September 2017

Fri Sep 29

Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

The Unseen World of An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard by Em Nordling

Six Works of Short Fiction that Defy Convention by Thea James

As You Wish: Little-Known Facts About The Princess Bride by Emmet Asher-Perrin

“Nice Outfit!” — Batman (1989) and Batman Returns by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Flight of the Navigator is the Single Most Important Film of My Childhood by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Here’s Why Star Trek Still Has the Best Theme Songs and Credit Sequences in All of SciFi Television by Alasdair Stuart

Border Crossings: the Art of Mixing Genres by Katharine Ashe

Snow Crash, Ringworld, and Lazarus All in Development for Amazon Prime by Stubby the Rocket

Genderbent Alexander the Great in Space: Kate Elliott’s Inspiration for The Sun Chronicles by Tor.com

The Challenge of Modern Fables: Ben Loory’s Erudite Surrealism by Tobias Carroll

Thu Sep 28

Their Place: Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & Owen King by Niall Alexander

Pull List: Jem and the Holograms Is Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous by Alex Brown

Meandering with a Mazy Motion: Xanadu by Leigh Butler

Changing the Boundaries of Magic by Kat Howard

Read Chapters 1-4 of K. Arsenault Rivera’s The Tiger’s Daughter by Tor.com

Stranger Things Becomes a Maddening Point-and-Click Adventure by Stubby the Rocket

Watch: Dentist Splices Himself Into Star Wars to Sell Lasers by Stubby the Rocket

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 9 and 10 by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

The Honest Trailer for Star Trek: The Next Generation Only Makes Us Love It More by Stubby the Rocket

Robots in Love: WALL-E by Mari Ness

J.J. Abrams and Eric Heisserer to Adapt Sci-Fi Love Story Anime Your Name by Stubby the Rocket

Reinterpreting “Encounter at Farpoint” — A 30th Anniversary Tribute to Star Trek: TNG by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Joy and Pun-ishment: Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson by Alan Brown

Wed Sep 27

Visit Tor Books and Tor.com Publishing at New York Comic-Con 2017! by Tor.com

Elder Gods Make Terrible Babysitters: Nadia Bulkin’s “Red Goat Black Goat” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

The Willow Boardgame is Probably the Only RPG That Will Turn You Into a Possum by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Worlds Tied Together by String Theory by Ryan Graudin

Where Did the Name “Millennium Falcon” Come From, Anyway? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Destruction and Renewal: Horizon by Fran Wilde by Liz Bourke

Gods and Spirits (….and Whatever Totoro Is): Exploring Miyazaki’s Fantasy World by Austin Gilkeson

Systems of Government: Anya DeNiro’s Tyrannia and Other Renditions by Leah Schnelbach

What Happened Between Blade Runner 2049 and Blade Runner? Three Short Films Explain. by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Great Stephen King Reread: The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Grady Hendrix

The Annihilation Teaser Trailer is Here To Creep Us Out! by Stubby the Rocket

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 9: “The Real Stuff” by Tor.com

A New Twist on Generation Ship SF Stories by Natalie Zutter

Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere Always Makes Me Think of Final Fantasy by Chris Lough

Tue Sep 26

Gears are Magic: Five Books that Rock Engineering by Fran Wilde

The Four Best Things About the Teen Wolf Series Finale: “The Wolves of War” by Jenn Northington

Announcing Shroud of Prophecy, a New Kel Kade Fantasy Series Coming from Tor Books by Christopher Morgan

The Second Sibling: The Red Threads of Fortune by JY Yang by Lee Mandelo

The First Sibling: The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang by Lee Mandelo

Ridley Scott Needs to Stop: Why We Don’t Need Any More Alien Prequels by Brian Switek

Time Travel Could Save the Planet in Kelly Robson’s Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Unexpected Pleasures by Liz Bourke

Enter the Vast and Beautiful World of JY Yang’s Tensorate Series! by Leah Schnelbach

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 13-15 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Sep 25

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 1-4 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Dam Keeper by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

The SFF Community Mourns the Loss of Kit Reed by Tor.com

Another Life, Another Geas: Andre Norton’s ’Ware Hawk by Judith Tarr

Exploring a New Corner of the Universe: Provenance by Ann Leckie by Liz Bourke

“We come in peace” — Star Trek Discovery’s “The Vulcan Hello” and “Battle at the Binary Stars” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Kit Reed, 1932-2017 by Tor.com

Stormlight Archive Refresher: The Knights Radiant by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Revealing American Hippo, an Omnibus from Sarah Gailey by Tor.com

Fri Sep 22

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

Making Room for the Small Stories in Epic Fantasy by Chris Lough

Journeys, Desolations, and Battles: Examining Jackson’s Trifold Hobbit by Jeff LaSala

