October 2017

Tue Oct 31

Celebrating Sincerity with It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Leah Schnelbach

Five Books About Running Away From One’s Problems to Join a Space Pirate Crew by R.E. Stearns

Unearthing the Perfect Horror Movies for Halloween by Alasdair Stuart

Engineering Mysteries! Murderous AIs! Pirates! Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns by Liz Bourke

Mime from Hell — The Crow, The Crow: City of Angels, The Crow: Salvation, and The Crow: Wicked Prayer by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Candy of Friendship: When Kids Befriend the Unknown With Treats by Emily Asher-Perrin

Absinthe with the Devil: “Enoch Soames” is the Best Story You’ve Never Read by Austin Grossman

Bitter Grounds by Neil Gaiman

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 28-30 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Oct 30

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 13 and 14 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Stranger Things Season 2 More Than Lives Up to Its Predecessor by Leah Schnelbach

Better Fiction Through Technology: Reconstructing the Lost City of Petra by Michael Livingston

What Was the First Movie That Scared You? by Stubby the Rocket

Steal the Stars Will Literally Stop You In Your Tracks (In A Good Way!) by Alasdair Stuart

Tough Mudder — Star Trek Discovery’s “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

9 Terrifying Books That Aren’t Shelved as Horror by Stubby the Rocket

Cosplaying the Stormlight Archive: Szeth, Hoid, Veil, and Shardplate by Lyndsey Luther

Fri Oct 27

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Five Books Featuring Psychological Hauntings by Sarah Porter

Take a Look at the Harry Potter Synopsis That Most Publishers Turned Down by Stubby the Rocket

Beetlejuice: A Ghostly, Gothed-Out 80s Fairy Tale for the Ages by Bridget McGovern

Have a Peculiar Halloween with 8 Quirky Horror Stories by Natalie Zutter

First Draft of the MCU — The Incredible Hulk Returns, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, and The Death of the Incredible Hulk by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Shelter Sorts Dogs Into Hogwarts Houses, Leading to More Adoptions by Emily Asher-Perrin

Thu Oct 26

Revealed: The Full Endpapers From Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer! by Tor.com

Revisiting Gene Wilder’s Classic Horror-Comedy Haunted Honeymoon by Jeff LaSala

Five Mythical Monsters From the Edges of the Map by Joe M. McDermott

The Date I Witnessed Between Wolf Girl and James Spader’s Lonely Doppelganger by Sarah Gailey

Worth a Thousand Words: Above the Timberline by Gregory Manchess by Aidan Moher

Jason Momoa Meets Robert E. Howard: Conan the Barbarian (2011 Remake) by Michael Livingston

Check Out the Runaways’ Superpowered Inheritance in New Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 17 and 18 by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

We Can Safely Say That Sarek of Vulcan is Sci-fi’s Worst Dad by Emily Asher-Perrin

Revolutionary Whimsy: Where to Start Reading Frances Hardinge by Molly Templeton

The Little Series That Could: Agent of Change by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller by Alan Brown

Wed Oct 25

Great Instances of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Characters in Halloween Costumes by Emily Asher-Perrin

Michel Mauvais and the Sorcerer’s Stone: H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Alchemist” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

Improper Magic: The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia by Mahvesh Murad

Storm Systems by Joe Hill

Necessary Whimsy: Vampire Bunnies and Other Weird-But-Fun Halloween Reads by Lish McBride

Where to Start with the Haunting Work of Joe Hill by Alex Brown

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 13: “Matt-25” by Tor.com

Storm Warning: a Treatise on Rosharan Atmospheric Anomalies by Ross Newberry

Meet Warriors, Ghosts, and Time Travelers in Tor.com Publishing’s Winter 2018 Lineup! by Tor.com

Tue Oct 24

Mandelbrot the Magnificent by Liz Ziemska

Venetian Fantasy: The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso by Liz Bourke

Super Mario Brothers: Fantasy or Science Fiction? by Peter Tieryas

The Exorcist TV Series Subverts Its Own Troubled Franchise by Leah Schnelbach

Sleeps With Monsters: The Steppes, The Steppes Are Calling by Liz Bourke

The Horror of the Suburbs by Melissa F. Olson

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 25-27 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Oct 23

