Blog Archive
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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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 Emmet 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