Sturgeon Award finalists announced
Finalists have been announced for the 2012 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short science fiction story of the year, and at Tor.com we’re delighted to see that Charlie Jane Anders’ brilliant Tor.com story “Six Months, Three Days” made ...
What London is Really Like. You’re Jealous.
So... wibblywobblytime on Tumblr posted this, and we just had to share the glory. For the record, this is exactly what London looks like. Or any street in England for that matter. It’s why so many of us wish we lived there. There are enough reference...
Trying to Throw Your Arms around the Solar System: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
One of my favorite sections in Kim Stanley Robinson’s famous Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars) occurs towards the end of the series, when the author briefly describes the development of other planets in the solar system. The way Robin...
Star Trek: The Next Generation Rewatch: “Redemption” (Part 1)
“Redemption”Written by Ronald D. MooreDirected by Cliff BoleSeason 4, Episode 26Production episode 40274-200Original air date: June 17, 1991Stardate: 44995.3Captain’s Log: The Enterprise is en route to the Klingon homeworld, where Picard is to pa...
Cool Ender’s Game Teaser Poster
From the @ender’sgame_2013 Twitter account, here’s a fan-made Ender’s Game poster! Definitely not official (The movie is still a year and a half away and we imagine the first actual poster would pop up on the production Tumblr.) but we’re excit...
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Towers of Midnight, Part 2
Happy honorary October 25th, O my peeps! Welcome to a not-at-all obscure Wheel of Time Re-read!Today’s entry covers Part II of the Prologue of Towers of Midnight, in which I contemplate faith, brotherhood, and why sometimes both of those things kind ...
All In Against the Tyrant: Orb, Sceptre, Throne by Ian Cameron Esslemont
It has been a real pleasure to watch the development of Ian Cameron Esslemont as a writer. Both Night of Knives and Return of the Crimson Guard were solid offerings but burdened with problems of pacing and character, though RotCG showed some improvemen...
Quaeryt Comes into His Own: Princeps by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Princeps, the newest novel by L.E. Modesitt Jr., is the second installment in the second sub-series of the Imager Portfolio, which thus far includes a trilogy about the imager-portraiturist Rhennthyl (Imager, Imager’s Challenge and Imager’s Intrigu...
All Aliens: Alison Sinclair’s Legacies
When I read something I am immediately plunged into the mood of the book, and when I recall a story it’s often the mood, the atmosphere, that stays with me most strongly. Alison Sinclair’s Legacies (1995) is a book with a very unusual atmosphere th...
Journey to Planet JoCo: “Still Alive”
Welcome to Journey to Planet JoCo, an interview series where science fiction and sometimes fantasy author John Scalzi talks to musician Jonathan Coulton about science fiction and science fiction songs.Every morning at 9 AM from now to May 29, John will...
Morning Roundup: Connor MacLeod Might Regenerate Into Ryan Reynolds
Though we were told by Sir Sean Connery “there can be only one,” there have been a whole gaggle of immortals running through the insane Highlander series. Now, we hear the reboot might include Ryan Reynolds as Connor MacLeod. We’re not sure Chris...
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...
