June 2021

Wed Jun 30

Here Are The Nominees For The 2020 Shirley Jackson Awards by Andrew Liptak

Extradimensional Rubber Bands: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places, Part 9 by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Read an Excerpt From All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman

Loki Peels Back the Curtain in “The Nexus Event” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Amazon’s The Wheel of Time Will Debut In 2021 by Molly Templeton

Bound by Fate: 9 Fantasy Duos Destined for Each Other by Stubby the Rocket

Hell or Something Like It: C.S. Lewis and The Great Divorce by Matt Mikalatos

The Fellowship of the Ring and the Memes of Middle-earth by Austin Gilkeson

Announcing the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist by Andrew Liptak

Five Dark SFF Books To Make You Laugh Out Loud by Anna Carey

Tue Jun 29

Apparently, Simon Pegg Is Working On A TV Version Of Galaxy Quest by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: Books Visceral and Gripping by Liz Bourke

Read an Excerpt From Small Favors by Erin A. Craig by Erin A. Craig

Good Omens Is a Love Story, and I Will Never Recover From It by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five SFF Tales of Survival in a Strange Place (or Time) by James Davis Nicoll

Vin Diesel Says That Riddick 4 Is Written by Andrew Liptak

Reading The Wheel of Time: Sometimes You Have to Use (Bale)Fire in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 34) by Sylas K Barrett

The History and Politics of Wuxia by Jeannette Ng

Neil Gaiman, David Tennant, Michael Sheen Will Return For A Good Omens Sequel Series by Andrew Liptak

Revealing A Swift and Savage Tide by Chloe Neill by Tor.com

Mon Jun 28

Harper Voyager Will Publish Janelle Monáe’s Debut Short Fiction Collection by Andrew Liptak

Understanding Horses: Chasing Cows and Other Pursuits by Judith Tarr

You Can Back This Visual Guide to Sci-Fi Megastructures on Kickstarter by Andrew Liptak

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

You Can Have More Nevers Next Year by Molly Templeton

Five SFF Homes from Hell by James Davis Nicoll

Beyond Gears and Wires: Tabletop RPGs If You Love Books About Sentient A.I.s by Linda H. Codega

Music-Making Mutants: Rock ‘n’ Roll in George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series by Jason Powell

New Trailer For Apple TV’s Foundation Reveals A September 24 Premiere Date by Andrew Liptak

Something Big Is Coming… Revealing John Scalzi’s The Kaiju Preservation Society by Tor.com

Sat Jun 26

Announcing the 2021 Locus Awards Winners by Molly Templeton

Fri Jun 25

4 Space Podcasts With Crews You’ll Want to Join by T.H. Ponders

A Grown-Up Neverland: Wendy, Darling by A.C. Wise by Mahvesh Murad

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

A Supernatural Spinoff Is Already the Source of Epic Drama by Molly Templeton

The New Shang-Chi Trailer Teases a Dragon and the Return of Abomination by Andrew Tejada

Five SF Travel Methods That Offer an Alternative to Starships by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Jun 24

Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire Gets Series Order at AMC by Andrew Liptak

Read an Excerpt From Benjamin Percy’s The Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy

The Battle of Four Armies: Carrie Vaughn’s Questland by Paul Weimer

Arrowverse Recap: A Mixed Bag of Tremendous Highs and Series Lows by Andrew Tejada

Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Child’s Play” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Easy Steps Towards Monetizing Your Magical Practice by T.L. Huchu

The Further Adventures of Professor Challenger by Arthur Conan Doyle by Alan Brown

Murder Books 101: How To Survive a Slasher by Grady Hendrix

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Forty-Two by Alice Arneson

Wed Jun 23

Stepford Pets: Lisa Tuttle’s “Replacements” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Scarlett Johansson Is Reportedly Climbing Aboard Disney’s Tower of Terror by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Ryan Van Loan’s The Justice in Revenge by Ryan Van Loan

Loki Tries (and Fails) to Get Personal in “Lamentis” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Looking for Body Positivity and Fat Protagonists in YA Fantasy by Anya Josephs

Read the First Two Chapters From Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Crack the Case With 5 SFF Detectives by Neil Sharpson

Erewhon Books Announces Kalyna the Soothsayer, the Debut Novel From Elijah Kinch Spector by Tor.com

The Red Mother by Elizabeth Bear

Tue Jun 22

First Chords of a New Universe: Benjamin Percy’s The Ninth Metal by Tobias Carroll

Elves, Murder, and Gallons of Tea: Katherine Addison’s The Witness for the Dead by Leah Schnelbach

Read an Excerpt From Becky Chambers’ A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Listen to Brian Staveley’s Short Story “The Last Abbot of Ashk’lan” by Andrew Liptak

8 SFF Books That Reimagine Literary Classics by Leah Schnelbach

A24 Offers Helpful Preface on the Legend Inspiring The Green Knight by Andrew Liptak

In Star Eater, Kerstin Hall Creates a World Like No Other by Molly Templeton

Download a Free eBook of the First Malazan Fantasy Book–Gardens of the Moon–Before June 26! by Tor.com

