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 * Original Fiction


JUDGE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MANUSCRIPT

Lavie Tidhar
Wed Nov 9, 2022 9:00am 11 comments 14 Favorites [+]

Judge Dee must himself stand trial before his fellow vampires for the loss of a
valuable manuscript, even as those vampires are murdered, one by one, by an
unknown hand.

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 * Original Fiction


THE SUFFICIENT LOSS PROTOCOL

Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Wed Nov 2, 2022 9:00am 7 comments 11 Favorites [+]

When an alien entity sneaks aboard a corporate spaceship, with no motive besides
sabotaging the mission and murdering those aboard, commander Uzoma Ifiok
launches an investigation—despite knowing that the real danger isn’t the one
picking off her crew.

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 * Original Fiction


SKELETON SONG

Seanan McGuire
Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:00am 5 comments 45 Favorites [+]

Children have always disappeared under the right conditions—slipping through the
shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and
into old wells, and emerging somewhere . . . else. Adventures are always
interesting, but they’re not always happy.

From the worlds of Wayward Children comes a story of love, of devotion, of bones
wrapped in flesh.

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 * Original Fiction


OF ALL THE NEW YORKS IN ALL THE WORLDS

Indrapramit Das
Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:00am 5 comments 8 Favorites [+]

A student of multiversal time travel slips from  one version of New York to
another, discovering that love may transcend timelines, but so too can
heartbreak…

[Read more]

 * Original Fiction


HOW THE CROWN PRINCE OF JUPITER UNDID THE UNIVERSE, OR, THE FULL FRUIT OF LOVE’S
FULL FOLLY

P H Lee
Wed Oct 12, 2022 9:00am 4 comments 27 Favorites [+]

Once upon a time the Crown Prince of Jupiter glimpsed a miniature of Esmerelda,
Princess of the Sun, and fell instantly in love. But was that really such a good
idea?

[Read more]

 * Original Fiction


QUANDARY AMINU VS THE BUTTERFLY MAN

Rich Larson
Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:00am 9 comments 31 Favorites [+]

When an illicit trade deal goes wrong and Quandary is blamed for it, she goes on
the run to avoid the crosshairs of a bioengineered killer that only lives for 24
hours. If Q can evade it for that long, she just might survive.

[Read more]


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 * Pushing Daisies


WHY MY LOVE FOR PUSHING DAISIES HASN’T DIED, 15 YEARS LATER

Diane Callahan
Mon Nov 7, 2022 11:00am 23 comments 27 Favorites [+]

As of this writing, it’s been 15 years, 17 days, and 21 hours since Pushing
Daisies premiered on ABC. The show was part romantic comedy, part murder
mystery, and part musical, all liberally sprinkled with a heaping spoonful of
sugar, spice, and everything nice.

The story centers on an anxiety-riddled baker named Ned who makes pies and wakes
the dead. In childhood, he watched as a truck hit his golden retriever and
discovered that he possesses a very odd, special power: Ned can bring corpses
back to life with a single touch. His next brush with death happens soon after,
as his pie-baking mother dies suddenly when a blood vessel bursts in her brain.
Though young Ned revives her with his magic touch, he’s horrified to learn that
if he lets the dead live for more than a minute, another living thing in close
proximity will perish. The cost of resurrecting his mother is the death of his
neighbor—the father of his childhood sweetheart, Charlotte “Chuck” Charles.

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 * Science Fiction


TEN STORIES FROM THE END OF HISTORY

James Davis Nicoll
Wed Nov 9, 2022 10:00am 17 comments 5 Favorites [+]

Ah, the 1990s! The Soviet Union had been vanquished by the inexorable working of
the invisible hand. A marvel of technology known as the World Wide Web connected
people around the world who otherwise might never have met. In Canada, the US,
and the UK, right centrist governments were replaced by parties perceived to be
more left centrist. Despite occasional setbacks, history was manifestly
ratcheting its way towards a golden age of universal liberal democracy. In
retrospect, it’s easy to see why revered pundit Francis Fukuyama gave his 1992
book the title The End of History and the Last Man.

This presented a challenge for SF writers. If society has reached its ultimate
form, what is there to write about? As it turns out, quite a lot, as these ten
works (one for each year of the decade!) prove.

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 * The Wheel of Time


ON FINISHING ORIGINS OF THE WHEEL OF TIME

Michael Livingston
Tue Nov 8, 2022 12:00pm 16 Favorites [+]

I don’t know how other authors feel when they finish a book. But, having written
quite a few now, I can tell you how it usually goes for me.

First, I let out a long sigh of relief. It’s a lot of work to write a book, and
it’s nice to have that work done. The same with any big project, really. Lots of
work, lots of pressure, and then—big sigh—it’s finished. I don’t throw myself a
party or anything. I don’t pat myself on the back. I just hit “send” on that
last thing and then, Ah, whew.

Next, I enter a recovery period. Nerves are frayed from the final push.
Fingertips are drummed to red. Diet and daily schedules have been sub-obtimal
for a civilized human being. The synapses of the mind are crispy fried from
focusing fretful day and fitful night on The Book. It takes awhile to let it all
go.

