April 2019

Tue Apr 30

The 100 May Be Bonkers As Hell, But It Has Some of the Best Worldbuilding on TV by Natalie Zutter

Sleeps With Monsters: Forests, Kingdoms, and Secrets by Liz Bourke

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

A Satisfying Conclusion: The Unbound Empire by Melissa Caruso by Liz Bourke

How Y: The Last Man Made Me Fall in Love with the Craft of Writing by Michael Moreci

Breaking Down the Battle of Winterfell from a Military Perspective by Michael Livingston

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 32 and 33 by Leigh Butler

Sonic Saves the World in the First Sonic The Hedgehog Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Facing Down Death in Game of Thrones Season 8 by Tyler Dean

Ignite the Future: Revealing Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Egwene Lets Go of Rand and Is Nearly Lost Herself in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 10) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Apr 29

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Chapter 6 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

SFF Horse Breeds: The Arabian by Judith Tarr

American Gods Season 2 Review by Alex Brown

Read Gideon the Ninth: Chapter 5 by Tamsyn Muir

Avengers: Endgame Shows Us a Universe That Still Can’t Do Right By Women by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Adapting Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London for Television by Stubby the Rocket

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

Moral Quandaries and Misdirection: Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me by Tobias Carroll

On Needless Cruelty in SF: Tom Godwin’s “The Cold Equations” by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Come Tumbling Down, A New Wayward Children Novella from Seanan McGuire by Tor.com

Sun Apr 28

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 3: “The Long Night” / Battle of Winterfell Discussion Thread by Theresa DeLucci

Fri Apr 26

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

14 Things We Loved (and 8 Things We Hated) in Avengers: Endgame by Stubby the Rocket

Stupor Friends — Justice League by Keith R.A. DeCandido

5 Books Where the Hero Doesn’t Save the Day by Curtis Craddock

Thu Apr 25

Do Yourself a Favor and Binge the First Season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Infinite Pathways and a Sense of Menace: Liz Harmer’s The Amateurs by Tobias Carroll

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: April 2019 by Alex Brown

Avengers: Endgame, and What It Means to Reach the End of an Era by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Good Omens Invites You to Meet the Tiny Baby Antichrist in This Devout Musical Interlude by Stubby the Rocket

Fight for the Future — Star Trek: Discovery Second Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

First Contact Goes Awry: The Mote in God’s Eye and The Gripping Hand by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle by Alan Brown

Get Deja Vu from the New Trailer for Men in Black: International by Stubby the Rocket

The Most Marvelous Moments in the MCU by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Part Three Epigraphs by Alice Arneson

Wed Apr 24

Run Your Fingers Down My Spine: Inoue Masahiko’s “Night Voices, Night Journeys” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read the First Chapter from Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo

“And the waters prevailed”: Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse by Alex Brown

The Hidden Layers of Every Novel (and Why They Should Stay Hidden) by Meg Elison

CBS Partners With Nickelodeon to Create Animated Star Trek Series for Kids by Stubby the Rocket

We Need More Roswell, New Mexico in Our Lives by Alex Brown

Queer Relationships in Pern: Dragonquest by Mari Ness

Middle-earth’s Weirdest Movie: Rankin-Bass’ Animated The Return of the King by Austin Gilkeson

Announcing Three New Novellas from Carrie Vaughn, Eddie Robson, and Alex Irvine by Tor.com

Tue Apr 23

Read the First Chapter of Elizabeth Bear’s The Red-Stained Wings by Elizabeth Bear

Place Your Titan-Sized Bets on the Final Trailer for Godzilla: King of the Monsters by Stubby the Rocket

Compelling Contemporary Fantasy: Ragged Alice by Gareth L. Powell by Liz Bourke

Everything Happens Too Late To Matter in Game of Thrones Season 8 by Tyler Dean

The Conversation Tony Stark and Thanos Should Have Had by Max Gladstone

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 30 and 31 by Leigh Butler

Snapture vs. Rapture: Where Avengers: Infinity War Sticks With Biblical Lore, And Where It Departs by Leah Schnelbach

Reading the Wheel of Time: Choosing Who You Want to Be in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 9) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Apr 22

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Chapters 4 and 5 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Touching Magic with Andre Norton’s The Hands of Lyr by Judith Tarr

5 Reasons Pike and Spock Star Trek Spinoff Should Happen (And 3 Reasons Why it Shouldn’t) by Ryan Britt

Hey, Star Wars: Episode IX — Don’t Retcon Rey Into a Skywalker by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Donato Giancola Is the Caravaggio of Middle-earth by Jeff LaSala

Announcing the 2018 BSFA Award Winners by Tor.com

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2 Review: “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” by Theresa DeLucci

Read Gideon the Ninth: Chapter 4 by Tamsyn Muir

Fri Apr 19

The Medieval Origins of Easter Traditions by Michael Livingston

5 SF Stories that Celebrate the Ordinary by Jack McDevitt

End All Wars — Wonder Woman (2017) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Really Cool Things I Learned at NASA by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Director of Your Opponent’s Fate — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Remembering the Great Opening Sentences of Gene Wolfe by Matthew Keeley

