December 2018

Mon Dec 31

A Horse Between Worlds: The Mystical Side of Sleipnir by Judith Tarr

What Mister Rogers Taught Us About Storytelling by Robert Repino

The Emotional Journey of Writing Fantasy by Rachel Hartman

Wonder Woman Was the Hero I Really Wanted To Be by Charlie Jane Anders

Sat Dec 29

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Is Its Own Perfect Example of the Illusion of Free Will by Natalie Zutter

Fri Dec 28

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

Gingerbread Bricks, Cherry-Eating Cats, and Other Culinary Disasters by Patricia A. McKillip

Movies We’re Looking Forward to in 2019! by Stubby the Rocket

“I make this look good” — The Men in Black Trilogy by Keith R.A. DeCandido

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Coming Out in January! by Tor.com

What It’s Like Watching Star Wars for the First Time by Ava Jarvis

Thu Dec 27

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

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

All the Genre Television We’re Looking Forward to in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

“The enemy of my enemy is my enemy” — Dick Tracy (1990) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

100 SF/F Books You Should Consider Reading in the New Year by James Davis Nicoll

Wed Dec 26

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

The Books We’re Looking Forward to in 2019 by Stubby the Rocket

She-Devil with an Accent — Red Sonja by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Six Means of SF Transportation You Should Probably Avoid by James Davis Nicoll

Read the First 11 Chapters of Jenn Lyons’ The Ruin of Kings by Tor.com

Tue Dec 25

Watch the First Trailer for Jordan Peele’s New Horror Film Us by Stubby the Rocket

A Charlie Brown Christmas Searches for Truth in a Complicated Holiday by Leah Schnelbach

Mon Dec 24

“I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?” by Neil Gaiman

Have Yourself a Cosmic Little Christmas with 6 Intergalactic Holiday Specials by Leah Schnelbach

Culture Wars in Andre Norton’s Eye of the Monster by Judith Tarr

I Hear Santa’s Sleigh: On The Polar Express and What It Means to Believe by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fri Dec 21

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Christmas Album is Real, and Heckin’ Jolly by Leah Schnelbach

5 Fun and Funny Reads to Escape the Hectic Holidays by Lish McBride

Rankin/Bass’s The Hobbit Showed Us the Future of Pop Culture by Austin Gilkeson

Apocalypse, Not Now — X-Men: Apocalypse by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Reading The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Young Adult Novels by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Let’s Remake the Star Wars Holiday Special by Jeremy Shipp

Sometimes You Have to Stop and Eat the Flowers — A Spoiler-Filled Review of Aquaman by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Thu Dec 20

Evil Rites of Passage: Runaways Season 2 Premiere “Gimmie Shelter” by Natalie Zutter

Snapshots of a Future: Stronger, Faster, And More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton by Liz Bourke

The Conjury of the Written Word in The Reader and Resurrection of Magic Series by Thea James

A Meditation on Forests, Life, and Art: Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Fir Tree” by Mari Ness

Back to the Old Ways: The Yngling by John Dalmas by Alan Brown

Die Hard is Great, but Shane Black is the King of Christmas Explosions by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth Are Out of This World in the First Trailer for Men in Black: International by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Interlude Six—Venli by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Dec 19

Stormlight Book Four, and 5 Other Updates from Brandon Sanderson by Stubby the Rocket

All the Whos Down in Whoville Are (Probably) Aliens by Ryan Britt

Watch the First Trailer for the Hellboy Reboot by Stubby the Rocket

I Ain’t Got No Body: Amos Tutuola’s “The Complete Gentleman” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

The Cold Is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale

A Matter of Life and Death Deserves a Place on Your Holiday Watch-list Alongside It’s A Wonderful Life by Leah Schnelbach

5 Things Obi-Wan Kenobi Should Have Told Luke Skywalker (Instead of LIES) by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Our 10 Favorite Episodes of SFF Television This Year by Stubby the Rocket

Five Classic SF Novels of Anthropogenic Climate Change by James Davis Nicoll

Tue Dec 18

5 Groundbreaking Urban Fantasies With Unusual Settings by Mercedes Lackey

Sleeps With Monsters: Swords and Salvage by Liz Bourke

Announcing Ormeshadow, the Debut Novella from Priya Sharma by Ruoxi Chen

We Soldier On: Checking In With Outlander, “Down the Rabbit Hole” by Natalie Zutter

