Blog Archive
March 2021
Wed Mar 31
Advertising for Burglars: Lord Dunsany’s “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Read an Excerpt From The Girl and the Mountain
by Mark Lawrence
Five SFF Works That Put Bards Center Stage
by James Davis Nicoll
Calling Evil Good, and Good Evil: Spiritual Abuse in C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle
by Matt Mikalatos
Powerpuff Finds Its Professor Utonium in Donald Faison
by Molly Templeton
Five SFF Stories That Shed Light on Obscure History
by Eleanor Konik
Amazon Casts Midsommar’s Jack Reynor for Adaptation of William Gibson’s The Peripheral
by Andrew Liptak
El nido de libros
by Naomi Kritzer
Tue Mar 30
Sam Weber on Illustrating Gene Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun for The Folio Society
by Andrew Liptak
Our Fine Feathered Friends: The Best Birds in Fantasy
by Stubby the Rocket
Lucifer’s Next Batch of Season 5 Episodes Will Debut on Netflix in May
by Andrew Liptak
Who Gets to Be People? Encountering the Alien in A Desolation Called Peace
by CD Covington
Godzilla Vs. Kong Director Adam Wingard Will Bring ThunderCats to the Big Screen
by Molly Templeton
Five Thrilling SFF Works About Meticulously Planned Infrastructure
by James Davis Nicoll
Game of Thrones On Stage? Get the Fake Blood Ready!
by Molly Templeton
Five Heart-Pounding Jump Scares in Horror Fiction
by Ferrett Steinmetz
Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses Is Headed to Hulu
by Molly Templeton
Season Five of Rick and Morty Arrives June 20th
by Andrew Liptak
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Is Here and Ready to Wreak Havoc
by Molly Templeton
Five Persian Legends and Their Western Counterparts
by Melissa Bashardoust
George R.R. Martin Signs Huge Overall Deal With HBO
by Andrew Liptak
American Gods Won’t Continue for Another Full Season
by Andrew Tejada
Here’s the Cast for Star Wars: Kenobi
by Andrew Liptak
5 SFF Character Pairs With Ever-Changing Relationships
by Catriona Silvey
New Shadow and Bone Trailer Will Answer Some of Your Pressing Questions
by Molly Templeton
Revealing Dragonblood Ring by Amparo Ortiz
by Tor.com
Mon Mar 29
Flash Gordon’s Kid Cousin Journeys to the Center of the Earth: Andre Norton’s Garan the Eternal
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From The Blue-Spangled Blue
by David Bowles
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Someone to Watch Over Me”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
A K-Pop Playlist for Your Favorite Young Adult SFF Books
by Kat Cho
Why I Love Planet of the Apes, and You Should Too
by Bethany C. Morrow
Seven Thrilling SFF Murder Mysteries
by Elisa Shoenberger
Fri Mar 26
James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad Is Fully Assembled
by Molly Templeton
Black Falcon, White Wolf. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “The Star-Spangled Man”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Showtime’s Man Who Fell To Earth Adaptation Casts Naomie Harris and Jimmi Simpson
by Andrew Liptak
Watch a New Sizzle Reel for That Last Starfighter Sequel
by Andrew Liptak
Unforgettable SFF Books Involving Amnesia
by James Davis Nicoll
5 Modern Cyberpunk Stories
by Corey J. White
6 SFF Characters Who Commune With Animals
by Stubby the Rocket
Thu Mar 25
Humanizing a Magnificent Bastard: Nick Martell’s The Two Faced Queen
by Paul Weimer
Read an Excerpt From K.M Szpara’s First Become Ashes — Meet Kane
by K.M. Szpara
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Juggernaut”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Sleipnir: A Horse Between Worlds
by Judith Tarr
Five Books Featuring Heroic Criminals Who Save the Day
by Alexandra Christo
A New Edition of Lord of the Rings Will Feature J.R.R. Tolkien’s Artwork For the First Time
by Andrew Liptak
Millennium: An Essential Guide to One of TV’s Most Fascinating Shows
by Gemma Files and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Revealing H.M. Long’s Temple of No God
by Tor.com
