October 2018

Fri Oct 19

5 Books About Folk Horror by Cullen Bunn

Stories Within Stories Within Nightmares: Dale Bailey’s In the Night Wood by Tobias Carroll

“I don’t like bullies” — Captain America: The First Avenger by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Why We Still Love Hocus Pocus 25 Years Later by Leigh Butler

(Semi-)Plausible Strategies for Moving a Whole Damn Planet by James Davis Nicoll

Read an Excerpt from M.T. Hill’s Sci-Fi Thriller Zero Bomb by Tor.com

Thu Oct 18

The Power of Language: The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan by Feliza Casano

Delicate Magics: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Kingdoms of Elfin by Mari Ness

Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award Opens Submissions for Second Year Honoring Speculative Fiction by Natalie Zutter

Five Books About Heroes Who Shouldn’t Babysit Your Kitten by Weston Ochse

Haunted by the Past: Lila Bowen’s Treason of Hawks by Alex Brown

A Good Horror Story Needs to Be Sincere by Seanan McGuire

Dragons and Scholars, and the Stories of My Heart by Aliette de Bodard

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 7 — Robert A. Heinlein and DNA Replication by Kelly Lagor

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Fifty-Two by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Oct 17

Dreams Come True (Unfortunately): E.F. Benson’s “The Room in the Tower” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Corporate Space Piracy: Mutiny at Vesta by R.E. Stearns by Liz Bourke

Writing Girls and Rethinking Fairytales by Ana Grilo

Why You Should Read Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World by Leigh Butler

Happy 20th Anniversary to Practical Magic, the Witchy Rom-Com That’s Really About the Bonds Between Women by Emily Asher-Perrin

Grace Under Pressure: The Rise of Númenor by Jeff LaSala

The Best Arthurian Novels for Fans of Actual History by James Davis Nicoll

Hugo Award-Winning Editor Liz Gorinsky Launches New Publishing Company Erewhon Books by Tor.com

Revealing Gareth L. Powell’s Ragged Alice by Tor.com

AI and the Trolley Problem by Pat Cadigan

Tue Oct 16

Sleeps With Monsters: Atmospheric and Compelling Stories by Liz Bourke

Nnedi Okorafor’s First Nonfiction Book, Broken Places & Outer Spaces, Coming in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Finds the Beating Heart of Shirley Jackson’s Tale by Leah Schnelbach

V.E. Schwab’s Out-of-Print Debut Novel The Near Witch Gets Reissued by Stubby the Rocket

A Non-Spoiler Look at John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire by Renay Williams

Reading Around the World: Five Books from Five Different Continents by S.L. Huang

Eight SFF Stories Written in Verse by Leah Schnelbach

Reading The Ruin of Kings: New Beginnings (Prologue & Chapter 1) by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Prologue and Chapter 1 by Jenn Lyons

Reading the Wheel of Time: Cracks in the Wall in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 12) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Oct 15

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapter 4 (Part 1) by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Black Lightning Returns with a Focus on Consequences by Brandon O'Brien

Adventures in Space and Time: Andre Norton’s Galactic Derelict by Judith Tarr

Boys Playing with Balsa Wood: First Man Grapples with Darkness in the Heart of Space by Leah Schnelbach

Snow Crash Showed Me the Power of Physical Books by Shawn Sheehy

You’ve Done Yourself Up: Doctor Who, “The Ghost Monument” by Emily Asher-Perrin

Introducing the Good Omens Reread! by Meghan Ball

Side Quest: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass: Tower of Dawn by Molly Templeton

How Evil SFF Empires Create Ideal Citizens: Seth Dickinson’s The Masquerade and Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch by Natalie Zutter

Revealing Stealing Worlds, a New Science Fiction Novel from Karl Schroeder by Tor.com

Which John Scalzi Novel Should You Read Next? A Guide for Newbies and Fans by Renay Williams

Fri Oct 12

Character-Driven Space Opera: There Before The Chaos by K.B. Wagers by Liz Bourke

Whatever Walked There, Walked Alone: Revisiting Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House by Brit Mandelo

“We drank, we fought, he did his ancestors proud!” — Thor by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Movies Featuring Inanimate Objects From Hell by Leah Schnelbach

Watch the First Teaser for Disney’s Live-Action Aladdin by Stubby the Rocket

Learning to Play Tak: The Kingkiller Chronicle’s Beautiful Game by Alex Livingston

Thu Oct 11

In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard

Defining Princesses: Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea” and “The Swineherd” by Mari Ness

The Secrets We Keep and the Lies We Tell: Anna-Marie McLemore’s Blanca & Roja by Alex Brown

