Blog Archive
September 2021
Thu Sep 30
The Solarpunk Future: Five Essential Works of Climate-Forward Fiction
by Justine Norton-Kertson
The Center Cannot Hold: Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shards of Earth
by Paul Weimer
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Q2”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
A Night in the Lonesome October Is a Perfectly Tricky Halloween Treat
by Rachel Ayers
The Libraries of Who We Are
by Molly Templeton
Netflix’s Maya and the Three Sends Four Warriors On a Gorgeous (and Dangerous) Quest
by Molly Templeton
FX’s Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred Adds Six to Cast
by Andrew Liptak
You Will Be Assimilated by Poop of Borg — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “I, Excretus”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-Two
by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest
Wed Sep 29
Room Service for the Squamous: Sarah Peploe’s “UNDR”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Read an Excerpt From Greta Kelly’s The Seventh Queen
by Greta Kelly
Prelude to a Coda — What You Need to Know Ahead of Star Trek’s Most Epic Novel Trilogy
by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
Balanced Between Worlds: Revealing Rovina Cai’s Illustrations for Nicola Griffith’s Spear
by Nicola Griffith and Rovina Cai
What If… “Ultron Won”? Gives Us Peace in Our Time
by Leah Schnelbach
The Book of Boba Fett Has a Release Date!
by Molly Templeton
After the Fall: The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
by Alan Brown
Visit One Very Magical House in the Trailer for Encanto
by Molly Templeton
Celebrating the Librarians of SFF
by Stubby the Rocket
Questions Asked in the Belly of the World
by A. T. Greenblatt
Tue Sep 28
Anthony Doerr’s Cloud Cuckoo Land Is a Book of Wonders
by Matthew Keeley
Read an Excerpt From Marie Lu’s Steelstriker
by Marie Lu
Harley Quinn, Eat the Rich and the Joy of Returning to Comics
by Alex Brown
Horror and History on Fear Street
by Alissa Burger
Reading The Wheel of Time: Custom as Strong as Law in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 9)
by Sylas K Barrett
Knowledge Is Carnage: Announcing a New Edition of Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six
by Tor.com
Finding Empowerment in Diaspora Identity: The Last Fallen Star and Lirael
by Wendy Chen
Mon Sep 27
Laura Jean McKay Wins the 2021 Arthur C. Clarke Award
by Andrew Liptak
Tripping the Light Fantastic in Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith’s Derelict for Trade
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From Kingdom of the Cursed
by Kerri Maniscalco
Babylon 5 Is Being Rebooted
by Andrew Liptak
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Human Error”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Midnight Mass Offers Up Raw, Unsettling Horror
by Leah Schnelbach
New Stranger Things Season 4 Trailer Introduces Viewers to the Creel House
by Andrew Liptak
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Makes Some Puzzling Detours in Its Quest For More Box Office Gold
by Austin Gilkeson
Netflix Has Renewed The Witcher for a Third Season
by Andrew Liptak
Y: The Last Man Goes on a “Mann Hunt” to Find Humanity’s Reluctant Savior
by Natalie Zutter
Here Are the Winners of the 2021 British Fantasy Award!
