January 2022

Mon Jan 31

Peter S. Beagle Has a Live-Action Movie and Stage Musical of The Last Unicorn “In The Works” by Vanessa Armstrong

An Unlikely Alliance: Andre Norton and Robert Bloch’s The Jekyll Legacy by Judith Tarr

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Trailer Shows Leatherface Back at It With That Ol’ Chainsaw Again by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Cold Front” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Best Niche Genre? Creepy Books About F*cked Up Films That F*ck People Up by Kali Wallace

In Morning, Benedict Cumberbatch and Laura Dern Live in a World Without Sleep by Molly Templeton

Applications Are Open for FIYAH Literary Magazine’s Grant Series by Molly Templeton

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

Master Chief Feels Different in the Full Halo Trailer by Molly Templeton

Five Flawed Books That Are Still Worth Rereading by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen by Tor.com

Fri Jan 28

By the Power of Greyskull! Live-Action Masters of the Universe Gets Its He-Man by Vanessa Armstrong

There May Be More Jurassic World Movies After Dominion, If That Was a Thing You Were Worried About by Vanessa Armstrong

Revisiting The Amazing Adventures of Space Cat! by James Davis Nicoll

Prepare Your Emotions for Critical Role by Emily A. Duncan

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Men at Arms, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Books With Great Opening Lines by Erin Bow

Thu Jan 27

Tom Holland Was So Nervous to Meet the Other Spider-Men, He Had to Bring Friends by Vanessa Armstrong

A Transformative Pandemic Novel: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark by Tobias Carroll

Space Force Season 2 Trailer Gives Us More Space, More Force, and Steve Carell Acting Like A Goof by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta

The Perseverance Rover Shakes It Off on Mars by Molly Templeton

Home, New Home: Books About Generation Ships by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Vampire Diaries Creators Reteam for More “Love, Death, Thrills and Tears” in Dead Day by Molly Templeton

Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice and the Joy of Being Surprised by Steven Erikson

A Reading Spreadsheet Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Molly Templeton

Tom Holland Is Barely Hanging On in the Final Uncharted Trailer by Molly Templeton

Beyond Critical Role: Four More D&D Shows You’ll Love by Meghan Ball

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Six by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 26

Swallows and Pocket Watches: Christopher Caldwell’s “The Calcified Heart of Saint Ignace Battiste” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Patrick Stewart Confirms That Star Trek: Picard Will End After Third Season by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Ashley Blooms’ Where I Can’t Follow by Ashley Blooms

The Book of Boba Fett Takes a Sad Dad Detour in “Return of the Mandalorian” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

God Unlikely to Return for Good Omens’ Second Season (UPDATE) by Molly Templeton

Hitting the Slopes in Christopher Pike’s Slumber Party and Carol Ellis’ The Window by Alissa Burger

Terry Pratchett’s Sam Vimes Is the Namesake for a New Price Index by Molly Templeton

Not an Adventure but a Myth: C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra by Matt Mikalatos

Bad Science: Five SF Stories Involving Selective Breeding by James Davis Nicoll

The Tale of Ak and Humanity by Yefim Zozulya

Tue Jan 25

The Batman Director Matt Reeves Says Clearly None of You Understand How Cowls Work by Vanessa Armstrong

An Explosive Space Opera: Seven Mercies by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May by Liz Bourke

Peacemaker’s Choreographer for Opening Number Shares Her Creative Process, Which Includes Having Alan Tudyk Dance for Her by Vanessa Armstrong

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Is “Really, Truly, and For Sure” Coming to Disney+ by Molly Templeton

Lucy Liu Will Star in Blumhouse’s Adaptation of Stephen King’s Later by Molly Templeton

Hello There: On Selina Kyle’s Apartment in Batman Returns by Leah Schnelbach

6 Books to Read While You Wait for Yellowjackets to Return by Theresa DeLucci

Let Gandalf Star in a Musical, You Cowards by Molly Templeton

A Story of Resistance, Not Surrender: Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi by Alex Brown

Reading The Wheel of Time: Graendal and Semirhage Treat Their Patients in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 6) by Sylas K Barrett

In Batgirl, Ivory Aquino Will Play the First Trans Character in a DC Comics Film by Molly Templeton

5 Adrenaline-Pumping YA SFF Survival Books by Meg Long

Finding Poetry in Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin by Seanan McGuire

Mon Jan 24

Understanding Horses: Winter Dreams, Spring Foals by Judith Tarr

Stargate SG-1 Alums Bringing New Space Drama, The Ark, to SYFY by Vanessa Armstrong

