily Asher-Perrin

One Day You Wake Up and You Are Grown: Fairyland and the Secrets of Growing Up by Molly Templeton

Five Wonder Women of the Middle Ages by Michael Livingston

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Borders of Infinity, “Labyrinth” by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

6 Books to Tide You Over Until Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Michael Moreci

Horses in Space: Evolving the Equinoid Alien by Judith Tarr

How Long Did The Wheel of Time’s “Endless Summer” Last? by Chris Lough

It’s All in the Rigging: 9 of the Best Boats in Fantasy by Fran Wilde

Fri May 26

Who Could Play This Merry Fellow? Dreamcasting Tom Bombadil by Emily Asher-Perrin and Leah Schnelbach

Corey J. White on Space Witches, Misfits, and Found Families by Alasdair Stuart

What Beavers Can Teach Us About Hope, Resilience, and the End of the World by Robert Repino

Bringing an Uzi to a Vampire Fight: Nightblood by Grady Hendrix

You Cannot Sink My Love for Battleship by Molly Templeton

Jeff VanderMeer Talks Borne, Hyperobjects, and Florida Wildlife by Leah Schnelbach

Finding Those Books That Seem Made For Each Other by Stubby the Rocket

Thu May 25

Gillian Anderson is David Bowie Now, and Everything is Perfect by Stubby the Rocket

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss

Fish Parenting and Disability: Finding Nemo by Mari Ness

Should The Handmaid’s Tale Have Saved Luke? by Natalie Zutter

That Magic Technique: Dark City’s Influence on Modern Sci-Fi by Leigh Butler

Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 36 and 37 by Alice Arneson

Star Wars: A New Hope is Sheer, Unbridled Joy by Emily Asher-Perrin

Meet the Hippos From Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Horror in Translation: 8 Chilling Reads From Around the World by Rachel Cordasco

Wed May 24

The Queen of Swords by R S Belcher

I’ll Make a Man Out of You: Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh by Alex Brown

Cthulhu and Sons: Lin Carter’s “The Winfield Heritance” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Why I Stopped Reading The Queen’s Thief Series by Natalie Zutter

Watch the First Trailer for Game of Thrones Season 7 by Stubby the Rocket

Problem Child: First Born by Caroline Thompson by Leah Schnelbach

A Walk Around Inland: Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker by Matthew Keeley

With Great Power Comes Great Churros in New Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

How George Lucas’s Love of Cinema Changed Movies Forever by Michael Moreci

A Definitive Ranking of Bryan Fuller’s Greatest Female Characters by Leah Schnelbach

Red by Ramsey Shehadeh

Tue May 23

Diplomacy Under Pressure: The Curse of Chalion by C.A. Higgins

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

It’s an Evening Gown Adorned With Books Because You Are Classy and Deserve to Wear Your Library by Stubby the Rocket

Pull List: Adventure Time with 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank and Misfit City by Alex Brown

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Lorraine Hansberry’s Les Blancs by Nisi Shawl

Pearly White: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey by Aidan Moher

What’s Your Pick for the Best Science Fiction Film of the 21st Century (So Far)? by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Intergenerational Female Influences in Arrival and Moana by Liz Bourke

Why is Genre Fiction Obsessed with Belisarius? by Jo Walton

Let’s Rank All the King Arthur Movies to Find the True Once and Future King by Stubby the Rocket

Mon May 22

The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Borders of Infinity, “The Mountains of Mourning” by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

It’s a New Day in the Final Trailer for Orphan Black Season 5 by Stubby the Rocket

“Stick Around”: A Schwarzenegger Guide for the Uninitiated by Robert Repino

Reparations and Redemption: Andre Norton’s Sorceress of the Witch World by Judith Tarr

Welcome to the New Wave of Politically-Conscious Horror by Tobias Carroll

Arrakis, Tatooine, and the Science of Desert Planets by Alex Acks

Welcome Back to the Black Lodge: Twin Peaks: The Return by Theresa DeLucci

Samurai Jack Battles Depression, Suicide, and PTSD In An Extraordinary Final Season by Monique Jones

Death Is Not the End: American Gods, “Git Gone” by Alex Brown

Mayhem-Causing Hippos Not Done Causing Mayhem. Revealing Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey by Tor.com

Sat May 20

Announcing the 2016 Nebula Awards Winners by Tor.com

Fri May 19

Cultural Exchange: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami by Niall Alexander

