January 2019

Fri Jan 18

5 Books in Which Superpowers Have Unfortunate Side Effects by Sarah Fine

Listen to the Echoes: The Ultimate Profile of Ray Bradbury by Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

“This isn’t freedom, this is fear” — Captain America: The Winter Soldier by Keith R.A. DeCandido

“Where’s my damn red thing?” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Brother” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Robert Jordan’s Never-Before-Seen First Novel is Coming From Tor Books in 2019 by Tor.com

Gentle Giants: Rescue Dogs, Pet Adoption, and Lessons in Love and Survival by Sarah Glenn Marsh

Thu Jan 17

Can You Ever Go Home Again? 9 Stories That Continue After Journey’s End by Stubby the Rocket

Andre Norton’s Star Gate Inspired Me Before I Knew I Wanted to Write by Martha Wells

Fairy Tales for Survivors: The Armless Maiden by Mari Ness

The Perfect Blend of Adventure and Romance in The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold by Alan Brown

The Clarkson Twins Join The Wheel of Time TV Series Writers Room by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Books about Family Drama by S. A. Chakraborty

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty-One by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Jan 16

Bad Influences From Atlantis: H.P. Lovecraft and Adolphe de Castro’s “The Last Test” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen

“This must be what vengeance felt like”: Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves by Alex Brown

The Ethical Drama of Farscape’s John Crichton by Arkady Martine

A Travel Guide to the Worlds of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series (Updated!) by Alex Brown

Stolen Bodies, Warped Minds—Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle by Katie Rask

Revealing Radicalized, A New Book From Cory Doctorow by Tor.com

Beyond the El by John Chu

Tue Jan 15

Tor.com Community is Seeking an In-House Publicity Coordinator by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Phyllis Ann Karr’s Sword and Sorcery Novels by Liz Bourke

A Fun Space Adventure: Yoon Ha Lee’s Dragon Pearl by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

The Test by Sylvain Neuvel

Download a Free Ebook of The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander Before January 19, 2019! by Tor.com

Five Books About Bad-Ass Modern-day Magicians by David Mack

Zombie Musicals are the Perfect Genre Mash-up by Seanan McGuire

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapter 13 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapter 13 by Jenn Lyons

Watch the First Trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home! by Stubby the Rocket

Reading the Wheel of Time: The Hubris of the Seanchan in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 24) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Jan 14

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapter 25 and Epilogue by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Killer Flora, Fascinating Fauna: Andre Norton’s Voorloper by Judith Tarr

Announcing the Nominees for the 2019 Philip K. Dick Award by Tor.com

Vigilance by Robert Jackson Bennett

SF Stories Featuring Abandoned Earths by James Davis Nicoll

Five Fascinating Works of Israeli Speculative Fiction by Eyal Kless

Highway to the Danger Zone: The Heterosexual Tragedy of Top Gun by Sarah Gailey

Green Magic and Romance: Revealing Emily Tesh’s Silver in the Wood by Ruoxi Chen

The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir by Karin Tidbeck

Sun Jan 13

HBO Announces Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere Date with a Starktastic New Teaser by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Jan 11

Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald

Listen to an Audiobook Excerpt from David Weber’s Through Fiery Trials by Tor.com

The Witch and the Winter King: Katherine Arden’s The Winter of the Witch by Alex Brown

“I’d rather be a good man than a great king” — Thor: The Dark World by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Books About the Magical Post-Apocalypse by Shaun Barger

A Lean, Mean, Writing Machine: Jack Vance Was Science Fiction’s Tightest Worldbuilder by Hector DeJean

Netflix’s Castlevania Adaptation Explores Hidden Depths by Alex Livingston

Thu Jan 10

Eric Heisserer to Adapt Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Books as Shadow and Bone TV Series by Stubby the Rocket

Modern Folk Horror: Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss by Leah Schnelbach

Snow White Learns Witchcraft: “Conversations with the Sea Witch” by Theodora Goss

The Mirror World of the Dyslexic Novelist by Rod Duncan

Fairness and Feathers: Reading Seanan McGuire’s In An Absent Dream by Ruthanna Emrys

Netflix Shares New Trailer and Premiere Date for The Punisher Season 2 by Stubby the Rocket

Outlaw King Is a Lot Smarter About History Than Braveheart by Michael Livingston

Here’s What You Need to Know about Wild Cards Before It Comes to TV by Katie Rask

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Jan 9

Save the Whales, or Else: Nibedita Sen’s “Leviathan Sings to Me in the Deep” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Elegant and Eloquent: A Cathedral of Myth and Bone by Kat Howard by Liz Bourke

