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Spoiler Thread for A Read of Ice and Fire, Part 3!
Welcome to Part 3 of the Song of Ice and Fire thread, in conjunction with Leigh Butler’s fabulous Read of Ice and Fire. (The first and second threads, now massive, can be found here and here.) Please...
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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 30
Welcome back to A Read of Ice and Fire! Please join me as I read and react, for the very first time, to George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.Today’s entry is Part 30 of A...
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Aliens: Recent Encounters Sweepstakes!
Want aliens to invade your home? If they're in stories by Catherynne M. Valente, Ken Liu, and Elizabeth Bear, among many of other top science fiction writers, the answer is likely yes. Out on June 17...
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“You’re safe now.” Patrick Stewart Helps Star Trek Fan Deal with Domestic...
"You never have to go through that again, you’re safe now.”One Star Trek fan’s question regarding Sir Patrick Stewart’s work with Amnesty International prompted a very personal response this past...
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Gaming Roundup: Are We Witnessing the Slow Death of Nintendo?
Despite Nintendo’s initial victory in the last console war (achieved largely by the Wii’s successful capture of the casual gamer market), there are some warning signs emerging of late that indicate the...
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Help Make Daniel H. Wilson’s “The Nostalgist” Into a Short Film
Back in 2009, Daniel H. Wilson—author of Robopocalypse—wrote an original short story for Tor.com titled “The Nostalgist,” a tender tale about a world where we augment ourselves artificially through...
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Reopening The X-Files: “Trustno1”
Season 9, Episode 6: “Trustno1”Original Airdate: January 6, 2002The X-Files primarily exists in a time and a space of its own creation. In fact, were it not for the ever-evolving cell phones and odd...
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Cannibals AGAIN? Bed-Knob and Broomstick
“Method and prophylactics have revolutionized modern witchcraft.”—Mary NortonBritish author Mary Norton, perhaps best known for creating The Borrowers (coming up next in these rereads)spent a happy...
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Reviver (Excerpt)
Take a look at Seth Patrick's Reviver, out on June 18:Jonah Miller is a Reviver, able to temporarily revive the dead so they can say goodbye to their loved ones—or tell the police who killed them.Jonah...
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Fiction Affliction: June Releases in Urban Fantasy
Never mind Sookie—Atticus is back! Despite the early death knell for All Things Paranormal, there are twenty-eight new urban fantasies sinking their fangs into readers this month, including new...
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Morning Roundup: Jurassic Newlyweds Must Wed Faster!
You do plan to have dinosaurs at your dinosaur wedding, right? We, along with the rest of the Internet, saw this yesterday and loved it. If you don’t want your wedding to end this way, we truly don’t...
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The Folding Knife Reread: Chapter Eleven
Last chapter was particularly eventful (in the traditionally uneventful way of The Folding Knife). Basso monologued, expounding his grand vision and overarching scheme to Melsuntha and Bassano. The...
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What Have We Learned about Words of Radiance from The Rithmatist Tour?
Brandon Sanderson’s tour for The Rithmatist tour is well underway, and reports are coming in that he’s been reading from Words of Radiance, his upcoming sequel to The Way of Kings. I got my hands on a...
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A Towering Epic: The City by Stella Gemmell
The City (only ever referred as such by the characters) has stood for time immemorial. At its center is Araeon, the immortal Emperor, who has been directing the centuries-long war against all who would...
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Thieves’ Quarry (Excerpt)
Here’s a peek at Thieves’ Quarry, out on July 2, the second Thieftaker novel by D. B. Jackson, a historical urban fantasy set in 1768, three years after the first novel, in the politically charged...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Toll the Hounds, Chapter Twelve (Part Two)
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,...
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Steampunk Events for June 2013
In June, steampunks worldwide will celebrate International Steampunk Day on the 14th. (And why June 14th? Because that’s when Charles Babbage first proposed his plans for the difference engine to the...
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10 Things I Learned About Life from Writing at Tor.com
As of today, May 31st, 2013, I am putting on my space helmet, opening the airlock and leaving the stubby rocketship of Tor.com. In pursuit of various projects, I will, after today, no longer be the...
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Death Is Not The End: Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
There are certain short stories that feel almost uncomfortably compressed, so full of interesting concepts and characters that the material just begs to be explored further. In this case,...
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2 Weeks Left to Get the Ebook of Lamentation for $2.99
Ken Scholes’ distant future fantasy novel Lamentation takes readers into the ancient city of Windwir, a place where magick is commonplace, but what will happen when war comes to these Named...
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