The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.
 

 

• The first trailer for Catching Fire is here! And wow, this movie looks just incredible.

• Tor.com’s Carl has a lot of opinions about the spren in Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings, and he’s not afraid to share them. Now, he’s also given us a complete catalogue of all the spren we’ve seen so far in The Stormlight Archives.

• We love fantasy maps, and io9 has collected some truly incredible ones.

• Both Brandon Sanderson and Jay Lake did Reddit AMAs this week. Check out all the questions they answered.

• A West Virginian politician wants to put science fiction in our schools. We fully agree.

• The final Star Trek: Into Darkness trailer is here!

• We’re hiring summer interns!

 
And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• April #TorChat Sweepstakes (Ends 4/24)
• Fantasy Collection Sweepstakes (Ends 4/30)
• Goodreads Giveaway: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Ends 4/24)
• eBook Sale: Three A.M. eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 4/24)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos (Ends 4/24)
• Goodreads Giveaway: Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis (Ends 4/30)
• eBook Sale: Flying in Place eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
• eBook Sale: Bitter Seeds eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
• eBook Sale: The Way of Kings eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
• eBook Sale: Wide Open eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
• eBook Sale: Kings of Vice eBook is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 5/1)
• Goodreads Giveaway: A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron (Ends 5/7)
• Goodreads First Reads: Sandstorm by Alan L. Lee (Ends 5/13)
• Goodreads First Reads: Requiem by Ken Scholes (Ends 5/15)

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The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• Because we love tormenting fans (and ourselves, let’s be honest), check out this post from Irene Gallo of Tor.com, who went behind the scenes to watch A Memory of Light being printed at the bindery. Also: Tor.com is having a NYC midnight launch for the final Wheel of Time book!

• Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit comes out today! Over on io9, there’s a fun list of 12 things you probably didn’t know about the epic new movie.

• Looking for new reading material for the holidays? Tor.com has you covered. They’ve invited some of their regular reviews to share their favorite reads of 2012. The result is an eclectic list of books sure to please almost any genre fan.

• A well deserved award: SFWA has named Gene Wolfe the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award Winner for 2012. If you want to check out some of the award-winning author’s earlier works, we’ve just announced 19 of his backlist titles are now available as ebooks.

• Tor.com has launched a new series: Talking with Tom. In this initial conversation, the legendary founder of Tor chats with L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

• In November, science fiction author Frederik Pohl made a rare appearance at Windycon, where he did an interview with ChicagoScope.

• Finally, io9 has their impressions of the first nine minutes of Star Trek: Into Darkness. Is anyone else ridiculously excited for this movie? I know I am, but I’m a bit of a Trekker, so…

The Tor/Forge newsletter went out this week! Check out these fascinating articles from our authors:

• The Toughest Part of Writing Cold City by F. Paul Wilson
• A Letter from Harry Ransom by Felix Gilman
• Crying Bully by J. A. Souders
• What if? Two little words that created S. J. Day’s Eve of Darkess by Sylvia Day

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Newsletter Sweepstakes: Big Fat Books for the Holidays (Ends 12/16)
• Goodreads First Reads: Impulse by Steven Gould (Ends 12/18)
• Goodreads First Reads: The Sixth Station by Linda Stasi (Ends 12/19)
• eBook Sale: People of the Earth by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
• eBook Sale: Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
• eBook Sale: Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War by Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
• eBook Sale: Imager by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
• Goodreads First Reads: Homeland by Cory Doctorow (Ends 1/9)
• Goodreads First Reads: Kalimpura by Jay Lake (Ends 1/9)
• Goodreads First Reads: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Ends 1/9)

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.
 

 

• Want to know more about Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time? Tor and Rock Soup Productions have put together a series of videos with Brandon Sanderson, Harriet McDougal, Tom Doherty, Jason Denzel, and more. You can see the first two on Tor.com now!.)

• John Scalzi returns to the Old Man’s War universe on January 15th, with the debut of The Human Division!

• Jim C. Hines, the fantasy author famous for striking a pose, has decided to do it again – this time for charity. And he’s challenged John Scalzi to a pose-off!

• There are some truly beautiful images in Tor.com’s Picturing the Hobbit.

• This week was Hobbit Week on The Colbert Report. Did you watch?

• Tor.com is collecting some of their favorite stories from the year, and the ebook is now available for pre-order.

• io9 has a new glimpse behind the scenes of Season 3 of Game of Thrones!

• Last but not least, here’s the first look at Harrison Ford as Colonel Graff, yelling at Ender and his fellow launchies. We can’t wait for this movie to come out.
   
