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Ten Reasons the Dark Tower Adaptation Will Probably Never Happen

There have been several attempts to make a big or small screen version of Stephen King’s epic Dark Tower series. The rights are currently with Ron Howard, although at one point they were with J.J....

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Dragonkin

There are kin and there are –kin. There are not many dragons, but there are many who think they are, or want to be, or claim to remember being.This short story was acquired and edited for Tor.com by...

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Oh, Nothing... Just Harlan Ellison Doing a Book Signing at Sweeney Todd’s...

When Harlan Ellison invites you to Sweeney Todd’s Barber Shop you...well, honestly, you would seriously question that invitation.But you’d miss out on one of the more entertaining book signings around....

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Contains Multitudes

Being a teenager is tough. Being part of the first generation of teenagers to share their body and soul with one of the aliens who just barely destroyed the earth: way tougher.This compact but powerful...

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Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Toll the Hounds, Chapter Nineteen

Welcome to the Malazan Reread 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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Old Dead Futures

In “Old Dead Futures,” a young boy’s ability to change the future makes him valuable to the government. But that same ability keeps him trapped in a wheelchair and at the mercy of those who would use...

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Participatory Delusions: Sarah Bruni’s The Night Gwen Stacy Died

On the surface, it’s a simple enough plot: boy meets girl, then they run away together and have adventures in the big city. But there’s nothing simple about Sarah Bruni’s debut novel, The Night Gwen...

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Restored Behind-the-Scenes Flickr Stream Will Make You Fall in Love With Star...

There’s an ongoing project over on Flickr that is sure to delight any fan of Star Trek: birdofthegalaxy has been touching up photos from old clips and files for Star Trek the Original Series. The...

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Get Scholar for $2.99 on July 30th!

L.E. Modesitt Jr.’s Scholar is a prequel of sorts to his earlier Rhenthyll novels, Imager, Imager’s Challenge, and Imager’s Intrigue. Scholar takes place several hundred years before the events of the...

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Farscape Rewatch: “Into The Lion’s Den I: Lambs to the Slaughter”

Into The Lion’s Den I: Lambs to the SlaughterWritten by Richard Manning, directed by Ian WatsonSeason 3, Episode 201st UK Transmission Date: 24 January 20021st US Transmission Date: 12 April 2002Guest...

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Mark Gatiss Cast in Game of Thrones Season 4 as Mycroft Holmes

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Sherlock showrunner, Doctor Who writer, and supremely stuffy Mycroft Holmes Mark Gatiss has been cast in season 4 of Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, the GoT...

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When a Writer Reads

I’ve been asked recently by a friend whether my relationship with reading has changed—now that I’m officially a Published Author in capital letters.Yes.That’s the bare bones answer. Yes—by all the...

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Writing Ahead of the Future

Something quite odd happened to me today. I think I just experienced, for the first time, the odd sensation of having something you dreamed up for a story happen in real life.Nearly 3 years ago I wrote...

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You Could Be Looking at the Script for Star Wars: Episode VII

Last night Bad Robot’s Twitter account posted the above picture with the tweet: “Hot off the presses. Can you guess what’s behind the cover? #FoundAtBR #MysteryScript”Our best guess is the initial...

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Halo: Mortal Dictata (Excerpt)

Tor Books and 343 Industries™ present this excerpt from Halo: Mortal Dictata by Karen Traviss, available in January 2014. Traviss has penned #1 New York Times bestselling novels in the Star Wars...

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Morning Roundup: This Periodic Table of Game of Thrones Characters Doesn’t...

This spoiler-filled Periodic Table of Thrones will help you tell the noble gases help you keep track of which characters have sadly shuffled off the mortal coil of Westeros (or shuffled off their...

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Feral Ewoks and Other Disturbing Things That Star Wars Slides Right By Us

Because the Star Wars films are largely thought of in the “pure entertainment” department, we tend to gloss over little scraps of information that fill out the galaxy and make it seem lived-in. Which...

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Don’t Touch That Dial: Summer Reruns, Part 2

Welcome back to “Don’t Touch That Dial,” a series in which I, your friendly neighborhood television addict, break down some of the shows screaming for your attention. In this very special two-part...

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Elysian Fields (Excerpt)

Check out Elysian Fields, the third novel in Suzanne Johnson’s The Sentinels of New Orleans series. Elysian Fields is available August 13 from Tor Books. New Orleanians are under attack from a copycat...

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SDCC Amazing Spider-Man 2 Teaser Shows Electro in Action

Yes, this is a trailer for a panel, but it's also the first live action we've seen from Amazing Spider-Man 2. Enter: Electro! Watch below.[Footage of Electro from Amazing Spider-Man 2]Read the full...

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