Blog Archive
June 2018
Fri Jun 29
Why the Time is Right for a Robotech Reboot
by Mike Chen
Atomic Aftermath: Yoko Tawada’s Mysterious New Novel, The Emissary
by Matthew Keeley
Rebirth of the Bat — Batman Begins
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Divine (Situation) Comedy: How The Good Place Is Making TV Better, Smarter, and More Interesting
by Steven Padnick
Get John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire Ebook For $2.99!
by Tor.com
Alternate Career Paths For Five Famous Monsters
by Jeremy Shipp
Thu Jun 28
Escape the Womb: The Handmaid’s Tale, “Holly”
by Natalie Zutter
Harlan Ellison, Grand Master of Science Fiction & Fantasy, 1934-2018
by Ryan Britt
Just This Once, Let’s Try Something Else: The Expanse, “Congregation” and “Abbadon’s Gate”
by Leah Schnelbach and Molly Templeton
All the Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in July!
by Tor.com
A Gender-Bent Fairy Tale of Economics: Christoph Martin Wieland’s “The Philosopher’s Stone”
by Mari Ness
5 Books to Devour After Witchmark
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
Bruckheimer Make Boom with the “Real” King Arthur (2004)
by Michael Livingston
Announcing Ragged Alice: A New Novella from Gareth L. Powell
by Lee Harris
Girls Rule In This Season’s New Young Adult Fiction
by Alex Brown
See V.E. Schwab on Tour for Vengeful!
by Tor.com
Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Twenty-Eight
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Wed Jun 27
Tourist Traps: Shirley Jackson’s “The Summer People”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in July!
by Tor.com
The Book That Taught Me Magic is Real, But Not Without Consequences
by Jeremy Finley
Final Frontier Town: Artemis by Andy Weir
by Leah Schnelbach
Five Indigenous Speculative Fiction Authors You Should Be Reading
by Rebecca Roanhorse
Celebrating 10 Years of WALL-E, Pixar’s Tribute to the Lasting Power of Art
by Bridget McGovern
Timeless, Sense8, and Firefly: The Case Against Two-Hour Wrap-Ups
by Brandon O'Brien
The Need for Air
by Lettie Prell
Tue Jun 26
All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in July!
by Tor.com
Time Cracks Open for Leó Szilárd in Richard Rhodes’s The Making of the Atomic Bomb
by Hannu Rajaniemi
Gods, Monsters, and Wicked Men: Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
by Alex Brown
Reading V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic (Part 2)
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Read The Ruin of Kings, the Start of a New Epic Fantasy Series
by Jenn Lyons
Sleeps With Monsters: Melissa Scott’s The Kindly Ones
by Liz Bourke
A Worshipper’s Guide to the Pantheon of Gods in Jacqueline Carey’s Starless
by Natalie Zutter
Molly Returns in Tade Thompson’s The Survival of Molly Southbourne
by Carl Engle-Laird
Reading the Wheel of Time: The Green Man and Creation in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 19)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon Jun 25
Westworld Season 2 Finale, “The Passenger”
by Theresa DeLucci
Going Green: Andre Norton’s Judgment on Janus
by Judith Tarr
20 Novels Later, The Saga of Recluce is Still Surprising
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
A Scientist Explains What Happens After the Ending to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
by Kelly Lagor
Rage in the Cage — Marvel’s Luke Cage Season 2, Episodes 1-4
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Cosmere Cuisine: Meals Inspired by Sanderson’s Mistborn Series
by Deana Whitney and Michael Gunther
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Winterfair Gifts, Part 1
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
How SciFi Can Solve the Problem of Red Dwarf Stars
by James Davis Nicoll
Tor.com Publishing Opening to Novella Submissions on July 30
by Tor.com
Sat Jun 23
Announcing the 2018 Locus Awards Winners
by Tor.com
Fri Jun 22
Octavia Butler Will Change the Way You Look at Genre Fiction
by Jenn Northington
13 Optimistic Fantasies to Chase Away the Grimdark Blues
by Tor.com
“All that you know is at an end” — Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
6 SFF Classics That Would Make Great Video Games
by Chris Lough
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Breathes New Life into the Franchise
by Alasdair Stuart
Thu Jun 21
Consequences in Zero G: The Expanse, “Fallen World”
by Leah Schnelbach and Molly Templeton
Political Upheaval in Shannara: The Skaar Invasion by Terry Brooks
by Aidan Moher
You Deserve This: The Handmaid’s Tale, “The Last Ceremony”
by Natalie Zutter
Abuse and Revenge in Grimms’ Fairy Tales: “The Juniper Tree”
by Mari Ness
Five SFF Books in Which Art Matters
by C.L. Polk
Man Against Machine: Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
by Alan Brown
20 Summer Books We Cannot Wait to Read!
by Tor.com
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Twenty-Six and Twenty-Seven
by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry
Wed Jun 20
The Most Scientifically Interesting Community in the U.S.: Welcome to Night Vale
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
A Smuggler’s OTP: What is the Best Han Solo ’Ship?
