Blog Archive
December 2020
Thu Dec 31
Author and Podcast Host Anton Strout Has Passed Away
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Yippee-Ki-Yay, Michael Burnham! — Star Trek: Discovery’s “There Is A Tide…”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Wed Dec 30
You Cannot Live Backward: The Expanse, “Down and Out”
by Molly Templeton
Sat Dec 26
Wonder Woman 1984 Is Bursting With Unfinished Thoughts
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Pixar’s Soul Aims to Spark an Appreciation for Life
by Andrew Tejada
Fri Dec 25
The Medieval Origins of Christmas Traditions
by Michael Livingston
Thu Dec 24
A Charlie Brown Christmas Perfectly Captures a Complicated Holiday
by Leah Schnelbach
To Be Free, Face Your Deepest Fear — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Su’Kal”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Midnight Sky Takes Us Into Space—and a Bleak Near-Future
by Leah Schnelbach
Wed Dec 23
11 Oddball Holiday Specials that Should Be Classics
by Bridget McGovern
Selectively Learning From the Past: The Expanse, “Gaugamela”
by Molly Templeton
Eight of Our Favorite In-Universe Superfans
by Stubby the Rocket
The Real Magic of Santa Claus
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Books That Grab You
by Jo Walton
Tue Dec 22
The Strange Experience of Reading a Book Series in the Wrong Order
by James Davis Nicoll
Always Winter, But Never Christmas: Santa Claus in Narnia
by Matt Mikalatos
Ranking Every Superhero Origin Movie I Could Remember
by Leah Schnelbach
All the Whos Down in Whoville Are (Probably) Aliens
by Ryan Britt
Mon Dec 21
Various Fantasy Creatures Keep Inviting Me Over for Tea
by Leah Schnelbach
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Living Witness”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Polar Express and What It Means to Believe
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Eight Amazing Novels About Female Superheroes
by Sam Maggs
Six Intergalactic Holiday Specials for a Very Cosmic Christmas
by Leah Schnelbach
Fri Dec 18
The Mandalorian Says Farewell in Chapter Sixteen, “The Rescue”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Stand Needs More Reality in Its Horror: Episode One, “The End”
by Leah Schnelbach
“All of us here have killed someone” — The New Mutants
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Wyrd Sisters, Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Why Is the Star Wars Universe Full of Megafauna?
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Dec 17
Read the First Two Chapters From Rise of the Red Hand
by Olivia Chadha
Tenet Feels Like Christopher Nolan at His Most Meta
by Natalie Zutter
Treat Yourself to Six Recent SFF Works in Translation
by Tobias Carroll
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Unforgettable”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
M.K. England’s The Disasters Is Coming to The CW
by Molly Templeton
The Only Right and Proper Way To Read The Chronicles of Narnia
by Mari Ness
Adventure Rooted in Reality: Mars by Ben Bova
by Alan Brown
Disney Will Bring Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief to the Screen
by Molly Templeton
We Only Have to Wait Four More Months for Shadow and Bone
by Molly Templeton
“There are no spoils from peace” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Terra Firma, Part 2”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
History, Discovery, and the Quiet Heroics of Gardening
by Ursula Vernon
Dawnshard Reread: Chapter 15 – Epilogue
by Lyndsey Luther, Sam Lytal and Drew McCaffrey
Wed Dec 16
Ted Chiang’s Story “The Truth of Fact, The Truth of Feeling” to Be Adapted for TV
by Andrew Liptak
Pinkerton’s Detergent Vs. the Eternal Bloodstain: Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Why I Love “Uncool” Characters Like The Jungle Book’s Bagheera
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Gang Isn’t All Back Together: Season 5 of The Expanse Finds the Rocinante Crew Scattered