[Read more]


 * The SF Path to Higher Consciousness


DOCTOR SLEEP TURNS THE HORROR GENRE’S VICTIM PLAYBOOK ON ITS HEAD

Dan Persons
Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:00am Post a comment 1 Favorite [+]
Screenshot: Warner Bros. Pictures

Alfred Hitchcock had a simple but inviolate rule: If a child was being
threatened in one of his films, that kid could not die. Hitch didn’t arrive at
that prohibition on a whim; he had to learn it the hard way: In his film
Sabotage (1936), a young boy is tasked by his father with delivering a package
that, unbeknownst to the child, conceals a time bomb. But kids being kids, the
boy dallies in his trip to the intended target and, sadly for him, the detours
are just long enough for the clock to run out. British audiences were, to put it
mildly, not entertained. They objected. Strenuously.

It’s not hard to figure out Hitchcock’s miscalculation. He wanted to shock (and
set up the motivation for the film’s finale), but it turns out that audience
empathy for the innocence and trust of childhood is a powerful thing, not to be
toyed with. When the director put into peril a soul without the capacity to
comprehend the danger, much less defend himself from it, his sin was almost as
profound as that of the boy’s father. Once was enough for Hitchcock—he vowed
never to toy with audience sympathies in precisely that way again. And most
filmmakers have been wise enough to follow his lead.

[But when can you break a rule?]

 * cover reveals


EVERYONE’S A SUSPECT: REVEALING THE GRIMOIRE OF GRAVE FATES

Tor.com
Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:00am 2 comments Favorite This
Hanna Alkaf (l., credit: Lim Eng Lee); Margaret Owen (r., credit: Kendra
Kerscher)

Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo
Academy for the Extraordinary. There’s been a murder on campus, and it’s up to
the students of Galileo to solve it…


We’re thrilled to share the cover of The Grimoire of Grave Fates, an anthology
of 18 stories edited by Margaret Owen and Hanna Alkaf—publishing June 6 2023
from Delacorte Press.

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 * Jo Walton Reads


JO WALTON’S READING LIST: OCTOBER 2022

Jo Walton
Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:00pm 9 comments 7 Favorites [+]

October was a really excellent month, starting in Turin, then going west to
Spain for Hispacon, where we met a lot of very enthusiastic Spanish fans, then a
book tour through France, all on trains. We had a couple of lovely rest days in
Narbonne, then Ada and I signed books and answered questions at a bunch of
really different bookstores, big diverse Ombres Blanches in Toulouse, little
specialist Imaginautes in Tours, huge branch of huge chain FNAC in Paris,
plugged-in neighorhood bookstore Quatre Chemins in Lille, and GLBT bookstore Les
Mots à la Bouche in Paris. At all these places we met people who loved books and
reading. It was terrific. Then we ended the month at Utopiales in Nantes, one of
France’s best conventions.

I read twelve books, mostly on trains.

[Read more]

 * Terry Pratchett Book Club


TERRY PRATCHETT BOOK CLUB: CARPE JUGULUM, PART III

Emmet Asher-Perrin
Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:00am 5 comments 1 Favorite [+]

In which the mechanics of turning someone into a vampire could not possibly be
more confusing…

[Read more]


SERIES: TERRY PRATCHETT BOOK CLUB

 * television reviews


THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 5 FINALE: SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING MOMS

Natalie Zutter
Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:00am 1 comment 2 Favorites [+]
Screenshot: Hulu

Even though this might be the first season of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale that
June has spent basically no time in Gilead, these ten episodes have been full of
herrings as red as a Handmaid’s robes. After teasing which of her men June was
going to end up with—crossing the border into No Man’s Land with Luke, separated
but then reunited, over and over; Nick pacing back and forth over the
Gilead/Canada border, fraught phone calls and furtive hospital visits—of course
this season wasn’t going to end on June deciding on one of them to run with.

Instead, it’s the last person she would have chosen, and yet in the moment I
still burst out cackling because it’s the only outcome that makes sense.

But first, a murder truck and “Kokomo.”

[Read more]

 * Star Trek: Prodigy


THE CHASE IS ON AS STAR TREK: PRODIGY RETURNS

Keith R.A. DeCandido
Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:00pm 42 comments 3 Favorites [+]
Image: CBS / Paramount+

Most of the current Trek shows have settled into a pattern of ten-episode
seasons, which is one of the reasons why I have a real hard time thinking of
“Asylum,” the episode of Star Trek: Prodigy that debuted two weeks ago on
Paramount+, as the eleventh episode of season one. It really feels a lot more
like the first episode of season two, and not just because Picard, Strange New
Worlds, and Lower Decks all have ten-episode seasons.

“A Moral Star” felt like a season finale, with the Diviner defeated and left for
dead, the Unwanted freed, and the Protostar gang headed toward Starfleet—with,
unbeknownst to them, a Trojan horse on board…

[SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST THREE EPISODES OF STAR TREK: PRODIGY SEASON 1.5!]

