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When We Ask You to Contribute to Poetry Month, Suddenly Poetry Follows You...
Here’s one to make you shiver. Back in February or March we asked Cat Valente if she would like to contribute to Tor.com’s SFF Poetry Month. (We kicked off this tradition last year and enjoyed it so...
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Morning Roundup: There Really, Really is a Screwdriver Which Is Sonic
Now that there is a real sonic screwdriver, what will you use it for? The Doctor claimed he put shelves up with it, but if it doesn’t do wood how could that work? Really, putting up shelves is what...
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A Ringworld Movie Would Be a Spectacle You Could Never Forget
Every so often, comic artist John Bonner reviews books, audio, and more, then turns his reactions into a comic strip. You can check out many more of them at Bonner’s site and more of them here on...
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New Picture Book Darth Vader and Son is Melting Our Dark Sith Heart (Excerpt)
Awwwww. The above image is a page from artist Jeffrey Brown’s new picture book Darth Vader and Son, newly out from Chronicle Books. The book imagines a universe where Darth Vader actually gets to raise...
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JordanCon 2012: The Bloggening, Part 1
Hello! It’s 2:15 AM, so clearly it’s time for the first installment of Leigh Blogs from JordanCon 2012, aka Oh God What Hast Thou Wrought.Yes, once again I am ensconced in the depths of urbal Georgia...
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Community: Subverting the Genre
People like to say that Community is a show about references, but that only tells the most humble slice of the story. Saying Community is a show about references is like saying Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: The Bonehunters, Chapter Ten
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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A Darrell K. Sweet Wheel of Time Tribute, Including A Memory of Light Sketch
As many know, Darrell K. Sweet passed away in December before completing the final cover art for A Memory of Light, the concluding volume in Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time....
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Identity Crisis”
“Identity Crisis”Written by Timothy DeHaas and Brannon BragaDirected by Winrich KolbeSeason 4, Episode 18Production episode 40274-192Original air date: March 25, 1991Stardate: 44664.5Captain’s Log:...
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Point/Counterpoint: ThunderCats
Considering how nerdy the Tor.com offices is (we have a shrine to Dalen Quaice, for Cthulhu’s sake) we come to agreement on a bizarrely large number of things. But that’s by no means a guarantee, so...
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Silver (Excerpt)
Rhiannon Held’s new book Silver is coming out on June 5, but we’ve got a excerpt right now to whet your appetite:Andrew Dare is a werewolf. He’s the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for...
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Silver Sweepstakes!
You’ve read the excerpt for Rhiannon Held’s Silver, but you need to get your hands on it now. Fear not! We’ve got ten ARCs here, and we’re sending them your way!Check below for the rules:[Read...
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Assembled! A Spoiler-Free Review of The Avengers
What could possibly get me climbing out of bed at 7 AM on a Saturday morning, good readers? It all started with a very merry unbirthday present: tickets to an exclusive screening of the geek-gasmic...
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Oh My! Today is George Takei’s 75th Birthday
Don’t call him tiny! George Takei is a 75 years old today and we wish him a happy one. We don’t even know where to begin in thanking him for his contributions to our lives; so instead, we’ll give all...
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JordanCon 2012: The Bloggening, Part 2
It’s 12:30 1:30 2:30 3:30 AM, kids! And I am being SUPER RESPONSIBLE today, people. I am writing up this con report only in the pre-wee hours, instead of the actual wee hours totally writing into the...
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: “Just As, After a Point, Job Cried Out” and...
Just As, After a Point, Job Cried Out: A visualization of a poem by K.A. Hays where the ground has a few things to say to the weather. (1:27 minutes)Advertising Lullaby: George Carlin uses overused...
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What the Dragon Said: A Love Story
Tor.com is celebrating National Poetry Month by featuring science fiction and fantasy poetry from a variety of SFF authors. You’ll find classic works, hidden gems, and new commissions featured on the...
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JordanCon 2012: The Bloggening, Part 3
Day Three of JordanCon 2012, and I’m still alive! Theoretically, anyway.Yes, no one is more shocked than me. Read on for Moar of my adventures with the convention![insert witty segue here]Read the full...
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Game of Thrones, Season 2, Ep.4: “Garden of Bones”
Uh-oh. Joffrey’s been reading Hunger Games again.This week on a shocking episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the adaptation gets a little loose in places, to varying degrees of WTF-ness. But nothing that...
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Jane Austen Among the Women
Tor.com is celebrating National Poetry Month by featuring science fiction and fantasy poetry from a variety of SFF authors. You’ll find classic works, hidden gems, and new commissions featured on the...
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