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Explore a Living Map of Ankh-Morpork!
See that, up there? That’s part of Ankh-Morpork, the sprawling megacity from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Random House has released an app for iPad that is, at face value, a map of this most...
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Demons Night and Day: Peter V. Brett’s The Daylight War
Peter V. Brett’s Demon Cycle has gained readers over the course of the first two installments, The Warded Man and The Desert Spear, and reader anticipation for The Daylight War has been quite high. In...
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode Will Be in 3D
This is not fake! According to The Guardian the much-anticpated 50th Anniversary episode of Doctor Who will be in three dimensions! This means it will be filmed in 3D and shown in 3D at special movie...
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Spock Loves Kirk. Love, Della Van Hise: A Careful Consideration of Killing Time
Sometimes, I don’t know what I have.In 1990, I was buying Star Trek novels as they came out. Pocket released one a month, alternating between Original Series and Next Generation titles. Sometimes, I...
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Morning Roundup: The Tron Prom Dress Will Derez Your Bad Memories of Prom
For many of us, prom was probably a little like the light-cycle scenes in Tron and Tron: Legacy; full of bright lights, a race careening towards a destination we don’t understand, and somehow all of it...
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Monster of the Week: The Long One (Slither)
The 2006 horror flick Slither is an excellent mash-up of VHS horror influences and it relishes the monstrous, parasitic lifestyle of its central alien menace.I’m not gong to lay out the life cycle of...
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Centuries Ago, a Man Made a Piece of Armor That Changed the Course of My Life
I recently wrote a blog post about unintended consequences. I talked about my resignation to the fact that once I complete a manuscript and send it out into the world, I lose all control over how the...
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Horror & Humor: Karen Russell’s Vampires in the Lemon Grove
The virtues of Karen Russell’s novel Swamplandia! have already been extolled in this column, and I am happy to report that her new short story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove, is tailor-made...
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove Sweepstakes!
We know that you’re probably excited to get your hands on a copy of Karen Russell’s Vampires in the Lemon Grove, especially after taking a look at Jenn Northington’s review. So we’ve got five copies,...
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The Human Division Read-Along, Episode 5: “Tales from the Clarke”
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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The Wheel of Time Re-read: A Memory of Light, Part 2
Laissez le bon temps rouler, party people! Have a bead, a doubloon, a cheap plastic cup, a band, a parade, crowds, music, mayhem, a puddle of liquid you really don’t want to identify to stand in, a...
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The Cats of Tanglewood Forest (Excerpt)
We've got an excerpt Charles de Lint's The Cats of Tanglewood Forest, illustrated by Charles Vess! Take a look at this gorgeous book, out on March 5 from Little, Brown Books For Young Readers:The magic...
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Cover Revealed for Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman and Skottie Young
Neil Gaiman has revealed the cover to his forthcoming children’s book Fortunately, the Milk, out on September 17 from HarperCollins Children’s Book.The book, illustrated by Skottie Young (click the...
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Batman: The Animated Series Rewatch: “Cat Scratch Fever” &“The Strange Secret...
“Cat Scratch Fever”Story by Sean Catherine DerekTeleplay by Buzz DixonDirected by Boyd KirklandEpisode #035Music composed by Harvey R. CohenAnimation Services by Akom Production Co.Original...
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Short Fiction Spotlight: Reading the BSFA’s Best Short Shortlist, Part 2
Welcome back to the Short Fiction Spotlight, a weekly column on Tor.com co-curated by myself and the marvellous Brit Mandelo, and dedicated to doing exactly what it says in the header: shining a light...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “The Pegasus”
“The Pegasus”Written by Ronald D. MooreDirected by LeVar BurtonSeason 7, Episode 12Production episode 40276-264Original air date: January 10, 1994Stardate: 47457.1Captain’s Log: The observation lounge...
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Quintessence Sweepstakes!
We figure that the awesome cover for Quintessence is enough to get anyone excited, but we've also got an excerpt up on the site for those who would like a sneaky peek! And in addition, we have ten ARC...
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The Different Girl (Excerpt)
Take a look at this excerpt from Gordon Dahlquist's The Different Girl, out from Penguin Young Readers Group on February 21:Veronika. Caroline. Isobel. Eleanor. One blond, one brunette, one redhead,...
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British Genre Fiction Focus: Choose Your Own (Erotic) Adventure!
Welcome 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: William Shatner Calls J.J. Abrams “a Pig.” Vows to Stop Him.
So, in this interview William Shatner calls J.J. Abrams a “pig.” This refers to J.J. apparently “hogging”everything like Star Trek, Star Wars and the eventual Sliders reboot. And though this is only a...
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