June 2020

Tue Jun 30

Read an Excerpt From Obliteration, the Final Novel in the Awakened Series by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth

Adam Christopher is Writing a Mandalorian Novel by Andrew Liptak

Intriguing SFF Works Awaiting English Translations by James Davis Nicoll

Never Say You Can’t Survive: The Most Powerful Thing a Story Can Do Is Show How People Change by Charlie Jane Anders

The Lady of the Lake Leads a Rebellion in the First Full Trailer for Netflix’s Cursed by Stubby the Rocket

Five Books That Feel Like a Feverdream by Rory Power

5 Marvel Fiction Podcasts and Audiobooks to Fill the MCU-Sized Hole in Your Life by Natalie Zutter

Mon Jun 29

Writing Horses: The Nuances of Horse-Riding by Judith Tarr

Download the May/June 2020 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com

When Futurism Meets With Disaster: Max Brooks’ Devolution by Tobias Carroll

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

Wizards of the Coast Takes Steps Towards Changing Racist Dungeons & Dragons Content by Stubby the Rocket

Growing up With Percy Jackson by AM Gelberg

A New Sneak Peek of Pixar’s Soul Introduces Us to Its Main Character, Joe by Stubby the Rocket

Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 3: “Extenuating Circumstances” by Christopher Paolini

The Princess Bride Is Getting a Star-Studded Quarantine Parody On Quibi by Stubby the Rocket

The Best Climate SF Novel You Might Have Missed: Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough’s Powers That Be by Nicole Brinkley

Revealing Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The Expert System’s Champion by Tor.com

Sat Jun 27

Announcing the 2020 Locus Awards Winners by Andrew Liptak

Syfy Has Canceled Vagrant Queen After A Single Season by Andrew Liptak

Disney is Setting Up A Female-Fronted Pirates of the Caribbean Film with Bird of Prey’s Margot Robbie by Andrew Liptak

Season 2 of Amazon’s The Boys Will Premiere on September 4th by Andrew Liptak

Fri Jun 26

“Just an outbreak of chaos” — Faust: Love of the Damned by Keith R.A. DeCandido

We Are the Panopticon: Tracy O’Neill’s Quotients by Tobias Carroll

Dodgson, We’ve Got Dodgson Here, Says Jurassic World 3 by Stubby the Rocket

Society Comes Apart in the First Full Trailer for Peacock’s Brave New World by Andrew Liptak

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Colour of Magic, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Thu Jun 25

History and Magic Combine in A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by H.G. Parry by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Julie Murphy’s Faith: Taking Flight by Julie Murphy

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

You’re Not Stressed Out Enough, So Here’s a Trailer For Gerard Butler’s New Comet Apocalypse Movie by Stubby the Rocket

A Few of Our Favorite Angels in Fantasy Fiction by Leah Schnelbach

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Sam Gamgee, Hero and Servant by Megan N. Fontenot

The Wheel of Time Reveals Six New Cast Members by Stubby the Rocket

Folk Heroes and the Doctor: Doctor Who’s “Mythological Celebrity” Stories by Max Curtis

Sign up for the Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter! by Tor.com

Everything We Know About Worldhoppers on Roshar by Drew McCaffrey

Wed Jun 24

Love in the Time of Parasitic Breeding Strategies: Octavia Butler’s “Bloodchild” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Destiny and Discovery in Lori M. Lee’s Forest of Souls by Genine Tyson

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Typhon Pact: Zero Sum Game by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

Read an Excerpt From Elizabeth Lim’s YA Fantasy Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

The First Teaser for Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale Shows Off A Growing Rebellion by Andrew Liptak

Five Books With Fantasy Worlds Inspired by India by Swati Teerdhala

Lana Condor Will Star in HBO Max’s Moonshot, a Sci-Fi Rom-Com Produced By Greg Berlanti by Stubby the Rocket

