Keith DeCandido
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New York, NY, United States
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Charles Stross’s Dark State (Audio Excerpt)
Book 2 in the Empire Games series. In the near-future, the collision of two nuclear superpowers across timelines, one in the midst of a technological revolution and the other a hyper-police state, … → Read More
Deadly Grace: Revealing Black Wings Beating
Author Alex London launches a soaring saga about the memories that haunt us, the histories that hunt us, and the bonds of blood between us. We’re excited to reveal the cover for Black Wings B… → Read More
See Tamora Pierce on Tour for Tempests and Slaughter!
Legendary fantasy author Tamora Pierce returns to Tortall in the highly anticipated first book in the Numair Chronicles, Tempests and Slaughter, a must-read for any fantasy lover! Arram Draper is o… → Read More
“Cyber Monday” Deals Are Coming for These Tor.com Publishing Titles!
It’s almost Kindle-filling season! For Amazon’s “Cyber Week” (taking place from Tuesday, November 28 to Sunday, December 3), the following Tor.com Publishing titles will be on sale for Kindle. → Read More
“Everybody comes home” — Star Trek Discovery’s “Into the Forest I Go”
And so Discovery reaches its “mid-season finale,” a recent phenomenon of television to make sure that people tune in for the last episode before a break, and also to reassure folks that… → Read More
Announcing the 2017 World Fantasy Award Winners
The winners for the 2017 World Fantasy Awards have been announced! This year’s award ceremony was held at the World Fantasy Convention, November 2-5, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas, with a theme of “Secret Histories.” Terry Brooks and Marina Warner were honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards. → Read More
“Cowabunga!” — Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a phenomenon so long that probably nobody remembers that they started out as a parody of Marvel Comics of the 1980s, particularly those by Chris Claremont… → Read More
The Spores Must Flow — Star Trek Discovery’s “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry”
One of the issues I have with the full-season-story model of television is that all too often the creation of a good one-hour episode gets lost in the shuffle. Everyone’s so focused on the bi… → Read More
Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere Always Makes Me Think of Final Fantasy
Big Damn Swords, orange blood, gods made of future metal… Brandon Sanderson’s books make use of a great variety of epic fantasy settings and magic systems, and each new series and short… → Read More
Wonderful and Wonderless — Wonder Woman (1974), The New Original Wonder Woman, and Supergirl
It’s funny to say this now, but throughout the 20th century, DC was the leader in getting their properties translated to the screen. They gave us two iconic Superman actors in George Reeves a… → Read More
Getting to Know The Stormlight Archive’s Dalinar Kholin: The Man That War Made
Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive may be an immense epic fantasy in the making, but its success can be attested to the finely focused crafting on a character level. While there are dozens of s… → Read More
With Great Power Comes Great Boredom — Spider-Man (1977) and Dr. Strange (1978)
In many ways, the 1970s were the first golden age of superheroes on TV. You had Wonder Woman and The Incredible Hulk, not to mention stuff like The Six-Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. In a… → Read More
Check Out Brandon Sanderson’s Tour Dates for Oathbringer, Book 3 of The Stormlight Archive
Brandon Sanderson will be stopping in selected cities following the release of Oathbringer, the eagerly awaited third volume in the epic Stormlight Archive fantasy series. In Oathbringer, out on No… → Read More
Introducing 4-Color to 35-Millimeter: The Great Superhero Movie Rewatch
Superhero movies are all the rage in the early 21st century, but it’s hardly a new phenomenon. In the earliest days of superhero comics, they were quickly adapted into serialized formats: liv… → Read More
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek Beyond Written by Simon Pegg & Doug Jung Directed by Justin Lin Release date: July 22, 2016 Stardate: 2263.2 When Star Trek Beyond was released a year ago, I reviewed it for this site… → Read More
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness Written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman & Damon Lindelof Directed by J.J. Abrams Release date: May 16, 2013 Stardate: 2259.55 Captain’s log. On Nibiru, a plane… → Read More
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Written by William Shatner & Harve Bennett & David Loughery Directed by William Shatner Release date: June 9, 1989 Stardate: 8454.1 Captain’s log. We … → Read More
Firebrand Sweepstakes!
We want to send you a galley copy of A.J. Hartley’s Firebrand, the sequel to Steeplejack, available June 6th from Tor Teen! → Read More
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Written by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards and Nicholas Meyer (uncredited) Directed by Nicholas Meyer Release date: June 4, 1982 Stardate: 8130.3 Captain’s log.… → Read More
Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Written by Alan Dean Foster and Harold Livingston Directed by Robert Wise Release date: December 7, 1979 Stardate: 7410.2 Captain’s log. Three Klingon ships appr… → Read More