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All Alone in the Night: When Babylon 5 Invented 21st Century Fandom
Fan chatter about TV shows like Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, and Mad Men often revolves around the various spoiler-filled turns in long-game plot arcs. But the word...
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The Great Alan Moore Reread: Promethea, Part Three
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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Visit Tor Books at New York Comic Con 2012!
New York Comic Con 2012 is this week and maybe we’re just blue-skying here, but we’re betting that you’re going to want to get a good dose of science fiction and fantasy at this particular...
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If You Like Life, You’ll Love Gravity Falls
The X-Files + Twin Peaks + The Simpsons.That’s how series creator Alex Hirsch describes Gravity Falls, the animated series that premiered on the Disney Channel early this summer. And I’d understand...
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Morning Roundup: Vote Murray
“I'm a voter! Aren't you supposed to lie to me and kiss my butt?” - Dr. Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters 2Wouldn't it be great if Bill Murray actually ran for office? Mass hysteria? We think not. Come on,...
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Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for October
For over a decade, Barnes & Noble buyer Jim Killen has been a driving force behind Barnes & Noble’s science fiction and fantasy sections. Each month on Tor.com, Mr. Killen curates a list of...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Sarah Rees Brennan Answers Six Questions
Today, we’re joined by Sarah Rees Brennan, the acclaimed author of the YA Demon’s Lexicon trilogy, and co-author (with Justine Larbalestier) of Team Human, published earlier this summer. I confess, I...
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Get Eight Great SFF Ebooks For the Price of Your Choice!
For the next two weeks, Humble Bundle is working with a cross-section of publishers to try out a Pay What You Can ebook sale. This promotion features eight amazing literary works from a prodigious...
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Finding Your Namesake in a Classic Olaf Stapledon Classic Novel
Comic artist John Bonner recently reread Olaf Stapledon's science fiction classic Odd John, one of his father's favorite books, and possibly found a bit of his own history within the book.Every so...
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Space Aliens, Nuns, and Bob Dylan Populate Marie-Helene Bertino’s Safe as Houses
Every now and then you discover a new author just before their first book comes out. You read their work and are bowled over by it. And then you get to be the first one to tell everyone about it! At...
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Get Someone Hooked on the Wheel of Time for 99 Cents
The Wheel of Time is a truly epic fantasy series, spanning three decades and fourteen books, and representing many lifetimes’ worth of creativity both on and off the page. Its world is staggeringly...
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Motherboard Makes Us Care More About Our Robot Overlords Than The Humans They...
I’m delighted to report that science fiction plays seem to be becoming more common in the New York City indie theater scene, rather than a passing trend. The Secret Theatre in particular plays host to...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “A Fistful of Datas”
“A Fistful of Datas”Written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Brannon BragaDirected by Patrick StewartSeason 6, Episode 8Production episode 40276-234Original air date: November 9, 1992Stardate:...
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The Hollows, and Then Some: Into the Woods by Kim Harrison
Into the Woods is a collection of original and previously published stories by Kim Harrison, predominantly featuring pieces from her Hollows universe but also four stories set outside of it. While most...
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Release Date and Story Revealed For Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the...
The release date and a synopsis have been revealed for Neil Gaiman’s next full-length novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane: June 18, 2013. Described as “a fable that reshapes modern fantasy,” Ocean’s...
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Morning Roundup: Robocop Somehow Lacking Text Message Functionality
As these set photos from the new Robocop reveal, he has not been programmed with the ability to text automatically and still needs his phone. Come on! What kind of robo cop is that? (Also who is he...
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Comics Publisher First Second’s NYCC Schedule Revealed
New York Comic Con is nigh and while we've got your sci-fi and fantasy fix all handily listed out for you, this is where to get the scoop on what will appeal to comic lovers and the little ones![First...
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Tinseltown’s New Favorite Trope: The Female Scientist
For the longest time it was just fine to let some buff guy do the heavy lifting and have his girlfriend or potential love interest sit on the side, flirting and looking generally impressed. Thankfully,...
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Queering SFF Tidbit: The 2012 Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
As reported by Julia Rios of the Outer Alliance, the winner and shortlist for the 2012 Gaylactic Spectrum Award for Best Novel were announced over this past weekend at Gaylaxicon in Minneapolis, MN....
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Ridley Scott Explains Prometheus, Is Lovably Insane
Almost outright acknowledging the lingering questions about Ridley Scott’s recent sci-fi epic; the promotion for the Prometheus DVD/Blu-ray release carries the tagline that “questions will be...
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