Read Chapter One of Andrea Hairston’s Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Fortunate Son” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Our Country: C.S. Lewis, Calormen, and How Fans Are Reclaiming the Fictionalized East by Nasim Mansuri

Dangerous Bargains and Dark Connections: Revealing Forestfall by Lyndall Clipstone by Tor.com

Netflix Offers a First Glimpse of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio by Molly Templeton

Here’s How Humans Might Beat Other Intelligent Life in a Science Fictional Space Race by James Davis Nicoll

Introducing Tor.com’s First Guest Editor… R.F. Kuang! by Tor.com

Fri Jan 21

If You Miss Supernatural, You Can Now Rewatch It With Some of the Cast by Vanessa Armstrong

New Star Trek: Picard Trailer Gives Us Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner, and a Whole Lot of Excitement by Vanessa Armstrong

A Live-Action Aristocats Is Coming Whether You Like It or Not by Molly Templeton

12 SFF Tales Told From Second-Person Perspective by Natalie Zutter

Read an Excerpt From Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly

Godzilla Is Headed to Apple TV+ in a Series Co-Created By Matt Fraction by Molly Templeton

A Book Full of Juju: Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor by Mahvesh Murad

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

Thu Jan 20

Want to Be Scared for a Week or More? Check Out This Hellbender Trailer by Vanessa Armstrong

Five Books With Magical Transformations by Roshani Chokshi

Good Night, Sanity. Saul at Night Trailer Gives Us Look at What Happens When You’re the Only One Awake, Forever by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Seven Mercies by by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May

A Philosophical Take on Parallel Universes in Gunnhild Øyehaug’s Present Tense Machine by Tobias Carroll

Life’s But an Existentialist Shadow in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth by Leah Schnelbach

Wallace and Gromit Are Headed to Netflix—Along With a Chicken Run Sequel by Molly Templeton

The Deeply Personal Art of Organizing Your Books by Molly Templeton

Gale Weathers Is Better Than Any Final Girl by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Five by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 19

Hawkeye’s Fra Fee Will Turn Into a Prince In Disney+’s Gaston Musical Prequel by Vanessa Armstrong

Feeding the Drama-Eaters: P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout (Part 4) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

The Book of Boba Fett Modifies Its Friends in “The Gathering Storm” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Parasite Director Bong Joon-ho to Adapt Mickey7 Novel, With Robert Pattinson to Star by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Kate Elliott’s Servant Mage by Kate Elliott

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Is the Best Show You’ve (Probably) Never Seen by Cole Rush

Journeying through Literature: Silverlock by John Myers Myers by Alan Brown

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Finally Has a Title by Molly Templeton

Our Flag Means Death Is Going to Have Some Fun With Its Swashbuckling by Molly Templeton

Tamsyn Muir Understood the Assignment: The Locked Tomb Series’ Expansive Exploration of Death and Grieving by Emma Leff

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Finally Has a Premiere Date — and Star Trek: Picard Is Back in March by Molly Templeton

Tackling All 12 Books in Terry Carr’s Third Ace Special Series by James Davis Nicoll

Tue Jan 18

“Let It Go” Lets Go of Being the Top Disney Animated Billboard Hit, Ceding to Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” by Vanessa Armstrong

Read Chapter One of Samantha Cohoe’s Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe

Trailer For Second Season of Raising Dion Reveals Superpower Training May Not Be So Super by Vanessa Armstrong

Kate Elliott’s Servant Mage Is a Remarkable Political Drama Slipped Between Interplanar Travel and Dragon Babies by Linda H. Codega

Archive 81 Is a Wonderfully Creepy Ode to Film Restoration by Leah Schnelbach

Netflix’s The Cuphead Show! Gets a Madcap Trailer by Molly Templeton

5 SFF Books With Romantic Kissing Scenes by Charlie N. Holmberg

Daniel Radcliffe Will Bring Weird Al’s Weird Life to the Small Screen by Molly Templeton

The Expanse’s Series Finale Includes an Easter Egg for Everyone by Molly Templeton

Rick and Morty’s “Total Rickall” Understood an Uncomfortable Truth About Human Relationships by Dan Persons

Empty Earths: Five SF Stories Set on a Depopulated Planet by James Davis Nicoll

Lesbian Knives Out on a Boat: Revealing A Restless Truth by Freya Marske by Tor.com

Mon Jan 17

The Full Trailer for Moon Knight is Here! by Leah Schnelbach

Echo and Hommage in Andre Norton and Sasha Miller’s To the King a Daughter by Judith Tarr

The Wolf Does Not Die in Meg Long’s Sci-Fi Iditarod, Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Linda H. Codega

Read an Excerpt From Mike Chen’s Light Years From Home by Mike Chen

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Civilization” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Best (and Worst) Cartoon Sidekicks of 1980s Television by Leah Schnelbach

