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Stargate’s Alexis Cruz Delivers The Unprofessionals
You might know him as Skaara from Stargate and Stargate SG-1. What you might not know is that Alexis Cruz, through his company 929 Entertainment and its imprint, The Mythmaker Group, is joining the...
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Justin Bieber Has Gone Steampunk
Justin Bieber, in a just-released video for his cover of “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town,” has co-opted a subgenre that might be very familiar to Tor.com readers: steampunk. Check it out below the cut....
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Nested Scrolls: The Autobiography of Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (Excerpt)
We invite you to enjoy the first chapter of Rudy Rucker’s autobiographical memoir, Nested Scrolls:The autobiography of Rudy Rucker begins in Louisville, Kentucky, with a young boy growing up with a...
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If Rockets Could Squee...
While jetting around the interwebs today, Stubby the Rocket wandered into a tattoo parlor with the intention of getting some ink done. Eventually, Stubby settled on getting a tattoo of Stubby the...
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Morning Roundup: Sonically Screw Your Walls With Sonic Screwdriver-Screwdriver
Though it’s Wednesday, we’re all still sort of recovering from Bieber/Steampunk gate. We’re also considering exactly what a patent clerk makes. Do you know? While you’re figuring that one out, check...
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First Images of Sherlock’s Irene Adler are Here!
In the original story in which Irene Adler appears, the plot centers around the recovery of a photograph, so it’s only fitting that the first images of Sherlock’s other most famous nemesis feel like a...
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An Open Letter to J.J. Abrams: If There’s a Khan, He Should Be Indian
True there are only rumors about the second rebooted Star Trek film right now, and there’s been no confirmation that Khan will be its villain, but if he is, I have something to say to J. J. Abrams,...
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Not Your Father’s Computer Simulation: Rod Rees’ The Demi-Monde: Winter
You must and will understand, fair or foul reader (but where’s the difference?), that I bring sad tidings. The Demi-Monde: Winter, the first book in a projected quadrilogy by British debut author Rod...
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Reaching Out: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed
The Dispossessed (1974) is a novel about which one can say a great deal. It’s a Hugo and Nebula award winning novel. It’s an undisputed SF classic, despite the fact that some people hate it. It’s a...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Midnight Tides, Chapter Seven
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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Tor.com’s Hugo and Nebula Eligible Stories!
Nominations are open for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and wouldn’t you know it, Tor.com had the honor of publishing some eligible works in 2011!The Hugo and Nebula Awards are presented each year to...
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Utterly Bonaroo: Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
I’m a pretty big fan of Ian McDonald, so when I learned that a brand new novel by the author was on the way, I got suitably excited. Then, when I found out that the new novel would be the start of a...
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What We Want From A Memory of Light: The Wheel of Time Roundtable, Week 4
Welcome back to the Wheel of Time Roundtable! In this weekly mini-series from Tor.com, we’re asking a panel of Wheel of Time experts a number of questions that look at the upcoming final volume in this...
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The Dreamer and the Dream: 6 Fictional Science Fiction Authors
Last year, I asked noted science fiction writer Paul Park if making one’s protagonist a science fiction writer could cause the character to be more sympathetic to a reader, because the occupation comes...
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Audioslice: The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman
You know Michael Scott from his popular Nicholas Flamel series. This time, though, he’s working with Colette Freedman to bring you an exciting adult novel. And we’re bringing you the audiobook.In this...
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“What is it with women and kicking me in the face?” Chris Wooding’s The Iron...
“I’m just saying,” Crake continued, as he reloaded his pistol, “that maybe walking into a den of drug addicts while brandishing weapons and shouting wasn’t the best way to go about things.”“Tell you...
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Morning Roundup: Is this a Real Unidentified Flying Alien Hanging Out With...
Thursday just busted through the wall just like the Kool-Aid man. Oh yeah. Who wants to drink the Kool-Aid? The Kool-Aid of offsite links that we have lovingly curated for you.Highlights include:1.)...
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Catching Up To the Future: An Appreciation of William Gibson
My first encounter with William Gibson was neatly printed on the flap of an envelope, a letter from my friend Colin. We had a habit of inscribing epigraphs on our letters to each other—this was 1990,...
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Tortured
We invite you to enjoy this short story from Caragh M. O’Brien: Tortured. It is available for free download wherever ebooks are sold. Taking place between her novels Birthmarked and Prized, Tortured...
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Reopening The X-Files: “E.B.E.”
Season 1, Episode 17: “E.B.E.”Original Airdate: February 18, 1994“E.B.E.” is a solid, dependable, perfectly good, sometimes very good, borderline-unremarkable episode. It feels a lot like the sort of...
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