November 2017

Thu Nov 30

Bridging the Trilogy — Starfire: Shadow Sun Seven by Spencer Ellsworth by Liz Bourke

A Sinister Reality: Elizabeth Hand’s Waking the Moon by Julia Keller

Facing the End: Toy Story 3 by Mari Ness

Barack Obama Asks Sci-Fi Author Liu Cixin About His Next Book by Stubby the Rocket

Space Espionage — Mass Effect: Initiation by N.K. Jemisin and Mac Walters by Liz Bourke

Necessary Whimsy: Grumpy Chickens and Other Fun Ways to Escape the Hectic Holidays by Lish McBride

Dolphins and Chimps and Aliens, Oh My! Startide Rising by David Brin by Alan Brown

Wed Nov 29

Dear Reader, Run Away Now: Tamsyn Muir’s “The Woman in the Hill” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award to Honor Speculative Fiction About the Ramifications of Technology by Stubby the Rocket

When Your Day Job Becomes Your Dream Job by Richard Baker

The Strange Case of Sequels and Genre by Tobias Carroll

An Illustrated Summation of Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time by Faith Erin Hicks

Fantasy Books Where Magic Turns Out to Be Math by Fran Wilde

Here, There, and Everywhere: Sundered Elves and the Valar Who Love Them by Jeff LaSala

4 Questions We Have About Avengers: Infinity War by Stubby the Rocket

Through a Magic Doorway: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Mari Ness

The Infinity War Trailer is Here! by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Nov 28

Awkward Robots Make the Best Robots by Natalie Zutter

5 Works of SF That Turn Weird Bug Behavior Into Great Fiction by Spencer Ellsworth

Coping with Destiny: The Chosen Children of Portal Fantasy by Seanan McGuire

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Leaving Home as a Way of Becoming Magnificent by Emily Asher-Perrin

Growing Up While Unstuck in Time: Kari Maaren’s Weave a Circle Round by Leah Schnelbach

Sleeps With Monsters: Lost Suns, Times, and Theorems by Liz Bourke

On Infomocracy and Voting on Where You Want to Belong by Malka Older

Answers to the Beta-Readers’ Reactions to Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer by Alice Arneson

These Tor.com Publishing Ebooks are on Sale for Cyber Week! by Tor.com

Did We ALL Write a Book About Space Elevators? Why Unfortunate Coincidences Happen in Science Fiction by James Davis Nicoll

Mon Nov 27

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapter 24-ish by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Pull List: The Witch Boy, M.F.K., and the Magic of Middle Grade Fantasy by Alex Brown

Meet the Hippo Stars of Sarah Gailey’s River of Teeth by Tor.com

The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

Loki’s Equine Offspring: Birthing the Eight-Legged Sleipnir by Judith Tarr

Pixar’s Coco Celebrates Life By Diving into Death by Leah Schnelbach

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

Ten Once And Future Kings: Ranking Movie Adaptations of the King Arthur Legends by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Nov 24

My Muse is a Rat: Ratatouille’s Inspiring Message About Art by Leah Schnelbach

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

You’ll Never Sink My Love of Battleship by Molly Templeton

The Revolutionary Optimism of Iain M. Banks’ Culture Novels by Karin L Kross

It’s Time to Talk About The Ewok Adventures Because Life is Unfair Sometimes by Emily Asher-Perrin

MST3K Has Renewal Sign! by Leah Schnelbach

Thu Nov 23

Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer Debuts at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List by Tor.com

Wed Nov 22

The Sausage Princess, or, Reshaping the Bizarre Structure of Fairy Tales by Ursula Vernon

Running Away from Its Roots — Marvel’s The Punisher Season One by Keith R.A. DeCandido

We Tried Homemade Butterbeer Four Ways! by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Nov 21

Flawed Futures Make for Better Stories: Ada Palmer’s Take on Utopian SF by Martin Cahill

Anakin Skywalker Was a Gray Jedi by Michael Moreci

Sleeps With Monsters: Helen S. Wright’s A Matter of Oaths by Liz Bourke

The Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order for the Series Is Not What You Would Expect by Ian Cameron Esslemont and Steven Erikson

Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

Mon Nov 20

The Magicians’ Season Three Trailer is Going on a Quest by Molly Templeton

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 21 and 22 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The One Book That Helped Me Find Myself: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Leanna Renee Hieber

5 Things I Love About A Wrinkle in Time’s Second Trailer by Leah Schnelbach

Smurfette Saves the World: Andre Norton’s Ordeal in Otherwhere by Judith Tarr

Things We’re Pretty Sure Theseus Scamander Would Say to Us by Stubby the Rocket

All the Known Portal Worlds in Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series by Alex Brown

Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) by Seanan McGuire

These Tor.com Publishing Ebooks are on Sale for Cyber Week! by Tor.com

8 Things That Didn’t Need to Happen in Justice League by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Full Spoiler Review of Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive #3) by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Marvel’s The Punisher First Impressions of Episodes 1-3 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Fri Nov 17

