Blog Archive
May 2020
Sat May 30
Announcing the 2019 Nebula Awards Winners!
by Andrew Liptak
Fri May 29
Announcing the 2020 Locus Awards Finalists
by Tor.com
This Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG Has Everything You’d Ever Want
by Mordicai Knode
Five Books About Finding Hope at the End of the World
by Mike Chen
Watch the First Trailer for Curon, Netflix’s New Gothic Fantasy-Horror Series
by Stubby the Rocket
How to Recover From Reader’s Block
by James Davis Nicoll
Sonic 2 is Officially in The Works
by Andrew Liptak
Bringing Stories to Life: The World of Science Fiction and Fantasy Model Building
by Alan Brown
Clones, Sirens, and Dragons: New Young Adult Speculative Fiction for June & July 2020
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Christopher Paolini
Thu May 28
The Roger Corman Tour of Puerto Rico: Watching Last Woman on Earth
by Ann Dávila Cardinal
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Deadlock”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Lessons from the Star Trek Mirror Universe That We Need Now More Than Ever
by Joe George
Rumor Time: Disney+ Turning Kingdom Hearts Into a TV Show
by Stubby the Rocket
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: All Good Things Must Come to an End
by Alan Brown
Henry Cavill Is Reportedly In Talks to Reprise His Role as Superman in the DC Extended Universe
by Stubby the Rocket
Balancing on the Hyphen: AAPI Identity & Nationalism in Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series
by Elyse Martin
Everything We Know About the Knight Radiant Orders
by Alice Arneson
Wed May 27
Safer Meat: Amanda Downum’s “The Tenderness of Jackals”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
On the Origins of Modern Biology and the Fantastic: Part 18 — Nalo Hopkinson and Stem Cell Research
by Kelly Lagor
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Soul Key
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Empathy Over Stigma: YA Authors On Making Mental Health Visible In Their Works
by Stubby the Rocket
Blogging the Nebulas Predictions: Place Your Bets
by Joel Cunningham
Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education Is Getting a Film Adaptation
by Stubby the Rocket
Read N. K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season Along With Us!
by Stubby the Rocket
Neverending Stories, Or: My 3 Favorite Books I’ve Never Actually Finished
by Bethany C. Morrow
Moving Beyond Martial Arts Stereotypes: Make Room for the AAPI Bruce Willis
by S.L. Huang
The Tourist
by Alex Sherman
Tue May 26
Kitties in Space: Andre Norton’s Star Ka’at
by Judith Tarr
Sleeps With Monsters: Spending Time With Physicians and Dragons
by Liz Bourke
Start Reading Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars!
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Investigations”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Read the First Two Chapters From Lilliam Rivera’s Never Look Back
by Lilliam Rivera
Labyrinth Sequel Is a Go With Doctor Strange Director Scott Derrickson
by Andrew Liptak
Five SF Stories That Mix Swords and Starships
by James Davis Nicoll
Never Say You Can’t Survive: Embrace Uncertainty: The Joy of Making a Giant Mess
by Charlie Jane Anders
Reading The Wheel of Time: Perrin Has To Be the Adult in the Room in The Shadow Rising (Part 31)
by Sylas K Barrett
The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 31 and 32
by Liberty Hardy
Dark Will Return for Its Third Season June 27
by Stubby the Rocket
J.K. Rowling Announces New Serialized Novel, The Ickabog
by Andrew Liptak
Edgar Wright vs. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
by Noah Berlatsky
What We Do in the Shadows Renewed for Season 3
by Stubby the Rocket
If Rand al’Thor Were Your Boyfriend…
by Caroline Perny
Mon May 25
How Does a Centaur Eat, Anyway?