Peter S. Beagle Has Finally Regained the Rights to His Body of Work
by Andrew Liptak
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Nine
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Wed Mar 24
More Wondrous on the Inside: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places (Part 2)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Arizona State University’s Free Solarpunk Anthology is All About Optimistic Futures
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From K.M Szpara’s First Become Ashes — Meet Deryn
by K.M. Szpara
Five Unconventional Economic Systems as Imagined in SFF
by Eleanor Konik
The Wrath of Khan Easter Egg in For All Mankind Suggests an Alternate Pop Culture Timeline
by Ryan Britt
Read an Excerpt From Dark Lullaby
by Polly Ho-Yen
Amazon Taps Doctor Who and Wheel of Time Director Wayne Che Yip For Its Lord of the Rings series
by Andrew Liptak
In Stowaway, Having Too Many Roommates Is Even More Stressful in Space
by Molly Templeton
The Pen and the Sword: Learning Medieval Weaponry
by Christopher Buehlman
Masquerade Season
by 'Pemi Aguda
Tue Mar 23
Marvel’s Black Widow Will Debut on Disney+ and in Theaters on July 9th
by Andrew Liptak
Sleeps With Monsters: C.L. Polk Answers Seven Questions
by Liz Bourke
Supergirl Will Save the World From a Superpowered Lex in Her Final Season
by Andrew Tejada
Read an Excerpt From K.M Szpara’s First Become Ashes — Meet Calvin
by K.M. Szpara
The Full Trailer for Joss Whedon’s The Nevers Has a Victorian X-Men Vibe
by Molly Templeton
The Shadows in Our Stories: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
by Maya Gittelman
Five YA Fantasies for Lovers of Libraries
by Intisar Khanani
Reading The Wheel of Time: Nynaeve Faces Galad, Salidar, and Maerion’s Arrows in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 23)
by Sylas K Barrett
Every King Arthur Retelling Is Fanfic About Who Gets to Be Legendary
by Tracy Deonn
Hulu is Adapting Margaret Atwood’s Maddaddam Trilogy
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From House of Hollow and Join Author Krystal Sutherland for a Virtual Tour
by Tor.com
Mon Mar 22
Marvel is Reportedly Developing Disney+ Echo Spinoff From Forthcoming Hawkeye Series
by Andrew Liptak
Understanding Horses: The Soul-Bond Between Human and Animal
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From K.M Szpara’s First Become Ashes — Meet Lark
by K.M. Szpara
Emerald Fennell Will Write DC’s Zatanna Movie
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Think Tank”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Finding Comfort in Apocalyptic Stories
by Rachel Ayers
Netflix’s The Witcher Bulks Up Ciri’s Magic Training, Adds Another Seven Characters for Season 2
by Molly Templeton
The CW’s Batwoman Recasts Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane With Krypton’s Wallis Day
by Andrew Liptak
Ten Questions We Hope to See Answered in Patrick Rothfuss’ Kingkiller Chronicle Book 3
by Michelle RJ
Being a Ghostbusting Hero Isn’t Easy in Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks
by Tor.com
Fri Mar 19
They Made a Whole New Justice League so We Don’t Have to Look at Superman’s Uncanny Face
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Stumbling to Move Forward: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “New World Order”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Five Collections of Tales From the Science Fiction Barroom
by James Davis Nicoll
Nickelodeon Is Planning Major Avatar: The Last Airbender Expansion
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Guards! Guards! Part V
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
HBO Considering Three Additional Game of Thrones Shows
by Andrew Liptak
6 Stunning Fantasies for Nature Lovers
by Emily B. Martin
Thu Mar 18
Kaci Walfall Will Lead Ava DuVernay’s Naomi
by Andrew Liptak
9 Fascinating Spaceship Societies
by Stubby the Rocket
Five Genre-Jumping Masterpieces
by Ashley Poston
