British Genre Fiction Focus: Different Kingdoms of Faith in Fiction
Would you look at that! It’s only Wednesday morning again. And by now we know what that means, don’t we? To wit, it’s time for another edition of the British Genre Fiction Focus, Tor.com’s weekly...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Star Trek Into Pixar
Though Chris Pine is a pretty solid Captain Kirk, we do like the idea of Mr. Incredible, from The Incredibles being the intrepid leader of the Enterprise. The artist, Phil Postma, has rendered all of...
View ArticleThe Water That Falls on You from Nowhere
In the near future water falls from the sky whenever someone lies (either a mist or a torrential flood depending on the intensity of the lie). This makes life difficult for Matt as he maneuvers the...
View ArticleWomen and Power in Star Trek: The Next Generation
When I saw Tasha Yar for the first time, I was four years old, sitting on the couch with my parents, watching re-runs of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Aggressive, authoritative, trusted and...
View ArticleThe Afrika Reich (Excerpt)
Take a look at alternate history thriller, The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville, out now:Africa, 1952. More than a decade has passed since Britain’s humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to the war and the...
View Article2012 Nebula Award Finalists Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced the finalists for the 2012 Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award, and the Andre Norton Award.Tor.com is eye-wideningly honored...
View ArticleThe Sandman Reread: Fables and Reflections
Like the Dream Country collection, the sixth volume of Sandman trade paperbacks, titled Fables and Reflections, is an anthology of single-issue stories written by Neil Gaiman, set in the realms of...
View ArticleMalazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Book Two, Chapter...
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series,...
View ArticleHere’s Your First Look at Hailee Steinfeld as Petra in Ender’s Game
The last time we saw Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), he was getting dressed down by the intimidating Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford). But in this new still from Ender’s Game, he’s been assigned to the...
View ArticleThe Art of Wishing (Excerpt)
Check out this awesome excerpt of Lindsay Ribar’s The Art of Wishing, out March 21 from Dial:Margo McKenna has a plan of attack for everything, from landing the lead in her high school musical to...
View ArticleWatch the Deleted Scenes from Game of Thrones Season 2
Buzzfeed and HBO have revealed where to find the “dragon eggs” on the Game of Thrones season 2 Blu-ray/DVD set, all four of which contain a deleted scene from the season.If you’d like to hunt them down...
View ArticleTalk to Mad Scientists Authors TODAY on #TorChat!
Today, at 4 PM EST #TorChat is taking you behind the scenes in some very dangerous places—the minds of several mad scientists. Joining readers will be the mistress of time travel and author of the New...
View ArticleDeliciously Weird: American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Mona Bright used to be a cop. She was married. They were expecting a baby. Then, abruptly, everything fell apart and her life collapsed. Since then, she’s been drifting from town to town, taking short...
View ArticleChoose Your Ender’s Game Army With These New Battle School Logos
Hot on the space-heels of the new battle school photo, Lionsgate has released images of four different Battle School Army Logos from Ender’s Game. Each image was disseminated to a different Ender fan...
View ArticleFarscape Rewatch: “Suns and Lovers”
Suns And LoversWritten by Justin Monjo, directed by Andrew ProwseSeason 3, Episode 21st US Transmission Date: 23 March 20011st UK Transmission Date: 3 September 2001Guest Cast: Jothee (Matt Newton),...
View ArticleDroning: The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist
In Gordon Dahlquist’s new novel The Different Girl, Veronika, Caroline, Isobel and Eleanor are four young girls who live on a small island with their two adult caretakers Irene and Robbert. The girls...
View ArticleCumberbatch & McAvoy-Flavored Neverwhere Radio Drama Reveals Airdate, Cast Photo
The Radio Times has just reported that BBC’s Radio 4 will begin airing their audio adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular novel Neverwhere starting on March 16th! The voice cast of this “audio film”...
View ArticleSix-Gun Snow White Signed Sweepstakes!
The excerpt had us excited and we know you're eager to get your hands on a copy of Catherynne M. Valente's Six-Gun Snow White. It just so happens that we have an extra shiny sweepstakes for you—we've...
View ArticleMonster of the Week: Rougarou the Lenten Werewolf
So we’re in the midst of the Lent. It’s 40 days of Christian fasting that stretches from the Ash Wednesday to Easter—which is why folks tend to blow it out during the Carnival/Mardi Gras...
View ArticleThe Winter Plain (Excerpt)
Take a look at Jo Bannister's The Winter Plain, out in ebook format now:The Garden City of Chad was an oasis in a barren land, too rare and precious to escape the predation of someone like harry Jess....
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