Everything and Nothing: Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier by Mark Frost by Theresa DeLucci

’38 Special—The Rocketeer and The Phantom by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Justice League Shows Us What Happens When You Team Up Without a Cinematic Universe by Emily Asher-Perrin

Elves, Balrogs, and Nazgûl: 16 Possible Plots for the Lord of the Rings TV Series by Jeff LaSala

Read Jane Yolen’s “The Jewel in the Toad Queen’s Crown” by Jane Yolen

Thu Nov 16

When Time Stops: James Thurber’s The 13 Clocks by Mari Ness

A Risk Averse Space Opera: Beyond the Empire by K.B. Wagers by Liz Bourke

Star Trek: Discovery Continues Science Fiction’s Role in Discussing Male Sexual Assault by Emily Asher-Perrin

Announcing the 2017 Nommo Award Winners by Tor.com

Hey, Prospective Authors: You Have Plenty of Time. Just Keep Writing. by Chris Lough and Leah Schnelbach

Getting Medieval on Medieval Times by Michael Livingston

Five Books that Rewrite Magic, Myths, and Ballads by Jane Yolen

Title and Cast of Fantastic Beasts 2 Revealed! by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Birth of Spielbergian: Close Encounters of the Third Kind at 40 by Leah Schnelbach

The Orville’s First Season Might Surprise You by Alasdair Stuart

Wed Nov 15

Luckily I Understood Coptic Perfectly Well That Night: Theophile Gautier’s “The Mummy’s Foot” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Of Djinns & Things: The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty by Mahvesh Murad

How the Lady Warriors of The Tiger’s Daughter Slay Fantasy Tropes by Natalie Zutter

Much Ado About Eldar (And Much To Do About Melkor) by Jeff LaSala

Deadpool 2 Knows What You Want… and It’s a Teaser With Deadpool As Bob Ross by Emily Asher-Perrin

It’s Raining Men: Seeking Out Women Writers, By the Numbers by James Davis Nicoll

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Lila Bowen’s Shadow Series by Alex Brown

Tue Nov 14

The One Book That Showed Me How Genres Can Coexist: The Eight by Katherine Neville by Liz Ziemska

Hidden Rituals, Iterations, and Limits: Mandelbrot the Magnificent by Liz Ziemska by Michael Carlisle

The Ruin of Angels Author Max Gladstone Talks Bankruptcy and Necromancy at Google by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books to Take You Beyond One Thousand and One Nights by S. A. Chakraborty

When the Old Guard Were New: Deadhouse Landing by Ian Cameron Esslemont by Bill Capossere

Sleeps With Monsters: Vivian Shaw Answers Seven Questions by Liz Bourke

Mon Nov 13

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 17-19 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Smuggler’s Run: Artemis by Andy Weir by Niall Alexander

Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Trilogy Helped Inspire China’s New SETI Radio Dish by Stubby the Rocket

Watch Brandon Sanderson and the Ridiculous Readers Perform A Scene from Oathbringer by Stubby the Rocket

The Stormlight Archive Thus Far by Paige Vest and Ross Newberry

“Everybody comes home” — Star Trek Discovery’s “Into the Forest I Go” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

How Movie Musicals Paved the Way for Marvel’s Mega-Blockbusters by Adam Rowe

All of Tor.com Publishing’s Fiction from 2017 by Tor.com

All of Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction from 2017 by Tor.com

Oathbringer: I-3 The Rhythm of the Lost (Audio) by Tor.com

Fri Nov 10

The First 33 Chapters of Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer Are Free to Read! by Tor.com

A Slightly Wobbly Adventure: Valiant Dust by Richard Baker by Liz Bourke

Religion in Science Fiction Television by S.J. Kincaid

“God’s gonna sit this one out” — The Punisher (1989), The Punisher (2004), and Punisher: War Zone by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Spoiler-Free Reactions to Beta Reading Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer by Alice Arneson

Disney Developing Live-Action Star Wars Series for New Streaming Service by Emily Asher-Perrin

Five Books Exploring Questions of Memory and Identity by Tobias Carroll

Strange Rumors: Revealing Francesco Dimitri’s The Book of Hidden Things by Tor.com

Read Neil Gaiman’s Poem “House” by Neil Gaiman

Thu Nov 9

Carl Sagan Believed Science Belonged to All of Us by Chris Lough

What’s Your “Cinnamon Word”? The Stats on How Authors Use Language by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Say Hello to the Very Hot Night: The Lost Boys by Leigh Butler

Star Trek: Discovery Asks What True Happiness Feels Like and Comes to a Pretty Devastating Conclusion by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Mentally Ill Hero: How The Tick and Dirk Gently Give Unbalanced “Sidekicks” Center Stage by Leah Schnelbach

How Gene Wolfe Starts a Story (and Where to Start Reading His Work) by Matthew Keeley

