Blog Archive

June 2021

Fri Jun 11

Netflix Releases First Glimpse of The Witcher Season 2 by Andrew Liptak

Saoirse Ronan and LaKeith Stanfield Will Star in Garth Davis’s Adaptation of Iain Reid’s Foe by Molly Templeton

The Fragmented Horrors of Josh Malerman’s Goblin by Tobias Carroll

Jo Walton’s Reading List: April and May 2021 by Jo Walton

Todd McFarlane Is Developing Sam and Twitch, a Spawn Spinoff TV Series by Molly Templeton

Apple Has Renewed Jason Mamoa’s See, Season 2 Gets Summer Release by Andrew Liptak

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

She-Hulk Adds The Good Place’s Jameela Jamil by Andrew Liptak

Five SFF Books That Set Sail for Adventure by F.T. Lukens

Thu Jun 10

Read an Excerpt From The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy by Lucinda Roy

Arrowverse Recap: Heroes Find Problems That They Can’t Just Punch Away by Andrew Tejada

The Trailer for Netflix’s Masters of the Universe: Revelation Is Hyperactive ’80s Mayhem by Molly Templeton

The Cast for Zack Snyder’s Twilight of the Gods Is Out of This World by Molly Templeton

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

All the New Genre-Bending Books Arriving in June! by Tor.com

The Pinnacle of Planetary Romance: The Reavers of Skaith by Leigh Brackett by Alan Brown

For the Third Year in a Row, There’s a New Trailer for Free Guy by Molly Templeton

Tolkien’s Orcs: Boldog and the Host of Tumult by Jeff LaSala

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

Wed Jun 9

The Party at the Beginning of the End of the World: Livia Llewellyn’s “Bright Crown of Glory” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Hex-Related Data: Future Feeling by Joss Lake by Lee Mandelo

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

The Trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy Is Exactly What You Expect by Molly Templeton

Dave Hutchinson’s Near-Future Spy Series Fractured Europe Is Getting a TV Adaptation by Andrew Liptak

Loki Premieres to Poke Holes in the God of Mischief’s “Glorious Purpose” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Read an Excerpt From Kerstin Hall’s Star Eater by Kerstin Hall

Apple TV+’s Invasion Arrives in October by Molly Templeton

Five Young Adult SFF Books With Asexual Leads by Linsey Miller

Bryan Fuller Is Getting Behind the Wheel of Christine by Molly Templeton

The Story King: How The Chronicles of Narnia Shapes the Worlds We Create by Matt Mikalatos

Revealing Pearl, a New Horror Novel From Josh Malerman by Tor.com

Meta Meaning: Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown by Leah Schnelbach

You Can Now Read Mythic Quest’s Faux Nebula Award-Winning Story, Tears of the Anaren by Andrew Liptak

An Easy Job by Carrie Vaughn

Tue Jun 8

Dressed as People, From Kelly Robson, A.M. Dellamonica, and Amal El-Mohtar, Will Premiere at the Ottawa Fringe Festival by Molly Templeton

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Is Complicated, Unapologetic, Powerful, Glorious by Liz Bourke

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

Sisters and Sorcery: Destiny Soria’s Fire with Fire by Molly Templeton

Netflix’s Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series Is Coming This Fall by Molly Templeton

Season 2 of Netflix’s Locke & Key Debuts in October by Andrew Liptak

Can Loki Overcome the MCU’s Comics Problem? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

5 SFF Squads You Wish You Could Join by Alexis Nedd

Is It a Trash Can or Is It Art? — Wonder Woman 1984 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Reading The Wheel of Time: Rand Puts a Chip On His Shoulder in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 31) by Sylas K Barrett

Zach Galifianakis Is a Malfunctioning Robot Friend in the Trailer for Ron’s Gone Wrong by Molly Templeton

Rob Zombie Is Directing a Munsters Movie by Molly Templeton

5 SFF Books Featuring Makeovers and Transformations by Sandhya Menon

The Malazan Saga Returns: Read Chapter Two of Steven Erikson’s The God Is Not Willing by Steven Erikson

Mon Jun 7

Closing the Book on a World: Andre Norton’s The Warding of Witch World by Judith Tarr

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

Of Course There Will Be a Second Season of Shadow and Bone by Molly Templeton

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

The Queerness of Rand al’Thor by Ben Gierhart

Christina Ricci Plugs In for The Matrix 4 by Molly Templeton

N. K. Jemisin Is Adapting Her Broken Earth Trilogy for Film by Molly Templeton

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

Issa Rae Will Swing Into the Spider-Verse as Spider Woman by Andrew Tejada

Five SFF Characters You Should Never, Ever Date by James Davis Nicoll

More Than Just a Mean Girl: A Chorus Rises by Bethany C. Morrow by Alex Brown

Sat Jun 5

Here Are the Winners of the 2020 Nebula Awards by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Fri Jun 4

A Greater Gatsby: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo by Alex Brown

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Moving Pictures, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five SF Books About Living in Exile by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Jun 3

Read an Excerpt From Destiny Soria’s Fire With Fire by Destiny Soria

Netflix Is Replacing Jupiter’s Legacy With Supercrooks by Andrew Liptak

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

Watch the Freaky Trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s New Horror Film Demonic by Andrew Liptak

B. Catling’s Hollow Is Abundant and Excessive by Matthew Keeley

Would-Be Utopias: Five Books Featuring Arcologies and Domed Cities by James Davis Nicoll

Hugh Jackman Journeys Into the Past in Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence by Molly Templeton

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

Wed Jun 2

Hugging the Taxidermy: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places, Part 7 by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

Bear McCreary Releasing Battlestar Galactica Live Album by Andrew Liptak

Five SFF Novels With Trans Women Protagonists by Alina Boyden

Announcing the Winners of the 33rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards by Andrew Liptak

Lawrence of Arabia, Paul Atreides, and the Roots of Frank Herbert’s Dune by Kara Kennedy

Let’s Rank Every Ted Chiang Story Ever Published by Grant Forbes

Tue Jun 1

MGM Is Adapting Norman Partridge’s 2006 Horror Novel Dark Harvest by Andrew Liptak

Understanding Horses: The Familial Bond Between Horse and Human by Judith Tarr

Medievalists Ask Five Questions About A24’s The Green Knight by Elyse Martin and Sean Rubin

Read an Excerpt From Joss Lake’s Future Feeling by Joss Lake

The Last Jedi Tried to Free Star Wars From Its Fixation on Legends by Dan Persons

Reading The Wheel of Time: Old Friends, New Allies, and a Broken Seal in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 30) by Sylas K Barrett

Announcing the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards Winners by Molly Templeton

Here’s the 2021 African Speculative Fiction Society Nommo Awards Shortlist by Andrew Liptak

Seven Times Science Fiction Got Genetic Engineering Right by Sue Burke

Join Becky Chambers on Tour for A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Molly Templeton

The Malazan Saga Returns: Read Chapter One of Steven Erikson’s The God Is Not Willing by Steven Erikson