Blog Archive
July 2020
Fri Jul 31
Announcing the 2020 Hugo Award Winners
by Tor.com
Walk Beneath the Canopy of 8 Fictional Forests
by Thoraiya Dyer
Worldcon 2022 Will Take Place in Chicago
by Stubby the Rocket
On the Wings of Inspiration
by Leanna Renee Hieber
Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Light Fantastic, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Aliens, Ghosts, and Vampires: New Young Adult SFF for August & September 2020
by Alex Brown
Thu Jul 30
The Terror of Identity: I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg
by Leah Schnelbach
“TL;DR We’re F*cked”: Afterland by Lauren Beukes
by Mahvesh Murad
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Macrocosm”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Hugo Spotlight: The Finalists for Best Short Story and Best Novelette
by Tor.com
By Klono’s Golden Gills!: Second Stage Lensmen by E. E. “Doc” Smith
by Alan Brown
Hugo Spotlight: Coming of Age on an Alien World in Charlie Jane Anders’ The City in the Middle of the Night
by Joel Cunningham
Ron Howard Says Scripts for the Willow Sequel Series Are “Going Great”
by Stubby the Rocket
Cosmere Cuisine: Meals Inspired by The Stormlight Archive (Part 2)
by Deana Whitney
Wed Jul 29
Hugo Spotlight: Forgetting Is Not the Same as Healing in Rivers Solomon’s The Deep
by Christina Orlando
Join Christopher Paolini on Virtual Tour for To Sleep in a Sea of Stars!
by Tor.com
A Post-Apocalyptic Story With Thrills of All Kinds: Kit Rocha’s Deal With the Devil
by Vanessa Armstrong
Hugo Spotlight: Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth Is Delightfully Nuts
by Joel Cunningham
Learning to Be Reptilian: Jamaica Kincaid’s “My Mother”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Season Two of The Umbrella Academy Kicks Off in an Alternate 1960s Street Battle
by Andrew Liptak
Jordan Peele and Issa Rae to Adapt Leyna Krow’s Short Story Sinkhole
by Stubby the Rocket
Hugo Spotlight: The Brutal Beauty of Seanan McGuire’s In an Absent Dream
by Vanessa Armstrong
Five Genre-Jumping Masterpieces
by Ashley Poston
Hugo Spotlight: Kameron Hurley’s The Light Brigade Is a New Classic of Military SF
by Joel Cunningham
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex
by Tamsyn Muir
Check Out the New Box Set Covers for Hugh Howey’s Silo Saga
by Tor.com
Tue Jul 28
Read an Excerpt From Drowned Country, the Sequel to Silver in the Wood
by Emily Tesh
Hugo Spotlight: Ted Chiang’s “Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” Transforms the Familiar
by Tobias Carroll
“Nothing else in the world beyond but trees”: Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
by Alex Brown
Watchmen Leads Emmy Nominees. Baby Yoda, Vampires, and Picard Join the Fun
by Stubby the Rocket
Sleeps With Monsters: A Little Bit of Epic, a Little Bit of Fluff
by Liz Bourke
Hugo Spotlight: P. Djeli Clark’s The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Offers a Short Glimpse of a Fantastic World
by Matthew Keeley
Never Say You Can’t Survive: The Ending Is The Beginning
by Charlie Jane Anders
Hugo Spotlight: Crossing Unimaginable Distances in Becky Chambers’ To Be Taught If Fortunate
by Zoraida Córdova
Reading The Wheel of Time: Rand Gains a Following, and a Teacher, in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 38)
by Sylas K Barrett
Hugo Spotlight: Seanan McGuire’s Middlegame Is Some Kind of Literary Alchemy
by Joel Cunningham
A New Avatar: The Last Airbender Graphic Novel Is All About Toph
by Stubby the Rocket
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapters Two and Three
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters Two and Three
by Brandon Sanderson
Revealing Game Changer by Neal Shusterman
by Tor.com
Mon Jul 27
Announcing the 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists
by Andrew Liptak
Writing Horses: Horses, Humans, and Coevolution
by Judith Tarr
The Future Is Now, But it’s Also Still the Future: Adam Wilson’s Sensation Machines
by Tobias Carroll
Read an Excerpt From Lauren Beukes’ Afterland
by Lauren Beukes
Hugo Spotlight: A Love Letter to This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
by Linda H. Codega
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Q and the Grey”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Hugo Spotlight: Politics and Murder Take on Intergalactic Import in Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire
by Joel Cunningham
Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Will Premiere on October 15th
by Andrew Liptak
Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 7: “Countdown”
by Christopher Paolini
Netflix Will Release Witcher Prequel Series Detailing the Story of The First Witcher
by Andrew Liptak
Hugo Spotlight: The Magic of Storytelling Unlocks Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Joel Cunningham
“Evil Earth”: Linguistic Worldbuilding in N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy
by CD Covington
Sun Jul 26
Claim Your Power at the Own Your Magic Panel at Comic-Con!