The 13th Doctor’s Costume Has Been Revealed! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Lessons in Chivalry (and Chauvinism): Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein by Alan Brown

Wed Nov 8

Delirious Stars and Fungous Scarecrows: Thomas Ligotti’s “The Shadow at the Bottom of the World” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Swan and Girl Souls: The Sisters of the Crescent Empress by Leena Likitalo by Lee Mandelo

Five Books That Have Fun Mashing Up Sub-Genres by James Alan Gardner

History, Fantasy, and Weird Armor: Ladyhawke by Michael Livingston

Catch All the Fantastic Beasts with the Harry Potter Version of Pokémon GO! by Stubby the Rocket

Simulacra Suburbia: Duplex by Kathryn Davis by Leah Schnelbach

Stranger Things Season 2 Wants to Redefine the 1980s SFF Action Heroine by Emily Asher-Perrin

Why The Name of the Wind Still Resonates Ten Years Later by Martin Cahill

Bram Stoker’s Horror Classic is Steeped in the Anxieties of his Age by Leah Schnelbach

This World Is Full of Monsters by Jeff VanderMeer

Tue Nov 7

Vibrantly Constructed Fantasy: Jade City by Fonda Lee by Liz Bourke

Hope and Vengeance in Post-Apocalyptic Sudan: Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor by Nisi Shawl

Where Sports and Horror Collide: Bring on the Bloodsport! by Nadia Bulkin

Thor: Ragnarok is a Hilarious Blockbuster About the Evils of Imperialism by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Melissa Caruso Answers Six Questions by Liz Bourke

“Unbury the Future”: Martha Wells’ Full Speech from the 2017 World Fantasy Awards by Martha Wells

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters 31-32 by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Nov 6

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapters 15 and 16 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Richard Baker’s Valiant Dust by Richard Baker

The Movies, TV, Books, and Moments That Sparked Joy in 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Dispatches from the Gender Wars: Andre Norton’s Storm Over Warlock by Judith Tarr

If You Want Peace, Prepare for War — Star Trek Discovery’s “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Some of the Best Tor.com Non-Fiction in 2017 (Thus Far) by Tor.com

Amazon Studios to Adapt The Lord of the Rings for Television by Stubby the Rocket

The Book That First Spoke My Feral Language: Richard Adams’ Watership Down by Brooke Bolander

In the Wake of the Everstorm: A Non-Spoiler Review of Brandon Sanderson’s Oathbringer by Martin Cahill

Orisha, Airships, and Djinn: Announcing a Pair of Steampunk Novellas by P. Djèlí Clark by Ruoxi Chen

Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2017 by Tor.com

Sun Nov 5

Announcing the 2017 World Fantasy Award Winners by Tor.com

Fri Nov 3

Aurora Australis: Sci-Fi Thrillers and Murder Mysteries by Alexandra Pierce

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

Leisurely Myth-making: Ka Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley by Liz Bourke

“Cowabunga!” — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Journey from Middle-earth to Distant Planets in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for November by Tor.com

Thor: Ragnarok is the Fun, Funny Marvel Movie We’ve Been Waiting For by Alasdair Stuart

Read Peter S. Beagle’s “The Story of Kao Yu” by Peter S. Beagle

Thu Nov 2

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

The Nine by Tracy Townsend

The Real Absurd: Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders by Lee Mandelo

Novelist and Documentarian John Crowley Talks H.G. Wells and Movies: The Sleeper Awakes and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis by John Crowley

Nnedi Okorafor’s TED Talk Explains Afrofuturism vs. Science Fiction Using the Octopus Analogy by Stubby the Rocket

Edgedancer Reread: Chapters 19 and 20 by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Healing from Grief: Pixar’s Up by Mari Ness

Luke Skywalker Returns to the Millennium Falcon in New The Last Jedi Teaser by Stubby the Rocket

Six Series That Should Be Role-Playing Games by James Davis Nicoll

Lois McMaster Bujold on Fanzines, Cover Art, and the Best Vorkosigan Planet by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Wed Nov 1

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

Everything’s Cyclopean: Laird Barron’s “Shiva, Open Your Eye” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Borderlands Books Buys Permanent Home Thanks to Patrons’ Sponsorship by Stubby the Rocket

Five Ancient Histories that Make the Past Fantastical by Myke Cole

Mississippi Roll by Stephen Leigh

A Muted Prequel: Philip Pullman’s The Book of Dust by Sarah McCarry

The Parshendi: Voidbringers or Victims? by Paige Vest

Dwarves, Interrupted and the Promise of Ents by Jeff LaSala

Listen to the Steal the Stars Series Finale: “As Fierce, As Colossal, As All-Consuming” by Tor.com

Fall 2017 Anime: Four Fantasy Shows Worth Watching Right Now by Kelly Quinn Chiu

The Tablet of Scaptur by Julia Keller