Thu Apr 18

Finding the Throbbing Heart of a City: The Municipalists by Seth Fried by Leah Schnelbach

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright by Bogi Takács

The Gothic and Game of Thrones, Part I: The Burial of Sansa Stark by Tyler Dean

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Glorfindel, Resurrected Hero and Spiritual Warrior by Megan N. Fontenot

A Brief History of Pamela Sargent’s Women of Wonder Anthologies by James Davis Nicoll

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

Wed Apr 17

The Normal(ish) Lovecraft: Wilfred Blanch Talman and H.P. Lovecraft’s “Two Black Bottles” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Studying the White Man: Pym by Mat Johnson by Nisi Shawl

How Much Research Should You Do For Your Book? by Vivian Shaw

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive Book Four Shaping Up to Resemble The Way of Kings by Stubby the Rocket

4 Great Post-Harry Potter Works (That Aren’t Harry Potter) by Natalie Zutter

Learn About Jean Grey’s New Powers in Final Dark Phoenix Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

Different Ways of Exploring Blindness: Bird Box and The Luminous Dead by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

Announcing Zen Cho’s Fantasy Novella The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Tor.com

Mama Bruise by Jonathan Carroll

Tue Apr 16

Sleeps With Monsters: Two Uneven SF Sequels by Liz Bourke

Aftermath of a Revolution: Amnesty by Lara Elena Donnelly by Liz Bourke

Five Works Involving Weird, Unsettling Isolation by Liz Harmer

Read the First Chapter of Jo Walton’s Lent by Jo Walton

Download a Free Ebook of Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway Before April 20, 2019! by Tor.com

Ahsoka Gets Her Lightsabers Back in Newest Trailer For Season 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars by Stubby the Rocket

Electronic Waste: Can We Really Turn the Tide? by Chen Qiufan

Time is a Bloody Spiral Between “Winter Is Coming” and “Winterfell” by Tyler Dean

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 28 and 29 by Leigh Butler

Y: The Last Man Showrunners Part Ways with FX Amid Creative Differences by Natalie Zutter

Star Trek Discovery Shows Us That Spock’s Greatest Battle Was Never “Emotion Versus Logic” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Announcing Lina Rather’s Sisters of the Vast Black by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Mat Struggles With the Past in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 8) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Apr 15

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Chapter 3 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

SFF Horse Breeds: The Appaloosa by Judith Tarr

Five Years On, There’s Still Nothing Like Patrick Rothfuss’ The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Samuel Chapman

Read Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame: Part Five by Seanan McGuire

Author and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 by Tor.com

Hellboy Doesn’t Know What to Do With Its R-Rating, So It Became a Bad Music Video by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 1 Review: “Winterfell” by Theresa DeLucci

Read Gideon the Ninth: Chapter 3 by Tamsyn Muir

Sun Apr 14

Everything We Know About the First Live Action Star Wars Series: The Mandalorian by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fri Apr 12

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

That Death Star Wreckage in Star Wars Episode IX is Probably the First Death Star by Chris Lough

What Does the Star Wars Episode 9 Title “The Rise of Skywalker” Mean? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Everything You Need to Know From the Star Wars Celebration’s Episode IX Panel by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Watch the First Trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker by Stubby the Rocket

“We’re bad guys, it’s what we do!” — Suicide Squad by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Disney+ Streaming Service Announces Launch Date and Lineup of Marvel and Star Wars Series by Stubby the Rocket

“Today rocks!”—Star Trek: Discovery’s “Such Sweet Sorrow” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Tom Doherty Associates Announces Nightfire, a New Horror Imprint by Tor.com

Thu Apr 11

Surviving the End of the World: Girls’ Last Tour by James Davis Nicoll

A Rollicking Tale of Revenge: Sam Sykes’ Seven Blades in Black by Martin Cahill

Read Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame: Part Four by Seanan McGuire

Where the Fiction of Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler Meets Jordan Peele’s Us by Joe George

Love, Loss, and Adventure: The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey by Alan Brown

8 Characters From Star Trek’s Original Series Who Could Appear in the Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Finale by Ryan Britt

Meet Author Jay Kristoff on Tour For Aurora Rising by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Seventy-Three by Alice Arneson

Wed Apr 10

Taking School Rivalries Seriously: Seanan McGuire’s “Away Game” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

N. K. Jemisin is Working On a Green Lantern Comic Unlike Any Before by Stubby the Rocket

Enter to Win a $1000 Game of Thrones Season 8 Prize Pack Before April 16 by Tor.com

Hawkeye Series Starring Clint Barton and Kate Bishop Reportedly in the Works for Disney+ Streaming Service by Stubby the Rocket

Jo Walton’s Reading List: March 2019 by Jo Walton

How The Dragon Prince Replaced Game of Thrones as My Favorite Fantasy Show by Ilana C. Myer

