Blog Archive
February 2021
Fri Feb 26
Ta-Nehisi Coates and J.J. Abrams Are Teaming Up to Reboot Superman
by Andrew Liptak
Solar Opposites’ Aliens Are Still Stuck on Earth With Season Two Premiere Incoming
by Andrew Liptak
WandaVision Gets to the Heart of Things in “Previously On”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Hold Your Breath for the Epic Shadow and Bone Trailer
by Molly Templeton
HBO’s Time Traveler’s Wife Finds Its Stars in Rose Leslie and Theo James
by Molly Templeton
5 SF Stories About Teleportation Systems Gone Awry
by James Davis Nicoll
Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad Has a New Teaser and a Release Date
by Molly Templeton
Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone Reboot Won’t Get a Third Season
by Andrew Liptak
District 10 Screenplay Is in the Works, Says Neill Blomkamp
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Guards! Guards! Part II
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Fourth Season of The Handmaid’s Tale Arrives in April
by Molly Templeton
Showtime’s Halo TV Series Moves to Paramount+
by Andrew Liptak
Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. Series Gets New Teaser and Premiere Date
by Andrew Tejada
8 Twists on Classic Gothic Stories
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Feb 25
Read an Excerpt From Sweet & Bitter Magic
by Adrienne Tooley
Crossing Castes: Juliette Wade’s Transgressions of Power
by Paul Weimer
Paul W.S. Anderson Will Direct Film Adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s “In the Lost Lands”
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Bride of Chaotica!”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
All Your Favorite ’80s Toys Are Getting New Onscreen Life Again
by Molly Templeton
So Much Star Trek — Including New Animated Prodigy Series — Is Headed to Paramount+
by Molly Templeton
Halle Berry Is On Board Netflix’s The Mothership
by Molly Templeton
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Elanor Gamgee
by Megan N. Fontenot
Meet Some Adorable Sea Monsters in the Trailer for Pixar’s Luca
by Molly Templeton
The Avatar: The Last Airbender Co-Creators Will Return to Animate Their Franchise
by Andrew Tejada
Five SFF Books About Memory
by Daniel Polansky
It’s a Zombie Casino Party in the Teaser for Army of the Dead
by Molly Templeton
Revealing All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman
by Tor.com
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Five
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Wed Feb 24
What Walks Alone: Final Thoughts on The Haunting of Hill House
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — Original Sin
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
A Mermaid Takes on the Gods in Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea
by Tor.com
Disney+ Reveals Release Dates for The Bad Batch and Loki
by Molly Templeton
The Looming Horror and Magic of What It Is To Be Alive: Isabel Yap’s Never Have I Ever
by Maya Gittelman
Not All Worldbuilding Needs to Be Meticulous to Be Effective
by Noah Berlatsky
Tehanu: Le Guin’s Return to Earthsea — and Her Best Novel
by Sean Guynes
5 Books That Will Make You Think Twice About Walking in the Woods
by Rachel Griffin
Spider-Man 3 Has a Title! Just Kidding, It Has Three Titles
by Molly Templeton
Announcing The Underland, a Modern Gothic Fairy Tale From Alix E. Harrow
by Tor.com
The Tyger
by Tegan Moore
Download the January/February 2021 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter
by Tor.com
Tue Feb 23
Read an Excerpt From Nicky Drayden’s Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis
by Nicky Drayden
Land, Sea, and Stars: Sun-Daughters, Sea-Daughters by Aimee Ogden
by Liz Bourke
Angel Manuel Soto Will Direct DC’s Blue Beetle
by Molly Templeton
Five SF Works That Explore the Mysteries of Alpha Centauri
by James Davis Nicoll
High School Buddies Max Brooks and Sean Astin Climb Minecraft: The Mountain Together
by Molly Templeton
This Is The Way: Fanaticism and Found Family in The Mandalorian and She-Ra
by Elyse Martin
Reading The Wheel of Time: Nynaeve and Liandrin Both Pay a Price in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 20)
by Sylas K Barrett
There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect Fit in the Trailer for Slaxx
by Molly Templeton
Netflix’s Adaptation of Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy Arrives May 7th
by Molly Templeton
Tolkien’s Orcs: Bolg, Shagrat, and the Maggot-folk of Mordor
by Jeff LaSala
Ronald D. Moore Is Developing a Magic Kingdom Franchise for Disney+
by Andrew Liptak
Revealing Sword Stone Table, a New Anthology of Arthurian Retellings
by Tor.com
Mon Feb 22
Here Are the Winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards
by Andrew Liptak
Understanding and Writing Horses: Paying Attention
by Judith Tarr
Edgar Wright Tapped to Direct Running Man Reboot
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From The Stolen Kingdom
by Jillian Boehme
A Mature Ending: Soulstar by C. L. Polk
by Alex Brown
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Latent Image”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Netflix’s Irregulars Take the Spotlight Off Sherlock Holmes
by Molly Templeton
Is There Such a Thing as a Necessary Prequel?
