April 2021

Fri Apr 30

Finn Wittrock Will Star in HBO Max’s Green Lantern by Molly Templeton

The Best (and Worst) of the ’90s Teen Horror Craze by Alex Brown

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Good Omens, Part V by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books About the Culture of Gaming by Chris Kluwe

The Single Best Bibliographical Resource There Is (if You Like SFF) by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 29

Read an Excerpt From The Shadow in the Glass by JJA Harwood

Bridges Go in Both Directions: Humans and Atevi in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series by CD Covington

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Beyond Shadow and Bone: Your Guide to Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse by Zoraida Córdova

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4: Does June Want to Be Saved? by Natalie Zutter

A Deer-Boy Is Here to Give You Feelings in Netflix’s Adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s Sweet Tooth by Molly Templeton

Those Pesky Earthlings: Pandora’s Legions by Christopher Anvil by Alan Brown

Hugo-Nominated Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Is a Bardic Fantasy by Natalie Zutter

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Thirty-Four by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Apr 28

Change Your Clocks, Change the World: Robert Levy’s “DST (Fall Back)” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

New Six Second Clip of Daniel Henny as al’Lan Mandragoran in Amazon’s Wheel of Time by Sylas K Barrett

Read an Excerpt From A.M. Strickland’s In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

Elementary, My Dear Murderbot: Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells by Em Nordling

We Need to Talk About Bucky Barnes’ Awful Date in Falcon and the Winter Soldier by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Short Detour: C.S. Lewis’ “The Shoddy Lands” and “Ministering Angels” by Matt Mikalatos

Cole Sprouse Is Headed to Mars in Moonshot by Molly Templeton

Summer Is That Much Closer With the Latest Trailer for Luca by Molly Templeton

Marvel’s Ironheart Taps Chinaka Hodge as Head Writer by Andrew Liptak

More MonsterVerse Mayhem Coming From Director of Godzilla vs. Kong by Andrew Tejada

To Survive a Year of Covid, Indie Booksellers Had To Reimagine What it Means To Be a Bookstore by Charlie Jane Anders

The Angel of Khan el-Khalili by P. Djèlí Clark

Tue Apr 27

Sleeps With Monsters: In Conversation With Tasha Suri by Liz Bourke

Legends of Tomorrow Get Animated in the Trailer for Season 6 by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Danielle L. Jensen’s Gilded Serpent by Danielle L. Jensen

SFF Dream Girl Cristin Milioti Is Breaking Out of Her Archetypal Trap by Natalie Zutter

What Speculative Fiction and Possible Worlds Theory Taught Me about Grief by Gretchen Busl

“Orienting Our Own Moral Compass!” — Defekt by Nino Cipri by Lee Mandelo

HBO’s House of the Dragon Is Officially in Production by Andrew Liptak

Reading The Wheel of Time: One Battle Ends and Another Begins in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 26) by Sylas K Barrett

Mortal Kombat Is Chock Full of Characters, Clichés, and Cool Fights by Andrew Tejada

With Falcon and the Winter Soldier Over, Marvel’s Moving On To Captain America 4 by Andrew Liptak

Ten Horror Movies That Will Make You Permanently Suspicious of the Great Outdoors by Joe George

Shadow and Bone Overcomes Rushed Opening to Find Its Voice in Season One by Sylas K Barrett

Revealing E. Catherine Tobler’s The Necessity of Stars by Tor.com

Mon Apr 26

Winged Magic: Andre Norton’s Flight in Yiktor by Judith Tarr

Let’s Get Folkloric: Rena Rossner’s The Light of the Midnight Stars by Tobias Carroll

Read an Excerpt From Folklorn by Angela Mi Young Hur

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Barge of the Dead” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Artist or Wizard? 5 Books About the Magic of Creativity by Maggie Stiefvater

Why You Should Watch The NeverEnding Story as an Adult by Leah Schnelbach

Tordotcom Publishing Acquires Six Martha Wells Books—Including Three Murderbot Diaries by Molly Templeton

5 Science Fiction Books Featuring Floating Habitats by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Apr 23

The Need to Do Better in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “One World, One People” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Playwrights, Magicians, and Zombies: 16 Fictional Shakespeares by Sarah Tolf