by Judith Tarr
When Guns Meet Sword & Sorcery: Some of Our Favorite Biceps in Fantasy
by Stubby the Rocket
Definitively Ranking Every MST3K Short
by Leah Schnelbach
Books That Grab You
by Jo Walton
Fri May 22
Escapism and Adventure in the SFF Art of Jenn Ravenna
by Aidan Moher
Four SF Stories That Are More Gilligan’s Island Than Lord of the Flies
by James Davis Nicoll
Finding Love in Dystopia With Garth Nix’s Shade’s Children
by K.W. Colyard
5 SFF Books for the Goth in Your Life
by Emily A. Duncan
Thu May 21
Watch the New Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet
by Andrew Liptak
S.J. Clarkson is Reportedly Directing a Female-Centric Marvel Movie for Sony
by Andrew Liptak
Ashes to Anomalies: Where We’re at After the The 100’s Final Season Premiere
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Lifesigns”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The First Trailer for The Old Guard Shows How Hard It Is To Stay Immortal and Anonymous in the Modern Day
by Andrew Liptak
Dragons of the Prime: Jo Walton on Writing Tooth and Claw
by Jo Walton
Physician as Paladin, Facing Plague and Pandemic: Med Ship by Murray Leinster
by Alan Brown
Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa’s New Movie Is About a Vampire/Vampire Slayer Con Artist Duo
by Stubby the Rocket
Blogging the Nebulas: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow Explores Life and Death in Jazz Age Mexico
by Joel Cunningham
Everything We Know About The Heralds
by Alice Arneson
Wed May 20
Read This Free Astrobiology Anthology From the European Astrobiology Institute
by Andrew Liptak
Cribbage and Elder Gods: Manly Wade Wellman’s “The Terrible Parchment”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Does John Scalzi Prefer Spaceships or Dragons? Find Out in a Series of Rapid Fire Questions!
by Tor.com
The 100 Is a Master Class in Bonkers-But-Epic Worldbuilding
by Natalie Zutter
Everything We Learned About CBS’s The Stand From Vanity Fair’s Big Reveal
by Andrew Liptak
Blogging the Nebulas: Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth Is Space Opera Unhinged
by Joel Cunningham
Love Can’t Make You a Villain: How She-Ra’s Catra Helped Make Sense of My Heart
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
What If I Told You John Wick Was a Portal Fantasy
by Leah Schnelbach
New Antebellum Trailer Offers a Few More Clues to the Mystery
by Stubby the Rocket
Blogging the Nebulas: Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January Unlocks the Magic of Portal Fantasy
by Joel Cunningham
Ruby Rose Announces Surprise Exit from The CW’s Batwoman
by Stubby the Rocket
Open Your Door to Centaurs and Unicorns in Across the Green Grass Fields, the Newest Installment of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series!
by Tor.com
Beyond the Dragon’s Gate
by Yoon Ha Lee
Tue May 19
Gen Con Announces Cancelation of 2020 Show
by Andrew Liptak
Five Revenge Tales Featuring Treacherous Bosses and Evil Overlords
by James Davis Nicoll
Fighting Alongside Friends in Isabel Sterling’s This Coven Won’t Break
by Cassie Schulz
Edgar Wright to Adapt Tade Thompson’s The Murders Of Molly Southbourne, Plus Works From S.A. Chakraborty and Jonathan Stroud
by Stubby the Rocket
“Hit it” — Seven Thoughts on the Announcement of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Never Say You Can’t Survive: Imposter Syndrome Is Just Part of Being a Writer
by Charlie Jane Anders
We Also Brought Our Demons: Announcing Veronica Schanoes’ Debut Story Collection, Burning Girls and Other Stories
by Tor.com
Hot Fuzz: A Police Film for Those Who Love (and Hate) Police Films
by Noah Berlatsky
Steve Carrell Reboots the Space Race in a New Trailer for Space Force
by Andrew Liptak
Blogging the Nebulas: Charles E. Gannon’s Marque of Caine Is Packed With Old-School Adventure
by Joel Cunningham
South Asian Cli-Fi Takes Center Stage in Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha
by Tor.com
Download a Free eBook of Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton Before May 23!
