March 2020

Fri Mar 27

Andy Weir’s Next Novel is Project Hail Mary by Andrew Liptak

Adrian Tchaikovsky On His Three New Novellas From Solaris by Andrew Liptak

Classic SF Radio Dramas to Engage Your Imagination by James Davis Nicoll

Star Trek: Picard Finale Means Season 2 Could Be Loaded With Nostalgia by Ryan Britt

Loki Showrunner Michael Waldron Says Disney+ Show Will Explore God’s “Struggle with Identity” by Stubby the Rocket

The Magic of Steven Universe in 3 Episodes by Leah Schnelbach

The Picard Maneuver — Star Trek: Picard’s “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Weighty Sequel: Rewatching Pixar’s Toy Story 2 by Mari Ness

The Magic of Libraries: Where Fantasy Meets Reality by Rachel Ayers

Thu Mar 26

History and SFF: Footnotes in Fantasy Storytelling by Erika Harlitz-Kern

Subterranean Press Announces New Aliette de Bodard Novella by Andrew Liptak

Rewatching Pixar’s A Bug’s Life by Mari Ness

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Projections” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Beginner’s Guide to Slavic Fantasy in Translation by Teo Bileta

Surviving Perilous Times: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Camp by Alan Brown

Remembering Mr. Nimoy: What Spock Meant to One Geeky 12-Year-Old by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Revealing Sarah Tolmie’s The Fourth Island by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Twenty (Part Two) by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Mar 25

Hulu’s Solar Opposites is Basically More Rick & Morty, And It’s Coming Soon by Andrew Liptak

Fear Not! Or Maybe Fear After All: Christopher Golden and James A. Moore’s “In Their Presence” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

New Doctor Who Short Story Confirms How the Thirteenth Doctor Survived Her Fall by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From The Companions by Katie M. Flynn

This Year’s WisCon Has Been Canceled by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Ferenginar: Satisfaction Is Not Guaranteed by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Young Adult SFF That Reflects My Journey as an Adoptee by Eric Smith

The Dispossessed, Part II: May You Get Reborn on Anarres! by Sean Guynes

The Doctor’s Emergency Transmission Is Just What We Need Right Now by Andrew Liptak

CoNZealand And The Hugo Awards Are Moving Online by Andrew Liptak

Comfort, Connection, and Community in Martha Wells’ Books of the Raksura by Kali Wallace

The Walking Dead’s Current Season to End Without a Finale by Stubby the Rocket

An Animated Experiment: Rewatching Pixar’s Toy Story by Mari Ness

Tue Mar 24

Wonder Woman 1984 Rescheduled for August by Andrew Liptak

You’ll Be Able to Watch Star Trek: Picard For Free Through April by Andrew Liptak

More Details From Jim Butcher and Priscilla Spencer on The Dresden Files Short Film and Surprise Book Announcement by Andrew Liptak

Ashley Eckstein Confirms She Won’t Be In The Mandalorian as Ahsoka Tano by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: What to Read When the Whole World’s Falling Apart by Liz Bourke

The Banality of the Country of Money: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel by Em Nordling

Memory and Mythmaking: Queer Archive in Nghi Vo’s The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Maya Gittelman

Manga and Anime in Which No Bad Things Happen by Ada Palmer

Jim Butcher Announces Surprise New Dresden Files Book, Battle Ground [Updated] by Stubby the Rocket

The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 19 and 20 by Liberty Hardy

Train to Busan Director Yeon Sang-ho Is Making a Sequel Called Peninsula by Stubby the Rocket

Watch The Witcher’s Stunt Coordinator Choreograph That Opening Fight Scene by Stubby the Rocket

Greatest City On Earth: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin by Tochi Onyebuchi

Reading the Wheel of Time: Perrin Does What Needs Doing in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 23) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Mar 23

George R.R. Martin Pitched a Westworld / Game of Thrones Crossover by Andrew Liptak

Horsekeeping in the Time of Coronavirus by Judith Tarr

Connecting the Realms in Sara Holland’s Havenfall by Cassie Schulz

Doctor Who Episode “Rose” to Air With New Material and Russell T. Davies Twitter Commentary on March 26th by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Initiations” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

