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Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part V
Norse myths have been very popular with fantasy and science fiction writers. Why? I think it’s because of Snorri’s special touch—the wry and sarcastic humor that infuse his tales.In 2005, for example,...
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First Trailer for After Earth
From director M. Night Shyamalan and starring Will Smith and son Jaden Smith, the first trailer post-everything space epic—After Earth—is here. Because it's Shyamalan, we're already wondering what the...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Don’t Talk Dirty in Front of the Poltergeist
You get Fang, I’ll get Horny. That pretty much sums up “Where the Wild Things Are,” though in fact this line is something Buffy says to Riley when they are fighting a vampire and a demon who are...
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Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Three
Welcome to the spoiler thread for the second of the Memories of Light, the daily preview of the final volume of Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. Some memories may shed new...
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eDiscover... The Necessary Beggar by Susan Palwick
eDiscover is a new series on Tor.com that highlights sci-fi/fantasy titles recently brought back into print as ebooks.Susan Palwick is a wonderful writer. I think of her as a hidden gem. All of her...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 6, Blood Rites
Blood Rites, the sixth book in The Dresden Files, is an odd one. While the plot, revolving around a problem on the set of a porn film, is not one of Butcher’s best, it drops several bombshells, and...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Part...
Tor.com comics blogger Tim Callahan has dedicated the next twelve monthsmore 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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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Rightful Heir”
“Rightful Heir”Written by James E. Brooks and Ronald D. MooreDirected by Winrich KolbeSeason 6, Episode 23Production episode 40276-249Original air date: May 17, 1993Stardate: 46852.2Captain’s Log:...
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Farside Sweepstakes!
We've got five ARC copies of Ben Bova's Farside for five of you, so jump right over here to us and get 'em! This book doesn't come out until Febuary 12, so you'll get your hands on it way ahead of the...
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Imager’s Battalion (Excerpt)
Enjoy this excerpt from L. E. Modesitt, Jr.’s Imager’s Battalion, coming out on January 22:The sequel to the New York Times bestselling Princeps follows magical hero Quaeryt as he leads history’s first...
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Sleeping Beauty: Robin McKinley’s Spindle’s End
The first chapter of Spindle’s End (2000) is one of the most beautiful pieces of prose ever written. The first time I read it I wanted to hug it close and wrap it around me and live in it forever. I...
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Beautifully Geeky Book Sculptures
We saw these beautiful book sculptures over on The Mary Sue, but they were created by artist Wetcanvas and can be seen on DeviantArt. There are loads more over there, but we included a few of the genre...
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Cumberbatch’s Star Trek Into Darkness Villain Revealed (Again) and He’s...a...
The above Star Trek Into Darkness photo, released yesterday, reveals Benedict Cumberbatch’s character in the Enterprise brig (hereafter known as the Cumberbrig). The Paramount Pictures-sanctioned...
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Morning Roundup: Gotham (and Batgirl!) as Done by Norman Rockwell
Is this Robin taking Batgirl out for a supportive coffee after hearing about Gail Simone being fired from her title? Or is this before and they don’t know that the hammer is coming down? WE HAVE TO...
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This is How You Paint 150 Foot Tall Hobbit Dwarves
For those of you that missed the 150 foot Batman post, I couldn’t resist this redux, now with a 100% more dwarves! 315 Park Avenue South is exactly halfway between my apartment and the Tor offices. For...
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Sleeps With Monsters: “He Left” or How About That War Then? R.M. Meluch’s...
Last time, I was a little unflattering about Meluch’s most recent series, the Tour of the Merrimack. So I thought I’d leave my brief casting-of-the-eye over her work with a book I can be mostly...
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Alice Eve’s Star Trek Into Darkness Character Is Someone You’ve Heard Of
When it rains, it pours! Bleeding Cool has just revealed inside information (as yet unconfirmed) about who Alice Eve is playing in the upcoming super-hyped Star Trek Into Darkness. We might have been...
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The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Howard Andrew Jones
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! This week we’re joined by Howard Andrew...
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John Scalzi’s Video Game Project Morning Star is a First Person Shooter With...
John Scalzi has just announced that he is developing a new first person shooter called Morning Star in conjunction with Industrial Toys, the game studio formed by Alex Seropian, who formerly ran...
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Talking With Tom: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Who better to interview a living legend than another living legend? “Talking with Tom” is the first installment of a new Tor.com series in which Tor publisher Tom Doherty chats with one of the many...
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