by Tor.com
Mon May 18
The Springtime Magic of Baby Horses
by Judith Tarr
Blogging the Nebulas: Sarah Pinsker’s A Song for a New Day Is Eerily Relevant Sci-Fi
by Joel Cunningham
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Death Wish”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Where the Steward Is King: Faramir Is Never Second Best
by Theresa DeLucci
Queer Love Saves the Universe (Literally) in She-Ra’s Final Season
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Blogging the Nebulas: Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire Marries Cyberpunk, Space Opera, and Political Thriller
by Joel Cunningham
Announcing the 2019 BSFA Award Winners
by Tor.com
The Devastating Impact of Parental Suicide and Arrested Grief in I Am Not Okay with This
by Mike Alvarez
The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Will Be Released July 31
by Stubby the Rocket
A Thrilling Pirate Eco-Fantasy: Revealing The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson
by Tor.com
Fri May 15
Never Say You Can’t Survive: How To Make Your Own Imaginary Friends
by Charlie Jane Anders
CBS Greenlights Spock-Led Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
by Andrew Liptak
5 Young Adult SFF Spin-Offs to Keep on Your Radar
by Zoraida Córdova
This Excellent “Danger Zone” Video Rekindles My Desire For an X-Wing Disney+ Series
by Andrew Liptak
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: April 2020
by Alex Brown
5 Heroes Who Use Non-Traditional “Weapons”
by Leah Schnelbach
Thu May 14
Disney is Adapting Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson Series for Disney +
by Andrew Liptak
A Claustrophobic Space Thriller: Goldilocks by Laura Lam
by Liz Bourke
Read an Excerpt From Hunted by the Sky
by Tanaz Bhathena
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Dreadnought”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Psychology of Tel’aran’rhiod in The Wheel of Time
by Sylas K Barrett
Who’s Not Returning? Patrick Stewart Gives Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Update
by Stubby the Rocket
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Faramir, Captain of Gondor
by Megan N. Fontenot
Here’s Everything You Need to Remember About She-Ra Before Its Final Season
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Introducing When the Sparrow Falls, the Debut Novel From Neil Sharpson
by Tor.com
Everything We Know About the History of Roshar
by Alice Arneson
Download the March/April 2020 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter
by Tor.com
Wed May 13
Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles Is Heading to AMC
by Andrew Liptak
Beware the Crib: Ray Bradbury’s “The Small Assassin”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 29 and 30
by Liberty Hardy
The New Mutants Movie Finally Has A Release Date
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From The Archer at Dawn
by Swati Teerdhala
Arkady Martine on Pen Names, Monarchies in SF, and the Trouble With Sequels
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Fearful Symmetry
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever…
by James Davis Nicoll
“Eustace Was a Dragon All Along”: Aslan and Spiritual Growth in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by Matt Mikalatos
Gawyn and Éowyn: Two Great Epic Fantasy Characters with Very Different Fates
by Brittany Callan
Neil Gaiman Reveals Star-Studded Cast of Audible’s Sandman Adaptation, Released July 15
by Stubby the Rocket
Tordotcom Publishing Unveils New Logo, Celebrating 5 Years of Award-Winning Novels and Novellas
by Tor.com
Benjamin 2073
by Rjurik Davidson
Tue May 12
Francesca Momplaisir’s My Mother’s House Shows the Price Women Must Pay for Freedom
by Mary Retta
Love, Magic, & Spooky Cults in the Deep South: The Fascinators by Andrew Eliopulos
by Em Nordling
Listen to the First 11 Minutes of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Audiobook
by Stubby the Rocket
Katee Sackhoff Is Reportedly Joining The Mandalorian’s Second Season as Her Clone Wars Character
by Andrew Liptak
More Thrilling than Fiction: The Real Life Heroines of the Early Gothic
by Dr. Sam Hirst
Never Say You Can’t Survive: How To Get Through Hard Times By Making Up Stories
by Charlie Jane Anders
Subterranean Press Announces Special Edition of Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
by Andrew Liptak
The Solidarity of the Weird: Los Espookys Explores Community Over Capitalism
by Leticia Urieta
A Guide to Condor Heroes: The Martial Arts Epic That Influenced All Your Faves
by Alexis Ong
Reading The Wheel of Time: Perrin Meets Old Friends and Learns From His Mistakes in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 30)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon May 11
5 Questions About Boba Fett’s Upcoming Appearance in Season Two of The Mandalorian
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The War Never Ends in Andre Norton’s At Swords’ Points
by Judith Tarr
Ruthanna Emrys on Weird Fiction, Cryptids, and Sympathizing With Cthulhu
by Stubby the Rocket
Read an Excerpt From The Mother Code, the Debut Novel by Carole Stivers
by Carole Stivers
CBS’s The Twilight Zone Reboot Returns on June 25th. Watch the Trailer.