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Good Omens, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Unusual Humanism: Five Works by the Great Clifford D. Simak by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 22

Counterculture(s) Past: Izumi Suzuki’s Terminal Boredom by Lee Mandelo

Read an Excerpt From Victoria Aveyard’s Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard

FIYAHCON Announces Shortlist For the 2021 Ignyte Awards by Molly Templeton

Gifts From the Gods in The Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter by Martin Cahill

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Survival Instinct” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

M.O.D.O.K. Struggles With Work/Life Balance in New Trailer by Molly Templeton

ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination Releases Free Climate Change Anthology by Andrew Liptak

Ten Eco-Fiction Novels Worth Celebrating by Nina Munteanu

A Film About Jim Henson’s Life Is in the Works by Andrew Liptak

Why Can’t We Be (Just) Friends? — Platonic Love in SFF by J. S. Dewes

Delacorte Press to Publish The Grimoire of Grave Fates in Partnership With We Need Diverse Books by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Thirty-Three by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Apr 21

I Don’t Think We’re in Narnia Any More: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places (Part 4) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

There Once Was a Ship That Was Put to Sea: In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens by Alex Brown

Read the First Two Chapters From P. Djèlí Clark’s A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Monsters Don’t Make Good Neighbors in the Trailer for Werewolves Within by Molly Templeton

The Power of Adolescent Anger: L’Engle’s Meg Murry and Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching by Dorothy Bennett

The Witcher Will Return This Fall by Molly Templeton

Game of Thrones Director Alan Taylor Is Adapting Stone Junction by Andrew Liptak

Five Upbeat SF Classics Featuring Barely Any Doom! by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn by Tor.com

Tue Apr 20

Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke Reportedly Join Marvel’s Secret Invasion by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: Water Horse by Melissa Scott by Liz Bourke

Read an Excerpt From A Dark Queen Rises by Ashok K. Banker

The Huntington Awards Debut Octavia E. Butler Fellowship to Alyssa Collins by Andrew Liptak

“Blood Follows Vein”: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart by Alex Brown

Changing While Standing Still: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Charlie Jane Anders’ Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Ava DuVernay’s Wings of Fire Animated Series Lands at Netflix by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: War Is a Waste in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 25) by Sylas K Barrett

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Gets Three New Directors by Andrew Liptak

Enter the Fold: Indie Tabletop RPGs to Play if You Love Shadow and Bone by Linda H. Codega

Revealing Saad Z. Hossain’s Kundo Wakes Up by Tor.com

Mon Apr 19

Understanding Horses: Caring for Wise Elders by Judith Tarr

Devi Pillai to Become President and Publisher, Tom Doherty Associates by Tor.com

Netflix’s Animated Anthology Series Love, Death + Robots Returns May 14th by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Joan He’s The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Equinox, Part II” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

A Game of Stones: Five Novels Set in Asteroid Belts by James Davis Nicoll

First Trailer for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Is Rife With Action by Andrew Liptak

The Year Nerd Culture Took Over the Mainstream by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Stephen Graham Jones’ The Only Good Indians Wins the Ray Bradbury Prize by Molly Templeton

Magic and Crime Go Hand-in-Hand: Announcing Comeuppance Served Cold by Marion Deeds by Tor.com

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

Fri Apr 16

The Calm Before the Storm in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “Truth” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Anika Noni Rose Joins Showtime’s Let the Right One In Adaptation by Molly Templeton

Carey Mulligan Joins Netflix’s Spaceman by Andrew Liptak

Five Perfectly Pulpy Modern Horror Novels by James S. Murray

The Serpent’s Fabien Frankel Joins HBO’s House of the Dragon by Andrew Liptak

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Good Omens, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books That Use Wormholes to Plug Plot Holes by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 15

Learn About Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy From N. K. Jemisin in Her New MasterClass by Andrew Liptak

Battles Fought With Ideas: Emily B. Martin’s Floodpath by Tobias Carroll

Read an Excerpt From In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Mads Mikkelsen Will Be in Indiana Jones 5 Because of Course He Will by Molly Templeton

Watch the Full Trailer for Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: Fifth Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Six Compelling SFF Works in Translation by Tobias Carroll