by Molly Templeton
Watch Arkady Martine in Conversation With Amal El-Mohtar
by Molly Templeton
Some of the Best Articles on Tor.com in 2020
by Tor.com
Netflix Will Send Emily Beecham Into the Scary Past in 1899
by Molly Templeton
Venture Into the Garden With Kalynn Bayron’s This Poison Heart
by Tor.com
Netflix’s Disenchantment Returns in January
by Andrew Liptak
The BBC Will Bring Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life to Life On the Small Screen
by Molly Templeton
Footnotes, Ephemera, and Other Stories From the Margins
by A.J. Hackwith
Announcing an Arthurian Novella From Queer Literary Icon Nicola Griffith
by Tor.com
Tue Dec 15
War Is Hell: King of the Rising by Kacen Callender
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Persephone Station
by Stina Leicht
CBS Is Developing AI Thriller Burn-In
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: The Best Books I’ve Read in 2020
by Liz Bourke
Slashing Through the Snow: Ranking the Killer Santa Movies
by Joe George
It’s Impossible to Keep Track of Everyone Returning for Spider-Man 3, But We Tried
by Molly Templeton
Finding Identity, Family, and Community Alongside Percy Jackson
by AM Gelberg
Patrick Ness’s Novel Burn Gets TV Adaptation From Bad Robot
by Andrew Liptak
Five SFF Authors Discovered by Ben Bova
by James Davis Nicoll
MIRA Books Announces Two New Titles From Author Mike Chen
by Tor.com
Mon Dec 14
Syfy’s Resident Alien Looks Like a Fun Fish-Out-Of-Water Show
by Andrew Liptak
Writing and Understanding Horses: The Fine Art of Horse Arranging
by Judith Tarr
Manga and Anime in Which Nothing Bad Happens
by Ada Palmer
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Omega Directive”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Blessed Meaninglessness of The Nightmare Before Christmas
by Leah Schnelbach
Lucasfilm Is Developing Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone
by Molly Templeton
Almost All the Major House of the Dragon Players Are Set
by Molly Templeton
23 Modern SFF Twists on Classic Stories
by Christina Orlando and Leah Schnelbach
The First Teaser for Netflix’s Outside the Wire Shows Off a Robotic Anthony Mackie
by Andrew Liptak
More Planets, More Problems: The Pessimist’s Guide to Galactic Expansion
by James Davis Nicoll
Announcing M. Rickert’s Lucky Girl, How I Became A Horror Writer: A Krampus Story
by Tor.com
Download the November/December 2020 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter
by Tor.com
Fri Dec 11
Plan Out Your 2021 TBR With Tor
by Molly Templeton
Lightyear Will Buzz Into Theaters in 2022
by Molly Templeton
Disney Announces Animated Africanfuturism Sci-Fi Series Iwájú
by Andrew Liptak
The Mandalorian Dons a Different Set of Armor in Chapter Fifteen, “The Believer”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
“Humanity can go screw itself” — The Old Guard
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Suburban Dream Starts to Crumble in WandaVision’s Second Trailer
by Molly Templeton
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in December!
by Tor.com
Hulu Renewed The Handmaid’s Tale for a Fifth Season
by Andrew Liptak
John Mulaney ‘n Andy Samberg Are Chip ‘n Dale Now
by Leah Schnelbach
The Mandalorian Season 3 Will Debut in December 2021
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Wyrd Sisters, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
FX Is Making an Alien Series
by Andrew Liptak
Hocus Pocus 2 Is Real, and Coming to Disney+
by Molly Templeton
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon Will Be Released to Theaters and Disney+ Simultaneously
by Andrew Liptak
Five Novels About the World After the End of the World
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Dec 10
The Next Crop of MCU Shows Include Armor Wars, Ironheart, and Secret Invasion
by Andrew Liptak
Marvel’s What If…? Gives Us Captain Peggy Carter Thank You Very Much
by Leah Schnelbach
Captain Marvel 2 Announces a Release Date, and Adds Ms. Marvel to the Cast!