How To Make Beer With Only What You Can Grow On A Generation Ship by Arkady Martine

7 Books That Helped Me Survive 2018 by Sarah Gailey

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 10 and 11 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapters 10 and 11 by Jenn Lyons

Reading the Wheel of Time: The Truth You Hear in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 21) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Dec 17

Riding the White Horse Into the West by Judith Tarr

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapters 16-19 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Syfy’s Nightflyers Adaptation Makes Too Many Storytelling Mistakes by Erin Lindsey

Good Omens, Part 9: It’s the End of the World as We Know It, And I Feel Fine by Meghan Ball

Star Wars is Really a Cautionary Tale About Devoting All Technological Advancements to Death by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Works of Hard Science Fiction That Bypass the Gatekeepers by James Davis Nicoll

Announcing the Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com

Glen Cook’s The Black Company Is Grimdark, But Never Hopeless by Drew McCaffrey

Fri Dec 14

The Stan Lee Cameo in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a Perfect Farewell by Leah Schnelbach

Mortal Engines Is This Close to Being a Good Movie by Molly Templeton

Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse is the Only Spider Movie This World Ever Needed by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Past is Prologue — X-Men: Days of Future Past by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The 7 Best Non-Traditional Christmas Carol Adaptations by Ryan Britt

Xenozoic Tales is the Epic Dinosaur Movie We Deserve by Brian Switek

Best Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2018 by Alex Brown

Thu Dec 13

Five Books With Distinct Flavors by Cassandra Khaw

New Trailer for Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery Shows Spock’s Smile by Stubby the Rocket

Destiny and Choices: Julie Dao’s Rise of the Empress Duology by Feliza Casano

A Thin But Frosty Modern Fairy Tale: “Frosty the Snowman” by Mari Ness

A Love Letter to Murderbots, Hamster Princesses, and Other Cute Reads by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Speculative Worlds of William Shakespeare by A.J. Hartley

Oathbringer Reread: Interlude Five—Taravangian by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Dec 12

We Want to Join Spider-Man’s Book Club! by Stubby the Rocket

Just Being Nosy: China Miéville’s “Details” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Tom Holland and Chris Pratt to Play Elf Brothers in New Disney•Pixar Fantasy Adventure Onward by Stubby the Rocket

The Trouble with Terraforming by James Davis Nicoll

Why You Should Add AD/BC: A Rock Opera to Your Holiday Movie List by Leah Schnelbach

Pull List: Best Comics of 2018 by Alex Brown

Han Solo is the Galaxy’s Goodest Dog by Stubby the Rocket

Sam Weller’s The Bradbury Chronicles: A Portrait of the Artist That Every SciFi Fan Should Read by Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

Revealing The Ascent to Godhood, Book 4 in JY Yang’s Tensorate Series by Tor.com

Tue Dec 11

Read Brandon Sanderson’s New Magic: The Gathering Novella Free on December 12! by Stubby the Rocket

Download a Free Ebook of Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald Before December 15, 2018! by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Jumping Into C.J. Cherryh’s Alliance-Union Books by Liz Bourke

Designing the Future: Deconstructing Five Sci-Fi Book Covers by Dave Addey

How Animorphs and ReBoot Used Cheesiness to Get Away With Telling Important Stories of Trauma by Natalie Zutter

The Chosen Children of Portal Fantasies by Seanan McGuire

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapter 9 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapter 9 by Jenn Lyons

Reading the Wheel of Time: Many Worlds, One Fate in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 20) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Dec 10

Get Into the Holiday Spirit With This Heartwarming The LEGO Movie 2 Short by Stubby the Rocket

Saving a World with The Sioux Spaceman by Judith Tarr

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapters 15 and 16 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Amazon Studios to Produce Deadtown and Launch Superhero Universe from Catherynne M. Valente’s The Refrigerator Monologues by Stubby the Rocket

Did Short Treks’ “The Brightest Star” Violate the Prime Directive? by Ryan Britt

See Charlie Jane Anders on Tour for The City in the Middle of the Night! by Tor.com

Titans Clash in the New Godzilla: King of the Monsters Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Good Omens, Part Eight: Another One Bites The Dust by Meghan Ball

