February 2019

Thu Feb 28

Sandra Newman Soars to The Heavens by Matthew Keeley

Standalone Fantasy Short on Complexity: The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon by Liz Bourke

A Furnace Sealed by Keith R.A. DeCandido

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara by Bogi Takács

Bill and Ted, and the End of History by Kate Heartfield

Buck to the Future: The Many Incarnations of Buck Rogers by Alan Brown

Latest Dark Phoenix Trailer Reminds Us Who This Movie is Really About by Stubby the Rocket

Five Science Fiction-Themed Music Videos by Scotto Moore

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty-Seven by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Feb 27

The Wheel of Time Episode 3 Title Revealed, Hints at Different Sequential Order by Stubby the Rocket

Ten Things You Won’t Find in the Necronomicon: Frank Belknap Long’s “The Space-Eaters” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds

The Tick Season Two Trailer Announces Premiere Date and Challenges Us to a Hug Fight by Leah Schnelbach

Five Genre-Bending Young Adult Books by Astrid Scholte

Good Comic, Great TV Show — The Umbrella Academy Actually Improves on Its Source Material by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Fantasy Roots of Pern: Dragonflight, Part One by Mari Ness

Four SFF Novels with Something Very Specific in Common by James Davis Nicoll

A Quiet Hero’s Journey: Processing Trauma in Fantasy by Leah Schnelbach

Tue Feb 26

Sleeps With Monsters: Engaging Fantasy Thrillers by Liz Bourke

Five Books Featuring Complex Mother/Daughter Relationships by Leanna Renee Hieber

Striking and Ambitious Fantasy: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie by Liz Bourke

New Detective Pikachu Trailer Features Mewtwo and Snorlax! by Stubby the Rocket

8 Books to Help You Rebuild After an Ecological Catastrophe by Stubby the Rocket

Backwards and in Heels: Russian Doll, Happy Death Day, and How Women Survive Time Loop Stories by Natalie Zutter

Editor Ken Liu Shares Some of His Favorite Lines from Broken Stars by Ken Liu

Reading the Wheel of Time: Arrogance, Knowledge and Fear in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 1) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Feb 25

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 8-11 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Trying Hard to Get It Right in Andre Norton’s Dragon Magic by Judith Tarr

Broken Stars Gives a Tantalizing Glimpse of All That Chinese Science Fiction Has to Offer by Erik Henriksen

Star Trek: Discovery’s General Order One Is Likely Evolving into the Prime Directive by Ryan Britt

Rage, Privilege, and a Journey Underground in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 9-17 by Alex Brown

Unlocking the Full Brilliance of Ursula Le Guin’s Hainish Cycle by Charlie Jane Anders

Read “The Fire-Risen Ash”, a Story from Shawn Speakman Featured in Unfettered III by Shawn Speakman

Sun Feb 24

Watch the First Teaser for the His Dark Materials TV Series by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Feb 22

11 Sitcoms That Embrace Their Nerdy Characters by Stubby the Rocket

Gender-Bending Time Travel: Chronin: The Knife At Your Back by Alison Wilgus by Liz Bourke

“Stupid reptiles!” — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows by Keith R.A. DeCandido

5 Fantasy Books About Human and Dragon Friendships by Deana Whitney

“You brought that hope back with you” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “The Sound of Thunder” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Read a Deleted Scene From Nebula Awards Finalist Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

Thu Feb 21

Film Adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi’s YA Fantasy Children of Blood and Bone in the Works by Stubby the Rocket

Complex Sword-and-Sorcery: The Afterward by E.K. Johnston by Liz Bourke

The Vela: A Leisurely Extinction by S.L. Huang

We’re Entering The Twilight Zone in a Creepy New Trailer! by Stubby the Rocket

My Favorite Moments Writing The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

Jin Yong’s Fantastical Wuxia Epic–Legends of the Condor Heroes–is Finally Coming to the U.S. by Tor.com

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Nerdanel, Called the Wise by Megan N. Fontenot

Fun With Ancient, Squishy Complex Life Forms by James Davis Nicoll

Wormholes and Carnivorous Furniture: Announcing Finna, a New SF Novella from Nino Cipri by Carl Engle-Laird

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

Wed Feb 20

Hell of a Party: Jennifer Brozek’s “Dreams of a Thousand Young” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Aftermath: The Education of Brother Thaddius by R.A. Salvatore by Aidan Moher

Kingdom of Heaven’s Disappointing Crusade Against History by Michael Livingston

Announcing the 2018 Nebula Awards Finalists by Tor.com

A Steampunk Mystery with Real Bite: P. Djèlí Clark’s The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by Alex Brown

