Eternals, What We Do in the Shadows, and Doctor Who!

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( THE MCU EXPANDS [Eternals Tests Marvel’s Commitment to Weirdness With Mixed Results]( Eternals was always a gamble: Here is a group sent by cosmic super beings to secretly protect humanity from bad stuff. But Marvel has sold audiences on weird shit before, right? Technology and magic coexisting, astral projection and universe-ending jewelry, talking raccoons and trees who are best friends. So Eternals should work, right? Emmet Asher-Perrin reviews the film. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SLIDERS [Five Sagas About Alternate Timelines and Parallel Universes]( Travel between parallel universes (or time lines, as they’re sometimes called) goes back a long way in SF, but has become vastly more popular since the 1950s. But where does the enduring attraction of parallel universe travel come from, and how does it differ from portal fantasy (or alternate history, for that matter)? Charles Stross shares five epic stories about travel between parallel universes and alternate timelines. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( PART OF YOUR WORLD [Black Mermaids: The Waters Beyond Eurocentric Mythology]( So much of our understanding of mermaids is shaped by Eurocentric mythology, in particular Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. But like other mythological creatures, there are many variations on mermaids from across the globe. Natasha Bowen shares her research and insight into Black mermaids and sea creatures from African and Caribbean traditions. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SONTAR-HA [Doctor Who Gets Caught Up in the “War of the Sontarans”]( Doctor Who is back! Catch up with Emmet Asher-Perrin’s coverage of the first episode in Jodie Whittaker’s final season (last week’s “The Halloween Apocalypse”), and then check in with the latest adventure, which takes place in a timeline devoted to the glory of Sontar. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( LIFE AS A READER [The Books That Made Garth Nix]( We are always influenced by things we’ve read, especially the books we read as children. Garth Nix is no different. Here, he discusses four key books that have stuck with him throughout his writing career and influenced his work along the way. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( STAR TREK [Introducing the Star Trek: Enterprise Rewatch!]( Twenty years ago, the United Paramount Network premiered Enterprise, the fourth spinoff of Star Trek. In this introduction, Keith R.A. DeCandido covers the background of the series and new discussion categories for each episode, and discusses his initial reticence to revisit the adventures of Captain Archer and crew, and his decision to give Enterprise a second chance, two decades on. Join Keith every Monday as he rewatches the series from the very beginning! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BAT! [What We Do in the Shadows’ Third Season is a Masterpiece of Character Development]( It would have been easy to make What We Do in the Shadows a hangout sitcom, one of those pleasant, easy half-hours where the viewer checks in to see what wacky adventures the vampires get up to this week. Instead, the writers have committed to subtle, gradual character growth over the course of the latest season. Leah Schnelbach dives into how WWDITS celebrates its characters and relationships. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( CONGRATULATIONS! [Announcing the 2021 World Fantasy Awards Winners]( The winners of the 2021 World Fantasy Awards were announced this weekend. Check out the full list of awards and join us in congratulating all the finalists and winners, including Alaya Dawn Johnson (who won Best Novel for Trouble the Saints) and Tochi Onyebuchi (whose Riot Baby was awarded Best Novella)! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“A Better Way of Saying” by Sarah Pinsker]( The year is 1915, and a young man hired to shout the words on title cards for silent films experiences the magic of movies. This spurs him to edit some of the worst dialog, leading him in a weird direction that utterly changes his life. [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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