Blog Archive
April 2014
Wed Apr 30
Rogue Code (Excerpt)
by Mark Russinovich
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for May
by Suzanne Johnson
Lev Grossman’s The Magicians Coming to SyFy!
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: Fourth Season Overview
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Grievance. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Nothing Personal”
by Chris Lough
Every Human in Star Wars is Really a Humanoid Bee
by Max Gladstone
No, McDonald’s Did Not Do A Good Job With Its Spider-Man Toys “For Girls”
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Twenty (Part Two)
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
Rocket Talk, Episode 7: A Conversation with Author Sarah Lotz
by Stubby the Rocket
Bob Hoskins, 1942-2014
by Tor.com
The Political Science of Game of Thrones
by Jacopo della Quercia
The Mothers of Voorhisville
by M. Rickert
The First Confession of Claire North
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 29
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Walter Jury
by Tor.com
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
If it’s Not an Eel in Your Brain, it’s a Hole in Your Heart: The Wrath of Khan by Vonda McIntyre
by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Game of Thrones’s Ser Pounce Done with Season 4
by Stubby the Rocket
Cyador’s Heirs (Excerpt)
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Newly Discovered Octavia Butler Stories to be Published in June!
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 58
by Leigh Butler
Star Wars: Episode VII Cast Announced!
by Stubby the Rocket
Speculative Fiction 2013 is Out Now!
by Stubby the Rocket
Short Fiction Spotlight: Interfictions Online #2
by Lee Mandelo
Sleeps With Monsters: “It is Very Simple, but in War the Simplest Things Become Very Difficult”
by Liz Bourke
Star Wars, What is It Good For? The Real History of Science Fiction
by Ryan Britt
Getting That Book Deal: Pitching Banished to Tor UK
by Liz de Jager and Bella Pagan
Mon Apr 28
Original Star Wars Cast All in London Right Now For Some Mysterious Reason
by Stubby the Rocket
Fiction Affliction: May Releases in Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Kimberly Derting
by Tor.com
Shield and Crocus (Excerpt)
by Michael R. Underwood
Salem: How Not to Handle History (Or Race, Gender, etc…)
by Shoshana Kessock
Join Team Tor.com for Star Wars Bar Trivia: Saturday, May 3rd!
by Stubby the Rocket
In Conversation with Long Hidden Editors Rose Fox and Daniel José Older
by Ay-leen the Peacemaker
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, In This Haze of Green and Gold, Chapter 3
by Suzanne Johnson
Justice League Movie is Now Officially the Follow Up to “Batman Vs. Superman”
by Stubby the Rocket
Game of Thrones Episode Review: “Oathkeeper”
by Theresa DeLucci
Tor.com Welcomes Stefan Raets!
by Tor.com
Liveblogging Season Two of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Sun Apr 27
British Genre Fiction Hitlist: Early May New Releases
by Niall Alexander
Fri Apr 25
Batman vs. Superman: Hollywood Weighs In!
by Stubby the Rocket
Disney and Del Rey Announce New “Unified Canon” for Upcoming Star Wars Expanded Universe Novels
by Stubby the Rocket
YA Without the Emotional Pitch: Kelley Armstrong’s Sea of Shadows
by Liz Bourke
Strange Country (Excerpt)
by Deborah Coates
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Twenty (Part One)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Batman Vs. Superman Adds Cyborg to its League of Characters
by Stubby the Rocket
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Before They Are Hanged: “The Great Leveler”
by Justin Landon
Spring 2014 Anime Preview: Now With More Robots
by Kelly Quinn Chiu
A Dream of Caeli-Amur: Finding Unwrapped Sky
by Rjurik Davidson
Thu Apr 24
How Not to Write for Both Children and Adults: Sylvie and Bruno
by Mari Ness
Monument 14: Savage Drift (Excerpt)
by Emmy Laybourne
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Alison Littlewood
by Tor.com
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 12
by Leigh Butler
William H. Patterson, Jr., 1951-2014
by Tor.com
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 69
by Carl Engle-Laird
The Light, the Heat of Joss Whedon’s In Your Eyes
by Thom Dunn
The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 12
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
The Best Star Wars Book, or the Best Star Wars Novel? Stackpole’s I, Jedi
by Ryan Britt
Wed Apr 23
Weird Conspiracy on the Range: Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres
by Robert H. Bedford
Too Much Love Will Kill You: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., “The Only Light in the Darkness”
by Chris Lough
“Trust the Story”: A Conversation with Sofia Samatar
by Sarah McCarry
Godzilla in the Mist: Rediscovering the 60th Anniversary Restoration of the Classic Film
by Ryan Britt
Why Do We Want More MST3K?
