August 2020

Mon Aug 31

Adam Roberts on His New Novella The Compelled by Andrew Liptak

N0 Season 3 4 NOS4A2 by Andrew Liptak

Rampant Victoriana in Andre Norton’s Velvet Shadows by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt From Adrienne Young’s Fable by Adrienne Young

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Before and After” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Netflix Will Show Off Stranger Things, Bird Box, and More for Free by Andrew Tejada

Five SFF Stories Featuring Truly Terrible Parents by James Davis Nicoll

Watch The First Teaser for CBS’s The Stand Limited Series by Andrew Liptak

Cory Doctorow Recaps His Novels Little Brother and Homeland by Tor.com

Netflix Releases Terrifying Trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor by Andrew Tejada

Bill and Ted Face the Music Made Me Cry, and It’s the Best I’ve Felt All Year by Leah Schnelbach

What Carrie Vaughn Is Reading Right Now by Carrie Vaughn

Sun Aug 30

In Flames, Not Fear: Lovecraft Country, “Holy Ghost” by Alex Brown

Sat Aug 29

Black Panther’s Chadwick Boseman Will Live on After His Death by Andrew Tejada

Fri Aug 28

Nic Cage Will Voice Vern in Amazon’s Adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s Highfire by Stubby the Rocket

Shamier Anderson and Sam Neill Lead Cast of Apple TV+’s Sci-Fi Drama Invasion by Stubby the Rocket

New Trailer for HBO’s His Dark Materials Teases a Grim Season 2 by Andrew Liptak

“Infinite and Transcendent” — Artist Kip Rasmussen on Depicting Tolkien’s Silmarillion by Jeff LaSala

Five Stories About Generation Ships That Don’t End in Disaster by James Davis Nicoll

The Labor of Creativity: Celebrating Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke by Simon Jimenez

Thu Aug 27

HBO is Adapting Michael Crichton’s Trippy Novel Sphere by Andrew Liptak

Kelly Marie Tran to Star in Upcoming Disney Animated Feature Raya and the Last Dragon by Andrew Tejada

Read an Excerpt From Karen Osborne’s SF Debut Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne

Jaskier Makes Netflix’s Making The Witcher All About Himself by Andrew Tejada

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

SFF Works That Avoid Violent Solutions by James Davis Nicoll

Adventure Takes Center Stage: Swords Against Tomorrow, Edited by Robert Hoskins by Alan Brown

“Why is it taking so long?” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Moist Vessel” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Resident Evil Series Coming to Netflix by Andrew Liptak

All Is Fair in Love & Go: Strategy Gaming in This Is How You Lose the Time War by Em Nordling

Wed Aug 26

Schitt’s Creek Stars to Lead Syfy’s The Surrealtor by Andrew Tejada

CBS Adds Star Trek: Discovery for Fall Season by Andrew Liptak

PBS’s Documentary About Ursula K. Le Guin is Free to Watch This Week by Andrew Liptak

The Horror of Improper Preservation Technique: H.P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson’s “The Green Meadow” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From Gold Wings Rising, the Conclusion of the Skybound Saga by Alex London

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

Weird Mojave: A Tour of Speculative Fiction From the Desert by Chelsea Sedoti

The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Part II: Le Guin’s Psychomyths and Those Who Walk Away by Sean Guynes

Netflix Drops Surprise Behind-The-Scenes Featurette for The Witcher by Andrew Liptak

Unghosting the Secret Rooms: Reclaiming Haunted Spaces for the BIPOC Imagination by Angela Maria Spring

American Gods Meets The Chronicles of Narnia: Revealing Birds of Paradise by Oliver K. Langmead by Tor.com

For Every Jack by R. K. Duncan

Breathe FIYAH Is Open to Submissions by Tor.com

Tue Aug 25

Chuck Wendig’s Wanderers is Headed to Television With The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: Into the Woods With Emily Tesh and Carrie Vaughn by Liz Bourke

CBS’s The Stand Will Debut in December by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Tessa Gratton’s Night Shine by Tessa Gratton

Millie Bobby Brown is Sherlock’s Unknown Sister in Enola Holmes Trailer by Andrew Tejada

