The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 26
Holy crap! It’s a Wheel of Time Re-read From Outer Space!Today’s entry covers Chapter 48-49 of Towers of Midnight, in which we are all interested in the future, for that is where we are going to spend...
View ArticleThe Entire Hobbit Soundtrack is Streaming Right Here!
We saw this over on Empire, and couldn't believe it! The complete Howard Shore score for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is right here. Seriously, just press the play button below and enjoy.Read the...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad and the Joe Abercrombie: A River of Blood Runs Through Red...
A river of blood runs through Red Country: a scarlet stream that slices like a scythe through the old West-esque wilderness of Joe Abercrombie’s terrific new novel. It begins as an arterial stream on a...
View ArticleTor.com is Seeking an In-House Publishing Liaison
Tor.com is seeking an in-house publishing liaison. This person will work with publicity and editorial departments throughout all of genre publishing, facilitating increased coverage of SF/F books and...
View ArticleStar Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Birthright, Part II”
“Birthright, Part II”Written by Rene EchevarriaDirected by Dan CurrySeason 6, Episode 17Production episode 40276-243Original air date: February 29, 1993Stardate: 46579.2Captain’s log: We get a summary...
View ArticleBeautiful and Slightly Disturbing: Errantry: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand
There’s a lovely scene in “Errantry,” the title story of Elizabeth Hand’s newest collection of short fiction, in which a character finds a print of a painting she loved as a child and describes what...
View ArticleImager’s Battalion Sweepstakes!
We’ve got the latest in L.E. Modesitt, Jr.’s Imager series! Enter here to win one of ten copies of Imager’s Battalion long before it hits shelves in January. Comment in the post to enter!NO PURCHASE...
View ArticleDon’t Touch That Dial: Sitcoms
Welcome back to “Don’t Touch That Dial,” a mini-series in which I, your friendly neighborhood television addict, will break down some of the shows screaming for your attention. Previously we delved...
View ArticleMorning Roundup: Grand Moff Tarkin Loves Luke Skywalker
If you’re evil and you have an evil twin, what does that look like? We think it looks something like this. In a bizzaro universe, Grand Moff Tarkin is a nice person who bakes cookies for his friends,...
View ArticleHow to Make a Triffid
Tor.com is proud to present the very first published work by Kelly Lagor, the original short story “How to Make a Triffid,” a chilling tale of science, science fiction, and how we break. (And even more...
View ArticleFull Trailer for Oz: The Great and Powerful
Behold the new full-length trailer for Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful, in which monkeys fly, good witches wear leather pants, and James Franco is charged with saving the citizens of Oz from the...
View ArticleIf Game of Thrones Was Done As An Eric Carle Picture Book
Remember reading Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle? It was pretty awesome. Carle had a way with illustration that has captured generations of children, so when we saw the book...
View ArticleThe Contemporary Appeal of CW’s New Arrow
It was only a matter of time before DC’s beloved Batman-meets-Robin-Hood franchise made its way to the long list of contemporary film remakes; comic book movies and television are all the rage, after...
View ArticleAmerican Gods Reread: Chapters 19, 20 and Postscript
Welcome to the ninth installment of our ongoing American Gods Reread, a rambling literary road trip through Neil Gaiman’s Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning novel (soon to be an HBO series). Each...
View ArticleAmerican Gods Mix Tape: Chapters 19, 20 and Postscript
As a side project to our American Gods Reread, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at all the various songs quoted and referenced throughout the novel. Every epic adventure deserves an...
View ArticleTerry Pratchett Reveals He Will Hand Off Discworld to His Daughter
Fantasy fans have been quite nervous since 2007, when Sir Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Pratchett is still active as ever, of course, but the question stood for some time—who will...
View ArticleVarian Jeggare and Radovan Virholt Are the New Fafhrd and Gray Mouser:...
Count Varian Jeggare and his bodyguard Radovan Virholt are deserved inheritors of the “buddy adventurers” mantle. They belong squarely in the company of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser as heroes par excellence,...
View ArticleWhat We Don’t Know Now: Roadtripping Across Saucer Country with Paul Cornell
The bleak days of autumn are a time for both the wandering spirits of Halloween and related holidays, and the free-floating anxieties of election season. This vanishing-point of thrill and dread...
View ArticleFarscape Rewatch: “Look At The Princess II: I Do, I Think”
Look At The Princess II: I Do, I ThinkWritten by David Kemper, directed by Andrew Prowse and Tony TilseSeason 2, Episode 121st US Transmission Date: 28 July 20001st UK Transmission Date: 18 September...
View ArticleFive Favorite Casual Games
I’m not a hardcore gamer. I’m not anywhere near Theresa and Pritpaul. I mean, I play video games. I have for a while. I have fond memories of Mega Man 2 for the NES…and by “memories” I mean “from last...
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