March 2019

Fri Mar 29

9 Fantasy Pairs Bound By Fate by Stubby the Rocket

Haunting Puzzles: Leanne Shapton’s Guestbook by Matthew Keeley

“People are afraid of what they don’t understand” — Man of Steel by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Disney’s Animated Classic Dumbo Was Small on Story But Big on Heart by Mari Ness

“How long until the universe wins?” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Perpetual Infinity” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Posthumously Published Works by Late, Great Authors of SF and Fantasy by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Mar 28

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

Message in a Bottle: Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey by Niall Alexander

Love, War, and Bodies: Catching Up With Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples by Lee Mandelo

Here Are All the Things We Better See Now That Avengers: Endgame is Going to Be Three Hours Long by Stubby the Rocket

The Deep Social Justice Roots of The Twilight Zone by Leah Schnelbach

A Return to Classic SF: The Torch of Honor by Roger MacBride Allen by Alan Brown

The Time is Right for a Robotech Reboot by Mike Chen

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Seventy-One by Alice Arneson and Aubree Pham

Wed Mar 27

You Can Learn a Lot From Ugly Fish: Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Donald” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

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

Read the First Chapter of Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan

What We Do in the Shadows TV Series Is the Most Fun You’ll Have with Vampires by Leah Schnelbach

Nnedi Okorafor Set to Write TV Show Based On Octavia Butler’s Patternist Series For Amazon by Stubby the Rocket

Putting the Science Back into Fantasy, One Hint at a Time: Dragonflight, Part Three by Mari Ness

Solving the Riddle of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn by Jaclyn Adomeit

How to Move Spheres and Influence People by Marko Kloos

Tue Mar 26

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

A Stunning Debut: Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire by Martin Cahill

New Avengers: Endgame Posters Reveal New Casualties of The Snap by Stubby the Rocket

Read the First Chapter of Drew Williams’ A Chain Across the Dawn by Drew Williams

Five Superhero Romances We Need to See On the Big Screen by Esther Inglis-Arkell

“What’s past is prologue”: Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett by Alex Brown

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 24 and 25 by Leigh Butler

How One Book Convinced Me Tomatoes Weren’t Actually My Mortal Enemies (As Previously Thought) by Sarah Pinsker

Reading the Wheel of Time: Secrets Smell Like Fishes in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 5) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 25

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, “Aftermaths” by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

A Whole Different Kind of Time Travel: Andre Norton’s Lavender-Green Magic by Judith Tarr

Jordan Peele’s Us: A Full-Spoiler Movie Review by Alex Brown

Star Trek: Discovery’s Red Angel Explains a Lot of Time Travel from The Original Series by Ryan Britt

One Free Trick: How to Use the Writing Skills You Have to Learn the Ones You Don’t by Arkady Martine

Love, Lust, and Loathing in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 53-60 by Alex Brown

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

Magic for Liars: Chapters 1 and 2 by Sarah Gailey

Fri Mar 22

Five Books to Read After Your Planet Explodes by Drew Williams

John Bellairs Taught Me Magic is Real, But Not Without Consequences by Jeremy Finley

“I just want you to meet a super guy” — Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Valdemar, Pern, and the Real World Horse-Human Bond by Judith Tarr

Death, Here is Thy Sting — Star Trek: Discovery’s “The Red Angel” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Science Fiction and the Philosophical “Ship of Theseus” Problem by Corey J. White

Thu Mar 21

A Shaky Resolution: Luna: Moon Rising by Ian McDonald by Liz Bourke

The Book of Flora by Meg Elison

Six Bulky Classics Delivered by the Science Fiction Book Club by James Davis Nicoll

4 Theories For What Pepper Potts is Doing in Avengers: Endgame by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Míriel, Historian of the Noldor (Part 2) by Megan N. Fontenot

Magic for Liars: Prologue by Sarah Gailey

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Seventy by Alice Arneson and Aubree Pham

Wed Mar 20

Cthulhu Versus the Long Island Expressway: N.K. Jemisin’s “The City Born Great” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

War is Hell: The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley by Aidan Moher

An Explosive Debut: The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore by Liz Bourke

The Works of Robin McKinley and Why Fantasy Should Seem Real by Vivian Shaw

Spring 2019 Books We Cannot Wait to Read! by Stubby the Rocket

Cosmere Cuisine: More Meals Inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Books by Deana Whitney