by Leah Schnelbach
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Nineteen (Part Two)
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
Rocket Talk Episode 6: A Discussion with Saga Press Executive Editor Joe Monti
by Stubby the Rocket
Looking For a Light at the End of GrimDark? Check Out These 13 Life-Affirming Fantasies
by Leah Schnelbach
The End of the End of Everything
by Dale Bailey
Jupiter War (Excerpt)
by Neal Asher
Awards Dominate Eastercon
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 22
Visit Neo-Hogwarts in Harry Potter’s Cyberpunk Adventure!
by Stubby the Rocket
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Broken Link”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Jeremy Robinson
by Tor.com
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 57
by Leigh Butler
Don’t Worrythe Star Wars Expanded Universe is Not Going Away Because of Episode VII
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Short Fiction Spotlight: Come As You Are
by Niall Alexander
Rocket Talk, Episode 5: The Hugo Awards
by Stubby the Rocket
Post-Binary Gender in SF: Writing Without Revealing Gender
by Alex Dally MacFarlane
Mon Apr 21
Check Out the Cover Art for Brandon Sanderson’s Firefight
by Stubby the Rocket
The Boost (Excerpt)
by Stephen Baker
Robots for Dummies? The Real History of Science Fiction
by Ryan Britt
2014 David Gemmell Award for Fantasy Shortlist Announced
by Tor.com
Transcendence: Resistance to Johnny Depp is Futile!
by Ryan Britt
The Wheel of Time and the Hugo Voter Packet
by Tor.com
Sleeps With Monsters: How About Those Hugos?
by Liz Bourke
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, In This Haze of Green and Gold, Chapter 2
by Suzanne Johnson
Game of Thrones Episode Review: “Breaker of Chains”
by Theresa DeLucci
Terror in the Thames: Murder by Sarah Pinborough
by Niall Alexander
Troll Mountain: Episode Three (Excerpt)
by Matthew Reilly
Sun Apr 20
Announcing the 2013 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Award Winners
by Tor.com
Sat Apr 19
Read Tor.com’s Original Fiction Hugo Finalists
by Tor.com
The Lady Astronaut of Mars
by Mary Robinette Kowal
Announcing the 2014 Hugo Award Nominees
by Tor.com
Fri Apr 18
New Godzilla TV Spot Tells Us More Than all the Previous Trailers Have So Far
by Stubby the Rocket
The Severed Streets (Excerpt)
by Paul Cornell
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Body Parts”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Ginny (Weasley) Potter is Reporting on the Quidditch World Cup This Year
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Behind the Simulated Sky: The Forever Watch by David Ramirez
by Niall Alexander
Wings Gleaming Like Beaten Bronze: Elizabeth Bear’s Eternal Sky Trilogy
by Liz Bourke
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Nineteen (Part One)
by Bill Capossere
Under the Radar: Mid-Series from the Mid List
by Justin Landon
Crafting a Shardblade for Brandon Sanderson
by Val C Alston
Even More SFF Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures)
by Bridget McGovern
Thu Apr 17
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014
by Tor.com
Bird Box (Excerpt)
by Josh Malerman
More Logic, Wordplay, and Mirrors: Through the Looking Glass
by Mari Ness
The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 10 and 11
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 11
by Leigh Butler
Now We Know How to Make Tom Hiddleston Cry
by Stubby the Rocket
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapter 68
by Michael Pye
When Being Rogue Isn’t Rogue Enough: X-Wing #4 The Bacta War
by Ryan Britt
JordanCon 2014: The Return of the Con Report, Part 2
by Leigh Butler
Brandon Sanderson Profiled in the New York Times
by Tor.com