Never Say You Can’t Survive: Revision Is the Process of Turning Fake Emotion Into Real Emotion by Charlie Jane Anders

How to Make an Apple Pie: Ecologies and Economies in SFF by Jenn Lyons

The Powerpuff Girls Are Getting a Live-Action Series Featuring Them as “Disillusioned Twentysomethings” by Stubby the Rocket

Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Eight by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Eight by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Aug 24

The First Trailer for Disney+’s The Right Stuff Shows Off a Familiar Story of Heroics by Andrew Liptak

Understanding and Writing Horses: The “Secret” Language Between Human and Equine by Judith Tarr

BBC Series Based on Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses Is Coming to NBC’s Peacock by Andrew Liptak

Androids Defend Their Children in New Trailer for Ridley Scott’s Raised by Wolves by Andrew Tejada

George Romero & Daniel Kraus’ The Living Dead — A Book Out of Time by Jared Shurin

John Scalzi Is Releasing a Sequel to The Dispatcher, Will Be a Part of New Audible Unlimited Audio Streaming Service by Andrew Liptak

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

Vanity Fair Shares First Look at Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor by Stubby the Rocket

The African Superhero and the Legacy of Captain Africa by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Read an Excerpt From Katy Rose Pool’s As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool

Amazon’s Culture TV Series No Longer in the Works by Andrew Liptak

Survival Island: Caribbean Fiction That Blurs Genre Boundaries by Lilliam Rivera

Five Pocket-Sized Paperbacks and the Art of Sneaky Reading by James Davis Nicoll

Sun Aug 23

Magic in Light and Dark: Lovecraft Country, “Whitey’s on the Moon” by Alex Brown

Sat Aug 22

First The Batman Trailer Showcases the Caped Crusader’s Wits and Fists by Andrew Tejada

New Trailer For Justice League Snyder Cut Gives Fans More Of Cyborg and Flash by Andrew Tejada

Peter Capaldi Will Play The Thinker in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Cheetah Makes Her Entrance in New Wonder Woman 1984 Trailer by Andrew Tejada

Fri Aug 21

Here Are All of Book Your Summer Live!’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Events by Stubby the Rocket

Five SF Books That Would Make Great Musicals by James Davis Nicoll

Read an Excerpt From Chris Mooney’s Blood World by Chris Mooney

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Equal Rites, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Enduring Legacy of Garth Nix’s Sabriel: Necromancy, Loss, and the Afterlife by Meghan Ball

Thu Aug 20

Ben Affleck to Appear as Batman in DC’s The Flash by Andrew Liptak

HBO Just Made it Free to Enter Lovecraft Country by Andrew Tejada

Read an Excerpt From Kat Cho’s Vicious Spirits by Kat Cho

Empowering Indigenous Heroes and Creators With Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 by Andrew Tejada

Celebrating the Humorous SF of Latinx Authors by Jonathan E. Hernandez

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

The Unsung Muse of Speculative Fiction Is a Wikipedia Community by Alexis Ong

William Jackson Harper Will Narrate Marvel’s Black Panther: Sins of the King for Serial Box by Stubby the Rocket

Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Meriadoc Brandybuck, the Quiet One by Megan N. Fontenot

Guillermo del Toro Has Assembled an Amazing Cast For Pinocchio by Andrew Tejada

“Nobody can stop you from speaking freely!” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Temporal Edict” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Olivia Wilde Will Direct a Secret Marvel Movie (That’s Probably Spider-Woman) by Stubby the Rocket

Five Retellings of “The Wild Swans” — A Fairy Tale for Our Current Moment by Rachel Ayers

Cross the Collapsing Divide in The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes by Tor.com

Wed Aug 19

Things Man Should Still Avoid Knowing: Leonid N. Andreyev’s “Lazarus” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From Marina J. Lostetter’s Noumenon Ultra by Marina J. Lostetter

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Fall: Revelation and Dust by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

The Wheel of Time TV Show Casts Siuan, Min, and More! by Emmet Asher-Perrin

SF or Fantasy? — Six Works That Defy Easy Classification by James Davis Nicoll

Warrior Nun Is Getting A Second Season by Stubby the Rocket

The Flawed Fantasy of the Chosen One by Margaret Owen

Get Ready for A Matrix Film Without Morpheus by Andrew Tejada

The Masquerade of the Red Death: The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson by Em Nordling