by Leah Schnelbach
Spider-Man Homecoming’s Jon Watts to Direct Fantastic Four
by Andrew Liptak
First Look at Loki Teases His Landing in a Strange World
by Molly Templeton
Falcon and the Winter Soldier Prepare Us for March Premiere in First Trailer
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Lucasfilm Announces That Indiana Jones 5 Will Be the Franchise’s Final Installment
by Molly Templeton
Lucasfilm Announces a Ton of New Star Wars Projects, Including Ahsoka, Andor, and More
by Andrew Liptak
Hayden Christensen to Play Darth Vader in Obi-Wan TV Show
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Patty Jenkins Will Direct Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
by Andrew Liptak
There’s a New Vigilante in Town in the First Trailer for Batwoman Season 2
by Andrew Liptak
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: November 2020
by Alex Brown
Listen to Leigh Bardugo’s The Lives of Saints, Read by The Darkling Himself
by Tor.com
Legendary Taps Brian K. Vaughan to Write Buck Rogers Reboot
by Andrew Liptak
A Harbor Full of Bones: The Blade Between by Sam J. Miller
by Lee Mandelo
Did Someone Request a Little More Disaster? Here’s Another Trailer for Greenland
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Vis à Vis”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Jo Walton’s Reading List: November 2020
by Jo Walton
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Nienna, the Mourning Vala
by Megan N. Fontenot
“Execute me, Mother!” — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Terra Firma, Part 1”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Rodriguez Siblings Will Bring Us the Gift of a New Zorro
by Molly Templeton
George Clooney Tries to Save a Space Mission in the Final Trailer for The Midnight Sky
by Andrew Liptak
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in December!
by Tor.com
Announcing Two New Novellas From Author Christopher Rowe
by Tor.com
Dawnshard Reread: Chapters 8-14
by Lyndsey Luther and Sam Lytal
Wed Dec 9
The Center of Attention: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (Part 6)
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — The Long Mirage
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Best Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2020
by Alex Brown
Korean Sci-Fi Blockbuster Space Sweepers Is Coming to Netflix
by Andrew Liptak
Read Chapter One From Seanan McGuire’s Across the Green Grass Fields
by Seanan McGuire
HBO’s True Blood Will Rise From the Grave
by Molly Templeton
Science Fiction’s Four Basic Types of Lost Worlds
by James Davis Nicoll
Lauren James Launches Climate Fiction Writers League
by Andrew Liptak
The Language of the Night: Le Guin’s Essays on Why We Shouldn’t Fear Dragons
by Sean Guynes
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in December!
by Tor.com
Boy Bands and Murder: Revealing The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory
by Tor.com
Tue Dec 8
P. Djéli Clark’s Ring Shout Is Being Adapted for TV
by Andrew Liptak
Dr. Octopus Claws His Way Into Tom Holland’s Spider-Man 3
by Andrew Tejada
Apple Is Reportedly Adapting Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: The Best Books I Haven’t Read in 2020
by Liz Bourke
Read the First Two Chapters From Nghi Vo’s When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
by Nghi Vo
R.F. Kuang’s Epic Poppy War Series Is Headed to Television
by Molly Templeton
Linguistic First Contact: Encountering the Kyo in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
by CD Covington
Apple Has Renewed For All Mankind for a Third Season
by Andrew Liptak
Five Tense Books That Blend Sci-Fi and Horror
by A.K. Larkwood
Siuan Sanche and Finding Transgender Experience in The Wheel of Time
by Sylas K Barrett
Monsters of Man Trailer Makes Wild Assertion That Monsters and Men Are Different
by Molly Templeton
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in December!
