February 2023

Tue Feb 28

Coming of Age in a World of Witchcraft: Threadneedle by Cari Thomas by Maura Krause

Read an Excerpt From Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Mike Flanagan Has a Nightmare on Elm Street Idea, But Doesn’t Know Who to Call by Vanessa Armstrong

Sail the High Seas: The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa by Alex Brown

Check Out This Trailer for Peter Pan & Wendy, Brought to Us by The Green Knight’s David Lowery by Vanessa Armstrong

Centers of Attention in the Very Modern Murder Mysteries of Rian Johnson by Sarah Welch-Larson

Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, and Terrence Malick Meet at a Diner to Discuss Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania by Leah Schnelbach

Reading The Wheel of Time: Subjugation and Surrender in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 15) by Sylas K Barrett

Ben Sisko’s Non-Linear, Non-Binary Arc in Deep Space Nine’s “Emissary” Saved All My Lives by Jonathan Alexandratos

Dark Magic and Secret Societies: Revealing Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle by Tor.com

Mon Feb 27

Engaging in Fiction: Megan Whalen Turner Explores New Corners of Her World in Moira’s Pen by Natalie Zutter

Will Your Favorite D&D Creatures Show Up in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves? by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel

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

Guillermo Del Toro to Direct Animated Adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant by Vanessa Armstrong

Seven Hot Takes About Star Trek by Charlie Jane Anders

A Cult Classic and an Oversaturated Remake: Cat People by Judith Tarr

Five More Extremely Unscientific Methods for Picking Your Next Book by James Davis Nicoll

Revealing Sordidez by E.G. Condé by Tor.com

Fri Feb 24

According to Jon Favreau, The Mando Could Continue to Abide Forever by Vanessa Armstrong

Marvel’s Rogers: The Musical Is Coming to Disneyland and I Could Watch It All Day by Vanessa Armstrong

Five Books to Pair With a Good Cup of Tea by Judy I. Lin

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Thief of Time, Part II by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Curio Fiction: Finding a Name for a Fantastical Subgenre by Diane Callahan

We’re Getting More Lord of the Rings Movies, Whether You Want Them or Not by Vanessa Armstrong

Half Fable, Half Caper: Revealing Christopher Rowe’s The Navigating Fox by Tor.com

Thu Feb 23

A Brisk YA Fantasy: Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood by Alex Brown

Playing for Keeps: The Dead Game, Truth or Die, and Hide and Seek  by Alissa Burger

“I told you—do not engage” — Star Trek: Picard’s “Disengage” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Five Books About Failed Adventures in Terraforming by James Davis Nicoll

What We Talk About When We Talk About Our Favorite Books by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Ten by Paige Vest and Lyndsey Luther

Magic and Murder: Revealing Vanessa Montalban’s A Tall Dark Trouble by Tor.com

Wed Feb 22

The Legacy of Old Tropes: Charles R. Saunders’ “Jeroboam Henley’s Debt” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

How to Level the Playing Field: Reexamining Power Dynamics in The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard by Jenny Hamilton

Trailer for The Pope’s Exorcist Features Russell Crowe Parrying With The Devil by Vanessa Armstrong

Five of the Coolest (and Occasionally Terrifying) SFF Jobs by Cole Rush

“Zoom and Bored” Transports the Road Runner and Coyote to a Realm of Funhouse Physics by Dan Persons

10 Classic Tales for Fans of Swashbuckling and Historical Intrigue by Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Tue Feb 21

All the Myriad Ways: The Many, Many Faces of the Shapeshifter by Judith Tarr

Read a New Exclusive Excerpt From Shannon Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

We’re Getting Another R-Rated Hellboy Adaptation, Co-Written by Mike Mignola by Vanessa Armstrong

The Gang Does Groundhog Day in The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour by Em Nordling

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

Leigh Bardugo Shares Ninth House TV Adaptation Has a Pilot Script by Vanessa Armstrong

Tough Guys and Tough Times: The Halfling and Other Stories by Leigh Brackett by Alan Brown

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Guild, or Not a Guild in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 14) by Sylas K Barrett

Take Cover: Five Cold War-Era Stories Featuring Fallout Shelters by James Davis Nicoll

How To Get Away With Treason: Announcing Running Close to the Wind, a New Our Flag Means Death-Inspired Standalone Novel From Alexandra Rowland by Tor.com

Fri Feb 17

Shadow and Bone Season 2 Trailer Gives Us More Glimpses of The Darkling, Nikolai, and More by Vanessa Armstrong

Disney Has Pushed The Marvels Release Date to Later This Year by Vanessa Armstrong

5 YA Fantasies for Lovers of Libraries by Intisar Khanani

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Thief of Time, Part I by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Second Fiddles in the Fight for Justice: DC’s Legion of Substitute Heroes by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Feb 16

Read an Excerpt From Hospital by Han Song

Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: January 2023 by Alex Brown