by Christina Orlando
The 100 Comes Together for a Poignant Final Comic-Con Panel
by Leah Schnelbach
Watch An Exclusive Clip From Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Your Smart Home Is Trying to Kill John Slattery in Fox’s New Sci-Fi Show neXt
by Stubby the Rocket
A New Trailer for HBO’s Lovecraft Country Shows Off Some Topical Eldritch Horror
by Andrew Liptak
Sat Jul 25
National Geographic Debuts First Look At The Right Stuff, Admits There’s More To Do To Highlight NASA’s “Hidden Figures”
by Andrew Liptak
If You Love Bill and Ted, You Have Richard Matheson to Thank
by Leah Schnelbach
Keanu Reeves Talks About the Joys of Being Choked by Tilda Swinton at the Constantine 15th Reunion Panel!
by Leah Schnelbach
The Latest From Tor Books, Tor Teen, Tor.com Publishing, and Nightfire at SDCC!
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Jul 24
Celebrate George Romero’s Legacy and His Epic Novel The Living Dead
by Leah Schnelbach
You’d Never Guess That Hulu’s Helstrom Is a Marvel Series
by Andrew Liptak
Netflix Has Picked Up All Seven Seasons of The Dragon Prince
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Avatar Creators Discuss the Legacy of Avatar: The Last Airbender
by Christina Orlando
The Walking Dead: World Beyond Gets a Premiere Date
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Lucasfilm Unveils New Lightsaber Book, and Provides Updates on Upcoming Star Wars Projects
by Andrew Liptak
The Walking Dead’s Season Ten Finale (Finally) Approaches!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Release Date and Trailer Revealed!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Obsidian, the Next Installment of Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Will Dive Into Marceline and Princess Bubblegum’s Relationship
by Stubby the Rocket
“I am not a hero. I don’t relate to heroes.” Charlize Theron Discusses Her Action Career
by Leah Schnelbach
What Makes Epic Fantasy “Epic”?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Herakles: The Ancient Superhero
by Mari Ness
Horror is Queer at San Diego Comic-Con (And Everywhere Else)
by Leah Schnelbach
Five More Massive Works of SFF to Add to Your Must-Read Pile
by James Davis Nicoll
Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Light Fantastic, Part II
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Jim Butcher Talks 20 Years of Harry Dresden
by Stubby the Rocket
Brandon Sanderson Reads from Rhythm of War, Answers “Spoiler-Filled” Questions at San Diego Comic-Con At Home!