The Horror of Fitness Fads: The Glow by Grady Hendrix

Space Opera and the Emphasis on Big Space Battles by Yoon Ha Lee

Chasing Hope Across the Universe in Brian K. Vaughan’s Saga by Natalie Zutter

The Good, the Bad, the Sexist, and the Ridiculous in Alien: Covenant by Alasdair Stuart

Prometheus: Science Fiction or Religious Fiction? by Ryan Britt

The Girl in the Red Dress: Revealing Paris Adrift by E. J. Swift by Niall Alexander

Is Space Opera Merely Fantasy Set in Space? (Hint: No, Of Course Not) by Emily Asher-Perrin

Five Books That Make Epic Drama Out of Space-Faring History by Jeffrey Kluger

Thu May 18

Fairy Tales, Forward and Reverse: Marilyn Singer’s Mirror, Mirror by Mari Ness

Offred’s Internal Monologue Finally Becomes Her External Voice by Natalie Zutter

Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee

Riders and Seekers: Veronica Rossi’s Duology is YA for Everyone by Ardi Alspach

How Much Does the Star Trek: Discovery Trailer Reveal? by Chris Lough

A Story Radiating Across the Stars: C.A. Higgins’ Lightless Series by Molly Templeton

I’m the Monster’s Mother — Alien: Resurrection by Bridget McGovern

Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 34 and 35 by Alice Arneson

The Folio Society Presents New Edition of Lovecraft’s Works, with Illustrations by Dan Hillier and a Preface by Alan Moore by Stubby the Rocket

Isn’t He Too Dreamy? An Ode to Twin Peaks’ Dale Cooper by Theresa DeLucci

Space Opera and the Question of Empire: From David Weber to Yoon Ha Lee by Liz Bourke

Celebrating the Revolutionary Optimism of Iain M. Banks by Karin L Kross

Wed May 17

The First Full Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery is Here! by Stubby the Rocket

Damage by David D. Levine

Bad Girls Dance Where They Want To by Ellen Klages

The Cthulhu Whisperer: Brian Hodge’s “The Same Deep Waters As You” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Valiant Dust by Richard Baker

Judging SFF Books By Their Richard Anderson Covers by Irene Gallo

Alien 3: A Haunting Failure by Theresa DeLucci

They Sent a Poet: Samuel R. Delany’s Babel-17 by Leah Schnelbach

The Witcher is Coming to Netflix! by Stubby the Rocket

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Finale: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Former Robot Scorned by Alan Brown

Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams to Adapt Matt Ruff’s Lovecraft Country for HBO by Stubby the Rocket

Creating a Space Opera Universe by Kameron Hurley

Sanctuary by Allen Steele

Tue May 16

The Empire’s Ghost by Isabelle Steiger

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Teens: Heidi Heilig’s Girl from Everywhere Duology by Alex Brown

A Plethora of Space Operas: Where to Start With the Work of John Scalzi by Renay Williams

Rosamund Pike to Play Marie Curie in New Marjane Satrapi Film by Stubby the Rocket

Explore New Universes with Tor.com Publishing’s Summer of Space Opera Sampler by Tor.com

Not Bad… For A Human: Aliens by Danny Bowes

10 Reasons Why Attack of the Clones Is Better Than You Remember by Michael Moreci

Sleeps With Monsters: Space Opera and the Politics of Domesticity by Liz Bourke

GRRM Confirms No Dunk & Egg, So What Are the Game of Thrones Spin-Offs About? by Stubby the Rocket

Space Opera and the Underrated Importance of Ordinary, Everyday Life by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Mon May 15

Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn

I Want to Believe: American Gods, “Head Full of Snow” by Alex Brown

The Monstrous and the Tragic: Kirsten Bakis’s Lives of the Monster Dogs by Tobias Carroll

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Borders of Infinity by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Final Equine Frontier: Ponies! In Space! by Judith Tarr

The Tor.com “Hugo Bundle” Offers Lots of Books For Only $20 by Tor.com

In Space, Sigourney is Too Cool to Scream: Why Alien Endures by Ryan Britt

Jo Walton’s Next Book is a Big Space Adventure! Announcing Poor Relations by Tor.com

Catastrophic Consequences: New Novel America City by Chris Beckett by Niall Alexander

The One Book That’s Tattooed on Both My Arms by Corey J. White

From Dark to Dark: Yes, Women Have Always Written Space Opera by Judith Tarr

Explore the Cosmos in 10 Classic Space Opera Universes by Alan Brown

It’s Space Opera Week on Tor.com! by Stubby the Rocket

Fri May 12

Announcing the 2017 Locus Award Finalists by Tor.com

China Miéville’s Sleight of Geography in The City & The City by Titus Chalk

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Art From the Relatively Unknown A Storm of Swords Illustrated Edition is Gorgeous by Stubby the Rocket

