Transfer Orbit

Ray Nayler on his fascinating career, communicating with intelligent life, reading and writing unconstrained, and our relationship with the natural world

May 18·44 min read·8608 words

Ancillary Interview

Ann Leckie on Ancillary Justice, finding the personal stories in galactic empires, and what she's learned about writing

May 14·29 min read·5604 words

Neverending stories

Thomas Elrod on his debut novel The Franchise, franchise stagnation, and finding creativity in a world of slop

May 12·1 min read·20 words

Bag check: Spring 2026 edition

What I've been carting around

May 6·1 min read·10 words

May 2026 brings a flood of new sci-fi and fantasy books

A flood of books are headed your way

May 5·1 min read·19 words

Table of Contents, May 2026

April showers brings May stories

May 1·12 min read·2264 words

A long out-of-print Octavia Butler novel is coming back

The author famously prevented Survivor from being reprinted

Apr 30·1 min read·17 words

13 more sci-fi and fantasy books to check out in April 2026

Make room on your shelves

Apr 25·1 min read·17 words

The Expanse is getting another batch of deluxe editions

Books 4-6 are getting a glow up

Apr 24·1 min read·16 words

Forest coverage

Coming up with a cover for The Vermont Historical Society's latest book, When the Trees Came Back

Apr 24·1 min read·19 words

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards

Some of the best works from 2025!

Apr 23·1 min read·16 words

Bringing back the trees

An interview with Robert A. Mello, author of When the Trees Came Back

Apr 20·1 min read·17 words

Power imbalance

James S.A. Corey on The Captives War, The Book of Daniel, and how the only way to survive an alien invasion might be appeasement

Apr 18·1 min read·26 words

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Locus Awards

Some of the best SF/F from 2025

Apr 14·1 min read·16 words

Netflix's animated Redwall series appears to be dead

The project was first announced back in 2021

Apr 10·1 min read·16 words

Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April

The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring

Apr 7·1 min read·26 words

This year's BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award winners

Some excellent works from 2025

Apr 6·1 min read·14 words

Dungeon Crawler Carl is headed to Peacock for a series

Dammit, Donut!

Apr 3·1 min read·12 words

Fly me to the moon

NASA made some big changes to the future of the Artemis program

Apr 1·1 min read·17 words

I've often thought of short fiction being the engine that drives speculative fiction. So many authors cut their teeth with shorter works, and it's a phenomenal way to meet new storytellers and creator…

Apr 1·1 min read·92 words

When is an alien invasion not an alien invasion?

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's alien invasion novel is a time capsule from the Cold War, and a reminder that the threat of nuclear annihilation isn't ancient history

Mar 27·1 min read·37 words

For All Mankind is coming to an end with Season 6

Bye, Bob

Mar 26·1 min read·13 words

Stephen Colbert is writing a Lord of the Rings movie

Shadow of the Past will cover some of the ground Peter Jackson skipped in his trilogy

Mar 25·1 min read·26 words

Choosing one's path

A short, beautiful story about finding one's way in the world

Mar 20·1 min read·14 words

Dune: Part Three teases a grim future for the galaxy

The film hits theaters on December 18th

Mar 17·1 min read·17 words

17 more SF/F books to read in March 2026

Another round of books to add to the to read pile

Mar 17·1 min read·20 words

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Nebula Awards

Some of the best from 2025

Mar 16·1 min read·15 words

Here’s the cover for Annalee Newitz’s next book, A Wall Is Also a Road

Coming in October

Mar 16·1 min read·17 words

An animated Firefly series is in development

🎶You can’t take the sky from me 🎶

Mar 15·1 min read·15 words

Lego's next Ideas project is Tintin's Moon Rocket

Releasing April 1st

Mar 12·1 min read·11 words

Is Firefly coming back?

A return to the 'verse? Or something else?

Mar 7·1 min read·12 words

For the historical record

UC Riverside's Special Collections & University Archives are digitizing Jay Kay Klein's vast collection of fandom photographs. It's a daunting and important project

Mar 5·1 min read·27 words

Awards onslaught

The British Science Fiction Association, Bram Stoker, and L.A. Times Awards have all announced finalists.

Mar 4·1 min read·17 words

Table of Contents, March 2026

Welcome to the March installment of Table of Contents, a roundup of the latest short fiction hitting the web for the science fiction and fantasy world. You can check out last month's installment here…

Mar 3·1 min read·91 words

14 new SF/F books to check out in March 2026

Lots of exciting fantasy, alien worlds, and epic battles to add to your TBR

Mar 2·1 min read·24 words

Library of America is publishing Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels

Coming September 2026

Feb 28·1 min read·14 words

Here are the finalists for the 2026 Compton Crook Awards

The winner will be announced in April and will attend Balticon 60 in May

Feb 26·1 min read·24 words

A revolution is coming on For All Mankind

Season 5 debuts on March 27th

Feb 24·1 min read·14 words

John Scalzi's next book is Monsters of Ohio

Coming November 3rd, 2026

Feb 19·1 min read·12 words

Eight more science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February

Some more exciting books to check out this month.

Feb 19·1 min read·21 words

Here's the new trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu

Hitting theaters May 22nd, 2026

Feb 17·1 min read·14 words

Lego is making a Project Hail Mary Set

Based on the movie based on Andy Weir's novel

Feb 12·1 min read·17 words

Objects from out of this world

Now on display at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: moon rocks!

Feb 9·1 min read·18 words

16 new SF/F books to check out this February

Books about interstellar invasions, conspiracies, monsters, and quite a bit more to add to your TBR

Feb 7·1 min read·25 words

The Folio Society unveils 2026 spring collection

Lots of SF/F titles to look forward to

Feb 5·1 min read·15 words

Table of Contents, February 2026

A new crop of short stories to check out this month

Feb 3·1 min read·16 words

Table of Contents January 2026

A new crop of stories to start off the new year with!

Jan 9·1 min read·17 words