January 2018

Wed Jan 31

An Inkling of the Strange: Karin Tidbeck’s Jagannath by Lee Mandelo

Finding A Book That Spoke My Feral Language: Richard Adams’ Watership Down by Brooke Bolander

What Is Star Trek: Discovery Currently Implying About Elon Musk? by Stubby the Rocket

Special Effects From Hell: Mira Grant’s “Rolling in the Deep” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Everything You Need to Know About Fighting in a Ballgown by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books in Which Magic Has Consequences by Melissa Albert

Melkor Is Rebranded (And Fëanor Goes Under Oath) by Jeff LaSala

Identifying with “Uncool” Characters: Why I Love The Jungle Book’s Bagheera by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Sci-Fi Books That Are More Relevant Now Than Ever by Michael Moreci

Tue Jan 30

George R.R. Martin Sponsoring New Worldbuilder Scholarship for Clarion West Writers Workshop, Deadline is March 1st by Stubby the Rocket

Lacking Personality: Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra by Liz Bourke

The Precise Nature of the Catastrophe: Welcome to the Culture Reread by Karin L Kross

A Short History of South Asian Speculative Fiction: Part I by Mimi Mondal

The 1% Inherit the Earth in Karl Schroeder’s New Book The Million by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Time Travel and Living Ships by Liz Bourke

“Women, Along With Different Aliens”: What the Upcoming Jurassic Park Funko Pop!s Tell Us About How Toys Translate Pop Culture by Jonathan Alexandratos

Watch the Wasp in Action in the First Trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp by Stubby the Rocket

Read Jo Walton’s “Sleeper” by Jo Walton

Mon Jan 29

Sam Raimi to Direct the Film Adaptation of Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Komarr, Chapters 7-10 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Riding is Easy, Right? SFF Equines and Horses as Plot Devices by Judith Tarr

“We will not accept a no-win scenario” — Star Trek Discovery’s “What’s Past is Prologue” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Amal El-Mohtar Replaces N.K. Jemisin as The New York Times Book Review’s Otherworldly Columnist by Stubby the Rocket

Malka Older’s Infomocracy Series Concludes September 2018 in State Tectonics by Tor.com

6 Books to Read After The Only Harmless Great Thing by Natalie Zutter

Almost-Classics: SF Concepts and Settings That Deserve Better Execution by James Davis Nicoll

Joe Hill Lives Inside an Impulsive Organism. And It’s Studying Us. by Joe Hill

Fri Jan 26

Always Be Uncomfortable: Brooke Bolander, Maria Dahvana Headley, and Amal El-Mohtar Talk Writing, History, and The Only Harmless Great Thing by Leah Schnelbach

Why You Should Absolutely Watch The Neverending Story as an Adult by Leah Schnelbach

Five SF Novels About Sheep by Robert Kroese

A Subtle Apocalypse: Simon Jacobs’s Palaces by Tobias Carroll

Resurrect Your Whimsy: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Leigh Butler

Better Off Unreleased — Captain America (1990) and Fantastic Four (1994) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

How Jordan Peele’s Get Out Made Low-Budget Horror Oscar-Worthy by Alasdair Stuart

An Appreciation of the Works of Janny Wurts by Stefan Raets

Thu Jan 25

The Amorphous Fictional Spaces of Ursula K. Le Guin by Gabrielle Bellot

Creating a Tale of Sisterhood: Snow-White and Rose-Red by Mari Ness

Thor: Ragnarok vs. the Real Ragnarök by Michael Livingston and Samuel Livingston

Faith and the Fantastic: Revealing Kat Howard’s A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Tor.com

After the Tempest: Tor.com Publishing Acquires Katharine Duckett’s Miranda in Milan by Carl Engle-Laird

Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy to Be Adapted for Paramount Television by Stubby the Rocket

Lovecraftian Horror and The Alchemy of the New by Robert Guffey

Introducing: The Oathbringer Reread! by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Jan 24

Ursula K. Le Guin in 2014: “I think hard times are coming… We will need writers who remember freedom.” by Katharine Duckett

Name-Dropping Nzoorl: Lin Carter’s “Something in the Moonlight” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

[Spooky Ghost Noises]: Collected Ghost Stories by M. R. James by Leah Schnelbach

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Community Remembers Ursula K. Le Guin by Tor.com

Watch the New Pacific Rim: Uprising Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Bright the Hawk’s Flight on the Empty Sky: Ursula K. Le Guin by Jo Walton

Tue Jan 23

Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929-2018 by Tor.com

Check Out the Cover for the Song of Ice and Fire 2019 Calendar! by Stubby the Rocket

SFWA Names Peter S. Beagle as Newest Damon Knight Grand Master by Stubby the Rocket