Would You Like to Smell Divine? Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab’s New American Gods Scents by Molly Templeton

The Wheel of Time Inspires New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bookstore in Memphis by Stubby the Rocket

How Does Humanity Make First Contact With Plants? Revealing Semiosis by Sue Burke by Tor.com

Divine Grub: Food of the Gods by Cassandra Khaw by Aidan Moher

Caligo Lane by Ellen Klages

Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness to Be Developed as Limited Series by Stubby the Rocket

Science Fiction and Fantasy’s Best Moms (Who Aren’t Dead or Evil) by Stubby the Rocket

Drug Lords and Were-Beasts: Nightlife by Grady Hendrix

Arya Stark to Play a Woman Who Changes Into a Wolf by Stubby the Rocket

How Alien: Covenant Could Resurrect the Franchise by Alasdair Stuart

Necessary Whimsy: Fun, Funny Books Featuring Feisty Ladies by Lish McBride

Thu May 11

The Name of the Wind Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary with a Gorgeous Illustrated Edition by Stubby the Rocket

Syfy Adapting George R.R. Martin’s Novella Nightflyers for Television by Stubby the Rocket

She Doesn’t Always Get Away: Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Mari Ness

Hallelujah! American Gods Renewed for Second Season by Leah Schnelbach

Entertaining But Bland: Pawn by Timothy Zahn by Liz Bourke

Peaceful Challenges: Assembling a Jigsaw by Robin Hobb

Five Books About Sleuths by Gwenda Bond and Christopher Rowe

Attention, K-Mart Shoppers: Beetlejuice is (Mostly) a Triumph by Leigh Butler

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 33 by Alice Arneson

10 Ways to Tell How He Feels About You: The Men of Gilead by Natalie Zutter

Let’s Dismantle Romantic Comedies — and Sexism — With the Help of Colossal’s Beautiful Monster by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Tor.com Free Ebook for May is A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge by Tor.com

Complicated Simplicity: Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep by Jo Walton

Wed May 10

One-Star Reviews Have Consequences: S.P. Miskowski’s “Strange is the Night” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Roar by Cora Carmack

Falling in Love with Science Fiction All Over Again: Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon the Deep by Alan Brown

Why You Should Watch Eurovision: The Hunger Games of Pop by Alasdair Stuart

The Art of Asterculture by Sarah Gailey

The Quest for Truth and Popsicles: Daniel Pinkwater’s Borgel by Leah Schnelbach

George R.R. Martin to Release New ASOIAF Story “The Sons of the Dragon” by Stubby the Rocket

Presenting Beneath the Sugar Sky, the Third Book of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series by Tor.com

The Sausage Princess and Other Stories: Reshaping the Bizarre Structure of Fairy Tales by Ursula Vernon

Hexagrammaton by Hanuš Seiner

Tue May 9

Syfy’s Dune Miniseries is the Most Okay Adaptation of the Book to Date by Emily Asher-Perrin

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Animated Series Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Rise of the House of Tremontaine, by Ellen Kushner & co. by Em Nordling

Cats In Spaaaaace! by Corey J. White

The Real Magic of Moebius’ Edena by Gabrielle Bellot

20 Years On, The Fifth Element is Still One of the Best/Worst Sci-Fi Films Ever by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Tanya Huff’s A Peace Divided by Liz Bourke

Hellboy Reboot in the Works by Stubby the Rocket

Smaug vs. Durin’s Bane: Who Would Win in the Ultimate Dragon/Balrog Showdown? by Austin Gilkeson

Vernor Vinge’s Space Opera A Fire Upon The Deep is the Tor.com eBook Club Pick for May! by Tor.com

Assassins, Pirates, or Dragons: Where to Start With Robin Hobb by Molly Templeton

Mon May 8

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapters 12-15 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Imperialist Portal Fantasy: A Tyranny of Queens by Foz Meadows by Liz Bourke

War and Hell Dimensions: Andre Norton’s Warlock of the Witch World by Judith Tarr

The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente

Watch the First Trailer for Blade Runner 2049 by Stubby the Rocket

Old Versus New: American Gods, “The Secret of Spoon” by Alex Brown

Revealing Acadie, a New Space Opera from Dave Hutchinson by Tor.com

Five Scary Things About Dolls by Scott Westerfeld

Subterranean Press to Release Limited Edition of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel by Stubby the Rocket