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapter 12 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Good Retcons and Bad B-Plots — Star Trek Discovery’s “Lethe” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Star Trek: Discovery is Renewed for Season Two! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Let It Go: Strange Weather by Joe Hill by Niall Alexander

The 13th Doctor Might Have Three New Companions! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Pull List: The Unholy Horror of Sabrina and Redlands by Alex Brown

Farewell to the Witch World: Norton and Crispin’s Songsmith by Judith Tarr

Primal Fears and Haunted Paths: The Thin Line Between Fairy Tales and Horror Stories by Tobias Carroll

Travel Along with Mad Max: Fury Road in an Illustrated Map by Tor.com

Fri Oct 20

Check Out the Stunning Endpapers in Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer by Tor.com

SFF Authors Share How Star Wars Inspired Them “A Long Time Ago” by Stubby the Rocket

Tor Teen Acquires “Coming of Age in Outer Space” Trilogy from Charlie Jane Anders by Tor.com

Crafting a Shardblade for Brandon Sanderson by Val C Alston

Deadhouse Landing by Ian Cameron Esslemont

The Best and Worst of the ’90s Teen Horror Movie Craze by Alex Brown

Exclusive Fan Art from the New Collector’s Edition of V. E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic by Miriam Weinberg

Thu Oct 19

The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty

“Bonjour, Je Veux Mon Livre”: Hocus Pocus by Leigh Butler

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 15 and 16 by Alice Arneson

Star Trek, Harry Mudd, and the Power of Personal Narrative by Emily Asher-Perrin

Netflix Reveals New The Punisher Trailer and Premiere Date by Stubby the Rocket

Pastoral Apocalypse: Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow by Jo Walton

Wed Oct 18

Cory Doctorow’s Books Get a Brand New Look! by Tor.com

Gardens at the End of the World: John Langan’s “The Shallows” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns

Come Listen To Infomocracy’s Musical Genre of The Future, Gronkytonk! by Stubby the Rocket

The Great Stephen King Reread Final Analysis by Grady Hendrix

5 Things That Obi-Wan Kenobi Should Have Told Luke Skywalker (Instead of LIES) by Emily Asher-Perrin

Download a Free eBook of Lovecraftian Saga Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys by Tor.com

Meet the Valar! (And the Foundations of Middle-earth) by Jeff LaSala

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 12: “All That Sky” by Tor.com

Season of the Witch: 5 Horror Reads for Fall by Theresa DeLucci

The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter by Sam J. Miller

Tue Oct 17

Not Just Another Fantasy Assassin: the Vlad Taltos Novels by Steven Brust by Stefan Raets

Tor.com Publishing Wants to Tell You About the Last Survivors of Innsmouth by Tor.com

“There Is Juju in This Book”: Exploring Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata Witch series by Alex Brown

Sleeps With Monsters: My Year In Queer by Liz Bourke

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 22-24 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Oct 16

Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is the Mashup You’ve Been Looking For by Em Nordling

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 10-11 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Writing SFF Horses: Notes on Breeds and Riding by Judith Tarr

“This is so f***ing cool!” — Star Trek Discovery’s “Choose Your Pain” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Shaun Tan, Armand Baltazar, and Gregory Manchess on Artists Becoming Authors and the Future of Graphic Storytelling by John Picacio

Wakanda Forever! Watch the First Trailer for Black Panther by Stubby the Rocket

The Power of Princesses: Robin McKinley’s The Door in the Hedge by Jo Walton

Fri Oct 13

5 Books About Folk Horror by Cullen Bunn

“You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry” — The Incredible Hulk (1977) and The Return of the Incredible Hulk by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Six Epic Narrative Lessons from The Empire Strikes Back by Erin Lindsey

Make Mini-Swords From Nails For All Your Favorite Redwall Characters! by Emily Asher-Perrin

It’s Judgment Day in the Final Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Seeking Transcendence: Five Books About the Human and the Divine by Karen Lord

X-Men Meets All the Horror Tropes in The New Mutants Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

“Fantasy is the Realm of Idealism”: Tamora Pierce in Conversation with the Female Fantasy Authors She Inspired by Natalie Zutter

The Fear and Joy of Watching Your Book Get Made Into a Movie by Dan Wells

Thu Oct 12

The Gods of War: Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi by Mahvesh Murad

