Blog Archive
September 2020
Wed Sep 30
Marvel Has Chosen Newcomer Iman Vellani to Play Ms. Marvel
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Peter McLean’s Priest of Bones Is Being Adapted for TV
by Andrew Liptak
Maybe Just Don’t Rob Graves: Louisa May Alcott’s “Lost in a Pyramid, or the Mummy’s Curse”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Saga Press Will Release New DemonWars Trilogy From R.A. Salvatore
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Missing
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Netflix Is Working on a Conan The Barbarian Series
by Andrew Liptak
His House Trailer Pulls Back the Curtain on the Horrors Faced by Refugees
by Andrew Tejada
Four Questions With V.E. Schwab on Her New Novel The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue!
by Tor.com
Tom Sturridge in Talks to Star in The Sandman
by Molly Templeton
Do Not Offend the Gods: 8 SFF Books Featuring Deities
by Megan Whalen Turner
Read an Excerpt From Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface (Part 2)
by Cory Doctorow
Aslan the Demon: Religious Transformation in The Horse and His Boy
by Matt Mikalatos
The Ashes of Around Twenty-Three Strangers
by Jeremy Packert Burke
Tue Sep 29
Trailer for The Craft: Legacy Welcomes Four New Witches Into the Tale
by Andrew Tejada
Read an Excerpt From Megan Whalen Turner’s Return of the Thief
by Megan Whalen Turner
Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies Will Finally Be a Movie
by Molly Templeton
Barry Jenkins to Direct Sequel to 2019’s The Lion King
by Molly Templeton
Cowboys With Phasers: Star Trek’s “Spectre of the Gun” and the Genre of Space Western
by Noah Berlatsky
Never Say You Can’t Survive: Weirdness Gives Me the Strength To Keep Going
by Charlie Jane Anders
Spotify and DC Comics Will Release Original Batman Podcast
by Andrew Liptak
Tomi Adeyemi Is One of TIME’s Most Influential People
by Molly Templeton
Reading the Wheel of Time: Death Cannot Be Healed in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 5)
by Sylas K Barrett
Vampires Are the Gentrifiers In the First Trailer for Netflix’s Vampires vs The Bronx
by Andrew Liptak
The Folio Society Is Releasing a Limited, Special Edition of Frank Herbert’s Dune
by Andrew Liptak
Five SFF Novels Featuring Disabled Characters Who Know Their Own Worth
by Allison Alexander
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Thirteen
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Thirteen
by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Sep 28
Spinning Through Genres in Andre Norton’s Wheel of Stars
by Judith Tarr
Naomi Novik and Christopher Paolini Talk About Their New Books, Old Inspirations, Dragons, and More!
by Andrew Tejada
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Scorpion, Part II”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Production Resumes on Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series
by Molly Templeton
Why Batman Is a Terrible Superhero (Or, Why Our Present Social Crises Demand a Different Class of Hero)
by Daniel Whyte IV
Read an Excerpt From Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface (Part 1)
by Cory Doctorow
Lara Elena Donnelly Enters Jim Henson’s Labyrinth
by Molly Templeton
Five SF Books Featuring Relativistic Relics and Timey-Wimey Problems
by James Davis Nicoll
Joan of Arc Meets Space Opera: Announcing a New SF Trilogy From Author Neon Yang
by Tor.com
Sun Sep 27
Hippolyta Takes Center Stage: Lovecraft Country, “I Am”
by Alex Brown
Fri Sep 25
Marvel is Reportedly Making a Nick Fury Series For Disney+
by Andrew Liptak
Got Series Fatigue? Try These Ten Standalone Fantasy Novels!
