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Three Ways to Make an Improved Rocketeer Movie
So, Disney’s looking to make another Rocketeer movie? Okay, I’ll bite. I have fond memories of the 1991 film, based on the comic by the late great Dave Stevens, directed by Joe Johnston, and starring...
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Muppeteer Jerry Nelson (Voice of The Count) Passes
If you grew up with Sesame Street, it's hard to forget the monocled purple vampire “The Count.” This, among other characters, was Jerry Nelson, an accomplished muppeteer with nearly 60 years of work....
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Our Doctor Who Wish List
Here on Earth we haven't seen the Doctor since Christmas, but he’s still running around in time and space, fighting monsters and being—let’s be honest—pretty sort of marvelous. With the premiere of the...
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Watch Curiosity’s Landing From its Perspective
Intrepid YouTube user Daniel Luke Fitch has compiled images uploaded from NASA's Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface of Mars into a stunning video of the rapidly approaching planet. Watch...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter Eight
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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Sherlock Season 3 Episodes Revealed
Today at this year's Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Steven Moffat and the Sherlock team revealed three words that will comprise the three episodes of the next series:Rat....
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Rapture of the Nerds Sweepstakes!
We've got copies of Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross' Rapture of the Nerds, and we know that you can't resist after that fantastic excerpt you read. Ten are waiting right here, and all you have to do...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “I, Borg”
“I, Borg”Written by Rene EchevarriaDirected by Robert LedermanSeason 5, Episode 23Production episode 40275-223Original air date: May 11, 1992Stardate: 45854.2Captain’s Log: The Enterprise is exploring...
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Green Lantern Rides the Back of a Great Yoshi
Does it really require explanation? Green Lantern. Yoshi. They travel the universe. They fight crime. Maybe the very first yoshi was actually created by Green Lantern's light? What? It's an entirely...
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How Do You Feel About This Trailer for Star Wars: Detours?
This trailer for Star Wars: Detours, a new computer-animated cartoon show from the creators of Robot Chicken, is bound to cause a little controversy, and we're really not sure how to feel about it. On...
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Apple’s iBookstore Science Fiction/Fantasy Picks for August
Tor.com is thrilled to bring you great science fiction & fantasy selections from Apple’s iBookstore. Each month, we will select a short list of great reads, offering the very best in the genre.We...
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6 Great Sean Connery Sci-Fi/Fantasy Roles
Sir Sean Connery turned 82 years old today! Happy birthdays Sean! Here at Tor.com we feel like he’s in the office with us every day. (Spoiler! He is.) As fans of science fiction, fantasy and movies...
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Space Stallions is the Best Fake 80s Cartoon We’ve Ever Seen
And out of the mists of the internet came Space Stallions, the most amazing thing you'll ever see.Space Stallions doubles as a school film project from The Animation Workshop and as a cartoon parody of...
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Neil Armstrong, 1930-2012
Perhaps the most famous astronaut of all time, the first human being to walk on the moon, pioneer in the Apollo program, and hero to many, Neil Armstrong has passed away today at the age of 82. Along...
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Endymion
(For Neil Armstrong)In her white silent place, the hangings dust,grey pebbles stretching to the edge of blackso far away. The goddess feels a lacksomewhere elsewhere, an ache deep as her crustand weeps...
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Morning Roundup: Time to Forge Your Hogsmeade Permission Slip
This little girl wanted her note to Hogsmeade. Then she thought better of it, and realized that it would be much more fun to go to Hogsmeade as Hermione Granger. And to sign the permission slip for her...
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Primer and the Handwriting of Time Travelers
The cult film Primer is a knot made out of $7000 worth of celluloid. It is a twisted and convoluted film, a recursive puzzle, that appears as a jumble precisely because it follows its own rules so...
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We Came From Outer Space: When Human Origin is Extraterrestrial
There was a time when Patrick Macnee made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up with the words “There are those who believe that life here...began out there. Far across the universe with tribes of...
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The World Doesn’t End Because the Doctor Sings. First Pond Life Webisode Debuts
“Pond Life” is the online mini-prequel to Doctor Who series 7. The first 55-second episode is up! Find out why the Doctor is singing (and the Ponds are drinking) below.[First installment of Pond...
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