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Reminder: Tor.com Feb 29th Leap Day Meet-up!
When the Gregorian Calendar drops a shiny, magical 24-hour bonus in our laps, we feel compelled to make the most of it. So, if you’re going to be in or around Manhattan on Wednesday the 29th, please...
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Shadow Blizzard Sweepstakes!
The Chronicles of Siala continues with book three: Shadow Blizzard from author Alexey Pehov! Set for release on April 24th, we know that it’s just too long for some of you to wait. So we’ve got ten...
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Morning Roundup: Missing Cat, Last Seen With Alf
Thursday has been looking for you all week, but you’ve evaded detection. Perhaps you have a cloaking device? A time-turner you borrowed from Hermione? Well, in any case, Thursday knows this was meant...
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Solar Surfing in Strata: A Novella by Bradley Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell
In the 22nd century, resource depletion and Earth’s ever-increasing energy demands have led humanity to a brand new frontier: huge platforms circle the Sun and draw energy directly from its surface. In...
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Win Dragon Age: Redemption Swag Signed by Felicia Day & David Gaider!
In honor of this week’s release of the Dragon Age: Redemption DVD collection, New Video and Tor Books are giving away Dragon Age swag signed by Felicia Day and Dragon Age novelist David Gaider![More...
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Watch a Live Space Walk Right Now
There is a space walk taking place at the International Space Station right now! NASA has a live feed, which we have embedded for you below.Check that out. That thing you’re seeing? It’s not even on...
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Reopening The X-Files: “Humbug”
Season 2, Episode 20: “Humbug”Original Airdate: March 31, 1995Behind this show’s cool exterior, beneath its layered mythologies, its paranoia, and lingering sense of dread there lies...comedy?...
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You’re Forgiving WHAT?: Madeleine L’Engle’s A Severed Wasp
“I don’t wish to be defined by gender or genitals. I am a pianist.”— Katherine VignerasHaving written novels focused on the emotional angst of young and middle aged adults, in the 1980s Madeleine...
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Rothfuss Reread: The Wise Man’s Fear, Part 19: All Their Choices Will Be The...
Welcome to my excessively detailed reread of Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicles. This week’s post covers chapters 99-103 of The Wise Man’s Fear but also contains extensive spoilers for the whole...
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The Release Date for A Memory of Light Has Been Set
The first novel in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time®, The Eye of the World, was released on January 15, 1990. Now more than twenty years later, Tor Books is thrilled to announce the official...
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“Star Trek Showed Me There Was a Place For Me in the Future.” LeVar Burton’s...
LeVar Burton delivered the opening keynote address at the Tools of Change for Publishing conference on February 13 and placed the emphasis on science fiction literature as the driving impetus behind...
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Gaming Roundup: Where We Ask Bethesda for Dragon Mounts
We love games, so welcome to a new feature wherein we (we being Pritpaul Bains and Theresa DeLucci) collect links of win from around the web.Ever find yourself wanting to scream an Unrelenting Force...
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“Why Do They Even Clone Were-Children?” Brandon Routh Returns in SFF Short...
Called “Cost of Living” this short film starring Brandon “Superman/Third Ex” Routh follows two security guards working plant that seems to manufacture monsters. Clever as hell, the short features great...
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Chrysanthe Sweepstakes!
Out on March 13, Yves Meynard’s Chrysanthe promises to be a tale of magic and discovery — and now you have the chance to get your hands on it before anyone else. We’ve got ten ARC copies waiting to fly...
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Morning Roundup: Lego Blade Runner Spinner
Remember all those crazy questions in Blade Runner that Blade Runners had to ask people to determine if they’re replicants or not? Like “Say you walk into a coffee shop and they’re only serving tea?”...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Cage-y
In most ways, Nicolas Cage seems like he inhabits a real life science fiction narrative. He owns an octopus, at some point had shrunken human heads, and named his son Kal-El in honor of Superman’s...
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Studio Ghibli Reaches a Turning Point With The Secret World of Arrietty
If you have even a passing interest in anime there’s a very high chance you know that Studio Ghibli’s latest offering, The Secret World of Arrietty, opens in U.S. theaters this Friday. What’s perhaps...
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Their tofu scramble is a poem: The Middleman
Full disclosure: This is only kinda-sorta a rewatch. I had never heard of The Middleman (or the graphic novel that spawned it) before my intro to the rewatch-in-one series. The name came up so many...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Midnight Tides, Chapter Twenty-Four
Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series,...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “The Best of Both Worlds, Part II”
“The Best of Both Worlds, Part II”Written by Michael PillerDirected by Cliff BoleSeason 4, Episode 1Production episode 40274-175Original air date: September 24, 1990Stardate: 44001.4Captain’s Log:...
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