Fantasy K-Drama Series Hotel del Luna Is Getting a Remake from Altered Carbon Showrunner Alison Schapker by Stubby the Rocket

The Silver Chair: The Lady of the Green Kirtle, Fake News, and Enchantment by Matt Mikalatos

Berkley Announces Two New Horror Novels by Grady Hendrix by Stubby the Rocket

Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2020—So Far by Tor.com

After the Anomaly: Revealing A Broken Darkness by Premee Mohamed, Sequel to Beneath the Rising! by Tor.com

The Night Soil Salvagers by Gregory Norman Bossert

Tue Jun 23

Netflix’s Over The Moon Looks Like An Adorable Sci-Fi Adventure by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: Celebrate Queer Pride by Reading Books by Liz Bourke

The Smart, Specific Magic of Zen Cho’s The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Maya Gittelman

8 Questions I Have About a Potential Animorphs Movie by Natalie Zutter

Read an Excerpt From Melissa Bashardoust’s Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

George R.R. Martin Gives Quick Update on Winds of Winter Progress by Andrew Liptak

Never Say You Can’t Survive: The Secret to Storytelling? Just One Good Scene, and Then Another, and Another by Charlie Jane Anders

Sherlock, but Make Him Likable and Also an Angel: The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison by Em Nordling

Netflix Has Renewed Lucifer for a Sixth Season by Andrew Liptak

Reading The Wheel of Time: There Are No Customs To Cover the Dragon Reborn in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 34) by Sylas K Barrett

Patrick Rothfuss Partners With One Shot Podcast For New Kingkiller Chronicles Story by Andrew Liptak

Searching for Body Positivity in Fantasy by Rosamund Lannin

Revealing the New Paperback Edition of Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea by Tor.com

Download a Free eBook of The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Before June 27! by Tor.com

Mon Jun 22

Peter Jackson, Tom Skerrit, and More Remember Ian Holm by Andrew Liptak

A New Podcast Will Take a Deep Dive Into Octavia Butler’s Parable Novels by Andrew Liptak

Michael Keaton Will Reportedly Return as Batman for The Flash, Further Tying the DC Expanded Universe Together by Andrew Liptak

The First Look At Apple TV +’s Foundation Teases an Epic Space Opera by Andrew Liptak

Alien Collaboration: Andre Norton’s Star Ka’ats and the Plant People by Judith Tarr

Read Highlights From TorCon’s “A Whole Universe in Pages” Worldbuilding Panel by Stubby the Rocket

“Mind records are the one true forever”: Translation and Dead Languages in Marie Brennan’s Turning Darkness Into Light by CD Covington

Return to the Hollows: American Demon by Kim Harrison by Lee Mandelo

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Basics, Part II” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Anxiety, Empathy, and Making Sense of the Senseless Through Storytelling by Kali Wallace

Lucifer’s Fifth Season Will Debut on Netflix on August 21st by Andrew Liptak

Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 2: “Reliquary” by Christopher Paolini

The Witcher Season 2 Will Start Filming Again August 17 by Stubby the Rocket

Five SFF Stories That Prove You Can Never Go Home Again by James Davis Nicoll

Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant Judged a Doctor Who Lockdown Cosplay Competition by Stubby the Rocket

Fairytale Past Meets Science Fiction Future in Aimee Ogden’s Debut Novella Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Tor.com

What Katherine Addison Is Reading Right Now by Katherine Addison

Fri Jun 19

Watch the Juneteenth Book Festival, Celebrating Black American Stories, Starting at 10 AM ET Today! by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Jun 18

We’re Getting an Animorphs Movie by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From The Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell

Announcing the 2020 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist by Andrew Liptak

Books Within Reach: Building an SFF Bookshelf For My Child by K.A. Doore

V.E. Schwab Reads an Excerpt From The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Tor.com

Candyman Director Nia DaCosta Shares the Film’s Haunting Animated Trailer by Stubby the Rocket

