Here are the finalists for the 2026 Locus Awards Some of the best SF/F from 2025

Locus Magazine has announced the finalists for its annual awards!

Congratulations to the finalists: www.andrewliptak.com/2026-locus-a...

Reason #7,826 why I’m not publishing Transfer Orbit on Substack.

Book 12 of 2026: Choir of Hatred by @yudhanjaya.bsky.social. I really dug this: he has a tendency to start a book off one way and then Trojan horse something entirely different and a bit more profound in after. Starts off as military SF and ends up as a meditation on identity and trauma.

Book 11 of 2026: UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here —And Out There by @vermontgmg.bsky.social. This was an intriguing, exhaustive look at the story of UFOs, the lore surrounding the culture, and the government’s approach to studying the phenomena.

Splashdown!

Netflix's animated Redwall series appears to be dead The project was first announced back in 2021

Well, this is a bummer. The animated Redwall series doesn't appear to be moving forward at Netflix. www.andrewliptak.com/netflix-redw...

Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring

Delighted to see @shaykauwe.bsky.social 's debut THE KILLING SPELL (an indigenous Hawaiian Urban Fantasy with a murder mystery, language magic, eldest daughter energy and enemies to lovers romance) in @andrewliptak.com 's round up of April's new SFF!

Preorder: https://geni.us/killingspell

Opinion | NASA Flew by the Moon, but Behind the Scenes, Its Science Is a Chaotic Mess

The images of Earth from Artemis are amazing. But if we destroy our ability to understand (and live on) our planet, all they are is pretty pictures

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

Rogue Protocol - Emily Graham (Concert Band, Grade 1.5-2) YouTube video by Randall Standridge

Here’s a version of it:

Yeah!

Rogue Protocol | J.W. Pepper Inspired by Martha Wells' Murderbot Diaries, this bold and rhythmic Grade 1.5 work for young band blends suspense, drive, and sci-fi flair. A pulsing bassline, active percussion, and a defiant trumpet...

Omg. My son had his concert tonight, and when I asked him what his favorite song was, he said it was “Rogue Protocol”, which the composer based on a favorite book of hers about a glitching robot who was hiding its glitches.

… the song was inspired by @marthawells.com’s Murderbot diaries!

That’s not the point I’m making.

Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring

April is bringing a whole bunch of new books to shelves, kicking off a packed spring.

Here are 9 books that caught my eye for the first half of the month: www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-s...

Top of my list would be The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu followed by The Faith of Beasts by James S.A. Corey

I’m hoping I’ll have reason to update it soon.

Destination: Luna How scientists and science fiction writers discovered the Moon.

Here’s a piece I wrote for @clarkesworldmagazine.com years ago: How scientists and science fiction writers discovered the Moon. www.andrewliptak.com/moon-solar-s...

Also: all that money is spent… on Earth.

A crescent earth rising over the lunar horizon

Oh wow: NASA just released a new image from the Artemis 2 mission, Earthset.

Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring

Authors this round include @pvbrett.bsky.social, @andrecarrington.bsky.social, @johnchu.bsky.social, @abraham.bsky.social, @shaykauwe.bsky.social, @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app, @ronaldmalfi.bsky.social, and @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social: www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-s...

Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring

April is bringing a whole bunch of new books to shelves, kicking off a packed spring.

Here are 9 books that caught my eye for the first half of the month: www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-s...

Tomorrow: April book list!

Carol Crater 😭 💔

Two dogs sleeping on a couch

These two idiots are completely unaware that four people are flying past the moon right now.

This year's BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award winners Some excellent works from 2025

Two big genres awards took place over the weekend: the British Science Fiction Association Awards and the Philip K. Dick Awards. Congratulations to the winners!

www.andrewliptak.com/bsfa-philip-...

Book 10 of 2026: The Adventures of Tintin: Destination Moon by Hergé. I couldn’t resist pulling this out to read it after building the Lego set. It’s one of my favorites of the series.

Nooooo

😍

Star Trek: we can’t interfere with primitive civilizations.
Stargate: your god is a lie, here’s a nuke.

Dungeon Crawler Carl is headed to Peacock for a series Dammit, Donut!

Peacock has picked up Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl to develop as a live-action streaming series! I read the book earlier this year and enjoyed it, and it'll be interesting to see how well it translates into television.

www.andrewliptak.com/dungeon-craw...