Sanderson News, Evil Corporations, and Animation vs. Live-Action

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS [Brandon Sanderson’s Tress of the Emerald Sea Will Release In Bookstores On April 4th]( In spring 2022, Brandon Sanderson launched a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign to publish four secret, brand-new novels. For folks who missed the campaign, Tor Books is happy to announce that it will be exclusively publishing commercial editions of the Secret Projects! Check out more information on the first of Sanderson’s new works here. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SFF HISTORY [Women SFF Writers of the 1980s: Dalkey to Devenport]( It’s long been thought that SF and fantasy writing is dominated by men, but that simply isn’t the case. Women have been writing in the genre since its origins (it was, after all, a woman who founded science fiction). Here, James Davis Nicoll continues his ongoing series on seminal women in SFF who began publishing in the 1980s, going alphabetically from Kara Dalkey to Emily Devenport. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MARK AS READ [What Makes a Story Comforting?]( There are common elements to a lot of lists about comfort stories—happy endings, warm fuzzies, sweeping love affairs, lack of strife, familiarity, escapism—but of course, this changes for every reader. So what do we find comforting about stories, actually? In a new Mark As Read column, Molly Templeton discusses the story elements that put us at ease, and the importance of closure. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( COME ON BOARD [Five YA SFF Books Featuring Crews You’ll Want to Join]( We love our SFF stories with a healthy dose of adventure, and a crew of memorable characters along for the ride. Whether by land, sea, or hurtling through the stars, a group of flawed humans, bickering, flirting, fighting and scheming their way to a worthy end hits a certain sweet spot. Shannon Dittemore shares five YA SFF books with awesome crews you’ll want to go on an adventure with. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( SOMETHING TO WATCH [Why Do People Still Balk at Animation and How Can We Change Their Minds?]( Why do some people who love live-action stories and consume them in large quantities bristle at the prospect of watching an animated show or movie? And are there shows/movies that can change their minds? Cole Rush decided to conduct an informal survey to find out exactly that. Here, Rush shares his findings and offers recommendations for shows and movies that might be the perfect fit for anyone who wants to learn to love animated entertainment! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( READING RECOMMENDATIONS [Bad Company: Five Evil SF Corporations]( In the world of science fiction, there are a plethora of giant corporations with nefarious intentions—from dabbling in unethical tech to exploiting their workers. Here, James Davis Nicholl highlights five fictional evil companies to watch out for, with many, many more discussed in the comments. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( CLOSE READS [Weird Cosmologies and Unsubtle Monsters: The Shared Terrors of H.P. Lovecraft and Christopher Pike]( You probably haven’t spent a lot of time considering the striking similarities between HP Lovecraft’s classic 1931 Antarctic travel warning At the Mountains of Madness and Christopher Pike’s extraordinary 1992 Martian-mission-from-hell bonanza The Season of Passage , if for no other reason than the fact that you probably haven’t read The Season of Passage. But there’s much to be said. In a new Close Read column, join Sarah McCarry on a journey that will carry us from the frigid, lizard-vampire riddled plains of Mars to the frigid, lizard-ish-vampire-ish-infested mountains of Antarctica. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“The Counterworld” by James Bradley]( A grieving mother wakes up to find all traces of her lost son have been erased as if he had never existed. Only in the hallway mirror is she able to see a glimpse of the reality she remembers having lived—the reality she wants back. [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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