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

In Honor of Juneteenth, Watchmen Will Stream on HBO for Free This Weekend by Stubby the Rocket

Empathy Machines: Nine Deeply Humanist Science Fiction Films by Robert Repino

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Colour of Magic, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Subterranean Press Announces Special Edition of Baoshu’s The Redemption of Time by Andrew Liptak

A Smorgasbord of Classic SF: Three Times Infinity by Alan Brown

Laras, Keille, and the Judgment of Bodies in The Shadow Rising by Sylas K Barrett

The First Trailer for Netflix’s Cursed Features a Young Lady of the Lake by Stubby the Rocket

Check Out the Gorgeous Art From the Illustrated Edition of Robin Hobb’s Royal Assassin by Tor.com

Everything We Know About Secret Societies on Roshar by Alice Arneson and Megan Kanne

Wed Jun 17

Neukom Institute Announces 2020 Literary Arts Awards Shortlist by Andrew Liptak

Legendary Picks Up Option to Adapt Max Brooks’ Sasquatch Romp Devolution by Andrew Liptak

Maybe I Wouldn’t Have These Scars From the Octopus Deity: Autumn Christian’s “Shadow Machine” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Queering SFF: The Weird, Wild Fun of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula by Lee Mandelo

L.L. McKinney and Saraciea Fennell Launch Juneteenth Book Festival to Celebrate Black American Stories by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From Sarah Henning’s The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning

Palm Springs Looks Like Groundhog Day With a Twist by Andrew Liptak

Netflix Releases First Look at The Umbrella Academy Season 2, Plus a Synopsis by Stubby the Rocket

Jango: Fatherhood and Masculinity in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones by John Manuel Arias

The Silver Chair: War Against the Powers of Darkness by Matt Mikalatos

Le Guin’s Planet of Exile: Anthropological Speculations on Cultural Difference and Loss by Sean Guynes

The Role Publishing Plays in the Commodification of Black Pain by L.L. McKinney

Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker

Tue Jun 16

Undead Camels, Angry Spirits, and Prickly Protagonists: The Unconquered City by K.A. Doore by Liz Bourke

Read an Excerpt From The Relentless Moon, a New Lady Astronaut Novel From Mary Robinette Kowal by Mary Robinette Kowal

Read Highlights From Cory Doctorow and Nnedi Okorafor In Conversation at TorCon! by Andrew Liptak

5 Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Stories by African Authors by Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald

Tade Thompson and Adrian Tchaikovsky Nominated for the 2020 Prix Utopiales by Stubby the Rocket

Tessa Thompson Will Play a Lucid-Dreaming Fencer In Her Next Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Never Say You Can’t Survive: Don’t Be Afraid to Go on Lots of First Dates With Story Ideas by Charlie Jane Anders

Introducing the Terry Pratchett Book Club! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The 25 Most Anticipated SFF Books for the Rest of 2020 by Christina Orlando

Trouble with Time: Low Chicago (Wild Cards XXV) and The Tarot Sequence by Katie Rask

Grady Hendrix’s Horrorstör Is Going to Be a Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Coup, a Rescue, and Some Thoughts About Pants in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 33) by Sylas K Barrett

Mon Jun 15

Authors Revealed for New Anthology Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars With 40 Stories by Stubby the Rocket

Artemis Fowl Is a CGI Candy-Coated Waste of Time by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Writing Horses: What To Do When the Experts Disagree by Judith Tarr

Watch Mary Robinette Kowal Narrate The Entirety of Her New Book The Relentless Moon Over 8 Days by Andrew Liptak

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

Watch the Trailer for Star Wars Squadrons by Stubby the Rocket

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Basics, Part I” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Read Highlights From TorCon’s “Chaos and Cosmos” Panel! by Stubby the Rocket

Creating a Queer Hopepunk Canon: Lady Gaga, Janelle Monae, Lil Nas X, and the Visual Narration of Joyful Queer Futurism by Christina Orlando

Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 1: “Dreams” by Christopher Paolini

Rebecca Root Will Play Doctor Who’s First Trans Companion by Stubby the Rocket

Connie Willis’ Doomsday Book: Classic SF About Pandemics Explores Faith in Both Science and Spirituality by Lydia Laurenson

Immigrant, Socialite, Magician: Announcing Nghi Vo’s Gatsby-Inspired Novel-Length Debut by Tor.com

What Could Disney Salvage From the Star Wars Expanded Universe? by Andrew Liptak

Sun Jun 14

Reminder! Join Cory Doctorow and Nnedi Okorafor in Conversation at 7 PM ET by Tor.com

Reminder! Join TorCon2020 for Chaos & Cosmos at 4 PM ET Today by Tor.com

Jump in Now to the TorCon 2020 “Books & Brunch” Panel with Authors Jenn Lyons & Nathan Makaryk by Tor.com

Read Highlights from Neil Gaiman and V.E. Schwab In Conversation at TorCon! by Andrew Liptak

Sat Jun 13

TorCon2020: A Whole Universe in Pages – Worldbuilding for SFF by Tor.com

Reminder! Join TorCon for Chaotic Communal Storytime at 5 PM ET by Tor.com

Jump in Now for TorCon2020’s “Books & Brunch” Facebook Live Reading Series Featuring Mary Robinette Kowal by Stubby the Rocket

Warner Bros. Shifts Release Dates For Tenet, Wonder Woman 1984, Matrix 4, and More by Andrew Liptak

Fri Jun 12

The First Trailer for Archive Teases a Ex Machina-Like Thriller by Andrew Liptak

Read Highlights from Christopher Paolini and Brandon Sanderson In Conversation at TorCon! by Stubby the Rocket

Sarah Pinsker’s Nebula Award-Winning A Song For A New Day Optioned for TV by Andrew Liptak

Goodbye Puddin’, Hello Sandwich — Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) by Keith R.A. DeCandido

An Interview With Matt Griffin, Illustrator of The Folio Society’s Rendezvous With Rama by Andrew Liptak

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Is Coming to PS5 by Stubby the Rocket

Reminder: Catch Neil Gaiman and V.E. Schwab In Conversation Today at TorCon 2020 by Tor.com

Sweltering Southern Gothic Horror Novels for the Heat of Summer by Emily Hughes

Vampires Never Left: A History of Vampires in Young Adult Fiction by Zoraida Córdova

Thu Jun 11

An Open Letter to J.K. Rowling by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Read an Excerpt From Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano

Fighting a Losing Battle, and Choosing to Fight Anyway: Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova by Leticia Urieta

This Is How Batwoman Will Address Ruby Rose’s Exit by Stubby the Rocket

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

Reminder: Watch Christopher Paolini & Brandon Sanderson In Conversation at 7 PM ET Today by Tor.com

Five Books by Latinx Authors Featuring Mythical Creatures by Amparo Ortiz

Does Allegory Prevent Star Wars From Being Anti-Racist? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Get Ready for TorCon, a Virtual Books Convention! by Tor.com

Edgar Wright Reaches the World’s End by Noah Berlatsky

The Fires We Feed: Tordotcom Publishing Acquires Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger by Tor.com

A Cosmere Primer: What’s Going on in the Background of Sanderson’s Fictional Universe? by Drew McCaffrey

Undine Love by Kathleen Jennings

Wed Jun 10

The First Trailer for Doom Patrol’s Second Season Reintroduces the Team by Andrew Liptak

Announcing the Finalists for the 2020 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross

Unfavourable Odds: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins by Mahvesh Murad

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

How What We Do in the Shadows Became the Funniest Show on Television by Tyler Dean

Five SFF Works Inspired by RPGs by James Davis Nicoll

Rocannon’s World: Where the Hainish Cycle Begins by Sean Guynes

In Steven Universe Future, Healing From Abuse Is an Ongoing Process by Leticia Urieta