by Ferrett Steinmetz
Here Are the 2020 Bram Stoker Award Nominees
by Andrew Liptak
Chilly Winter Books to Read by a Roaring Fire
by Stubby the Rocket
Sasha Calle Is DC’s New Supergirl
by Molly Templeton
5 Questions About Netflix’s Redwall Adaptation
by Emily Hughes
Science Fiction and Fantasy Blend in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Elder Race
by Tor.com
Fri Feb 19
WandaVision Goes Through Major Revelations in “Breaking the Fourth Wall”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Enact Magical Vengeance in Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper
by Tor.com
Nine Deeply Humanist Science Fiction Films
by Robert Repino
First Trailer for NBC’s Debris Has Some Serious Fringe Vibes
by Andrew Liptak
Hafsah Faizal’s We Hunt the Flame Is Being Developed as a TV Series
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Guards! Guards! Part I
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Roger Zelazny’s Roadmarks Is Coming to HBO — With the Help of George R.R. Martin
by Molly Templeton
Five SF Works Featuring Dyson Shells (and Not Dyson Swarms)
by James Davis Nicoll
Thu Feb 18
Read an Excerpt From Premee Mohamed’s A Broken Darkness
by Premee Mohamed
Engaging SF Adventure: Engines of Oblivion by Karen Osborne
by Liz Bourke
Symphony Space Presents an All-Star Celebration of Octavia Butler
by Molly Templeton
AMC’s Animated Ken Liu Series Pantheon Announces Cast
by Andrew Liptak
30 Coins Is a Beautiful Explosion of Horror Tropes
by Leah Schnelbach
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Counterpoint”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Otherwise Award Announces Latest Fellows
by Andrew Liptak
12 SFF Reboots of Nostalgic Sitcoms I’d Like to See
by Leah Schnelbach
Get Over Here and Watch the Trailer for Mortal Kombat
by Molly Templeton
New Setting for an Old Hero: The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett
by Alan Brown
Announcing the 2020 BSFA Award Nominees
by Molly Templeton
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Is Working on a Constantine Reboot for HBO Max
by Andrew Liptak
5 Types of Relationship to Share With Your Clone
by Sarah Gailey
The Very Best Bear Will Return for Paddington 3
by Molly Templeton
Revealing To Break a Covenant by Alison Ames
by Tor.com
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Four
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Wed Feb 17
Tim Burton Is Making a Wednesday Addams TV Show
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Journeys End: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House (Part 10)
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Revealing The Blue-Spangled Blue by David Bowles
by Tor.com
Disruptions in Communication Disrupt Atevi Society in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series
by CD Covington
Mat’s Dagger Appears in New Teaser From The Wheel of Time TV Show
by Tor.com
Read an Excerpt From The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
by Sarah Gailey
To Infinity and Beyond: How Disney Films Deal with Death and the Afterlife
by Daniel Roberts
Playing True Stories: Karin Tidbeck’s Dazzling The Memory Theater
by Molly Templeton
“Would You Like Wings?”: An Invitation to Transformation in The Magician’s Nephew
by Matt Mikalatos
Why Do Meddling Teens Always Have to Save the World?