Old and New: Breaking the Cycle of Despair in Strange the Dreamer and The Darkangel by Thea James

New Glass Trailer Assembles a Superhero Showdown by Stubby the Rocket

Fighter Pilots in Space: Star Wars: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron by Michael A. Stackpole by Alan Brown

The Fantasy Book That Taught Me How To Love by Jaclyn Adomeit

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Fifty and Fifty-One by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Oct 10

Ulthar in the Fourth Dimension: Hagiwara Sakutarō’s “The Town of Cats” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

40 Years of Women’s SF: The Future is Female! edited by Lisa Yaszek by Brit Mandelo

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: The Empress of Earth by Melissa Scott by Bogi Takács

Netflix Casts Yennefer, Ciri, and the Rest of The Witcher Characters by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books to Read After Bad Dates by Kass Morgan

Turning Fury into Unicorns: How to Write Through Anger by Destiny Soria

Read the First Two Chapters of In an Absent Dream, Seanan McGuire’s New Wayward Children Novella by Seanan McGuire

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

Tue Oct 9

Sleeps With Monsters: Disgraced Witches and Norse Mermaids by Liz Bourke

Lena Dunham and Nnedi Okorafor Talk Binti, the First #KeepIt100LD Book Club Pick by Stubby the Rocket

Roswell, New Mexico Reboot Provides Fresh Take on Aliens and Humanity by Natalie Zutter

Bedfellow by Jeremy Shipp

Heroic Romance: The Phoenix Empress by K. Arsenault Rivera by Liz Bourke

In Defense of Power Fantasies by S.L. Huang

A Thing Without a Name: Announcing The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht by Carl Engle-Laird

Star Wars: Resistance Examines the Galaxy From a Surprising Perspective by Emily Asher-Perrin

Ambrose Spellman Is Already My Favorite Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Character by Molly Templeton

Download a Free Ebook of The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle Before October 13, 2018! by Tor.com

Revealing An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Between Desire and Compulsion in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 11) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Oct 8

R.A. Salvatore and Patrick Rothfuss on What Does and Doesn’t Make Epic Fantasy Worlds Work by Natalie Zutter

“You’re just so clearly over-caffeinated!” — Star Trek’s “Runaway” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapters 2 and 3 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Epic Fantasy Starring Horses: The Wild Magic of The Silver Brumby by Judith Tarr

Outlander Season 4 Premiere “America the Beautiful” is Beautiful and Brutal by Natalie Zutter

Brush Up on Ancient Warfare in Myke Cole’s Legion versus Phalanx by Myke Cole

Charlie Jane Anders, Wendy Xu, and More Talk Intersectional Feminism Across Genres by Natalie Zutter

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Took to the Stage at NYCC! by Stubby the Rocket

Marlon James, Tochi Onyebuchi, Maura Milan, and More Discuss #OwnVoices in Genre Fiction in 2018 by Sylas K Barrett

Through the Looking-Glass: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass: Empire of Storms by Molly Templeton

Five Books That Improve Upon Heinlein’s Juveniles by James Davis Nicoll

Check Out All the Awesome Cosplay We Spotted at NYCC! by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing The Iron Dragon’s Mother, A New Standalone Fantasy from Michael Swanwick by Tor.com

Sun Oct 7

Because We’re Friends Now: Doctor Who, “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” by Emily Asher-Perrin

Hey There Chum! Would you Like a Spoonful of Highlights From The Tick’s Comic-Con Panel? by Leah Schnelbach

This is NOT a Review! Just a Quick Note to Tell You that the What We Do in the Shadows Spin-Off is Fantastic by Leah Schnelbach

Watch the Outlander Season 4 Opening Credits by Natalie Zutter

Sat Oct 6

Get Your First Glimpse of Spock in Newest Star Trek: Discovery Trailer! by Stubby the Rocket

Ethan Peck Reveals the Emotional Journey of Becoming Spock for Star Trek: Discovery by Emily Asher-Perrin

Watch the First Teaser for Amazon Prime’s Adaptation of Garth Ennis’ The Boys by Natalie Zutter

Adora Assembles a Royal Alliance in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Season 1 Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Final Trailer For Daredevil Season 3 Introduces Us to Bullseye by Emily Asher-Perrin

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Shameik Moore Incepted Himself Into the Role of Miles Morales by Emily Asher-Perrin

Crowley and Aziraphale Describe Their Chemistry Like A “Sexy Dance” at Good Omens Panel by Emily Asher-Perrin

Armageddon is Nigh, So Prepare With the First Trailer for Good Omens! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Fri Oct 5

