October 2010
November in science fiction: Your ultimate... →
November in science fiction: Your ultimate survival guide! The io9 calendar for November science fiction bursts with unprecedented awesomeness. On your movie screens, there’s Harry Potter…
Oct 30th
NASA's awesome space art recharges your sense... →
NASA’s awesome space art recharges your sense of wonder for the weekend It’s Friday, which means we could all use a touch of cosmic amazement to kick-start our work-numbed souls. Cue…
Oct 30th
A quartet of classic steampunk tales, reimagined... →
Award-winning short story writer Eileen Gunn, author of Stable Strategies and Others, is publishing a series of four flash fiction stories over at Tor.com, written in the style of classic…
Oct 30th
The Wheel of Time Re-read: Winter’s Heart, Part 23 →
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake! It’s the Wheel of Time Re-read as we know it, and I feel fine, y’all. Today’s entry covers Chapters 34 and 35 of Winter’s Heart, in which World …
Oct 30th
A Conversation with Malazan series authors Steven... →
Welcome to a conversation with Malazan series authors Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont! The two will be chatting back and forth about various elements in the Malazan books, starting…
Oct 30th
How many habitable planets are there in the... →
By now you may have heard the report that as many as 1/4 of all the sun-like stars in the Milky Way may have Earth-like worlds. Briefly, astronomers studied 166 stars within 80 light years…
Oct 30th
Trailer: Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva →
About Rogue Island: Liam Mulligan is as old school as a newspaper man gets. His beat is Providence, Rhode Island, and he knows every street and alley. He knows the priests and…
Oct 29th
The 13 scariest books of all time NOT written by... →
Yes, we all know King is the Sultan of Scare, and that books like The Shining, Salem’s Lot, and It will make you quake in your fuzzy slippers. But here are 13 books that’ll start the shivers…
Oct 29th
The Steampunk Civil War →
The American Civil War, which occurred in an industrialized nation in the middle of the nineteenth century, is a remarkable window on the technologies of the steam age and their usefulness in…
Oct 29th
Attention Malazan Fans: join Steven Erikson and... →
Hi Gang, We’re at World Fantasy Con, in Columbus Ohio, with Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont. The guys will have a conversion amongst themselves, and anyone wanting to jump in, starting at…
Oct 29th
Wheel of Time Theory Riot →
Everyone, by this time next week, we’ll have Towers of Midnight in our hands! Woohoo! As you know by now there are plenty of things that you can be doing while you wait for Towers…
Oct 29th
Giveaway: 25 Fantasy Books from Tor →
Sign up for the Tor/Forge Newsletter for a chance to win this prize pack of 25 fantasy novels from Tor Books!
Oct 29th
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases... →
Fiction Affliction is a monthly column written by Royal Street author Suzanne Johnson that examines upcoming releases by genre or sub-genre. Check back every day this week for coverage of…
Oct 28th
Steampunk Fortnight Giveaway: Steampunk Library →
If you’ve been wanting to find out what’s been going on in the world of steampunk literature lately, or even if your shelves are just feeling a little bare, then this is the giveaway for you: a…
Oct 28th
Frequently Asked Questions re: the Clockwork... →
But seriously, folks … Posted on | 14 minutes ago, in the morning | No Comments I think it’s time to update my Frequently Asked Questions vis-a-vis the Clockwork Century books. Why?…
Oct 28th
Bitten by Books » Boneshaker by Cherie Priest →
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest Posted by Carol Thursday October 28, 2010 Riveting from its first page, the extraordinary Boneshaker starts off the Clockwork…
Oct 28th
Felix Gilman: The Half-Made World | The A.V. Club →
The Half-Made World A by Zack Handlen October 28, 2010  Author: Felix Gilman Publisher: Tor Rate It Submit A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C
Oct 28th
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases... →
Fiction Affliction is a monthly column written by Royal Street author Suzanne Johnson that examines upcoming releases by genre or sub-genre. Check back every day this week for coverage of…
Oct 28th
The Half-Made World →
We hope you enjoy this excerpt from The Half-Made World, a fantastical reimagining of the American West influced by steampunk, the American western tradition, and magical realism. For another…
Oct 28th
Free Readin’ | LIGHTBRINGERS AND RAINMAKERS by... →
Hello May. I haven’t written in a while and maybe it seems I only write when there’s bad news. Well, this is not the exception that proves the rule, if you know what I mean. I lost…
Oct 28th
The Malazan Re-read of the Fallen: Night of... →
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…
Oct 28th
Disciple of the Dog →
I’ve been extremely curious about this book ever since it was announced that Bakker, writing as Scott Bakker, had another thriller in the pipeline. I’m a big fan of the author’s…
Oct 28th
Building A Raygun For The Flying City →
A great appeal of steampunk for me is the rayguns. They are perhaps one of the most delightful anachronisms of the steampunk conceit, being neither of the past nor the future, but with elements of…
Oct 28th
The Magic of Recluce eBook now available for $2.99 →
The Magic of Recluce eBook by L.E. Modesitt Jr. is currently on sale for only $2.99!* About the book: With The Magic of Recluce, L.E. Modesitt made his impressive hardcover debut,…
Oct 27th
New Release: 10/26 →
Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey is now available. About the book: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Mercedes Lackey presents three exciting short urban fantasy…
Oct 27th
There are no beginning or endings… →
By Jason Denzel, Dragonmount.com This is an exciting moment to be a Wheel of Time fan. In my recent review of Towers of Midnight, I said that the experience of reading this penultimate…
Oct 27th
Tower Guards →
Tor and Dragonmount.com are once again indebted to the incredible WoT community with the creation of this fall’s Tower Guard program! A group of hand-selected WoT fan volunteers, the Tower Guards…
Oct 27th
WoT Wallpaper →
While there are only a limited number of bumper stickers out there in the world, everyone can enjoy the laughs. Dress up your computer or phone in its Bel Tine best with these Wheel of Time…
Oct 27th
25 things to do while waiting for Towers of... →
ONE MORE WEEK! I know. I know. The wait must be killing you by now. Try to relax. November 2nd will be here soon, and there are plenty of things we can all do to occupy our time until the release…
Oct 27th
Giveaway: Brandon Sanderson Prize Pack →
Sign up for the Tor/Forge Newsletter for a chance to win this collection of hardcovers by Brandon Sanderson: Every…
Oct 27th
Theoryland—Just Some Crazy in a Pot →
By Matt Hatch, Theoryland.com Recently, I’ve had many opportunities to discuss Theoryland in interviews and at conventions. And in the process I’ve discovered that I am a terrible spokesperson….
