August 2018

Fri Aug 31

5 Fantasy Armies You Shouldn’t Sign Up For by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Anti-Nostalgia League: Ling Ma’s Severance by Tobias Carroll

Why Would Any Parent Send Their Kids to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? by Emily Asher-Perrin

10 Anime Films You Should See Before You Die by Tim Maughan

Old Man Jackman — Logan by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

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

Thu Aug 30

Listen to an Excerpt from Glen Cook’s Port of Shadows by Tor.com

The Sun Always Rises: Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames by Niall Alexander

The Power of Cleverness and Research: German Fairy Tale “Rumpelstiltskin” by Mari Ness

6 SFF Alternatives to Traditional Education by Stubby the Rocket

Trailblazing through Time and Space: The Essential Murray Leinster by Alan Brown

How to Map a Fantasy World by Isaac Stewart

Patrick Rothfuss’ Dungeons & Dragons Character for Morty is Very Appropriate by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Thirty-Nine and Forty by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Aug 29

Diverse Creations: Mother of Invention, edited by Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts by Liz Bourke

Rolling the Bones: Ray Bradbury’s “Skeleton” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Transcend Borders in the New Anthology Shades Within Us by Tor.com

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott by Bogi Takács

Evil in a Teacup: Fighting the Institutional Authority of Dolores Umbridge by Sarah Gailey

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

This Star Trek Fan Theory Explains Why the Borg’s Attacks on the Federation Make No Sense by Stubby the Rocket

9 Terrifying Tales You Won’t Find in the Horror Section by Stubby the Rocket

The Kite Maker by Brenda Peynado

Tue Aug 28

Sisterhood at Sea: Natalie C. Parker’s Seafire by Feliza Casano

War and Genre Fiction: War Cry by Brian McClellan by Paul Weimer

Sleeps With Monsters: Inclusive SF We All Deserve by Liz Bourke

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

Star of Black Sails to Debut Urban Fantasy Detective Series With Orbit Books by Stubby the Rocket

Here Are The Incredibly Low Odds the 6 Original Avengers Had of Surviving Infinity War by Michael Carlisle

Should We Save Earth, or Abandon it for the Stars? Announcing Ruthanna Emrys’ Next Novel The Fifth Power by Carl Engle-Laird

The Purge Franchise Leaves Its Most Interesting Questions Unanswered by Steven Padnick

Even Magical Families Are Complicated: Adoption and Obligation in Sorcerer to the Crown by Amber Troska

Reading the Wheel of Time: Facing Fate on Your Feet in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 5) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 27

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapters 11 and 12 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

This Is How You Write a Horse: Dun Lady’s Jess by Judith Tarr

Rebels, Colonizers, and Those Caught In Between: Mirage by Somaiya Daud by Alex Brown

The Real Reason The Sorting Hat Placed Albus Potter in Slytherin House by Emily Asher-Perrin

Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1980s, Part II by James Davis Nicoll

Problematic Classics: Four Questions to Ask When Beloved Books Haven’t Aged Well by Matt Mikalatos

Download a Free Ebook of The Black Company by Glen Cook Before August 31, 2018! by Tor.com

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from V.E. Schwab’s Vengeful by V.E. Schwab

Fri Aug 24

5 Books About Living Dolls and Puppets by Keith Donohue

Ben Marcus’s Challenging and Oblique Stories in Notes from the Fog by Matthew Keeley

Big in Japan — The Wolverine by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Science Fiction’s Trouble with Terraforming by James Davis Nicoll

What’s Next For Uncanny Magazine, Post-Hugo Awards? Tune In For Uncanny TV! by Matt Peters

Thu Aug 23

A Quick Peek at the First Episode Script for The Wheel of Time by Stubby the Rocket

The Man In the High Castle Releases Chilling Trailer for Season Three by Stubby the Rocket

Superpowered Space Opera: The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams by Liz Bourke

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

What Writers Can Learn from Margaret Atwood’s New Introduction to The Handmaid’s Tale by Jay Schiffman

When Everyone Just Wants to Eat: Norwegian Fairy Tale “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by Mari Ness

I Hope That Steven Moffat’s The Time Traveler’s Wife is Less Doctor Who and More Coupling by Natalie Zutter

Six Literary Visions of the Future by Leah Schnelbach

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Thirty-Eight by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Aug 22

Forever Is Our Today: Suicide Club by Rachel Heng by Leah Schnelbach

When Mulder and Scully Almost Gave Up by Ling Ma

Dependency! Dependency! Joanna Russ’s “The Little Dirty Girl” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Rocket Men and Grieving Girls: On The Myth of the American Astronaut by Leah Schnelbach

Is That Zenyatta…? Announcing the Narrators of The Ruin of Kings Audiobook! by Tor.com

7 Surprising Facts About the Making Of Battlestar Galactica by Ryan Britt

When Tuor Met Ulmo, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let Gondolin Fall by Jeff LaSala