Haunting of Hill House Creator’s Next Project Is Sci-Fi Horror Set on Mars by Andrew Liptak

The Tolkien Society’s Archives of the Mallorn Journal Are Now Freely Available to All by Andrew Liptak

Stark vs. the Curse of the Middle Volume: The Hounds of Skaith by Leigh Brackett by Alan Brown

How the Five Most Important Seconds in Toy Story Changed Animation Forever by Dan Persons

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Thirty-Two by Lyndsey Luther and Alice Arneson

Wed Apr 14

Always Be Closing: Margaret St. Clair’s “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From The Last Watch by J. S. Dewes

Okay, F9, That’s Not Quite What We Meant by “Space,” But We’ll Take It by Molly Templeton

5 SFF Subgenres for Fans of True Crime by Lauren Jackson

10 Reasons to Watch Vagrant Queen’s Single Perfect Season by Elizabeth Hosty

Stumbling Into Heaven: Emeth, Aslan, and The Last Battle by Matt Mikalatos

Five Books That Feature Lost, Missing, and Forgotten Gods by Laini Taylor

Revealing Clean Air by Sarah Blake by Tor.com

Tue Apr 13

Our Favorite SFF Spins on Jack the Ripper by Stubby the Rocket

Read an Excerpt From Alina Boyden’s Gifting Fire by Alina Boyden

Zombies Are Smarter and Faster in Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead Trailer by Molly Templeton

The Dazzling Queer Delight of Charlie Jane Anders’ Victories Greater Than Death by Maya Gittelman

Announcing the 2021 Hugo Award Finalists by Tor.com

A Brief Guide to the Extraordinary Fiction of Vonda N. McIntyre by Meredith Smith

Joe Cornish’s Next Project Is Adapting Mark Millar’s Starlight by Molly Templeton

Tolkien’s Orcs: The Din-horde of Morgoth by Jeff LaSala

Epix Picks Up Contemporary Sci-Fi Horror Series From by Andrew Liptak

Arranged Marriage Meets Queer Fantasy Romance: Announcing A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Tor.com

Mon Apr 12

A Live-Action Gundam Film Is Coming to Netflix From the Director of Kong: Skull Island by Andrew Liptak

A Dim and Diminished Reflection: Andre Norton’s Merlin’s Mirror by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt From Unity, a New Science Fiction Thriller by Elly Bangs

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Equinox, Part I” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds Wins the 2021 Compton Crook Award by Andrew Liptak

Them Relies on Brutality Over Nuanced Social Commentary by Alex Brown

Watch the Trailer for Season 2 of Apple’s Gaming Comedy Mythic Quest by Andrew Liptak

Five Stories Built Around the Threat of Nuclear Blackmail by James Davis Nicoll

Can The Nevers Evolve Beyond a Whedonesque Bag of Tricks? by Natalie Zutter

Paramount has Scheduled a New Star Trek Film for 2023 by Andrew Liptak

Five Architecture Documentaries to Inspire Science Fiction Writers by Joe M. McDermott

Fri Apr 9

Bad Guys and Good Guys in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “The Whole World is Watching” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in April! by Tor.com

The New MST3K Kickstarter Reached Its $2 Million Goal In Only 36 Hours by Leah Schnelbach

Marvel Reportedly Casts Hamilton Star Renée Elise Goldsberry in She-Hulk by Andrew Liptak

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Good Omens, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: March 2021 by Alex Brown

Thu Apr 8

Read an Excerpt From I’m Waiting For You by Kim Bo-Young

Marquette University Is Looking for Oral Histories From J.R.R. Tolkien Fans by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Ember of Night by Molly E. Lee

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Warhead” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Free Tor EDU Event Series Aims to Demystify Publishing by Molly Templeton

Traumatic Moments From SFF We Watched as Children by Stubby the Rocket

Orphan Black: The Next Chapter Is Now a Free Podcast by Molly Templeton

An Adaptation of Ian Rogers’ Every House Is Haunted Is Coming to Netflix by Molly Templeton

Five SF Stories That Embrace the Scientifically Improbable Reactionless Drive by James Davis Nicoll

A New Collection of Douglas Adams’ Writing Has Been Funded on Kickstarter by Andrew Liptak