The Best Continuation of The Terminator Saga Has Already Happened: The Sarah Connor Chronicles by Alasdair Stuart

An Introduction to Soulcasting in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere by Carl Engle-Laird

Thu Sep 21

Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence Could Fit Into Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere by Martin Cahill and Chris Lough

The OTHER Live-Action Beauty and the Beast by Mari Ness

Charlie Brooker Announces Authors for Black Mirror: Volume I by Stubby the Rocket

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 7 and 8 by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Gattaca is a Profound Sci-Fi Examination of the Human Soul by Michael Moreci

Picturing The Hobbit by Irene Gallo

Murderbot is Back for a Third Adventure: Revealing Martha Wells’ Rogue Protocol by Tor.com

H.G. Wells and the Speculative Dream of Astronomy by Jeffrey Rotter

Wed Sep 20

Even More Ways to Get in Trouble With Calculus: Bram Stoker’s “The Judge’s House” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Witness Statement: Release by Patrick Ness by Niall Alexander

Interstellar Poet Laureate: Tracy K. Smith by Fran Wilde

Limitless Imagination: Karel Zeman’s The Fabulous Baron Munchausen by Matthew Keeley

The Punisher Trailer is Here To Exact Vengeance Upon Us All by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Stephen King Reread: Doctor Sleep by Grady Hendrix

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 8: “The Walls of the Maze” by Tor.com

Welcome to the Silmarillion Primer: An Introduction by Jeff LaSala

Why Blade Runner is More Relevant Than Ever by Matthew Kressel

Tue Sep 19

Slogging Through the Muck — Swamp Thing and The Return of Swamp Thing by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Degrees of Ownership: Autonomous by Annalee Newitz by Lee Mandelo

SyFy’s Children of Dune Miniseries Delivers On Emotion When Philosophy Falls Flat by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Humanizing Systems: Null States by Malka Older by Liz Bourke

The Merry World of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit by Jo Walton

How Do Robots Talk to Each Other? A Sci-Fi Examination by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Why Can’t More Books Pander To Me? by Liz Bourke

Know Your Parties! A List of Micro-Democratic Governments in Infomocracy and Null States by Malka Older

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 10-12 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Sep 18

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Mirror Dance, Chapters 18-33 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

A Definitive Collection that Defies Definition: Le Guin’s Hainish Novels & Stories by Em Nordling

Brandon Sanderson Remembers Robert Jordan with a Vital Writing Lesson by Stubby the Rocket

Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Daniel José Older’s Shadowshaper Series and the Magic of Social Justice by Alex Brown

The Greatest Adventure: Tolkien’s The Hobbit Turns 80! by Jeff LaSala

The Future of Infomocracy Will Be Decided in State Tectonics, Coming Fall 2018 by Tor.com

Fri Sep 15

Reshaping Old Stories by Camille Griep

Cthulhu Blues by Douglas Wynne

It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature: Why Things Always Go Terribly Wrong in Star Trek by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Jon Hamm is Joining the Star Wars Universe… As the Voice of Boba Fett by Stubby the Rocket

Writing Saga, Series, and Just Plain Long Books by Katharine Kerr

Writing Political Science Fiction by Observing the Present by Malka Older

Thu Sep 14

Synchronize Your Watches and Enjoy the New Trailer for The Shape of Water by Stubby the Rocket

The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan

An Alchemy of Their Own: Five Books About Magic by Brad Abraham

Hippo Mayhem with More Emotional Complexity: Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey by Aidan Moher

Still Not a Relic: Raiders of the Lost Ark by Leigh Butler

Star Trek: Discovery’s Opening Theme Pays Homage to Show’s History by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 5 and 6 by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Steal the Stars is the Genre-Bending Podcast with Something for Every Listener by Natalie Zutter

Displacement and Poverty: The Town Musicians of Bremen by Mari Ness

Revealing the Covers for Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Books by Tor.com

A Master Departs: A Spaceship for the King by Jerry Pournelle by Alan Brown

Wed Sep 13

We Interrupt This Haunting for a Public Service Announcement: Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s “The House and the Brain” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor

Moving Towards Science Fiction Thinking by Deji Bryce Olukotun

The Great Stephen King Reread: Joyland by Grady Hendrix

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 7: “Altered Voices” by Tor.com

Star Wars: Phasma Gives Fans a Glimpse Into the Workings of the First Order by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Celebrate Null States with Malka Older! by Tor.com

The Losers’ Club, ’90s Edition: Looking Back at the First Adaptation of It by Alasdair Stuart