Nicola Griffith’s Hild and the Joy of Giant, Perfect Novels by Robin Sloan

Five Supporting Characters Who Steal the Spotlight by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Jan 14

Watch Keanu Reeves Answer Questions You Never Knew You Needed The Answers To by Vanessa Armstrong

Zombie Drama All of Us Are Dead Appears to Have a Very Accurate Title by Molly Templeton

Good Hunting, Rocinante: The Expanse Ends With “Babylon’s Ashes” by Molly Templeton

There Are No Heroes or Villains in Station Eleven, Just Fans by Natalie Zutter

David Ramsey May Star In a New Arrowverse Show by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Joanna Ruth Meyer’s Wind Daughter by Joanna Ruth Meyer

Oh Boy: A New Quantum Leap Is One Step Closer to Actually Happening by Molly Templeton

‘Tis the Season: R.L. Stine’s Silent Night Trilogy by Alissa Burger

Dice, Damage, and Destiny: Five Top-Notch Superhero RPGs by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Jan 13

Tessa Thompson Talks About Valkyrie’s “Erotic” Powers, Making Us Question Everything by Vanessa Armstrong

’80s Nostalgia Worth Revisiting: Gillian Rubinstein’s Space Demons Trilogy by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro

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

Five More Reasons Aliens Are Avoiding Planet Earth by James Davis Nicoll

Mother Must Protect Her Children in the New Raised By Wolves Trailer by Molly Templeton

Shadow and Bone Has Begun Production on Season Two — and Added Some Key Cast by Molly Templeton

Fifth Time’s a Charm: The Best Fifth Entries in Horror Franchises by Joe George

Maybe Reading Goals Are Good, Actually by Molly Templeton

Prepare for a Very Strange Robot Uprising in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Bigbug by Molly Templeton

A Delicious Layer Cake of Tragedy and Romance: Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu by Lee Mandelo

Is There A Universe Where She Is Wanted? Revealing Self-Portrait With Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka by Tor.com

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Four by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 12

Do You Want to Ride a Sandworm? Javier Bardem Does by Vanessa Armstrong

The Perils of Lockdown: Cassandra Khaw’s “Quiet Dead Things” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

The Book of Boba Fett Makes (Un)Likely Use of the Rancor Pit in “The Streets of Mos Espa” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

New Star Trek: Picard Audio Drama To Explore Seven Of Nine And Raffi’s Romance Before Season 2 by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From League of Liars by Astrid Scholte

A Gentle Trauma Plot: Outside the Gates by Molly Gloss by Leah Schnelbach

“I don’t wear a cape” — Eternals by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Paramount Pictures Picks Up Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone by Molly Templeton

Their Reputation Is Less Than Stellar: Watch the Trailer for Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina by Molly Templeton

Horror’s Ongoing Reckoning: The Final Girl Seizes Control of Her Story by JR. Forasteros

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

Demon Possession—IN SPACE! Lewis’s Perelandra as Exorcism Narrative by Matt Mikalatos

The Joyful Liberation of True Love: Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu by Lee Mandelo

Dave Grohl’s Musical Inspiration Comes From a Dark Place in the Trailer for Studio 666 by Molly Templeton

A Space Opera Twist on Joan of Arc: Revealing The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang by Tor.com

Fruiting Bodies by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Tue Jan 11

Shhh! A Quiet Place Spinoff Gets Pig Director On Board by Vanessa Armstrong

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Trailer Enjoins Us To Get This Patty Started by Vanessa Armstrong

A Forgotten Gem of Saturday Morning Cartoons: Revisiting Dungeons & Dragons by Reneysh Vittal

Read an Excerpt From The Thousand Eyes, Book Two in A.K. Larkwood’s Serpent Gates Series by A.K. Larkwood

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

Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park Is a Terrible Masterpiece by Sean Guynes

The Rules of Survival Might Be a Little Different in the Final Scream Trailer by Molly Templeton

Reading The Wheel of Time: Rand Plans, and the Band Dances in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 5) by Sylas K Barrett

Naomi Joins The CW’s Superhero Lineup Tonight by Molly Templeton

FX’s Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s Kindred Is Officially a Series by Molly Templeton

Screwball Comedy in Translation: The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu by Lee Mandelo

Revealing Nghi Vo’s Into the Riverlands, a Standalone Singing Hills Novella by Tor.com

Mon Jan 10

Writing Horses: Sketching “The Mind Horse” by Judith Tarr

Hawkeye Behind-the-Scenes Clip Confirms That Pizza Dog Is The Best Doggo On and Off-Screen by Vanessa Armstrong