The Constraints of Time Travel: Dragonflight, Part Four by Mari Ness

The Tick’s Incredible Second Season Asks Us All to Make a Choice by Leah Schnelbach

Get Nostalgic With the First “Live Action” Trailer For The Lion King by Stubby the Rocket

Painless by Rich Larson

Tue Apr 9

A Revolution Founded on Lies: Joan He’s Descendant of the Crane by Alex Brown

The Magic of Perfume by Lara Elena Donnelly

Read Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame: Part Three by Seanan McGuire

Welcome to Their Horrible Home in the First Addams Family Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

What Defines a “Good” or “Bad” Adaptation? by Amber Troska

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 26 and 27 by Leigh Butler

Brienne, The Hound, and Other Game of Thrones Characters Who Deserve a Satisfying Ending by Jaclyn Adomeit

Announcing Out of Body, a New Novella from Jeffrey Ford by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Everyone Wants to Help and They Can’t Be Trusted in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 7) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Apr 8

40 Years of the Prometheus Award by James Davis Nicoll

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Chapter 2 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Quietly Subversive’70s Fantasy: Andre Norton’s Red Hart Magic by Judith Tarr

6 Ways That Fanfiction Makes Your Writing Stronger by Vivian Shaw

Star Trek: Discovery Proves Captain Pike Passed One Test Kirk Failed by Ryan Britt

A Question of Heroes and Villains in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 74-85 by Alex Brown

Exhuming Lady Stoneheart: What We Lost in Game of Thrones’ Biggest Cut by Tyler Dean

Read Gideon the Ninth: Chapters 1 and 2 by Tamsyn Muir

Fri Apr 5

The Tick Is Back Early and it’s Better than Ever! by Leah Schnelbach

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 10 — Ray Bradbury and Mechanisms of Regulation by Kelly Lagor

Pet Sematary Acknowledges that Death is Inevitable; Cats are Monsters by Leah Schnelbach

Doomsday Schlock — Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Shazam! is Best When It Shifts Focus Off of Its Main Character by Emmet Asher-Perrin

While I Look Around for My Possibility — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Through the Valley of Shadows” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

First Impressions from Game of Thrones’ Season 8 Premiere by Theresa DeLucci

Thu Apr 4

Truth, Loss, and Identity in This Spring’s Upcoming Young Adult SFF by Alex Brown

Patrick Rothfuss Provides Kingkiller Chronicle Book 3 Update: The Doors of Stone is “Moving Forward” by Stubby the Rocket

Blue Morphos in the Garden by Lis Mitchell

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson by Bogi Takács

The Past as Fantasy, and Our Fantasies of the Past by Lara Elena Donnelly

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Éowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan by Megan N. Fontenot

The Scariest of All the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Esther Inglis-Arkell

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

Wed Apr 3

Mythosian Candidates for Cuddling: Keris McDonald’s “Special Needs Child” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Rich and Complicated Survival Horror: The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling by Liz Bourke

Read Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame: Part Two by Seanan McGuire

Almost Every SFF/Horror/Comic Book Adaptation in the Works! by Natalie Zutter

Why Villain Schools Are Having a Pop Culture Moment by Emily Burack

Watch Joaquin Phoenix Become the Clown Prince of Crime in First Joker Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

7 Space Operas and Adventures to Read If You Loved A Memory Called Empire by Natalie Zutter

Announcing Kathleen Jennings’ Debut Novella Flyaway by Tor.com

One/Zero by Kathleen Ann Goonan

Tue Apr 2

Vonda N. McIntyre, 1948-2019 by Tor.com

Sleeps With Monsters: Brief and Complementary Tales by Liz Bourke

The Consequences of Meddling: Suzanne Palmer’s Finder by Paul Weimer

Read the First Chapter from Chen Qiufan’s Waste Tide by Chen Qiufan

Return of the Obra Dinn Proves Game Writing Deserves SFF Award Recognition by Tamsyn Muir

An Ancient Curse, A New Cycle: Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy by Alex Brown

Marvel Dropped a Special Look at Avengers: Endgame to Celebrate Tix Release by Stubby the Rocket

2019 Hugo Award Finalists Announced by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Searching for the Black Ajah in Robert Jordan’s The Dragon Reborn (Part 6) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Apr 1

Where Futurism Meets the Liminal: The Short Fiction of Sarah Pinsker by Tobias Carroll

Bill Murray and Adam Driver Need to Stop a Horde of Famous Zombies in First Trailer for Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, Chapter 1 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

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

Spring Comes to Horse World by Judith Tarr

Magic for Liars: Chapter 3 by Sarah Gailey

5 Reasons Star Trek: Discovery is Bringing Back the Borg (And 3 Reasons Why It’s Not) by Ryan Britt

Betrayal, Torture, and Bad Romance in Children of Blood and Bone, Chapters 61-73 by Alex Brown

A Game of Feels: The Radical Empathy of Game of Thrones by Tyler Dean

Read Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame: Part One by Seanan McGuire