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A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wolves of the Calla, Part...
“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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New Trilogy from Charles Stross Coming Soon!
We’ve just received word from Tor Books editor David Hartwell that beloved author Charles Stross has just committed to a new trilogy of novels set in the Merchant Princes universe. Tor published the...
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Without a Summer (Excerpt)
Have another adventure with Jane and Vincent Ellsworth in Mary Robinette Kowal’s Without a Summer, out on April 2:Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: There’s Something About Riley
Shiny focused Buffy is standing on a tomb, listening to the worms turn in one of the many Sunnydale graveyards as part of her all-new, all-slay commitment to excellence. It appears to be working out:...
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The Dresden Files Reread: Book 12, Changes Pt. 1
The twelfth book in The Dresden Files, Changes, is full of, well, changes. Major, massive, sweeping changes. Butcher makes some bold decisions in this book, leading Harry to a significant decision that...
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If Kanye West Lived in Middle-earth: “Touch the Sky/Concerning Hobbits” Mashup
We recently came across this impressive mashup of Howard Shore’s “Concerning Hobbits/Shire Theme” with Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky,” and literally cannot get it out of our heads. Have a listen and...
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Walter Mosley Super Sweepstakes!
Now that you've read the excerpt, we've got an awesome sweepstakes for you! Not only can you win a copy of Walter Mosley's Stepping Stone and The Love Machine in one volume, but we've got ARC of his...
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“If You’re Gonna Kill a Witch, You Set Her Ass on Fire.” Hansel and Gretel:...
It’s at the point where the townsperson in Ye Olde Village is hocking milk sold in bottles with drawings of missing children tied onto them that you realize just what you signed up for in sitting down...
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Fiction Affliction: February Releases in Fantasy
Fifteen new fantasies try to make us forget winter on Earth, although there’s much dissension and disease plaguing the imaginary realms. Marie Brennan takes on dragons, and new series additions come...
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Finally, Downton Abbey for Super Nintendo!
If fluffing pillows and aristocratic gossip doesn’t sound like good material for a video game, we frankly don’t understand you. Screenshots from this super awesome (and super fictional) SNES Downton...
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Last Saturday, Over 2800 Spaceships Clashed in a Battle Costing Thousands of...
Despite my father’s love of science fiction, that headline is probably not something he ever imagined one of his children saying.This past Saturday, one misplaced mouse click in MMORPG EVE Online sent...
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Morning Roundup: The Doctor(s) Teach Sherlock About the Solar System
We saw this fan art over on thedoctorandgallifrey.tumblr and thought it was adorable. The 9th, 10th, and 11th Doctors finally explaining to Sherlock the one thing he doesn’t understand: THE SOLAR...
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The Human Division Read-Along: Episode 3: “We Only Need the Heads”
Welcome to the Tor.com read-along for John Scalzi’s The Human Division—each week, as a new episode in this serialized novel is released, you can use this space to talk about how you think the story’s...
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If There Must Be a Girls Parody, We’re Glad It’s “Robots”
If there must be a parody of Girls—and there must, because you don’t win a trunkful of Golden Globes when you’re under 30 without some blowback—then we’re glad it comes in the form of “Robots.”“Robots”...
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J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, and the Homogenization of Geek Pop
The cultural response about the appointment of J.J. Abrams to the director’s chair for Star Wars: Episode VII, seems to be a begrudging, quasi-unanimous “makes sense, I guess.” Yet I would argue that...
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Sleeps With Monsters: Where Are the Older Women?
When you lay out the recent examples of older women in science fiction and fantasy, you find a decided lack.Or at least I do. (Let me ’splain.)By “older,” I mean women whose concerns are those of...
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Fiction Into Reality: Why We Borrow From What We Love
Geeks of all stripes are in on a secret: being a fan is fun. And no matter where your obsessions lie, we share a whole lot in common; we read, we watch, we talk online, we theorize during downtime, we...
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The Murderous End of an Era: Georgette Heyer’s Envious Casca
“I don’t write problems,” said Royden, in rather too high a voice. “And enjoyment is the last thing I expect anyone to feel! If I’ve succeeded in making you think, I shall be satisfied.”“A noble...
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Watch Brandon Sanderson Write the New Stormlight Book in Real Time
Brandon Sanderson has released a video of his writing process for the second novel in the Stormlight Archive, the massive epic fantasy series he began with The Way of Kings. In this video we see his...
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Beautiful Retro Doctor Who Books Reissued for 50th Anniversary
BBC Books has just announced a special re-release of 11 Doctor Who books for the ongoing 50th anniversary celebration of the show. Each book features one of the eleven canonical Doctors, with all new...
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