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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Delicious Refreshing Coda
Going by episodes, I’ve recently passed the halfway point in these rewatches. “Chosen,” the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series finale, is episode 144, which makes the middle point of the whole televised...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 9, White Night
The ninth novel in The Dresden Files, White Night, sees Harry investigating a series of crimes in the magical community and stumbling onto something that not only implicates him but those closest to...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: Albion
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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Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Fantasy
Nineteen new fantasies kick off 2013, but none as anticipated as A Memory of Light, the fourteenth and final volume in the epic Wheel of Time series from the late Robert Jordan. New series also begin...
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F.A.B. Thunderbirds Creator Gerry Anderson, 1929-2012
Gerry Anderson might not have been quite as enormous an influence on American childhoods as he was on British, but as so much Brit TV SF is enjoyed on these shores and mentioned here on Tor.com, I...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Recommend Some Things!
It’s—is it really January already? Damn.Well, while we’re all recovering from the shock of finding ourselves in a whole new year, I’m going to seize on the new year thing as an excuse to tell you all...
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Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Science Fiction
Science fiction fans will find thirteen new releases this month, more than half in the Young Adult subgenre. Which begs the question: when the world domination of YA finally occurs, what will the...
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HarperCollins to Publish Neil Gaiman’s “Make Good Art” Speech, Designed by...
While still in the early stages of our Neil Gaiman reread, Magic and Good Madness, (look out for our Sandman reread starting this month!) we are nonetheless always excited to hear about Gaiman’s...
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Chesley Bonestell
Today would have marked Chesley Bonestell’s 125th birthday. Throughout the 1930s Bonestell worked as an architect and then a movie matte painter on high profile projects ranging from New York’s...
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Morning Roundup: Yoda Chills With Gandalf
Over on Star Wars.com, artist Dave Finoli is talking about his feelings for both The Hobbit and Star Wars. And he’s created this awesome illustration of the two wisest guys in fantasy as a tribute! Do...
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A Science Fiction Halo Rests Slantedly Over Isaac Asimov’s Amiable Head
No one knows the exact date of Isaac Asimov’s birth...not even the amazing Asimov himself! In Memory Yet Green, citing dodgy birth records, the author writes that his birthday could be as early as...
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The Strange Poetics of Jonathan Hickman
In the wake of the big “Marvel NOW!” relaunch, Marvel Comics’ resident mad genius Jonathan Hickman has taken over the reigns of Avengers—you remember, those guys from that movie?—and its sister...
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Stolen Souls: Doktor Glass by Thomas Brennan
In Victorian Liverpool, the Transatlantic Span, a bridge connecting England to New York, looms over the city, a hulking monument to human excellence and arrogance. As crews scramble to complete the...
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Steampunk Minus the Cogs: The Aylesford Skull, by James P. Blaylock
Titan Books’ cover for James P. Blaylock’s newest novel, The Aylesford Skull, inscribes STEAMPUNK LEGEND below the author’s name. It’s true, Blaylock’s one of the original trio—the others being Tim...
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Star Trek Into Darkness Gets My Little Pony-ied
Oh Star Trek Into Darkness... there’s greatness in you, but not an ounce of humility. While the trailers and footage for the upcoming Star Trek sequel have been splashy and action-packed, they’re...
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Next Monday! NYC Midnight Release Party for A Memory of Light
SO. CLOSE.Next Monday Tor.com and Tor Books are teaming up with WORD Bookstore to host an NYC midnight release party for A Memory of Light! We'll all be partying down at Professor Thom’s and counting...
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Head Out to Space, Under Water, Into History with These 4 $2.99 Ebooks
Looking for some new reading material to start the new year? You’re in luck: now is the perfect time to get four science fiction or fantasy ebooks on sale for only $2.99.Tor Books and St. Martin’s...
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Farscape Rewatch: “Liars, Guns and Money I: A Not So Simple Plan”
Liars, Guns and Money I: A Not So Simple PlanWritten by Grant McAloon, directed by Andrew ProwseSeason 2, Episode 191st US Transmission Date: 5 January 20011st UK Transmission Date: 4 December 20001st...
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What is the Subtext of George Lucas’ Star Wars Exit Interviews?
In the most recent video conversation between George Lucas and new Lucasfilm head honcho, Kathleen Kennedy, it is asserted by the moderator that one of the themes of Star Wars is “letting go,” insofar...
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Fiction Affliction: “Genre-Benders” for January
With seventeen new genre benders coming out in January, what are the odds that two of them would have “Six-Gun” in the titles? Exactly, and yet The Six-Gun Tarot and Six-Gun Snow White both hit the...
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