Tor.com Publishing Acquires New Sylvain Neuvel Trilogy: Take Them to the Stars by Tor.com

Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer Reveals Release Date and Teases the Monster! by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Mar 19

Sleeps With Monsters: Intimate Space Operas by Liz Bourke

Managing Temporal Changes: Alastair Reynolds’ Permafrost by Paul Weimer

Cory Doctorow’s Radicalized Examines Our Dark Present, and Our Possibly Slightly Less Dark Future by Erik Henriksen

Five Books That Gave Me Unreasonable Expectations for Post-High School Life by Sarah Pinsker

Toy Story 4 Wants to Give Us Another Existential Crisis by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 22 and 23 by Leigh Butler

What Does a Fantasy Map Look Like? by Jonathan Crowe

Read the First Chapter of Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth! by Tamsyn Muir

Reading the Wheel of Time: Whitecloaks, Wolves and the Wheel in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 4) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 18

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 19 and 20 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

SFF Equines Looks at Purpose-Breeding by Judith Tarr

Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series Coming to Television by Tor.com

Star Trek: Discovery Explains Why Kirk and Picard Never Trust Holograms by Ryan Britt

On the Cult of Originality: What Byzantine Literary Culture Can Tell Us About Fanfiction by Arkady Martine

Power is Not the Only Answer in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 42-52 by Alex Brown

7 Stories That Reimagine Some of Your Favorite Classics by Stubby the Rocket

A Busy Person’s Primer for Game of Thrones Season 8 by Theresa DeLucci

Fri Mar 15

Five Books About Running Away to Join a Space Pirate Crew by R.E. Stearns

A Future in the Author’s Backyard: The New Edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Always Coming Home by Matthew Keeley

Earnest Voices: New Suns, edited by Nisi Shawl by Mahvesh Murad

“I think I’m starting to like this” — The Flash (1990) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Kurt Vonnegut and the Science Fiction Writers’ Lodge by Sarah Tolf

Redshirts, Red Angels, and Red Herrings — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Project Daedalus” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Tao of Sir Terry: Pratchett and Philosophy by J.R.H. Lawless

Thu Mar 14

The Fantastical Food of Fantasy Fiction by Beth Cato

Fugue States in a Fragmented London: Lord by João Gilberto Noll by Tobias Carroll

Beyond Boundaries: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola by Nisi Shawl

JG Ballard and Forty Years of the Future by Tim Maughan

Sail into the Honorverse: On Basilisk Station by David Weber by Alan Brown

Why Does No One in SFF Ever Read the Damn Manual? by James Davis Nicoll

Final Trailer for Avengers: Endgame Will Do Whatever It Takes by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Sixty-Nine by Alice Arneson and Aubree Pham

Wed Mar 13

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Tomes: Tanith Lee’s “Red and Yellow” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

A Sharp Noir-ish Thriller: The Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson by Liz Bourke

Does American Gods Season 2 Live Up to Expectations? by Alex Brown

“The Tentacle and You” and the Fundamental Weirdness of a Physical World Not Built For Your Form by Katharine Duckett

8 Very Good Time Traveling Doggos by Stubby the Rocket

Download a Free Ebook of John Scalzi’s The Collapsing Empire Before March 16, 2019! by Tor.com

Education in the Weyrs and Beyond: Dragonflight, Part Two by Mari Ness

Thor: Ragnarok Takes on Masculine Stereotypes and Shows Us a Better Way by Austin Gilkeson

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Fireflood and Other Stories by Vonda N. McIntyre by Bogi Takács

Tue Mar 12

See Cory Doctorow on Tour for Radicalized! by Tor.com

A Triumphant Return: The True Queen by Zen Cho by Alex Brown

More, Please! Authors We Wish Would Publish More Often by James Davis Nicoll

An “Alternative” Captain Marvel Soundtrack by Leah Schnelbach

Make Way for Prince Ali in the Full Trailer for Aladdin! by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 20 and 21 by Leigh Butler

How Do You Fight an 80-Foot Sand Dune? by K.A. Doore

Reading the Wheel of Time: Liking What You Become in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 3) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 11

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 15-18 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Turning the World with Andre Norton’s Fur Magic by Judith Tarr

