Congratulations to the 2012 Nebula Award Winners
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced the winners of the 2012 Nebula Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award, and the Andre Norton Award.Tor.com was eye-wideningly honored to...
View ArticleIt’s a Promise You Make. Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”
“The Name of the Doctor” is not a good episode of television, but it is a fascinating episode of Doctor Who.The season seven finale re-frames the Eleventh Doctor’s adventures from the last two seasons...
View ArticleUnfettered: “The Unfettered Knight” by Shawn Speakman
A special five story preview of Shawn Speakman’s epic fantasy anthology Unfettered will be released at Phoenix Comicon this Memorial Day weekend. This week, we’re taking a look at all five stories,...
View ArticleAn Epic Fantasy Community Comes Together. Appreciating Unfettered, edited by...
Unfettered is coming, a masterful anthology of epic fantasy edited by author Shawn Speakman, featuring unfamiliar stories set in familiar worlds. A sneak peek of Unfettered will debut at this year’s...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Babylon 5 is Our Last Best Hope, For LEGO
It apparently took a gentleman named Vassal about a year and half to make Babylon 5 out of LEGO. Apparently he had to figure out some balance issues, but with a little bit of help from the Vorlons, it...
View ArticleThe Black Company Reread: A Revised Schedule and Primer
Thanks, all, for joining me on this trip to Khatovar. Those of you who have made this trip before know what’s coming and are probably as excited as I am about travelling to familiar locales and meeting...
View ArticleHBO May Reveal Game of Thrones Ending Before the Books Can
Even before Game of Thrones first season debut, fans of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series have quietly wondered if the author could have the final two books out by the time...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Season 3, Ep. 8: “Second Sons”
Why, hello, Daario.“Second Sons” is fine for a title, but it doesn’t leave much room for the women of Game of Thrones, many of whom also had a difficult time performing their duties this week. So much...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleNew Animated Series Star Wars: Rebels Coming in 2014
After the conclusion of The Clone Wars, and the general restructuring of Lucasfilm under Disney, the future of Star Wars animation was in question. Until now! Star Wars.com has just revealed that a new...
View ArticleShall We Begin? Star Trek Into Darkness Spoiler Review
Before we start I want to say this about Star Trek Into Darkness: I’ve seen it in both 3D and 2D, and I urge you not to waste your money on a 3D ticket. Seriously, there is nothing in this movie that...
View ArticleBelieving in Magic is Believing in Yourself: Terry Brooks’ “Imaginary...
A special five story preview of Shawn Speakman’s epic fantasy anthology Unfettered will be released at Phoenix Comicon this Memorial Day weekend. This week, we’re taking a spoiler-free look at all five...
View ArticleBuffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: “We’ve got company and they brought a crusade”
“Spiral,” by Steven S. DeKnight“Spiral” is one of those episodes that starts right where its predecessor left off. Dawn’s secret has been exposed, and so Buffy scoops her up and runs like a terrified...
View ArticleThe Worst Of Acts, The Best Of Reasons: Antiagon Fire by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
My standard spoiler warning for this series: Antiagon Fire is the seventh novel in L.E. Modesitt, Jr.’s Imager Portfolio series, and the fourth one following the adventures of Quaeryt Rytersyn. The...
View ArticleGoing Above and Beyond: The Lowest Heaven, edited by Anne C. Perry & Jared...
Space.The final frontier?For now, that searching question stands an unfortunate fact. We want to know more, of course, but there is no clear need for the revelations we may or may not gain from our...
View ArticleHow Do We Like This River Song Timeline?
It would seem that River Song’s arc on Doctor Who has come to an end in “The Name of the Doctor” (Although as always that will remain to be seen.) so Doctor Who Online’s senior art editor Will Brooks...
View ArticleThe Millionaire and the Mummies (Excerpt)
Perfect for fans of archaeology and Egyptian discoveries, take a look at The Millionaire and the Mummies by John M. Adams, out on June 25:Egypt, The Valley of the Kings, 1905: An American robber baron...
View ArticleThe Wheel of Time Unfettered: A Non-Spoiler Review of “River of Souls”
Hi-ho, Tor.com! Leigh Butler here, of The Wheel of Time Re-read!As dictated by my accidental semi-cornering of the hilariously specific niche market of Commenter on All Things Wheel of Time, it is my...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Sherlock Into Darkness
Is there anything Sherlock wouldn’t do...for...a new...violin? The above image was of course inevitable, and may somehow spoil Sherlock and Star Trek Into Darkness, and maybe is also your future...
View ArticleSkin Like Porcelain Death
Enjoy this reprint of Daniel José Older’s “Skin Like Porcelain Death,” a short story that was originally published in his collection Salsa Nocturna by Crossed Genres Publications, available here.In...
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