by Andrew Liptak
When Authors Collide: Five SFF Works of Collaborative Fiction
by James Davis Nicoll
The Gang’s All Here and They Look Excellent in Cowboy Bebop’s Opening Credits
by Molly Templeton
A Fairy Tale of Farcical Government: Announcing High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson
by Tor.com
Sat Sep 25
The First Footage from Netflix’s The Sandman Looks Pretty Dreamy
by Leah Schnelbach
Fri Sep 24
Teenage Werewolves, Like Teenage Vampires, Apparently Never Die: Teen Wolf Will Be Reborn as a Movie
by Molly Templeton
Five Latinx SFF Books Featuring Mythical Creatures
by Amparo Ortiz
Russell T Davies Returns as Doctor Who Showrunner for 60th Anniversary
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Revisiting The Flight of Dragons, a Forgotten Gem of ’80s Fantasy
by Reneysh Vittal
Super Mario Bros. Is A Great Movie (It’s Just Not A Great Mario Movie)
by Chris Lough
Shang-Chi Made Me Fall in Love With Martial Arts Films All Over Again
by Zainab Onuh-Yahaya
Nintendo Announces Chris Pratt Will Voice Mario in Animated Movie
by Andrew Liptak
I Write Fantasy Because of Patricia McKillip’s The Riddlemaster
by Julie E. Czerneda
Thu Sep 23
The Orville’s Third Season Finally Has a Release Date
by Andrew Liptak
Meet Lan, the Donut Maker in Ryka Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki
Being a Driver Is a Bloody Challenge In the Trailer for Night Teeth
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Workforce, Part II”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Apple Casts Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo in Adaptation of Hugh Howey’s Wool
by Andrew Liptak
How Harrow the Ninth Uses the Language of Fanfiction to Process Grief
by Natalie Zutter
It’s Time to Put Down the Beach Read and Pick Up a Crunchy Autumnal Book
by Molly Templeton
Huzzah! — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Where Pleasant Fountains Lie”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Watch Made a Mess of Adapting Pratchett — But It Had Some Interesting Ideas
by Elizabeth Heritage
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty-One
by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest
Wed Sep 22
Souls for Sale, Bargain Prices: John Connolly’s “The Fractured Atlas” (Part 4)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Meet Shizuka, the Music Teacher in Ryka Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki
Showtime Greenlights a Let the Right One In Series
by Molly Templeton
Historical Fantasy at Its Most Anime: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
by Linda H. Codega
Invasion Crosses Babel With War of the Worlds
by Molly Templeton
The ‘90s Teen Horror Landscape: The Babysitter and The Lifeguard
by Alissa Burger
What If… “Thor Were an Only Child?” Turns Earth Into a Party Planet
by Leah Schnelbach
Colonization, Empire, and Power in C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet
by Matt Mikalatos
Five Superpowers That Just Aren’t As Fun as They Sound
by James Davis Nicoll
Announcing The Mimicking of Known Successes, an SFnal Murder Mystery by Malka Older
by Tor.com
With Her Eyes
by Cixin Liu
Tue Sep 21
Disney Is Developing an Adaptation of Carlos Hernandez’s Sal & Gabi Break the Universe
by Andrew Liptak
The Bittersweet Hug of TJ Klune’s Under the Whispering Door
by Vanessa Armstrong
Meet Katrina, the Violin Prodigy in Ryka Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki
David Lynch’s Dune Kept Science Fiction Cinema Strange
by Lincoln Michel
Seven Things I Want to See in a Quantum Leap Reboot
by Leah Schnelbach
A Time Traveler’s Work Is Never Done, So Quantum Leap May Get Rebooted
by Molly Templeton
Reading The Wheel of Time: Moiraine Makes a Run for It in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 8)
by Sylas K Barrett
The Wheel of Time Is Recasting Mat Cauthon for Season 2
by Andrew Liptak
Beauty Inspired by Horror: Creating Jewelry for Cassandra Khaw’s Nothing But Blackened Teeth
by Tor.com
Howard Shore Is Reportedly Joining Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series
by Andrew Liptak
If We Don’t Fix Our Planet, They’ll Take Us Away: Revealing A Half-Built Garden By Ruthanna Emrys
by Tor.com
Mon Sep 20
Understanding Horses: Getting to Know You
by Judith Tarr
Read an Excerpt From Lavie Tidhar’s The Escapement
by Lavie Tidhar
Magical World Building: Cazadora by Romina Garber
by Alex Brown
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Workforce, Part I”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
When a Bus Fight Is More Than a Bus Fight: Shang-Chi’s Cinematic Roots
by Hubert Vigilla
In Finch, Tom Hanks Is Gonna Save His Dog No Matter What
by Molly Templeton
Y: The Last Man Makes New Allies and Enemies in “Karen and Benji”
by Natalie Zutter
Announcing the 2021 Ignyte Awards Winners!
