Catch Charlie Jane Anders and Brian Francis Slattery at NYRSF Tomorrow!
The New York Review of Science Fiction is hosting a special reading next week on May 22nd featuring Charlie Jane Anders and Bryan Francis Slattery. We’re also pleased to announce this event is being guest curated by Tor.com/Tor Books’ very own edit...
Fierce Reads Sweepstakes!
You’ve enjoyed the excerpts from the Fierce Reads authors, and can’t wait to get your hands on more! The good news is we’ve got three prize packs containing all four books featured. That’s right, win this and you get a copy of S...
First Skyfall Trailer Hits
Bond is back in the first 007 film directed by an Oscar-winning filmmaker. What is everyone’s first impressions of Sam Mende’s Skyfall?Read the full article
Nebula Award-Winning Among Others Sweepstakes!
Congratulations to Tor author (and one of our most beloved bloggers) Jo Walton for winning a Nebula Award for her novel Among Others! We’re so excited that we thought we’d give the book away to you: we’ve got five copies here in the office, and a...
Morning Roundup: Tap this Vigo the Carpathian Magic: The Gathering Card
At one point J.K. Rowling apparently wanted the new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher to be none other than Vigo! He would be just like all the other paintings at Hogwarts and even talk to the Fat Lady! Actually, we’re not sure that is true, but ...
We’ll Never See Neil Gaiman Write a Scene for Amy Pond on Community
This past week, Karen Gillan, who plays the long-running companion Amy Pond on Doctor Who admitted that she adores NBC nerd-king comedy Community and wouldn’t hesitate to do a guest-spot as Amy Pond in the show’s internal Who spoof “Inspector Spa...
The Dark Knight Rises 1990s Animated Series Style
Back in the 90s, Batman: The Animated Series redefined how many of us think of the caped crusader. In fact, you could make an arguement that the Christopher Nolan films owe as much to that show as they do the comics. As further evidience, take a look a...
On Our Radar: The Doctor Puppet
Just so you know, it took us hours to put hand to keyboard just to bring this to your attention, that’s how brain-breakingly adorable the Doctor Puppet Tumblr is.The Doctor Puppet Tumblr chronicles the adventures of the Doctor (Puppet) in his tra...
Morning Roundup: What an Auror Really Does
Apparently we’ve been missing all of these wand-duels on the rooftops of New York City. It’s weird because one member of the Tor.com team has a time-turner, another one is capable of turning into a wolf, and still another eats a ton of choc...
New Doctor Who Mini-Episode to Be Olympic Themed
On May 24th, we’ll get our first bit of Doctor Who since the Christmas special last December. This is set to be a mini-episode like “Time Crash” or “Space” & “Time.” It is airing as part of Blue Peter’s Script-to-Screen contest, so ...
Morning Roundup: Edward Hopper Does the Avengers
Did you know Hawkeye’s original name was Night-Hawkeye, in honor of the Norman Rockwell painting? Well it was. [Citation needed.] Also did you see what we did with shawarma last week?Your offsite links contain true facts, but no more shawarma.Highlig...
Our First Glimpse at the American Sherlock: Elementary
Serving as both a trailer and a behind-the-scenes feature for the new American version of Sherlock Holmes; Elementary finds Sherlock coming to New York City for rehab.First impression: Jonny Lee Miller seems to be channeling a bit of Matt Smith rather ...
