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Forge of Darkness, Prelude and Chapter One (Excerpt)
The latest book in Steven Erikson’s Malazan series—out on September 18—begins the Kharkanas Trilogy, a new story set millennia before the main Malazan sequence and a new jumping on point for fantasy...
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Gaming Roundup: Could Mobile Games Signal the Death Knell for Traditional...
Mobile games such as Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombies, and the Infinity Blade series have been around for some time now and have firmly established their niche in the wide world of video games. Indeed,...
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In One Week: Tor.com’s 4th Birthday Party in NYC!
It’s almost here. The night you’ve been waiting for. Tor.com is having a 4th birthday meet-up, and we want you to be there! (You and your friends.) If you’re in New York City next Thursday, then you’ll...
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Brave and the Legacy of the Anti-Princess
In a recent article on Forbes.com entitled 7 Ways You’re Hurting Your Daughter’s Future, the author cited the indoctrination of young girls into the ’princess cult’ as a danger to the minds of future...
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First Trailer for Cloud Atlas Revealed
Watch this six minute long trailer for the movie adaptation of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. It’s up in the air whether this trailer was supposed to be revealed this early, so watch it before it gets...
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Pigs! In! Flight! Freddy the Pilot
Freddy the Pilot brings something new to the Freddy books: romance. Oh, certainly, in earlier books, a couple of chickens had gotten married; the cows all presumably have (completely unmentioned)...
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Only Superhuman Sweepstakes!
We’ve got ten copies of a cool new sci-fi yarn due out in October! It has enhanced humans! Asteroid belts! Action and adeventure! New societies! So enter to win a copy of Only Superhuman by Christopher...
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The Bane Mask Makes Anything Scary
New York Magazine’s Vulture has shown us why the Bane mask from The Dark Knight Rises is so scary. They’ve assembled a full gallery that melds the mask with tons of great baddies from Seinfeld to...
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Morning Roundup: Hokey Religions and Ancient Weapons are No Match For a Good...
If a typewriter is a like a blaster, then a pen is like a lightsaber. This means a laptop would be like a phaser? Or maybe a laptop is a like the Death Star. In anycase, you can now start your morning...
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When Sword and Shield Are Not Enough: Geek Girls and Trolling
Let’s start this article off right: I’m not here to make an attack on men, male writers, or male nerds. I’m not here to present a soap-box argument about the ills of the world and the dangerous...
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Diverting But Forgettable Fun: Raunchy Alien Invasion Comedy The Watch
Mainstream movies continue to play around in the science fiction sandbox: Following the double-header of rom-coms Safety Not Guaranteed and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, we now get to see...
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An Ode to Jasper Fforde: Introducing His Works and Worlds
It takes a certain sort of author to inspire an annual festival, doesn’t it?It takes a certain sort of author to bring such unadulterated joy to his or her readers that they are compelled to come...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter One
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series,...
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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings, Part 28
Welcome back to A Read of Ice and Fire! Please join me as I read and react, for the very first time, to George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire.Today’s entry is Part 28 of A...
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Either “Romana” or “Fred”: Remembering Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm, best known for playing the Doctor’s companion, Romana, on Doctor Who from 1978 to 1979, died yesterday after a protracted struggle with cancer. Romana was a Time Lady from Gallifrey. Like...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Power Play”
“Power Play”Written by Paul Ruben and Maurice Hurley and Rene Balcer and Herbert Wright & Brannon BragaDirected by David LivingstonSeason 5, Episode 15Production episode 40275-214Original air date:...
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SDCC 2012 Cosplay Round-Up
SDCC is geekdom’s largest showcase, so it’s no wonder that cosplayers prepare elaborate costumes all year so that they can bring their “A” games to Comic-Con. That said, this being my first-ever SDCC,...
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All the Mary GrandPré Harry Potter Chapter Illustrations in One Giant Image
What a wonderful reminder of the great work artist Mary GrandPré added to the American editions of the Harry Potter books. Assembled in this one image are all the beginning chapter illustrations from...
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Morning Roundup: Greedo Shoots First in High Heels
What is exactly is being said in this photograph? Could George Lucas actually be mentioning the fact that he wants Greedo to shoot first? Or is Lucas simply pointing out that Greedo has awesome high...
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Checking in on Avengers Vs X-Men: Is It Any Good?
Not long ago, I wrote an introduction to Avengers vs. X-Men, the big storyline hitting the Marvel Universe this summer. The maxi-series has been a massive comic undertaking, pitting the Avengers and...
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