Revealing Sam Hawke’s City of Lies by Tor.com

Tue Sep 12

Wonderful and Wonderless — Wonder Woman (1974), The New Original Wonder Woman, and Supergirl by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Return, A Revision: The River Bank by Kij Johnson by Lee Mandelo

Awkward Robots Are the Best Robots by Natalie Zutter

The Disaster Artist Trailer is Full of Inside Jokes for Diehard The Room Fans by Stubby the Rocket

How Being an Author Changed After the Affordable Care Act by Patrick S. Tomlinson

Sleeps With Monsters: The Weird West of Wynonna Earp by Liz Bourke

Gloriana: Michael Moorcock’s Would-Be Farewell to Fantasy by Matthew Keeley

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 7-9 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Sep 11

The Deadliest Woman in Space Returns in a Third Voidwitch Saga Novella by Corey J. White by Carl Engle-Laird

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Mirror Dance, Chapters 9-17 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Sex, Love, and Humanism: Reimagining Religion in #gods by Robert Repino

Ranking the Robin Hood Adaptations — Which Tales Fly Truest? by Stubby the Rocket

Coming Full Circle: Andre Norton’s The Gate of the Cat by Judith Tarr

We’ll All Float On, Anyway: Stephen King’s IT by Leah Schnelbach

The Truth in Fiction by Annalee Newitz

It’s Not a Good Idea to Forget About the Null States by Malka Older

Fri Sep 8

Revisiting Stephen King’s It by Grady Hendrix

Science Fiction in Arabic Literature by Tor.com

Not the Hero of World War II — Captain America (1979) and Captain America II: Death Too Soon by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Read the First Five Chapters of Malka Older’s Infomocracy! by Tor.com

A Game of And: The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente by Niall Alexander

Fall 2017 TV: What’s New, What’s Old, And What’s Best Forgotten by Alex Brown

World and Character in Fran Wilde’s Bone Universe by Liz Bourke

Thu Sep 7

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

No Thinking Thing: Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill by Niall Alexander

Castle in the Stars by Alex Alice

Escaping Through Mundane Means: Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie’s Fairy Tale Retellings by Mari Ness

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 3 and 4 by Lyndsey Luther

Buddy, Can You Spare a Thaum? The Economic Metaphors of Max Gladstone’s Craft Sequence Novels by Lawrence M. Schoen

Dangerous Magic: Revealing The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell by Tor.com

New Young Adult Fiction: Fairytales, Dystopias, and Life Lessons by Alex Brown

A Moment in a Life: Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Day Before the Revolution” by Jo Walton

Wed Sep 6

Medusa’s Side of the Story: Gemma Files’s “Hairwork” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

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

The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear

Five Groundbreaking Urban Fantasies With Unusual Settings by Mercedes Lackey

The Great Stephen King Reread: 11/22/63 by Grady Hendrix

“Go Save Your Girlfriend, Let Me Save the World” — Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone by Liz Bourke

Star Wars Needs A New Director for Episode IX: Who It Should (But Won’t) Be by Alasdair Stuart

Upping the Stakes of the Haunted House Story: David Mitchell’s Slade House by Leah Schnelbach

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Walter Mosley’s Futureland by Nisi Shawl

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 6: “900 Microns” by Tor.com

Leigh Bardugo Just Wrote One of the Best Wonder Woman Stories Ever by Charlie Jane Anders

5 Things Gandalf Should Have Admitted to the Denizens of Middle-earth Instead of Being a Jerk by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Angel of the Blockade by Alex Wells

Tue Sep 5

Aurora Australis: On TV, in Print, in Your Ears! by Tehani Croft

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Children of Dune, Part Eight by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Mirror Dance, Chapter 8 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

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

In Praise of the Hard-Working Fantasy Horse by Judith Tarr

Hot Potato: Acadie by Dave Hutchinson by Niall Alexander

The Joy of Giant, Perfect Novels: Hild by Nicola Griffith by Robin Sloan

5 Fun Things to Know Before Starting Max Gladstone’s The Ruin of Angels by Chris Lough

Sleeps With Monsters: Flying Beasts and Complicated, Amazing Worldbuilding by Liz Bourke

It’s 20 Years Since the End of the World in Terminator 2: Judgment Day by Alasdair Stuart

Getting to Know The Stormlight Archive’s Dalinar Kholin: The Man That War Made by Martin Cahill

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 4-6 by Brandon Sanderson

Fri Sep 1

5 Fantasy Books with Awe-Inspiring Settings by Matthew Kressel

Aliens Among Us by Rachel Searles

Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for September by Tor.com

Fellow Muggles and Magic Folk: The Harry Potter Epilogue Takes Place Today by Emmet Asher-Perrin