 * news


WE HAVE NEW INFO ON THE PENGUIN, A POTENTIAL PEACEMAKER SPINOFF, AND THE IT
PREQUEL, WELCOME TO DERRY

Vanessa Armstrong
Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:44pm Favorite This
Image: Warner Bros.

If you’re wondering about the state of HBO Max’s programming, Head of Originals
Sarah Aubrey recently sat down for an interview and gave some actual answers to
some (but not all) of the questions about the streaming platform’s currently
shows.

[Read more]

 * news


ENTANGLED PUBLISHING LAUNCHES RED TOWER BOOKS, FOCUSED ON ROMANTIC SFF

Molly Templeton
Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:43pm 3 Favorites [+]

If you cannot get enough romance in your SFF, Entangled’s new imprint is for
you. Today, the company announced Red Tower Books, described as “a New Adult
commercial-fiction imprint focused on romantic fantasy and science fiction
genres.”

[Read more]

 * new releases


ALL THE NEW HORROR AND GENRE-BENDING BOOKS ARRIVING IN NOVEMBER!

Tor.com
Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:00pm 2 Favorites [+]

Head below for a list of genre-bending titles—horror, mystery, short fiction
collections, and more—heading your way in August!

[Read more]

 * trailers


THE WITCHER: BLOOD ORIGIN TEASER TRAILER GIVES US FIRST REAL LOOK AT MICHELLE
YEOH’S MIGHTY ELVEN CHARACTER

Vanessa Armstrong
Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:52pm Favorite This


We’re still over a month out from the premiere of The Witcher: Blood Origin, but
that hasn’t stopped Netflix from putting out a teaser that shows Michelle Yeoh
wearing blue contacts and elf ears being awesome.

[Read more]

 * Short Fiction Spotlight


MUST-READ SPECULATIVE SHORT FICTION FOR OCTOBER 2022

Alex Brown
Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:00pm 1 comment Favorite This

Sometimes it feels like all of history is happening all at once. In October, I
needed some short and sweet stories, stories with a little lightness and ease,
stories that had me gasping or laughing but didn’t leave me feeling overwhelmed.
I’ve got a little Halloween horror for you, too, don’t you worry.

[Read more]

 * trailers


KEANU REEVES FACES OFF WITH NEW MANAGEMENT IN THE TRAILER FOR JOHN WICK: CHAPTER
4

Molly Templeton
Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:11pm 1 Favorite [+]


Poor John Wick. He can’t even have a nice conversation with his dead wife
without someone showing up and telling him he’s going to die. But at this point,
what could impress him? His whole response is “Maybe not,” which is kind of a
funny thing to say—presumably John Wick is not immortal—but does seem to get
straight at the plot of John Wick: Chapter 4. Get out or get dead—and the way
out is through the Marquis de Gramont (a sneering Bill Skarsgård).

[Read more]

 * Please Adapt


PROSPER’S DEMON WOULD MAKE A VIVID, HARD-HITTING FILM ADAPTATION

Cole Rush
Thu Nov 10, 2022 12:00pm 2 comments 2 Favorites [+]

We’ve come a long way since I started my “Please Adapt” column! In previous
installments, I’ve covered epic fantasy series, indie hits, and novel additions
to beloved canon.

Today, I turn to a small book with a big wallop: K.J. Parker’s Prosper’s Demon.
The book clocks in at just over 100 pages, but don’t let its length fool you:
Prosper’s Demon packs a lot of story into its compact form, and contains plenty
of big ideas. And that’s why it’s a great fit for adaptation: Prosper’s Demon
would make an excellent movie. One and done, please, none of this “limited
series” mumbo jumbo I’ve been asking for in previous columns. Let’s keep this
one simple.

[Read more]

 * news


TEASING A STUDIO GHIBLI/LUCASFILM PARTNERSHIP WITHOUT ANY DETAILS IS JUST CRUEL

Molly Templeton
Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:21am 1 Favorite [+]
Screenshot: Studio Ghibli

How can they do this to us? Studio Ghibli, the monumental company behind My
Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke (pictured above) and a ton of
other brilliant films, posted the vaguest of videos on Twitter today—and it has
everyone in a tizzy.

It’s simple: Just the Lucasfilm logo, followed by the Studio Ghibli logo. No
music. Nothing else.

How dare.

[Read more]

 * Mark as Read


THE ANXIETY OF THE TBR SHELF

Molly Templeton
Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:00am 14 comments 3 Favorites [+]

Photo: Hans-Jürgen Weinhardt [via Unsplash]

There is only one tenet of book organization that I feel truly strongly
about—well, beyond the fact that you should organize your books in whatever way
makes the most sense for you. I cannot, absolutely cannot, shelve unread books
with the ones I’ve finished.

There are upsides and downsides to this system. On the upside, I can see all the
books available to me at any given moment. The unread books shelf (shelves,
bookcase, let’s not split hairs here) is easy to peruse: At breakfast, I sit
over my oatmeal and consider what I want to read next.

On the downside… I can see all the unread books looming in the corner at all
times.

It’s a very specific sort of feeling.

[Read more]

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