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Fight”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Watch the Teaser Trailer for New Adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper
by Andrew Liptak
Classic SF About Extremely Long Naps
by James Davis Nicoll
Hi Stranger, New in Town?: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
by Alan Brown
Timur Bekmambetov Will Transform the Animal Crossing-Inspired Short Don’t Peek Into a Feature Film
by Molly Templeton
Paul McAuley’s Austral Will Be Adapted Into a Series
by Molly Templeton
Logan’s Run: The Film That Killed ’70s SF
by Dan Persons
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Eight
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Wed Mar 17
Warner Bros. Is Developing Film About DC Golden Age Superhero Hourman
by Andrew Liptak
Syfy’s Resident Alien Is Coming Back for a Second Season
by Andrew Liptak
Looks Like a Stargate Revival Might Include Daniel Jackson
by Andrew Liptak
A Terrible Time for Birdwatching: Daphne Du Maurier’s “The Birds”
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Read an Excerpt From A River Called Time
by Courttia Newland
Lena Headey Will Star in Beacon 23
by Molly Templeton
Have Five Seconds of Rosamund Pike as Moiraine in Amazon’s The Wheel of Time
by Molly Templeton
Man Who Fell to Earth Adaptation Moving from Paramount+ to Showtime
by Andrew Liptak
Stephen King Books That Aren’t (Strictly) Horror
by Keith Rice
A Brief History of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier in the Comics
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Disney+ Gets Some Cool Old-New Star Wars Content in April
by Andrew Liptak
Better Things Ahead: The Last Battle and the End of Narnia
by Matt Mikalatos
Shonen Anime and the Myth of Meritocracy
by Minyoung Lee
Gawyn and Éowyn: Exploring the Parallels Between Two Great Epic Fantasy Characters
by Brittany Callan
Tue Mar 16
Fractured Reflections: The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
by Aiden Thomas
Is it a Fall or a Flight? Oliver K. Langmead’s Birds of Paradise
by Leah Schnelbach
Making Comfort Food From Fireheart Tiger With Author Aliette de Bodard
by Aliette de Bodard
Reading The Wheel of Time: Nynaeve Meets the Prophet in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 22)
by Sylas K Barrett
Starz’s Outlander Will Return for a Seventh Season
by Andrew Liptak
The Cruel Optimism of the Gothic: Wealth, Class, and Villainy in YA Fiction
by Allison Saft
Five SF Stories in Which Kindness Prevails
by James Davis Nicoll
Mon Mar 15
Announcing the 2020 Nebula Awards Finalists
by Molly Templeton
Finding the Groove Again: Andre Norton’s Brother to Shadows
by Judith Tarr
Hearts on Fire: Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes
by Michal Schick
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Course: Oblivion”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Marvel Reportedly Casts Kingsley Ben-Adir as Villain for Secret Invasion
by Andrew Liptak
7 Wrong Lessons That Creators Learned From Game of Thrones
by Charlie Jane Anders
The Latest Trailer for Netflix’s The Irregulars Teases a Supernatural World of Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Liptak
Announcing the 2021 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists
by Molly Templeton
Five Sapphic Fantasies That Helped Me Find My Freedom
by Adrienne Tooley
The Final Trailer for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Looks to a Post-Captain America World
by Andrew Liptak
N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy Is Being Adapted for TV
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Is Underway — With New Cast Members
by Molly Templeton
100 Speculative Fiction Titles to Add to Your To-Be-Read Pile
by James Davis Nicoll
Fri Mar 12
Tiffany Haddish Will Star in Netflix’s Mystery Girl
by Molly Templeton
Five Recent Books for Fans of Old-Fashioned SF Adventure
by James Davis Nicoll
V.E. Schwab’s City of Ghosts Is Getting a TV Adaptation
by Andrew Liptak
Adaptation Anxiety: Can Chaos Walking Live Up to the Books?
