September 2020

Fri Sep 18

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

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

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