6 Badass Female Time Travelers Who Get the Job Done by Natalie Zutter

2018 Aurealis Awards Finalists Have Been Announced by Tor.com

Move Over, Westeros: Six SFF Series That Would Rule the TV Landscape by James Davis Nicoll

Old Media by Annalee Newitz

Tue Feb 19

New Teaser for The Man in the High Castle Announces Final Season by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Series: Cryoburn, Chapters 6 and 7 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

All Roads Lead to Darnassus: For the Killing of Kings by Howard Andrew Jones by Paul Weimer

Sleeps With Monsters: A Coincidence of Prisoners by Liz Bourke

Could The Wheel of Time TV Show Start with a Moiraine-Heavy Two-Parter Series Premiere? by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Discovery Easter Egg Could Mean Section 31 Is Time Traveling by Ryan Britt

Where the Stars Are Strange: A First Look at Amazon’s Middle-earth by Jeff LaSala

Russian Doll Reminds Us That We Can’t Help Others Until We Dismantle Our Own Demons by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books That Deal with What Comes after World-Changing Shenanigans by E.K. Johnston

Reading The Wheel of Time: Building Rand’s Identity through the Heron-Marked Blade by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Feb 18

From Science to Spirit: Equus, Story of the Horse Explores the Animal’s Connection to Humans by Judith Tarr

Star Trek Has the Best Credit Sequences in All of SciFi Television by Alasdair Stuart

8 Forgotten SFF Classics of the ’70s and ’80s by Elizabeth Bear

History, Oppression, and Rebellion Come to a Head in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 1-8 by Alex Brown

There’s a Fine Line Between Theatre and Fantasy by James Davis Nicoll

Read “A Dead Djinn in Cairo”, A Supernatural Alternate History from P. Djeli Clark by P. Djèlí Clark

Sun Feb 17

Announcing the 2018 BSFA Award Finalists by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Feb 15

Six Standalone Fantasy Novels that Stand Out by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

Setting the Stakes in Storytelling by Seth Dickinson

Half-Assed in a Half-Shell — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

What Manga, Anime, and Japanese History Teaches Us About Loving Robots by Jonathan Alexandratos

Check Out the Good Omens Opening Credits (And Release Date!) by Stubby the Rocket

The Monster at the End of This Episode — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Saints of Imperfection” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Pull List: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and DIE and the Lure of Nostalgia by Alex Brown

Thu Feb 14

A Transformed Woman: Madame d’Aulnoy’s “The White Cat.” by Mari Ness

I Must Be Writing for Both of Us: Wild Life by Molly Gloss by Lee Mandelo

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre by Bogi Takács

Speaking Truth Through Time Loops: Russian Doll and “Now Wait for This Week” by Katharine Duckett

Gone to the Dogs: City by Clifford D. Simak by Alan Brown

My Sci-Fi/Fantasy OTPs Are All Beta Couples by Natalie Zutter

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty-Five by Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Feb 13

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Life is Now a Movie: What Story is it Telling? by Jeff LaSala

Fast Times at Miskatonic High: Molly Tanzer’s “The Thing on the Cheerleading Squad” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

“Raise the Wild Cry”: The Cassandra by Sharma Shields by Alex Brown

Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn Taught Me How To Love by Jaclyn Adomeit

How Do You “See” the Books You Read? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Artist Kip Rasmussen on Tolkien, The Silmarillion, and Raising Young Tolkien Fans by Jeff LaSala

The Ruin Of Kings has been Optioned for a Fantasy Television Series By Annapurna TV by Stubby the Rocket

Watch the First Teaser for Disney’s Frozen 2 by Stubby the Rocket

The Song by Erinn L. Kemper

Tue Feb 12

Sleeps With Monsters: Quiet Novels About Changing The World by Liz Bourke

Multiple Choices and No Good Answers: Sylvain Neuvel’s The Test by Matthew Keeley

Read the First Five Chapters of Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame! by Stubby the Rocket

How To Tell If You’re Crushing on a Book by Natalie Zutter

Check Out the First Trailer for this Summer’s J.R.R. Tolkien Biopic, Tolkien by Stubby the Rocket

Download a Free Ebook of Witchmark by C.L. Polk Before February 16, 2019! by Tor.com

A Politics of Synthesis: The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders by Lee Mandelo

6 SFF Characters That Tend Towards Lawful Good by Stubby the Rocket

Reading The Wheel of Time: Ba’alzamon’s Secret Identity by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Feb 11

At Last It’s a Girl’s World in Andre Norton’s Octagon Magic by Judith Tarr

Suggest Some Epic Instrumentals to Help Brandon Sanderson With Stormlight Archive Book 4! by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapter 5 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

