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
Only One More Day to Get 3 Space Operas at $2.99 Each
If you feel a void in your reading it’s probably because you haven’t read a space opera story lately! Tor Books is pleased to announce a special ebook promotion for three select space opera titles. All the books are also the first in their respecti...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch: Homecoming Girls on Fire
True story — I’m writing this column the week of April 24th, and I spent the past weekend at FanExpo Vancouver, which was the first attempt in my home city to have a big-scale ComicCon sort of event. Authors like me, DD Barant and Spider Robinson g...
Among Others (Excerpt)
Please enjoy this excerpt from the now Nebula Award-winning Among Others, penned by science fiction/fantasy author and Tor.com institution Jo Walton. May 1st, 1975The Phurnacite factory in Abercwmboi killed all the trees for two miles around. We
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...
Could a Rendezvous With Rama Movie Capture the Scientific Wonder of the Book?
Every so often, comic artist John Bonner reviews books, audio, and more, then turns his reactions into a comic strip. You can check out many more of them at Bonner’s site and more of them here on Tor.com.He recently reread Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendez...
Cannes 2012: Confession of a Child of the Century – review
Pete Doherty's performance as a philosophising dandy is as catastrophic as the rest of this insufferable filmThere is a long and noble British tradition of musicians becoming absolutely godawful actors. Gary Kemp gave it his best shot; Sting outdid him...
Pass notes No 3,178: Jack Kerouac
The Beat writer's masterpiece On the Road has been made into a film. But why has it taken 55 years to get it on to the screen?Age: Died in 1969, aged 47.Appearance: Dead Beat.Who was he? A leading novelist and poet of the Beat Generation.Oh right....
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles Wizard and Glass, “Susan,” Chapter 3, A Meeting on the Road
“Cast your nets, wanderers! Try me with your questions, and let the contest begin.”—Blaine the Mono, to Roland and the Ka-Tet, at the end of The Waste LandsWelcome to A Read of the Dark Tower series. Join me each week as I, Constant Rea...
