November 2022

Wed Nov 30

Why Villains Monologue: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 13) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Cocaine Bear Sounds Like it Should Be a Fantasy Film, But It’s Real (Kind Of) by Vanessa Armstrong

Ten Classic Science Fiction Cartoons From the Last Century by Dan Persons

A Western Phantasmagoria: Kay Chronister’s Desert Creatures by Tobias Carroll

“I better adjust my tongue box” — Barbarella and Vampirella by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Wednesday Steals Stranger Things’ Crown as Netflix’s Most-Watched English-Language Series by Molly Templeton

45 Years Ago, Rankin & Bass’ The Hobbit Predicted the Future of Pop Culture by Austin Gilkeson

Five SF Works About Sitting Out World War III by James Davis Nicoll

If You Like Remembering Scenes From Video Games You’ve Played Thousands of Times, You’ll Love the Super Mario Bros. Movie Trailer by Molly Templeton

Tue Nov 29

5 Interesting Things About Star Trek: Picard Season Three by Vanessa Armstrong

Kristin Cashore’s Seasparrow Finds Hope in the Most Harrowing Places by Molly Templeton

Willow Series Will Tell Us What Happened to Elora Danan by Vanessa Armstrong

Read the First Two Chapters of The Keeper’s Six by Kate Elliott by Kate Elliott

The Creator and His Creation: Origins of The Wheel of Time by Michael Livingston by Ryan Van Loan

Breaking Down the Fairy Tale Elements in Stephen King’s Fairy Tale by Rachel Ayers

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Figurehead and a Pair of Silverpike in A Crown of Swords (Part 6) by Sylas K Barrett

Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers Is a Manic, Misunderstood Satire by Michael Moreci

Mon Nov 28

SFWA Names Robin McKinley the 39th Damon Knight Grand Master by Molly Templeton

Ten Expansive SFF Worlds to Fall Into by Stubby the Rocket

James McAvoy Says What We Were All Thinking About His X-Men Movies by Molly Templeton

An Epic, Grimdark Conclusion: The Voyage of the Forgotten by Nick Martell by Paul Weimer

Get Your Headphones Ready for Hot Skull’s Communication Dystopia by Molly Templeton

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

Rewatching Willow 30-ish Years Later by Leigh Butler

A Taxonomy of Werewolves: Jim Butcher’s Fool Moon by Judith Tarr

Five SFF Novels Featuring Wealthy Protagonists by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Nov 24

Happy Thanksgiving From Everyone at Tor.com! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Nov 23

Andor Fights the Inexorable Wave of Fascism in “Rix Road” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Necromancy for Fun and/or Profit: Vivian Shaw’s “Black Matter” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Eight Fantasy Tales About the Joys of Bread and Baking by Lindsay Eagar

Five Dark (But Hopeful) SF Movies by Ashley Biancuzzo

Seven Very Short SF Stories That Can Be Read in Seven Minutes or Less by Lorna Wallace

The Difference Between Love and Time by Catherynne M. Valente

Tue Nov 22

Disney’s Lackluster Sequel Disenchanted Forgets Where It Came From by Natalie Zutter

A Glimpse Into the Military SF of the 1980s: Peace Company by Roland J. Green by Alan Brown

Food, Glorious Food! Five SF Approaches to a Balanced Diet by James Davis Nicoll

The Refreshing Hopefulness of Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot Books by Molly Templeton

Marvel’s Blade Has Found Its New Director by Molly Templeton

The Final Trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water Splashes Into New Regions of Pandora by Molly Templeton

Five Speculative Fiction Books Featuring Tarot by Electra Pritchett

Mon Nov 21

Legends & Lattes Is the Warm, Cozy Fantasy We All Need Right Now by Cole Rush

Being De-Aged for the Opening Scene of Indy 5 Did Not Make Harrison Ford Wish for Youth by Vanessa Armstrong

How to Find a Family: Choosing to Care in Sangu Mandanna’s The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Jenny Hamilton

There’s a Deadpool Christmas Movie Script Out There, Just Asking To Be Made by Vanessa Armstrong

Greg Bear, 1951-2022 by Molly Templeton

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

11 Very Good Dogs Who Make Everything Better (Even the Post-Apocalypse) by Lorna Wallace

Lon Chaney Jr.: First of the Wolf Men by Judith Tarr

Five SFF Novels About Unrest and Rebellion by James Davis Nicoll

Fri Nov 18

Doctor Who Announces Companion for Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Seven Speculative Stories About the Power of Stories by Alix E. Harrow

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Carpe Jugulum, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Dragons, Ghost Dogs, and Doomslugs: What Are Your Favorite Fantasy Animal Companions? by Cole Rush

Thu Nov 17

Former Walking Dead Showrunner to lead Silk: Spider Society; brings Black Sun Adaptation to Amazon by Vanessa Armstrong

Gamera, Everyone’s Favorite Turtle Kaiju, Is Getting a New Movie At Netflix by Vanessa Armstrong

Read the First Chapter From Kelly Barnhill’s The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

