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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Heart of Steel: Part 1 & 2”
“Heart of Steel, Part 1”Written by Brynne StephensDirected by Kevin AltieriEpisode #038Music Composed by Richard Bonskill, Tamara KlineAnimation Services by SunriseOriginal Airdate—November 16th,...
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Short Fiction Spotlight: The Discomfiting Touch
Welcome back to the Short Fiction Spotlight, a space for conversation about recent and not-so-recent short stories. In this installment, I’d like to talk about three pieces: “Lifeline” by Jonathan...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Parallels”
“Parallels”Written by Brannon BragaDirected by Robert Wiemer Season 7, Episode 11Production episode 40276-263Original air date: November 29, 1993Stardate: 47391.2Captain’s Log: Worf is en route back to...
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Blessed by Blood: Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
It’s 2073 on a lonely, desolate, mysterious Scandinavian island, when a journalist stumbles upon a beautiful woman and a deadly secret. It’s 2011 as a failed archaeologist unearths a grotesque burial...
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How Should We Feel About a Stand-Alone Yoda Star Wars Movie?
Update: The news of stand-alone Star Wars films has now been confirmed by CEO Bob Inger in an interview on CNBC.News is coming today from Harry Knowles at Ain’t it Cool that, in addition to the Star...
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British Genre Fiction Focus: The Age of Agents and a Few Good Geeks
Welcome once again to the British Genre Fiction Focus, Tor.com’s weekly column dedicated to news and new releases from the thriving industry dedicated to speculative fiction that exists in the United...
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Morning Roundup: Chris Pine Might Kidnap J.J. Abrams
In a recent USA Today article Chris Pine has mentioned he’d be “disappointed” if the Star Wars gig for J.J. Abrams meant Star Trek 3 would be directed by someone else. He also went on to say “I think...
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Last Train to Jubilee Bay
After the sickness and quarantine almost destroyed the city, the traders arrived creeping out from the sea to live off the memories of those people left behind; getting them addicted to the serum these...
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Vintage Transformers Box Art Portrays Toys as Serious Emotional Wrecks
There are those among us who remember when the “real” Transformers had nothing to do with Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, or Michael Bay. This was a more innocent time, when instead of cynically trying to...
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The Sandman Reread: Season of Mists
About 16 years ago, for one school year, I was hired to tutor a teenager who was creative and artistic but wasn’t particularly inclined to do any of his homework for class. I could guide him through...
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Travel Back in Time for the Month of Letters
We’ll admit it, the Internet is amazing. Stubby the Rocket was born on the Internet, and it’s a fantastic place to live. But, even Stubby the Rocket likes to travel back in time every once and awhile a...
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House Cleaning, Satan’s Rise, and Bureaucracy. Looking Forward to Being Human...
It honestly feels like only a couple months ago (though a whole year has certainly passed) that Being Human made some very brave choices in their fourth season and changed their entire lineup, bringing...
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Nick Fury and the Top 10 Toys of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Back in 1965, Marvel Comics decided to capitalize on the popularity of spy stories such as Danger Man, Man From U.N.C.L.E., and James Bond, and turned their grizzled WWII foot soldier Nick Fury into a...
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Why AMC’s The Sparrow TV Show is Divinely Inspired
You know how you want to share a really good book with everyone you know? Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow is one of my all-time favorite books. (In fact, I read an excerpt of it for the NYC I, Reader...
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Farscape Rewatch: Season Two Overview, Season Three Primer
So that was Season Two, and it was a mixed bag for me. Whereas I found myself far more impressed with Season One this time around, Season Two slipped somewhat in my estimation. I agree with a comment...
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When We Wake (Excerpt)
Check out an excerpt from When We Wake by Karen Healey, out on March 5 from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers:Sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl living in 2027—she's happiest when...
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Who Should Play Young Han Solo?
Two days ago we were questioning how we should feel about a standalone Star Wars prequel focusing on Yoda’s (very long) life. Since then, Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger has confirmed the existence of...
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Morning Roundup: Lincolnstein is Alive! He’s Alive!
Don’t worry, this Lincolnstein is TOTALLY a real toy you can buy! He’s part of a line of Presidential Monsters, in which various creatures have been mashed-up with some of various leaders of the free...
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Picturing Horses
Welcome to another edition of “Picturing...” You don’t have to be an accomplished equestrian to see that horses are magnificent creatures—majestic, fierce, gentle, wise, often all at once. They are a...
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The Star Wars Sequel That Never (Quite) Was: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye
Imagine there’s this universe where everyone thought the first Star Wars film was some awful kiddie flick, so a low-budget sequel was released in 1980 starring only Luke and Leia. The...
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