March 2018

Sat Mar 31

2018 Hugo Award Finalists Announced by Tor.com

Carrie Vaughn’s Bannerless Wins the 2018 Philip K. Dick Award by Tor.com

Fri Mar 30

Five Books with Perfect Animal Sidekicks by Laura Bickle

Art of SFF: A Portrait of Djamila Knopf by Aidan Moher

15 of Our Favorite Character Resurrections in SFF by Leah Schnelbach and Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Friendly Neighborhood Movie — Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Join Jacqueline Carey, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Seanan McGuire, and Nnedi Okorafor at ALA 2018 in June! by Tor.com

The Best Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures) in SFF by Bridget McGovern

Thu Mar 29

Facing Mortality with the Dragonlance Books by Ben Peek

A Fantastical Tragedy: The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton by Liz Bourke

Five Books About the Collapse of New York City by Corey J. White

“Revenge is Just a Different Prayer.” Westworld Premieres a New Trailer for Season 2 by Stubby the Rocket

Destruction and Renewal: Nova by Samuel R. Delany by Alan Brown

Intellect vs Emotion, or, Why I Love 2010 More Than 2001: A Space Odyssey by Alex Bledsoe

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Ten by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Mar 28

Othniel Marsh, (Probably) No Relation: Caitlín Kiernan’s “A Mountain Walked” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Space, Time, and the Posthumanist Life: On Rachel Armstrong’s Origamy by Tobias Carroll

Cixin Liu’s Award-Winning The Three-Body Problem May be Coming to Amazon by Stubby the Rocket

The Gospel According to Monty Python by Leah Schnelbach

Harry Potter and the Battle For Gun Control by Emmet Asher-Perrin

You’re Never Really Free of Gilead in New The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Tales from Topographic Beleriand: Gondolin, Galadriel, and the Gates of Sirion by Jeff LaSala

Rewriting the Stars: Astrology in The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton

Under The Spinodal Curve by Hanuš Seiner

Tue Mar 27

13 Shakespeare Adaptations Aimed at Teens by Stubby the Rocket

Space Opera Revenge: Corey J. White’s Void Black Shadow by Paul Weimer

S.B. Divya’s Runtime Optioned for Film and Television by Stubby the Rocket

Five of the Creepiest Monsters in Fantasy Fiction by Aliette de Bodard

Sleeps With Monsters: Comfort Reading by Liz Bourke

Everything You Need to Know About George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers by Natalie Zutter

Night Falls on the Republic: Revealing Jay Kristoff’s Darkdawn by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Nynaeve “Comes Out” in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 6) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 26

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Chapter 3 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Taming the Wild Horse by Judith Tarr

The Queens of Innis Lear Audio Excerpt by Tor.com

What We Mean When We Call Something “Shakespearean” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Last Chance to Get The Ruin of Angels by Max Gladstone at $2.99 by Tor.com

Pacific Rim: Uprising Keeps the Spirit of Its Predecessor Alive by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Lessons in Fantasy Languages from Harry Potter and The Hobbit by Michael Livingston

Remembering Mr. Nimoy: What Spock Meant to One Geeky 12-Year-Old Girl by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fri Mar 23

Alien Taught Me Everything About Writing Monster Horror by Courtney Alameda

King Lear and the Syntax of Insanity by Brian Staveley

“You’re an even more screwed-up mess than I thought” — Ang Lee’s Hulk by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Books About Heroic Hackers by E.C. Myers

Duncan Jones’ Moon Is Still a 21st-century Classic by Alasdair Stuart

Read Martha Wells’ Serialized Magic: The Gathering Story “Return to Dominaria”! by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Annihilation is Amazing, and Full of Women by Liz Bourke

Thu Mar 22

Publish and Perish by Phillipa Bornikova

Flirting with Revolution: Torn by Rowenna Miller by Liz Bourke

A Less Comforting Supernatural Guardian: The Grimms’ “Godfather Death” by Mari Ness

Get a Free Ebook of Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer Before March 24 by Tor.com

What Made Us Toys “R” Us Kids? Romanticism, Consumerism, and Nostalgia by Jonathan Alexandratos

Writing the Distant Future of Global Politics by Ada Palmer

Why the Hell Are These Books Out of Print? by James Davis Nicoll

It’s Deadpool and Friends! The Final Deadpool 2 Trailer is Here For You by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Eight and Nine by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Mar 21

Monsters Bearing Bouquets: R.A. Kaelin’s “Mnemeros” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Collaborating with His Reader: Theodore Sturgeon’s Some of Your Blood by Jamey Bradbury

Come for the Health, Stay for the Self-Improvement — One Writer’s Martial Arts Journey by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Ada Palmer’s Too Like the Lightning Is A Future Worth Having by Jo Walton

Pull List: Abbott and Destroyer Take On Black Lives Matter by Alex Brown

The Most Realistic Surrealism I’ve Ever Read: The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington by Leah Schnelbach

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 1 – Verne and Darwin by Kelly Lagor