A New The Walking Dead: World Beyond Teaser Shows Off Daily Life 10 Years After the Apocalypse by Stubby the Rocket

Rachel Weisz Will Play Jeremy Irons’ Characters In Amazon’s Dead Ringers Remake by Stubby the Rocket

Building a Queer Catholic SpecFic Canon With Gideon the Ninth and The Young Pope by Leah Schnelbach

Flight by Claire Wrenwood

Download the July/August 2020 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com

Tue Aug 18

The Wild Magic of Emily Tesh’s Drowned Country by Alex Brown

Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives: Feminist Horror That Can’t Escape the Patriarchy by Noah Berlatsky

Tenet Will Begin Early Access Screenings On August 31 by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Amazon’s Utopia Will Debut on September 25th by Andrew Liptak

The First Trailer for Paragon Features Fairies, Cultists, and Danny Trejo by Stubby the Rocket

Never Say You Can’t Survive: One Easy Way to Feel Better About the World by Charlie Jane Anders

The Gideon the Ninth Reread Chapters 37 and Epilogue by Liberty Hardy

The Wheel of Time and the Storytelling Problem in the Concept of a Binary by Sylas K Barrett

E quem nasce em Bacurau é o que? Brazilian Resistance and Identity in Bacurau by Laura Pohl

Download a Free eBook of Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi Before August 22! by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Seven by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Seven by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Aug 17

Wrecking the Caribbean in Andre Norton’s The Opal-Eyed Fan by Judith Tarr

You Can And Should Watch The Entire Second Season of Star Trek: Short Treks On YouTube Right Now by Andrew Liptak

Shining Bright: Cosmology and History in Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar by Gabriella Tutino

Read a Selection From Rebecca Roanhorse’s Story in Vampires Never Get Old by Rebecca Roanhorse

Project Power Brings the History of Medical Experimentation to the Fore of Superhero Stories by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Christopher Brown Talks About Creating Near-Future Dystopias in Reddit AMA by Andrew Liptak

Get the Details On Seanan McGuire’s Cat D&D Campaign in Her Twitter AMA! by Stubby the Rocket

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

Vote On the Finalists for the Inaugural Ignyte Awards! by Stubby the Rocket

Wil Wheaton Will Narrate the Ready Player Two Audiobook by Stubby the Rocket

The Telling Is The Tale: Who Owns the Legend of King Arthur? by Lavie Tidhar

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

Five More Books That Deserve Awesome Soundtracks by Meghan Ball

Behold the Cover to Rhythm of War, the Fourth Book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive by Tor.com

Sun Aug 16

Monsters Are Scary, But White Supremacy Is the Real Terror: Lovecraft Country, “Sundown” by Alex Brown

Fri Aug 14

Tor.com is Seeking a Part-Time Book & Entertainment News Writer (Contract) by Tor.com

8 Science Fiction Books That Get Programming Right by Ferrett Steinmetz

Netflix’s Adaptation of Femi Fadugba’s The Upper World Will Star Daniel Kaluuya by Andrew Liptak

Unpacking Truth in Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis by Cassie Schulz

The Unexpected Detections of Jeff Noon by Tobias Carroll

Emily Tesh Talks Pratical Folklore, Fanfic, and How Witch’s Potions Relate to Worldbuilding in Reddit AMA! by Stubby the Rocket

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Equal Rites, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Few of Our Favorite Devils in SFF by Leah Schnelbach

Thu Aug 13

Announcing Breathe FIYAH, an Online Flash Fiction Anthology by Tor.com

The Expectations That Travelers Carried: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun (trans. Lizzie Buehler) by Lee Mandelo

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Series Finale: All’s Well That Ends Well by Alan Brown

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

Five Times Harrow the Ninth Uses the Language of Fanfiction to Process Grief (And One Time It Doesn’t) by Natalie Zutter

A Post-Apocalyptic Quest Through the Wilderness: Hiero’s Journey by Sterling E. Lanier by Alan Brown