Deadly Magic and Intergenerational Trauma: Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn by Alex Brown

The Teaser for Pixar’s Elemental Welcomes You to Element City by Molly Templeton

It Sounds Like M3GAN Will Get a Sequel Before It Even Premieres by Vanessa Armstrong

An Irreverent Ghost Story / Murder Mystery: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka by Mahvesh Murad

A Dark and Lonely Path: Road to Nowhere and The Hitchhiker  by Alissa Burger

The Art of Middle-earth: The Elves, Fëanoreans, and Glücksdrachen of Jenny Dolfen by Jeff LaSala

’Tis the Season to Buy Books … for Other People by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Wed Nov 16

Things We Wish Were Metaphors: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 12) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

The Fourteenth Doctor’s First Words Were a Joint Effort Between David Tennant and Russell T. Davies by Vanessa Armstrong

Andor Is Feeling the Loss in “Daughter of Ferrix” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Cheerleaders Remain Annoying Even After Death in the Trailer for Darby and the Dead by Molly Templeton

A Cathartic SF Thriller: Chuck Wendig’s Wayward by Alex Brown

Read an Excerpt From Emily Tesh’s Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

Five SFF Books About Spies and Espionage by Elijah Kinch Spector

I Love How The Wheel of Time TV Series Commits to Character Growth by Ryan Van Loan

Five Vintage SF Anthologies That Are Too Good to Be Forgotten by James Davis Nicoll

Careen Towards Annihilation With Lessons in Birdwatching by Honey Watson by Tor.com

Tue Nov 15

Read an Excerpt From A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw

Based on This Trailer, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish Looks Surprisingly Delightful by Vanessa Armstrong

New Young Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy for November & December 2022 by Alex Brown

Locus Magazine Is Essential to the SFF Community by LP Kindred

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story May Be Humanity’s Greatest Achievement by Leah Schnelbach

Brandon Sanderson’s The Lost Metal: Full-Spoiler Discussion by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Wolf Husband, a Falcon Wife, and a Regent of Andor in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 5) by Sylas K Barrett

Shimmering Prose, Painful Truths: Where to Start With the Stories of M. Rickert by Jonathan Thornton

Mon Nov 14

Wolfman, Werewolf, Lycanthrope by Judith Tarr

In Pitch Meeting for Final Season of Stranger Things, Duffer Brothers Made Netflix Cry by Vanessa Armstrong

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

Five SFF Books About Crashed Spaceships by Lavie Tidhar

Read The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson: Chapter Nineteen by Brandon Sanderson

“We are more alike than you think”: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Alex Brown

Doctor Sleep Turns the Horror Genre’s Victim Playbook on Its Head by Dan Persons

Everyone’s a Suspect: Revealing The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Tor.com

Fri Nov 11

Jo Walton’s Reading List: October 2022 by Jo Walton

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Carpe Jugulum, Part III by Emmet Asher-Perrin

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 5 Finale: Sisterhood of the Traveling Moms by Natalie Zutter

Thu Nov 10

The Chase Is On As Star Trek: Prodigy Returns by Keith R.A. DeCandido

We Have New Info on The Penguin, a Potential Peacemaker Spinoff, and the It prequel, Welcome to Derry by Vanessa Armstrong

Entangled Publishing Launches Red Tower Books, Focused on Romantic SFF by Molly Templeton

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

The Witcher: Blood Origin Teaser Trailer Gives Us First Real Look at Michelle Yeoh’s Mighty Elven Character by Vanessa Armstrong

Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for October 2022 by Alex Brown

Keanu Reeves Faces Off With New Management in the Trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4 by Molly Templeton

Prosper’s Demon Would Make a Vivid, Hard-Hitting Film Adaptation by Cole Rush

Teasing a Studio Ghibli/Lucasfilm Partnership Without Any Details Is Just Cruel by Molly Templeton

The Anxiety of the TBR Shelf by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Ninety-Nine by Alice Arneson

Get a Tentacled Glimpse at Guillermo del Toro’s Unmade At the Mountains of Madness by Molly Templeton

Strange Magics and Deadly Intrigue: Revealing March’s End by Daniel Polansky by Tor.com

Wed Nov 9

The Three-Body Problem Costume Designer Says Netflix Adaptation Brings “Lots of Humanity” to the Story by Vanessa Armstrong

Never Save Me: Carlie St. George’s “Forward, Victoria” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Andor Would Rather Go Down Fighting in “One Way Out” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

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

Brandon Sanderson’s The Lost Metal: A Non-Spoiler Review by Wax and Wayne by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry

The Latest Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Is a Very Sweet Existential Crisis by Molly Templeton

Who’s Making a Star Wars Movie Now, Anyway? by Molly Templeton

“Do Not Get Into Conversations”: How M. Night Shyamalan’s The Village Predicted the Future of the Internet by Madeline Ashby

Ten Stories From the End of History by James Davis Nicoll

Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript by Lavie Tidhar

Download the September/October 2022 Tor.com Short Fiction Newsletter by Tor.com

Tue Nov 8

A Fresh and Enticingly Queer Detective Story: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk by Alex Brown