by Stubby the Rocket
Bedfellows of the Worm: The Early History of Female Vampires
by Dr. Sam Hirst
Thu Jul 23
Amazon Renews The Boys For a Third Season
by Andrew Liptak
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Prologue and Chapter One
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Prologue and Chapter One
by Brandon Sanderson
Disney Delays Mulan and Upcoming Avatar and Star Wars Films
by Andrew Liptak
Watch the Opening Scene of The New Mutants
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Watch the First Trailer for Gillian Flynn’s Utopia Remake
by Stubby the Rocket
HBO Debuts First Trailer for His Dark Materials Season 2
by Andrew Liptak
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Team Up Once Again For Truth Seekers
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Personal Story With an Epic Scale: Ashes of the Sun by Django Wexler
by Liz Bourke
Solar Opposites Season 2 Will Take On Haters, Camp, Class, Dinner Parties, and Brooklyn
by Stubby the Rocket
Apple Orders Series Based on Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek Nickelodeon Series Has a Title Now
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Get Your First Taste of Romulan Whiskey in This Peek at Star Trek: Lower Decks
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Read an Excerpt From Every Bone a Prayer
by Ashley Blooms
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Warlord”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Microsoft Unveils First Halo: Infinite Gameplay Footage, Teases Open World Play
by Andrew Liptak
Apply For the Tor Books Fall 2020 Virtual Internship Program
by Tor.com
Sam Raimi vs. Evil Ash: Army of Darkness
by Noah Berlatsky
Amazon Greenlights Adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s Paper Girls
by Andrew Liptak
Blazing High Seas Adventure: The Sin in the Steel by Ryan Van Loan
by Aidan Moher
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Ulmo, Lord of Waters (Part 2)
by Megan N. Fontenot
The Wheel of Time Casts Aram, Raen, and Illa
by Stubby the Rocket
We Can Now Reveal the Dramatis Personae From Harrow The Ninth, Which Is Not at All Incredibly Spoilery
by Tor.com
Bill & Ted Tackle Couples Therapy, Alternate Selves, and a Hop-Scotching Death in the New Face the Music Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Revealing Hall of Smoke, the Epic Fantasy Debut From H.M. Long
by Tor.com
Everything We Know About Shadesmar
by Megan Kanne
Wed Jul 22
The Elder Things of Kilimanjaro: Maurice Broaddus’ “The Iron Hut”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Read an Excerpt From Ferrett Steinmetz’s Automatic Reload
by Ferrett Steinmetz
How Not To Be Alone in the Universe: Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis
by Em Nordling
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
The Magic of Travel and Exploring Fantasy Cultures
by Ryan Van Loan
Saving the Lost: Quests, Signs, and Unclear Instructions in The Silver Chair
by Matt Mikalatos
The Trouble With “Non-White”: Passing, Power, and Complicity in Alaya Dawn Johnson’s Trouble the Saints
by Bezi Yohannes
A High Schooler Discovers She Might Be a Robot in the First Trailer for Don’t Look Deeper
by Stubby the Rocket
Yellow and the Perception of Reality
by Maureen McHugh
Tue Jul 21
“Blood. Blight. Darkness. Slaughter.”: The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
by Alex Brown
Finding Love and Finding Trouble in Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
by Em Nordling
The Legend of Korra Arrives On Netflix August 14
by Stubby the Rocket
Cursed Is a Paint-by-Numbers Arthurian Prequel That Fails to Enchant
by Natalie Zutter
Never Say You Can’t Survive: How to Tell a Thrilling Story Without Breaking Your Own Heart
by Charlie Jane Anders
John Scalzi and Mary Robinette Kowal Chat About Sci-Fi, Writing Processes, and More!
by Tor.com
Reading the Wheel of Time: The Daughter-Heir’s Justice and the Wisdom’s Power in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 37)
by Sylas K Barrett
Neil Gaiman Says the Odds of Making More Good Omens Are “Pretty Good”
by Stubby the Rocket
How Superheroes Help Us Imagine a World Without Police
by Joe George
8 of Our Favorite Twists on Classic Gothic Stories
by Stubby the Rocket
Download a Free eBook of SILVER IN THE WOOD by Emily Tesh Before July 25!
by Tor.com
Mon Jul 20
Love and Colonialism in Andre Norton’s Stand to Horse
by Judith Tarr
Goddesses and Madmen: Burn by Patrick Ness
by Mahvesh Murad
Read an Excerpt From Lobizona
by Romina Garber
Neil Gaiman Says Sandman Season 1 Will Cover Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll’s House
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Future’s End, Part II”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Could — and Should — Feature a Young Uhura
by Ryan Britt
Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 6: “Shouts & Echoes”
by Christopher Paolini
Keanu Reeves’ Comic Book Debut Is About a Half-God Immortal Warrior Who Looks Just Like Him
by Stubby the Rocket
5 Horror Movies I Wish Were Books First
by Josh Malerman
Take a Sneak Peek at the World Maps for Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun!