When Dragons Slay Reality: Chandler Klang Smith’s The Sky Is Yours by Leah Schnelbach

Strange Magic: George Lucas’ Quietly Revolutionary Take On Love by Charlotte Bond

Winter 2018 Anime: A Deal with the Devil by Kelly Quinn Chiu

Sleeps With Monsters: Demons On A Mission by Liz Bourke

Get Out and The Shape of Water Nominated for Best Picture Oscars by Stubby the Rocket

Power and Memory: The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander by Liz Bourke

Read an Excerpt from The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander

Announcing Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction Anthology by Irene Gallo

Mon Jan 22

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Komarr, Chapter 6 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The End Is Nigh: Chuck Wendig’s The Raptor and the Wren by Alex Brown

You Can’t Go Back to the Way Things Were — Star Trek Discovery’s “Vaulting Ambition” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

After the Apocalypse: Andre Norton’s Daybreak — 2250 A.D. by Judith Tarr

Beyond Ariel: 9 Stories You Can Tell With Mermaids by Stubby the Rocket

Pull List: Iceman, Mister Miracle, and Existential Crises by Alex Brown

Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, A Through F by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Jan 19

Learning Narrative Structure from Video Games by Sarah Maria Griffin

Five Books Featuring Weird Spies by Max Gladstone

6 Theories About Star Wars: Episode IX by Stubby the Rocket

Trapped in a World They Never Made — Howard the Duck and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Neil Gaiman Reads “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Jan 18

Starting with the Womb: Octavia E Butler’s Dawn by Aliya Whiteley

Aristocratic Necromancy: Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh by Liz Bourke

A Tale of Tiny Artistry: Thumbelina by Mari Ness

What Star Wars Learned From Literary Fiction by Mike Chen

Snuggled Up With Spaceships: The Best SFF Comfort TV by Stubby the Rocket

C.L. Moore’s Northwest Smith Stories: Pulp Hero vs. Cosmic Horrors by Alan Brown

Wed Jan 17

Up, Up and Away: Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft by Niall Alexander

Resistance is Futile: Peter Watts’s “The Things” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Star Wars: The Rebellion Won Because They Treated Their Droids Like People by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Attention, Citizens: The Tick Is Getting a Second Season! by Leah Schnelbach

“Gilead is Within You”: Watch the First Teaser for The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 by Natalie Zutter

Valinor Darkens (and Ungoliant Sucks) by Jeff LaSala

Coming Home: Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti Series by Alex Brown

The Ghoul Goes West by Dale Bailey

Tue Jan 16

Let’s Ponder the Official Synopsis for Solo: A Star Wars Story by Stubby the Rocket

How Hello, Rain Builds on the Magic of Nnedi Okorafor’s “Hello, Moto” by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Komarr, Chapters 3-5 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Moving Forward with The Last Jedi by Michael Moreci

An Invisible War: Revealing Caitlín R. Kiernan’s Black Helicopters by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Magic Roadtrips, Graceful Space Opera, and a Bleak Take on Star Wars by Liz Bourke

Small Stories, Big Worlds: Why I Love Epic Stories That Stay Personal by Emmet Asher-Perrin

I Belong Where the People Are: Disability and The Shape of Water by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

Mon Jan 15

Gonzo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG Has Everything You’d Ever Want by Mordicai Knode

“We are still Starfleet” — Star Trek Discovery’s “The Wolf Inside” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Precociousness and Telekinesis: Rereading Roald Dahl’s Matilda by Mari Ness

When Tropes Go Bad, Australian Edition: Horses Acting Up Down Under by Judith Tarr

The 10 Best Comics Written by Alan Moore by Tim Callahan

Read Binti: The Night Masquerade, Chapter 1 by Nnedi Okorafor

Fri Jan 12

Conceptual Mass: Gnomon by Nick Harkaway by Niall Alexander

7 Possible Candidates for Star Trek: Discovery’s Mysterious New Emperor by Chris Lough

Hit Comics Properties that Became Movie Flops — Steel and Spawn by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Announcing the Nominees for the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award by Tor.com

Everything You Need to Know about Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams by Alasdair Stuart

Charles Stross’s Dark State (Audio Excerpt) by Tor.com

Thu Jan 11

“There’s More Here Than You’re Willing to See”: Watch the Altered Carbon Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Bookending Realism with Fairy Tale: The Vanishing Princess by Jenny Diski by Mari Ness

Nnedi Okorafor’s Lagoon Makes the Alien Seem Familiar by Mishell Baker

The First Sisters: Naondel by Maria Turtschaninoff by Lee Mandelo

Beowulf on the Big Screen: Good, Bad, and Even Worse by Michael Livingston

Raymond E. Feist’s New Epic Fantasy Series The Firemane Saga to Begin in 2018 by Stubby the Rocket