This Year’s Nebula Conference Is Moving Online, Awards Will Take Place on May 30th by Andrew Liptak

23 Things We Learned from Rafe Judkins’ Wheel of Time Instagram Q&A by Stubby the Rocket

Watch The Three-Body Problem Adapted as a Minecraft-Style Animated Series by Andrew Liptak

Five Massive SFF Books to Read While You’re Social-Distancing by James Davis Nicoll

The Uncertain Ones: Ambivalence and A.I. by Katie M. Flynn

Plotting Your Fantasy Novel With a Bullet Journal by Jenn Lyons

Picador Will Publish the Australian Edition of Kathleen Jennings’ Flyaway by Tor.com

Fri Mar 20

Happy Little Ents: The Middle-earth Landscapes of Artist Ted Naismith by Jeff LaSala

Heroic Fiction in an Age of Conflict: Duncan Hamilton’s Servant of the Crown and the Dragonslayer Trilogy by Paul Weimer

Rosario Dawson Has Reportedly Been Cast as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian by Andrew Liptak

Reminder: Voting Is Open for the 2019 Locus Awards by Andrew Liptak

Princess Weekes Teaches Afrofuturism 101 in a New Episode of It’s Lit! by Stubby the Rocket

11 Telepathic Plot Points in SFF by Stubby the Rocket

Book Expo America and Book Con are Officially Postponed, Now Same Weekend as San Diego Comic Con by Andrew Liptak

“I noticed a little turbulence” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Download John Scalzi’s Redshirts Before March 21…Then Come Back For The Collapsing Empire on April 1st! by Tor.com

Pixar Will Release Onward Early on VOD and Disney+ by Stubby the Rocket

Not Rocket Science: SF Stories Involving Alternatives to Space Rocketry by James Davis Nicoll

Books in Which No Bad Things Happen by Jo Walton

Thu Mar 19

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Update The Shaun of the Dead Winchester Plan In This Coronavirus PSA by Andrew Liptak

Traditional Fantasy for the Early 21st Century: A Queen in Hiding and The Queen of Raiders by Paul Weimer

Read Katherine Addison’s The Goblin Emperor Along With Us! by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From The Last Human by Zack Jordan

Gender Constructs & Toxic Masculinity Under Examination: The Fortress by S.A. Jones by Gabriella Tutino

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The 37’s” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Girl Runs for Her Life in the First Look at V.E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Stubby the Rocket

8 SFF Characters Related to the Green Man by Stubby the Rocket

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Fëanor, Chief Artificer and Doomsman of the Noldor by Megan N. Fontenot

Ten Years of Queering SFF: The Scream, Queen! Podcast by Lee Mandelo

Revealing Cixin Liu’s SF Collection To Hold Up the Sky by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Twenty (Part One) by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Mar 18

Vin Diesel’s Bloodshot To Hit VOD Next Week by Andrew Liptak

Avatars Inc. Is a Free Anthology of Science Fiction From XPrize by Andrew Liptak

Finding God (Possibly the Wrong One): Robert M. Price’s “The Shining Trapezohedron” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Enter to Win a Signed Manuscript of Over The Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker, AKA Seanan McGuire! by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From Paranormal YA Novel Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Bajor: Fragments and Omens by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Vampire: The Masquerade Is Getting Three Audio Novellas by Stubby the Rocket

Jo Walton, Maya Chhabra, and Many More Authors Present the Decameron Project: Free Fiction for the Social-Distancing Era by Joel Cunningham

Nakia Was Right: Black Panther and the Difference Between Rage and Revolution by Brandon O'Brien

George R. R. Martin Says He’s Spending a Lot of Time in Westeros, Will Keep Paying Employees by Stubby the Rocket

Artist or Wizard? Five Books About the Magic of Creativity by Maggie Stiefvater

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power to End After 5 Seasons by Stubby the Rocket

Disney Releases First 10 Minutes of The Skywalker Legacy Documentary by Stubby the Rocket

For the Love of Footnotes: When Fantasy Gets Extra Nerdy by Elyse Martin

The Visitor: Kill or Cure by Mark Lawrence

Tue Mar 17

Dark Spaces and Futures in Dark Constellations by Pola Oloixarac (translated by Roy Kesey) by Angela Maria Spring