New Crafting with Ursula Podcast Has Writers Like Becky Chambers Delving Into Ursula K. Le Guin’s Work by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “Breaking the Ice” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Where to Begin Reading the Work of Juliet Marillier by Rachel Ayers

Meet the Cure for the Human Disease: Revealing Leech by Hiron Ennes by Tor.com

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

Netflix May Be Getting Scott Pilgrim and His Band Back Together—As an Anime Series by Molly Templeton

Queer Reading Pleasure: Three Novels by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu by Lee Mandelo

Five Obscure But Interesting Publishing Experiments by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Jan 7

Scream Featurette Has Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and David Arquette Talking About What It’s Like to Be Back in Woodsboro by Vanessa Armstrong

Dev Patel Alert! Check Out the All-Star Cast for Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl Adaptation by Vanessa Armstrong

There Has to Be Another Way: The Expanse’s “Why We Fight” by Molly Templeton

Ben Affleck Will Hang Up His Bat-Cowl After The Flash by Molly Templeton

Ten Zombie Comedies That Won’t Rot Your Brain by Dan Persons

Amazon’s Fallout Series Finds an Intriguing Pair of Showrunners by Molly Templeton

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

Five Hypothetical Reasons Aliens Would Bother Visiting Earth by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Jan 6

I Ain’t Afraid to Watch the First 10 Minutes of Ghostbusters: Afterlife… It’s Free Online, After All by Vanessa Armstrong

Voice Actor Charles Martinet Dreams as Mario by Molly Templeton

The Nature of Imagination in Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story by Margaret Fortune

New Young Adult SFF for January & February 2022 by Alex Brown

Solving the Mystery of Turkish Delight (and Other Fantasy Anomalies) by James Davis Nicoll

Neil Gaiman Announces Extra Goodies for Good Omens 2 by Molly Templeton

Rereading Is Time Travel by Molly Templeton

In Case You Didn’t Notice, The Matrix Resurrections Is a Trans Love Story by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Sixty-Three by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Jan 5

Did You Know it Was Tormund Giantsbane Under That Boar-Bear Suit in The Witcher? Neither Did I, Until This Video by Vanessa Armstrong

Bait for Chosen Ones: P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout (Part 3) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for December 2021 by Alex Brown

The Book of Boba Fett Starts a Turf War in “The Tribes of Tatooine” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Let’s Definitely Not Move Into the Building Where Netflix’s Archive 81 Takes Place by Molly Templeton

“Lethal protector, my ass!” — Venom: Let There Be Carnage by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Revealing Into the Windwracked Wilds by Seanan McGuire, Writing as A. Deborah Baker by Tor.com

Who Guards the Spaceways?: Interstellar Patrol by Christopher Anvil by Alan Brown

Don’t Look Up’s Satirical Take on the Apocalypse Could Use More Sincerity by Leah Schnelbach

Gods, Spirits, and Totoros: Exploring Miyazaki’s Fantasy World by Austin Gilkeson

Tue Jan 4

6 Episodes of MST3K to Help You Really Just Relax by Joe George

Michael Keaton Bowed Out of Batman Forever Because Schumacher Wanted a More Bubbly Bat by Vanessa Armstrong

Jessica Chastain’s Freckle Films Has Optioned Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Ashes of Gold, the Conclusion to Wings of Ebony by J. Elle

The Best Moment in All of Star Trek Is About the Trash We Don’t Appreciate by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Isla Fisher Keeps Her Secrets Locked Up in the Trailer for Wolf Like Me by Molly Templeton

Jodie Whittaker Has Already Filmed Her Doctor Who Regeneration Scene by Molly Templeton

From Now on I’m Taking All of My Storytelling Lessons From This Wild Epic About Love, Loyalty, and Necromancy by Kali Wallace

Reading The Wheel of Time: Taim, a Seal, and a Farm in Robert Jordan’s Lord of Chaos (Part 4) by Sylas K Barrett

Five Recently Completed SFF Series by James Davis Nicoll

Finding Comfort in the (Fictional) Apocalypse by Rachel Ayers

Mon Jan 3

Mixing It Up in Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie’s Beast Master’s Circus by Judith Tarr

Read an Excerpt From New YA Fantasy Castles in Their Bones by Laura Sebastian

Doctor Who Adds Unrequited Love to the Mix in “Eve of the Daleks” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch: “The Andorian Incident” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

New Year, New Books: Picking What to Read Next by Molly Templeton

Ten Satisfying Long-Term Payoffs in George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards Series by Jason Powell

Looking Back at Science Fiction’s Very First “Year’s Best” Anthology by James Davis Nicoll