August 2019

Fri Aug 30

Head Back to School in These 4 Anime + Book Pairings by Feliza Casano

Joe Abercrombie Shares His Progress on The Age of Madness Books 2 & 3 by Stubby the Rocket

“Please don’t blow up!” — Fantastic Four (2015) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Anna Smith Spark Talks Grimdark in Her r/Fantasy AMA by Stubby the Rocket

New Terminator: Dark Fate Trailer Reveals More Clues to the Plot by Stubby the Rocket

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

BBC America’s Discworld Adaptation Has Found Its Carrot by Stubby the Rocket

5 Books in Which Giant Insects Ruin Everyone’s Day by Eric Smith

Worldbuilding and the Labor of Food by Joe M. McDermott

Thu Aug 29

All The New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in September! by Tor.com

Read an Excerpt From Last Ones Left Alive by Sarah Davis-Goff

Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Series Will Be Set 8 Years After Revenge of the Sith by Stubby the Rocket

Cult Anime FLCL Shows Its Darker Side in “Marquis de Carabas” by Dan Persons

Here’s a First Look at N.K. Jemisin’s New Novel, The City We Became by Stubby the Rocket

Duty and Dystopia: Citizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein by Alan Brown

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

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Ninety-Two by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Aug 28

Revealing Benjamin Oliver’s The Loop by Tor.com

Read an Excerpt From Alex London’s Red Skies Falling by Alex London

All The New Young Adult SFF Books Coming Out in September! by Tor.com

The Final Trailer for Joker Is Here by Stubby the Rocket

What Stephen King’s It Taught Me About the Shape of Stories by Leah Schnelbach

The Trailer for This New Alien Documentary Is a Spooky Love Letter to the Film by Stubby the Rocket

Preview an Excerpt from The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht

Rewatching The Dark Crystal: Beyond Muppet Good and Evil by Bridget McGovern

Revealing Hearts of Oak, a Sci-Fi Adventure from Eddie Robson by Tor.com

The City That Never Sleeps by Walton Simons

Tue Aug 27

Dell Magazines is Changing the Name of the John W. Campbell Award by Andrew Liptak

Marvel Studios Confirmation of Openly Gay Character in Eternals May Reveal Premise of Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Isolation, Violence, and Body Horror: Sarah Davis-Goff’s Last Ones Left Alive by Tobias Carroll

All the New Science Fiction Books Coming out in September! by Tor.com

Sing Me a Song: Makiia Lucier’s Song of the Abyss by Alex Brown

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 58 and 59 by Leigh Butler

Fantasy Fiction and the Danger of Swords by S.L. Huang

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: Oblong Books in Rhinebeck, NY by Nicole Brinkley

Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive Book 4 Is 50% Done, May Switch a POV Character by Stubby the Rocket

Hadestown Reshapes Classic Mythology Through Song by Tyler Dean

Read an Extended Excerpt from Jenn Lyons’ The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons

Reading the Wheel of Time: An Array of Familiar Foes in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 2) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 26

Waukegan Public Library Unveils Statue to Honor Ray Bradbury by Andrew Liptak

Marooned on the Last Planet: Andre Norton’s Star Rangers by Judith Tarr

6 Doctor Who Aliens That Would Be Great For Season 12 (And 3 That Wouldn’t) by Ryan Britt

All the New Fantasy Books Coming out in September! by Tor.com

Subterranean Press to Publish New Langdon St. Ives Novella by James P. Blaylock by Stubby the Rocket

Select Difficulty by Tochi Onyebuchi

Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane Is Getting an Illustrated Edition by Stubby the Rocket

Five Haunted House Books Written By Women  by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Teaser Ties the Whole Series Together by Andrew Liptak

Tom Holland and Kevin Feige Talk About the Sony/Disney Spider-Man Schism by Stubby the Rocket

SFF Works in Which Violence Is Not the Solution by James Davis Nicoll

Sun Aug 25

A New Trailer for His Dark Materials Showcases Lyra’s Quest by Andrew Liptak

Sat Aug 24

Marvel Studios Reveals Black Panther 2, Eternals, and Black Widow Details at D23 by Andrew Liptak

What Did We Learn About Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker from D23? by Andrew Liptak

Fri Aug 23

Ewan McGregor Returns to Star Wars for an Obi-Wan Kenobi Series by Andrew Liptak

Watch the first trailer for Disney’s live-action Star Wars show, The Mandalorian by Andrew Liptak

The Final Season of The Clone Wars Will Debut in February 2020 by Andrew Liptak

Live-Action Moon Knight Gets Confirmed for Disney+ by Stubby the Rocket

Marvel Announces She-Hulk Live-Action Series by Andrew Liptak

Marvel Reveals New Details on What If…?, WandaVision, and More at D23 by Stubby the Rocket