“If I were you, I’d lower my expectations” — Star Trek: Picard’s “The Next Generation” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Neal Shusterman’s Scythe Might Signal a Fresh Direction for SFF Blockbusters by Cole Rush

There’s Really No Wrong Way To Read a Book by Molly Templeton

A Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Project Is in the Works at Universal by Vanessa Armstrong

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Nine by Paige Vest and Lyndsey Luther

Murderbot Author Martha Wells Releasing New Edition of City of Bones by Tor.com

Wed Feb 15

An Evil Thing You Wouldn’t Want to See: Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black (Part 3) by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Read an Excerpt From Piñata by Leopoldo Gout

Peacock Ups the Ante and Orders a Second Season of Poker Face by Vanessa Armstrong

Picard Season 3 Prelude — Rewatching Star Trek: Nemesis by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Calvin & Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Is Back With “A Fable For Grown-Ups” Called The Mysteries by Vanessa Armstrong

N.K. Jemisin’s The City We Became and The World We Make Are Heading to TV by Vanessa Armstrong

You Can’t Be Pro-Establishment and Punk Rock: The Upending of the Model Minority Myth in Mike Chen’s Vampire Weekend by Rita Chang-Eppig

Inescapable Questions, Unbearable Costs: Paul Tremblay, Knock at the Cabin, and the Ethics of Sacrifice by JR. Forasteros and Brandon R. Grafius

“Translation is defying a curse laid by God”: R.F. Kuang’s Babel and the Colonialist Origins of Linguistics by CD Covington

A Palace of Deadly Delights: Announcing The West Passage by Jared Pechaček by Tor.com

Tue Feb 14

Kevin Feige Dishes On The Marvels, Moon Knight, and Daredevil (Kinda) by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

For Their Penultimate Season, Outlander Recruits Sinead O’Connor for Theme Song by Vanessa Armstrong

Jo Walton’s Reading List: January 2023 by Jo Walton

Wanna Bet? When Gambling and Fantasy Overlap by Cole Rush

Queer Slice-of-Life Episodes of SFF Television by Alex Brown

Reading The Wheel of Time: Recognition and Apologies in Robert Jordan’s A Crown of Swords (Part 13) by Sylas K Barrett

Pick a Path to Romance: The Forgotten D&D Romance Novels by Meghan Ball

Tor Publishing Group Announces Bramble, a New Romantic Imprint by Tor.com

Mon Feb 13

Shame & Shadows in Marisa Crane’s I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Molly Templeton

Read an Excerpt From Max Gladstone’s Dead Country by Max Gladstone

Batgirl’s Leslie Grace Found Out About the Movie’s Cancellation Just Like We All Did by Vanessa Armstrong

Picard Season 3 Prelude — Rewatching Star Trek: Insurrection by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Guardians, Transformers, and Indy, Oh My! More Trailers From the Super Bowl by Vanessa Armstrong

Truths, Untruths, and the Realm of Belief in Between: Misinformation & Propaganda in Science Fiction by Neon Yang

Nordic Noir Meets the Werewolf Curse: Viking Wolf by Judith Tarr

Five Out-of-Print Books Every SFF Reader Should Try to Find by James Davis Nicoll

Secrets, Magic, and Bloody Sacrifice: Revealing A Power Unbound by Freya Marske by Tor.com

Fri Feb 10

In Space, No One Can Hear You Purr by Leah Schnelbach

It’s Super Bowl Pregame Time! Here Are Trailers for Dungeons & Dragons, 65, and Fast X We’ll See This Sunday by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus

Terry Pratchett Book Club: The Truth, Part IV by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Final Space: The Space Opera Series That Deserves Better by Lorna Wallace

Thu Feb 9

A Date With Death: R.L. Stine’s The Boyfriend and The Girlfriend by Alissa Burger

New Frozen, Toy Story, and Zootopia Movies Are In The Works At Disney by Vanessa Armstrong

Space Opera Without Special Effects: Revisiting Godard’s Alphaville by Tobias Carroll

Prime Video’s The Peripheral Will Bring More Thrills In a Second Season by Vanessa Armstrong

A Live-Action Spider-Man Noir Series Is in Development, With Mortal Kombat Writer on Board by Vanessa Armstrong

Five SF Stories About Space Scouts and Cosmic Exploration by James Davis Nicoll

Read Chapter 3 of Some Desperate Glory, a Space Opera From Emily Tesh by Emily Tesh

The Very Small and The Very Large: Outer Wilds as Interactive Space Opera by Melissa Kagen

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Eight by Paige Vest and Lyndsey Luther

Eyes Everywhere: Revealing Beholder by Ryan La Sala by Tor.com

Wed Feb 8

Sex, Death, and Skeletal Psychopomps: Olympe Bhêly-Quénum’s “A Child in the Bush of Ghosts” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Harrison Ford Knows What He Wants Written on His Tombstone (and Talks About Taking the Old Guy Jokes Out of Indy 5) by Vanessa Armstrong