Love in a Burning City: Revealing the Cover for C. L. Polk’s Soulstar by Tor.com

We’re Here, We’re Here by K.M. Szpara

Tue Jun 9

Kids Save the World in Andre Norton’s Star Ka’at World by Judith Tarr

Lovecraft’s Model? Robert Barbour Johnson’s “Far Below” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

We Have Always Lived in a Horror Movie: Shirley by Leah Schnelbach

Reading The Wheel of Time: Ladies Seek Answers and so does a Seeker in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 32) by Sylas K Barrett

Honor, Life, and Jade: Cultural Resonance in Fonda Lee’s Jade City by Phoebe Low

Production Starts on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 by Stubby the Rocket

Never Say You Can’t Survive: Everything Is Broken! What Should I Write About? by Charlie Jane Anders

Here Are The 2019 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees by Andrew Liptak

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

Daniel Radcliffe Speaks Out Against J.K. Rowling’s Transphobic Tweets by Stubby the Rocket

Three Filipinx Authors Rocking Epic Fantasy by Maya Gittelman

The First Trailer for Bill & Ted Face the Music Is Here by Stubby the Rocket

Mon Jun 8

Read P. Djeli Clark’s “A Dead Djinn in Cairo” by P. Djèlí Clark

Raise Your Voice: Bethany C. Morrow’s A Song Below Water by Alex Brown

The Thing With Wings: Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler by Nisi Shawl

Not Until We Get a Turn: Retellings, Tropes, and Who Gets To Tell Stories by Kalynn Bayron

Fri Jun 5

Read C.L. Polk’s “St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid” by C.L. Polk

Stalled Out on Diesel — Bloodshot by Keith R.A. DeCandido

All the New Genre-Bending Books Arriving in June! by Tor.com

Uncle Hugo’s Bookshop Works to Rebuild After Minneapolis Unrest by Andrew Liptak

An Ode to Black Science-Fiction & Fantasy Writers by Rita Woods

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

Thu Jun 4

Read an Excerpt From Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud by Somaiya Daud

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in June by Tor.com

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

John Boyega Delivered a Powerful Speech at a Black Lives Matter Protest in London by Stubby the Rocket

“All Edible, Except the Squeal”: Language and Power in Bong Joon-ho’s Okja by S. Qiouyi Lu

Space Force Betrays Its Premise in the Very First Episode by Emmet Asher-Perrin

More Action, More Science, More Thrills: Gray Lensman by E. E. “Doc” Smith by Alan Brown

Nature, Horror, and the Inherent Darkness of the Human Condition by Alexis Henderson

Everything We Know About Fabrials by Alice Arneson

Wed Jun 3

Read Rivers Solomon’s “Blood Is Another Word for Hunger” by Rivers Solomon

Where Are Our Black Boys on Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel Covers? by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Tue Jun 2

Read Kai Ashante Wilson’s “The Devil in America” by Kai Ashante Wilson

The Revolution Will Be Dramatized by Bethany C. Morrow

The Blacksmith’s Axe, the Aiel’s Spear, and the Tinker’s Sword: When Pacifism is No Longer Enough by Sylas K Barrett

All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in June! by Tor.com

In Our Own Worlds: Download 4 Free LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novellas Before June 6 by Tor.com

Mon Jun 1

This Year’s World Fantasy Convention Is Moving Online by Andrew Liptak

Learning Empathy From Horse Training by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt From Ann Dávila Cardinal’s Category Five by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Announcing TorCon, A Virtual Books Convention! by Tor.com

“That’s why it’s called fantasy”: An Interview With Mercedes Lackey by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

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

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Duty of the Black Writer During Times of American Unrest by Tochi Onyebuchi

All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in June! by Tor.com

Planets on the Move: SF Stories Featuring World-Ships by James Davis Nicoll

Witches on Strike: Revealing The Factory Witches of Lowell by Tor.com