WiC Weekly: January 26-February 1, 2025

The Wheel of Time gets closer, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms gets praise in high places, and books and shows get recommended.

Image Courtesy of Steffan Hill/HBO
Image Courtesy of Steffan Hill/HBO

We've officially crossed over into the second month of 2025! What's exciting us these days in the worlds of sci-fi, fantasy, movies and books and TV? You know we're on top of it.

Let's begin today's round-up with a look forward at some of the brand new genre series you'll be taking in over the next 11 months:

Next, we look back at Game of Thrones, remembering some of the book theories that the show eventually disproved:

We also look forward to A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, a new Game of Thrones prequel series coming this year. The reviews, such as they are, are great:

Sticking around Westeros, we have some book recommendations for you:

Two major Game of Thrones veterans just finishing shooting a movie together, and it sounds like it will retread some familiar ground:

Shifting from fantasy to sci-fi, we're helping you fill the whole left behind by the end of Silo season 2:

There's a ton of sci-fi and fantasy TV coming our way this year, but also a few shows we were hoping to see that got pushed back:

Shifting to House of the Dragon, the third season is staffing up. Surely the cameras will start to roll soon:

Finally, we have a bevy of book recommendations for you! First up, if you're looking for a short story you can finish in one sitting, you can't go wrong with these. You may want to read them alone at night, though:

And then we're highlighting all the sci-fi and fantasy books coming out in February worth paying to. You have no excuse not to catch up on your reading during these chilly winter months:

We survived the first month of 2025 and we shall survive all the rest. Keep checking back here to see us prove it.

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