The Cast of American Gods (Plus Neil Gaiman) Hit the New York Comic-Con Stage to Talk Season Two! by Leah Schnelbach

Never Change: Reviewing Marvel’s Runaways Season 2 Premiere by Natalie Zutter

American Gods is Back for Another Ride on the Merry-Go-Round in a New Season 2 Trailer by Leah Schnelbach

Venom Without Spider-Man is Just a Big Ol’ Mess by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Mortal Engines Looks Better Than You Might Expect by Molly Templeton

Empathy for the Devil? The Man in the High Castle Toys with Our Emotions in an Excellent Season Three Premiere by Leah Schnelbach

Womanly Arts: The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee by Alex Brown

“I’m going to have to ask you to exit the donut” — Iron Man 2 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Of Epic Girl Gangs: The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke by Mahvesh Murad

If Harry Potter is Your Dad, He’ll Read Harry Potter to You by Emily Asher-Perrin

Re-open the X-Files with Monsters of the Week by Zack Handlen and Todd VanDerWerff

Sorry to Crush Your Dreams, But We’re Not Colonizing Space Anytime Soon by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Oct 4

Patrick Rothfuss’ Advice for First-Time DMs and Other Highlights from NYCC by Natalie Zutter

All the World’s a Stage: For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig by Alex Brown

Watch the Wonderfully Meta Teaser for DC Universe’s Harley Quinn Animated Series by Stubby the Rocket

A Noir Superhero Thriller: Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang by Liz Bourke

Read a Selection from Jane Yolen’s How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen

“Darkness Only Responds to Darkness”: Watch the Daredevil Season 3 Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books About Girls Who Don’t Care If You Like Them Or Not by Claire Legrand

A Stolen Fairy Tale: The Swan Princess by Mari Ness

Revealing A People’s Future of the United States, A New Anthology from Editors Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams by Tor.com

How Writing Fantasy Prepared Me for Dementia Care by N.S. Dolkart

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

Wed Oct 3

Jon Favreau’s Star Wars Series Will be The Mandalorian (And No, Not That One) by Stubby the Rocket

The Taiga Syndrome; Or, a Haunting by Sarah McCarry

Poetic Raptures, Opium, and Necromancy: Edgar Allen Poe’s “Ligeia” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Rewrite the Book: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand by Mahvesh Murad

Read an Excerpt from The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

Wheel of Time News! Opinions! Casting Suggestions, Revisited! by Leigh Butler

Netflix Developing The Chronicles of Narnia as TV Series and Films by Stubby the Rocket

Weird Sisters and Floppy Hats: Five Books with Secret Norse Tropes by April Genevieve Tucholke

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Trailer Looks Like Ridiculous Witchy Fun by Stubby the Rocket

Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (the Man, the Myth, the Coffee Table Book!) by Jeff LaSala

Matthew Stover’s Heroes Die is a Grimdark Cult Classic by Drew McCaffrey

Women Who Save Themselves (and Everyone Else) by James Davis Nicoll

Tue Oct 2

Sleeps With Monsters: New and Upcoming Books Featuring Ladies Who Love Ladies by Liz Bourke

Meet Hackers, Gunslingers, and Witches in Barnes & Noble Booksellers Picks for October by Tor.com

Growing Older, Growing Wiser: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden by Brit Mandelo

It’s Time to Get Very Excited About Good Omens by Meghan Ball

Hulu’s Holiday Horror Anthology Series Into the Dark Teases a Hitman Halloween in The Body Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Murderbot’s Inconvenient Emotions: Exit Strategy by Martha Wells by Liz Bourke

Wheel of Time Picked Up By Amazon, First Season to Focus On Moiraine by Stubby the Rocket

“We Can Fix the World They Broke”: Watch the Marvel’s Runaways Season 2 Teaser by Stubby the Rocket

Spider-Ham is Here to Steal Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by Stubby the Rocket

The Peril of Being Disbelieved: Horror Fiction and the Intuition of Women by Emily Asher-Perrin

Reading the Wheel of Time: The Choice to Channel in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 10) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Oct 1

Follow Us On Social Media For Free Spooky Reads All Through October! by Stubby the Rocket

Black Mirror Season 5 Will Feature a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Episode by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapter 1 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Adventures in Time Travel: Andre Norton’s The Time Traders by Judith Tarr

Alice Payne Arrives by Kate Heartfield

Magic, Superpowers, and the Undead in This Autumn’s Upcoming YA SFF by Alex Brown

Vengeance and Victories: Reading Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass: Queen of Shadows by Molly Templeton

On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Always Read the Epigraph: A Lesson for Fantasy Readers by Philip Styrt