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An Earnest Attempt to Make you Feel Good about Game of Thrones Again
Any remaining Starks can breathe a little easier now that Game of Thrones is done for the season. But what about us, the people who have suffered along with them? A bit less bloodily, perhaps, but...
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True Blood Season 6, Ep. 3 review: “You’re No Good”
On a rather chatty episode of True Blood, there’s a whole lot of nuthin’ going down until the last five minutes. I have higher hopes for next week, but I won’t lie: I needed a prescription from...
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Advanced Readings in D&D: Fritz Leiber
In “Advanced Readings in D&D,” Tor.com writers Tim Callahan and Mordicai Knode take a look at Gary Gygax’s favorite authors and reread one per week, in an effort to explore the origins of Dungeons...
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Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Fantasy
Only thirteen new fantasies add to the summer sizzle this month, including series additions from Erin Hunter (Warriors), Glen Cook (Garrett Files), C.A. Suleiman (Fall of Llael), Margaret Weis and...
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Announcing the 2013 Chesley Award Nominees
The nominees for the 2013 Chesley Awards, celebrating science fiction and fantasy art, have been announced. The Chesleys are given by the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists each year....
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A Door Opens: The White Forest by Adam McOmber
I’ve never been a particularly religious person, but even I am struck, sometimes, with the conviction that there must be more to the world than this. Some power greater than ours.I don’t mean to say...
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Morning Roundup: So Hyrule Was Basically the Soviet Union?
This photo by Eric Lusito is part of a set on Environmental Graffiti chronicling the now-decayed ruins of the former Soviet Union’s military heyday, but being nerds, we obviously saw something else...
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Vertigo Reveals First Images from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: Overture
Vertigo revealed the first image by artist J.H. Williams for Neil Gaiman’s highly anticipated Sandman: Overture, the prequel to his Sandman series, to be released this October. From the Vertigo...
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PopSci Presents: Dispatches From the Future!
We spend a lot of time thinking about the future here. (After all, it’s where we’ll be spending the rest of our lives.) Is it going to look like Clockwork Orange? Babel-17? Hill Valley circa 2015? If...
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Catch D.B. Jackson on Tour for Thieves’ Quarry This Month!
D.B. Jackson is going on tour for the second book in the Thieftaker Chronicles—Thieves’ Quarry!In the Thieftaker Chronicles we follow Ethan Kaille, a magician in pre-Revolutionary Boston, who uses his...
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North American Lake Monsters (Excerpt)
Take a look at the short story “The Monsters of Heaven” by Nathan Ballingrud, from his upcoming collection North American Lake Monsters (we have a review for it here!) out on July 16 from Small Beer...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Divine Possibilities and the Clash of Expectations
I’ve recently had the privilege of introducing a good friend to the novels of Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with The Curse of Chalion and proceeding through the Miles Vorkosigan novels.Discussing...
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Short Fiction Spotlight: Particularly Parker
Welcome back to the Short Fiction Spotlight, a weekly column dedicated to doing exactly what it says in the header: shining a light on the some of the best and most relevant fiction of the...
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That De-Escalated Quickly. Under the Dome: “The Fire”
Everyone, myself included, was super-excited about the first episode of Under the Dome. There were special effects! A budget! Bisected bovines! Hank from Breaking Bad! Changes had been made to Stephen...
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The Bone Season Sweepstakes!
Samantha Shannon's The Bone Season launches a seven-part saga that follows Paige Mahoney, dreamwalker, clairvoyant, and criminal, through the dark underworld of Scion London in 2059. Take a sneak peek...
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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Harlequinade” &“Time Out of Joint”
“Harlequinade”Written by Paul DiniDirected by Kevin AltieriEpisode #072Music by Shirley WalkerAnimation by Dong Yang Animation, Inc.Original Airdate—May 23rd, 1994Plot: When the Joker threatens the...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: First Season Overview
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine First SeasonOriginal air dates: January – June 1993Executive Producers: Rick Berman & Michael PillerStation log: For the first time, there was a Star Trek show that...
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Fiction Affliction: July Releases in Science Fiction
Twenty new releases stretch the boundaries of science and space this month, including several new series additions and an interesting mix of new anthologies and collections. David Weber edits...
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When Highwaymen Go Dull: The Toll-Gate
I should point out from the outset that The Toll-Gate is one of two novels by Georgette Heyer that I don’t own. This is mostly because this is also one of two novels by Georgette Heyer that I can never...
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Guillermo del Toro Taunts Us with Conversations About Hellboy 3!
Should Ron Perlman break out his horn-file? Apparently he and Guillermo del Toro are talking about Hellboy 3 again, because del Toro’s work with Legendary Entertainment on Pacific Rim has rekindled his...
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