Reasons Not to Reread, and Non-Fiction By SFF Authors!

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( [A set of books]( BOOK LOVERS FOREVER [In Loving Memory of the Books I’ll Never Read Again]( Which books will you never read again? Not because they’re bad or boring, but because you love them. You love what they mean to you, or what they meant to you when you turned that final page. Cole Rush discusses bookish nostalgia and the phenomenon of never wanting to revisit (and potentially ruin) a particularly perfect reading experience from earlier in your life. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [An illustration: Ragnarok by Louis Moe]( READING RECOMMENDATIONS [Five Fascinating Retellings of Norse Mythology]( Interest in all things Viking-related has really boomed over the past decade. From the History Channel’s Vikings television series to The Last Kingdom, Viking media seems to be everywhere. And yet, while there are many works that find inspiration in the old lore, there aren’t as many retellings of the actual myths–here, Rowdy Geirsson recommends five of the best speculative retellings of Norse mythology. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A screencap from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom]( GAMING LIFE [I Am a Mature and Responsible Adult Who Will Attach Rockets to Anything Just to See What Happens]( Kali Wallace never considered herself much of a gamer until she rediscovered her love of video games in the last few years, and realized that there’s something incredibly freeing about playing a game with no other purpose than having fun. And that means fun that’s purely for fun’s sake–fun that does not contribute in any material way to your economic status or career progress. Wallace discusses finding joy in becoming a gamer and losing the plot—on purpose. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A photo of a stack of old books]( FURTHER READING [Notable Works of Non-Fiction Written by SFF Authors]( Speculative fiction writers tend to do a lot of research when creating their worlds—which sometimes leads to going down some fascinating non-fictional rabbit holes. After all, turning research into a diverting non-fiction text is a perfectly valid way to avoid writing the next book your publisher expects from you! Here, James Davis Nicoll shares five intriguing non-fiction works by some favorite SFF authors. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A photo of a school crossing road sign]( NO MORE PENCILS, NO MORE BOOKS [Five Academic Novels That Won’t Make You Want to Go Back to School]( As a culture, we have a never-ending appetite for classroom histrionics and coming-of-age dramas. But what is it about the school setting that is so engaging? Is it the familiar structure, or the delightful unpredictability of those characters who are still growing up, finding out who they are and who they want to become? All of the above…but sometimes there are those coming-of-age stories that make school look like hell. Akemi C. Brodsky shares five speculative novels that will make you want to stay far away from the classroom. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A painting of a young woman reading]( MARK AS READ [On Learning to Read Generously]( Do you remember the first book you read that you didn’t like? How is it that we, as readers, discover our likes and dislikes in stories, and build biases? Is it possible to then move past them, and learn to read more generously? In a new Mark As Read column, Molly Templeton discusses wanting to like things as a reader, and what that means when approaching a text through a critical lens. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A rendering of a planet under distress]( CLASSIC SCI-FI [Five SF Stories About Facing Unforeseen Planetary Disasters]( It’s almost impossible not to think about what might happen when Earth is no longer habitable, but at this point in time, almost all possible scenarios have been looked at by scientists. But what happens when a planet is struck by a completely unpredictable disaster? SF writers have not disappointed when it comes to imagining scenarios that radically and rapidly alter a planet’s habitability. Here are five classic examples. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( [A collage of screencaps from The Exorcist, Talk To Me, and The Conjuring]( IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME [From The Exorcist to Talk to Me, Possession Films Teach Us To Fear the Wrong Things]( A24’s latest horror sensation is Talk to Me, a story that offers a fresh take on the possession film subgenre that began with The Exorcist. But stories about possession and exorcism are tied to religion, so what happens when younger generations don’t rely on spirituality in the same way? JR. Forasteros looks at the significance of religion in possession narratives, and what’s really being demonized in these films. [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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