Blog Archive
September 2018
Fri Sep 28
Strange Verse: The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
by Liz Bourke
Read the Introduction to Thomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti
All the New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in October!
by Tor.com
“Why are you always hitting people?” — The Incredible Hulk (2008)
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Gladiator Meets Fury Road: The Xena Reboot That Could Have Been
by Natalie Zutter
We Have Some Questions About the Dark Phoenix Trailer
by Emmet Asher-Perrin and Leah Schnelbach
The (Non-SFF) Television We’re Currently Obsessed With
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Worldbuilding Errors That Should Be Banished from SF Forever
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Sep 27
When Toxic Masculinity Goes Bionic: The Rebirth of David R. Bunch’s Moderan
by Tobias Carroll
Read an Excerpt from The Labyrinth Index, a New Laundry Files Novel from Charles Stross
by Charles Stross
Old Enemies, Renewed: Barren by Peter V. Brett
by Martin Cahill
Watch General Leia and Captain Phasma in the Latest Star Wars Resistance Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Coming Out in October!
by Tor.com
How The Good Place Is Making TV Better, Smarter, and More Interesting
by Steven Padnick
“They’re Right to Fear Me”: Watch the First Trailer for Dark Phoenix
by Stubby the Rocket
Throw Out the Rules: The Probability Broach by L. Neil Smith
by Alan Brown
Bringing Fairy Tale to Ballet: Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
by Mari Ness
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Forty-Seven and Forty-Eight
by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham
Witness the UK Cover for The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons, and Start Reading It For Free
by Tor.com
Wed Sep 26
Old Powers Rising: Nadia Bulkin’s “Pro Patria”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
All the New Science Fiction Books Coming Out in October!
by Tor.com
And I Feel Fine: One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses by Lucy Corin
by Leah Schnelbach
Mandy Is a New Cult Classic for the Ages
by Theresa DeLucci
Visit Tor Books and Tor.com Publishing at New York Comic-Con 2018!
by Tor.com
James McAvoy Offers to Play Captain Picard in New Series “Flashbacks”
by Stubby the Rocket
Read John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire: Chapter Two
by John Scalzi
Five Fantasies Driven by Unconventional Minds
by Heidi Heilig
Please Gender-Swap the Heck Out of the Riftwar Saga TV Series
by Molly Templeton
Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting — Season Two of Marvel’s Iron Fist Portrays Martial Arts Better, But Still Isn’t There Yet
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
by Alex Brown
Revealing Drew Williams’ New Novel A Chain Across the Dawn
by Tor.com
Five Characters of Mixed Magical / Science Fictional Heritage
by James Davis Nicoll
Tue Sep 25
Sleeps With Monsters: Fast and Fun Reads
by Liz Bourke
Starting Over with Le Guin’s The Beginning Place and The Eye of the Heron
by Em Nordling
All the New Fantasy Books Coming Out in October!
by Tor.com
Want Something to be Thankful For, Punks? MST3K Returns Thanksgiving Weekend!
by Leah Schnelbach
Read John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire: Chapter One
by John Scalzi
Writing Women With Sharp Edges
by S.L. Huang
Killer Obsessions: V.E. Schwab’s Vengeful
by Alex Brown
Final Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Trailer Reveals Disturbing Information About Nagini
by Natalie Zutter
The 10 Best Completed SF and Fantasy Series (According to Me)
by Drew McCaffrey
These Stories Are Ours, Too: Writing Black Characters into Fairy Tales
by L.L. McKinney
Revealing Sarah Gailey’s Debut Novel Magic for Liars
by Tor.com
Reading the Wheel of Time: Two Faces of Temptation in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 9)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon Sep 24
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Cover Comparison
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Writing Fantasy Horses Right: Kristen Britain’s Green Rider
by Judith Tarr
Likes and Dislikes in a Spoiler Review for Brandon Sanderson’s Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
by Martin Cahill
Ever Wondered What the Known World of Malazan Looks Like on a Globe?