After 15 Years, Is There Anyone Left Who Doesn’t Love WALL-E? Well, Yes… by Henry Hoke

The Portable Door, a Fantasy-Comedy Adaptation Starring Sam Neill, Will Hit MGM+ This April by Vanessa Armstrong

What the Original Star Wars Trilogy Teaches Us About Storytelling by Charlie Jane Anders

Read Chapter 2 of Some Desperate Glory, a Space Opera From Emily Tesh by Emily Tesh

New Scream VI Trailer Reveals a Ghostface Like No Other by Vanessa Armstrong

Five Works of ’80s SF That Feature Earth’s Alien Overlords by James Davis Nicoll

Farscape and the Narrative Beauty of Screwing Up by Emmet Asher-Perrin

Even If Such Ways Are Bad by Rich Larson

Tue Feb 7

Slasher 102: Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones by Lee Mandelo

10 Great Young Adult Space Operas by Alex Brown

The Age of Sail: Nautical Fiction and the Origins of Space Opera by Alan Brown

Dichen Lachman Joins Freya Allan and William H. Macy on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes by Vanessa Armstrong

Welcome to Space Opera Week on Tor.com! by Chris Lough

Read the First Chapter of Some Desperate Glory, a Space Opera From Emily Tesh by Emily Tesh

Parenting an Idea in Saga by Natalie Zutter

Free Will and the Power of Ta’veren in The Wheel of Time by Sylas K Barrett

A Memory Called Empire and the Echoes of Cultural Imperialism by Anastasia Klimchynskaya

Fairytales and Scholars: Revealing Ava Reid’s A Study in Drowning by Tor.com

Mon Feb 6

Sony Considering Sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer, 26 Summers After First Movie’s Premiere by Vanessa Armstrong

Werewolves in Space: Joyce Chng’s Starfang Sequence by Judith Tarr

Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day Special Will See Hawkman and Hawkgirl Romantically Entangled by Vanessa Armstrong

An Irresistible Adventure: Meet the Space-Faring Companions From S. B. Divya’s Meru by Tor.com

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

Every Space Story Is a Horror Story by Emily Hughes

Five Classic SF Works About Cosmic Warmongering by James Davis Nicoll

Yes, Women Are Still Writing Space Opera by Judith Tarr

The Most Likely Consequence of Contact: Revealing Seth Dickinson’s Exordia by Tor.com

Fri Feb 3

The 25th Anniversary Edition of John Crowley’s Little, Big Was Almost Two Decades in the Making by Molly Templeton

Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in Eric, a Show Where His Character Talks to the Monster Under His Kid’s Bed by Vanessa Armstrong

A Nostalgia-Heavy Playlist for the Stressed Out Millennial by Alex Brown

All Our Stories Are Connected: Five Modern Fairytale Mash-ups by Rachel Ayers

The Witching Hour(s) Will Continue With a Second Season of Mayfair Witches by Molly Templeton

Five Stories Featuring Teleportation and Other Timey-Wimey Shortcuts by James Davis Nicoll

Thu Feb 2

The Fictional Scott Lang (a.k.a. Ant-Man) Has a Memoir Coming Out That You Can Actually Pre-Order by Vanessa Armstrong

Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau To Star In Gothic Horror Film, Virtue by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Excerpt From The Severed Thread by Leslie Vedder

Werewolves Within Director Josh Ruben’s New Horror Movie Stars Tatiana Maslany and Jasmin Savoy Brown by Molly Templeton

14 Excellent Groundhog Day-Style Time Loops in SFF by Stubby the Rocket

Star Wars Visions Vol. 2 Announces Animation Studios and Premiere Date by Molly Templeton

The End of the Improbable Road: Revealing Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker by Tor.com

There’s Nothing Wrong With Anyone’s Personal Library by Molly Templeton

Dolly Parton Has Given the World Many Gifts — Including Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Molly Templeton

Rhythm of War Reread: Chapter One Hundred Seven by Lyndsey Luther and Paige Vest

Wed Feb 1

Logan Filmmaker James Mangold in Talks to Direct DC Studios’ Swamp Thing by Vanessa Armstrong

The Mortifying Ordeal of Being (Telepathically) Known: Hilary Mantel’s Beyond Black (Part 2) by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Fallout Feature Adaptation Casts Arrow’s Katie Cassidy, Devon Sawa, and More by Vanessa Armstrong

Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Shannon Chakraborty’s The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

A Dark Fantasy Popcorn Novel: Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo by Alex Brown

Brandon Sanderson’s Tress of the Emerald Sea Will Release in Bookstores on April 4th by Tor.com

Women SFF Writers of the 1980s: Dalkey to Devenport by James Davis Nicoll

The Counterworld by James Bradley