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Sleeps With Monsters: As Above, So Below: Mary Gentle’s “Beggars in Satin”...
“Beggars in Satin” and “The Knot Garden” are two novelettes first published in Mary Gentle’s Scholars and Soldiers (1989) and reissued in the Gollancz White Crow omnibus. In publication chronology, I...
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New Sci-Fi Bookshop Singularity & Co. Opening this Week!
In a universe where bookstores are being swallowed up whole, it’s fantastic news when a new one materializes. With a mission to bring both new and out-of-print science fiction books together,...
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Tracy K. Smith Explores the Universe Through Poetry in Life on Mars
If your brain is anything like my brain then the part of your brain reserved for thinking about outer space is a mess. It’s probably cluttered with things like the moon landing footage, pics from...
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Seven Wonders (Excerpt)
From the author of Empire State, Adam Christopher, comes a brand new take on superhero tales. Take a look at this excerpt from Seven Wonders, due out from Angry Robot on August 28: Tony Prosdocimi...
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The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 13
If you’ll be my bodyguard, WOTers, I can be your long-lost pal! I can call you Betty, and Betty, when you call me you can call me Wheel of Time Re-read!Today’s entry covers Chapter 20 and 21 of Towers...
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Build Your Own Bobak!
Since Sunday evening, mohawked Mars Rover flight director Bobak Ferdowsi has become a meme all his own. Picture book illustrator Julian Hector has seized on this and offered the next best thing to...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Cause and Effect”
“Cause and Effect”Written by Brannon BragaDirected by Jonathan FrakesSeason 5, Episode 18Production episode 40275-218Original air date: March 23, 1992Stardate: 45652.1Captain’s Log: The Enterprise...
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A Boy, A Ghost, and the Blood That Binds: Kendare Blake’s Girl of Nightmares
I was lucky enough to score an advance reader copy of Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed in Blood at last year’s Tor.com meetup and loved it, so I jumped at a chance to read and review its sequel, Girl of...
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In This Game of Thrones Game Review, Winter is... Gon’ Be Cold
Oversugared, often surreal video game review video series “Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’” recently took on the Game of Thrones video game and the results are highly amusing. (The frustrated yelling begins...
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Joss Whedon is the Writer/Director for Avengers 2
It seems we just can’t stop Joss Whedon from doing all the awesome things we want him to do these days; Variety has confirmed that Whedon has signed on to write and direct Avengers 2. Just like we were...
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Morning Roundup: Roger Moore Has a Lightsaber
Even if Roger Moore isn’t your favorite James Bond, he clearly looks the best with a lightsaber. Sure, we don’t actually know what Daniel Craig looks like with a lightsaber, but Moore has more awesome...
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Faster Gun
It’s hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, and a hundred times too big to be a ship. It looks like nothing anyone ever saw. And it’s crashed just outside Tombstone with something alive inside.[Read...
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2012 World Fantasy Award Nominees Announced!
The 2012 World Fantasy Award Ballot is now available; winners will be announced at this year’s convention in Toronto (November 1-4). Congratulations to all the nominees, including Ann and Jeff...
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Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for August
For over a decade, Barnes & Noble buyer Jim Killen has been a driving force behind Barnes & Noble’s science fiction and fantasy sections. Each month on Tor.com, Mr. Killen curates a list of...
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Midst Toil and Tribulation Sweepstakes!
For fans of the Safehold Series by David Weber, we’ve got the latest installment—Midst Toil and Tribulation—well ahead of its September release date! Enter now to get your hands on a copy!Check below...
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Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Reaper’s Gale, Chapter Four
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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Painting Stubby the Rocket in Space
For their 4th birthday this year, Tor.com commissioned a new illustration based on their logo (affectionately called Stubby the Rocket). I designed the rocket with Irene Gallo four years ago. Every...
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Farscape Rewatch: Season One Overview, Season Two Primer
So, that was Season One, and it was very interesting to watch it again after so long. My memory had faded and a lot of things came as a surprise, not least of which was how carefully planned the arc of...
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Awesome Future Timeline Compiled from Science Fiction Literature
Over on the great website The Awl, they’ve created a fascinating/amusing/very cool timeline of our future! Drawing upon SF novels and short stories from across the canon, this timeline includes...
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Idea Porn? A Review of Neal Stephenson’s Some Remarks
I expected to love Some Remarks, Neal Stephenson’s newest collection of essays and other writing, as a continuation of my love for his fiction. As it turns out, I did not. Some Remarks is typical of...
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