by Erica Martirano
Surreal SFF That Explores Humanity Through Language and Memory
by Tobias Carroll
The Philosophy of Self-Destruction in Alex Garland’s Annihilation
by Joe George
How the Cloak & Dagger TV Series Compares to the Original Comics
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Angband Strikes Back; or, The Battle of Unnumbered Tears
by Jeff LaSala
Five Books About Motherhood and Dystopia
by Siobhan Adcock
Recoveries
by Susan Palwick
Tue Jun 19
Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Different Shade of Magic: Witchmark by C.L. Polk
by Alex Brown
How Geek Culture Made Me Realize I Am Non-Binary
by Jonathan Alexandratos
Reading V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic (Part 1)
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sleeps With Monsters: A Couple of Fun Fantasies
by Liz Bourke
Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2018—So Far
by Tor.com
Reading The Wheel of Time: When Need is Greatest in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 18)
by Sylas K Barrett
Announcing Riot Baby: A New Novella from Tochi Onyebuchi
by Ruoxi Chen
Mon Jun 18
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Epilogue
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
White Horse in the Moonlight: Mary Stewart’s Airs Above the Ground
by Judith Tarr
Beyond the Psychedelic: Taty Went West Heads for Parts Unknown
by Tobias Carroll
Westworld Season 2, Episode 9 “Vanishing Point”
by Theresa DeLucci
Five Fantastical Heroines in Great Children’s Books
by Lavie Tidhar
Incredibles 2 is a GREAT Action Movie, with an Even Greater Message
by Leah Schnelbach
Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part VIII
by James Davis Nicoll
Star Wars Can Survive Its Cinematic Universe By Doing What It Already Does Best
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Visit the Fantasy Worlds of L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
by Natalie Zutter
Fri Jun 15
Starless Audio Excerpt
by Tor.com
Hereditary is the Rare Horror Movie That Feels Oh So Human
by Natalie Zutter
My Terrible Children Are Both Fake Geeks
by Robert Jackson Bennett
“We’re all in this together” — Fantastic Four (2005)
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
How to Play Hilketa, the Robot-Smashing Sport in John Scalzi’s Head On
by John Scalzi
On Gardner Dozois, Short Fiction, and 150 “New” Writers For Your Consideration
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Thu Jun 14
Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties to Be Adapted as Black Mirror-esque Anthology Series
by Stubby the Rocket
Existentialism in SPAAAAACE: The Expanse, “Dandelion Sky”
by Leah Schnelbach and Molly Templeton
Fairy Tales in Conversation: “Princess Minute and King Floridor” by the Comte de Caylus
by Mari Ness
We Believe the Women: The Handmaid’s Tale, “Smart Power”
by Natalie Zutter
Deep Roots
by Ruthanna Emrys
Falling in Love with the Enemy: Sweet Black Waves by Kristina Pérez
by Alex Brown
Tactical Combat, Fantasy Adventure, and Political Intrigue: Five Books About Intricate Games
by Yoon Ha Lee
On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 4 — Edgar Rice Burroughs and Theodosius Dobzhansky
by Kelly Lagor
Gender, Disability, and Prophecy: Jacqueline Carey on Writing Standalone Epic Fantasy Starless
by Natalie Zutter
Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Twenty-Five
by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry
Wed Jun 13
About That Legion Season Two Finale…
by Alex Brown
Lovecraft in the Funhouse Mirror: Joyce Carol Oates’s “Night-Gaunts”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
The Furnace
by Prentis Rollins
How Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice Avoids the Dreaded Infodump
by Leah Schnelbach
How Daddy Issues Drive the Marvel Cinematic Universe
by Steven Padnick
The Border Keeper: Announcing Kerstin Hall’s Debut Novella
by Ruoxi Chen
Victor LaValle’s The Changeling Coming to FX!
by Stubby the Rocket
“Death Cannot Tear Us Apart”: Brooklyn Brujas Series by Zoraida Córdova
by Alex Brown
Neil Gaiman’s Stardust is a Fairy Tale Defined by Boundaries
by V.E. Schwab
Tue Jun 12
The Wheel of Time TV Series in Development at Amazon Studios
by Stubby the Rocket
The Stars Look Very Different: Strange Stars by Jason Heller
by Karin L Kross
Revealing Kate Heartfield’s Alice Payne Arrives
by Tor.com
Sense8 Has Ended, and We Are Poorer For It
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Writing with Food: A Culinary Journey of Fellowship and Adventure
by Jacqueline Carey
Sleeps With Monsters: Storybundle Pride Month Reading
by Liz Bourke
Brandon Sanderson Developing Multimedia Fantasy Project Dark One
by Stubby the Rocket
Undying: Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
by Aidan Moher
Reading The Wheel of Time: The Beauty of Simplicity in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 17)
by Sylas K Barrett
Download a Free Ebook of A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Before June 16, 2018!
