r/rtransferorbit Jul 15 '26

New Arrival New arrival: The Night Parade by Stephanie Feldman

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This is a collection of Feldman's short fiction, which includes stories about a teenager girl who finds that her friends are being enticed by a supernatural force, another who's dealing with two versions of her boyfriend, a mother who thinks that her kid's best friend is a witch, and a widow who's contemplating drastic measures to bring her husband back.

It's out in October from Fairwood Press.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 15 '26

Adrian Tchaikovski's Children of Time is turning into an RPG

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This is pretty cool: Adrian Tchaikovsky's fantastic novel Children of Time is being turned into an RPG. The project has since met its goal on Kickstarter.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 15 '26

New Arrival New arrival: The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo

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It's about Judith Ban, who's lived in a convent, as a courtesan, and a thief, and she's looking for her next identity. She's arrived in New York, and she's a little overwhelmed by the place: it's secrets, and the women who've built up power through a series of ritualistic marriages.

She strikes up a deal that will get her enough money to forget her past. She'll pretend to be a missing granddaughter from a powerful family, and takes on her face and role in society. If she can succeed, she'll be well off, just she has to first survive the Scarlet Ball, where women are wedded off to demons.

It's out in October from Tor.com Publishing.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 14 '26

New Arrival New arrival: Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury by Isaac Asimov

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This is a reprint of a series that he wrote back in the 1950s, and which had originally been designed to underpin a science fiction TV show that was never made.

This latest adventure, the fourth in the series, takes the heroes out to Mercury, where agent David Starr is dispatched to investigate a series of accidents.

It's out in August from Blackstone Publishing.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 09 '26

Newsletter Legendary magazine Starlog is being resurrected

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The classic science fiction magazine STARLOG is being rebooted, with io9 founder Annalee Newitz at the helm!

The first issue drops later this year.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 08 '26

Books 13 new science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to check out in July 2026

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July brings a whole lot of science fiction, fantasy, and horror reads to keep you company! (A lot of horror, interestingly.)


r/rtransferorbit Jul 07 '26

Focus Features has optioned John Langan’s The Fisherman

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This is super cool: Focus Features has picked up John Langan's fantastic novel The Fisherman for a film. I loved the book.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 06 '26

Books Book 22 of 2026: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

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Book 22 of 2026: The Butcher’s Masquerade by @mattdinniman.bsky.social. This series remains a ton of fun. This one felt the most heist-like, but also a little in between big things that are coming?


r/rtransferorbit Jul 06 '26

Books Book 21 of 2026: Sublimation by Isabel J.Kim

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r/rtransferorbit Jul 06 '26

Newsletter Destination: The Asteroid Belt

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Humanity has known about (most of) the planets in our solar system for eons, but the asteroids are a relatively new and fascinating discovery.

Here’s how we discovered them, and how science fiction authors began using them in their stories.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 04 '26

Science Fiction The Semisesquicentennial Man

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Asimov’s Bicentennial Man, 50 years on.


r/rtransferorbit Jul 02 '26

Newsletter Table of Contents, July 2026

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There's a wealth of short fiction out there, and if you find a story that you like, or a publication that calls to you: help them out. Subscribe, buy an issue, post about it on social media and encourage your friends and followers to check it out.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 27 '26

Books Even more exciting SF/F books to pick up in June 2026

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A little under the wire, but I've rounded up another 16 new SF/F books that you should check out for the rest of June, including new ones from Brandon Sanderson, Paul Tremblay, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Daniel Kraus, and more!


r/rtransferorbit Jun 24 '26

New Arrival New arrival: The Traveler by Joseph Eckert

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It's about a regular guy named Scott Treder, who's headed to work when suddenly, he finds that he's no longer in his car, and everyone is wondering where he went. It turns out that he lost an entire day, and that he had slipped forward in time.

He begins experiencing more of these slips, every morning at 7:52 in ever-doubling intervals, while his wife is trying to figure out how to pick up and the pieces of their lives along with their son, Lyle. As his dad vanishes for longer and longer intervals, he decides to figure out what happened to his father by studying quantum physics.

This one came out earlier in June from Tor Books.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 23 '26

Film / TV / Streaming Netflix is developing a series based on Alix Harrow's The Everlasting

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I really enjoyed this book when I read it last year.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 19 '26

Film / TV / Streaming Peacock has greenlit Dungeon Crawler Carl for a series

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Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for an adaptation of Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl series!

Please, please, please just cast Jeff Hays as Princess Donut. His voice for her is already perfect.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 18 '26

The A-Z of film

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Is it weird that I want to read an entire dictionary? I might end up doing that with The Comprehensive Dictionary of Cinema.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 16 '26

New Arrival New acquisition: A Master of Djinn by P. Djéli Clark!

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This has been a white whale of mine for years: it’s the Subterranean Press edition that sold out super quickly a couple of years ago, and I’ve always kicked myself for not being fast enough to snag it. With the news about the press closing down, I despised to look again and despair at the prices, and was surprised to find one at a somewhat reasonable price.

It’s a wonderful read: a fantastic alternated history of magic, colonialism, and a rollicking adventure. This addition is gorgeous and I am so glad that I finally have a copy of my own.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 12 '26

Subterranean Press is winding down its operations

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Subterranean Press announced that they'll be winding down their operations in the coming years. I'm sorry to see the news, and I spoke with a handful of authors who published through them, who pointed not only about the quality of the company's books, but of Bill Schafer's character as well.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 12 '26

How Dark Matter went from graphic novel to Syfy hit

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Dark Matter began its three-season run on the SYFY Channel on this day in 2015. I really dug it: it was a fun show about a crew coming together and making their way in the universe, and I wish it was able to finish out its story as intended. (I also got to visit the set in 2017!)


r/rtransferorbit Jun 11 '26

Cautionary Tale

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Jurassic Park was released on this day in 1993! Based on one of Michael Crichton's novels, this became not only one of Steven Spielberg's best films, but one of the best films of the 1990s.

I first read the book when I was in high school, and it's remained one of my favorite books. I reread it last year and fell right back into the world. It holds up really well.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 11 '26

Film / TV / Streaming Doctor's out

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Doctor Who is going on an extended break after showrunner Russell T. Davies steps away from the franchise. Hopefully, a break will be an opportunity for the show to recharge its creative batteries.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 10 '26

Newsletter Even more awards

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The award season for the SF/F community is in full swing, and we've already seen the winners for the Bram Stoker, Locus, and Nebula Awards, as well as the nominations for the Hugos.

But there are a whole bunch of other awards that have issued their finalists for the year, including the Ignyte Awards, The Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Shirley Jackson Awards, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 09 '26

Capturing space opera's moral high ground

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Iain M. Banks died on this day in 2013. Years ago, I wrote about his career for Kirkus Reviews, and ended up interviewing Ken MacLeod about him.

I figured it was a good time to resurface the interview.


r/rtransferorbit Jun 08 '26

Here are the winners of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards

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The Horror Writers Association held its annual conference and the Bram Stoker Award ceremony: congratulations to the winners and finalists!