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Gaming Roundup: No Easy Answers
As we return from a holiday full of catching up on the year’s best and revisiting Skyrim via Dragonborn (an excellent DLC, by the way), gaming finds itself once more a part of the discussion in a...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Phantasms”
“Phantasms”Written by Brannon BragaDirected by Patrick StewartSeason 7, Episode 6Production episode 40276-258Original air date: October 25, 1993Stardate: 47225.7Captain’s Log: Data walks down an empty...
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There Are Whales Living Now That Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written
Recently the Smithsonian Magazine highlighted an interesting tidbit from this Alaska Dispatch article about the recovering bowhead whale population. Since bowheads live for over 200 years, that means...
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Edgar Allan Poe and the Cult of the Unusual
Edgar Allan Poe gave American writers permission to plumb the subterranean depths of human depravity and transform it into art. This may sound obvious, but it’s worth remembering—on his 204th...
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Morning Roundup: Carrie Fisher Cuddles a Tiny Warwick Davis
We’re suckers for vintage pictures of Carrie Fisher, but this one is extra special because it also features a very, very young Warwick Davis! We saw this over on Geek Tyrant and thought it was the...
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“Come Sail Away”...With Me?
I’ve written two books about music that has magical elements (The Hum and the Shiver and the forthcoming Wisp of a Thing), as well as featured music in my two Memphis Vampires novels. You could say...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Part...
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.”—Roland Deschain, of GileadWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, tackle the magnum opus of Stephen King’s...
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Dinosaurs Roam Times Square, Promote Their Own Theatre Show
Last Thursday, a pair of dinosaurs emerged from the New Victory Theatre in New York City’s Times Square! They they got into the Olive Garden up the street, leaving no survivors.The dinosaurs are...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Care and Feeding of Your Evil Twin
“The Replacement” opens with the gang, sans Giles, watching TV in Xander’s subterranean hideaway. Buffy’s trying to study and everyone else is politely ignoring the fact that up above them, on the main...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 11, Turn Coat Pt. 2
The reread for Turn Coat, the eleventh book in The Dresden Files, was too big for just one post. Too packed full of action and twists and turns to be contained by just one summary. Here, however, is...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: The All-Time Top 10 Best Comics Written by Alan...
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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The Human Division Read-Along: Episode 2, “Walk the Plank”
Welcome to the Tor.com read-along for John Scalzi’s The Human Division—each week, as a new episode in this serialized novel is released, you can use this space to talk about how you think the story’s...
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Tor.com Welcomes Katharine Duckett!
Tor.com welcomes Katherine Duckett to our full-time staff as our new Publicity Coordinator in charge of publisher outreach. She will work with publicity and editorial departments throughout all of...
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New Doctor Who Companion Oswin is a Living Meme
You’ll forgive a Doctor Who fan if these days we get caught up in wondering just what is going on with the Doctor’s newest companion, Clara Oswin Oswald. We met her for the first time last fall in...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Lesbian SFF Romance
Romance is a genre with a long history of attracting opprobrium. Especially among certain sorts of sci-fi/fantasy fans: all those feelings getting in the way of science and politics. Add queerness, and...
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“Dangerous bends ahead. Slow down.” JG Ballard and Forty Years of the Future
“Ballardian—resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in JG Ballard’s novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of...
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What Will Be the Defining Conflict of the Wheel of Time’s Fourth Age?
In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past….These words open every Wheel of Time novel and illustrate the cyclical nature of the world of Robert Jordan’s epic...
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Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier (Excerpt)
Take a look at this excerpt from Myke Cole's Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, sequel to Shadow Ops: Control Point. And take a look at the book trailer (also at the bottom of the excerpt!):The Great...
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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Robin’s Reckoning: Part 1 & 2”
“Robin’s Reckoning, Part 1”Written by Randy RogelDirected by Dick SebastEpisode #032Music Composed by Carlos RodriguezAnimation by Spectrum Animation StudioOriginal Airdate—February 7th, 1993Plot:...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Dark Page”
“Dark Page”Written by Hilary J. BaderDirected by Les LandauSeason 7, Episode 7Production episode 40276-259Original air date: November 1, 1993Stardate: 47254.1Captain’s Log: The Enterprise is hosting a...
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