See John Scalzi on Tour for The Consuming Fire by Tor.com

5 Excellent Ray Bradbury Short Stories by Nancy Lambert

Tue Aug 21

Timeless by R. A. Salvatore

Ancient Gods and Deadly Magic: The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark by Alex Brown

Sleeps With Monsters: Uplifting Post-apocalypses from Carrie Vaughn by Liz Bourke

5 Questions For the End of A Darker Shade of Magic by Emily Asher-Perrin

Among The Stars: The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal by Aidan Moher

Pull List: Nancy Drew and Submerged Tackle the Mysteries of Life and Death by Alex Brown

So Say We All Proves Battlestar Galactica Is the Nicest Sci-Fi Franchise Of All by Ryan Britt

SF Books That Did Not Belong in the Kids’ Section of the Library by James Davis Nicoll

Reading the Wheel of Time: Literal Writing on the Wall in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 4) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 20

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

Bouncing Through Realities: Andre Norton’s Quest Crosstime by Judith Tarr

Everyday Magic: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett by Martin Cahill

Miles Morales Is Not Peter Parker: Why New Characters Don’t Solve the Problem of Diverse Representation by Steven Padnick

Six Characters With Whom You Should Never, Ever Go Camping by James Davis Nicoll

38 New Epic Fantasy Books Coming Soon by Tor.com

Announcing the 2018 Hugo Award Winners by Tor.com

Fri Aug 17

Has Cloud Atlas Author David Mitchell Given Us The Greatest Writing Tip Of Our Time? by Leah Schnelbach

Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen Series is Coming to HBO Next Year! by Stubby the Rocket

The Greatest Dads in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the Universe by Stubby the Rocket

Blurring Reality: The Third Hotel by Laura van den Berg by Em Nordling

Weapon Blech — X-Men Origins: Wolverine by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Poe Dameron Has a Mission For a Few Good Rebels in First Star Wars: Resistance Trailer by Emily Asher-Perrin

Mirage Author Somaiya Daud on Her Moroccan-Inspired Fantasy World by Tor.com

When Will SF Learn to Love the Tachyon Rocket? by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Aug 16

NPR Picks The 100 Greatest Horror Stories of All Time by Stubby the Rocket

Escaping the Default Future When Writing Science Fiction by Karl Schroeder

Queers! In! SPAAAAAACE!!! Emily Skrutskie’s Hullmetal Girls by Alex Brown

Warner Bros.’ Three Merrie and Looney Versions of “The Three Little Pigs” by Mari Ness

The Wheel of Time Showrunner Rafe Judkins: “I Plan to Lean Heavily Into The Concept of Reincarnation.” by Stubby the Rocket

Crack Shots! Science! Exotic Locales! — The Don Sturdy Adventures by Victor Appleton by Alan Brown

Sapient Elephants, Musical Dogs, and Mercenary Cats: 15 Stories Featuring Anthropomorphic Animals by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Thirty-Six and Thirty-Seven by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Aug 15

This Harry Potter Crossover Fic Will Destroy You (In A Good Way) by Stubby the Rocket

The Stars Now Unclaimed Audio Excerpt by Tor.com

A Little Dark Reading: Margaret Irwin’s “The Book” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Body Snatchers and Eighties Angst — Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks by Katie Rask

Part SF Thriller, Part Bildungsroman: The Million by Karl Schroeder by Liz Bourke

Not On Your Life: Six Means of SF Transportation I Would Not Use by James Davis Nicoll

Casting Idris Elba as James Bond Would Change the Character in the Best Way by Steven Padnick

Explore the Other Worlds of Brandon Sanderson by Martin Cahill

No Flight Without the Shatter by Brooke Bolander

Tue Aug 14

Science Pushes Open New Doors with Blood-Smeared Hands: Cixin Liu’s Ball Lightning by Erik Henriksen

Read Abbey Mei Otis’ “Sweetheart” by Abbey Mei Otis

Star Trek: Discovery Casts Spock for Season 2 by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Astronaut Ladies by Liz Bourke

Where Could the Shades of Magic Series Travel to Next? by Emily Asher-Perrin

Paradise Not: Five Inhospitable Planets by Kelly Jensen

Read an Excerpt from Legion, the First Stephen Leeds Novella from Brandon Sanderson by Brandon Sanderson

Download a Free Ebook of Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon Before August 18, 2018! by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Stones on a Board in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 3) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 13

Clipping’s Hugo-Nominated Song “The Deep” to Become Afrofuturist Novel from Saga Press by Stubby the Rocket

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

Dig to the Insides: Alien Virus Love Disaster by Abbey Mei Otis by Lee Mandelo

A Celestial Summer Reread: The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West by Judith Tarr

“In Search of Doors”: Read V.E. Schwab’s 2018 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature by V.E. Schwab

Exploring the Perils and Triumphs of Queer Friendship When You’re a Murderbot by Anya Johanna DeNiro

