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To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN [Introducing Tor.com’s First Guest Editor… R.F. Kuang!]( Tor.com is excited to announce our first ever guest editor, R.F. Kuang! She will be curating a limited series of essays intended to broaden the horizon of voices represented on Tor.com and forge new pathways for the future of SFF. We are thrilled to have her aboard! Check out our full conversation here to learn how she’ll be steering this rocket ship in the weeks to come… [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BEYOND NARNIA [Our Country: C.S. Lewis, Calormen, and How Fans Are Reclaiming the Fictionalized East]( The country of Calormen, located to the southeast of Narnia, appears twice in the seven Chronicles of Narnia books, and it’s the stage for some of the most exciting parts of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia stories—and also some of the most controversial. Nasim Mansuri writes about her complicated relationship with Lewis’s work over the years, and finding ways to express both love and frustration by reframing Calormen and other non-Western settings through fanfiction. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MARK AS READ [The Deeply Personal Art of Organizing Your Books]( When did you start to care how your books were arranged on their shelves? When did it matter? This desire can’t possibly set in at a truly young age. Yet, we all develop ways to organize—or not—the books we own. In a new Mark As Read column, Molly Templeton reassures us: your books are your books, and you get to decide what to do with them. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( HOLD ON TIGHT [Five Adrenaline-Pumping YA SFF Survival Books]( Who doesn’t like to escape into a story where the stakes are impossibly high, and the entire world is out to get you? We all love to fall into a fast-paced story where one wrong move could mean the difference between life and death. Author Meg Long shares five books that will thrill and excite you. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( TO THE STARS [Here’s How Humans Might Beat Other Intelligent Life in a Science Fictional Space Race]( In a universe in which intelligence is fairly common and interstellar travel is possible, it’s tempting to think that humans could be the first species to develop interstellar flight. Whether by a weird twist of fate or ambitious technological advancement, James Davis Nicoll explores a few ways that humans could win the (fictional) race to the stars. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( EXPLORING GOTHAM [Hello There: On Selina Kyle’s Apartment in Batman Returns]( The Gotham of the first Batman, designed by Anton Furst, is a hulking twilit nightmare of sweeping neo-gothic architecture, and in Batman Returns, Bo Welch transforms the city into a whimsical goth Christmas wonderland. But out of all the locations from those films, one neon pink apartment is the most compelling. In this Close Read column, Leah Schnelbach dives into what pre-Catwoman Selina Kyle’s apartment can tell us about her character. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( BUZZ BUZZ [Six Books to Read While You Wait for Yellowjackets to Return]( Yellowjackets, Showtime’s clapback to the idea that Lord of the Flies could never happen with teenage girls, is the latest obsession of thriller fans and paranormal conspiracy theorists everywhere. If you can’t wait for season two, Theresa DeLucci shares six books about mystery, trauma, and survival to help tide you over. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( FAIR IS FOUL, AND FOUL IS FAIR [Life’s But an Existentialist Shadow in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth]( Joel Coen has created a stunning, often terrifying, German Expressionist-ish take on Macbeth that, when it chooses to be, tips into full horror. Leah Schnelbach reviews the new film. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“The Tale of Ak and Humanity” by Yefim Zozulyan]( evaluated as to whether they deserve to live. Those found “unnecessary for life” will be asked to “leave life within 24 hours.” Panic is alleviated when citizens learn that Ak, “a luminous person,” will be in charge of the panels that are to evaluate citizens. Surely, only the “human rubbish” would be eliminated. “The Tale of Ak and Humanity” was translated from Russian by Alex Shvartsman. [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](. Visit our [profile center]( to update your email address and/or other information. If you no longer wish to receive this email communication, click [here]( to unsubscribe.