Unlocking the Mystery of Procedurals (And Why We Love Them) by Malka Older

Holding the Hill: The Wicked King by Holly Black by Brit Mandelo

Captain Pike Sets a New Tone for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 (Non-Spoiler Review) by Ryan Britt

Putting Your Worst Foot Forward: Why You Should Play to Your Weaknesses as an Author by Charlie Jane Anders

A Monster with a Name: Revealing the Cover to Jennifer Giesbrecht’s The Monster of Elendhaven by Tor.com

Tue Jan 8

HBO Announces Game of Thrones Prequel Series Cast and Director SJ Clarkson by Stubby the Rocket

SFWA Names William Gibson as Newest Damon Knight Grand Master by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt from New SF Thriller The Kingdom by Tor.com

Revising the Legacies of the Past: Middle Passage by Charles Johnson by Nisi Shawl

Sleeps With Monsters: More Books to Look Forward to in 2019 by Liz Bourke

A Wish Your Heart Makes: In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire by Alex Brown

Saturn’s Rings are Doomed, so Enjoy Them While You Can! by James Davis Nicoll

Visit the Goblin Market in Illustrated Scenes from Seanan McGuire’s In An Absent Dream by Tor.com

Carol Danvers Explains Skrulls vs. Kree in New Captain Marvel Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapter 12 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapter 12 by Jenn Lyons

Reading the Wheel of Time: What’s in a Name? Egwene the Damane in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 23) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Jan 7

How “Wicked Girls” Inspired Wayward Children and Other Answers from Seanan McGuire by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Chapters 20-24 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Fantasy with Refreshingly Real Animals: Constance Ash’s The Horsegirl by Judith Tarr

Pomegranates and Lollipops: Rereading Seanan McGuire’s Beneath the Sugar Sky by Ruthanna Emrys

Did Star Trek: Discovery Just Make Harry Mudd Responsible For TNG’s Data? by Ryan Britt

HBO Teases First Looks at Game of Thrones Season 8 and Watchmen by Stubby the Rocket

How to Create a Wiki to Support Your Fantasy Worldbuilding by Jenn Lyons

Get Amazing SFF Reads (for Free!) with the New Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter! by Tor.com

Read a Chapter From S. A. Chakraborty’s The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty

Queering Hogwarts: Fantasy Books That Succeed Where Harry Potter Fails by Jessica Needham

Get Deeply Comfortable With the Cover to Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth by Tor.com

Fri Jan 4

A Realtime Breakdown On How Pottermore Made the Chamber of Secrets Weird For Me by Emily Asher-Perrin

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

Here’s Mudd in Your Eye — Star Trek’s “The Escape Artist” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

“I’m just a man in a can” — Iron Man 3 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Listen to an Audiobook Excerpt from Roshani Chokshi’s The Gilded Wolves by Tor.com

Young Einstein is Serious Alternate History for Serious Scientists by Joe M. McDermott

A Life of Dark and Stormy Nights: Rereading Seanan McGuire’s Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Ruthanna Emrys

Thu Jan 3

Read Ken Liu’s Introduction to Broken Stars, a New Anthology of Chinese SF by Ken Liu

A Fairy Tale with the Worst of Husbands: “The Swan Maidens” by Mari Ness

Read an Excerpt from Charlie Jane Anders’ The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man, the Myth, the Coffee Table Book! by Jeff LaSala

How The Lord of the Rings Changed Publishing Forever by Alan Brown

Romance, Revenge, and Revolutions in This Winter’s Upcoming Young Adult SFF by Alex Brown

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Fifty-Eight and Fifty-Nine by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Jan 2

Asimov Reads Again: The Favorite Books of An SF Luminary by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Wishes as Curses: The Curses by Laure Eve by Mahvesh Murad

The Stark Realities of John Steakley’s Military SF Novel Armor by J Barton Mitchell

The 3 Best Cartoons From 2018 (That You Can Stream Right Now) by Jordan M. Calhoun

Looking for the Way Home: Rereading Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Doorway by Ruthanna Emrys

Classic SF Works Set on Thrilling Space Habitats by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Supernova Era, a New Standalone Novel from Cixin Liu by Tor.com

Tue Jan 1

Backed Up By the Best of Humanity: Doctor Who, “Resolution” by Emily Asher-Perrin

Hippos, Worldbuilding, and Amateur Map-Making by Sarah Gailey

Sleeps With Monsters: What I’m Looking Forward to in 2019 by Liz Bourke

What’s the First Line of the First Book You’re Reading in 2019? by Stubby the Rocket

Tamora Pierce’s Fantasy Changes Lives by Meghan Ball

Life Lessons from a Murderbot by Anya Johanna DeNiro

Reading the Wheel of Time: A Variety of Villains in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 22) by Sylas K Barrett