Life Lessons from a Murderbot: Reading All Systems Red as a Trans Woman by Anya Johanna DeNiro

Our King and His Court by Rich Larson

Tue Mar 20

“Do Not Board This Ship”: Watch the First Teaser for Syfy’s Adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers by Stubby the Rocket

Jessica Jones is Untethered by Tansy Rayner Roberts

“My Mother Is a Bird”: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan by Alex Brown

My Formative SFF: Forgotten Classics of the ’70s and ’80s by Elizabeth Bear

Revealing Brandon Sanderson’s Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds by Tor.com

Black Lightning Is A Superpowered Example of How Systems Dominate the Bodies of Black Americans by Brandon O'Brien

Darkness Meets Light in the Newest Cloak and Dagger Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Gaming and Virtual Reality Novels Featuring Fierce Female Characters by Jill Grunenwald

Fairy Tale Horror: The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg by Em Nordling

Sleeps With Monsters: Feeling and Faith in The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher by Liz Bourke

Stand and Deliver! Kate Heartfield’s Alice Payne Books Arrive at Tor.com Publishing by Lee Harris

Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer is the Tor.com eBook Club Pick for March 2018! by Tor.com

Reading The Wheel of Time: Mistrust Fractures the Fellowship in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 5) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 19

Visting Hours Are Over, Jessica Jones by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Chapter 2 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

All of Us Are in Search of An Author: Lacking Character by Curtis White by Leah Schnelbach

It’s a Boy’s Universe After All: Andre Norton’s Plague Ship by Judith Tarr

Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is Smarter and More Insightful Than You’ve Been Told by Michael Moreci

Betrayal and Compromise: Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear by Liz Bourke

Announcing The Kitschies’ 2017 Shortlists by Tor.com

Enter the Ninth House: Announcing Tamsyn Muir’s Debut Trilogy by Carl Engle-Laird

Old and New Tongues: Constructed Languages and The Wheel of Time by Richard Littauer

Fri Mar 16

Call That Angry, Jessica Jones? This Is What I Call Angry by Tansy Rayner Roberts

“How many F’s in ‘catastrophic’?” — Superman Returns by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Ava DuVernay Joins DC Extended Universe to Direct New Gods Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Tomb Raider (2013) is a Bloody Awesome Video Game Anchored by Female Friendship by Liz Bourke

“I Hope They Remember You”: Watch the New Avengers: Infinity War Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Essential Viewing: The Films of Guillermo del Toro by Alasdair Stuart

Check Out the Cover to The Black God’s Drums, a New Novella from P. Djèlí Clark by Tor.com

Thu Mar 15

Aurora Australis: An Awards Bonanza! (And a Few Novels, Too) by Alexandra Pierce

Robin Hood Porn: The Virgins of Sherwood Forest by Michael Livingston

Wonderblood by Julia Whicker

I Don’t Want to F*** Him, I Want to BE Him by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Dinosaurs in the Amazon: The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle by Alan Brown

Help! I Can’t Let Firefly Go! And Other Advice for Nerd Problems by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Seven by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Mar 14

Announcing the Winner and Honorees of the 2017 James Tiptree Jr. Award by Tor.com

Jessica Jones Unlocks More Tragic Backstory by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Finding Faith in All the Wrong Places: John Connolly’s “Mr. Pettinger’s Daemon” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Fire Dance by Ilana C. Myer

History Repeats Itself in the First Trailer for The 100 Season 5 by Natalie Zutter

Reaching Out: Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft by Niall Alexander

The Internet Remembers Stephen Hawking by Tor.com

Five Books with Different Visions for a Connected Future by Nick Clark Windo

The Future Is Past: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson by Alex Brown

Fey and Fury: When Noldor Attack! by Jeff LaSala

Check Out This Stunning New Art for the Recluce Fantasy Saga by Tor.com

Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part III by James Davis Nicoll

Tue Mar 13

Jessica Jones Tries Something New by Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Future We Imagine Is the Future We Get by Kelly Robson

The Culture Reread: No More Mr. Nice Guy (Consider Phlebas, Part 3) by Karin L Kross

HBO Figuring Out How to Go All-In on Game of Thrones Spinoffs by Stubby the Rocket

The First Trailer for Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald Has Landed by Stubby the Rocket

Talkin’ ‘Bout My G-G-Generation (Ships) by James Davis Nicoll

Sleeps With Monsters: Awards Season (or, Some Things I’m Nominating for the Hugos in the Fiction Categories) by Liz Bourke

Head On by John Scalzi

Reading The Wheel of Time: Dreams and Prophecy in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 4) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 12

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Cover Comparison and Chapter 1 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Jessica Jones Knows Where To Ditch A Body by Tansy Rayner Roberts

The Ancient Equine and How (and Where) We Think It Grew by Judith Tarr

Why So Much Backlash? Ready Player One is Basically Twilight for Nerds by Chris Isaac

A Wrinkle in Time Deserves a Place Next to All the Wild Fantasy Films of Your Childhood by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