A New Clone Wars Trailer Highlights the Return of Ahsoka Tano by Andrew Liptak

The Electric Heir: Queer Healing and Power in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake Series by Maya Gittelman

Marvel Delays Black Widow Due to Coronavirus Outbreak by Andrew Liptak

Contrary to How it Seems, Humans Band Together During and After Disasters by Arkady Martine

Picard’s Squadron Could Be a Massive Next Generation Reunion. Let’s Discuss. by Ryan Britt

The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 17 and 18 by Liberty Hardy

The Supernatural Cast Promises to Make Fans Ugly-Cry With an Emotional Series Finale by Stubby the Rocket

The Functionality of Literary Felines: 5 SFF Cats We Love by T.J. Klune

Birds of Prey, The Invisible Man, and The Hunt to Be Released Early on VOD Due to Coronavirus by Stubby the Rocket

Download a Free eBook of Redshirts by John Scalzi Before March 21! by Tor.com

Reading the Wheel of Time: Women’s Circle Business as Perrin Grieves a Loss in The Shadow Rising (Part 22) by Sylas K Barrett

A Guide for Working Breeds by Vina Jie-Min Prasad

Mon Mar 16

Andre Norton Goes Ruritanian in The Prince Commands by Judith Tarr

Westworld’s Season 3 Premiere Trades Western for Future Noir by Theresa DeLucci

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: First Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the Path of Resistance by Leah Schnelbach

Five SFF Subgenres for Fans of True Crime by Lauren Jackson

The Witcher, Wheel of Time, and Other Sci-Fi/Fantasy Shows Halt Production Due to Coronavirus by Stubby the Rocket

8 SFF Characters Who Commune With Animals by Stubby the Rocket

Subterranean Press Announces New Edition of N.K. Jemisin’s How Long ‘Til Black Future Month by Andrew Liptak

Beyond Cinderella: Exploring Agency Through Domestic Fantasy by Marissa K. Lingen

Sun Mar 15

Coronavirus: The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Conventions Canceled So Far by Andrew Liptak

Sat Mar 14

Disney Is Releasing Frozen 2 Three Months Early on Disney + by Andrew Liptak

Fri Mar 13

Five Spooky Fiction Podcasts That Go Bump in the Night by Christina Orlando

Picard Kzinti Easter Egg Links Star Trek to the Works of Larry Niven by Ryan Britt

Library of America Will Publish Four More Volumes of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Works by Andrew Liptak

The Book That Made Me Believe in Aliens (But Not the Way You Think) by David D. Levine

“Arroz con leche se quiere casar” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Broken Pieces” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Writer to Develop Sci-Fi Franchise Dawn of the Paladin by Stubby the Rocket

The Last of Us’ Composer Will Be Scoring the HBO Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Fantasy Author A.K. Larkwood on Orcs, Cooking, and Squishy Wizards by Stubby the Rocket

Legends of Tomorrow and Supernatural Will Have a Crossover Episode by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Characters Seeking Redemption and Trying to Do Better by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Mar 12

SFWA Names Julia Rios as Latest Recipient of Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. Service Award by Andrew Liptak

Sex, Empire, and the Gothic in The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey by Em Nordling

Library of America to Publish the Works of Octavia Butler by Andrew Liptak

Expressing Culture Through Language in A Memory Called Empire by CD Covington

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Learning Curve” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Hello, Moto by Nnedi Okorafor

Five SFF Books Set in Contemporary African Locales by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Gotham’s Erin Richards Cast in ABC’s The Brides by Stubby the Rocket

Disney’s Live-Action Peter Pan Remake Casts Peter and Wendy by Stubby the Rocket

The Lensman Series Explodes Into Action: Galactic Patrol by E. E. “Doc” Smith by Alan Brown

Watch the First Official Trailer for Pixar’s Soul by Stubby the Rocket

Richard E. Grant Will Join Disney+ Loki Series by Stubby the Rocket

Three Books Where AI Doesn’t Take Over the World, and Two Where They Kind of Do by Len Vlahos

Revealing The Loop, a Conspiracy Thriller by Jeremy Robert Johnson by Tor.com

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Nineteen by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Mar 11

When You Stare Into the Abyss, the Abyss Gets Judgy: Wendy Nikel’s “Leaves of Dust” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics: Memories of the Body by Lisa Tuttle by Bogi Takács

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Trill: Unjoined by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

New Rosamund Pike Interview (But Not Pike Herself) Mentions 2021 Release for Amazon’s The Wheel of Time by Stubby the Rocket

12 Video Game Worlds We Want to Live in by Stubby the Rocket

Narnia’s Mouse Knight: Reepicheep and the Dual Nature of Chivalry by Matt Mikalatos

Karyn Kusama Will Direct a New Adaptation of Dracula by Stubby the Rocket

Ten Years of Queering SFF: Five Series From the Last Decade That Can’t Be Missed by Lee Mandelo

The Night Sun by Zin E. Rocklyn

Tue Mar 10

Sleeps With Monsters: K.B. Wagers Answers Six Questions by Liz Bourke

Colonizers Suck in Carrie Vaughn’s The Immortal Conquistador by Genine Tyson

Honoring Self and Culture: A Phoenix First Must Burn Anthology by Alex Brown

AMC Has Greenlit Animated Series Pantheon, Based on Ken Liu’s Short Fiction by Andrew Liptak

5 Books Set in a Fantastical America by Sara Holland

A Framework for Decolonizing Speculative Fiction: Beneath the Rising and Steel Crow Saga by S. Qiouyi Lu

Vin Diesel Confirms the Guardians of the Galaxy Will Appear in Thor: Love and Thunder by Stubby the Rocket

Announcing the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalists by Tor.com

The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 15 and 16 by Liberty Hardy

ABC’s The Brides Casts Goran Višnjić as Count Dracula by Stubby the Rocket

The Joys of History and Academia in Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Claire Eliza Bartlett

Watch a Behind the Scenes Clip of Warwick Davis and His Son in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Stubby the Rocket

SF Stories Where Humanity Has Abandoned Earth by James Davis Nicoll

Mon Mar 9

Netflix Renews Lost in Space for a Third and Final Season by Andrew Liptak

The Carl Brandon Society Reinstitutes Two Literary Awards by Andrew Liptak

Watch the Final Trailer for Marvel’s Black Widow by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Jetrel” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Getting Horses Right in Movies and Television by Judith Tarr

Erewhon Books Announces South Asian Cli-Fi Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha by Tor.com

Privilege and Partnership in The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski by Zoraida Córdova

Jude Law and Naomie Harris Get Culty in the First Teaser for The Third Day by Stubby the Rocket

5 SFF Books Written by Afro-Caribbean Authors by Ann Dávila Cardinal

The Compassion of Addiction Horror by Mark Matthews

The Witcher Team Shares How They Wrote “Toss a Coin To Your Witcher” by Stubby the Rocket

Pixar’s Onward Is a Touching Journey That’s More Magical Than Meaningful by Dan Persons

Doctor Who’s False Gods and Cyber-Zealots Face a Devout Doctor by Max Curtis

Christian Bale Is the Villain in Thor: Love and Thunder by Stubby the Rocket

On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic — Part 17: Iain M. Banks and Genetic Engineering by Kelly Lagor

Download the Winter 2020 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com

Sun Mar 8

Download the Nevertheless, She Persisted Short Fiction Bundle For Free by Tor.com

Fri Mar 6

Dive Into the Cover for To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, the Highly Anticipated Adult Novel From Christopher Paolini by Tor.com

Learning Storytelling From Video Games by Sarah Maria Griffin

Netflix’s The Platform Looks Like High-Rise Meets Snowpiercer, But Set in a Prison by Stubby the Rocket

Magic, Rebellion, and Queer Chosen Family: M.K. England’s Spellhacker Will Steal Your Heart by Maya Gittelman

“Baby steps…” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Nepenthe” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Last of Us Is Getting an HBO Adaptation by Stubby the Rocket

Six Recent SFF Novels That Give No Effs About Genre Distinctions by Joel Cunningham

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: February 2020 by Alex Brown

Thu Mar 5

Amazon Has Optioned Rebecca Roanhorse’s “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™” by Andrew Liptak