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Series of Ambushes in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 33) by Sylas K Barrett

Amal El-Mohtar, Kelly Robson, and A.M. Dellamonica Movingly Explore Abduction Through Those Left Behind in Theatrical Triptych Dressed as People by Natalie Zutter

Learn About the Power of Storytelling From LeVar Burton by Molly Templeton

Five Classic SF Stories About Lost Home Worlds by James Davis Nicoll

Mon Jun 21

Clawing Toward Hope: Andre Norton’s No Night Without Stars by Judith Tarr

The Kyo Come to Visit: Clearing Up Some Important Questions in CJ Cherryh’s Foreigner Series by CD Covington

Luca Should Have Owned Its Accidental Allegory and Become Pixar’s First Queer Film by Emmet Asher-Perrin

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

Celebrate Octavia Butler’s Birthday Tomorrow With the Carl Brandon Society by Andrew Liptak

When We Have Come to This Place: The Aliens Series as Cosmic Horror by Premee Mohamed

Read an Excerpt From Shelley Parker-Chan’s She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Henry Golding Faces the Three Challenges of the Warrior in the Latest Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins Trailer by Molly Templeton

MGM Is Revamping Blacula by Andrew Liptak

Mars Is the Wild West in the First Trailer for Settlers by Andrew Liptak

Five SFF Characters To Help You Execute the Perfect Caper by James Davis Nicoll

Doomsday and the Old Lie: Announcing Emily Tesh’s Debut Novel, Some Desperate Glory by Tor.com

Sat Jun 19

White Bears in Sugar Land: Juneteenth, Cages, and Afrofuturism by Tochi Onyebuchi

Thu Jun 17

Titans Season 3 Trailer Really Wants Jason Todd to See Red by Andrew Tejada

Arrowverse Recap: Mental Health and Family Ties Take Center Stage by Andrew Tejada

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

Life at the End of the World: The World Gives Way by Marissa Levien by Martin Cahill

Risky Business: Five Books About Interplanetary Trade by James Davis Nicoll

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Finale: Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum by Natalie Zutter

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

Wed Jun 16

Reading The Wheel of Time: Women Make Their Own Choices in Robert Jordan’s The Fires of Heaven (Part 32) by Sylas K Barrett

Could Be Worse… We Guess: T. Kingfisher’s The Hollow Places, Part 8 by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Body, Books, Beauty: The Membranes by Chi Ta-Wei by Lee Mandelo

A Striking Debut: The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid by Liz Bourke

Loki Turns Up the Heat as We Meet “The Variant” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

5 Thrilling SFF Books to Pump You Up by Aigner Loren Wilson

Celebrate Picard Day With a Teaser for the Next Season of Star Trek: Picard by Molly Templeton

Let’s Show Some Love for the Ten Best Dads in Superhero TV and Movies by Joe George

Read an Excerpt From Elizabeth Lim’s Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

11 Modern Fantasies Based in Classic Mythology by Carly Silver

The Far Side of the Universe by noc

Tue Jun 15

Jennifer Lopez Will Defend Humanity From an Apocalyptic AI in Netflix’s Atlas by Andrew Liptak

Sleeps With Monsters: The Difference Between Survival and Cruelty by Liz Bourke

Okay, Do Superheroes Bone or Not? by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Gaston Prequel Series Is Real and Coming to Disney+ by Molly Templeton

Into the Woods: Hannah Whitten’s For the Wolf by Molly Templeton

Can I Interest You in a Dark Carnival? Bo Burnham, Ray Bradbury, and Our Modern Hall of Mirrors by Leah Schnelbach

Slow Music, Slow Motion, Slow Movie — Zack Snyder’s Justice League by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Stargirl Trailer Shines a Light on a New Green Lantern and More by Andrew Tejada

Orbit Will Publish Two-Volume Companion to Iain M. Banks’ Culture Series by Andrew Liptak

Is There a Queer Future Without Queerphobia? by Emma Leff

Chris Pratt Faces Aliens and Clichés in the Final Tomorrow War Trailer by Molly Templeton

Five Scorching Hot YA Fantasies Set in the Desert by Natalie Mae

Meet the Young Crew From Star Trek: Prodigy by Molly Templeton

Mon Jun 14

A Sequel to Robbie and Stephen Amell’s Code 8 Is Coming to Netflix by Andrew Liptak

Understanding Horses: Riding as Cooperation by Judith Tarr

Sapphic Dystopian Excellence in Zoe Hana Mikuta’s Gearbreakers by Maya Gittelman

Read an Excerpt From The Unraveling by Benjamin Rosenbaum

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

A Witch’s Life for Me: How Kiki’s Delivery Service Mixes the Magical and the Mundane by Nicole Glover

Tor Books Acquires Holly Black’s Debut Adult Novel, Book of Night by Tor.com

The 30 Most Anticipated SFF Books for the Rest of 2021 by Christina Orlando

Not So Fast: Five Books Featuring Sublight Space Travel by James Davis Nicoll

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 Momoa’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