by Andrew Liptak
The Outlander Season 5 Finale Weighs the Price for Meddling in the Past
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Meld”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Allow Sir Patrick Stewart to Read a Shakespearean Sonnet to You Every Day
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time’s Daniel Henney Talks Playing Lan in an Instagram Q&A
by Stubby the Rocket
Shaun of the Dead Eats the Zombie Genre’s Brain
by Noah Berlatsky
Thought Exercise: Do Jedi Sleep Naked?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Explore the Real Mythologies Behind The Witcher’s Monsters
by Stubby the Rocket
What Kind of Knights Radiant Would You Be? A Guide to Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere
by Vanessa Armstrong
A Portal Beyond the Pony Express: Check out the Cover for J.M. Lee’s The Nightland Express
by Tor.com
Fri May 8
The Mandalorian has Reportedly Cast Temuera Morrison as Boba Fett
by Andrew Liptak
The Great Fantasy Debate Video Series Tackles Fantasy’s Greatest “What Ifs?”
by Andrew Liptak
Elisabeth Moss Is a Terrifying Shirley Jackson in the First Trailer for Shirley, Released June 5
by Stubby the Rocket
10 Long-Running SFF/Horror Fiction Podcasts
by Natalie Zutter
Veronica Roth’s Chosen Ones Calls on Young People to Save the World
by Mary Retta
Ilze Hugo’s The Down Days Gives a Surprisingly Optimistic Twist to the Apocalypse
by Mary Retta
The Producers of Midsommar and Parasite Are Teaming Up for an English-Language Remake of Save the Green Planet!
by Stubby the Rocket
8 of Our Favorite In-Universe Superfans
by Leah Schnelbach
Five Truly Inhospitable Fictional Planets
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu May 7
A New Trailer for TNT’s Snowpiercer Teases a Tense Class Revolution
by Andrew Liptak
Old Gods Are Better Than the New in the Epic World of Forged in Fire and Stars by Andrea Robertson
by Genine Tyson
All the New Genre Bending Books Arriving in May!
by Tor.com
5 Animal-Friendly Fantasy Books to Read After Watching Tiger King
by Carly Silver
Beware the Ojos Pequeños: Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
by Angela Maria Spring
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Threshold”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Jo Walton’s Reading List: April 2020
by Jo Walton
Martha Wells on Reading Recommendations and Murderbot’s Favorite Media
by Stubby the Rocket
Mercenaries and the Future of Humanity: Tactics of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson
by Alan Brown
Andy Serkis Will Read to You All of The Hobbit for 12 Hours Straight
by Stubby the Rocket
An Insider’s Guide to Slavic-Inspired Fantasy
by Teo Bileta
The Art of the Cosmere: An Interview With Isaac Stewart
by Drew McCaffrey
Wed May 6
Don’t Talk to Strangers After All: Shirley Jackson’s “The Witch”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
“You’ve the feel of destiny about you.”: The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Jeff VanderMeer’s A Peculiar Peril
by Jeff VanderMeer
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in May!