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Trailer Revealed at D23 Expo by Stubby the Rocket

Disney is Creating a Ms. Marvel Live-Action Series by Andrew Liptak

Playful Metafiction: Paul Park’s A City Made of Words by Matthew Keeley

“I am not a foolish young girl!” — Sheena by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Disney Isn’t Going Forward with Villain-Centric Book Of Enchantment Series by Andrew Liptak

Dmitry Glukhovsky’s Metro 2033 Is Getting a Movie Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: Old Firehouse Books in Fort Collins, CO by Megan Szmyd

The Riftwar TV Show Is No Longer Happening by Stubby the Rocket

Fantasy Birds Are the Best Birds by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 22

Spy Film 355 Featuring Jessica Chastain and Lupita Nyong’o Gets 2021 Release Date by Stubby the Rocket

Peter Capaldi to Star in BBC Ghost Story Drama for Christmas by Stubby the Rocket

Preview an Excerpt from Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters by Emily Roberson

Defying Genre Expectations: Troy Carrol Bucher’s Lies of Descent by Paul Weimer

Gene Wolfe’s The Shadow of the Torturer: Part 1 by Fabio Fernandes

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Denethor II, Steward of Gondor by Megan N. Fontenot

Robert Rodriguez Is Making Another Superhero Movie For Kids by Stubby the Rocket

The Stubborn, Unshakeable Optimism of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 by Ian Martínez Cassmeyer

Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Ninety and Ninety-One by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Aug 21

10 Expansive SFF Worlds We Want to Get Lost In by Stubby the Rocket

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC by Caleb Masters

#SaveSpidey: MCU Fans, Jeremy Renner, and Ryan Reynolds React to the Sony/Disney Spider-Man Schism by Stubby the Rocket

“Being Vulnerable Does Not Make You Weak”: Lauren Shippen on Podcast-to-YA-Love-Story The Infinite Noise by Natalie Zutter

The Flash Gordon Serials of the 1930s Changed the Face of Sci-Fi by Hector DeJean

Guillermo del Toro’s Antlers Has a Chilling First Teaser by Stubby the Rocket

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Bypasses Nostalgia to Focus on Sheer Gothy Fun by Leah Schnelbach

Seonag and the Seawolves by M. Evan MacGriogair

Tue Aug 20

800 Panicked Questions We Have About Spider-Man No Longer Being in the MCU by Stubby the Rocket

Fourth Matrix Movie Announced, With Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss to Star by Stubby the Rocket

Sleeps With Monsters: Books That Spark Joy by Liz Bourke

Just Out of Sight: Echoes, Edited by Ellen Datlow by Lee Mandelo

Long-Distance Hikers Love Fantasy by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch Extra: What We Left Behind by Keith R.A. DeCandido

From the Two Rivers: Casting and Race in The Wheel of Time by Billy Todd

Rick and Morty and Nihilism: Why We Embrace A Show That Cares About Nothing by Destiny Soria

What’s Next for the 2019 Hugo Award Winners? by Stubby the Rocket

Reading the Wheel of Time: Death, Love, and Fate in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 1) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 19

Redditor Finds Rare 1st Edition Copy of The Fellowship of The Ring…in a Doritos Box by Gabriella Tutino

SFF Horse Breeds: Paso and Paso by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt from The Tenth Girl, a Haunting Thriller from Sara Faring by Sara Faring

“No One Belongs Here”: The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 Finale and Season 4 Predictions by Natalie Zutter

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Imago by Octavia E. Butler by Bogi Takács

George R. R. Martin Talks With The Guardian About the Next Book, Stress, and Game of Thrones by Stubby the Rocket

Tolkien’s Elves: How the Eldar Half Lives (and Lives, and Lives, and Lives) by Jeff LaSala

Casting The Wheel of Time: Your Auntie Leigh Has an Opinion On It by Leigh Butler

Has Star Wars Abandoned Boba Fett? Or Is His Comeback Written on the Wall? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Around the World in 28 Alternative Cities! by Leah Schnelbach and Emmet Asher-Perrin

Sun Aug 18

Announcing the 2019 Hugo Award Winners by Tor.com

Fri Aug 16

Chronicling Japanese Folklore: The Ghosts and Monsters of Shigeru Mizuki by Ada Palmer

Stephen Colbert’s Latest Tolkien-Off Target Is Lee Pace by Stubby the Rocket

“It’s our mission that doesn’t make sense” — Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Take Flight with 6 Fantasy Creatures That Are Just as Cool as Dragons by Stubby the Rocket

A Brief Introduction to Sarah Tolmie’s Speculative Fiction by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Aug 15

