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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel Sweepstakes!
It's been getting some great buzz and our excerpt looked lovely, and we know you've been dying to get your hands on it — so here they are! Five copies of the Wrinkle in Time graphic novel! Don't miss...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: Tom Strong’s Terrific Tales
Tor.com comics blogger Tim Callahan has dedicated the next twelve months more than a year to a reread of all of the major Alan Moore comics (and plenty of minor ones as well). Each week he will provide...
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September #TorChat Talks Tech With Doctorow & Stross
The Tor/Forge blog has just revealed the line up for this week’s #TorChat. This Wednesday, September 19th from 4-5pm EST (under the hashtag #torchat), they’ll be talking about technology, both in...
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Eve and Adam (Excerpt)
Out on October 2, check out this excerpt of Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate:In the beginning, there was an apple –And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a...
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Heat, Logan’s Run, and More Things That Inspired the Cover to Solstice
When I first saw the new cover for Solstice, I tried to place exactly what it was that worked so well for me. Sure, there are a million young adult book covers out there, and I like some more than...
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Jane: Queen of the Jungle
When I was growing up in the 60s, of all the characters I watched breathlessly on late night TV, I was most envious of Tarzan’s beloved Jane (from the 1930s feature films starring Johnny Weissmuller...
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Morning Roundup: The Star Wars Anime We Deserve
This fan-made Star Wars Anime video comes from animator Otaking 77077 who is also responsible for the Doctor Who Anime video. Another fan put the Sleigh Bells song “Born to Lose” with it, which just...
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American Gods: Tenth Anniversary Edition: Chapter 1 and 2 (Excerpt)
Magic & Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread on Tor.com kicks off today and begins in earnest tomorrow with a reread of American Gods, Neil Gaiman's breathtaking tale of gods old and new as they...
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Introducing Magic and Good Madness: A Neil Gaiman Reread
Neil Gaiman is one of the world’s best-known writers of comics and novels, short stories, novellas, poems, and songs; his work finds its devoted fans among small children and young adults as well as...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Books Yay!
This is a post in which I talk about books I’ve read recently that made me happy. And a few books I hope to read soon. Today, we go light on the critical analysis, heavy on the YAY.[In which your...
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4 Year-Old’s Doctor Who Recaps Remind Us Who the Target Audience Really Is
Your Doctor Who arguments are invalid. 4-year-old Lindalee Rose has started recapping the newest season of Doctor Who, reminding us that the real point of the show is not to make sense or represent a...
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Metal, Prog Rock, Stormtroopers, and Laser Zombie Robot Love: An Interview...
Anyone who listens to science fiction and fantasy podcasts will most likely have heard of John Anealio, co-host of The Functional Nerds. Still more will have heard his music—he’s responsible for the...
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Life, the Dinosaurs & Everything: Cosmicomics (Le Cosmicomiche) by Italo Calvino
Immortal beings with incredibly long lifespans are old news in science fiction and fantasy. From Dracula to Connor MacLeod to the Doctor to Lazarus Long, people who have seen centuries, even eons of...
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Homestuck is the First Great Work of Internet Fiction
What is Homestuck? Since the success of its Kickstarter, that’s what everyone has been asking. What is Homestuck? Well, that is the rub; in fact, “let me tell you about Homestuck…” has become an...
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The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 19
ALL RISE for the honorable Wheel of Time Re-read! *gavel*Today’s entry covers Chapters 33 and 34 of Towers of Midnight, in which I and various fictional characters conspire to make lawyers, aspiring...
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Edgar Rice Burroughs and Darwin Revisited: The Science of Jane
My love affair with science and science fiction has gone on for my entire adult life. I studied anatomy, physiology, neuroanatomy and neurology at Tufts Medical School, but once out in the world I...
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Conspiracy and Identity: Adaptation by Malinda Lo
Malinda Lo’s newest book, Adaptation, is a step away from her usual fare: it’s a young adult science fiction novel set in the near future. As the story begins, Reese Holloway and her debate partner...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Realm of Fear”
“Realm of Fear”Written by Brannon BragaDirected by Cliff BoleSeason 6, Episode 2Production episode 40276-228Original air date: September 28, 1992Stardate: 46041.1Captain’s Log: The Enterprise has found...
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Realm of LARP Scores As Reality Fun
A dying king, a crazy fur-wearing warrior woman, zombies, enchanted objects, and a mythical realm to save. No, this isn’t the latest fantasy novel or the latest D&D campaign your best friend cooked...
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Spoiler Thread for A Memory of Light Prologue: “By Grace and Banners Fallen”
Good news for Wheel of Time fans! The prologue to A Memory of Light, “By Grace and Banners Fallen” has been released for sale early and is now available to purchase immediately at Apple, Amazon,...
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