The Newest It Trailer Highlights the Humor within the Horror! by Leah Schnelbach

Watch the Final Epic Trailer for Wonder Woman! by Stubby the Rocket

7 Things I Learned About Starting A Career in Science Fiction by S.B. Divya

The Most Popular Movie in America Right Now Is All About Toxic Fatherhood by Charlie Jane Anders

When Sex, Death, and Kid Dinosaur Collide — Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild by Katie Rask

Fri May 5

Adam Scott Shakes With Joy Upon Meeting His Idol Mark Hamill by Stubby the Rocket

Holy Rewatch Batman! Aftermath and Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Check out the Retro-Future in Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom by Tor.com

Not So Good A Gay Man by Frank M. Robinson

It’s the End of The World As We Know It: Why You Should Be Watching HBO’s The Leftovers by Theresa DeLucci

Nazi Super Babies: Psychic Spawn by Grady Hendrix

Revealing the Cover for Seanan McGuire’s The Brightest Fell by Tor.com

The Last Night: City of Miracles by Robert Jackson Bennett by Niall Alexander

2016 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees Announced by Tor.com

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is Already a Hit — But Is It Good? (Non-Spoiler Review) by Alasdair Stuart

New Young Adult Fiction: Lovelorn Spies, Teenage Magicians, and Queer Romance by Alex Brown

Thu May 4

Aurora Australis: New Releases, Upcoming Anthologies, and Awards Season! by Alexandra Pierce

All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in May by Tor.com

In Parenthesis: The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey by Niall Alexander

Discovering History Through Pop Culture by Claudia Gray

When a One-on-One Fight is Really Between Sixteen People: Check Out the Latest Sense8 Trailer! by Stubby the Rocket

It’s May the 4th and You’re Going to Learn About The Ewok Adventures Because Life is Unfair Sometimes by Emily Asher-Perrin

Guilt and a Lack of Social Mobility: The Red Shoes by Mari Ness

Warbreaker Reread: Chapters 31 and 32 by Alice Arneson

The Luckiest Women in Gilead by Natalie Zutter

The Ruin of Kings Approaches: Tor Books Acquires New Five-Volume Fantasy by Jenn Lyons by Tor.com

Facing Facts: American Identity is Based on Alternate History by Sarah Gailey

Carrie Fisher Would Cover You in Glitter If She Thought You Were Having a Bad Day by Stubby the Rocket

Wed May 3

Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

That’s a Bloody Awful Lot of Ships: Five Books Featuring Fleet Actions by Robyn Bennis

All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in May by Tor.com

Glamour Shot With Dog Skull: Caitlín Kiernan’s “Pickman’s Other Model” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Time to Walk the Walk: Star Wars: The Last Jedi and the Problem of Queerbaiting by Monique Jones

Finding Darkness Within the Humor of Sjón’s The Whispering Muse by Leah Schnelbach

Announcing The Midnight Front by David Mack, Out in January 2018 by Tor.com

Announcing the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist by Niall Alexander

Watch the First Trailer for Marvel’s The Defenders by Stubby the Rocket

How to Do Karate in a Victorian Dress by Marie Brennan

Watch the First Movie Trailer for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower by Stubby the Rocket

Sweetlings by Lucy Taylor

Tue May 2

The One Book That Inspired Me Before I Knew I Wanted to Write by Martha Wells

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Counter-Clock Incident” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Soleri by Michael Johnston

Military Action and Gallows Humor: The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis by Liz Bourke

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

Jodorowsky’s Dune Didn’t Get Made for a Reason… and We Should All Be Grateful by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Roses and Portals by Liz Bourke

My Lousy Children Are Both Fake Geeks by Robert Jackson Bennett

Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway and the Power of Small Ideas by P.T. Phronk

Mon May 1

Spending Time With a Murderbot: All Systems Red by Martha Wells by Liz Bourke

The Value of A Life: “Thin Ice” Was One of the Best Doctor Who Episodes in Years by Emily Asher-Perrin

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Ethan of Athos, Chapter 11 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Empires, Aliens, and Fools in Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for May by Tor.com

Literal World Building: Crafting Miniatures and Models by Mark Siegel

A Goddamn Miracle: American Gods, “The Bone Orchard” by Alex Brown

Did You Ever Hear of a Talking Horse? by Judith Tarr

Tor Books Launching “Tor Labs”, a New Serialized Fiction Podcast Imprint by Tor.com

When Hacking Your Self is the Best Option by Stubby the Rocket

Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman by Alan Brown