The Top Five Best-Worst Moments of the Wheel of Time by Leigh Butler

Fri Mar 9

Poignant Star Wars Documentary The Director and the Jedi Guaranteed to Wreck Us by Stubby the Rocket

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

Incident at Mutant Pass — X-Men: The Last Stand by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Logan’s Dafne Keen to Play Lyra in His Dark Materials TV Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Daniel Kaluuya: The Making of a Cross-Genre Superstar by Alasdair Stuart

Open The Door Wider, Jessica Jones by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Thu Mar 8

The Brothers Grimm’s “Bearskin” Asks: What Would You Do for a Magic, Bottomless Purse? by Mari Ness

Six Outstanding Standalone Fantasy Novels by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

Can Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time Possibly Live Up to the Book? by Mari Ness

“Be A Good Girl”: Watch the Latest Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Teaser by Natalie Zutter

Your Hour Upon the Stage: Sooner or Later, Shakespeare Will Describe Your Life by Tessa Gratton

Uses of Enchantment: Tananarive Due’s The Good House by Nisi Shawl

Jon Favreau to Executive Produce Live-Action Star Wars Television Series by Stubby the Rocket

A Firefighter’s Guide to Fighting Dragons by Sean Grigsby

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Five and Six by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Mar 7

Honor Thy Oozy, Headless Ancestor: Clark Ashton Smith’s “Ubbo-Sathla” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Worldbuilding in the Wasteland: The Warrior Within by Angus McIntyre by Liz Bourke

Munmun by Jesse Andrews

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

The Book That Took Me Past Rage to Laughter by John Kessel

Gaslighting and How to Combat It: The Power of Jessica Jones, Season One by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Patrick Rothfuss Calls The Kingkiller Chronicle a “Prologue,” Implying More Temerant Novels by Stubby the Rocket

Perfect Faults and Inconsistent Communities: Hope Larson’s A Wrinkle In Time by Joe George

Our Favorite Sequels That Are As Good As the First Book by Stubby the Rocket

Politics, Protests, and Redemption — Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole by Katie Rask

Tue Mar 6

Netflix Reveals Luke Cage Season 2 Teaser and Premiere Date by Stubby the Rocket

And They Found Us: Monster Portraits by Del and Sofia Samatar by Lee Mandelo

A Voice in the Head: Brian Stableford’s Hooded Swan Series by Angus McIntyre

Announcing the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists by Tor.com

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

Rise Up! Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone by Alex Brown

How Could I Forget the Liberating Weirdness of Madeleine L’Engle? by Leah Schnelbach

Sleeps With Monsters: Fighting For Better Futures by Liz Bourke

Putting Time Travel in the Star Wars Universe Reveals the Breaking Point of the Force by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reading The Wheel of Time: Fiery Magic and Icy Distrust in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 3) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 5

She Sang Out Her Song: The Strange Bird by Jeff VanderMeer by Niall Alexander

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Komarr, Chapters 20 and 21 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Mid-Season Premiere: Stuck in the Middle with You by Alan Brown

A Condensed Comic Version of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time by Faith Erin Hicks

Overgrown Empire: Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell’s The Tangled Lands by Erik Henriksen

A Boy’s Own Adventure: Andre Norton’s Sargasso of Space by Judith Tarr

Hooray for Licensed Fiction! — More Star Trek Discovery Stories in Prose & Comics Form to Tide You Over until 2019 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Announcing the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards Winners by Tor.com

Daughters of the Storm by Kim Wilkins

Powered Up: The Armored Saint by Myke Cole by Aidan Moher

Top Five Worst Moments of The Wheel of Time by Leigh Butler

The Shape of Water Wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards by Natalie Zutter

Fri Mar 2

What Does An Artist Owe to Society? The Nerdwriter Looks at Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son” by Stubby the Rocket

Farscape’s John + Aeryn Are Science Fiction’s Greatest Love Story by Emmet Asher-Perrin

“Have you ever tried not being a mutant?”—X2: X-Men United by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Duncan Jones’ Mute is the Weirdest Witness Fan Fiction I’ve Ever Seen by Leah Schnelbach

Stitchpunk, Guardian Angels, and Zombie Dance-Offs in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for March by Tor.com

Here’s Why You Should Hunker Down and Binge-Watch All of Star Wars: Rebels by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Thu Mar 1

Departing from the Disney Message Just a Tad: Monsters University by Mari Ness

Neil Gaiman Launches 4 New Sandman Comics by Stubby the Rocket

Adventures in London Below: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman by Alan Brown

Climbing Mount Tsundoku: On Acquiring More Books Than It’s Possible to Read by James Davis Nicoll

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Coming to Television With The Watch by Stubby the Rocket

Fritz Foy Named President and Publisher of Tor and Forge Books by Tor.com

What Comic Books Should Be Adapted Next? by Alex Brown

Check Out the Cover to Vengeful, V.E. Schwab’s New Book by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Four by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson