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Tor.com is pleased to announce “Independent Bookseller Picks”, celebrating the best independent bookstores and their recommended reading list of great genre fiction. More…

In an effort to educate and encourage math and science education Tor/Forge Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, and NASA have embarked on a collaboration to publish a series of science based, commercial fiction books, referred to as “NASA inspired Works of Fiction” around concepts pertinent to the current and future work of NASA. More…

Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC—the largest publisher of science fiction in the world—and Visceral Games™, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the publication of Dead Space™: Martyr, the first novel based on the award-winning Dead Space videogame franchise. More…

Reissue of first three Halo novels to be updated with new content, edits, covers, art! More…

New York Times bestselling author returns with a new Richard & Kahlan novel More…

Tor Books is proud to announce today’s release of The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson, Book Twelve of The Wheel of Time and the first of three novels to conclude the beloved and international bestselling fantasy series.

New Halo collection to feature original tales by Eric Nylund, Karen Traviss, Tobias Buckell and more More…

REDMOND, Wash. — July 23, 2009 — A renowned set of storytellers from some of the world’s leading anime studios in Japan are about to take one of the most iconic franchises in science fiction and video games to a new level. More…

Hugo and Nebula award-winning author GREG BEAR to pen Halo® trilogy set in the time of the Forerunners… More…

New York, NY and Edmonton, Canada — Monday, December 15, 2008 — Tor Books, the largest publisher of science fiction in the world, and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), are proud to announce the publication of Dragon Age™: The Stolen Throne (A Tor Trade Paperback; $14.95; March 3, 2009), the thrilling prequel to Dragon Age: Origins, the highly anticipated dark, heroic fantasy video game. More…

New York, NY -- On August 21, Cory Doctorow, award-winning author and co-editor of the popular blog Boing Boing and experimental writer / artist / musician Paul Miller, a.k.a. D.J. Spooky That Subliminal Kid team up for a multimedia speaking event benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. More…

Tor is proud to announce that author Morgan Llywelyn has been selected by Irish America magazine as one of the top 100 Irish Americans!