by Cassie Schulz
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Guards! Guards! Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Revealing The Offset, A Dystopian Novel From Calder Szewczak
by Tor.com
Thu Mar 11
A Complicated Revolution: The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
by Alex Brown
Read an Excerpt From Creatures of Passage
by Morowa Yejidé
Castle Rock’s Ruby Cruz Joins Disney+’s Willow Series
by Andrew Liptak
Following the Justice League Snyder Cut, Kiersey Clemons Will Co-Star As Iris West in The Flash
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Disease”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoon Is Not What You Think It Is
by Dan Persons
The Sapphic Witchy Slowburn of Adrienne Tooley’s Sweet & Bitter Magic
by Maya Gittelman
The Mother Goddess of Middle-earth
by Megan N. Fontenot
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in March!
by Tor.com
We Never Got To See Colin Trevorrow’s Episode 9, Now a Fan Is Adapting the Leaked Script as a Comic
by Andrew Liptak
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Seven
by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson
Wed Mar 10
Bigfoot, Therefore Evolution: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places (Part 1)
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Alexandre Aja’s Netflix Film Oxygen Looks Terrifying
by Andrew Liptak
George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards TV Show Is Moving to Peacock
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From Nino Cipri’s Defekt
by Nino Cipri
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Reread — What We Might Be Leaving Behind
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Netflix’s Adaptation of V.E. Schwab’s Story “First Kill” Has Found Its Stars
by Molly Templeton
Turns Out Hunting Down a Story Can Be Very Satisfying: On the Rise of Lore
by Ferrett Steinmetz
Adam Christopher’s Mandalorian Novel No Longer Happening
by Andrew Liptak
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in March!
by Tor.com
This Mandalorian Cosplay Is Next Level
by Molly Templeton
Portraying Grief in SFF: From Beloved to WandaVision
by Leah Schnelbach
Five Classic SF Novels Written From an Alien Perspective
by James Davis Nicoll
Tue Mar 9
NBC’s Dan Brown Series Langdon Heads Over to Peacock
by Andrew Liptak
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Broadway Stars Join the CW’s Powerpuff Girls
by Andrew Tejada
Read an Excerpt From The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
by Sarah Beth Durst
Watch the Trailer for Amazon’s New Horror Anthology Them
by Andrew Liptak
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: February 2021
by Alex Brown
Marvel’s Third Law of Motion: How WandaVision Shows That Actions Have Consequences in the MCU
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Wrong Lesson: Nynaeve al’Meara and Bodily Autonomy
by Sylas K Barrett
The Phantom Tollbooth Author Norton Juster Has Died at the Age of 91
by Andrew Liptak
An Introduction to Critical Role: Prepare Your Emotions
by Emily A. Duncan
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in March!
by Tor.com
Revealing Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier
by Tor.com
Mon Mar 8
FX Is Adapting Octavia Butler’s Kindred
by Andrew Liptak
Understanding Horses: Trust Between Human and Animal
by Judith Tarr
How Meta Sitcoms and The Truman Show Shape WandaVision’s Stages of Grief
by Natalie Zutter
Read an Excerpt From Amanda Joy’s YA Fantasy A Queen of Gilded Horns
by Amanda Joy
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Dark Frontier”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Ranking the Live-Action Members of Superman’s Supporting Cast
by Joe George
A Powerhouse Team Will Bring Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman to Life as a Series
by Molly Templeton
Raya and the Last Dragon Is a Stunningly Animated Reminder That No One Saves the World Alone
by Molly Templeton
NASA Honors Octavia Butler With Martian Landing Site
by Andrew Liptak
Nesta’s Story: Sarah J. Maas’ A Court of Silver Flames
by Molly Templeton
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in March!
