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The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Warren Ellis

Welcome back to The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe, a recurring series here on Tor.com featuring some of our favorite science fiction and fantasy authors, artist, and others!Today we’re joined by...

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How Do You Make a Good Wolverine Movie?

Movies like The Wolverine are a bit tough to review, especially when the studio behind it has created far better movies that feature the character (X-Men 2) in addition to dramatic muppety disasters...

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Advanced Readings in D&D: Roger Zelazny

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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Billy Moon (Excerpt)

Take a peek at Douglas Lain’s debut novel, Billy Moon, out on August 27:Billy Moon was Christopher Robin Milne, the son of A. A. Milne, the world-famous author of Winnie the Pooh and other beloved...

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Fiction Affliction: August Releases in Fantasy

The noble warriors of fantasy are hunched over their quills and scrolls writing for winter, apparently, because there are only twelve new fantasies to heat up the end of summer, including series...

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Morning Roundup: You’re a Brewer, Harry

There’s a Game of Thrones beer, so we’re a little disappointed that these Harry Potter beers (expertly designed by Anita Brown) don’t exist. Yeah, we know, they’re kids books and all, but plenty of the...

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Dangerous Women: “The Princess and The Queen, or, The Blacks and The Greens”...

We are very excited to be able to preview Dangerous Women, a new anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and featuring 21 new stories from some of the biggest authors in the science...

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Valyrian Roots: A Non-Spoiler Review of George R. R. Martin’s “The Princess...

George R. R. Martin’s contribution to the Dangerous Women anthology purports to be an official history of one of the darkest and bloodiest chapters in the annals of the Seven Kingdoms, detailing the...

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Brain Power: What Makes A Superhero?

“All of this philosophical stuff makes my hair hurt,” remarked veteran superhero scribe and former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco; “That’s why I lost mine,” affirmed educator and comics scholar...

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Words of Radiance Release Date has Moved

Tor.com has just been informed that, in order to make sure Words of Radiance receives all the care it needs to become the perfect sequel to The Way of Kings that we all want it to be, Brandon Sanderson...

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Sleeps With Monsters: Kate Elliott Answers Six Questions

Kate Elliott started writing in the 1980s as Alis Rasmussen. Twenty-five years later, she’s still going strong. Her latest novel, Cold Steel, the final volume in the Spiritwalker trilogy, was released...

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Corralling Independence: Sprig Muslin

Having tried something a touch more serious, for her next book, Sprig Muslin, Georgette Heyer returned to the formulas that had served her well in previous bestsellers: a charming older hero, an...

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Get an Ebook of David Drake’s The Legions of Fire For Only $2.99!

David Drake’s new novel, The Legions of Fire, takes us to the land of Carce, where dark magicians seek to open a portal to a dangerous supernatural realm. Four young people realize that the end is...

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The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 23

Hello! This is the Wheel of Time Re-read, this is!Today’s entry covers Chapter 23 of A Memory of Light, in which we have strangely anticlimactic celestial phenomena, dismayingly dysfunctional cultural...

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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Lock-Up” &“Make ‘Em Laugh”

“Lock-Up”Story by Paul DiniTeleplay by Marty Isenberg, Robert N. SkirDirected by Dan RibaEpisode #082Music Composed by Kristopher Carter, Brian LangsbardAnimation by Dong Yang Animation, Inc.Original...

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Under the Dome: “The Endless Thirst”

“We’re excited to tell more stories about the mystery of the dome and the secrets in Chester’s Mill,” CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said in a statement Monday as she gloated over the renewal...

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Melora”

“Melora”Written by Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James CrockerDirected by Winrich KolbeSeason 2, Episode 6Production episode 40512-426Original air date: October 31,...

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Less is More, More or Less: The Black Guard by A. J. Smith

Even the most fervent fantasy fans would admit, I think, that the genre sometimes tends towards the tedious. Too often, the term epic is misunderstood to mean massive. Length is mistaken for depth,...

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Get Eric Van Lustbader’s First Daughter Ebook For Just $2.99!

In Eric Lustbader’s new thriler, First Daughter, ATF agent Jack McClure must battle a mysterious man who has ripped two families apart. Jack McClure has already  escaped a troubled childhood and...

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The Darwin Elevator Sweepstakes!

We gave you a great excerpt and a prequel story, and now we want to give you a copy of The Darwin Elevator by Jason M. Hough, out today from Del Rey! We've got three brand-new copies. Comment in the...

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