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Mapping the Stars for Fun and Profit
A recent discussion here on Tor.com, one which mentioned C. J. Cherryh’s starmap, reminded me of a few remarkable roleplaying games (one of which was reviewed here ages ago). Remarkable because they...
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Meanwhile, Back in the Klingon Empire…— Star Trek: Discovery’s “Point of Light”
One of the difficulties with creating serialized dramatic fiction in a large universe is that you’ve got a lot of different hands in the pot over the years. Star Trek has been produced for more than...
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“I am Groot”— Guardians of the Galaxy
The Guardians of the Galaxy were never really major players in the Marvel Universe. Originally created as superheroes of the future in order to do more science fictiony stories in 1969, they showed up...
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Alita: Battle Angel Can’t Find Its Cyborg Heart, Relies on Visual Style and...
A project that has been well over a decade in the making, Alita: Battle Angel is based on a 1990s manga and anime that centers on a cyborg teenage girl trying to remember her past. Unfortunately,...
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Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for February
For two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated...
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Here’s the Eerie New Trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale’s Third Season
The new trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale takes us back to the 1980s with a “Morning in America”- themed trailer that teases an intense third season. Click through for the full trailer! The Handmaid’s...
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New Avengers: Endgame TV Spot Answers One of Our Post-Snap Questions
One of our office quibbles with the first trailer for Avengers: Endgame was that we had no idea how the rest of the world aside from the Avengers were reacting to Thanos’ snap. Now, the Super Bowl TV...
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Watch Yourself in the Disturbing New Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Us
Do you believe in coincidences? Or things lining up in ways they’re not supposed to? Lupita Nyong’o does in the latest teaser for Us, Jordan Peele’s doppelgänger-loaded follow-up to Us, but those...
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Higher, Further, Faster: Watch the Latest Captain Marvel TV Spot
We just can’t get enough of Brie Larson rising up with fury in her eyes and in her fists to fight the latest challenge. Watch the Super Bowl TV spot, which includes cameos from Lashana Lynch, Jude Law,...
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The Twilight Zone is Here to Disrupt Your Super Bowl
WHAT IS REALITY JORDAN PEELE? (ahem) A new trailer for Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot just premiered during the Super Bowl, and we both love and fear it. Click through! Between this and Us, we’re...
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“The Blair Witch Project meets The Andy Griffith Show” — Revealing T....
Sometimes the things that go bump in the night are real, and they’re looking for you… We’re excited to share the cover for The Twisted Ones, a horror novel by T. Kingfisher (the Hugo and Nebula...
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The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons: Chapter 17
Debut author Jenn Lyons has created one of the funniest, most engrossing new epic fantasy novels of the 21st century in The Ruin of Kings. An eyebrow-raising cross between the intricacy of Brandon...
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Reading The Ruin of Kings: Chapter 17
OMG, Tor.com, The Ruin of Kings is almost here! Here, have one more chapter to tide you over! Come on in, the water’s fine! (Well, no, the water’s actually filled with maelstroms and kraken and death,...
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Star Trek: Discovery Connects Tyler and the Klingon Religion to Events in The...
When Star Trek: Discovery first aired in late 2017, fans of The Next Generation were all probably stoked to hear the name “Kahless,” the Klingon Jesus, who showed up as a clone of himself in the...
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Steal the Stars and Children of Blood and Bone Among SFF Finalists for the...
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced the finalists for the 2019 Audie Awards, “the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word...
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Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is the Natural Successor to Game of Thrones
This May, we’ll say goodbye to Game of Thrones. After eight seasons, one of fantasy fiction’s mightiest juggernauts will air a finale that’s sure to provide audiences with plenty of intrigue, a...
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Listen to the First 17(!!) Chapters of New Epic Fantasy The Ruin of Kings for...
Debut author Jenn Lyons has created one of the funniest, most engrossing new epic fantasy novels of the 21st century in The Ruin of Kings—an eyebrow-raising cross between the intricacy of Brandon...
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Equus: Story of the Horse Frames its Narrative Through Science
There’s been a bit of buzz lately in the horse pastures of social media about the PBS series Nature’s two-part series on the horse. Because this is the internet, the usual naysayers are in full cry:...
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Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Cryoburn, Chapters 3 and 4
For most of this reread, I have introduced each book with an examination of its covers. I didn’t get a chance to do that last week, and I feel like it would be an awkward interjection to do the whole...
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Y: The Last Man TV Adaptation Will Premiere in 2020
After ordering a pilot last year, FX has finally given a series pickup to Y, the television adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s funny, grim, heartbreaking comic book series. Running from...
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