by Tor.com
Fri Jul 17
Noah Centineo Joins DC Film Black Adam as Atom Smasher
by Andrew Liptak
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Will Not Be Premiering In August After All
by Stubby the Rocket
Forbidden Desire and Locked Doors: The Origins of “Rapunzel”
by Mari Ness
12 SFF Stories Told From Second-Person Perspective
by Natalie Zutter
Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Light Fantastic, Part I
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Rediscover These Five Collections of Classic SF
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Jul 16
Let Henry Cavill Show You Parts You’ve Never Seen Before… As He Assembles This Gaming PC
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Singing Our Own Tunes: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay
by Lauren Jackson
Paul Tremblay Signs Three-Book Deal with William Morrow
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From It Came From the Sky
by Chelsea Sedoti
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Future’s End, Part I”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
8 Amazing Novels About Female Superheroes
by Sam Maggs
Space Opera With the Rhythm of a Thriller: Kate Elliott’s Unconquerable Sun
by Liz Bourke
SF Adventure With a Bit of Everything: Gryphon by Crawford Kilian
by Alan Brown
Seanan McGuire Returns to the World of the Hugely Popular Middlegame
by Tor.com
An Animated Series Inspired by Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo Comic Books Is Coming to Netflix
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Strategies for Hiding a “Lost” Civilization
by James Davis Nicoll
Watch This Delightfully Retro Green Knight RPG Commercial — And Play it While You Wait for the Film!
by Andrew Liptak
Revealing David Arnold’s The Electric Kingdom
by Tor.com
Cosmere Cuisine: Meals Inspired by The Stormlight Archive (Part 1)
by Deana Whitney
Wed Jul 15
The Wheel of Time Casts Everyone’s Favorite Innkeeper!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
An Ecstasy of Arrows: Craig Laurance Gidney’s “Sea, Swallow Me”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal Races Into the Plot
by Em Nordling
Read an Excerpt From The First Sister
by Linden A. Lewis
S.A. Chakraborty Tells Us the Best Writing Advice She Ever Got in Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: June 2020
by Alex Brown
A Brief History of Mexican Horror Comic Books
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
First Trailer for Jamie Foxx’s Project Power is Pure Superpowered Pharmaceutical Mayhem
by Andrew Liptak
The Lathe of Heaven: Le Guin’s Trippy Local SF Novel About Reality
by Sean Guynes
Explore the Maps of Ryan Van Loan’s The Sin in the Steel!
by Ryan Van Loan
Brandon Sanderson’s Next Stormlight Archive Novella Is Called Dawnshard
by Stubby the Rocket
Announcing Virtual Tour Dates for Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars!
by Tor.com
Everything’s Fine
by Matthew Pridham
Tue Jul 14
Sleeps With Monsters: Revisiting Comforting Favourites
by Liz Bourke
Lunar Self-Sabotage: The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
by Natalie Zutter
Read an Excerpt From The Fell of Dark
by Caleb Roehrig
Love and Justice in T.J. Klune’s The Extraordinaries
by Maya Gittelman
Never Say You Can’t Survive: A Good Plot Is Made Out of Two Things
by Charlie Jane Anders
Patrick Rothfuss and Worldbuilders Launch Annual Geeks Doing Good Campaign
by Andrew Liptak
The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 33 and 34
by Liberty Hardy
Reading The Wheel of Time: Perrin Hunts Slayer and Faces the End in Robert Jordan’s The Shadow Rising (Part 36)
by Sylas K Barrett
Representation Without Transformation: Can Hollywood Stop Changing Cartoon Characters of Color?
by Andrew Tejada
Read the First Chapter of Jim Butcher’s Peace Talks
by Jim Butcher
Mon Jul 13
Writing Horses: Caring for Horses in Summer
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From Kathleen Jennings’ Flyaway
by Kathleen Jennings
Fantastic North American Geographies: Emily B Martin’s Sunshield
by Paul Weimer
Oh Sh*t, It’s The Bad Batch, and They’re Coming to Disney+
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Sacred Ground”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Evil Dead II: The Deadites Are Right
by Noah Berlatsky
The Old Guard Proves You Don’t Need Marvel Money to Make Superhero Magic
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 5: “Madness”
by Christopher Paolini
Five Books in Which Magic Comes at a Price
by Isabelle Steiger
Brandon Sanderson Has Finished the Final Draft of Rhythm of War
by Stubby the Rocket
Juice Like Wounds
by Seanan McGuire
Meet Science Fiction’s Hottest New Band in Daryl Gregory’s The Album of Dr. Moreau
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Lower Deck’s First Trailer Shows off the Comedic Side of Starfleet
by Andrew Liptak
Sun Jul 12
Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Shirley Jackson Awards!