A Survey of Some of the Best Science Fiction Ever Published (Thanks to Judy-Lynn Del Rey) by James Davis Nicoll

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Nalo Hopkinson’s Skin Folk by Bogi Takács

Fri Aug 10

Six Works of SFF Short Fiction that Defy Convention by Thea James

Inventively Weird: Temper by Nicky Drayden by Liz Bourke

Reductio Ad Absurdum — Watchmen by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Hard Working Horses of Epic Fantasy by Judith Tarr

Setting the Mood in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Chris Beckett

Mark Hamill, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, and More: Amazing Photos from 40 Years of Forbidden Planet by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 9

Mecha Samurai Empire by Peter Tieryas

What Is, What Could Be, What Should Be: Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah by Alex Brown

Ball Lightning Audio Excerpt by Tor.com

A Folktale Saves Technicolor: Disney’s Take on “The Three Little Pigs” by Mari Ness

5 Books About Women Who Make A Fuss by Ellen Klages

For the First Time in 15 years, Star Trek Moves the Story Where No One Has Gone Before by Steven Padnick

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Thirty-Five by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Aug 8

Fungi From Bob’s Discount Beer: Stephen King’s “Gray Matter” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

The Inexorable Strangeness of Robert Aickman’s Compulsory Games by Matthew Keeley

Subversive Victoriana: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss by Leah Schnelbach

Three Recent Time Loop Episodes That Are Instant Classics by Alasdair Stuart

The Tragical Misery Tour (of Húrin) and the Return of the Sons (and Jewel) of Fëanor by Jeff LaSala

Five Books About Unconventional Pirates by Sara Raasch

This Heat Wave Will Never End: Are We Trapped in The Wheel of Time’s “Endless Summer”? by Chris Lough

Tue Aug 7

The Book as Archive: An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton by Lee Mandelo

Sleeps With Monsters: Books Inspired by History and Historical Literature by Liz Bourke

State Tectonics by Malka Older

The Empathetic Murderbot: Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells by Liz Bourke

Reading V.E. Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic (Part 8) by Emily Asher-Perrin

Announcing Three New Novels From Annalee Newitz by Tor.com

Paper Girls is Good and You Should Read It by Steven Padnick

Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1980s, Part I by James Davis Nicoll

Reading The Wheel of Time: Dragons and Amyrlins in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 2) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 6

New “Deleted” Wheel of Time Novella to Appear in Unfettered III in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapter 5 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

AMC Developing Animated Sci-Fi Series Pantheon Based on Ken Liu’s Short Stories by Stubby the Rocket

Wild Cards Authors Pit Their Characters Against Classic Superheroes by Tor.com

Ghosts of Future Wastelands: Nicole Kornher-Stace’s Latchkey by Tobias Carroll

Worlds Beside Worlds: Andre Norton’s The Crossroads of Time by Judith Tarr

I Have A Lot of Feelings About Christopher Robin by Emily Asher-Perrin

Should the New Picard Star Trek TV Series Be Set on a Starship? by Ryan Britt

The Darkest Minds is a Grab-Bag YA Dystopia That Manages to Say Nothing Original by Natalie Zutter

Reunite with Vampire Hunters, Elephantine Aliens, and Murderbots in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for August by Tor.com

Sat Aug 4

Sir Patrick Stewart Will Return as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in New Star Trek Series by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Aug 3

The Story of a Bear of Very Little Brain by Mari Ness

Oh What A Miserable Winter: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde by Niall Alexander

The Ten Best Episodes of Torchwood, Ever by Alasdair Stuart

“A vestige of the vox populi” — V for Vendetta by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Why I’m Obsessed with the Outlander Theme Song by Natalie Zutter

Five Feminist SFF Takes on the Classics by Tracy Banghart

Thu Aug 2

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

Read the Introduction to Mother of Invention, an SF Anthology Focused on Artificial Intelligence and Robots by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael

The Trouble With Adaptation: Sea Witch by Sarah Henning by Liz Bourke

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 5 — Olaf Stapledon and the Modern Synthesis by Kelly Lagor

Family Tradition and Destiny: Pixar’s Coco by Mari Ness

Hard Science, Dizzying Scope: Vacuum Diagrams by Stephen Baxter by Alan Brown

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

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Thirty-Four by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Aug 1

Expectations of Genre: The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky by Paul Weimer

Revealing Tessa Gratton’s Lady Hotspur, the Follow-Up to The Queens of Innis Lear by Tor.com

The Gate and the Key and the Paintbrush: Max Gladstone’s “Crispin’s Model” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

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

Six Big Questions About the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Revival by Molly Templeton

The Droids You’re Looking For: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust by Nisi Shawl

Five Reasons Harry Potter Should Have Been a Slytherin by Jill Grunenwald

Listen to the Steal the Stars Prequel Episode “Deputy”! by Tor.com

Loss of Signal by S.B. Divya