Dangerously Good Fantasy and New Jacqueline Carey Ebook Art
by Bella Pagan
Game of Thrones Episode Analysis: “The Lion and The Rose”
by Theresa DeLucci
British Genre Fiction Hitlist: Late April New Releases
by Niall Alexander
Wed Apr 16
Second Star (Excerpt)
by Alyssa B Sheinmel
It’s Not Given, But Discovered. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Providence”
by Chris Lough
Sex and the Swamp Thing
by Jake Hinkson
Rereading Joe Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, The Blade Itself: “The Bloody-Nine” and “The Tools We Have”
by Justin Landon
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Eighteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
All the Planets are But Rays: Victorian-era Magical Societies, Telepathy, and Interplanetary Space Travel
by Felix Gilman
Rocket Talk, Episode 4: “In the Greenwood” by Mari Ness
by Stubby the Rocket
Mutants Galore in the New X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer
by Stubby the Rocket
Cold Wind
by Nicola Griffith
No More Moriarty
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 15
Wandering America’s Highways: Sparrow Hill Road by Seanan McGuire
by Liz Bourke
Gemsigns (Excerpt)
by Stephanie Saulter
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “The Quickening”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Retrospective: Mythic Delirium #30
by Lee Mandelo
JordanCon 2014: The Return of the Con Report, Part 1
by Leigh Butler
Can You Overcome Your Fear of Change? Cory Doctorow and William Campbell Powell Discuss Expiration Day
by Tor.com
Short Fiction Spotlight: Beneath Ceaseless Skies #144
by Lee Mandelo
Is Art Selfish?
by Gene Luen Yang
Listen to Scalzi’s Old Man’s War as if Geoffrey Chaucer Had Written It
by Stubby the Rocket
Announcing “Unlocked,” a Tor.com Original Novella by John Scalzi
by Tor.com
What Mario Scietto Says
by Emmy Laybourne
Mon Apr 14
Rat Queens Puts the “Party” in “Adventuring Party”
by Mordicai Knode
“How Frozen Should Have Ended” Shows Us a Better Way to Bring Up Elsa
by Stubby the Rocket
Highlights from Peter V. Brett’s AMA!
by Stubby the Rocket
Troll Mountain: Episode Two (Excerpt)
by Matthew Reilly
Hannibal: Puppies, Plate Glass, and Plot Twists
by Alex Brown
Our Favorite Responses From Harrison Ford’s AMA!
by Stubby the Rocket
Detroit Wilderness By Nightfall: Only Lovers Left Alive
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Game of…Space Operas! James S.A. Corey’s Leviathan Wakes is Coming to SyFy
by Stubby the Rocket
Tor Author Randy Henderson Wins the Writers of the Future Award!
by Tor.com
A Read of The Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, In This Haze of Green and Gold, Chapter 1
by Suzanne Johnson
Kim Harrison’s Final Hollows Book Has A Sale Date!
by Stubby the Rocket
SFF Writing Advice from io9’s Charlie Jane Anders
by Leah Schnelbach
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Comic Excerpt)
by Ben Hatke
Sun Apr 13
Game of Thrones Episode Review: “The Lion and the Rose”
by Theresa DeLucci
The Death of Araweilo
by Sofia Samatar
Fri Apr 11
Sunrise, Sunset: Plus One by Elizabeth Fama
by Heidi Frederick
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “To the Death”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
This Week’s Game-Changing Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Was Exactly The Problem With The Show
by Thom Dunn
Macmillan eDeals Has LaunchedFind Great Reads!
by Tor.com
Dragon Age: The Masked Empire by Patrick Weekes
by Liz Bourke
Tor.com Story Art We Never Got to Show You
by Greg Ruth
Batman Gets A Fab New Short For His 75th B-Day From Bruce Timm!
by Stubby the Rocket
Rassenkampf: The Empire of Time by David Wingrove
by Niall Alexander
Join Jo Walton on Tour for My Real Children!
