For The Book Obsessed
[ad_1] A brand-new collection of Chinese speculative fiction is coming out next year! Two Lines Press has announced a new book series of translated works, and the very first entry is That We May Live: Speculative Chinese Fiction. According to a press release, each edition of Calico is curated around a “particular theme, region, language, historical … Read more
[ad_1] It’s official! Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright is our new Commissioner Gordon. On Tuesday evening, The Batman director Matt Reeves tweeted out a GIF of Wright along with the caption “Tweet! #Gordon,” plus a bat emoji. Tweet! #Gordon ???? pic.twitter.com/O4PBX7MmuH — Matt Reeves (@mattreevesLA) October 30, 2019 Previously, it was reported that Wright was “in talks” to play … Read more
[ad_1] True calamity! Flaming catapults! Pithy one-liners! The newest trailer for The Witcher has dropped, and Geralt of Rivia is center stage. While the previous teaser focused a lot on fleshing out the world of The Witcher, this one’s all about our laconic, silver-haired monster-slayer. Things kick off with a round of witty repartee with a mysterious masked … Read more
[ad_1] It looks like Alex Bledsoe‘s The Tufa series is heading to TV! The author himself announced the news on Thursday, tweeting a screenshot of a Publisher’s Marketplace post about the deal. According to the trade newsletter, the television rights for the series were sold to Omnia Media in a “multi-book deal.” I know many of … Read more
[ad_1] Is it possible to roast someone twice? Even though Game of Thrones has ended, Emilia “Daenerys” Clarke had one last takedown to deliver as she revealed who was really the culprit behind that Starbucks cup left onscreen. Varys! Of course. According to Clarke, Conleth Hill, who played the Spider, Master of Whisperers Varys on … Read more
[ad_1] During a panel at MCM Comic Con London on October 28, Marvel announced that a new Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic will be coming next year—from sci-fi/fantasy writer Alyssa Wong! Wong herself confirmed that she is writing the new comic and Marika Cresta will be the artist. Looks like the Star Wars cat is … Read more
[ad_1] Photo: Brian Stasberry, licensed under the “Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported” license Horror movies based on folklore, like The Curse of La Llorona, Onibaba, or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, tend to tap into primal fears we have about the unknown and the supernatural. Now, one of the more frightful creatures from Cherokee folklore … Read more
[ad_1] Happy Halloween! To really give spooky season the send-off it deserves, we’re turning to some real-life scary stories. In lieu of a campfire, people have been spinning their yarns on Twitter, under the hashtag #ScaryStories, and Book Twitter is getting in on the action. Horror author, Under The Dome expert, and Tor.com contributor Grady … Read more
[ad_1] Halloween may be over, but the scares aren’t! Variety has reported that Clive Barker’s massive horror short-story collection, Books of Blood, is being turned into a feature film for Hulu by the creators of Salem, Brannon Braga and Adam Simon. With Books of Blood spanning six volumes and 30 stories, there was no way they could have fit … Read more
[ad_1] Tamora Pierce’s Tortall series is heading to TV! Deadline has reported that all 22 books set in the Tortall universe have been optioned for the small-screen by Lionsgate and Playground Entertainment, the production company behind Starz’ The White Princess and PBS Masterpiece’s Little Women. There’s no plot details yet, but the producers have a wealth of material to draw from, … Read more