Seventh Decimate by Stephen R. Donaldson

Cracking Open the Nutcracker: Gregory Maguire’s Hiddensee by Mari Ness

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 13 and 14 by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Dirk Gently, Sherlock, and the Power of Consequences by Leah Schnelbach

Radio Waves and Miracles: All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater by Brit Mandelo

Revisiting the Recently Rediscovered 1956 Hugo Awards Ballot by Jo Walton

Honor, Duty, and Space Navies at War: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell by Alan Brown

Wed Oct 11

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley

Living Sensibly With the Dead: E.F. Benson’s “How Fear Departed From the Long Gallery” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Lotus Petals: The Stone in the Skull by Elizabeth Bear by Brit Mandelo

The Great Stephen King Reread: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Grady Hendrix

Meet the Scientist Witches from the Short Film Adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s “Hello, Moto” by Stubby the Rocket

On Context, Clones, and the Unknown: Tade Thompson’s The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tobias Carroll

Targets: Horror Movies in the Age of Mass Shootings by Joe George

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 11: “Checkpoints” by Tor.com

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed by Nisi Shawl

ZeroS by Peter Watts

Tue Oct 10

Enemies of Man: The Power by Naomi Alderman by Niall Alexander

Internationalism, Surrealism, Futurism: The Novels of Deji Bryce Olukotun by Tobias Carroll

Raising a Dragonslayer by Peter V Brett

Worldbuilding and the Promise of SF: The Enemy Stars by Poul Anderson by James Davis Nicoll

Tolkien’s Map and the Perplexing River Systems of Middle-earth by Alex Acks

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Steampunk, or All at Once: Where to Start with the Work of Elizabeth Bear by Liz Bourke

Sleeps With Monsters: Power Ballads and Professionals by Liz Bourke

Lovecraft in Downing Street: Revealing Charles Stross’ The Labyrinth Index by Tor.com

Our Final 4 Theories On Who Rey’s Parents Are by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 19-21 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Oct 9

The Final Trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi Has Landed by Emily Asher-Perrin

N.K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie on What Makes a Classic Work of SFF and New Classics by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 7-9 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Un-discovered Islands by Malachy Tallack

At Labyrinth Screening 30 Years Ago, David Bowie Helps a Little Boy With His “Invisible Mask” by Emily Asher-Perrin

Five Alternate Histories that Embrace Diversity by Ginn Hale

What Nichelle Nichols Said to Sonequa Martin-Green at the Star Trek: Discovery Premiere by Emily Asher-Perrin

Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky

Coming of Age in a New World: Andre Norton’s Horn Crown by Judith Tarr

Revisiting Patricia A. McKillip’s The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Molly Templeton

Blade Runner 2049: The Secret Lives of Replicants by Theresa DeLucci

The Spores Must Flow — Star Trek Discovery’s “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

What It Means to Be Human: Five Works of Fiction That Explore Blade Runner’s Core Themes by Matthew Kressel

Understanding Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere by Martin Cahill

Sun Oct 8

Watch the First Trailer for Stephen King’s Castle Rock Anthology Series by Natalie Zutter

Black Mirror Season 4 is Chock Full of Easter Eggs and Other Tidbits From NYCC by Natalie Zutter

The Justice League Learns to Be a Team in New “Heroes” Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Sat Oct 7

Captain Georgiou Threatens Captain Lorca at Star Trek: Discovery Panel If He Doesn’t Take Care of Her Michael by Emily Asher-Perrin

Most Likely to Succeed: Marvel’s Runaways by Natalie Zutter

The Tick Announces Return Date; Premieres Trailer; Promises More Hugs by Leah Schnelbach

Punk Meets Aliens in the How to Talk to Girls at Parties Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Fri Oct 6

Watch the First Trailer for Hulu and Marvel’s Runaways! by Stubby the Rocket

“The Enemy is Fascism.” The Man in the High Castle Explores the Multiverse in Season 3 Clip and NYCC Panel by Leah Schnelbach

Aurora Australis: The Future Looks Bright for Children’s Lit by Tehani Croft

Epic Fantasy in an Old-fashioned Mold: The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan by Liz Bourke

Watch the First Trailer for Pacific Rim: Uprising! by Stubby the Rocket

Check Out the Hypnotic First Trailer for Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams by Leah Schnelbach

Peter Capaldi Found Out That Jodie Whittaker Was Playing the Doctor When They Asked For His Trousers by Emily Asher-Perrin

