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The Annotated Sword of Shannara: Tolkien Lite, and That’s Alright!
In the Encyclopedia of Fantasy, the entry for “Terry Brooks” provides three pieces of information which should be included in any discussion of The Sword of Shannara. First, that Sword was...
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Steampunk Events for January 2013
After you’ve survived the holiday revelries of 2012 (and one apocalypse false alarm... for now), is it too soon to start off 2013 with even more chronologically-askew entertainments? Attend a voyage...
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The Last Gigot in England: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford
Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford (1851) is one of those books that makes you smile whenever you are unexpectedly reminded of it. Think about that, think about smiling whenever you’re reminded of it for the...
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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 12
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 12 of A...
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A Peek at Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex’s Chu’s Day
HarperCollins is showing a sneak preview of Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex’s picture book collaboration, Chu’s Day, about a little panda with a big sneeze. The book was inspired by Gaiman’s trip to China, in...
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Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas: A Henson Classic
Jim Henson’s work has been an important part of my life, from Sesame Street to the Fraggles and beyond. It’s no surprise, then, that he also created my favorite holiday movie of all time — Emmet...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: Sixth Season Overview
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sixth SeasonOriginal air dates: September 1992 – June 1993Executive Producers: Rick Berman & Michael PillerCo-Executive Producer: Jeri TaylorCaptain’s Log: At this...
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Don’t Worry Mayans, This Happens to a Lot of Doomsayers
Take heed, Tor.com readers, the world is ending!And has already ended, and will end at some point in the future. In fact, if the human race is really bad at anything besides skeeball, it is predicting...
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To the Holidays!
Tor.com wishes you all the best heading into the holiday weekend and 2013! We’ll be publishing lots of great new stories and articles over the holidays, so pop in and say hello if you find yourself...
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Play the First Line Game With Us
The First Line Game was originally introduced to us by Jo Walton back in 2008 and we tend to bring it back out about once a year for fun during holidays. Come play it with us![The rules and a first...
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Locus Announces Winners of “Best Novels of 20th and 21st Century” Poll
Locus Magazine asked their readers to rank their favorite novels, novellas, novelettes, and short stories of the 20th and 21st century. Below are the top five placements of the Novel category (other...
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Supreme Holiday Weirdness: Rankin, Bass, and L. Frank Baum ask, Should We...
Hearken unto me, little children. I grew up during the 1980s, when something called the Video Cassette Recorder was still the red hot, razor sharp, cutting-edge of technology. While it seems hard to...
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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Fear of Victory” &“The Clock King”
“Fear of Victory”Written by Samuel Warren JosephDirected by Dick SebastEpisode #024Supervising Composer Shirley WalkerMusic Composed by Lisa Bloom, Carlos RodriguezAnimation Services by Tokyo Movie...
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Come Back, Holmes For the Holidays!
Last year, we had a blast spending the holidays with none other than the Great Detective, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. We took a look at his enemies, the stalwart Doctor Watson, the...
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Download the First Part of Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World for Free
Those of you who saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey may recognize the below ad for The Wheel of Time. It aired before the movie in over 30 cities and offered a free download of the first portion of...
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Changing Depictions of Santa Claus in Science Fiction Magazines and Superhero...
Science fiction was born in the pulps, an ingenious medium credited to Frank Munsey that utilized the then-new high-speed printing presses to print on cheap, untrimmed, pulp paper, resulting in...
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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla,...
“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.”—Roland Deschain, of GileadWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower%series. Join me each week as I, Constant Reader, tackle the magnum opus of Stephen King’s...
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Watch a New Stop-Motion Doctor Who Christmas Special!
While you’re waiting for the airing of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, “The Snowmen,” we encourage you to watch this new stop-motion mini-adventure “How the Doctor Puppet Saved...
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Seven Norse Myths We Wouldn’t Have Without Snorri: Part VII
The last myth in this series is the Death of Baldur. It is Snorri’s “greatest achievement as a storyteller,” according to some scholars. They compare it to Shakespeare’s plays, with its balance of...
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Spoiler Thread for the Memories of Light, Week Five
Welcome to the spoiler thread for the Memories of Light, the daily preview of the final volume of Robert Jordan’s epic Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light. Some memories may shed new light on...
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