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FIVE QUESTION INTERVIEW WITH ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY
Adrian Tchaikovsky is the prolific author behind the long-running, epic fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt. The Air War is his eighth novel, publishing this month, featuring his imaginative and...
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EPIC STEAM
Steampunk is still a genre pulling itself together: there’s considerable debate over what counts as Steampunk – art, literature, fashion – an overview can be found in the Vandermeer’s The Steampunk...
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THE POLITICS OF INSECTS
There was a good panel at last year’s Eastercon where Charles Stross, Juliet McKenna and others discussed the diversity, or otherwise, of political structures in fantasy fiction. One thing that came...
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EASTERCON 2013: GETTING WITH THE 8SQUARED PROGRAMME
With Eastercon’s EightSquared convention this Easter weekend, I wanted to share with you what Team Tor and authors will be up to and hope to see you there! Paul Cornell,Adrian Tchaikovsky,Gary Gibson...
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FIVE QUESTIONS WITH ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY
This month we publish War Master’s Gate, the ninth book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s magnificent Shadows of the Apt fantasy series. To celebrate the penultimate book in this series, we asked Adrian to...
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GEEKFEST 2013: THE NINE WORLDS ROUND-UP
I spent this weekend at Nineworlds. For those of you who don’t know, Nineworlds is a brand new, three-day ‘geekfest’. This was the first year of the event, which was funded via kickstarter with the aim...
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OUT FROM UNDER THE SHADOW, BY ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY
War Master’s Gate (out now!) is the penultimate volume of my epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt, with the final book, Seal of the Worm, already written and set to come out in the summer of 2014. I...
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HEIRS OF THE BLADE – NEW COVER!
This week we republish Heirs of the Blade, the seventh book in Adrian Tchaikovsky‘s magnificent Shadows of the Apt series. The book is the same, but we’ve given it a new cover, to be more in keeping...
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TOR UK AT THE WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2013
The World Fantasy Convention 2013 is almost here! And as this highlight of the annual fantasy calendar is nearly upon us, I thought I’d do a quick run-down of what Tor UK and our authors will be up to...
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TOR UK AT THE WORLD FANTASY CONVENTION 2013
This last weekend was the amazing World Fantasy Convention 2013 in Brighton …Take a seat, and let me tell you about it. I had an amazing chance to step behind the velvet rope, when I was invited to...
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ON SERIES ENDS & NEW BEGINNINGS – CHERIE PRIEST, MARK CHARAN NEWTON, WILLIAM...
FOUR AUTHORS GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS ON HOW IT FEELS TO FINISH A SERIES Unless you’ve been living in a fugue in a remote, underground cave in some far-off solar system you will have noticed that it is...
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LOOKING AHEAD TO 2014
2013 was a nice year for Tor UK, we published some great books, won a few awards – and then had a nice restful Christmas. And we came back in January all refreshed and rejuvenated and looking ahead to...
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MY LITERARY VALENTINE…(AND WHAT’S YOURS?)
It’s Valentine’s Day so the shops are groaning with hearts, flowers plus cards laden with heartfelt messages. Or funny pictures. Whatever takes your Valentine’s fancy! And to find out the ‘real’ myths...
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WHY WE LOVE WORLDBUILDING
Part of the reason a lot of us read fantasy or science fiction is that undeniable attraction of escaping from this world into another. Whether it’s stepping through the looking glass or climbing...
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A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE DAVID GEMMELL LEGEND AWARDS
The David Gemmell Legend Awards were created to honour the memory of David Gemmell, the bestselling British fantasy author who has sold over a million copies worldwide. The awards were established in...
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SHADOWS OF THE APT SERIES – HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
If you enjoy the fictional worlds of Brandon Sanderson and George RR Martin, you will love Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Shadows of the Apt series. This ten book epic fantasy series about war and empire began...
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THE DAVID GEMMELL AWARDS 2014 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the David Gemmell Awards were announced on Friday 13th June at London’s The Magic Circle, surely the only venue to have an entire cabinet devoted to Paul Daniels. Now in their sixth...
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Five Brilliant Things about Doctor Who – Series 8 Episode 8
We are huge Christie fans at Tor Towers and thoroughly enjoyed this week’s episode of Doctor Who, Mummy on the Orient Express. This homage to the undisputed Queen of Crime opened with a murder, and...
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NEW ACQUISITION – NAOMI NOVIK’S NEW FANTASY NOVEL TO TOR UK
With the news just a few weeks’ ago of the hugely exciting acqusition of The Secret Lives of Twin Peaks I vowed that was my lot for buying books, at least until next year. But then Naomi Novik‘s new...
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WHAT’S EXCITING TEAM TOR UK IN 2015: PART ONE
Mentally I’ve already scoffed the turkey, toasted the champagne and sang a few rousing choruses of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ – 2014 was SO last year. In fact we’re already starting on edits for 2016 – I’m...
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