I Tell You True: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James by Mahvesh Murad

Listen to an Audiobook Excerpt from Cory Doctorow’s Unauthorized Bread by Tor.com

Attack the Block Helped Set the Course for the Last Decade of SciFi Films by Joe George

Introducing the Children of Blood and Bone Reread by Alex Brown

Here’s Your First Look at Will Smith as the Genie in the New Live-Action Aladdin Teaser by Stubby the Rocket

How She-Ra, Steven Universe, and the World of Animation Speak to My Genderfluidity by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Read “Second Chances”, a Story from Megan Lindholm Featured in Unfettered III by Megan Lindholm

Fri Feb 8

Five Books About Nonsense by Maria Tatar

Breaking In: The Hod King by Josiah Bancroft by Niall Alexander

“I ruined the moment, didn’t I?” — Ant-Man by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The LEGO Movie 2 “Grows Up,” But Did It Need To? by Natalie Zutter

Space Oddity — Star Trek: Discovery’s “An Obol for Charon” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

SF Stories That Cut the Vastness of Space Down to Size by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Feb 7

Woman Creates Incredible Freehand Stitched Dune Covers by Stubby the Rocket

A Simple, Measured Fantasy: Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway by Liz Bourke

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

5 Requests I Have for Megan Whalen Turner’s Return of The Thief by Natalie Zutter

Five Fantastic Recent Books about Humans Colonizing Other Planets by Charlie Jane Anders

Michael B. Jordan to Produce Movie Adaptation of Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Stubby the Rocket

Keeping Your Fantasy Novel Organized with a Bullet Journal by Jenn Lyons

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

Wed Feb 6

The Perils of Genealogical Research, Part 57: August Derleth’s “The Seal of R’lyeh” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

An Unquiet Revolution: A People’s Future of the United States by Jared Shurin

Victor LaValle, N.K. Jemisin, Maria Dahvana Headley, Sam J. Miller, and Alice Sola Kim Discuss A People’s Future of the United States by Leah Schnelbach

The High Costs of Fantasy Sainthood by Jessica Snell

7 Fantasies Told from Multiple Points of View by Stubby the Rocket

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 8 — Isaac Asimov and Messenger RNA by Kelly Lagor

Articulated Restraint by Mary Robinette Kowal

Tue Feb 5

Sleeps With Monsters: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power by Liz Bourke

Recasting Fairy Tales: Snow White Learns Witchcraft by Theodora Goss by Liz Bourke

Building Love, and the Future We Deserve: The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson by Nisi Shawl

Jenn Lyons’s The Ruin of Kings is Darkly Beautiful and Deliciously Complex (Non-Spoiler Review) by Sylas K Barrett

5 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Dystopian Tests That Aren’t What They Seem by Stubby the Rocket

How to Handle the Baron Harkonnen in a Modern Dune Adaptation by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Reading the Wheel of Time: The Heron Names Him True in Robert Jordan’s The Great Hunt (Part 27) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Feb 4

Invite the First Trailer for What We Do in the Shadows Into Your Home by Leah Schnelbach

Y: The Last Man TV Adaptation Will Premiere in 2020 by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 3 and 4 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Equus: Story of the Horse Frames its Narrative Through Science by Judith Tarr

Listen to the First 17(!!) Chapters of New Epic Fantasy The Ruin of Kings for Free by Tor.com

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is the Natural Successor to Game of Thrones by Samuel Chapman

Steal the Stars and Children of Blood and Bone Among SFF Finalists for the 2019 Audie Awards by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Discovery Connects Tyler and the Klingon Religion to Events in The Next Generation by Ryan Britt

Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapter 17 by Leigh Butler

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapter 17 by Jenn Lyons

“The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show” — Revealing T. Kingfisher’s The Twisted Ones by Tor.com

Sun Feb 3

The Twilight Zone is Here to Disrupt Your Super Bowl by Stubby the Rocket

Higher, Further, Faster: Watch the Latest Captain Marvel TV Spot by Stubby the Rocket

Watch Yourself in the Disturbing New Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Us by Stubby the Rocket

New Avengers: Endgame TV Spot Answers One of Our Post-Snap Questions by Stubby the Rocket

Here’s the Eerie New Trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale’s Third Season by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Feb 1

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

Alita: Battle Angel Can’t Find Its Cyborg Heart, Relies on Visual Style and Sentimentality Instead by Emmet Asher-Perrin

“I am Groot” — Guardians of the Galaxy by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Meanwhile, Back in the Klingon Empire… — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Point of Light” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Mapping the Stars for Fun and Profit by James Davis Nicoll

Read an Excerpt from Emmy Laybourne’s Ransacker by Emmy Laybourne