New Star Wars Barbies Are Perfect Cosplay Inspiration by Gabriella Tutino

Daniel Mallory Ortberg and Colette Arrand Discuss Trans Narratives and Star Trek’s Planet Risa by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt from Angel Mage, a New Fantasy from Garth Nix by Garth Nix

The Gormenghast TV Series Has Been Bought By Showtime by Stubby the Rocket

Space Opera, Tragedy, and Revenge: Sten by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch by Alan Brown

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter Eighty-Nine by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham

Wed Aug 14

New Trailer Reveals Star Wars: Resistance Will End After Season Two. But Did It Have To? by Stubby the Rocket

That One Time Patrick Rothfuss, Chuck Tingle, John Scalzi, and Neil Gaiman Created The Wise Man’s Butt by Stubby the Rocket

No Mask? No Mask! — Mira Grant’s In the Shadow of Spindrift House by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Exploring the Ecology of Dragons: Brian Naslund’s Blood of an Exile by Paul Weimer

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Avatar, Book Two by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

The Wheel of Time TV Show Cast Revealed: Rand, Perrin, Mat, and More by Stubby the Rocket

Inside Sherwood Forest: Jenn Lyons and Nathan Makaryk Talk All Things Robin Hood by Jenn Lyons and Nathan Makaryk

Hugo Spotlight: The Finalists for Best Short Story by Tor.com

Awkwafina Will Star in The Last Adventure of Constance Verity Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Robert Jordan’s Legacy and Warrior of the Altaii by Michael Livingston

Tue Aug 13

Dave McKean to Illustrate New Joe Hill Short Fiction Collection by Stubby the Rocket

A Sword-and-Sorcery Romp: The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain by Lee Mandelo

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 56 and 57 by Leigh Butler

Watch the Beautiful Final Trailer for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance by Stubby the Rocket

Read Annalee Newitz’s The Future of Another Timeline: Chapter Four by Annalee Newitz

Noah Hawley Has an Update on that Doctor Doom Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Hugo Spotlight: The Finalists for Best Novelette by Tor.com

Ghost Rider, Helstrom to Lead New Group of Marvel “Fear” TV on Hulu by Stubby the Rocket

10 Stories that Feature Dragons Societies by Stubby the Rocket

White Sand Is the Hidden Gem of Sanderson’s Cosmere by Drew McCaffrey

Download a Free Ebook of The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick Before Aug. 17, 2019! by Tor.com

Announcing Winter’s Orbit, a Queer Romantic Space Opera Debut by Tor.com

Mon Aug 12

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief to Strike Broadway This Fall by Stubby the Rocket

All Too Timely: Andre Norton’s Star Guard by Judith Tarr

Of Skin and the Sea: The Blue Salt Road by Joanne Harris by Mahvesh Murad

Who Lives and Dies in Your World: In Defense of Farscape Season One by A.K. Larkwood

Hugo Spotlight: The Finalists for Best Novella by Tor.com

How Will the Loki Series Tie Into Thor: Love and Thunder? by Stubby the Rocket

Five Heroines Over the Age of Forty by Una McCormack

Announcing The Factory Witches of Lowell by C. S. Malerich by Tor.com

Fri Aug 9

5 Books that Give Voice to Artificial Intelligence by Tansy Rayner Roberts and Rivqa Rafael

Page-Turning Science Fantasy: Ash Kickers by Sean Grigsby by Paul Weimer

“Should we stop the torture?” — Two Versions of Flash Gordon by Keith R.A. DeCandido

3 Answers About Dragons from Fantasy Author Brian Naslund’s AMA by Stubby the Rocket

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

Ikarie XB 1, Based on the Fiction of Stanislaw Lem, Is a Fascinating Obscurity by Matthew Keeley

Thu Aug 8

J. Michael Straczynski and Mike Deodato Jr. Team-up for Superhero Shared Universe Comic The Resistance by Stubby the Rocket

A Draconic Musketeering Tale: Duncan M. Hamilton’s Dragonslayer by Paul Weimer

Orbit Reveals the Title/Cover of Book 3 in Fonda Lee’s Green Bone Saga (After Some Great Fan Suggestions) by Stubby the Rocket

The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories: Adrift in a Sea of Strange by Fabio Fernandes

We’re Probably Getting a Live-Action Spider-Man TV Universe by Stubby the Rocket

Is the She-Ra Universe Expanding? by Stubby the Rocket

“Law and order were nothing—not even words any longer”: Types of Aphasia and Octavia Butler’s “Speech Sounds” by CD Covington

The Best of Elizabeth Bear Is Coming Out from Subterranean Press by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing The Hidden Girl, a New Collection from Ken Liu by Tor.com

The Russo Brothers Have a Funny Idea For How Red Skull Would Have Reacted to Steve in Avengers: Endgame by Stubby the Rocket

