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A Read of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Swords, Part 20
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 20 of A...
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Written in Red Sweepstakes!
After the exciting excerpt, we're guessing that you'd like a copy of Anne Bishop's Written in Red. So we thought you'd like to know about the five copies we have here in the office, ready to wing their...
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Grimdark Fantasy’s Last Hurrah? The Grim Company by Luke Scull
In literature, as in life, everything has its moment in the sun—though some moments are of course more equal than others. I dare say some last so long that they’ve been burned to a crisp well before...
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Antiagon Fire Sweepstakes!
On May 28, the next book in L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Imager Portfolio series hits shelves—Antiagon Fire. Follow Quearyt and his wife Vealora deep into hostile lands, facing attacks by land and sea...Check...
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Game of Thrones Season 3 Episode Titles Revealed
WinterIsComing.net recently revealed the episode titles for Game of Thrones season 3, including a third name-change for the George R. R. Martin-penned episode 7. Check them out! SPOILERS AHEAD.[Game of...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Masks”
“Masks”Written by Joe MenoskyDirected by Robert WiemerSeason 7, Episode 17Production episode 40276-269Original air date: February 21, 1994Stardate: 47615.2Captain’s Log: Troi is guest teaching an art...
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Fiction Affliction: March Releases in Urban Fantasy
The crossroads of fantasy and reality is embroiled in a traffic jam in March as thirty-nine new urban fantasy titles crowd the sagging shelves, including new additions to popular, long-running series...
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Mars Direct (Excerpt)
Want to colonize Mars? So does Robert Zubrin! Take a look at his e-book, Mars Direct, out now from Penguin Books:The human race is at a crossroads. In the coming years, we will make decisions regarding...
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Steampunk Events for March 2013
As spring approaches, events come out of the woodwork, it seems. Celebrate Italy’s first steampunk convention or camp out at Old Tuscon’s film studio for a wild good time. Travel with the Tokyo...
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Killing and Ethics: Deb Taber’s Necessary Ill
Necessary Ill, Deb Taber’s debut novel (out of Aqueduct Press) is a difficult read, but a worthy one. Difficult, because it asks hard questions and refuses easy answers; and because it demands you...
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Mars Will Have a Close Call with a Comet in 2014
On October 19th 2014 a comet by the name of Siding Spring (C/2013A1) will be shooting very close to Mars, at a distance of 25,476 miles, the outer space equivalent of a planet’s driveway or how close...
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Neil Gaiman Updates Us on HBO’s American Gods, Doctor Who, and More
On March 1st, Neil Gaiman spoke at the opening ceremony for this year’s Cambridge International Student Film Festival about his upcoming film and television work. The Book Smugglers were there,...
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White House Instantly Turns President Obama’s “Jedi Mind Meld” Into Meme
This past Friday you likely came across President Obama making an amusing geeky gaffe. In response to a White House press corp question, the President stated he couldn’t just perform a “Jedi mind meld”...
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New Game of Thrones Season 3 Poster Set Offers Your Choice of Character
STARE INTO THE UNBLINKING EYE OF GAME OF THRONES!HBO has released a set of twelve character posters for the upcoming third season of Game of Thrones. They’re all super creepy and some of them you just...
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An Evening at the Kitschies Awards
Last night, Tor in the UK were delighted to attend the fabulous Kitschies Awards, now in their fourth year. As usual the shortlists were interesting and informed and a great night was had by all—helped...
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Announcing the 2013 Spectrum Fantastic Art Award Finalists
Judging for the 20th edition of the Spectrum Fantastic Art Annual wrapped up yesterday. Five jurors looked at, and evaluated, over six thousand entries. A few hundred of the best entries will be...
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Morning Roundup: Harry Potter Actors Looking Forward to Going Crazy
We’re torn. Han and Kirk are both deserving of Leia’s attention, but Leia come on Han has been there for you for like, three years in between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back and obviously is holding...
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Vintage The Empire Strikes Back Documentary Reveals a Simpler Star Wars
An interesting , 26-minute vintage documentary on The Empire Strikes Back can currently be viewed in its entirety online! Apparently, this was an independent documentary made by French journalist...
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Is “Doctor Who?” a Terrible Question?
There’s a question that has been lurking at the back of Who fandom since… well really since the New Who season two episode “The Girl in the Fireplace.” I know some would argue that it’s the first and...
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Watch the Extended Game of Thrones Season 3 Trailer—Now With More Bear Fight!
HBO has released a slightly extended version of the Game of Thrones season 3 trailer, peppered with new stuff. There’s a lot more of Stannis and Jon Snow (including some almost-NSFW stuff), nice...
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