by Tor.com
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend (Comic Excerpt)
by Box Brown
Thu Apr 10
Sapere Aude: The Revolutions by Felix Gilman
by Niall Alexander
Goats Screaming the Game of Thrones Theme Song
by Stubby the Rocket
Join Douglas Preston on Tour for The Kraken Project!
by Tor.com
The Kraken Project (Excerpt)
by Douglas Preston
New How to Train Your Dragon 2 Trailer Features EVEN MORE Dragons!
by Stubby the Rocket
Beginning It All: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Mari Ness
Creating the Artwork for Yoon Ha Lee’s “Combustion Hour”
by Jeffrey Alan Love
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapters 66 and 67
by Carl Engle-Laird
I Just Lost Hours Reading This Geological History of Westeros
by Chris Lough
Go Ahead, Touch Wedge’s Face! X-Wing #3: The Krytos Trap
by Ryan Britt
Todd Lockwood Cover Reveal for Marie Brennan’s The Voyage of the Basilisk
by Irene Gallo
The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 8 and 9
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Apr 9
Join Four Great YA Authors for the “Fierce Reads” Tour!
by Tor.com
Of Neptune (Excerpt)
by Anna Banks
A Twist Saved is a Twist Earned. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “Turn, Turn, Turn”
by Chris Lough
If the Hound Demands Chicken, Give Him Chicken!
by Stubby the Rocket
Join Printz Award Winner Marcus Sedgwick on Tour!
by Tor.com
A Stunning Conclusion: Laini Taylor’s Dreams of Gods and Monsters
by Kat Kennedy
Dark Souls II: To Sit Upon the Throne of Want
by Mordicai Knode
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Seventeen
by Bill Capossere and Amanda Rutter
My Real Children (Excerpt)
by Jo Walton
Aman Iman: Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
by Niall Alexander
Rocket Talk, Episode 3: Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive
by Stubby the Rocket
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog Hodderscape to Pay for Original Content
by Tor.com
Something Going Around
by Harry Turtledove
Herbert for Horror
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 8
Crash Daryl Gregory’s Afterparty Tour!
by Tor.com
Sworn in Steel (Excerpt)
by Douglas Hulick
The Goonies Sequel Might Actually Work… Without A New Generation Dragging It Down
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “For the Cause”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Laini Taylor
by Tor.com
Join Marie Brennan and Mary Robinette Kowal on Tour!
by Tor.com
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 56
by Leigh Butler
Ten Fossil Creatures That Look Like Aliens
by Brian Switek
Poe Money, Poe Sculptures
by Stubby the Rocket
The Contradictions of Diane Duane
by Elizabeth Bear
Let’s Completely Reimagine Battlestar Galactica! Again. This Time as A Movie!
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Post-Binary Gender in SF: Shadow Man by Melissa Scott
by Alex Dally MacFarlane
Game of Thrones Sex Chart is the Least Sexy Thing
by Stubby the Rocket
Liveblogging Season One of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Mon Apr 7
Nathan Bransford and Daniel José Older Discuss “Anyway: Angie”
by Stubby the Rocket
Aliens Don’t Eat Chocolate Cake: Under the Skin and the Science Fiction Art Film
by Ryan Britt
Troll Mountain: Episode One (Excerpt)
by Matthew Reilly
Stealing Brains, Courage and a Heart: Once Upon a Time and the Wicked Witch
by Mari Ness
This Sneak Peek of Game of Thrones Season 4, Episode 2 is the Best
by Stubby the Rocket
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Michael R. Underwood
by Tor.com
Check Out New Cover Art for Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy
by Tor.com
A History of Haunting: The Unquiet House by Alison Littlewood
by Niall Alexander
A Read of the Dark Tower: Constant Reader Tackles The Dark Tower, Blue Heaven, Chapter 12 Sections 12-19
by Suzanne Johnson
Remembering Shadowfax
by Tor.com
Pan Macmillan Announces The James Herbert Award for Horror
by Julie Crisp
The Sky is Taken: It’s Time to Get Over Firefly
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Stephan Martinière’s Cover Art for Shield and Crocus
by Tor.com
Snap, Crackle and Pop: The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde
by Niall Alexander
Sun Apr 6
Game of Thrones, Season 4, Episode 1: “Two Swords”
by Theresa DeLucci
Hades and Persephone
by Jo Walton
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
by Brandon Sanderson
Sat Apr 5
“This is not a natural disaster.” The Extended Godzilla Trailer
by Irene Gallo
Announcing the 2013 Aurealis Award Winners
by Irene Gallo
Fri Apr 4
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Paranormal Romance
by Suzanne Johnson
Motherless Child (Excerpt)
by Glen Hirshberg
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Sabrina Benulis
by Tor.com
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “The Muse”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
The Age of Heroes is Here. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
by Chris Lough
Love Makes Us Such Fools: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
by Steph Sinclair
Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for April
by Tor.com
Christmas Comes Early in this Game of Thrones Meets Nightmare Before Christmas Song of Joy!