by Kali Wallace
Trailer for Cruella Will Not Make You Care About the Puppy Murderer’s Backstory
by Molly Templeton
The Monsters Are Our Last Hope in Cameron Johnston’s The Maleficent Seven
by Tor.com
Tue Feb 16
HBO Max’s Peacemaker Is Rounding Out its Cast
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
by Liz Bourke
Read an Excerpt From Chain of Iron, a Shadowhunters Novel From Cassandra Clare
by Cassandra Clare
A Science Fictional Domestic Thriller: The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
by Lee Mandelo
Sam Gamgee’s Life After Lord of the Rings Is Beautifully Illustrated by Molly Knox Ostertag
by Molly Templeton
Disney Announces First French Language Series, Parallels
by Andrew Liptak
A Nostalgic Watchlist for the Stressed Out Millennial
by Alex Brown
Willy’s Wonderland Never Quite Reaches Its Cult Horror-Comedy Aspirations
by Leah Schnelbach
Reading The Wheel of Time: Snow, Sex, and the Seanchan in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 19)
by Sylas K Barrett
Zack Snyder Wants to Make a King Arthur Movie
by Molly Templeton
Here Are the Nominees for the 2021 Compton Crook Award
by Andrew Liptak
Five SF Tales of Presidential Peril
by James Davis Nicoll
Discover Monsters and Magic in Lyndall Clipstone’s Lakesedge
by Tor.com
Mon Feb 15
Ticking the Plot Boxes in Andre Norton’s Yurth Burden
by Judith Tarr
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Thirty Days”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Books Set in a Fantastical America
by Sara Holland
John Wick Is a Portal Fantasy
by Leah Schnelbach
Fri Feb 12
Captain Marvel 2 Finds Its Villain In Zawe Ashton
by Molly Templeton
Wandavision Goes For Retro Looks in “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Stand Is Half of a Great Television Series
by Leah Schnelbach
Blades for Hire: Five Fictional Duellists
by James Davis Nicoll
Eva Green and Vincent Cassel Will Star in a Pair of Three Musketeers Films
by Molly Templeton
A My Little Pony Movie Is Galloping Straight to Netflix
by Molly Templeton
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Pyramids, Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
7 More Swoon-Worthy Fantasy Romances
by Natalie Zutter
Thu Feb 11
HBO’s House of the Dragon Adds Four to its Cast
by Andrew Liptak
5 SFF Works Inspired by RPGs
by James Davis Nicoll
Lynne Bertrand’s City of the Uncommon Thief Soars to Dizzying Heights
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Nothing Human”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Books With Broody Male Characters
by Brigid Kemmerer
Nick Kroll as Drunk Poe Is Just Another Reason We Should Probably Be Watching Dickinson
by Molly Templeton
Namina Forna Will Adapt The Gilded Ones as a Film
by Molly Templeton
Exploring the People of Middle-earth: The “Absolutely Essential” Rosie Cotton
by Megan N. Fontenot
The Last of Us TV Series Casts Stars From The Mandalorian and Game of Thrones
by Andrew Tejada
Fall in Love With Some of SFF’s Hottest Royals
by Zoraida Córdova
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Three
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Unleash Magic With Ciara Duggan’s Awakened
by Tor.com
Wed Feb 10
Lonely Hunter: Aimee Ogden’s “His Heart Is the Haunted House”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
An Epic Life Untold: The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — I, The Constable
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Mindy Kaling’s Animated Velma Is Coming to HBO Max
by Molly Templeton
Read an Excerpt From We Shall Sing a Song Into the Deep
by Andrew Kelly Stewart
Five Books Showcasing Humanity’s Talent for Self-Extinction
by James Davis Nicoll
The Movie Adaptation of Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona Will Not Be Completed
by Molly Templeton
Young Listener Rightly Suggests NPR Needs More Dinosaur Stories
by Molly Templeton
Natalie C. Parker’s Stormbreak Is a Vindicating, Epic Finale to the Seafire Trilogy
by Maya Gittelman
Your Guide to Africanfuturist Science Fiction
by Aigner Loren Wilson
Netflix Is Adapting Brian Jacques’ Redwall Series
by Andrew Liptak
Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels
by Lavie Tidhar
Tue Feb 9
The CW Is Rebooting The 4400
by Andrew Liptak
A New Adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Is in the Works
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: Hench, by Natalie Zina Walschots
by Liz Bourke
Read an Excerpt From New YA Fantasy The Gilded Ones
by Namina Forna
Decommissioned Is a Delightfully Spooky Ghost Story Set on the ISS
by Andrew Liptak
The Love You Can Trust: Sapphic Longing and Reclamation in Fireheart Tiger
by Maya Gittelman
Jamie Lee Curtis Joins Eli Roth’s Borderlands Adaptation
by Andrew Liptak
Ten Zombie Comedies That Won’t Rot Your Braaaaaaaains
by Dan Persons
Reading The Wheel of Time: Men Are Trapped and Women Are Too in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 18)
by Sylas K Barrett
M. Night Shyamalan’s Old Presents a Different Kind of Body Horror
by Andrew Tejada
Five Fictional Fathers Who Fell Cosmically Short
by David Arnold
Discover Your Power in Zoraida Córdova’s The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
by Tor.com
Mon Feb 8
Understanding and Writing Horses: Interspecies Communication
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From The Rain Heron
by Robbie Arnott
Space Sweepers Might Be the Best Sci-Fi Blockbuster of the 21st Century
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Paramount Picks Up the Rights to Gabrielle Zevin’s Not-Yet-Published Novel Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow
by Molly Templeton
Dungeons & Dragons Movie Adds Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Infinite Regress”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Devil Below’s Abandoned Mines Are Definitely Totally Safe, for Sure
by Molly Templeton
Five Possible Reasons We Haven’t Been Visited By Aliens (Yet)
by James Davis Nicoll
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: January 2021
by Alex Brown
Watchmen Writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour Will Pen Blade for Marvel
by Molly Templeton
Season Four of Syfy’s Wynonna Earp Will Be its Last
by Andrew Liptak
Five YA Fantasy Books Where Enemies Become Lovers
by Hafsah Faizal
Latest Trailer for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Shows Off an Intense Staring Contest
by Andrew Liptak
More Dragon Action in Latest Raya and the Last Dragon Teaser
by Molly Templeton
Revealing the Cover and Table of Contents for The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2, Edited by Jonathan Strahan
by Tor.com
Fri Feb 5
Pacific Rim: The Black’s Full Trailer Reveals Some Creepy New Kaiju
by Molly Templeton
The Man Who Fell to Earth TV Series Finds Its Absolutely Perfect Star in Chiwetel Ejiofor
by Molly Templeton
WandaVision’s Cracks Are Beginning to Show “On a Very Special Episode…”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in February!