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Books to Help You Recover From the Loss of Your Planet
by Drew Williams
Among the Witches and the Fae: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass: Heir of Fire
by Molly Templeton
How It Feels to Want to Watch Doctor Who Again
by Alex Brown
Read John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire: Prologue
by John Scalzi
Fri Sep 21
5 Books That Explore the Monstrous
by Fran Wilde
Romance vs Ethics: Warcross and Wildcard by Marie Lu
by Feliza Casano
Some of Stephen King’s Best Cameo Roles
by Leah Schnelbach
The Genius of John Bellairs’s The House With A Clock In Its Walls
by Grady Hendrix
“Don’t waste your life, Stark” — Iron Man
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Raymond E. Feist’s The Riftwar Saga Optioned for Television
by Stubby the Rocket
Middle-earth’s Hottest Hobbits, Ranked
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Read This, Watch That: Pairing “School Story” SFF Books and Anime
by Feliza Casano
Thu Sep 20
CBS Announces Star Trek: Short Treks Episode Titles and Air Dates
by Stubby the Rocket
A Demon-Haunted Life: The Unusual Literary History of Patient X
by Tobias Carroll
Captain Marvel Doesn’t Know She’s On Camera
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Life for Death for Life: Strange Grace by Tessa Gratton
by Lee Mandelo
10 Years To The End of Humanity: Revealing Permafrost, a New Novella From Alastair Reynolds
by Tor.com
Texas Hold’em
by George R. R. Martin
Netflix Shares New Daredevil Season 3 Teaser and Premiere Date
by Stubby the Rocket
Hans Christian Andersen’s Tales of Flight: “The Storks” and “The Marsh King’s Daughter”
by Mari Ness
Michael Bay Make Arthur Go Boom: Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
by Michael Livingston
“I’m Just a Traveller”: The New Doctor Who Trailer Shows the Doctor in Action!
by Stubby the Rocket
The New Trailer for Ralph Breaks the Internet is Never Gonna Give You Up
by Stubby the Rocket
17 Fall Books We Cannot Wait to Read!
by Tor.com
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Forty-Five and Forty-Six
by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham
Wed Sep 19
Real-Life Vulcan Found? First Exoplanet Confirmed Around the Star That Hosts Vulcan in Star Trek
by Stubby the Rocket
Financial Tips From the Dreamlands: Lovecraft and Barlow’s “The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
No Soft Edges: Rosewater by Tade Thompson
by Liz Bourke
Read an Excerpt from Dale Bailey’s In the Night Wood
by Dale Bailey
Loki and Scarlet Witch May Star in Their Own Shows for Disney’s Streaming Service
by Stubby the Rocket
Morgoth Is Rendered Null and Void In An All-Out War (of Wrath)
by Jeff LaSala
How Cordwainer Smith’s Work Influenced the Writing of Mecha Samurai Empire
by Peter Tieryas
Who Benefits From Your Fear? Announcing Vigilance, a New Novella From Robert Jackson Bennett
by Tor.com
Nine Last Days on Planet Earth
by Daryl Gregory
Tue Sep 18
Mary Robinette Kowal will Return to Space with Two New Lady Astronaut Novels!
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeps With Monsters: Secrets and Consequences
by Liz Bourke
Music and Madness: Revealing Your Favorite Band Cannot Save You by Scotto Moore
by Tor.com
Trauma and Triumph: Myke Cole’s The Queen of Crows
by Martin Cahill
Netflix Announces Live-Action Avatar: The Last Airbender Series is Incoming! [Update]
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Five Devil-Worshiping Pulp Novels of the 1970s
by Grady Hendrix
Download a Free Ebook of All The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Before Sept. 22, 2018!
by Tor.com
Everything You Need to Know Before Reading V.E. Schwab’s Vengeful
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Six Stories That Find the Drama in Utopian Settings
by James Davis Nicoll
Carol Danvers Suits Up in First Captain Marvel Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Amoral Alchemy: Revealing Middlegame, A New Standalone Fantasy From Seanan McGuire
by Tor.com
Reading the Wheel of Time: Many Worlds, One Wheel in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 8)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon Sep 17
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapters 17 – Epilogue
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Blowing Up Assumptions (and Other Things): Andre Norton’s Uncharted Stars
by Judith Tarr
Metal Never Dies: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
by Leah Schnelbach
Pull List: Beginnings and Endings in Euthanauts and The Wilds
by Alex Brown
1977’s The Hobbit Showed Us the Future of Pop Culture
by Austin Gilkeson
Prepare to Be Dazzled By the Latest Mary Poppins Returns Trailer!
