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Fiction Affliction: December Releases in Science Fiction
Science fiction fans will find nine new sorta-scientific releases this month, including the sixth Kitty Katt book from Gini Koch and new titles from William C. Dietz, Brett Patton, and John C. Wright....
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New Catching Fire Set Pics Show Katniss, Finnick, and Peeta in Action
Fresh from Celebuzz and The Mary Sue come new set pics from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, showing Katniss, Finnick, and Peeta in the Quarter Quell arena obtaining their weapons.Check out a few of...
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The Past is Present, The Personal is Political: City of Dark Magic by Magnus...
I was sold on newcomer Magnus Flyte’s recent novel when I looked at the clock and realized that I’d been reading for four hours without pause. Ironically, City of Dark Magic dedicates itself to time...
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Indie Lit’s End of the World: Last Night on Earth
In San Diego California, there’s a storytelling/reading/indie lit press called So Say We All. One of its founders, Justin Hundall, once described his viewing of Battlestar Galactica as “the most loving...
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Morning Roundup: The Doctor is All You Need For Christmas
Why hasn’t some enterprising fan created a version of “All I Want for Christmas is You” with the lyrics “All I want for Christmas is Who?” and made it all about the Doctor, and how he might be alone on...
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Heads Will Roll
Lena’s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it’s definitely not your typical fight….Enjoy a new original story from Lish McBride, the...
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Why the Resident Evil Films are Great Entertainment, Part I
The first Resident Evil film, released in 2002, grossed over $100 million worldwide. 2004’s Resident Evil: Apocalypse did even better than its predecessor, taking nearly $130 million. Columnist Roger...
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The Complete American Gods Mix Tape
If you’re familiar with Neil Gaiman’s work, then you know that music tends to play an important part in his writing, both on and off the page. This is certainly the case with American Gods, a road...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Prologue and...
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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Snorri the Skald: Song of the Vikings
I was interested when I heard there was a book coming out about Snorri Sturluson. As a roleplaying geek, knowing about Norse mythology is obligatory, but while I knew the name Snorri Sturluson in...
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Captain Janeway as a Pirate, a Biker, a Mobster, and More
We’ve blatantly declared very our love for Captain Janeway of the Starship Voyager on Tor.com before, but over the weekend we stumbled onto an old Janeway thread on the Star Trek BBS and found tons of...
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Farscape Rewatch: “Beware of Dog”
Beware Of DogWritten by Naren Shankar, directed by Tony TilseSeason 2, Episode 131st US Transmission Date: 11 August 20001st UK Transmission Date: 9 October 20001st Australian Transmission: 20 December...
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#1ReasonWhy Brings Game Design Discrimination To Light
It started out with one question. Luke Crane, creator of such tabletop RPGs as Mouse Guard and The Burning Wheel, asked his Twitter audience: “Why are there so few lady game creators?”What followed was...
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Weird and Wonderful: A Red Sun Also Rises by Mark Hodder
There are many possible reasons I pick books to read and review. I always like giving debuts a try. Conversely, I have a long list of favorite authors I’ll read almost anything by. A plot summary that...
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First Clip from the The Hobbit
It’s 41 seconds and it might be taken down soon! Watch it now below the cut.[Read more]Read the full article
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City of Dark Magic (Excerpt)
We've got a special excerpt from Magnus Flyte's City of Dark Magic, out now from Penguin Books:Once a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague was home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, as...
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Fiction Affliction: “Genre-Benders” for December
Steampunk and Weird West battle Alt History this month for supremacy among the fourteen new genre benders. Be prepared to visit 15th-century Holland, the 1942 Pacific Theatre, 1944 England,...
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It’s Gettin’ Real: A Memory of Light
Hot off the press, the first F&G’s for A Memory of Light. (F&G means “folded and gathered pages.”) To be clear, the printing is not done; it will literally take weeks worth of press time to do...
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Steampunk Events for December 2012
It seems like people fancy the 19th century the most between Halloween and New Year’s. With Victorian Christmas events popping up left and right, who would be better fitted to attend than your local...
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Morning Roundup: The Star Wars Rumor Drinking Game
As the Star Wars rumors mount up, we’ve decided to start the Star Wars Rumor Drinking Game. Here are the rules: any time you read a rumor about the new Star Wars movies anywhere on the internet you...
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