Designer Creates Shot-for-Shot Remake of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s Final Scene in Quarantine by Andrew Liptak

Mulan Actor Ron Yuan Will Direct the 47 Ronin Sequel for Netflix by Stubby the Rocket

What Do You Do With a Drunken Klingon? — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Envoys” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

NBC’s Peacock is Adapting Fonda Lee’s Jade City by Andrew Liptak

The People and Places of Roshar by Megan Kanne

Wed Aug 12

The Art of Dematerialization: Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas’s “T’la-yub’s Head” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

A Promising Queer Space Opera: The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis by Liz Bourke

Creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender Are No Longer Involved in the Netflix Live-Action Adaptation by Emmet Asher-Perrin

“To open in case of your imminent death”: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir by Lee Mandelo

Elsie Chapman’s YA Fantasy Novel Caster Is Going to Be a Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Inside the Cult of Fear: Finding Humanity in Horror Fiction by Kali Wallace

The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Part I: Le Guin’s Early Stories and Germinative Tales by Sean Guynes

Ruby Rose Elaborates On Her Batwoman Exit by Stubby the Rocket

Five Science-Fictional Approaches to Healthcare by James Davis Nicoll

Announcing the 2020 Dragon Awards Finalists by Andrew Liptak

Exile’s End by Carolyn Ives Gilman

Tue Aug 11

Sleeps With Monsters: Revisiting Lois McMaster Bujold’s Sharing Knife by Liz Bourke

A King Arthur Tale for the Brexit Era: Lavie Tidhar’s By Force Alone by Matthew Keeley

Hulu is Turning Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic Into a Series by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Andrea Hairston’s Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston

Ira Levin’s Rosemary’s Baby: Patriarchy Without Feminism Is Hell by Noah Berlatsky

Never Say You Can’t Survive: People Are Only as Interesting as Their Relationships by Charlie Jane Anders

What You Need to Know Before Reading Seth Dickinson’s The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Natalie Zutter

More Than a Boy Leaves Home: Choosing One’s Fate in the World of The Wheel of Time by Sylas K Barrett

The Books of Blood Adaptation Will Arrive on Hulu October 7 by Stubby the Rocket

Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary Will Be Released on May 4th, 2021 by Andrew Liptak

Entering the Police State: Toph Beifong, Power, and Authority in Republic City by Linda H. Codega

Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Six by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Six by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Aug 10

Understanding and Writing Horses: Creatures of Habit by Judith Tarr

The Haunted House on the Hill Gets a Twist in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic by Leticia Urieta

Read an Excerpt From Wayward Witch, Conclusion to the Brooklyn Brujas Trilogy by Zoraida Córdova

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

Disney Taps Lion’s Garth Davis to Direct Tron 3 by Andrew Liptak

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

Robert Pattinson Tried to Hide His Batman Audition From Christopher Nolan With World’s Most Transparent Excuse by Stubby the Rocket

Hilary Swank Embarks on a Three-Year Mission To Mars in a New Trailer for Netflix’s Away by Andrew Liptak

Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 9: “Choices” by Christopher Paolini

Christopher Eccleston Is Coming Back to Doctor Who by Stubby the Rocket

BBC’s Terry Pratchett Series The Watch to Debut in January 2021 by Andrew Liptak

5 Fantasy Novels Driven by Traumatic Family Bonds by Jordan Ifueko

The Striga and Her Mother: Revealing The Second Bell by Gabriela Houston by Tor.com

Fri Aug 7

Paramount Has Reportedly Put Noah Hawley’s Star Trek Film on Hold by Andrew Liptak

Matt Reeves is Adapting Diane Cook’s The New Wilderness For TV by Andrew Liptak

Janelle Monáe’s Antebellum Gets New Trailer, Will Be Released On Demand by Andrew Liptak

Gideon, Harrow, and Mr Bones’ Wild Ride: Tamsyn Muir on Writing, Necromancy, and Fanfic by Stubby the Rocket

Guillermo del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia Series Is Getting a Trollhunters Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Three Stories You Absolutely Must Read to Learn About Automatons (And One You Definitely Shouldn’t) by Micaiah Johnson

