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Alan Rickman, 1946–2016
We are saddened to report that Alan Rickman has passed away at the age of 69. The actor became an icon for playing Hans Gruber, the Sheriff of Nottingham, and of course Severus Snape. Rickman was...
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Hey, Star Wars: Episode VIII—Don’t Make Rey a Skywalker
The refusal to confirm Rey’s parentage in Star Wars: The Force Awakens has everyone buzzing, and the theories out there run the gamut. But the most popular by far is simple and well-known to fans of...
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Lustlocked
A Note from Tor.com Publishing: An aspect of Lustlocked explores David Bowie and the magical spaces that his art creates. As a result, Tor.com Publishing wishes readers to know that this novella was...
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Mad Max: Fury Road and The Martian Represent SFF in the 2016 Oscar Nominations
The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by actor John Krasinski, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and filmmakers Guillermo del Toro and Ang Lee....
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Welcome Jonathan Strahan, New Consulting Fiction Editor for Tor.com
Since 2008, Tor.com has been a leading market for science fiction and fantasy short fiction. Several of our stories are Hugo and Nebula finalists: Charlie Jane Anders’ “Six Months, Three Days” won the...
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Words of Radiance Reread: Chapter 66
Welcome back to the Words of Radiance Reread on Tor.com! Last week, Shallan took further steps to protect her family members from her father’s insanity, despite the probable cost to herself. This week,...
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A Return to the Glory Days: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
As work began on Beauty and the Beast (1991), Disney animators were finally – finally – feeling confident again. Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid had been critical and box office...
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Midnight in Karachi Episode 40: Emily Foster and The Drowning Eyes
Welcome back to Midnight in Karachi, a weekly podcast about writers, publishers, editors, illustrators, their books and the worlds they create, hosted by Mahvesh Murad. The podcast returns after a...
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Firefly Online Nabs Original Cast, Has to Completely Rewrite Itself
We’ve actually known for a good long time about the coup that was convincing the original cast of Firefly to reprise their roles for the Firefly Online role-playing game. But io9’s recent interview...
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What The Hell Does He Know About Poker?
In this ongoing series, we ask SF/F authors to describe a specialty in their lives that has nothing (or very little) to do with writing. Join us as we discover what draws authors to their various...
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Eleanor Sweepstakes!
We want to send you a copy of Jason Gurley’s Eleanor, available now from Crown! Eleanor and Esmerelda are identical twins with a secret language all their own, inseparable until a terrible accident...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Deathly Hallows, Chapters 1 and 2
Alan Rickman is gone. To say that this will not affect my reading of this book (and the two movies following) would be a gross lie that I won’t attempt. Here’s to you, Professor. It’s impossible not to...
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Star Wars’ Poe Dameron Continues to Entrance Fans, Gets Own Comic Series
What’s that, you say? You need more Poe Dameron in your life? We all do, of course. And Marvel has heard you sobbing at night, so– Sorry, kidding. (Maybe.) But prepare to rejoice! Poe Dameron is...
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Rian Johnson Gets It
That art you see before you? Star Wars: Episode VIII director/writer Rian Johnson retweeted that yesterday afternoon. While obviously full canonization is in the hands of the toymakers (blessed be...
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Five Works About Future Art
In Serge Brussolo’s novel The Deep Sea Diver’s Syndrome, abstract objects known as “ectoplasms” have displaced all traditional forms of art. Faintly glowing, radiating well-being, and somehow evocative...
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Where to Start with Will Self
Admittedly a ‘novelist of ideas’ (as told to The Paris Review in 2013), Will Self is a massive, rumbling, overbearing thunderball of a writer. His satire is always barbed and frightening, his dystopic...
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Surprise! Cloverfield Sequel Out in March. Watch the Trailer!
Watch the terrifying trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a surprise sequel to Cloverfield that J.J. Abrams and company are putting out in only two months! Wired has the story here, but basically: Bad...
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On Alan Rickman, Loss, and Mourning Our Heroes
January 14, 2016 It’s been a hard week. A friend texted me this morning to tell me Alan Rickman died. That was my first contact from any human being today. I staggered from my bedroom, started making...
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Race, Publishing, and H.P. Lovecraft: A Conversation With Daniel José Older...
Earlier this week, a large and enthusiastic crowd packed Greenlight Bookstore in defiance of freezing temperature and threats of snow. Greenlight hosted a launch party for Midnight Taxi Tango, Daniel...
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“There is No Planet B”: The Impossible Problems of Generation Ships
Kim Stanley Robinson’s recent piece in Scientific American marks the second time he’s written in as many months about the viability of generation ships as mankind prepares to explore the stars. That’s...
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