Read an Excerpt From Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Dime Waits for No Man: The Collected Extraordinary Adventures of Frank Reade Junior by Luis Senarens by Alan Brown

On Finishing Origins of The Wheel of Time by Michael Livingston

Reading The Wheel of Time: What Was Done Is Undone in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 4) by Sylas K Barrett

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

Mon Nov 7

Ron Howard Suggested Turning Willow Sequel Into a TV Series for One Key Reason by Vanessa Armstrong

Netflix Will Adapt Gears of War Into a Feature Film and Animated Series by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

Carnival Row Will Return, and End, With Its Second Season by Vanessa Armstrong

Wide World of Future Sports: Notes on Kwaku Osei-Afrifa’s The Surf by Tobias Carroll

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

The Dragon Prince Uses Its Fourth Season to Shape a Surprising Allegory by Emmet Asher-Perrin

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

Read The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson: Chapters Sixteen Through Eighteen by Brandon Sanderson

A Perplexing Game is Afoot in the Trailer for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery by Molly Templeton

HBO Is Done Visiting Westworld by Molly Templeton

Why My Love for Pushing Daisies Hasn’t Died, 15 Years Later by Diane Callahan

Announcing the 2022 World Fantasy Awards Winners by Molly Templeton

House of the Dragon Redux: Dragons Gone Wild by Judith Tarr

Fri Nov 4

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Almost Had Time Travel and Multiverses, Because Why Not? by Vanessa Armstrong

Science Fiction Double Feature: 5 Fun Book-and-Movie Pairings by Lorna Wallace

Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for November and December 2022 by Tobias Carroll

Terry Pratchett Book Club: Carpe Jugulum, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Five Classic SFF Collections That Are Too Good to Be Forgotten by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Nov 3

Madness and Messiahs in The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang by Martin Cahill

Disney to Adapt Roshani Chokshi’s A Crown of Wishes Into Live-Action Series by Vanessa Armstrong

The Good, the Bad, and the Interesting — Star Trek: Lower Decks Third Season Overview by Keith R.A. DeCandido

School Spirits: The Phantom and Homecoming Queen  by Alissa Burger

Two Is Better Than One: Mindmelding in Space by Everina Maxwell

Reading in the Cruelest Months by Molly Templeton

Aubrey Plaza Joins Agatha: Coven of Chaos by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter Ninety-Eight by Alice Arneson and Paige Vest

Keep Dreaming: Netflix Renews The Sandman for a Second Season by Molly Templeton

Revealing Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves by Tor.com

Wed Nov 2

The Last of Us Comes to HBO Max in January by Molly Templeton

Universal Pictures Is Adapting Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education, With Ms. Marvel Director at the Helm by Vanessa Armstrong

Defying, or at Least Neglecting, Gravity: N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became (Part 11) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Andor Encounters More Than Its Fair Share of Fanaticism in “Nobody’s Listening!” by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Ke Huy Quan, Anthony Mackie, and More Join the Russo Brothers’ The Electric State by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From The Q by Amy Tintera

A Song of Ice and Fire Is a Horror Story That’s Been Lost in Translation by Tyler Dean

Vampires, Favorites, and 90’s Aesthetics in Catherine Yu’s Direwood by Trisha Low

Netflix’s Troll Is Not Your Average Natural Disaster by Molly Templeton

How to Write a Sex Scene: Building Connections in Kit Rocha’s Mercenary Librarians Series by Jenny Hamilton

The New Trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water Is as Vague as the Last One by Molly Templeton

Revealing Flight & Anchor, a New Firebreak Novel From Nicole Kornher-Stace by Tor.com

The Sufficient Loss Protocol by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Tue Nov 1

A Hannibal Reunion Is Coming: Mads Mikkelsen and Bryan Fuller Reteam for Horror Film Dust Bunny by Vanessa Armstrong

Get Ready to (Finally) Meet Namor in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever by Vanessa Armstrong

Check Out Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton in Trailer for A24’s The Eternal Daughter by Vanessa Armstrong

Of Ships and Sapphics: A Restless Truth by Freya Marske by Jenny Hamilton

Lupita Nyong’o Will Face Aliens in A Quiet Place: Day One by Molly Templeton

Five Vintage SFF Novels That Are Too Good to Be Forgotten by James Davis Nicoll

Happily Ever After Isn’t That Easy in the New Trailer for Disenchanted by Molly Templeton

Three Worlds, Three Adventures: Revealing Seanan McGuire’s Be Sure, A Wayward Children Omnibus by Tor.com

The Real War Begins in the Trailer for His Dark Materials’ Final Season by Molly Templeton

Five Memorably Unique Takes on Artificial Intelligence by Cole Rush

Watchmen’s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Is Marvel’s Wonder Man by Molly Templeton

Mistborn Era 2: Everything You Need to Know Before Reading The Lost Metal by Lyndsey Luther

Restoration and Atonement: Revealing Fran Wilde’s The Book of Gems by Tor.com