All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in April! by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Thirty-One by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther

Wed Apr 7

Down the Rabbit Hole, With Tape Measure: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places (Part 3) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

Jo Walton’s Reading List: March 2021 by Jo Walton

Worldcon 2021 Moves to December by Molly Templeton

Fairy Tale Sisters Who Don’t Hate Each Other by Leah Cypess

The Real Ghosts Were the Friends We Made Along the Way: Téa Obreht’s Inland by Leah Schnelbach

Being a Superhero Is Super Hard in the Trailer for Jupiter’s Legacy by Molly Templeton

Leia’s Bounty Hunter Disguise Brings My Favorite Fantasy Trope to a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Natalie Zutter

All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in April! by Tor.com

Annie Without Crow by Michael Swanwick

Tue Apr 6

Stroll Beneath the Canopy of 8 Fictional Forests by Thoraiya Dyer

The Murky Waters of Courttia Newland’s A River Called Time by Matthew Keeley

That Stack of Paper From the Loki Trailer Is a Joke by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Read an Excerpt From The Helm of Midnight, Start of a New Trilogy From Marina Lostetter by Marina J. Lostetter

Of Course Paddington Should Be In Every Movie by Molly Templeton

A 30-Year-Old Soviet Adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring Is Available for Your Viewing Pleasure by Molly Templeton

Five Stories in Which Great Power Is Not Always Used Responsibly by James Davis Nicoll

Reading The Wheel of Time: Mat is a Rambling Man in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 24) by Sylas K Barrett

Can Black Pain in Books Bring About Black Joy? by Sarah Raughley

All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in April! by Tor.com

The Folio Society’s Next Gorgeous Release Is a Limited Edition of The Complete Short Stories of Philip K. Dick by Andrew Liptak

Every Wall Has Eyes: Announcing The City Inside by Samit Basu by Tor.com

Mon Apr 5

Now We Know What Captain Janeway Is Doing on Star Trek: Prodigy by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Lower Decks Drops Trailer and Announces Season Two Premiere Date by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Star Trek: Discovery’s Fourth Season Is Definitely Coming This Year by Molly Templeton

Nichelle Nichols Documentary Woman In Motion Is Coming to Paramount+ by Molly Templeton

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Trailer Teases the Return of Q by Emmet Asher-Perrin

A Small and Eclectic Herd of Recent Equine Delights by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt From Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart

The First Trailer for Space Jam 2 Looks Looks Like a Ready Player One Sequel by Andrew Liptak

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Relativity” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five SFF Books About Wicked Women by Heather Walter

SFWA Stands With Asian Diaspora Communities, Offering Statement and Support Plan by Molly Templeton

17 Factual and Fictional Books About Space Exploration by Stubby the Rocket

Loki Has Better Things to Do Than Fix the World in New Loki Trailer by Molly Templeton

Alison Stine’s Road Out of Winter Wins the 2021 Philip K. Dick Award by Andrew Liptak

Here Are the 2020 BSFA Award Winners by Andrew Liptak

Revealing Two New Novels From Angry Robot Books by Tor.com

Fri Apr 2

Ava DuVernay’s New Gods and James Wan’s The Trench Aren’t Happening by Molly Templeton

Flying Down to Madripoor in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s “Power Broker” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Netflix Wraps Production On Season 2 of The Witcher by Andrew Liptak

A New Trailer for The Suicide Squad Shows Off New Team Members by Andrew Liptak

John Woo Is Producing an Adaptation of Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan’s Monkey Master by Molly Templeton

Five Books Where Magic Has a Cost by Isabelle Steiger

Serial Box Is Now Realm—And Expanding to Free Podcasts by Molly Templeton

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Good Omens, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

In Search of the Classic Hollywood-Style Asteroid Belt by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Apr 1

Five Modern Teens With Supernatural Problems by Christine Lynn Herman

Read an Excerpt From Katherine Addison’s The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “11:59” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Godzilla Vs Kong Is Really Kong’s Show by Sylas K Barrett

Laughing in the Face of Doom: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams by Alan Brown

Read an Excerpt From Zen Cho’s Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Thirty by Alice Arneson and Lyndsey Luther