Magic Teen Warriors: Wicked As You Wish by Rin Chupeco by Alex Brown

Celtic Mythology with a Magical Twist: E. Latimer’s Witches of Ash and Ruin by Cassie Schulz

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Faces” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Batman’s New Batmobile Is Giving Fans Mad Max Vibes by Stubby the Rocket

Ten Years of Queering SFF: The Five Queer Comics I Remember Most by Lee Mandelo

New World, Same Alphaholes: Sarah J. Maas’ House of Earth and Blood by Molly Templeton

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Melian, Divine Enchantress and Deathless Queen by Megan N. Fontenot

Taika Waititi Will Turn Charlie and the Chocolate Factory into Two Netflix Series by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Books With Dogs (and Dog-Adjacent Individuals) as Key Characters by Vanessa Armstrong

The Sandman Is Getting an Audio Drama, Featuring Neil Gaiman as Narrator by Stubby the Rocket

Oathbringer Reread: Chapter One Hundred Eighteen by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Mar 4

Not the Magna Mater They Had in Mind: Stephen King’s “Graveyard Shift” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Punching a Timeless Clock: Temporary by Hilary Leichter by Leah Schnelbach

Read the First Three Chapters of Bystander 27 by Rik Hoskin

An Illustrated Edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales is Coming by Andrew Liptak

A Historical Fairy Tale: The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu by Alex Brown

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Andor: Paradigm by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

The City Born Great by N.K. Jemisin

Walk Through the History of Black Science Fiction by Nisi Shawl

Download the Nevertheless, She Persisted Short Fiction Bundle For Free, Starting This International Women’s Day by Tor.com

The Dispossessed, Part I: A Woman in Every Table Top by Sean Guynes

Twelve SFF Stories Told From Second-Person Perspective by Natalie Zutter

Epix Adaptation of Stephen King’s Jerusalem’s Lot to Feature Emily Hampshire and Adrien Brody as Leads by Stubby the Rocket

Jo Walton’s Reading List: February 2020 by Jo Walton

Tue Mar 3

CoNZealand Announces Scholarship for Marginalized Fans by Andrew Liptak

Local Queer Witch Learns a Thing or Two: When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey by Em Nordling

Beyond Solaris: New Editions Explore the Many Facets of SF Icon Stanislaw Lem by Andrew Liptak

Five Books About Games and Life by Chris Kluwe

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

The Magicians’ Fifth Season Will Be Its Last by Stubby the Rocket

Consent, Coercion, and Common Ground in K.M. Szpara’s Docile by Meg Elison

The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 13 and 14 by Liberty Hardy

The CW’s Lost Boys Reboot Casts Rochelle Aytes in Lead Role by Stubby the Rocket

Gina Torres Cast as Lead Bride of Dracula in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s The Brides by Stubby the Rocket

The Invisible Man’s Feminist Wish Fulfillment Feels Hollow by Natalie Zutter

Looking Back on Ten Years of Queering SFF, From 2010 to 2020 by Lee Mandelo

Mon Mar 2

Andre Norton Goes West in Rebel Spurs by Judith Tarr

Music, Lyrics, & Aliens in The Sound of Stars by Alecia Dow by Zoraida Córdova

Subterranean Press Announces New Robert Jackson Bennett Novella by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Cathexis” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Watch the Official Trailer for Artemis Fowl by Stubby the Rocket

Doctor Who Takes a Deep Dive Into Gallifrey’s History in “The Timeless Children” by Sylas K Barrett and Emmet Asher-Perrin

Doctor Who Will Return With a Holiday Special Titled “Revolution of the Daleks” by Stubby the Rocket

Mark Ruffalo Is In “Talks” to Appear in Disney+’s She-Hulk Series by Stubby the Rocket

Five Amazing New Novels That Deserve Their Own Soundtrack by Meghan Ball

The Witcher Casts Kim Bodnia as Vesemir by Stubby the Rocket

Hopepunk and the New Science of Stress by Rebecca Diem

Y: The Last Man Casts Ben Schnetzer as Yorick by Stubby the Rocket

From Mid-World to the Institute: The SFF Works of Stephen King by Keith Rice