by Andrew Liptak
Fri Jul 10
Matt Reeves’ The Batman Is Getting A TV Spinoff
by Andrew Liptak
In This Life or the Next — Warrior Nun Season One Is Almost Great
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Kate Elliott Talks About Adapting History to Fiction in Her AMA!
by Stubby the Rocket
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in July!
by Tor.com
Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Colour of Magic, Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
To Create Is To Live Forever: Jo Walton’s Or What You Will
by Martin Cahill
Thu Jul 9
Revealing The Future Is Yours, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Dan Frey
by Tor.com
Complications and Contradictions: All of Us With Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
by Alex Brown
Read the First Three Chapters of Michael R. Underwood’s Annihilation Aria
by Michael R. Underwood
Portal Doors, Talking Marmots, and Disembodied Heads: A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer
by Alex Brown
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Remember”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Feral Fake Horror of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead
by Noah Berlatsky
Aliette de Bodard Talks Endings, Mythology, and Fountain Pens in Reddit AMA
by Stubby the Rocket
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in July!
by Tor.com
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Ulmo, Lord of Waters (Part 1)
by Megan N. Fontenot
Philip Pullman’s New Novella Serpentine Follows a Teenage Lyra Belacqua
by Stubby the Rocket
Jo Walton’s Reading List: June 2020
by Jo Walton
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Has Been Cancelled at Netflix
by Stubby the Rocket
Revealing The Fallen, Sequel to Ada Hoffman’s The Outside
by Tor.com
Everything We Know About the Unmade
by Megan Kanne and Alice Arneson
Wed Jul 8
Javicia Leslie Will Pick Up Batwoman’s Mantle
by Andrew Liptak
Listen to an Audio Excerpt From Melissa Bashardoust’s Girl, Serpent, Thorn
by Tor.com
Revealing Machinehood, a New SF Thriller From S.B. Divya
by Tor.com
Journalism More Yellow Than Most: Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Flash Frame”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Fields of Foreboding in Rory Power’s Burn Our Bodies Down
by Cassie Schulz
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
There Was and There Was Not: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
by Lee Mandelo
Five Young Adult SFF/H Novels About Women Reclaiming Their Identities
by Estelle Laure
Oh No, They’re Making Captain Hook Sexy Again
by Stubby the Rocket
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in July!
by Tor.com
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player Two Will Hit Bookstores in November
by Andrew Liptak
Who We Fight Against: The Silver Chair and Knowing Your Enemies
by Matt Mikalatos
The Last of Terry Pratchett’s Early Stories Will Come Out in September
by Stubby the Rocket
Trailer for The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Sees the Hargreeves Kids Reunited (Again) in the Worst Way
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Adrian Tchaikovsky Sells Epic Space Opera Trilogy
by Andrew Liptak
We’re Gonna Win in the End: The Subversive Queer Triumph of She-Ra
by Maya Gittelman
Disney Is Reportedly Toggling the Power Switch For Tron 3 Again
by Andrew Liptak
Reading The Wheel of Time: Nynaeve Tries To Be Cautious in The Shadow Rising (Part 35)
by Sylas K Barrett
Apple TV+ to Produce Children’s Shows Based on Maurice Sendak’s Works
by Stubby the Rocket
The Necessary Arthur
by Garth Nix
Tue Jul 7
Take a Tour Through the History of Black Science Fiction
by Nisi Shawl
Language and Code Switching in Kai Ashante Wilson’s The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps
by Leah Schnelbach
“We Are Each Other’s Harvest”: Akwaeke Emezi’s Pet
by Alex Brown
Linguistics, Sexuality, and Gender: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
by Bogi Takács
Francesca Momplaisir’s My Mother’s House Confronts Generational Trauma Head-on
by Mary Retta
Read an Excerpt From The Year of the Witching
