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Necessary Evil (Excerpt)
Take a peek at the stunning conlcusion to Ian Tregillis’ Milkweed trilogy, Necessary Evil, out on April 30:12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II. Again. Raybould...
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Superman: The Unauthorized Biography Sweepstakes!
In Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, NPR book critic and resident comic book geek Glen Weldon explores our enduring admiration for the Man of Steel and his changing place in our culture over the...
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Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Paranormal Romance
Twenty-one is the age one needs to have reached in order to check out this month’s twenty-one steamy paranormal romance releases. There are new series starts from Thea Harrison and Kate Douglas, and...
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Get Midwestern Fantasy Wide Open for $2.99!
The first thing Hallie Michaels sees when she comes home to South Dakota is the ghost of her sister hanging out at the airport! When the local police say her sister's recent death was a suicide, Hallie...
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Undead, But Not Really All That Lively: Dana Fredsti’s Plague Nation
Is there any narrative structure more predictable than that of the classic zombie story? A small band of the few, the brave, the lucky fight to escape or to contain the mounting zombie threat. Our...
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Science Fiction Killed the Dinosaurs
Though not the largest extinction in the history of our little planet, the collective death of the dinosaurs still stings. But what was it that caused their untimely demise? The going thinking tends to...
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Brian Francis Slattery’s Lost Everything Wins the Philip K. Dick Award
Congratulations to Brian Francis Slattery whose Lost Everythingjust won the 2012 Philip K. Dick Award!Announced Friday night at NorwesCon, the Philip K. Dick Award is presented annually with the...
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The Tenth Doctor and Rose Will Return for Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary!
The BBC has confirmed that David Tennant and Billie Piper will return in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special to reprise their roles as the Tenth Doctor and Rose, alongside Matt Smith and Jenna...
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Announcing the 2013 Hugo Award Nominees
The finalists for the 2012 Hugo Awards have been announced. Congratulations to all.The Hugo Awards have been given since 1953, and every year since 1955, by the annual World Science Fiction Convention...
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Announcing the 2012 BSFA Awards
The BSFA Awards are sponsored by the British Science Fiction Association and drawn up from the most popular titles selected by members of the BSFA. Those members join attendees of Eastercon to cast...
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Doctor Who Returns Quippy and Charming in “The Bells of Saint John”
Way back in the 2007 third season premier of Doctor Who, David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor reminded us that you can never cross your own time-stream, except of course, “for cheap tricks.” And now, six years...
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Anne McCaffrey Gave Us All Our Own Dragons to Ride
Today marks what would have been the 87th birthday of the incomparable author Anne Inez McCaffrey. Not only one of the most prolific science fiction and fantasy writers of all time, McCaffrey’s lasting...
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There’s Not Been Enough of Samuel R. Delany
Samuel Delany was born in New York on April 1st 1942, which makes today his seventy-first birthday. Happy birthday, Chip!I could write a considered post about Delany’s significance to the field, but...
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The Shadow War of the Night Dragons Musical: Is It On Its Way?
Through a series of e-mails and a secretly recorded Skype session with the creative principals, Tor.com has learned that New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi is planning a multi-million dollar...
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Game of Thrones, Season 3, Ep. 1: “Valar Dohaeris”
Winter is over and Game of Thrones is here. How excited are you? Did you do anything to celebrate the season premiere? In fairness, the Wine of Courage was flowing very freely at my house. But it is my...
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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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“So, We Just Stop Being Human?”: The Host
Stephenie Meyer released her sci-fi novel The Host in 2008, right as soccer moms were waiting in line for the latest Twilight book and Kristen Stewart was biting her lip for the first time on the big...
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Michael Arndt Reveals How Star Wars Episode VII Fits Into Existing Continuity
Though Michael Arndt has previously been silent about the story for the much anticipated Star Wars sequel, at a recent press conference the Oscar-winning screenwriter let slip exactly how Star Wars...
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The Wilful Eye Sweepstakes!
You've checked out the introduction to The Wilful Eye, and you can't wait to take a bite out of these re-imagined tales. The book comes out today, but there's also a chance for you to win one right...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Singing in the Key of Key
“Blood Ties,” by Michael GershmanHoley Hellmouth, Vampfans, Buffy’s twenty! That’s not quite a Slayer record—I think Nikki Woods lived to be twenty-two—but it’s still very impressive, don’t you...
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