by Tor.com
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Pyramids, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Bring These 5 Intrusive Fantasy Books Into Your World
by Gita Trelease
Thu Feb 4
Heroics and Heart in We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen
by Martin Cahill
Eternals Director Chloé Zhao to Helm Sci-Fi Western Take on Dracula
by Andrew Liptak
Jo Walton’s Reading List: January 2021
by Jo Walton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Timeless”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Off-Beat Gothic and Horror Books for Fans of the Classics
by Rose Szabo
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in February!
by Tor.com
First Trailer for Bruce Willis’ Cosmic Sin Is Loaded With Every Action Cliché Under the Sun
by Andrew Liptak
One Heck of a Summer Vacation: Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear
by Alan Brown
Marvel at a Minimum: Or, How to Introduce the MCU to My Parents
by Michael Livingston
Revealing Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire
by Tor.com
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Two
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Wed Feb 3
Go Forth and Face Your Lover: The Haunting of Hill House (Part 9)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in February!
by Tor.com
Cyberpunk Freedom Fighters: Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha
by Alex Brown
It’s Not About Winning in The Expanse’s Season Five Finale, “Nemesis Games”
by Molly Templeton
How WandaVision Is Mining Three Separate Histories
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Apocalypse Comedy Save Yourselves! in Development as a TV Series
by Molly Templeton
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in February!
by Tor.com
Finding Paradise in The Magician’s Nephew
by Matt Mikalatos
The Mandalorian and Lovecraft Country Face Off With the British Royals in This Year’s Golden Globe Nominations
by Molly Templeton
Haunted Houses, Cursed Lands, and the Horror of Gentrification
by Sam J. Miller
Across the Dark Water
by Richard Kadrey
Tue Feb 2
Jon M. Chu Will Helm the Film Adaptation of Wicked
by Andrew Liptak
Riot Baby Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination for Outstanding Literary Work
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sleeps With Monsters: Romance and Magic in Julia Ember’s Ruinsong
by Liz Bourke
Barry Allen Is Running Out of Speed in Trailer for The Flash’s Seventh Season
by Molly Templeton
Read the First Two Chapters From Everything That Burns
by Gita Trelease
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Once Upon a Time”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
First Teaser for HBO’s The Nevers Shows Off Some Victorian Superpowers
by Andrew Liptak
Of Grandmothers and Wolves: Rose Szabo’s What Big Teeth
by Molly Templeton
Matt Reeves’ 2008 Film Cloverfield Is Getting a Direct Sequel
by Andrew Liptak
Ryan Coogler Developing Series Set in Wakanda for Disney+
by Andrew Tejada
Five Books That Get Kinetic Weapons Very Wrong
by James Davis Nicoll
Six Great SFF Love Stories
by Everina Maxwell
Disney+’s Willow Series Finds its Director
by Andrew Liptak
Michelle Ruiz Keil Rewrites Myth and Fairy Tale With Summer in the City of Roses
by Tor.com
Mon Feb 1
When Genres Clash: Andre Norton’s Here Abide Monsters
by Judith Tarr
Read the First Two Chapters From Winter’s Orbit
by Everina Maxwell
Six Great Young Adult SFF Duologies To Devour
by Adalyn Grace
14 of Our Favorite Groundhog Day-Style Time Loops in SFF
by Stubby the Rocket
5 Truly Inhospitable Fictional Planets
by James Davis Nicoll