Oct 27th
Threads in Time →
By Linda Taglieri, The Thirteenth Depository I started reading The Wheel of Time soon after my eldest child was born. He is now twenty. So while I can’t say that I grew up with the books, my…
Oct 27th
How Asmodean made me better at my job →
By Justin Golenbock, aka Tor’s “Wheel of Time guy” Can you be so into your job that it actually embarrasses your boss? Very easily, it turns out. I came into my job interview at Tor (after…
Oct 27th
Towers of Midnight Chapter 2 Discussion →
By Linda My discussion on Questions of Leadership, Chapter 2 of Towers of Midnight, available for free in audio form on Tor.com has been posted here. It contains spoilers. Chapter 2 follows…
Oct 27th
Richard Matheson—Storyteller: The Poe Years, Part... →
[Read Part 1 of “The Poe Years”] Matheson and Vincent Price were reunited on Roger Corman’s Poe series after an interregnum resulting from a dispute between Corman and American International…
Oct 27th
MIND MELD: Underrated Anime (With Videos!) →
[Do you have an idea for a future Mind Meld? Let us know!] Everyone looking to watch some good anime knows the popular ones: Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My…
Oct 27th
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases... →
Fiction Affliction is a monthly column written by Royal Street author Suzanne Johnson that examines upcoming releases by genre or sub-genre. Check back every day this week for coverage of…
Oct 27th
Ringworld 40th Anniversary: Ringworld, Linchpin of... →
Ringworld joins together and expands upon many concepts from early stories of the Known Space series. Disparate elements from different stories are interwoven to create a cohesive whole, making…
Oct 27th
One More Week to Towers of Midnight →
One more week… Along with creating the above book trailer, Jason Denzel and Dragonmount are releasing some great articles and interviews in the run-up to Towers of Midnight. Check out…
Oct 27th
Steampunk Fortnight Wallpaper by Sydney Padua →
Ladies and gentleman! We are excited today to present you with something very rare indeed: a glorious exclusive wallpaper by the esteemed Ms. Sydney Padua. If Ms. Padua’s name doesn’t ring any…
Oct 27th
METAtropolis: Cascadia - The Star Trek Connection →
METAtropolis: Cascadia - The Star Trek Connection Filed Under: coming soon METAtropolis Audiobooks Check out the narrators for our stories in the new SF…
Oct 27th
John Scalzi - What's Really Scary in Science... →
John Scalzi - What’s Really Scary in Science Fiction Film Posted by John Scalzi on Oct 26 2010 John Scalzi John Scalzi is an award-winning science fiction…
Oct 27th
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases... →
Fiction Affliction: Diagnosing November Releases in Science Fiction Suzanne Johnson Fiction Affliction is a monthly column written by Royal Street author Suzanne Johnson that lists…
Oct 27th
Muddy Colors: PROCESS : Black Blade Blues →
PROCESS : Black Blade Blues About a year ago, I was asked to do the cover for a novel called ‘Black Blade Blues’. As usual, I asked the Art Director to send me the manuscript so that I can…
Oct 27th
Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest «... →
Review: Dreadnought by Cherie Priest 12 Oct 195. Dreadnought by Cherie Priest Publication: Tor Books (September 28, 2010), Paperback, 400pp / ISBN 0765325780 Genre:…
Oct 27th
This is how I roll... Another contest! →
In the last few weeks we’ve (yes, that’s still the royal we) given away signed copies of Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr, The Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la Cruz, and Paranormalcy by…
Oct 27th
Review: A Star Shall Fall by Marie Brennan →
In Marie Brennan’s A Star Shall Fall, it is 1757, and once again the Onyx Court faces destruction. After a terrible battle with a Dragon that set London aflame in 1666, the best the faeries…
Oct 27th
Behold the cover to Greg Bear's first Halo novel... →
Here’s an exclusive look at the full, uncropped cover art to Greg Bear’s first Halo novel, Halo: Cryptum. You’ll notice it’s pretty different than the usual Halo book cover. No Master Chief,…
Oct 27th
10 Reasons Why The Wheel Of Time Has Been Hailed... →
10 Reasons Why The Wheel Of Time Has Been Hailed As A Masterpiece dgolder | Features, Opinion | 26/10/2010 10:00am 2 Comments Page 1 of 3 Next The penultimate book…
Oct 27th
The Quantum Thief - U.S. Cover →
I’m usually not a big fan of posting cover art because I think everyone else will post it first. I mentioned on twitter that TOR sent out an email with the cover art for this book and someone
Oct 27th