by Sarah Waites
Rankin & Bass’ The Hobbit Predicted the Future of Pop Culture
by Austin Gilkeson
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Mort, Part II
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Five Fantasy Novels Starring Self-Taught Protagonists
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Sep 24
Diving Into Christopher Paolini’s New Science Fiction Epic, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Cassie Schulz
Read the First Two Chapters From Dune: The Duke of Caladan
by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson
Ken Liu’s The Hidden Girl is Being Turned Into a TV Series
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: Third Season Overview
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Bilbo Baggins Is the Ultimate Icon of Self-Care
by Leah Schnelbach
Brandon Sanderson’s Rhythm of War Launches With a Special Event and Signed Books
by Andrew Tejada
Planetary Romance Under the Clouds: Pirates of Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs
by Alan Brown
“Can someone give us some context in here please?” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Veritas”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Revealing Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders
by Tor.com
Wed Sep 23
The Old Drift Takes Home the 34th Arthur C. Clarke Award
by Andrew Tejada
John Cena’s Suicide Squad Character is Getting an HBO Max Spinoff
by Andrew Liptak
Powerful Siblings Face Their Demons in Horrifying Helstrom Trailer
by Andrew Tejada
Black Widow Will Have to Complete Her Mission in 2021
by Andrew Tejada
Good Ghost-Hunters are Hard to Find: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (Part 1)
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Catch Cory Doctorow’s Virtual Lecture Series This October
by Tor.com
Read an Excerpt From The Burning God, the Conclusion to R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War Trilogy
by R.F. Kuang
Old Money, New Gods: Revealing The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
by Tor.com
If Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend…
by Natalie Zina Walschots
Cupcakes and Cacti, Meteors and Magic: Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore
by Alex Brown
New Trailer for Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor Shows Off a New Haunted House
by Andrew Liptak
On Reading Book Series in the Wrong Order
by James Davis Nicoll
The Perfection of Theresa Watkins
by Justin C. Key
Tue Sep 22
Supergirl Will Hang Up Her Cape After Season 6
by Andrew Tejada
Black Mirror: U.S.S. Callister Director Will Take Over Directing Duties For Rogue One Prequel Series
by Andrew Liptak
Superheroes and Spreadsheets in Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
by Vanessa Armstrong
Let’s Celebrate Tolkien Week (By Force of Hobbit)!
by Jeff LaSala
Netflix’s Over The Moon Wants to Soar Into Space and Our Hearts
by Andrew Tejada
Read an Excerpt From Yoon Ha Lee’s Phoenix Extravagant
by Yoon Ha Lee
Never Say You Can’t Survive: The Unexamined Story Is Not Worth Writing
by Charlie Jane Anders
A Different Kind of ’80s Fantasy in Garth Nix’s The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
by Molly Templeton
Reading the Wheel of Time: Ji’e’toh and What Must Be Done in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 4)
by Sylas K Barrett
Peacock’s Code 404 Is about a Glitchy, British Robocop
by Andrew Liptak
8 SFF Books That Center Mental Health
by Latonya Pennington
“What Do People Need?” — Revealing A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
by Tor.com
Saga Press Will Celebrate The Year’s Best Science Fiction With a Special Event
by Andrew Tejada
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Twelve
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Twelve
by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Sep 21
Netflix Has Canceled Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
by Andrew Liptak
Writing Horses: Why Bother to Get It Right?
by Judith Tarr
“Oh, Relax It’s Only Magic”: The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Roshani Chokshi’s The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi
Floaters is a Cute Animated Film About Two Bickering Spaceships
by Andrew Liptak
Welcome to Garbagetown: Revealing The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Scorpion, Part I”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Once a Bookseller, Always a Bookseller
by Garth Nix
The Croods 2: A New Age Trailer Ventures to a Vast and Vibrant World
by Andrew Tejada
“Take Risks, Follow Your Heart, and Move Forward”: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
by Alex Brown
Five Books Where Assuming Aliens Are Just Like You Might Get You Killed
by Karen Osborne
Forged in the Fire: Revealing Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
by Tor.com
Watch the First Trailer for Marvel’s WandaVision
by Andrew Liptak
Sun Sep 20
What Makes a Monster: Lovecraft Country, “Meet Me in Daegu”
by Alex Brown
Fri Sep 18
Adaptation of Sylvain Neuvel’s The Test to Star John Boyega and Payman Maadi
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
How Much Alcohol Does it Take to Get a Hobbit Drunk?
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Four Amazing Fictional (But Possible) Planets
by Keith Cooper
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Mort, Part I
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Five Unforgettable Books Involving Amnesia
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Sep 17
Fantasy and The Sword of Truth Author Terry Goodkind Has Died
by Andrew Liptak
Tatiana Maslany Will Play She-Hulk in Marvel TV Series
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Read an Excerpt From Set My Heart to Five
by Simon Stephenson
Bending the Arc of History: Erin K. Wagner’s An Unnatural Life
by Paul Weimer
Raised by Wolves is Coming Back For a Second Season
by Andrew Liptak
Trailer for The Place of No Words Gives Us Harsh Truths in a Fantasy Land
by Andrew Tejada
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Worst Case Scenario”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Mythology, Trauma, and Bachata in Lilliam Rivera’s Never Look Back
by Angela Maria Spring
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Pippin, the Fool of a Took!