by Molly Templeton
5 Books Featuring Fantasy Clergy
by Margaret Rogerson
Announcing Africa Risen, a New Anthology of African and Diasporic Speculative Fiction
by Tor.com
Fri Sep 17
17 Iconic Fashion Moments in SFF History
by Ryan La Sala
Watch the First Trailer for Season 2 of Netflix’s Another Life
by Andrew Liptak
What Makes a Monster? The Complexities of No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull
by Martin Cahill
5 SF Stories in Which Kindness Prevails
by James Davis Nicoll
Time Travel Makes Everything Worse in the Teaser for Needle in a Timestack
by Molly Templeton
Watch the First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part IV
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Preview Cytonic, Book 3 in Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward Series
by Brandon Sanderson
Thu Sep 16
Sword Stone Table and the Metaverse of Camelot
by Jared Shurin
Empire Director Sanaa Hamri Joins Wheel of Time Season 2
by Andrew Liptak
Read an Excerpt From Vespertine, a New YA Fantasy From Margaret Rogerson
by Margaret Rogerson
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “The Void”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Philosophers and Plough-dwarves, Each Must Know His Part in The Nature of Middle-earth
by Jeff LaSala
The Maybe-Impossible Ideal Window of Reading Opportunity
by Molly Templeton
Red Shirts and Big Helmets — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The Spy Humongous”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
I Sing the Body Electric: 5 SF Works About Sex and Technology
by James Davis Nicoll
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Fifty
by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest
Wed Sep 15
You Will Fear the Fuchsia, Yet Again: From Beyond (1986)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Read an Excerpt From Within These Wicked Walls
by Lauren Blackwood
Anthony Mackie Will Face Deranged Clowns and More in a Twisted Metal TV Series
by Molly Templeton
A New Flight of the Navigator Is on the Way From Director Bryce Dallas Howard
by Molly Templeton
The Incredible Shrinking Man Saw Beyond the Material Façade of Post-War Prosperity
by Dan Persons
Becoming a Saint in Shadow and Bone
by Dorothy Bennett
The Majestic Gwendoline Christie Joins the Cast of Netflix’s Wednesday
by Molly Templeton
What If…“Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?” Gives Us a Violent Alternate Reality
by Leah Schnelbach
N.K. Jemisin Is One of TIME’s Most Influential People
by Molly Templeton
As the Computer Commands: The General, Book 1: The Forge by David Drake and S. M. Stirling
by Alan Brown
Stephen King’s It Taught Me About the Shape of Stories
by Leah Schnelbach
Dive Into the South Asian Fantastic: Tordotcom Publishing Acquires Three Novels by Vajra Chandrasekera
by Tor.com
Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre
by Lavie Tidhar
Tue Sep 14
Read an Excerpt From Monica Byrne’s The Actual Star
by Monica Byrne
“Kill your ex. You’ll feel better.” — The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl
by Alex Brown
Netflix Is Transforming Matt Wagner’s Grendel Into a Series
by Molly Templeton
Five Doomed Attempts at Planetary Colonization
by James Davis Nicoll
Download Hammers on Bone By Cassandra Khaw This Week! (September 14-17)
by Tor.com
Netflix’s Locke & Key Season Two Teaser Is Vague and Creepy
by Molly Templeton
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Watch Anime
by Kali Wallace
Reading The Wheel of Time: Seamstresses and Bankers in Robert Jordan’s New Spring (Part 7)
by Sylas K Barrett
Warner Bros. Eyeing Batman Spinoff Featuring Colin Farrell’s Penguin
by Andrew Liptak
Where to Start Reading the Work of Nicola Griffith
by Jonathan Thornton
Announcing The Lies of the Ajungo and Two Subsequent Novellas From Debut Author Moses Ose Utomi!