In the Moment, Not at It: How VR Creators Are Changing the Language of Storytelling by Dan Persons

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

Wed Aug 7

It’s Not the Chosen One’s Job to Knock on Doors — The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

“Your Fight is Over”, Until It’s Not: The 100 Breaks Its Own Rules About Death by Natalie Zutter

A Queer Fairytale Reclamation, with Dragons: Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells by Maya Gittelman

Myke Cole and Michael Livingston Reveal Their All-Time Favorite Aliens by Myke Cole and Michael Livingston

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Avatar, Book One by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Children of Blood and Bone Will Now Be a Disney Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Hugo Spotlight: The Devastating Alternate History of Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation by Alex Brown

Will There Be Justice? Science Fiction and The Law by Christopher Brown

Carnival Row’s Full Trailer Gives a First Look at Its Supernatural Serial Killer by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Novels in Translation by R.F. Kuang

Revealing The Empress of Salt and Fortune and Publishing in the Age of Diaspora Fantasy by Tor.com

More Real Than Him by Silvia Park

Tue Aug 6

Read an Excerpt from A.K. Larkwood’s The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

Falling in Love at the Ends of the Universe: Five Shippable YA SFF Books by Zoraida Córdova

Rereading The Ruin of Kings: Chapters 54 and 55 by Leigh Butler

Hugo Spotlight: Embracing Character Flaws in Rachel Hartman’s Tess of the Road by Molly Templeton

We Might Be Getting an Event Horizon TV Show by Stubby the Rocket

Andy Serkis Will Direct the Venom Sequel by Stubby the Rocket

Read the First Chapter of The Unkindest Tide, a New October Daye Novel from Seanan McGuire by Seanan McGuire

Five SFF Books With Bad Old Men by Tamsyn Muir

Revealing Prosper’s Demon by K.J. Parker by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: What it Means to Be Ta’veren by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Aug 5

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Team Up Again for Amazon Studio’s Truth Seekers by Stubby the Rocket

4 Takeaways from Debut Author Suyi Davies Okungbowa’s Reddit AMA by Stubby the Rocket

SFF Horse Breeds: The Saddle Seat Continuum by Judith Tarr

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Six Finale: Here We Go Again! by Alan Brown

Black Lightning Will Cross Over Into the Arrowverse for the First Time by Stubby the Rocket

Finding Fantasy Inspiration in the Executioners of Medieval Europe by Margaret Owen

Hugo Spotlight: The Ambitious Risk-taking of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone by Alex Brown

The Matrix Is Coming Back to Theaters for Its 20th Anniversary by Stubby the Rocket

20 Years Later, the Message of The Iron Giant Is More Urgent Than Ever by Joe George

N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy Will Become a Tabletop RPG by Stubby the Rocket

Kevin Conroy Will Play Batman in the CW’s Arrowverse Cross-over by Stubby the Rocket

Phase 4 of the MCU is Finally Getting Weird by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Announcing the Fifth Book in Paul Cornell’s Witches of Lychford Series by Tor.com

Fri Aug 2

All The New Genre-Bending Books Coming Out in August! by Tor.com

Highlights from Sam Hawke’s AMA! by Stubby the Rocket

Free Book-Vending Machines Land in New York City by Stubby the Rocket

Less Than Valiant Efforts — Two Film Versions of Prince Valiant by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

It: Chapter Two Will Have Clown-Only Screenings by Stubby the Rocket

The Star Trek: Discovery Team Are Adapting The Man Who Fell to Earth for TV by Stubby the Rocket

Hugo Spotlight: The Subtle Revolution of Dhonielle Clayton’s The Belles by Alex Brown

Which Robin Hood Adaptations Fly Truest? by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Aug 1

Mary Robinette Kowal Announces Completion of Lady Astronaut Series Book 3 by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books That Flirt with Area 51 by Gabriella Tutino

Cobie Smulders Debunks a Major Spider-Man: Far From Home Fan Theory by Stubby the Rocket

Watch a Sneak Peek of Geena Davis’ Huntara in Netflix’s She-Ra Season 3 Clip by Stubby the Rocket

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler by Bogi Takács

Embracing the Impossible Puzzle of Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris by Jonathan E. Hernandez

Hugo Spotlight: The Glitz, Glam, and the Heart of Cat Valente’s Space Opera by Lee Mandelo

Hugo Spotlight: The World-Building Rewards of Yoon Ha Lee’s Revenant Gun by Aidan Moher

The Script for the Game of Thrones Finale Is Full of Surprises by Stubby the Rocket

Capturing Summer: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury by Alan Brown

An Ode to Beetlejuice’s Otho, the Best Character in 1980s Film by Leah Schnelbach

Oathbringer Reread: Interludes 10 and 11 by Alice Arneson, Lyndsey Luther and Aubree Pham