by Stubby the Rocket
Secrets and Sacrifice: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass: Crown of Midnight
by Molly Templeton
Sons of Lei Kung, Daughters of the Dragon — Marvel’s Iron Fist Season Two
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Religious-Themed Horror Movies That Are Scarier Than The Nun
by Michael Moreci
Fri Sep 14
Read an Excerpt from Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches
by Deborah Harkness
Five Stories That Serve Up Cannibalism
by Karin Tidbeck
Cassandra Khaw, Paul Cornell, and Other Horror Authors Play a Game of Exquisite Corpse with Serial Box
by Stubby the Rocket
Chuck Wendig and Sam Sykes’ Viral Twitter Thread Becomes Horror Comedy You Might Be the Killer
by Stubby the Rocket
Five B-List Movie Monsters Who Deserve a Bigger Following
by Alasdair Stuart
“I used to hang out with a lot of losers” — Kick-Ass 2
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Fall 2018 TV: What’s New, What’s Old, And What’s Best Forgotten
by Alex Brown
The Greatest Science Fiction Robots of All Time
by Todd McAulty
Thu Sep 13
Why Doesn’t Starfleet Put Lawyers On The Enterprise?
by Stubby the Rocket
The War on Women: Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls
by Mahvesh Murad
QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Silence in Solitude by Melissa Scott
by Bogi Takács
Unnatural Love and Healing: Charles Perrault’s “Donkey-Skin” and Other Fairy Tales
by Mari Ness
Magical Intrigue: Revealing The True Queen by Zen Cho
by Tor.com
A Hit and Two Misses: The Starchild Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson
by Alan Brown
The First Teaser for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is Wonderfully Creepy
by Stubby the Rocket
Asimov’s Guide To Shakespeare Exists, and You Need It
by Alex Livingston
See Brandon Sanderson on Tour for Skyward!
by Tor.com
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Forty-Three and Forty-Four
by Alice Arneson and Aubree Pham
Wed Sep 12
Publish and Perish: Ada Hoffman’s “The Mother of All Squid Builds a Library”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Uncovering Speculative Fiction Lurking in Four Literary Collections
by Leah Schnelbach
“Telling the Story of the Books” and Casting Bela: Highlights from The Wheel of Time Showrunner Rafe Judkins’ Twitter Q&A
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Books About Waking Up In A Strange Situation
by Parker Peevyhouse
The Self-Mocking, Self-Destructive Masculinity of the Predator Franchise
by Joe George
Outside the Lines: Unique Narrative Devices in Fantasy
by Martin Cahill
Spellbound : The Familiar Faces Creating the Story for Magic: The Gathering
by Aidan Moher
Five Ways Science Has Made the Solar System a More Interesting Place
by James Davis Nicoll
Tue Sep 11
Sleeps With Monsters: A Pair of Delightfully Queer Novellas
by Liz Bourke
Dynamic Tension: State Tectonics by Malka Older
by Liz Bourke
On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 6 — John W. Campbell, James Watson, and Francis Crick
by Kelly Lagor
Read an Excerpt From The Phoenix Empress, Sequel to The Tiger’s Daughter
by K Arsenault Rivera
What Puts the “Super” in Supervillain?
by Steven Padnick
A Non-Spoiler Look at Brandon Sanderson’s Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
by Martin Cahill
Reading the Wheel of Time: A Weaving of Themes in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 7)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon Sep 10
Punching Upward — First Impressions of Marvel’s Iron Fist Season Two
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapter 16
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
All the Fine Fantasy Horses: Mary Herbert’s Dark Horse
by Judith Tarr
Do You Hear the Drums? It’s the New Outlander Season 4 Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
John Varley’s Return to Eight Worlds: Irontown Blues
by James Davis Nicoll
Matt Murdock is Back in the Confessional in this Teaser for Daredevil Season 3!