by Tor.com
Mon Sep 13
Amazon Is Adapting Charlie Jane Anders’ Victories Greater Than Death
by Andrew Liptak
Combining Talents in Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith’s Atlantis Endgame
by Judith Tarr
Read Chapters Nine and Ten From Alex Pheby’s Mordew
by Alex Pheby
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Prophecy”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Y: The Last Man Kicks Off Its Post-XY Apocalypse with a Tick… Tick… BOOM
by Natalie Zutter
Amazon Is Developing a Live-Action She-Ra Series
by Molly Templeton
Read an Excerpt From Along the Saltwise Sea by Seanan McGuire, Writing as A. Deborah Baker
by A. Deborah Baker
Haunted Houses and Magic Brownies: New Young Adult SFF/H September & October 2021
by Alex Brown
Rereading Y: The Last Man, Part 5: Motherland & Whys and Wherefores
by Natalie Zutter
The Holidays Are Coming in First Trailer for Marvel’s Hawkeye
by Andrew Liptak
Tea and Sympathy (and Robots): Revealing Becky Chambers’ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Tor.com
Fri Sep 10
SFF Women Who Sail the High Seas
by Adalyn Grace
All the New Horror and Genre-Bending Books Arriving in September!
by
Winchell Chung’s Atomic Rockets: An Invaluable SF Resource
by James Davis Nicoll
Halloween Kills Will Debut in Theaters and on Peacock Simultaneously
by Andrew Liptak
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Witches Abroad, Part III
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
You Can Print Up Your Own Murderbot Helmet!
by Andrew Liptak
Jo Walton’s Reading List: August 2021
by Jo Walton
Thu Sep 9
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
5 Books That Treat Friendship as Seriously as Romance
by Nicole Kornher-Stace
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Repentance”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
David Tennant Might Be Another Monster in Hide
by Molly Templeton
Check Out This Awesome Murderbot Cosplay
by Andrew Liptak
Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: August 2021
by Alex Brown
This One’s Too Large, This One’s Too Small: Is There a Perfect Shape for Books?
by Molly Templeton
“Was I too much trouble?” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Follow Keanu Reeves Down the Rabbit Hole in the First Trailer for The Matrix Resurrections
by Molly Templeton
Revealing The City Inside by Samit Basu
by Tor.com
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Forty-Nine
by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest
Wed Sep 8
Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard Gets Greenlight; Season 2 Premieres February
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Announces Its Crew—Including Lieutenant Uhura
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Season Four of Star Trek: Discovery Will Premiere This November!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek: Prodigy Announces Premiere Date, Releases New Trailer
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Messy Revisions: John Connolly’s “The Fractured Atlas” (Part 3)
by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth
Read an Excerpt From A Dark and Starless Forest
by Sarah Hollowell
The Luminous Hope of Zoraida Córdova’s The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
by Maya Gittelman
Jennifer Lawrence Has a Relatable Reaction to the Potential End of the World in the Don’t Look Up Teaser
by Molly Templeton
All the New Science Fiction Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
Frank Herbert, the Bene Gesserit, and the Complexity of Women in the World of Dune
by Kara Kennedy
What If… “ZOMBIES???” Gives Us the Earth’s Mightiest Flesh-Eating Ghouls
by Leah Schnelbach
Bent But Not Yet Broken: C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet
by Matt Mikalatos
Jeffrey Wright Gives Voice to Batman on HBO Max
by Andrew Liptak
A Ghost Story: Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
by Leah Schnelbach
Return to the Multiverse of Fairy Tales: Revealing A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow
by Tor.com
The Station of the Twelfth
by Chaz Brenchley
Tue Sep 7
Horses, Murder, and the SCA: Mary Monica Pulver’s Price and Brichter Novels
by Judith Tarr
You Can Now Listen to Hans Zimmers’ Dune Sketchbook Soundtrack
by Andrew Liptak
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in September!