by Tor.com
Announcing Four New Books From Seanan McGuire
by Tor.com
Mon Dec 7
Piracy in the Caribbean: Andre Norton’s Scarface
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From Sam J. Miller’s The Blade Between
by Sam J. Miller
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Killing Game, Part II”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Making the Metaphor Literal: Fantastic Reality in The Time of the Ghost by Diana Wynne Jones
by Emily Tesh
Ava DuVernay Is Adapting DC’s Naomi for The CW
by Andrew Liptak
Five Space-Based Murder Mysteries
by James Davis Nicoll
The 30 Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2021
by Christina Orlando
This World Is Maybe Finally Ready for Wonder Woman in a New Teaser
by Molly Templeton
Seven Flying Fantasy Creatures (That Aren’t Dragons)
by Stubby the Rocket
Fri Dec 4
The Mandalorian Makes a Terrible Error in Chapter Fourteen, “The Tragedy”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Five Fascinating Magical Beings From the Original Charmed
by Monica Valentinelli
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Wyrd Sisters, Part II
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
We’re Offering a Free Download of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series This Week! Today: Come Tumbling Down
by Tor.com
Celebrating International Speculative Fiction: Lavie Tidhar on The Best of World SF Anthology
by Lavie Tidhar
Thu Dec 3
6 Comforting SFF Podcasts
by Natalie Zutter
HBO Shares a First Look at the Dragons in Game of Thrones Spin-Off House of the Dragon
by Andrew Liptak
Warner Bros. Will Release Dune, Matrix 4, and Others in Theaters and HBO Max in 2021
by Andrew Liptak
Five Stories Driven by a Disregard for Basic Safety
by James Davis Nicoll
Shadow Moon Goes Into Self-Exile in the Full Trailer for American Gods Season 3
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Killing Game, Part I”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
New Orleans, Magic, and Blood Debts. Tor Teen Acquires Terry J. Benton’s New Series in Six-Figure Deal
by Molly Templeton
Tolkien’s Dark Lords: Sauron, Dark Magic, and Middle-earth’s Enduring “Melkor-ingredient”
by Jeff LaSala
Twenty New Cast Members Join Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series
by Molly Templeton
Pirates in Space: Henry Martyn by L. Neil Smith
by Alan Brown
Moving the Pieces Forward — Star Trek: Discovery’s “The Sanctuary”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Truths We Tell: Tordotcom Publishing Acquires Malcolm Devlin’s And Then I Woke Up
by Tor.com
We’re Offering a Free Download of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series This Week! Today: In An Absent Dream
by Tor.com
Dawnshard Reread: Prologue and Chapters 1-7
by Lyndsey Luther and Sam Lytal
Wed Dec 2
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop — With Pizza Dog! — Confirmed for Hawkeye Disney+ Series
by Andrew Tejada
An Inexhaustible Research Subject: Elizabeth Bear’s “On Safari in R’lyeh and Carcosa With Gun and Camera”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Back to Neverland: Revealing A.C. Wise’s Wendy, Darling
by Tor.com
Check Out The Wheel of Time TV Show’s Heron Mark Blade, And Learn How It Was Made
by Molly Templeton
DuckTales 2017 May Not Return for a Fourth Season
by Andrew Tejada
The Costs of Colonization: Cleverman as an Anti-Western
by Noah Berlatsky
A New Campaign Seeks to Preserve J.R.R. Tolkien’s Oxford Home
by Andrew Liptak
Beloved Child of the House: Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi and the Renaissance Memory Palace
by Elyse Martin
5 Books About the Horror of Winter
by Evie Green
All of Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction Published in 2020
by Tor.com
We’re Getting a Sequel to The Wandering Earth
by Andrew Liptak
We’re Offering a Free Download of Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children Series This Week! Today: Beneath the Sugar Sky
by Tor.com
Hammer and Tongs and a Rusty Nail
by Ian Tregillis
Tue Dec 1
SFWA Names Nalo Hopkinson as the 37th Damon Knight Grand Master
by Andrew Liptak
Five Hippie-ish SF Novels Inspired by Sixties Counterculture
by James Davis Nicoll
Subterranean Press Announces Kelly Robson Collection
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From We Hear Voices
by Evie Green
Sing Me a Song: Ruinsong by Julia Ember
by Alex Brown
Gideon, Harrow, and the Value of Problematic Relationships in Fiction
by Gwen Katz
Reading the Wheel of Time: Morgase Breaks Free in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 13)
by Sylas K Barrett
Answers to the Beta-Readers’ Reactions to Brandon Sanderson’s Rhythm of War
by Alice Arneson
Aspects of History and Future: Announcing Five Books From Andrea Hairston
by Tor.com
Download Down Among the Sticks and Bones for Free Today, and Come Back Tomorrow For the Next Book!
by Tor.com