by Tor.com
Mon Jun 11
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Chapters 18 and 19
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Strange Stars
by Jason Heller
Surprisingly Timely: Rereading Andre Norton’s Night of Masks
by Judith Tarr
Emotional Epic Fantasy: Starless by Jacqueline Carey
by Liz Bourke
Westworld Season 2, Episode 8 “Kiksuya”
by Theresa DeLucci
Apologize to No One: V for Vendetta is More Important Now Than it Ever Was
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Why Are There So Few SFF Books About the Very Real Issue of Population Decline?
by James Davis Nicoll
Fri Jun 8
Cloak and Dagger Infuses Superhero Origin Story with Existential Teen Drama
by Natalie Zutter
How Does the Remake of Picnic at Hanging Rock Hold Up Against the 1975 Cult Classic?
by Theresa DeLucci
The Best Episodes of New Doctor Who So Far
by Alasdair Stuart
Slogging Through Even More Muck — Man-Thing
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Preview Artwork from the New Illustrated Edition of George R.R. Martin’s Nightflyers
by Tor.com
Necessary Whimsy: Stop and Smell the Flowers with Pouty Wizards and Centaur Baristas
by Lish McBride
Thu Jun 7
“Women’s Work” is Men’s Problem on The Handmaid’s Tale
by Natalie Zutter
All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in June
by Tor.com
Bursting Space Bubbles: The Expanse, “Intransigence”
by Leah Schnelbach and Molly Templeton
World War V: A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal
by Liz Bourke
City of Lies (Part 4)
by Sam Hawke
Different Notes, Same Page
by Jason Heller
A Fish Out of the Ocean: Finding Dory
by Mari Ness
Charlie Jane Anders, V.E. Schwab, S.L. Huang, and Seth Dickinson Talk Queerness in SFF
by Natalie Zutter
Immigrants in an Alien World: Zenna Henderson’s The People: No Different Flesh
by Alan Brown
Five Books About Magical Apocalypses
by Peng Shepherd
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Twenty-Three and Twenty-Four
by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry
Wed Jun 6
Dexter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Real Estate Deal: Tim Pratt’s “Cinderlands”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in June
by Tor.com
City of Lies (Part 3)
by Sam Hawke
A Boys’ Guide to Valdemar: Mercedes Lackey’s The Hills Have Spies
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Why Editors Matter: David Hartwell’s Extraordinary Timescape Books
by James Davis Nicoll
Into the Woods: Five Books About the Peril and Wonder of Nature
by Callie Bates
Steven Gould’s Teleportation Thriller Impulse Premieres Today on YouTube Premium
by Stubby the Rocket
A Dog’s Purpose Full-Wrought: The Trifold Dooms of Huan, Beren, and Lúthien
by Jeff LaSala
How Solo Makes Sense of Han’s Entire Character Arc
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Meat And Salt And Sparks
by Rich Larson
Tue Jun 5
The Culture Reread: Prosthetic Conscience (Consider Phlebas Part 7)
by Karin L Kross
5 Books Set on Fantastical Islands
by Simon Sylvester
City of Lies (Part 2)
by Sam Hawke
All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in June
by Tor.com
Space Dads for America: Armageddon
by Sarah Gailey
Watch the First Trailer for The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part!
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeps With Monsters: Fun in Imaginary Countries
by Liz Bourke
Ideal Heroes: Mental Illness in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive
by Paige Vest and Ross Newberry
Reading the Wheel of Time: Learning Courage in the Darkness in Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World (Part 16)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon Jun 4
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: A Civil Campaign, Chapter 17
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
American Gods Casts Three Roles—Including Sam Black Crow!
by Stubby the Rocket
Dancing Before Kings: Marguerite Henry’s White Stallion of Lipizza
by Judith Tarr
The Queer Webcomics Revolution
by Alex Brown
Disney Princesses Assemble in the First Trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2!
by Stubby the Rocket
When the Supernatural is a Natural Part of Your Culture
by Natalia Sylvester
Revealing Jeremy C. Shipp’s Bedfellow
by Tor.com
Westworld Season 2, Episode 7: “Les Écorchés”
by Theresa DeLucci
City of Lies (Part 1)
by Sam Hawke
What Men Have Put Asunder: Pauline Hopkins’ Of One Blood
by Nisi Shawl
Fri Jun 1
5 Ideas For a Lando Movie That Cannot Possibly Go Wrong
by Stubby the Rocket
“That’s called pain, get used to it!” — Constantine
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Catherynne M. Valente’s Space Opera to Be Adapted into Movie Musical Extravaganza
by Stubby the Rocket
Ten Years Later, There’s Still Nothing Like Tarsem Singh’s The Fall
by Molly Templeton
How to Talk About Punk and Sex and Evolution and True Love: John Cameron Mitchell’s How to Talk to Girls at Parties
by Leah Schnelbach