by Tor.com
Read an Excerpt From The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
by Zoraida Córdova
Which Pill Will Lead You to the Matrix Resurrections Trailer?
by Molly Templeton
The Incredible Queerness of Peggy and Steve in Marvel’s What If…?
by Sylas K Barrett
Five Extremely Unscientific Methods for Picking Your Next Book
by James Davis Nicoll
Necromancy, Loss, and the Afterlife: The Enduring Legacy of Garth Nix’s Sabriel
by Meghan Ball
Here Are the Winners of the 2021 Dragon Awards
by Andrew Liptak
5 Books About Death and What Comes Next
by T.J. Klune
Adventure Meets Alien Bureaucracy in Eddie Robson’s Drunk on All Your Strange New Words
by Tor.com
Mon Sep 6
Ten Standalone Fantasy Novels to Combat Series Fatigue
by Sarah Waites
Read Chapters Seven and Eight From Alex Pheby’s Mordew
by Alex Pheby
Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke and the Labor of Creativity
by Simon Jimenez
The Life-Changing Fantasy of Tamora Pierce
by Meghan Ball
10 Horror Movies That Will Make You Permanently Suspicious of Nature
by Joe George
Fri Sep 3
Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives May Be Coming to HBO Max
by Molly Templeton
Rosamund Pike and Rafe Judkins Answer Questions About Amazon’s Wheel of Time
by Andrew Liptak
5 Young Adult Fantasies for Lovers of Libraries
by Intisar Khanani
How to Heist Your Unfinished Novel: A Writer’s Guide
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Five Ghosts You Should Definitely Invite to Your Cookout
by Jeremy Shipp
Annie Wersching Will Play the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard
by Molly Templeton
The Dragonlance Books Launched My Lifelong Love of Fantasy
by Jeremy Finley
Thu Sep 2
Five Books Where Gods Walk the Earth
by L. Penelope
An Ancient Spirit Awakens in Brom’s Slewfoot
by Brom
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities Is Packed With Intriguing Actors, Writers, and Directors
by Molly Templeton
Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: “Lineage”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Amazon’s The Wheel of Time Trailer Is Here!
by Molly Templeton
The Only Way Out Is Through: On Reading Slumps
by Molly Templeton
Here Are the Finalists for the 2019 and 2020 Sidewise Awards
by Andrew Liptak
“A lot’s changed since slightly earlier today” — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Mugato, Gumato”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Here’s a Trailer for Moonfall, In Case You Haven’t Had Your Fill of Natural Disasters
by Molly Templeton
What We Do in the Shadows Is the Funniest Show on Television
by Tyler Dean
Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Forty-Eight
by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest
Wed Sep 1
Watch the Full Trailer for Doom Patrol’s Third Season
by Andrew Liptak
You Read Too Much Into Little Things: Grace Chan’s “The Mark”
by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys
Classic Science Fiction About Extremely Long Naps
by James Davis Nicoll
Not Your Average Magic School: Sasha Peyton Smith’s The Witch Haven
by Molly Templeton
You Can Now Look Through the “Series Bibles” That Guided Star Trek
by Andrew Liptak
Choose Wisely: Ranking 25 Memorable Deaths in SFF
by Leah Schnelbach
Soar Through the Cosmos With Star Trek: Prodigy’s Main Title Sequence
by Molly Templeton
What If…? “Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?” Takes Us Down a Dark Path
by Leah Schnelbach
A Prison Planet Full of Mystery: Jewels of the Dragon by Allen L. Wold
by Alan Brown
7 Speculative Stories About Stories
by Alix E. Harrow
A Monster, A Miracle, A Star: Revealing Nghi Vo’s Siren Queen
by Tor.com
The Wonderful Stag, or The Courtship of Red Elsie
by Kathleen Jennings