Strap on Those Tights: The Boy Wonder Rides Again
In honor of what promises to be the most entertaining—or at least cringe-inducing—Vice Presidential debate in recent memory, please allow me to present a meditation on The Sidekick The Second Banana...
View ArticleNew Gaiman: The Graveyard Book
Were there but world enough and time, I would have read the complete works of Neil Gaiman by now. In the interest of full disclosure, however, I should admit that I have not read everything the man’s...
View ArticleStanford Prison Experiment: The Movie
According to Wikipedia (my source for all possibly-dubious-but-fun information), Maverick Films is mounting a movie about the Stanford Prison Experiment conducted by psychologist Philip Zimbardo in...
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Prince of Stories: A New Guide To All Things Gaiman, Plus Poster Giveaway!
As I wrote in my recent review of The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman is a hard guy to keep up with. It’s actually kind of amazing: sometimes I feel like I need to pop a No-Doze just to keep pace with all...
View ArticleTotal Insanity of the Very Best Kind: Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django
Cult director Takashi Miike has been the subject of a lot of debate around the Tor offices lately. Unfortunately the resident haters don’t possess the mighty blogging power that has foolishly been...
View ArticleDown with Stripper Heels: A Candy-Corn-and-Bile-Flavored Halloween Pep Talk
Celebrating Halloween has always been one of my favorite things about living in New York; I love the way the whole town embraces all the best aspects of the holiday in so many spectacular, hilarious,...
View ArticleHey, Tech Geeks and Mad Scientist-types: Michael Moorcock Needs Your Help
Matt Staggs over at Enter the Octopus has put out a “Calling All Geeks!” alert on behalf of Science Fiction and Fantasy legend Michael Moorcock, who has apparently been having some difficulties on the...
View ArticleJungles & Graveyards & Boy Scouts, oh my…Maniacal Ramblings and Notes on...
Yes, yet another Gaiman-related post; look, it’s not my fault the man’s been taking over the world lately, and quite frankly I’m not complaining. First off, there’s the Coraline musical coming in May...
View ArticleAdventures in Fandom: Neil Gaiman and Chip Kidd talk Sandman, Batman,...
Earlier this week, I attended a conversation at the 92nd Street Y featuring Neil Gaiman and author/editor/designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd. Kidd, who is currently promoting Bat-Manga!: The Secret...
View ArticleCelebrating Liberation: Brian Slattery Rocks Out in Pre-Apocalyptic Brooklyn
Last Friday night found most of the Tor.com staff piling into cabs in search of a semi-mythical place called Red Hook, where author (and occasional Tor.com blogger) Brian Francis Slattery was throwing...
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Buffy versus MacGyver: Worst. Cagematch. Ever.
What. The. Hell…WENN is reporting that a new poll of the greatest TV Action Heroes was just released. The top five? 1. MacGyver 2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. Jack Bauer (24) 4. Sydney Bristow (Alias)...
View ArticleNine Out of Ten Crazy Cyborgs Agree: You Should Give Jonathan Coulton Your Money
We love Mr. Jonathan Coulton here at Tor.com. There’s really no way to overstate this: if we could elect an official bard, I’m pretty sure he’d win in a landslide (even though he’s already Contributing...
View ArticleSuper Science Dance Party: Jazz Hands and Particle Physics, Together At Last
A few days ago, the winners of the second annual AAAS/Science Dance Contest were announced after a six-week battle pitting chemists against biologists, physicists against neuroscientists, and Fosse...
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Ain’t No Party Like a SFWA Party…
Monday night, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America hosted their annual reception in New York, extending an open invitation to all publishing professionals who work in SciFi and Fantasy to...
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Brandon Bird: Geek. Artist. Pop Culture Genius.
Don’t know if anyone else out there grew up watching Children of the Corn an unhealthy number of times like I did—it’s not that it’s a good movie, but something about the creepy, children-chanting...
View ArticleHere’s Hoping Alex Cox’s Repo Man Sequel Isn’t One Big Circle Jerk
In 1984, first-time director Alex Cox unleashed upon an unsuspecting public one of the weirdest, most brilliant indie movies ever made. If you think of the Eighties in terms of John Hughes and Cameron...
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Clusterfuck toward Asgaard: The Search for Thor Continues
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the casting of the new Thor movie. Daniel Craig? Meh. Kevin McKidd? Liked him in Rome, but what’s not to like about high budget historical porn? Both have...
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24 Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures) in SFF
Lists rabbits 24 Bunnies (and Other Strange, Rabbit-Type Creatures) in SFF We’re paying tribute to some of the more memorable bunnies and assorted rabbit-like creatures, from cuddly cartoons to pure...
View ArticleOddball Holiday Classics to Seek Out This Season
First, I should admit that I’m a sucker for a lot of holiday standards, from The Grinch and Peanuts to Rudolph and Frosty the Snowman. I adore both White Christmas and National Lampoon’s Christmas...
View ArticleAudiobooks Have Taken Over My Life, and I Love It
I’ve officially become An Audiobook Person. It wasn’t a sudden conversion—I’ve been listening to podcasts for years, but there was a time I couldn’t imagine listening to fiction in the same way. Then...
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