by Stubby the Rocket
Game On: International TableTop Day 2014
by Nancy Lambert
Jedi Econ, Sith History
by Max Gladstone
The Adjacent (Excerpt)
by Christopher Priest
Thu Apr 3
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Urban Fantasy
by Suzanne Johnson
Dark Souls II: To Castle Drangleic and Beyond
by Mordicai Knode
The Taking (Excerpt)
by Kimberly Derting
Not The Stuff of Homer: Irenicon by Aidan Harte
by Stefan Raets
Rothfuss Reread: Making a Mask for Patrick Rothfuss, Part 2
by Jo Walton
A Spoonful of Music Makes the Nanny: Disney’s Mary Poppins
by Mari Ness
A Read of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows, Part 10
by Leigh Butler
The Way of Kings Reread: Chapters 64 and 65
by Michael Pye
That Was Awesome: Tony Ballantyne’s Dream Logic
by Chris Beckett
Out of the Cockpit and Into the Black Sun: X-Wing #2 Wedge’s Gamble
by Ryan Britt
The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 6 and 7
by Emmet Asher-Perrin
Wed Apr 2
Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for April
by Suzanne Johnson
The Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe: Stephanie Saulter
by Tor.com
One Hand Washes the Other. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: “The End of the Beginning”
by Chris Lough
And the Skies Change: Steles of the Sky by Elizabeth Bear
by Lee Mandelo
Knights of Badassdom: Verily Dost This Movie Suck
by Theresa DeLucci
Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Dust of Dreams, Chapter Sixteen
by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere
We Did An AMA on Reddit!
by Stubby the Rocket
New Tor.com Original Fiction in April and May
by Tor.com
The Memory Garden (Excerpt)
by M. Rickert
Tor.com is Seeking a Summer Intern!
by Tor.com
Rocket Talk, Episode 2: SFF Awards
by Stubby the Rocket
What Do You Want to Happen in Game of Thrones?
by Stubby the Rocket
The Devil in America
by Kai Ashante Wilson
Back to Business
by Niall Alexander
Tue Apr 1
Fiction Affliction: April Releases in Science Fiction
by Suzanne Johnson
Lena Dunham Being Asked to Consult on Star Wars: Episode VIII Script
by Stubby the Rocket
American Craftsmen (Excerpt)
by Tom Doyle
The Delicate Balance of World-Building: Scott Lynch’s Red Seas Under Red Skies
by Katherine Addison
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch: “Shattered Mirror”
by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Brandon Reveals a Deleted Viewpoint Character From Words of Radiance
by Stubby the Rocket
The Wheel of Time Reread: A Memory of Light, Part 55
by Leigh Butler
Short Fiction Spotlight: Recent Stories in Lightspeed
by Lee Mandelo
Sleeps With Monsters: Between Lagos and Mars and LA and the Stars
by Liz Bourke
Spoilers For Every Book Ever
by Stubby the Rocket
Ask the Tor.com Staff Anything on Reddit Fantasy Today!
by Stubby the Rocket
J.K. Rowling Reveals She’s Hard at Work on Colin Creevey Novels
by Stubby the Rocket
National Poetry Month on Tor.com Features New Pieces from Jo Walton, Theodora Goss, and More
by Tor.com
My Garden
by Theodora Goss