by Alexis Henderson
Straight From the Underground: Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
by Alex Brown
The Magic of Love: A Conversation With C.L. Polk and Alyssa Cole
by Tor.com
The Soul of a City: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
by Tochi Onyebuchi
Five SFF Books Set in Contemporary African Locales
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf Is a Miracle, a Gift
by Alex Brown
Catch FIYAH: Notes on Building a Black Speculative Fiction Revolution
by P. Djèlí Clark and Troy L. Wiggins
23 Retellings of Classic Stories From SFF Authors
by Christina Orlando and Leah Schnelbach
Mon Jul 6
Wizards of the Coast Freelancer Quits Due to Hostile Work Environment
by Stubby the Rocket
Wrapping Up the Series in Andre Norton’s Star Ka’ats and the Winged Warriors
by Judith Tarr
Dragon Con is the Latest Con To Cancel In-Person Event, Will Go Virtual For 2020
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From Renée Ahdieh’s The Damned
by Renee Ahdieh
Stargirl Is Coming Back for Season 2—On The CW
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “False Profits”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Last of Us Part II: The Best of Us
by Theresa DeLucci
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in July!
by Tor.com
Someone Put the Blade Runner Soundtrack Over Fireworks Footage in LA
by Stubby the Rocket
Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 4: “Anguish”
by Christopher Paolini
Subterranean Press Announces New Tamsyn Muir Novella
by Andrew Liptak
Persian Legends and Their Western Counterparts
by Melissa Bashardoust
Ned Ryerson Himself Says a Groundhog Day TV Series Is in the Works
by Stubby the Rocket
Five New Books for Fans of Spaceships, Rockets, and Occasional Explosions
by James Davis Nicoll
Fri Jul 3
A Knight’s Tale Is the Best Medieval Movie (No, Really)
by Michael Livingston
The Striking Style of SFF Artist Galen Dara
by Aidan Moher
Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Colour of Magic, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Brief History of the Megastructure in Science Fiction
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Jul 2
Five Books With Criminals Who Save the Day
by Alexandra Christo
New Trailer for Netflix’s The Old Guard Teases a War Over Immortality
by Andrew Liptak
Amazon is Making a Fallout TV Series From the Creators of Westworld
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Swarm”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Jack the Ripper Is Probably the SFF Killer You’re Looking For
by Leah Schnelbach and Emmet Asher-Perrin
Feast Your Eyes Upon the Official Kings of the Wyld TV/Film Pitch Artwork
by Stubby the Rocket
Space Opera Done Right: Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
by Alan Brown
Fantasy Magazine Is Returning November 2020
by Andrew Liptak
Sam Neill says the Original Jurassic Park Trio Will Have Large Roles in Jurassic World: Dominion
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Doomed Armies in Science Fiction
by James Davis Nicoll
Andy Serkis Will Record a New Audiobook Edition of The Hobbit
by Andrew Liptak
Everything We Know About the Fused
by Megan Kanne and Alice Arneson
Wed Jul 1
The Wheel of Time Has Cast Two Whitecloak Leaders
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Potluck Devils: Stephen Graham Jones’s “The Spindly Man”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
An Old Story Made New: C.T. Rwizi’s Scarlet Odyssey
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From the Near-Future Dystopia Sensation Machines
by Adam Wilson
Star Trek: Lower Decks Will Premiere August 6 on CBS All Access
by Stubby the Rocket
Tales From the Lost Desk: A Love Letter From the Books Editor
by Christina Orlando
A Key Star Trek: The Next Generation Character May Return for Star Trek: Picard
by Stubby the Rocket
Le Guin’s City of Illusions: Language and Trust on Space Opera’s Margin
by Sean Guynes
Oded Fehr Made a Cameo Video in Character as Ardeth Bay From The Mummy
by Stubby the Rocket
Five SFF Books to Help You Celebrate Canada Day!
by James Davis Nicoll
The Ones Who Look
by Katharine Duckett