Watch the First Trailer for James Gunn’s Superhero Horror Movie Brightburn by Stubby the Rocket

Looking Up, Looking Down — Star Trek’s “The Brightest Star” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Nearly Roadkill by Caitlin Sullivan and Kate Bornstein by Bogi Takács

Can Gormenghast Become the Next Game of Thrones? by Ethan Davison

Sun Dec 9

The Universe Will Surprise You: Doctor Who, “The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Sat Dec 8

Heeere’s Ghidorah in the Latest Godzilla: King of the Monsters Footage by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the First Teaser for Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Dec 7

8 Post-Snap Questions We Have About Avengers: Endgame by Stubby the Rocket

Five Actors Who Almost Played Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings by Emmet Asher-Perrin

When Your Day Job Is Your Dream Job by Richard Baker

Curiouser and Curiouser Retellings of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Natalie Zutter

“Peace was never an option” — X-Men: First Class by Keith R.A. DeCandido

6 Mysteries to Ponder After You’ve Finished George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood by Stubby the Rocket

Tired of Series? Try These 10 Standalone Fantasy Novels by Sarah Waites

First Trailer and Title of Avengers 4 Released! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Dec 6

“90% of Space is Crap” and Other Fun Things That Happen When You Mix SF/F Aphorisms by Stubby the Rocket

From Urban Fantasy to High Epic Fantasy Hopepunk: Edward Lazellari’s Guardians of Aandor Trilogy by Paul Weimer

Queering SFF: The Art of Collecting Short Fiction by Lee Mandelo

Not Quite Up to the Original: The Incredibles 2 by Mari Ness

Updating Pulp Adventures: Two Captain Future Stories by Edmond Hamilton and Allen Steele by Alan Brown

10 Great Parents from Young Adult SFF by Alex Brown

Oathbringer Reread: Interlude Four—Kaza by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Dec 5

Fungi of New York: Amanda Downum’s “Spore” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

American Gods Season 2 Will Premiere on March 10! by Stubby the Rocket

Reckoning of Fallen Gods: The Shadow in the Deep by R. A. Salvatore

Unchained Harmonies: The River Where Blood Is Born by Sandra Jackson-Opoku by Nisi Shawl

Four Places to Start with the Work of Ray Bradbury by Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

Five Books That Can Inspire Hope in Tough Times by Laura E. Weymouth

Some of the Best Tor.com Non-Fiction in 2018 (Thus Far) by Tor.com

SF Novels That Get Special Relativity All Wrong by James Davis Nicoll

Tue Dec 4

“Home is Waiting for You” — The Space-faring Futures of AfroSFv3 by Jared Shurin

The Goodreads Choice Awards Announce Their Best Books of 2018 by Tor.com

Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for December by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: More Stories With Queer Women by Liz Bourke

All of Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction From 2018 by Tor.com

7 Ways Star Wars Resistance Can Up the Ante Going Forward by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Mapping All the Known Portal Worlds in Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series by Alex Brown

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 7 and 8 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapters 7 and 8 by Jenn Lyons

Reading The Wheel of Time: The Game of Gender in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 19) by Sylas K Barrett

New Captain Marvel Trailer Sets the Stakes for Skrull-vs-Kree War by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Dec 3

Once Again, With More Feeling: The Black Stallion Returns by Judith Tarr

Everything You Need to Know About Nightflyers by George R.R. Martin by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapter 14 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Read an Excerpt from Dragon Pearl, a New YA Space Opera from Yoon Ha Lee by Yoon Ha Lee

All of Tor.com Publishing’s Books from 2018 by Tor.com

Good Omens, Part Seven: Gosh, Am I On Television? by Meghan Ball

The Thirteenth Doctor Has a Lot in Common With a Certain Classic Doctor From the 1980s by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Revealing Dragonslayer, a New Epic Fantasy From Duncan M. Hamilton by Tor.com

Read “Hell Rode With Her,” a Novelette Set in David Mack’s Dark Arts Series by David Mack

Sun Dec 2

Nightflyers Proves George R.R. Martin’s Best Stories Are Weird Sci-Fi by Erik Henriksen

You and I Will Be Friends Forever: Doctor Who, “It Takes You Away” by Emmet Asher-Perrin