by Tor.com
You Can’t Eat Something That Talks: People and Cultures in Martha Wells’ Books of the Raksura
by Kali Wallace
Kim Stanley Robinson on His Next Novel, The Ministry for the Future
by Andrew Liptak
The Unlikely Philosophy of Joe Versus the Volcano
by Leah Schnelbach
Christopher Paolini Reads an Excerpt From To Sleep in a Sea of Stars!
by Christopher Paolini
The Farthest Shore: The Return of the King
by Sean Guynes
Queer Happily Ever Afters in The God Eaters by Jesse Hajicek
by T.J. Klune
Melissa Albert Returns to the Hazel Wood! Read a Story From Tales From the Hinterland
by Melissa Albert
Berlin Is Never Berlin
by Marko Kloos
Tue May 5
NASA Confirms It’s Making a Movie With Tom Cruise on the ISS
by Andrew Liptak
Netflix Is Working on a Bright Sequel From the Director of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
by Andrew Liptak
A.K. Larkwood Recommends Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books
by A.K. Larkwood
A Prank on the Emperor? Names and Vocabulary in The Goblin Emperor
by CD Covington
Read From Rebecca Roanhorse’s Darth Maul Story in The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark
by Andrew Liptak
Howl-ever It Moves You: Diana Wynne Jones and Hayao Miyazaki Do the Same Work With Different Stories
by Elyse Martin
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in May!
by Tor.com
Join Amazon’s The Wheel of Time Book Club on May 6
by Stubby the Rocket
For the Love of a Murderbot: Network Effect by Martha Wells
by Em Nordling
Watch the First Trailer for Space Force, a Sci-Fi Comedy from the Team Behind The Office
by Stubby the Rocket
About Time: Fashion and the Space-Time Continuum, an SFF Met Gala
by Christina Orlando
Allow Daniel Radcliffe to Read to You the First Chapter of Harry Potter
by Stubby the Rocket
How to Heist Your Novel: A Writer’s Guide
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Revealing A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel, Author of The Themis Files!
by Tor.com
Reading The Wheel of Time: Elayne and Perrin Both Make Mistakes in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 29)
by Sylas K Barrett
Mon May 4
Elizabeth Bear’s “Covenant” To Be Adapted by 10 Cloverfield Lane Screenwriters
by Andrew Liptak
Westworld Season 3 Finale: “Crisis Theory”
by Theresa DeLucci
Movie Horses Have a Lot to Answer For
by Judith Tarr
Everything We Learned About Netflix’s Shadow and Bone, From Ben Barnes’ Collider Interview
by Stubby the Rocket
Serial Box Releases Pandemic-Inspired Collection of SFF Stories: How We Live Now
by Natalie Zutter
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Alliances”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Puts the Prequels Into Perspective
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Taika Waititi Will Write and Direct a New Star Wars Film
by Andrew Liptak
These 5 Books Will Give You Geeky Knowledge You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
by Ryan Britt
Stephenie Meyer is Finally Publishing Midnight Sun This August
by Andrew Liptak
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in May!
by Tor.com
Yoda Was My First Rabbi
by M. Evan Wolkenstein
Download a Free eBook of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Today, May 4 [Update: And May 5!]
by Tor.com
Fri May 1
Murderbots, Hamster Princesses, and Other Cute Reads
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
The First Trailer For Lovecraft Country Will Horrify You
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
“They want you to have a happy birthday.” Highlights From #TorDotReads’ Sixth Discussion of The Goblin Emperor!
by Stubby the Rocket
Put a Ring On It: Potential Planetary Ring Systems and Where to Find Them
by James Davis Nicoll
9 Bad Guys You Can Defeat in One Punch
by Stubby the Rocket
Rick and Morty and Nihilism: Embracing a Show That Cares About Nothing
by Destiny Soria
Roadtrips and Truthseeking: Revealing the Cover for K.M. Szpara’s First, Become Ashes
by Tor.com
Crowley and Aziraphale Weather the Lockdown on Good Omens’ 30th Anniversary
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Must Read Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books From Brazil
by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia
On May 4 We’re Offering a Free eBook of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson [Update: Now on May 5th, Too]
by Tor.com