  And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!
  • Goodreads Giveaway: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 12/14)
  • Newsletter Sweepstakes: Big Fat Books for the Holidays (Ends 12/16)
  • Goodreads First Reads: Impulse by Steven Gould (Ends 12/18)
  • Goodreads First Reads: The Sixth Station by Linda Stasi (Ends 12/19)
  • eBook Sale: People of the Earth by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
  • eBook Sale: Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
  • eBook Sale: Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising: Edge of War by Larry Bond and Jim DeFelice is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
  • eBook Sale: Imager by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is on sale for $2.99 (Ends 1/2)
  • Goodreads First Reads: Homeland by Cory Doctorow (Ends 1/9)
  • Goodreads First Reads: Kalimpura by Jay Lake (Ends 1/9)
  • Goodreads First Reads: A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan (Ends 1/9)

Goodreads First Reads: Kalimpura by Jay Lake

This sequel to Green and Endurance takes Green back to the city of Kalimpura and the service of the Lily Goddess.

Green is hounded by the gods of Copper Downs and the gods of Kalimpura, who have laid claim to her and her children. She never wanted to be a conduit for the supernatural, but when she killed the Immortal Duke and created the Ox god with the power she released, she came to their notice.

Now she has sworn to retrieve the two girls taken hostage by the Bittern Court, one of Kalimpura’s rival guilds. But the Temple of the Lily Goddess is playing politics with her life.

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New Releases: 8/21/2012

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The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• Rest in peace, Sally Ride. You inspired a generation of women (and men). Thank you for everything you did.
• John Scalzi invites you to join the B-Team and you’ll get to read a free short story set in his Old Man’s War universe!
• NPR put together a list of the best-ever teen novels, and they’re asking for reader votes. Go choose your ten favorites!
• Orson Scott Card talks about all things Ender with Publishers Weekly.
• Artist Dan Dos Santos discusses how he created the cover for Jay Lake’s upcoming novel Kalimpura.
• Tor.com thinks that Anne Hathaway might be the best Catwoman to date. What do you think?
• Steven Erikson introduces his new novel, Forge of Darkness. You can also read an excerpt on Tor.com.

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Kitty Steals the Show by Carrie Vaughn (Ends 7/31)
• The Eye of the World Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/8)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• In a Fix by Linda Grimes (Ends 8/10)
• This Case is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova (Ends 8/10)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Ends 8/10)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 8/15)
• Urban Fantasy Sweepstakes (Ends 8/3)

The Week in Review

Welcome to the week in review! Every Friday, we comb through the links and images we found and shared this week, and pull the very best for this post. Consider it concentrated genre goodness from all around the web.

• Genre legend Ray Bradbury died on Tuesday at age 91. Not only was he an amazing author, but he inspired multiple generations of writers and artists, and continues to do so. Mr. Bradbury, you will be missed.
• Tor/Forge Books and Tor.com have announced a brand new e-book store, selling DRM-free titles from Tor, Forge, Starscape, Tor Teen, and Orb e-book titles directly to readers.
• Author Rhiannon Held examines the concept of the “Mary Sue.”
• There was an extraordinary astronomical event this week: Venus transiting the Sun. There are a ton of amazing pictures out there, but Bad Astronomer has some with not only Venus, but Hubble as well.
• The New Yorker has a lovely essay from Ray Bradbury about the inspiration for his story “The Fire Balloons.”
• Happy birthday, Jay Lake! We totally want one of those bobble-heads.
• HBO is now selling replicas of the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.
• What’s better than M.C. Escher? Combining M.C. Escher with Star Wars and Lego.

The Tor/Forge newsletter went out this week! Check out these fascinating articles from our authors:

• Journey to Planet JoCo: “Todd the T1000″ with John Scalzi and Jonathan Coulton
• Werewolf Anthropology by Rhiannon Held
• Why Is Your Noir So, Um, Dark? by Warren Hammond
• It’s a Character Thing by J. A. Pitts
• Exploiting the Multiverse for Fun and Profit by Paul Melko

And, just to make Friday that much sweeter, here’s a list of sweepstakes and sales we have going on!

• Waiting on Wednesday: Dark Companion by Marta Acosta (Ends 6/13)
• We have a collection of YA ebooks on sale for $2.99 for a limited time!
• Kitty’s Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn (Ends 6/19)
• The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla (Ends 6/19)
• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Ends 6/22)
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent (Ends 6/22)
• Blackmail Earth by Bill Evans (Ends 6/25)
• The Lincoln Letter by William Martin (Ends 6/25)
• Summer Manga Sweepstakes (Ends 7/1)
• An Echo Through the Snow by Andrea Thalasinos (Ends 7/9)

New Releases: 11/8/2011

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