Read “Seven”, a Story from Naomi Novik Featured in Unfettered III by Naomi Novik

Star Trek: Discovery’s Pike and Spock Relationship Perfectly Sets Up Kirk by Ryan Britt

Complicated Morality in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 31-41 by Alex Brown

Congratulations to the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists by Tor.com

Why Anthropomorphic Animals Will Always Have a Place in Fantasy by Samuel Chapman

Murderbot Will Return in…Network Effect. A Full Novel by Martha Wells. by Lee Harris

Fri Mar 8

5 Books for the Fantasy Naturalist by Melanie R. Meadors

Space Battles, Secrets, Refugees, and Dying Suns: The Vela by Liz Bourke

“Christ, that’s disturbing…” — Deadpool 2 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Old, New, Borrowed, and Red—Star Trek: Discovery’s “If Memory Serves” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Captain Marvel is the Joyful Realization of a Woman Coming Into Her Power by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Writing Ahead of the Future by Tim Maughan

Thu Mar 7

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

Generational Trauma and the Art of Letting Go: Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera by Alex Brown

New Details About Amazon’s Middle-earth — Now Featuring Númenor! by Jeff LaSala

The Magic System in Foundryside Blends Fantasy with Science Fiction by Kate Heartfield

The Belles Series by Dhonielle Clayton Examines the High Cost of Beauty by Alex Brown

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Míriel, Historian of the Noldor (Part 1) by Megan N. Fontenot

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 9 — Arthur C. Clarke and the Genetic Code by Kelly Lagor

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

Wed Mar 6

Captain Marvel Has a Funny Star Trek Easter Egg Hiding in Plain Sight by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Blogging the Unbloggable: Nick Mamatas’s “That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Folded Spaces: Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear by Lee Mandelo

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

The Finalists for the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award have been Announced by Tor.com

Out of Place, Out of Time: Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess by Em Nordling

“The Thing About Ghost Stories” and Coping With the Dementia of a Loved One by Katharine Duckett

6 Questions I Want Answered by Captain Marvel by Leah Schnelbach

Latest Good Omens Trailer Shows Us Who Will Team Up to Start/Stop Armageddon by Stubby the Rocket

The UK Pirate Radio Revolution by Tim Maughan

Why It’s Important to Consider Whether Dune Is a White Savior Narrative by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Revealing Fate of the Fallen, a New Fantasy From Author Kel Kade by Tor.com

Knowledgeable Creatures by Christopher Rowe

Tue Mar 5

Sleeps With Monsters: Intrigue, Espionage, and Capers by Liz Bourke

Fun, Messy Time Travel: Alice Payne Rides by Kate Heartfield by Liz Bourke

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

Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan

Revolutionary Honesty: Mallory O’Meara’s The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Sarah Gailey

Five Fictional Books Inside of Real Books by K Chess

Watch the First Trailer for the Final Season of Game of Thrones by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 18 and 19 by Leigh Butler

What Sabrina Needs to Do to Depict Blindness Realistically by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

Reading the Wheel of Time: Perrin Struggles with Acceptance in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 2) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 4

The Game of Thrones Final Battle Intends to Rival Lord of the Rings by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 12-14 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Genetic Engineering, Equine Style by Judith Tarr

Queering the Revolution: We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia by Alex Brown

Star Trek: Discovery’s Time War Could Change Prime Timeline by Ryan Britt

Why I’m Counting on Captain Marvel by Elise Ringo

Raw Magic, Creepy Obsessions, and a Pseudo-Sea Battle in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 18-30 by Alex Brown

Revealing the Cover to Warrior of the Altaii, Robert Jordan’s Never-Before-Published Standalone Fantasy Novel by Tor.com

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

Fri Mar 1

The Conundrums of Ecstatic Time Travel: Tentacle by Rita Indiana by Tobias Carroll

Check Out the Cover to The Warrior Moon, K. Arsenault Rivera’s Conclusion to Ascendant by Tor.com

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

“Did I leave the stove on?” — Deadpool by Keith R.A. DeCandido

New Hellboy Trailer Brings Smoke and Fire by Stubby the Rocket

Science Fiction, Journaling, and Travels through China by Fran Wilde

Lost and Found — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Light and Shadows” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Sorcerer in Love: Revealing The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman by Tor.com