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Geeks, fanboys, fan girls, and yours truly give a collective SQUEEE!!!!!!!! Everywhere!!!!   Nathan Fillion shows up AND they talk about Scott Sigler 's new book. (I've been stalking following Scott since he was on podiobooks . His writing gets seriously scary!) There are 5 segments to each show (from Tor.com ): The Flog  — As in Felicia’s blog. Get it? It’s Felicia Day doing whatever Felicia Day feels like doing; everything from milking a cow, to operating a forklift, to flying on a trapeze! I’m looking forward to it, because Day is charming and totally game, and she seeks out stuff to do that — chances are — we’ve all wanted to try at some point. Total wish fulfillment. Table Top  — Produced by and starring Wil Wheaton, this show provides a novel look at table top RPGs as Wheaton and his celebrity geek friends sit around playing a different table top game each episode. This is a great idea for those (like me) who don’t know the first thing about RPGs. Rath...

Tweet We're very excited to announce that, beginning Friday March 18th , our resident  Wheel of Time  re-reader Leigh Butler will begin  A Read of Ice and Fire ! Not only that, but Leigh will be tackling the books as someone brand new to the series. We can't wait to see where her entertaining perspective of A Song of Ice and Fire brings us. That's not all! Theresa DeLucci and Ellen B. Wright have started an  anticipation thread  for HBO's upcoming  Game of Thrones  series and will be recapping the show as it begins airing this April. As   A Dance of Dragons   nears, we'll have even more Song of Ice and Fire surprises in store on Tor.com. Stay tuned! In her post, Leigh asks commenters to avoid spoilers as best as possible since it's her first read through the series (I know, right????) One possible way around this would be for commenters to white-text spoilery comments, so that they are only visible when highl...

The week’s new wallpapers are Shelley Eshkar’s cover art for The Andriod’s Dream by John Scalzi; and Sam Weber’s piece for Beasts! , edited by Jacob Covey. Get them while you can. When a new one goes up, the old one comes down. Shelley Eshkar Sam Weber Our current free book is Crystal Rain by Tobias Buckell. Download your eBook in : >> PDF format >> HTML format >> Mobi format

SOMETHING NEW IS COMING. A science fiction and fantasy site not quite like any you’ve seen before, mixing news, commentary, original stories and art, your own comments and conversations, and more. A place on the net you may find yourself wanting to visit—and participate in—every day. Stay tuned to tor.com . The week’s new wallpapers are Luis Royo’s painting “Mist’s Edge,” from his book Fantastic Art: Luis Royo ; and Jon Foster’s painting “Mobiebot,” from his book Revolution: The Art of Jon Foster . Get them while you can. When a new one goes up, the old one comes down. Luis Royo Jon Foster Our current free book is Farthing by Jo Walton. Download your eBook in : >> PDF format >> HTML format >> Mobi format In case of viewing or download issues, please view additional instructions below. To read the PDF version: If you experience a problem viewing the PDF, right click on the "PDF format" li...