Diana M. Pho Announces the #Edits4BlackSFF Project, Which Offers Free Editorial Services to Black Speculative Writers by Stubby the Rocket

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Light Fantastic, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

FIYAH Announces Creation of Ignyte Awards As Part of the First FIYAHCON by Stubby the Rocket

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

Thu Aug 6

I Really Hope This Korean Space Opera Film Makes Its Way to The US by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Uncanny Magazine Launches Kickstarter For Year Seven by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Legendborn, a Contemporary YA Fantasy by Tracy Deonn

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

The Magic of Translation: Interviewing Kiki’s Delivery Service Author Eiko Kadono and Translator Emily Balistrieri by Elyse Martin

About 60% of a Good Episode — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Second Contact” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Star*Line Magazine Wants Speculative Poetry from Black Authors for Historic Issue by Stubby the Rocket

Is Barbarian Prince the Supreme Achievement of Western Civilization? by Howard A Jones and Todd McAulty

The Ecology of Roshar: Flora and Fauna by Megan Kanne and Kellyn Neumann

Wed Aug 5

Candyman’s Nia DaCosta will Reportedly Direct Captain Marvel 2 by Andrew Liptak

The First Trailer for HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves Teases Childrearing in a Bloody Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland by Andrew Liptak

The Opposite of a Skeleton in the Closet: Alyssa Wong’s “What My Mother Left Me” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar

Making the Magical Feel Human: Lobizona by Romina Garber by Alex Brown

Denis Villeneuve on Dune’s Current Status in the Editing Room by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

The Umbrella Academy Is a Show About Growing Beyond Familial Abuse by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Word for World Is Forest: Ecology, Colonialism, and the Protest Movement by Sean Guynes

The Huntington Announces Octavia E. Butler Fellowship by Stubby the Rocket

Living Water, Resurrection, and Aslan’s Golden Back: Biblical Allusions in The Silver Chair by Matt Mikalatos

Mulan Will Premiere On Disney+ for $30 by Stubby the Rocket

AMC is Adapting Maurice Broaddus’s Illustrated Novella Sorcerers for TV by Andrew Liptak

Five SFF Stories Involving Secretly Supernatural Beings by James Davis Nicoll

Check Out the Cover of Amélie Wen Zhao’s Red Tigress by Tor.com

Read S.L. Huang’s Hugo-Winning Story “As the Last I May Know” by S.L. Huang

Tue Aug 4

Apply For the Tor Books Fall 2020 Virtual Internship Program by Tor.com

Processing Grief in Helene Dunbar’s Prelude for Lost Souls by Alex Brown

Read an Excerpt From Matthew Baker’s Why Visit America by Matthew Baker

The Evil Dead Reboot: Stealing Sam Raimi’s Soul by Noah Berlatsky

Never Say You Can’t Survive: Hold On To Your Anger. It’s a Storytelling Goldmine by Charlie Jane Anders

The Gideon the Ninth Reread: Chapters 35 and 36 by Liberty Hardy

Read an Excerpt From C.L. Polk’s The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

But You Have Hopes of Your Own — Play the Minigame for C.L. Polk’s The Midnight Bargain! by Tor.com

John Boyega and Darren Criss to Lead Sci-Fi Thriller Podcast There Be Monsters by Stubby the Rocket

Eliminating Blackface Doesn’t Start By Pretending It Didn’t Happen by Andrew Tejada

Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapters Four and Five by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters Four and Five by Brandon Sanderson

Mon Aug 3

Andre Norton Goes Gothic in The White Jade Fox by Judith Tarr

Ask Not What Your Family Can Do For You — The Umbrella Academy’s Second Season Is Even Better Than Its First by Keith R.A. DeCandido

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

Hannibal and Steven Universe Are the Same Show by Leah Schnelbach

Subterreanean Press Announces New Connie Willis Novella by Andrew Liptak

Read To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini: Chapter 8: “Out & About” by Christopher Paolini

Three Lessons Skyrim Taught Me About Living With PTSD by Ashley Blooms

Five Stories That Make You Wish For a Sequel by James Davis Nicoll