by Stubby the Rocket
Zero Sum Game
by S.L. Huang
Answer the Call and Watch the First Teaser Trailer for Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
by Stubby the Rocket
Wyrdmarks and Worldbuilding: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass
by Molly Templeton
9 Best Enemy Duos Who Just Care About Each Other So Much (But Will Never Tell)
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
How Do We Establish Speculative Fiction’s LGBTQ+ Canon?
by Bryan Cebulski
Fri Sep 7
6 Genre Fiction Icons Who Hung Out with the Muppets
by Ryan Britt
Regency-style SF: The Accidental War by Walter Jon Williams
by Liz Bourke
State Tectonics Audio Excerpt
by Tor.com
“With No Power Comes No Responsibility” — Kick-Ass
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Ark of the Covenant Got Locked in a Warehouse Because the Government Thought Indiana Jones Was Full of Sh*t
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Brief History of Iron Fist in the Comics
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
How to Make a Near-Utopia Interesting: John Varley’s Eight World Stories
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Sep 6
Tor.com Publishing is Giving Away 100 Copies of Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti!
by Tor.com
Epic Poetry + Space Opera + YA Fantasy = A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna
by Alex Brown
Nobody’s Land: Terra Nullius by Claire G Coleman
by Liz Bourke
Why Men Get Pregnant: “Bloodchild” by Octavia E. Butler
by Nisi Shawl
Fairy Tale Animation: La Jeune Fille Sans Mains (The Girl Without Hands)
by Mari Ness
Watch the Trailer for Zombie Christmas Musical Anna and the Apocalypse
by Stubby the Rocket
Ask The Wheel of Time Showrunner Rafe Judkins Your Burning Questions September 12!
by Stubby the Rocket
Read a Lost Chapter from A Room Away from the Wolves
by Nova Ren Suma
Doing the Math: Aliens and Advanced Tech in Science Fiction
by James Davis Nicoll
Angry Robot to Publish English Translation of The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman
by Tor.com
Is the Arthurian “Lady of the Lake” a Metaphor for a Jacked Blacksmith?
by Stubby the Rocket
Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Forty-One and Forty-Two
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Wed Sep 5
Get Ready to Twirl Your Mustaches: H.P. Lovecraft’s “Sweet Ermengarde”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Five Books That Give Voice To Artificial Intelligence
by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael
20 Years of Stephen King’s Bag of Bones
by Grady Hendrix
Visit Space Prisons, Faerie Kingdoms, and Alternate Futures in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for September
by Tor.com
Hunting a Legend: And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
by Mahvesh Murad
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Port of Shadows, a New Black Company Book from Glen Cook
by Glen Cook
Reboots of the Future: Highlander
by Ryan Britt
Here’s Your First Official Look at Brie Larson as Captain Marvel
by Stubby the Rocket
Magical Warfare: 10 Military Fantasy Titles We Love
by Stubby the Rocket
Eärendil the Mariner and the Last Crusade (Against Morgoth)
by Jeff LaSala
Bullet Journaling as a Fantasy Writer
by Jenn Lyons
Doctor Who Returns in October!
by Stubby the Rocket
Triquetra
by Kirstyn McDermott
Tue Sep 4
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapters 13-15
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Throwback Planetary Adventure: Andre Norton’s The Zero Stone
by Judith Tarr
Home Sweet Home: Nova Ren Suma’s A Room Away From the Wolves
by Alex Brown
Read the Preface from Worlds Seen In Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction
by Irene Gallo
Sleeps With Monsters: Spec-Fic Romances With Ladies Who Love Ladies
by Liz Bourke
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from Brandon Sanderson’s New Stephen Leeds Novella, Lies of the Beholder
by Brandon Sanderson
Wheel of Time TV Series Casting Note on Race: “Less Defined Than in Our World”
by Stubby the Rocket
Henry Cavill to Play Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher Series
by Stubby the Rocket
Who Are the Forgotten Greats of Science Fiction?
by James Davis Nicoll
Tor.com Call for Contributors: Fantasy Bloggers
by Tor.com
Reading the Wheel of Time: Darkfriends and Dark Purposes in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 6)
by Sylas K Barrett
Sun Sep 2
The Jim Henson Company Options Susan Dennard’s Witchlands Books
by Tor.com