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 Emily 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 Emily 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 Emily 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 Emily 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 Emily 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 Emily 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 Emily 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