by Megan N. Fontenot
A Substitute Captain, a Dog, and a Transporter Accident Walk Into an Episode — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Much Ado About Boimler”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Asian SFF Authors Who Write About Asia
by Rita Wang
Wed Sep 16
(Re)Introduction to Reading the Weird
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Read an Excerpt From The Half-God of Rainfall
by Inua Ellams
Leviathan Falls Will Be The Final Installment of The Expanse
by Andrew Liptak
Anthony Mackie Takes Audiences on a Strange and Deadly Trip in the Trailer for Synchronic
by Andrew Tejada
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Lust’s Latinum Lost (and Found)
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Love and Monsters Trailer Shows Humor, Heart, and Huge Creatures
by Andrew Tejada
Susanna Clarke Returns With the Beautifully Kind Piranesi
by Kate Nepveu
Grading the Best Time Travel Movies Ever Made
by Joe George
Ethnocentrism, Heathens, and Heretics in The Horse and His Boy
by Matt Mikalatos
Henchmen Looks Like a Delightful Animated Anti-Superhero Movie
by Andrew Liptak
Three Ways Fantasy Roleplaying Made Me a Better Writer
by Destiny Soria
Revealing We Are Satellites, a New Novel From Nebula Award-Winning Author Sarah Pinsker!
by Tor.com
Solution
by Brian Evenson
Tue Sep 15
Exploring Empire and Agency in The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
by S. Qiouyi Lu
A Late-Summer SFF Reading List
by James Davis Nicoll
Read an Excerpt From Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
Never Say You Can’t Survive: Good Worldbuilding Shows How Things Could Be Different
by Charlie Jane Anders
We Are the Stories We Tell One Another: Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro
by Maya Gittelman
Reading The Wheel of Time: Saidin, Saidar, and a Drinking Game in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 3)
by Sylas K Barrett
This is the Way to Watch the First Trailer for The Mandalorian’s Second Season
by Andrew Liptak
Matriarchy and Gender Magic in The Tamir Triad by Lynn Flewelling
by Molly Majumder
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Eleven
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Eleven
by Brandon Sanderson
Mon Sep 14
Ruritania Meets Gothic in Andre Norton’s Iron Butterflies
by Judith Tarr
Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors Will Star in Ant-Man 3
by Andrew Tejada
“Insects Don’t Have Politics”: Jekyll, Hyde, and The Fly
by Noah Berlatsky
Listen to Chapters 1-9 of Christopher Paolini’s To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Displaced”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
EA Games’ Short Star Wars: Squadrons Film Hunted is Everything I Want in an X-Wing Series
by Andrew Liptak
Ken Liu Provides Update on Next Dandelion Dynasty Novels
by Andrew Liptak
Horns, Feathers, and Scales: Reclaiming Genderqueer Monstrousness
by Tessa Gratton
Rick Riordan’s Kane Chronicles Is Coming to Netflix
by Andrew Tejada
Watch the First Teaser for Showtime’s Moon Comedy Series, Moonbase 8
by Andrew Liptak
Warner Bros. Delays Wonder Woman 1984 Again
by Andrew Liptak
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: August 2020
by Alex Brown
Five Science Fiction Books Featuring Floating Habitats
by James Davis Nicoll
Sun Sep 13
Magic Isn’t About Freedom, But Power: Lovecraft Country, “Strange Case”
by Alex Brown
Fri Sep 11
The Amazing Adventures of Space Cat!
by James Davis Nicoll
Someone Created an Updated Trailer for David Lynch’s Dune
by Andrew Liptak
Nightfire Acquires Catriona Ward’s The Last House on Needless Street and Two More Titles
by Andrew Tejada
Who watches the King? Nick Martell’s The Kingdom of Liars
by Paul Weimer
African-Inspired Space Opera Film Yohancé Looks Amazing
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Equal Rites, Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Six Books of Truly Epic Secret History
by David Mack
Thu Sep 10
Marie Lu’s Sci-Fi Hacking Tale Warcross Is Getting a TV Adaptation
by Andrew Tejada
Watch a First Trailer for Hulu’s Anthology Series Monsterland
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From These Violent Delights
by Chloe Gong
A Mismatched Adventure: Night Shine by Tessa Gratton
by Liz Bourke
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Distant Origin”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rescuing the Lost Desk: A Letter From the Books Editor
by Christina Orlando
Badgieeeeeeeeee! — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Terminal Provocations”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Star-Shattering Conclusion: Children of the Lens by E. E. “Doc” Smith
by Alan Brown
The Most Traumatic Moments From SFF We Watched as Children
by Tor.com
Mortal Men Doomed to Die: The Giver of Gifts and the Wise-women of Middle-earth
by Jeff LaSala
Wed Sep 9
Taking a Baseball Bat to Cthulhu: Watching the First Two Episodes of Lovecraft Country
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Read an Excerpt From Garth Nix’s The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
