Help! We’re Lost in this Giant Doctor Who Corn Maze!
Every year the York Maze (outside of York in the U.K., naturally) turns “over 10 Wembley football pitches!!” into a world-class corn maze illustration. This year they’ve chosen to celebrate the 50th...
View ArticleThe Way of Kings Reread: Chapters 21 and 22
Welcome back to the Way of Kings reread on Tor.com. This week I’m covering chapters 21 and 22, which means that after an incredibly long time I get to return to Kaladin’s viewpoint. I hope he’s been...
View ArticleBattle School Ain’t Like Dustin’ Crops in New Ender’s Game Battle School Clip
Harrison Ford welcomes us to Battle School in this new series of clips from Ender's Game, featuring extended sequences of the initial alien invasion from the series. Look at how poorly we did! Look at...
View ArticleA Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 36
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 36 of A...
View ArticleThe Black Axe is Dead...Long Live the Black Axe!
Sorry, I might need to speak up; I’m not sure if you can understand me since the new volume of Mouse Guard melted my face off. Mouse Guard has been one of my favorite comics for a while now—ever since...
View ArticleAn Aquaman Movie Before Wonder Woman? DC Sketches Out Its Film Plans
Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter featured an interview with Diane Nelson, the new Entertainment Chief at DC following a recent shake-up. While Nelson was candid about what projects DC is focusing on...
View ArticleReopening The X-Files: “William”
Season 9, Episode 16: “William”Original Airdate: April 28, 2002And just when you thought that The X-Files was out of twists, here’s a hell of a one: “Directed by David Duchovny.” Holy what. The man can...
View ArticlePatrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind Coming to Television
Deadline has just announced that 20th Century Fox has optioned the television rights to Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicles to develop into an ongoing series. Eric...
View ArticleThe Registry (Excerpt)
Please enjoy this excerpt from The Registry, Shannon Stoker’s debut novel! The Registry is available now from Harper Collins, and you can read a review here. The Registry saved the country from...
View ArticleThe Secret World of Sleep Sweepstakes!
In The Secret World of Sleep: The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest, out on August 27 from Palgrave Macmillan, Penelope A. Lewis explores the mysteries of how the nighttime brain creates...
View ArticleA review of Charles Stross’ Neptune’s Brood
Neptune’s Brood, the latest science fiction novel from multiple award winner Charles Stross, could be subtitled a novel of adventure and accountancy. I’ve read what seems to me a lot of fiction, and a...
View Article“Sherlock? But that’s Television.” Sherlock Gets A Fourth Season!
[Possible SPOILERS if you’re not fully caught up with BBC’s Sherlock.]Read the full article
View ArticleMorning Roundup: I’m Afraid I Can’t Make it to Hall H, Dave.
Would Hall-9000 wear a tie? Blastr shared this wonderfully inventive cosplayer with the world, and we have to applaud the simplicity and gaping horror on display here. Con-goers arrive, expecting a day...
View ArticleMatt Smith Wants the Doctor to Regenerate Into A Woman
There was a panel last night at San Diego Comic Con featuring Doctor Who’s Matt Smith, Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington, and The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeun... yeah, basically that’s all you need to know...
View ArticleThe Folding Knife Reread: Chapter Seventeen
Well, that was messy, wasn’t it? The last chapter gave us a moment of brilliant hope—Bassano as hero! The Vesani win the war!—then took it all away from us in the final, agonising lines. Bassano’s...
View ArticleJoe Abercrombie Announces a New Trilogy of Books Coming in 2014
Dark (and darkly humorous) fantasy author Joe Abercrombie, Harper Voyager, and HarperCollins Children’s Books have announced that they will release a new trilogy from the author, aimed at younger...
View ArticleYes, They Had Sex. 8 Awesome Things From the X-Files 20th Anniversary Reunion
The undeniably nerdy chemistry Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) have was on full display at San Diego Comic Con’s X-Files 20th anniversary reunion panel. As if that wasn’t enough,...
View ArticleSupernatural’s Sam and Dean Are Modeling SDCC Fashion for You
From the Supernatural Facebook page: “Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles get in touch with their inner superheroes in preparation for Comic-Con 2013!”And indeed they do....You can’t see their faces, but...
View ArticleTor.com 5th Birthday Sweepstakes!
If you're in NYC, we want to see you at our birthday bash, but if you're located elsewhere, here's your chance to win one of the goody bags we'll be giving out at the party! Each limited edition Stubby...
View ArticleGaming Roundup: Meet the Ouya, A New Kind of Console
Lost amidst the influx of recent news about Sony and Microsoft’s latest console offerings was the quiet launch of the Ouya—a Kickstarter-bred $99 open source console aimed squarely at Indie-land and...
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