How Fantasy Candy Kingdoms Have Evolved Over 200 Years by Stubby the Rocket

Black Widow Standalone Movie Reportedly Moving Forward with Writer Jac Schaeffer by Stubby the Rocket

Two Improvised Fugues: Arthur C. Clarke’s The City and the Stars and Against the Fall of Night by Paul Weimer

Snarky Spaceships and Big Guns: Revealing The Stars Now Unclaimed by Tor.com

Wed Jan 10

The Wertzone Offers a Glance at The Wheel of Time That Never Was by Stubby the Rocket

The Future Is the Past: Regressive Science Fiction by Tobias Carroll

Never Mess With the Trees, Part 2: Nathan Carson and Sam Ford’s “The Willows” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

White Knight: Anna Kavan’s Ice by Leah Schnelbach

Pirates, Goddesses, and Killers in This Season’s New Young Adult Fiction by Alex Brown

The 10 Best and Worst Philip K Dick Adaptations by Ryan Britt

Wow, People Are Really Mad at Poe Dameron by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Tue Jan 9

Five Fictional Games with Deadly Consequences by Peter Tieryas

The Unstable Nature of Reality: The Job of The Wasp by Colin Winnette by Leah Schnelbach

Black Mirror’s Shared Universe Focuses on the Rights of Digital Persons by Natalie Zutter

The Evolution of Religious Iconography in Star Wars by Leah Schnelbach

Sleeps With Monsters: Strange Differences and Unusual Similarities by Liz Bourke

The Most Human Star Trek is the One With the Most Aliens by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

“Real” Is a Four-Letter Word: Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series by Alex Brown

Mon Jan 8

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Komarr, Chapters 1 and 2 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Semiosis by Sue Burke

The Phantom Menace Also Defied Star Wars Expectations by Michael Moreci

Once Again, With Closure: Andre Norton’s Forerunner: The Second Venture by Judith Tarr

A Brief History of the Big Dumb Object Story in Science Fiction by James Davis Nicoll

Five Faerie Books for People Who Hate Faeries by Holly Black

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side — Star Trek Discovery’s “Despite Yourself” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Inter-dimensional Spy Games: Dark State by Charles Stross by Liz Bourke

Brooke Bolander Brings The Only Harmless Great Thing to NYC by Katharine Duckett

Divine Effort: Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord by Nisi Shawl

Fri Jan 5

Five Books That Blend Science and Fantasy by J. Patrick Black

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

The 8 Best Alternate Realities From Star Trek by Chris Lough

Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin Changed My Life by Seanan McGuire

Beneath the Sugar Sky Audio Excerpt by Tor.com

19 Chilly Winter Books to Read by a Roaring Fire by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Jan 4

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

Pixar’s First Minor Roadblock: Cars 2 by Mari Ness

Five Weird Books for the Jaded Reader by Robert Brockway

Politics and Demons: The Infernal Battalion by Django Wexler by Liz Bourke

Luke Skywalker Isn’t Supposed to Be “Nice” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Most Beautiful and Brutal Snow Planets from Sci-Fi and Fantasy by Tor.com

Revisiting Ringworld: Larry Niven’s Timeless Classic by Alan Brown

Contaminated Stories: Revealing Jeff Noon’s The Body Library by Tor.com

Wed Jan 3

Aurora Australis: Monsters, Reporters, and Knaves by Alexandra Pierce

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

Never Mess With the Trees: Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Child of a Mad God by R. A. Salvatore

Black Mirror Uses Star Trek Tropes to Critique Male Nerd Fantasies by Natalie Zutter

Enter the Silmarils! (U Can’t Touch Them) by Jeff LaSala

Where Your Own Talents Lie: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black by Lee Mandelo

Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Proves it’s Okay to Have Some Serious Fun by Michael Moreci

Tue Jan 2

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Memory, Chapter 29 (Plus Komarr Book Covers) by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Quiet Space Politics: Emergence by C.J. Cherryh by Liz Bourke

Boost Your Immune System with These 10 SFF Medical Thrillers by Stubby the Rocket

Meet Spies, Bakers, and Psychic Warriors in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for January by Tor.com

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

Sleeps With Monsters: Odd and Satisfying by Liz Bourke

Five Books About Fighting For Broken Worlds by Marie Lu

What’s the First Line of the First Book You’re Reading in 2018? by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Jan 1

The Broad, Luminous Worlds of SFF Artist Richard Anderson by Aidan Moher

Space Opera is More than “Fantasy in Space” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

White Horse Between the Worlds: The Mystical Side of Sleipnir by Judith Tarr

The Science of Desert Planets by Alex Acks