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The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Great Hunt, Part 26
Hi! The Wheel of Time Reread Redux is, once again, a-go-go! Whoo! Today’s Redux post will cover Chapters 46 and 47 of The Great Hunt, originally reread in this post. All original posts are listed in...
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Watch Toy Stormtroopers Build a Christmas Tree
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in theaters only one week before Christmas, and judging from this series of photos featuring Stormtroopers assembling a Christmas tree, Kyle Shearrer and Philip Joe...
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Spend December Contemplating the Bond Between Animal and Man!
We read fantasy for many reasons, and one of the best reasons is to delight in the wild variety of animal characters that act as the companions, guides, benefactors, and occasional thorn-in-the-side of...
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Time of Departure Sweepstakes!
We want to send you a copy of Douglas Schofield’s Time of Departure, available now from Minotaur Books! Schofield’s debut novel is a genre-crossing mystery full of spellbinding twists. Florida state...
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Supergirl Reminds Us Why Female Entrepreneurs and Superheroes Can’t Get Angry
Now that I’m out of the haze of binge-watching Jessica Jones and writing about it, I’m settling back in to watching Supergirl (which just got picked up for a full season!) through what feels like a new...
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Japan’s Folklore Chronicler, Shigeru Mizuki (1922-2015)
Have you ever been walking along and felt the creepy, unsettling feeling that something was watching you? You met Betobeto-san, an invisible yōkai, or folklore creature, who follows along behind people...
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Short Fiction Spotlight: Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Welcome back to the Short Fiction Spotlight, a space for conversation about recent and not-so-recent short stories. While we’ve had a bit of a hiatus, I’m glad to be back—and discussing a recent short...
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Holy Crap, The Force Awakens is Out in 16 Days??!!
Have you just realized that your next two weekends are packed with holiday parties, shopping, orgies of decoration, and all sorts of other things, like work, that are unavoidable, and will make...
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The Phantom in the Maze
We tamper with time at our peril. A new story in the Mongolian Wizard series. “But I already have as fine a pistol as is made anywhere,” Ritter said. “Not any more.” Sir Toby dropped the reluctantly...
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Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2015
Other than dinosaur figures, mugs of tea (Earl Grey, hot), and terrifying Weeping Angel cutouts, the sight most prevalent in our little rocket here at Tor.com are heaps and heaps of books! We get books...
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Forgotten Bestsellers: Koko by Peter Straub
Today’s bestsellers are tomorrow’s remainders and Forgotten Bestsellers will run for the next five weeks as a reminder that we were once all in a lather over books that people barely even remember...
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An 8-Year-Old’s Perspective on The Good Dinosaur (Sort Of)
This was intended to be Tor.com’s first review written by a nearly-8-year-old. Me (to Lana): Would you like to go to the cinema to see The Good Dinosaur? Lana (excited): Ooh, yes! And I can tell Miss...
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Forever Autumn: Gollancz Announces Another War of the Worlds
The inestimable Simon Spanton might have moved on, but Gollancz still has a few tricks up its sleeve, it seems… This morning, Orion’s genre fiction imprint was delighted to announce the acquisition of...
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Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Crack’d Pot Trail, Part Eight
Welcome to the Malazan Reread of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda, and finally comments from Tor.com...
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Read All of Michael Swanwick’s Mongolian Wizard Saga in One Place
Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Michael Swanwick has been slowly building the world of the Mongolian Wizard on Tor.com since 2012. The series depicts an alternate fin de siècle Europe shot...
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(Re)Reading Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Trilogies: The Final Frontier
Welcome to the last weekly Wednesday post on the (re)read of Melanie Rawn’s two Dragon Prince trilogies! A year and a half, six books, thousands of pages, hundreds of characters. Romance and adventure,...
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Samurai Jack is Returning to TV in 2016!
2015 has been a great year for pop culture, but here’s another reason to look forward to 2016: Cartoon Network has just announced the return of Genndy Tartakovsky’s iconic series Samurai Jack. Even...
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Thing Explainer Sweepstakes!
You’ve read our review (and learned how to go to space)—now it’s time to win your own copy of Randall Munroe’s Thing Explainer, out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt! Have you ever tried to learn more...
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Jessica Jones Takes Control…
Hot off her Alias reread, Tansy Rayner Roberts reviews Netflix’s Jessica Jones. In this post: “AKA Sin Bin” and “AKA 1,000 Cuts.” Spoilers for season 1. Episode 9 AKA Sin Bin Written By: Jamie King...
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Rereading The Elfstones of Shannara, Chapters 42–44
Welcome, readers of Shady Vale, to this week’s installment in our reread of Terry Brooks’ classic epic fantasy, The Elfstones of Shannara. If you’re unfamiliar with Elfstones, Brooks, or this reread,...
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