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From the Two Rivers: Casting and Race in The Wheel of Time
“It’s about my story, isn’t it? That’s what this is all about. He didn’t want to publish my story. And we all know why—because my hero is a colored man.” —Benny Russell, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch Extra: What We Left Behind
We hereby present this review of the documentary What We Left Behind in the same format as “The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch” by the same author that ran on this site from 2013-2015, and a...
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Long-Distance Hikers Love Fantasy
Take away the Ents, the Nazgûl, the Orcs, and all those pesky battles and Elven deliberations from The Lord of the Rings, and really what you have is a series about one very epic hike. But how epic is...
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Just Out of Sight: Echoes, Edited by Ellen Datlow
“I don’t believe in ghosts, but I love ghost stories,” opens esteemed editor Ellen Datlow in her introduction to Echoes. The anthology’s central focus is the ‘ghost story’ but within that framework it...
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Gideon the Ninth ARC Sweepstakes!
V.E. Schwab calls Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” – and we want to send you a copy! The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Books That Spark Joy
Last column out, I mentioned that I woke up one day to discover I hated every book I read. Shortly afterwards, I made a resolution, at least for now, to only read books that—to borrow a phrase—”sparked...
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Fourth Matrix Movie Announced, With Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss to Star
Twenty years and many iterations of mobile smartphones later, it’s time to dial back in to The Matrix. Variety reports that a fourth film set in The Matrix universe is on its way, announced by Warner...
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800 Panicked Questions We Have About Spider-Man No Longer Being in the MCU
New York’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As reported by Deadline, Sony and Disney have failed to reach new agreement terms after months of negotiations and...
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Seonag and the Seawolves
A clan storyteller unfolds the tale of Seonag and the wolves, and the wolves and the waves. I know you’ve heard the story of An Duine Aonarach, who one day walked into the sea and never returned....
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Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Bypasses Nostalgia to Focus on Sheer Gothy Fun
I don’t do nostalgia. I tend to think that looking back is a trap, a quicksand that will pull you down into a belief that your culture and your era was somehow superior to what kids are into now. I...
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Guillermo del Toro’s Antlers Has a Chilling First Teaser
With Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark still in theaters, Guillermo del Toro is treating us to another literary horror adaptation containing one or two creepy illustrations. This one is called Antlers,...
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The Flash Gordon Serials of the 1930s Changed the Face of Sci-Fi
One of the first things I watched when I signed up for Netflix was a suspense serial from the silent film era called Phantomas, and while it was very enlightening to see this first step in the...
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“Being Vulnerable Does Not Make You Weak”: Lauren Shippen on...
As podcasts and especially audio fiction grow in popularity, the medium has seen a crossover from listening to reading: Welcome to Night Vale, The Adventure Zone, Alice Isn’t Dead, and Steal the Stars...
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#SaveSpidey: MCU Fans, Jeremy Renner, and Ryan Reynolds React to the...
Yesterday, fandom was rocked by the devastating news that Spider-Man has been exiled from the Marvel Cinematic Universe because of a failed deal between Sony and Disney. (At least for now–negotiations...
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Indie Bookseller Picks: Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC
Books have always been a refuge for me. Not a unique sentiment but a profoundly true one for me. Growing up largely in South-East Asia and moving between various countries in that region with the odd...
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10 Expansive SFF Worlds We Want to Get Lost In
You can tell an epic story at any length; sometimes a standalone fantasy can traverse just as much narrative space as an entire trilogy. But when it comes to fantasy worlds that we can explore every...
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Oathbringer Reread: Chapters Ninety and Ninety-One
Greetings fellow travelers! Join Alice and I in welcoming back Szeth to the pages of the Stormlight Archive! It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him (last time was in Edgedancer) and he’s definitely...
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The Stubborn, Unshakeable Optimism of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
I know what you’re thinking. You think that this is going to be one long tirade about how our world is becoming like the one Ray Bradbury depicts in Fahrenheit 451. Well, sorry (not sorry), to...
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Robert Rodriguez Is Making Another Superhero Movie For Kids
After one more Machete movie, Robert Rodriguez will be shifting gears and making a children’s superhero movie, this time for Netflix. Deadline has reported that it’s called We Can Be Heroes, and its...
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Exploring the People of Middle-earth: Denethor II, Steward of Gondor
In this biweekly series, we’re exploring the evolution of both major and minor figures in Tolkien’s legendarium, tracing the transformations of these characters through drafts and early manuscripts...
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