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Monster of the Week: Dr. Edward Pretorius (From Beyond)
In the filmFrom Beyond(watch it on Hulu here), Dr. Edward Pretorius pioneered use of the Resonator, a device that expands human perceptions of reality via wave manipulation of the pineal gland.As the...
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The Wheel of Time: A Light Re-read of Memory, Or Something
Happy holidays, People of Tor.com!I know, you’re like, what are you doing here, Leigh? The Wheel of Time Re-read is on hiatus! And so it is, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still talk about the Wheel of...
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A Touch of Mystery with Derring-do: Georgette Heyer’s The Talisman Ring
Heyer wrote The Talisman Ring when she was simultaneously creatively blocked on another, more serious book, and desperate for money. Turning to farce as inspiration worked remarkably well. She wrote...
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Firebrand Sweepstakes!
Gillian Philip's Firebrand won't be out until February 19, but we've got 10 ARC copies on hand to send to 10 of you! It's a great chance to get your hands on one awesome read, weeks ahead of...
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Has Star Trek Into Darkness Revealed That It’s the Contemporary Wrath of Khan?
A flurry of new information regarding the highly-anticipated Star Trek Into Darkness has come to light in the past few weeks: twotrailers, a full 9 minutes from the beginning of the film, the supposed...
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The Forgotten Writings of Bram Stoker (Excerpt)
Check out this excerpt from The Lost Writings of Bram Stoker, edited by John Edgar Browning, out on December 24:Presented here, for the first time since their publication over a century ago, are twelve...
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Pat Murphy’s “About Fairies” Picked for Best SF
We’ve just received word that Pat Murphy’s Tor.com story “About Fairies” will be included in Jonathan Strahan’s The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Seven. This anthology will be released early...
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Dave McKean Reveals Artwork for Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Dave McKean, frequent Neil Gaiman collaborator, released a few “visual moments” from a special edition of Gaiman’s upcoming novel The Ocean and the End of the Land...and it looks spectacular. The...
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Morning Roundup: You Know Nothing, Charlie Brown
We don’t even want to entertain other Peanuts characters as Game of Thrones people. It’s already scaring us just starting to think about what Lucy’s football might represent. But look! Snow! It’s the...
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The Ghosts of Christmas
Which is harder: seeing your own future - or truly knowing your past? Enjoy this year's Tor.com holiday story “The Ghosts of Christmas,” a new original story by Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Saucer...
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Pathfinder’s Best Bestiaries
Whenever I start reading monster collections, I start…well, thinking about how roleplaying is just such an interesting salmagundi. You get mythologies of every historical stripe hodgepodged with H.P....
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All the Whos Down in Whoville are Aliens
If you’re going to watch a heart-string tugging Christmas special with children on or around the holidays, why you’re not watching the 1966 animated adaptation of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is...
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Artificial Life Story: Age of the Android Reinvents the Past
The rivalry between master inventor Thomas Edison and visionary conceptual scientist Nikola Tesla runs through the Animal Engine Theater Company’s Age of the Android, and the mystery of what gears mesh...
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The New Doctor Who TARDIS Interior Revealed
We’ve been teased for the past several months that a lot of changes are on the way for Doctor Who. A new theme song arrangement, a new Christmas special, a new companion, a new outfit for Matt Smith, a...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Return of the Crimson Guard, Chapter Four,...
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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Download Free Wallpaper of the New Spring Ebook Cover
As part of the run up to the release of A Memory of Light, the final book in the Wheel of Time series, Tor.com has been releasing free wallpapers of all available ebook art.Since Christmas is...
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Star Trek’s Alice Eve is Our New Favorite Meme
With the sudden appearance of multiple trailers and previews for Star Trek Into Darkness, we’ve become captivated not with Cumberbatch, not with the Enterprise plowing through an ocean, but with the...
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Farscape Rewatch: “The Ugly Truth”
The Ugly TruthWritten by Gabrielle Stanton & Harry Werksman, Jr., directed by Tony TilseSeason 2, Episode 151st US Transmission Date: 8 September 20001st UK Transmission Date: 13 November 20001st...
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Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, and Brandon Sanderson on Finishing the Series
You’ve heard fantasy authors talk about The Wheel of Time and you’ve heard Harriet McDougal and Tom Doherty reflect on the man the world knew as Robert Jordan. Now, listen to Harriet, Tom, and Brandon...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Descent, Part 1”
Holiday rewatch schedule: We’ve got the first part of “Descent” today, and Friday the 21st will be the sixth-season overview. We’ll be skipping both Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, so “Descent, Part...
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