by Tor.com
Trashy Tales: Five Stories About Space Garbage
by James Davis Nicoll
Fri Mar 5
Richard Kadrey’s Original Screenplay Dark West Has Been Optioned
by Molly Templeton
WandaVision Brings One Chapter to a Close in “The Series Finale”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Germany’s Grim Inc. Sounds Charming, But Can We Please Have Dead Like Me Back
by Molly Templeton
Play the Plot: Tabletop Games To Pair With Your Favorite Fantasy
by Linda H. Codega
Sarah Gailey’s The Echo Wife Will Be Adapted for Film
by Molly Templeton
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Guards! Guards! Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Paramount Is Moving Forward With New Star Trek Movie
by Andrew Liptak
Jo Walton’s Reading List: February 2021
by Jo Walton
Thu Mar 4
Batman Broods Darkly in the Latest Teaser for Zack Snyder’s Justice League
by Molly Templeton
Stock Up on Tachyon’s Books With This Latest Humble Bundle Deal
by Andrew Liptak
In the Shadows of Space: Sylvain Neuvel’s A History of What Comes Next
by Tobias Carroll
Arkady Martine Examines the Costs of Empire in A Desolation Called Peace
by Martin Cahill
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Bliss”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Sequels and Standalones: New Young Adult SFF for March and April 2021
by Alex Brown
Spinning New Tales: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye by Alan Dean Foster and Han Solo at Star’s End by Brian Daley
by Alan Brown
The Premiere Episode of Every Star Trek Series Is Currently Available on YouTube
by Molly Templeton
Maybe Thunder Force Is Better Than This Trailer Suggests
by Molly Templeton
Five SFF Books Featuring Middle-Aged and Elderly Heroes Who Still Kick Ass
by Sarah Beth Durst
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Twenty-Six
by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther
Wed Mar 3
More Hungry Houses: Oliver Onions’ “The Beckoning Fair One”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
A New Documentary Focuses on Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From Sing Me Forgotten
by Jessica S. Olson
Queer Romance and Political Intrigue in Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
by Em Nordling
Hugh Grant and Sophia Lillis Join Dungeons & Dragons Film
by Andrew Liptak
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves, and The Magician’s Nephew
by Matt Mikalatos
Gore Verbinski to Direct Adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s Sandkings
by Andrew Liptak
Five Fascinating Twists on Cosmic Horror
by James Davis Nicoll
#Spring Love, #Pichal Pairi
by Usman T. Malik
Tue Mar 2
Rogue A.I.s and Pharma Tycoons in S.B. Divya’s Machinehood
by Alexis Ong
The CW Has Renewed Superman & Lois for a Second Season
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From The Councillor
by E. J. Beaton
Wesley Chu’s Forthcoming War Arts Saga Series Optioned for TV
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Gravity”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Hot Young Astronauts Do What They Want in the Trailer for Voyagers
by Molly Templeton
Here Are the Finalists for the LA Times 2021 Ray Bradbury Prize
by Andrew Liptak
Protecting Ashkenazi Jewish Magic: Preservation Through Storytelling and History
by Gavriel Savit
Sissy Spacek and Ed O’Neill Have a Secret in Amazon’s Lightyears
by Molly Templeton
San Diego Comic-Con Will Remain a Virtual Event in 2021
by Molly Templeton
Red Sonja Adaptation Brings in Tomb Raider Showrunner Tasha Huo
by Andrew Liptak
Reading The Wheel of Time: Birgitte Is in the Limelight in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 21)
by Sylas K Barrett
Indira Varma Joins the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series
by Molly Templeton
Five SFF Books About Division and Separation
by Aliya Whiteley
Download a Free eBook of The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood Before March 6!
by Tor.com
Revealing Omnibus Editions of Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné
by Tor.com
Mon Mar 1
Tweaking the Formula in Andre Norton’s Moon Called
by Judith Tarr
Elizabeth Knox’s The Absolute Book Arrives at Last
by Matthew Keeley
Priestess of a Lesser Goddess: H.M. Long’s Hall of Smoke
by Paul Weimer
15 SFF Books That Demand a Soundtrack
by Meghan Ball
Young Einstein Is Serious Alternate History Hidden Behind a Campy Exterior
by Joe M. McDermott
Seven Excellent Escapist Adventure Fantasy Books
by A.K. Larkwood