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Deadpool’s Chimichanga is Enormous
You may have heard that Deadpool has been promoting his film with a series of ads called “12 Days of Deadpool”? Yesterday’s featured a short new clip, in which Deadpool encourages everyone to see his...
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A New Hope Awakens: A Star Wars Newbie Watches The Force Awakens
I was filled with trembling hope and uncertain fear as I settled in my theater seat, wondering what I would see over the next few hours. Was this going to be a repeat of the prequels I had seen with my...
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God Bless Pastiche! The 7 Best Non-Traditional Christmas Carols of Film and TV
If I had a pet reindeer, or any kind of creature that resembled a fawn or Bambi-style animal, I’d name it Dickens. Come on. How adorable would it be to have a little pet deer named Dickens? Here...
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You Can’t Avoid Emotional Shrapnel in The Expanse: “Remember the Cant”
The Expanse‘s third episode, “Remember the Cant” might be the best so far. It pulls off a great balancing act between its three very different threads. If it can do this every week we’ll be in for a...
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Christmas in the Stars: Aliens Encounter the Holidays!
Lots of shows decide they need a little Christmas come December, but they’re not quite sure how to do it. Do you talk about the big Jesus-shaped elephant in the room? Do you just focus on Santa? Do...
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An Ambiguous Ending: Phantasy Star II Replay (Part 3)
I can name so many JRPGs I love, but if you asked me to tell you their endings, I’d honestly struggle to remember. Most of them blend into each other in a huge canvas of predictable outcomes that...
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How Do We Categorize The Nightmare Before Christmas?
Is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie, or a Christmas movie? In terms of worldbuilding, it’s obviously both—it’s about a bunch of Halloween-town residents taking over Christmas from Santa...
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The Seventh Sense of the Strange: Year’s Best Weird, Volume 2
Yes, we still like the Weird stuff. Much like Michael Kelly in his foreword to the Year’s Best Weird Volume 2, I don’t want to rehash last year’s review with a definition of weird fiction. Weird...
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Saga4Ham is Your New Favorite Hamilton Mashup
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, and Lin-Manuel Miranda—three brilliant minds who have brought us some truly revolutionary stories in the past few years. And now, they’re all together! After Miranda...
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We’ll Ride Merry and Chrome to the Gates of the North Pole!
Person of Pinterest Tiltwhirlbirdie shared this fantastic dystopian holiday image! A whole new holiday tradition is unpooling our heads: Mad Max hooked to the front of the sleigh, guiding it through...
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Imagination and Wish Fulfillment in Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story
Show of hands—who’s seen The Neverending Story? Okay, great. Now, who’s actually read the book? An 80s children’s classic, chances are you’ve seen the movie or at least heard of it. And if you’re a...
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The Shootout Solution Audio Excerpt
A narrator well-known and well-liked in the world of science-fiction and fantasy, Mary Robinette Kowal was the perfect choice for the audio edition of Michael R. Underwood’s The Shootout Solution:...
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Frohe (Star Wars) Weihnachten!
This German ad got me a little teary, and not just because I miss Christmasing in the Alps with my Oma and Opa: A pint-sized Star Wars fan courts his neighbor with Artoo and Threepio snowdroids (!) and...
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Meta, Irony, Narrative, Frames, and The Princess Bride
I am not the intended audience for William Goldman’s The Princess Bride. Likely you’re not either, as you’re reading this on Tor.com. We read fantasy. We love books about heroes and villains and giants...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Half-Blood Prince, Chapters 29 and 30
We have reached the end of the penultimate book. Whoa. We should throw ourselves a pizza party, or something. It seems like a pizza party kind of accomplishment. It’s time to mourn and figure out the...
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“I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A Sunken City...
Please enjoy what has fast become a quiet Christmas tradition in the Tor.com offices: the reading of Neil Gaiman’s original story: “I, Cthulhu, or, What’s A Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing In A...
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Happy Ever After Doesn’t Mean Forever. Doctor Who: “The Husbands of River Song”
This year’s Christmas special sees the return of River Song—for the last time? It’s likely. But you never really know…. Summary In the year 5343, a man named Nardole is searching for a surgeon employed...
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Bending Shakespeare
As a woman of color who spends an absolutely ludicrous amount of time reading fanfic, I’m a huge nerd for gender, queer, and racebending. I’ve read some amazing fem!Destiel, adore racebent Harry Potter...
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Fiction Affliction: January Releases in Fantasy
Nineteen fantasies swashbuckle their way into 2016, although some of the swordspeople are quite young. Look for new fantasy this month from, among others, Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn), Margaret Weis...
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If You Don’t Keep Your Feet: How the Journey Changes You
You can’t go home again. It’s a phrase with many meanings, often referring to change as life’s only constant. Sure, you can return to the place you once called home, but it won’t be the same as when...
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