by Garth Nix
The Walking Dead Will Shamble to Its End in 2022, Triggering New Spinoff
by Andrew Tejada
“No hope without change, no change without sacrifice”: Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
by Alex Brown
The First Trailer for Dune is Here
by Andrew Liptak
Very Far Away from Anywhere Else: Le Guin’s Thoughtful, Mundane YA Novel of Companionship in an Isolating World
by Sean Guynes
Seven Books I Love From Seven “A” Authors
by Jo Walton
Jim Butcher Releases Trailer for Next Dresden Files Novel: Battle Ground
by Andrew Liptak
What We Needed Were Men to Set Ablaze: Revealing Star Eater by Kerstin Hall
by Tor.com
Hearts in the Hard Ground
by G. V. Anderson
Tue Sep 8
What We Learned About Star Trek: Strange New Worlds During Today’s Star Trek Day Panel
by Andrew Liptak
A New Trailer for Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Finds The Crew a Millennium in the Future
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: Revisiting Michelle Sagara’s Chronicles of Elantra
by Liz Bourke
Writing Horses: Those Handy Equestrian Metaphors
by Judith Tarr
Never Say You Can’t Survive: How to Write a Political Story Without Falling on Your Face
by Charlie Jane Anders
Entertainment Weekly Previews The Mandalorian’s Second Season
by Andrew Liptak
Reading the Wheel of Time: Life Changes Direction in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 2)
by Sylas K Barrett
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Ten
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Ten
by Brandon Sanderson
Sun Sep 6
Like Dragons Hoarding Gold: Lovecraft Country, “A History of Violence”
by Alex Brown
Announcing the 2020 Dragon Awards Winners
by Andrew Liptak
Fri Sep 4
Celebrating the Working-Class Warriors of SFF
by Stubby the Rocket
The Power of Teamwork: 5 SFF Books Written Collaboratively
by Andrew Neil Gray and J.S. Herbison
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Equal Rites, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Jo Walton’s Reading List: August 2020
by Jo Walton
Thu Sep 3
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
CBS All Access’ Free Star Trek Day Will Celebrate 54 Years of Exploration
by Andrew Tejada
Read an Excerpt From Devastation Class, a YA Space Opera
by Glen Zipper and Elaine Mongeon
Everything We Learned about Denis Villeneuve’s Dune From Empire’s Reveal Issue
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Real Life”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Evolution of The Ballad of Mulan
by Mari Ness
The Folio Society’s Next Big Fantasy Release is Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy
by Andrew Liptak
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Théoden the Renewed
by Megan N. Fontenot
No Time to Die Trailer Makes a Retired James Bond Look Good
by Andrew Tejada
“That is messed up!” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Revealing Erika Johansen’s Beneath the Keep, Prequel to the Bestselling Queen of the Tearling Trilogy
by Tor.com
Wed Sep 2
Nature Is Boring: William Browning Spencer’s “The Essayist in the Wilderness”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
A Haunted Inauguration in Andrew Pyper’s The Residence
by Christopher Buehlman
Star Trek: Discovery Will Introduce First Trans and Non-Binary Characters in Upcoming Season
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Read an Excerpt From Marie Lu’s Skyhunter
by Marie Lu
The Welcome to the Blumhouse Trailer Wants to Unsettle You at Home
by Andrew Tejada
BTS Meets TBR: A K-Pop Playlist for Your Favorite Young Adult SFF Books
by Kat Cho
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
Disney+ Drops the Anticipated Mandalorian Season 2 Release Date
by Andrew Tejada
“Narnia and the North!”: The Horse and His Boy
by Matt Mikalatos
(Some) Big Moments From 5 Years of Tordotcom Publishing
by Tor.com
Wait for Night
by Stephen Graham Jones
Tue Sep 1
Change Is Not Collapse: Alex London’s Gold Wings Rising
by Maya Gittelman
Five Sequels That Are Even Better Than the First Book
by Katy Rose Pool
Read the First Two Chapters From Battle Ground, Jim Butcher’s New Dresden Files Book
by Jim Butcher
Never Say You Can’t Survive: Twelve Ways to Keep the Fun of Writing Alive
by Charlie Jane Anders
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
Reading The Wheel of Time: Everyone Needs a Scapegoat in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 1)
by Sylas K Barrett
The Three-Body Problem Will Be Adapted for Netflix by Game of Thrones Showrunners
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
God Is Change: Transformation and the Trans Experience in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
by Hannah Abigail Clarke
Tordotcom Publishing is 5 Years Old! Download The First Book It Ever Published: The Sorcerer of The Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
by Tor.com
Rhythm of War Read-Along Discussion: Chapter Nine
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Read Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Nine
by Brandon Sanderson