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Cheesecloth and Blood, Marissa Meyer’s Scarlet
Fairytale updates—like fanfiction—start with a built-in comfort level; you already know the characters and storyline. Is it easier for the author to build from archetypes or do they have to work harder...
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Ryan Gosling Casts Matt Smith in How to Catch a Monster
Boasting an underwater town, monsters, and a “surreal dreamscape,” Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut—How to Catch a Monster—already sounds like something we’re into. And now it will feature the Doctor...
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All About Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction
Short fiction lovers take note! Starting this month, Tor.com will publish original short fiction every Wednesday in 2013!Since our launch in 2008, Tor.com has always been a competitive market for...
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Join the Resistance: Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons
Previously, in the Article 5 series:After a horrendous war which devastated the United States and left most of its major cities in ruins, an oppressive new government, one formed on a “One Whole...
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It’s No Coincidence That Your Favorite Characters Are Now Winter Storms
When the Weather Channel started naming winter storms this past November, no one really noticed. Then, a few weeks after the debut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Winter Storm Gandolf came along....
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A Land of Giants and Dreams: The BFG
Sophie, an orphan, is suffering a major attack of insomnia, brought on, author Roald Dahl suggests, by the magic of moonlight, or perhaps by the fact that she’s living in a dormitory and has lost her...
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Gaming Roundup: Living Amongst The Last of Us
Naughty Dog turned the third-person adventure genre on its ear in 2007 with the release of the first game of the Uncharted franchise, Drake’s Fortune. In 2011, the developers announced they were taking...
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Reopening The X-Files: “All Things”
Season 7, Episode 17: “All Things”Original Airdate: April 9, 2000Hey Scully what's going on with you these days! Like belief-wise, still Catholic? Eh? Believe in aliens or whatever? Not sure? Eh? Okay...
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Noir by the Numbers: Fade to Black by Francis Knight
Rojan Dizon is a bounty-hunter in the vertical city of Mahala, an ancient, towering structure where neighborhoods are built on top of neighborhoods. The rich and powerful live at the top, enjoying...
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Entertainment Weekly Thinks Benedict Cumberbatch is Playing Khan
In what is possibly the most innocuous spoiler of all time, Entertainment Weekly may have just accidentally revealed the real name of Cumberbatch’s Star Trek Into Darkness villain. The latest issue of...
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Blood and Bone (Excerpt)
Malazan fans! Take a look at the latest tome, Blood and Bone by Ian Cameron Esslemont, out on May 21:In the western sky the bright emerald banner of the Visitor descends like a portent of annihilation....
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Hindi Superman is Baffling, Beautiful
Released in 1987, the B. Gupta directed Superman doesn’t so much draw upon the mythos of the Last Son of Krypton but more mashes-up slapstick comedy with a kind of Grand Illusion meets Last Tango in...
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Remembering Stuart Freeborn
Legendary movie makeup artist Stuart Freeborn passed away this week at the age of 98. Famously known for crafting the actual Yoda puppet and the Chewbacca suit for the classic Star Wars films, Freeborn...
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Morning Roundup: Ariel Wants To Be Part of the Doctor’s World
Look at this stuff! Isn’t it neat? Wouldn’t you think my AWESOME TIME MACHINE is complete? Is Ariel the girl who waited? How will the Doctor keep Ariel alive? Some awesome forcefield? A ganger-version...
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Exploring Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: Episode 13, “Who Speaks for Earth?”
The final episode of Cosmos, “Who Speaks for Earth?”, is a climactic wrap-up where Carl Sagan summarizes both the nightmarish behavior of our species and the possible alternatives to that behavior. As...
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Jules Verne’s Love of Adventure Took Us From the Center of the Earth to the...
Jules Verne, born today in 1828, is often called one of the “Fathers of Science Fiction.” But what was more impressive about him, as a person, was his inability to let anyone or anything stop him from...
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The Daylight War (Excerpt)
For those of you looking forward to the third installment of Peter V. Brett's Demon Cycle, we've got an excerpt from The Daylight War, out on February 12 from Del Rey:On the night of the new moon, the...
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Could the Next Doctor Who Showrunner Already Be Chosen?
There are a lot of big bangs (if you’ll beg my pardon) coming up in the Whoniverse lately to keep fans excited. We’ve got a brand new companion, the Doctor’s wearing waistcoats now, and the 50th...
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All-Female X-Men Team Highlights Marvel Support of Women in Comics
The future of X-Men is in its women, ladies and gentlemen—and the future is now. In a surprising move, Marvel Comics announced recently that they will relaunch X-Men as a comic title headlined by all...
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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 17
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 17 of A...
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