Modern Literary Witches Go Beyond Maiden, Mother, and Crone by Natalie Zutter

“Chicks dig the car” — Batman Forever and Batman & Robin by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Ta-Nehesi Coates and Jason Reynolds Talk Black Panther and Miles Morales by Leah Schnelbach

Five Books That Taste Great by Cassandra Khaw

Thu Oct 5

Keanu Reeves’ Love (And Cloning Tech) is Stronger than Death in Replicas! by Leah Schnelbach

Learn the Creepy History of Robert the Doll in New Lore Footage by Natalie Zutter

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

The Universal Translator is Real Now, Get Ready to Make Alien Friends by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sometimes, Horror is the Only Fiction That Understands You by Leah Schnelbach

Heed the Call of Cthulhu with Five Chapters of Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

Tackling the Real Horror of Lovecraft Head-on by Tobias Carroll

Explore the Modern Mythos in Reimagining Lovecraft, a New Tor.com Publishing Anthology! by Tor.com

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 11 and 12 by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Ghostbusters is a Surprising Antidote to Lovecraft’s Dismal Worldview by Max Gladstone

Kazuo Ishiguro Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by Stubby the Rocket

Wrestling with Tentacles: Cassandra Khaw and Victor LaValle Take on H.P. Lovecraft by Leah Schnelbach

A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Beyond Jump Scares: True Storytelling in Horror by Greg Ruth

Wed Oct 4

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

Terrible Pickup Lines of the Dead: Mary Rickert’s “Journey Into the Kingdom” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Introversion in Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation by Tade Thompson

The Great Stephen King Reread: Revival by Grady Hendrix

8 Chilling Reads From Around the World by Rachel Cordasco

Revealing The Atrocities and The Barrow Will Send What it May by Tor.com

The Atrocities by Jeremy Shipp

Listen to Steal the Stars Episode 10: “Protocol” by Tor.com

On Horror, Disability, and Loving Both at Once by Lee Foster

Her Body, Her Self: Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties by Leah Schnelbach

The Silmarillion Primer: The Creation of Life, Eä, and Everything by Jeff LaSala

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

Star Wars: From A Certain Point of View — “The Luckless Rodian” by Renee Ahdieh

It Came from Within: 5 Great Body Horror Films by Theresa DeLucci

Crispin’s Model by Max Gladstone

Tue Oct 3

Nnedi Okorafor to Write New Black Panther Storyline for Marvel Comics by Stubby the Rocket

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

Keep to the Path: Horror Fiction and Little Red Riding Hood by Stephen Graham Jones

A Long Day in Lychford by Paul Cornell

How Modern Horror Franchises Have Embraced Creepypasta to Stay Relevant by Natalie Zutter

The Masterful Unraveling of Shirley Jackson’s Merricat Blackwood by Angela Slatter

Visit Snowy Wastelands, Mysterious Desert Towns, and a Galaxy Far, Far Away in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for October by Tor.com

This Future Looks Familiar: Watching Blade Runner in 2017 by Sarah Gailey

A Queer Love Story Across Time: Revealing Ian McDonald’s Time Was by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: The Cold Blade’s Finger by Liz Bourke

The Haunted Houses and Haunted Psyches of Shirley Jackson by Leah Schnelbach

The Peril of Being Disbelieved: Horror Fiction and Women’s Intuition by Emily Asher-Perrin

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 16-18 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Oct 2

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 5 and 6 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Terrorist Toys: The Pulp Horror of William Hallahan’s Keeper of the Children by Grady Hendrix

Fantasy Equines: Where There’s a Form, There’d Better Be a Function by Judith Tarr

Switchback by Melissa F. Olson

Trick or Treat: In Search of Obscure Horror Fiction by Jeffrey Ford

Peter V. Brett’s Demon Cycle Almost Became a Game Instead of a Fantasy Book Series by Peter V Brett

The Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey Ford

Writing Your Fear: Stephen King’s The Shining by Grady Hendrix

“You helped start a war, don’t you want to help me end it?” — Star Trek Discovery’s “Context is for Kings” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Download Fall of Fear, a Sampler of Forthcoming Horror from Tor.com Publishing! by Tor.com

Horror is Good For You (and Even Better for Your Kids) by Greg Ruth

Sun Oct 1

Announcing the 2017 British Fantasy Award Winners by Tor.com