Dune's Moment of Truth, and Wheel of Time Raises the Stakes

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( WHAT ARE YOU DUNE IN MY SWAMP [Welp, We Finally Have a Movie That Sure Seems Like Dune]( The thing about trying to adapt Dune is that Dune has become something of a white whale for filmmaking ever since the book’s release in 1965. It’s difficult and maybe a little cursed, but not because the story of Dune is actually hard to adapt—people just seem to think it is. Emmet Asher-Perrin reviews a film that is definitely a Dune (Part One). [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SWEAR YOUR OATH [Amazon’s New Wheel of Time Trailer Sets the Show’s Epic Stakes]( It’s almost time for the television adaptation of Wheel of Time! The full trailer introduces the Aes Sedai, Moiraine’s quest, the importance of the people she finds in Two Rivers—and the evil they’re all facing. Check it out here, and let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MONSTERS AND RELIGION [Fear of Desire: Dracula, Purity Culture, and the Sins of the Church]( Vampires—as Stoker and later Anne Rice imagined them—are monsters that arose from Christianity’s particular fascination with desire, particularly sexual desire. JR. Forasteros takes a look at the way vampires reflect cultural anxieties and serve as a warning that something isn’t right--and asks why these stories continue to resonate as strongly as ever in our current moment. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( GENRE BENDING [Telling Our Stories: When Mexican Folklore and Oral Tradition Meet Sci-Fi]( As a child, Donna Barba Higuera’s grandmother or aunt would tell love stories from Mexico with tragic endings, cautionary tales, and epic folklore which had been passed down to them the same way. At the same time, she was also watching The Twilight Zone and Star Trek. So it’s no wonder her imagination was filled with stories of her own. Higuera shares how her experiences lead to an ability to blend genres. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( UNDER THE BIG TOP [Step Right Up! Five Recent Fantasy Stories Set at a Circus]( Circuses seem like such a safe, wholesome source of entertainment. But many who’ve ventured under a circus big top have faced unexpected consequences—some quite dangerous for performers. James Davis Nicoll shares five contemporary fantasy novels and stories where the circus is a lively and occasionally treacherous place to be. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MARK AS READ [Lee Pace Reads Science Fiction, So Obviously His Characters Do Too]( Last month, the internet became aware that Lee Pace—the actor behind Thranduil, Ronan the Accuser, Brother Day, and any number of other SFF-adjacent and beloved characters—loves science fiction. He talked about it a lot. So in the spirit of everything good online being mashed together, Molly Templeton has put together science fiction book club picks for some of Lee Pace’s SFF (and SFF-adjacent) characters. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( RECOMMENDED READING [You Should Really Be Reading Victoria Goddard’s Nine Worlds Series]( Most of the time, books come into your life in the usual ways—a friend recommends one to you, or you browse through the shelves at your local bookstore. But every once in a while, that small moment of serendipity slams into you like a lightning strike, and you are gripped instantly with the knowledge that this is going to be one of those books, one of the ones that change you. For Alexandra Rowland, that was Victoria Goddard’s The Hands of the Emperor , part of the Nine Worlds series. And she’s about to convince you to read the series too. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( WEIRD IS PART OF THE JOB [Star Trek: Voyager Rewatch: Seventh Season Overview]( As with both TNG and DS9, Voyager went into its seventh season fully aware that it would be their last year on the air. Favorite characters were brought back, moments from the past were revisited, and storylines were tied up. Keith R.A. DeCandido ends his rewatch of the full series with a review of the final season of Voyager. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( HORROR AND ROMANCE [Let the Right One In Understands the Dark Maelstrom That Is Love]( On first watch, Swedish horror film Let the Right One In might not seem like a love story. The strange relationship between its pre-teen vampire protagonist Eli and human schoolboy Oskar begins as fascination, but develops into something more complicated. Dan Persons explores the complexities of affection, self-sacrifice, and love in Let the Right One In. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“Baby Teeth” by Daniel Polansky]( A forlorn teenager’s monotonous life is interrupted when a stranger draws him into the hunt for a vampiric serial killer. He will learn that while monsters are much more real than he thought, there is no such thing as heroes. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( Follow Tor.com to get updates on all of our original fiction. FOLLOW US: [Follow Us on Facebook]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Follow Us on Tumblr]( [Follow Us on Pinterest]( This email was sent by: Macmillan 120 Broadway New York, NY, 10271, US We respect your right to privacy - [view our policy]( Macmillan believes piracy hurts writers, readers and everyone who loves books. Learn more and report suspicious activity [here.]( To subscribe to this or other email communications from Macmillan, please click [here](. 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