Across the Spider-Verse and the Books That Queered Us

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( [a photo of a rainbow of books]( HAPPY PRIDE! [Celebrating the Books That Queered Us]( Books are gateways. You know this. A book can’t make you queer, but it can lead you through a gateway to find you standing on the other side, arms akimbo, wondering what took you so long. In this essay series, we gave writers the opportunity to write love letters to the characters they’d fallen in love with and to writing that opened their minds to new ways of thinking. Here, as part of Tor.com’s upcoming 15th anniversary, we look back and celebrate the books that didn’t make us queer, but helped us see how a queer life was possible. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [Screencaps from various SFF films]( DO YOUR HOMEWORK [Seven SFF Short Stories Featuring Students and Scholarship]( The magic school is a familiar setting, but there are so many ways that academia and fantasy interact. Here, Ratika Deshpande shares seven short fiction pieces featuring students and scholarship, research and exams—and one visit to the principal’s office. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [The cover of The Dark Descent, a horror anthology]( THE DARK DESCENT [“Evening Primrose” by John Collier: Cheerful Cruelty, Capitalism, and Cowardice]( John Collier’s “Evening Primrose” is a strong morality tale by a master of deeply unnerving stories whose work has mostly fallen by the wayside. Its cheerfully grim take on the traditional Gothic hero and ingénue stereotypes, the bizarre feel of its department store setting, and the ruthless satire of capitalist excess call forward even to works being produced in the modern day. In the second installment of “Dissecting The Dark Descent,” Sam Reader revisits the classic story. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A photo of hands on a typewriter]( FOR YOUR BOOKSHELF [Six Favorite Authors Writing in New or Unexpected Genres]( You get used to certain content from certain authors. Sometimes that’s because the author usually writes in one genre, or maybe you’ve only read one particular genre from an author’s oeuvre. But one of the exciting parts of being an avid reader is trying something fresh and unexpected from an author you already love. Alex Brown recommends six new books by authors writing in different genres. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [The covers of Alex White's Salvagers series]( PLEASE ADAPT [Alex White’s Salvagers Series Could Be an Epic, High-Flying Sci-Fi Film Trilogy]( While Alex White’s Salvagers series, a space opera following the crew of the spaceship Capricious as they seek a derelict ship full of powerful secrets, has garnered plenty of praise, and (thus far) film and TV studios are missing out on a powerful story that would be truly epic on screen. In a new Please Adapt column, Cole Rush dives into this action-packed series and why it would make a great film trilogy. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A photo of many dolls heads]( PAIN & PLEASURE [Eight Terrifying Objects That Are Also Kinda Hot]( In horror stories, danger lurks around even the most mundane of corners—but there’s also plenty of crossover of the terrifying and the alluring. Here, horror writer CJ Leede shares eight objects that prove fear and desire are two sides of the same coin. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A screencap from Spiderman: Across the Spider-verse]( SPIDERPUNK FOREVER [Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Will Make Us Respect Cliffhangers Again]( We’ve had to wait four years for the second installment of the best Spider-Man movie, Into the Spider-Verse. And when you get right down to it, these are still the best Spider-Man films—and without question some of the best superhero films—ever made. Emmet Asher-Perrin reviews the film here. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [Book covers]( BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS [Five SFF Stories in Which Kids Save the Day]( In the realm of imagination, the unexpected can prevail. Just as elderly ladies can out-detect the professionals and lone geniuses circumvent known physics, young people can save the world. Or at least save the day. James Davis Nicoll highlights five SFF books, ranging from classic to quite new, in which young people are the heroes. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“The Star-Bear” by Michael Swanwick]( A Russian émigré poet living in Paris is visited by a mysterious bear with an agenda… [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. 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