Best Books of 2017, Wells, Adams, and VanderMeer

Plus Ten Years of The Name of the Wind! To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( BOOKS [Tor.com Reviewers' Choice: The Best Books of 2017]( Our reviewers picked their favorite books of 2017, from N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle, Aliette de Bodard, Margaret Killjoy, Carmen Maria Machado, and many more. Compare notes and add your own best-loved titles to the list in the comments! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( THOR [Thor: Ragnarok is a Hilarious Blockbuster About the Evils of Imperialism]( The newest Thor movie is a delightful, fun, and funny movie ... but it's much more than that! Ragnarok turns a keen eye toward Asgard's history-what was celebrated, and what was forgotten and buried in the interest of power and empire-building. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SANDERSON [In the Wake of the Everstorm: A Non-Spoiler Review of Brandon Sanderson's Oathbringer]( With only a few days left before the release of Oathbringer, here's everything you need to know about the novel that can fit into a non-spoiler review! Plus, you can get a head start with a complete preview of the first 32 chapters [(Part 1 of the novel) here]( [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( APPLAUSE ["Unbury the Future": Martha Wells' Full Speech from the 2017 World Fantasy Awards]( Martha Wells delivered a brilliant, not-to-be-missed speech at the 2017 World Fantasy Awards. Wells' subject is suppression and "secret histories"-those kept intentionally secret, and those that were quietly allowed to fade away. You can read the full text here. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( AWARDS [Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 World Fantasy Awards!]( The ceremony for the World Fantasy Awards was held this week, and we'd like to congratulate all of this year's nominees and winners, including Kij Johnson's novella The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe-read the full awards list here! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ROTHFUSS [Why The Name of the Wind Still Resonates Ten Years Later]( "Every time I read The Name of the Wind, I seem to discover more and more." Martin Cahill offers 10 reasons why the first volume of Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicle remains a fantasy classic-and why it's worth rereading again and again. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( TELEVISION [The Mentally Ill Hero: How The Tick and Dirk Gently Give Unbalanced "Sidekicks" Center Stage]( While it's still rare to see an honest, realistic portrayal of mental illness in pop culture, two current shows-both billed as wacky comedies-are handling the topic in revolutionary ways. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BOOKS [The Book That First Spoke My Feral Language: Richard Adams' Watership Down]( Author Brooke Bolander on the brilliance of Watership Down, a book that understands how utterly fascinating and alien animals truly are, and respects their strangeness (rather than treating them like cute, furry little people). [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BOOKS [Six Series That Should Be Role-Playing Games]( Not all stories are adaptable into games, but James Davis Nicoll nominates six SFF series would make for some excellent, action-packed RPG campaigns. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION ["This World is Full of Monsters" by Jeff VanderMeer]( The story that meant the end arrived late one night. A tiny story, covered in green fur or lichen, shaky on its legs. It fit in the palm of my hand. I stared at the story for a long time, trying to understand. An alien invasion comes to one man's doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( EXCERPTS [Renegades]( The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies-humans with extraordinary abilities-who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [Valiant Dust]( Sikander Singh North has always had it easy-until he joined the crew of the Aquilan Commonwealth starship CSS Hector. In a stylish, smart, new military SF series, Richard Baker begins the adventures of Sikander North in an era of great interstellar colonial powers. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( Follow Tor.com to get updates on all of our original fiction. 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