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King of the Nerds Tells Us There’s Only One Way To Be the Best Nerd
As swiftly as it came to our TV screens, TBS’ reality show King of the Nerds is over, with a second season already in the works. When we saw the trailer we were enraged, watching the pilot felt like a...
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The Lost Sweepstakes!
After reading the excerpt, you're probably eager to get your hands on a copy of The Lost by Vicki Pettersson! Never fear, Tor.com is here with five copies that you can win! Comment in the post to...
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Their Fearful Symmetry: Upside Down
How does the old adage go? “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Then consider lovers Adam (Jim Sturgess) and Eden (Kirsten Dunst)...
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Watch Not One, But Two New Trailers for Doctor Who
The BBC and BBC America have both released separate trailers for the upcoming half-season of Doctor Who, which premieres on Saturday, March 30th.The BBC’s is short, sweet, and SUPER CREEPY as evidenced...
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Morning Roundup: This Luke Skywalker Art is Totally Heavy
Artist Denis Medri has reimagined the original Star Wars as an 1980’s teen drama/comedy, partly in the vein of Back to the Future, or a John Hughes movie. Check out Luke Skywalker rocking his Marty...
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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and Harriet McDougal
Who better to interview a living legend than another living legend? “Talking with Tom” is the second installment of a new Tor.com series in which Tor publisher Tom Doherty chats with one of the many...
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First Episode of Sherlock Series 3 is “The Empty Hearse”
The news from Baker Street continues to roll in! Following the unexpected confirmation of a fourth series of Sherlock, we know now the title of the Mark Gatiss-penned opening episode of the third...
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Nitpicks and Not Being a Know-It-All: Talking to Your Friends About Game of...
When people talk about the mainstreaming of geek culture, the evolution of George R. R. Martin’s hugely popular Song of Ice and Fire series into the pop culture juggernaut that is HBO’s Game of Thrones...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Part...
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.”—Roland Deschain, of GileadWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, tackle the magnum opus of Stephen King’s...
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The Walking Dead, S3 E14 “Prey”
Despite this episode being almost entirely centered on Andrea, it surprisingly didn’t suck. Talk about the shocker of the season. She is still the worst, though. No jumping over that hurdle. She does...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Who got those best friend, girl friend,...
“Triangle,” by Jane EspensonSeason 5, Episode 11“Triangle” opens with XandAnya snuggling at the new, improved so-not-a-basement Chez Xander, talking over Riley’s (allegedly) sudden departure and how...
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The World of the End (Excerpt)
Check out this excerpt from Ofir Touché Gafla’s The World of the End, out on Junes 25:As an epilogist, Ben Mendelssohn appreciates an unexpected ending. But when that denouement is the untimely demise...
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Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations Sweepstakes!
Paula Guran has edited an anthology full of tales about people who investigate the impossible. We are so into that, and also into stories from Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Jonathan Maberry and...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 14, Cold Days Pt. 1
This is it, folks. The Dresden Files Reread has reached the current release, Cold Days, the fourteenth book in the series. In my review of the novel I called it one of the best of the series and a...
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Second Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer Contains At Least One Horrifying Wedding
We thought the first trailer for Game of Thrones season 3 was already pretty awesome but man do they ratchet it up for this second trailer, which contains at least one wedding, and possibly Theon?...
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Jeff Noon: On Experiments in Writing
Tor UK is publishing an anniversary edition of Jeff Noon’s extraordinary Vurt out next month, so I wanted to post up something in advance to whet appetites. If it’s not enough that this edition...
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Listen to the Mice: Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire
When Verity Price came to New York, she was given a year to make up her mind: did she want to follow her dreams as a professional ballroom dancer, or follow the family tradition as a cryptozoologist?...
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Morning Roundup: A Lot of People Don’t Know What Michael Caine Did Last Summer
Know what? Tor.com loves Michael Caine. Did you know the correct way to say Michael Caine’s name is “My cocaine?” A lot of people don’t know that. We saw this poster over on Empire Onlinewhere there...
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Is Clara Oswin Oswald Destined to Be Rose Tyler 2.0?
The problem with being properly introduced to a new Doctor Who companion like Clara in a Christmas special (plus one episode beforehand, of course) is that we have to wait before we get to know her. It...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Thinking About Dishonored
Let’s digress, today, and talk about a videogame.Okay, so it’s not much of digression for some of you lot. But me, I play maybe two or three games per annum. Four, in a bumper year. Five—if something...
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