Repeated attempts to contact Tor.com about this issue have failed, so I’m posting it here, as this potentially affects all users of the site (and registered ones in particular).
Edit:
It appears that Tor.com has taken action and cleaned up the file mentioned in this post, meaning the information below is now outdated and Tor.com should currently be safe-ish to use.
Safe-ish, as the vulnerability that allowed the hack to happen may still exist, along with any possible backdoors the hackers left behind. So until Tor.com confirms that the problem is completely resolved, it is possible that malware might re-appear on the site.
First, about the hack itself:
Attackers gained access to Tor.com and altered a file to include malicious javascript.
This is easy to verify:
EDIT: NOTE THAT GOING TO THE SITE ISN’T SAFE RIGHT NOW
Go to tor.com, view source, and ctrl-f “confirm.min.js”. That’ll show you the location of the/a compromised file.
Open the file …
This is the first time I’ve gone to see a movie on release day and I have no regrets. From the beginning, I had a suspicion that this might be one of the few cases where a movie might be better than the book and I’m glad to have been proven correct. Though, yes, there are some minor changes for the sake of improving the pacing (which is GOOD), it stays very very faithful to the story. And the costumes, the visuals, the soundtrack, the casting - all on point. It’s beautiful to watch.
I can’t judge from the viewpoint of someone who doesn’t know the plot at all and I have seen neither the 80s movie nor the tv series, only read it, so I can’t compare to the previous tries, but as far as the quality of the adaptation goes, 10⁄10 this is Dune done right.
Impressed and can’t wait for part 2.
Hi Everyone! I am Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of the Shannara, Landover, and Word/Void series. I also wrote novelizations for the movies Hook and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as well as the SF thriller Street Freaks and the short fiction collection Small Magic.
I am here in support of my first new fantasy novel unrelated to anything else I’ve written in the last two decades or so. It is titled Child of Light. It is a perfect place for readers unfamiliar with my work, but readers who have been with me a long time will hopefully enjoy it too.
When I’m not writing and not in the midst of a pandemic, I spend my time traveling, enjoying my family, and reading whatever I can get my hands on.
Looking forward to answering your questions and talking about anything!
With Magic,
Terry
She would have been 92 today. One of the greatest speculative fiction writers of all time, in my opinion, and the author who got me into fantasy (and reading in general) as a kid. I first read A Wizard of Earthsea when I was 12, and have read it many more times since then - it’s one of those books that for me feels fresh every time I read it.
I made it my goal a couple years ago to read everything she’s ever published - she was awfully prolific, I am not even close to being done at 27 works read. As a queer person, her depictions of diverse genders and sexualities meant a lot to me as a teenager. She was truly ahead of her time in that regard.
What are your favorite Le Guin novels, stories, or quotes?
I did not expect such abuse and cruelty to be written out so plainly. Even the death of Aunt Spiker and Aunt Sponge by literally crushing them was not on course with my expectations.
“There was a crunch. And then there was silence. The peach rolled on. And behind it, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker lay ironed out upon the grass as flat and lifeless as a couple of paper dolls cut out of a picture book.”
I’m thoroughly enjoying the book because of how unexpected each page is.
I’m a New York Times bestselling author. I wrote my first book in 1974 when I was twenty-one, while at Stanford. Some of my notable novels include Aquamarine, Practical Magic, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, and Faithful. Reese Witherspoon picked, The Rules of Magic, the prequel to the cult-classic Practical Magic, as her October 2017 Book Club read and Magic Lessons, the third book in the series, was a Book of the Month pick for October 2020. The fourth and final novel in the Practical Magic series, The Book of Magic, is out this month. Ask me about my new release!
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Soooo I finished Lolita, and I gotta say… it’s easily a 7 or 8 out of 10 (it emotionally fucked me up), buuuuut I don’t understand how people can possibly misconstrue this book. Humbert Humbert was an egotistical, manipulative asshole, and I just don’t understand how he can draw in real life people with just some fancy words. Apparently people have to constantly remind themselves that he’s a pedophile/rapist. I, alternatively, had to constantly remind myself that he’s supposed to be charming. Literally everything he said was just to cover up what he did with pretty wording and dry wit… Am… Am I reading this right? Like did I didn’t miss anything right?
ALSO, I was really not prepared for Lolitas ending. It kinda messed me up. Anybody got anything to say that’ll cheer me up?
I have finished three quarters of the book and boy this was a surprise because my expectations were based on the movie (Brad Pitt saves the world… I liked it though it’s an ok zombie-crisis movie) but the novel has such an interesting structure and provides great insights about an aggressive pandemic.
Specially post covid you will feel the novel is so accurate ! Some countries trying to suppress the news and downplay importance, some governments are busy trying to divert attention, other nations who are taking the quarantine seriously can’t do it because of lack of cooperation, Some developed nations are overconfident that it’s not a big enough threat, misinformations and fake medicines making business… I was stunned so accurate it is.
Those who haven’t read yet, do read if you like apocalypse genre.
Oh, I do so love this book. After recommending Roger Zelazny in earlier posts I finally picked up my 30+-year-old copy for a re-read.
Honestly, I still wonder what it is about his style of writing. His lines of description and dialogue are written in sparse sentences that leaves most of his unique vision to the readers’ imaginations. Even the dialogue between antagonists is short and pointed (even polite).
At around 300 pages he crams more ideas and passion into one book than all the writers of the 80s/90s who published bloated trilogies ten times the size. A prefect melding of science and fantasy fiction: love, betrayal and politics plus a religiously-themed background of fantasy powers enhanced by technology.
The people who visit this sub obviously love SF. If you haven’t yet, and can find a copy, please give it a go.
Hello r/printSF,
I LOVE sf but I wish there were more big ideas without all the war and space battles.
Today I have up on The Algebraist for this reason and I’m considering giving up on Fall of Hyperion as well (even though I’ve read and loved Hyperion at least 5 times). I just want the big concept stuff.
Cheers!
Looking for SF novels/short stories that deals with the idea that some ‘lifeforms’ could be beyond human comprehension, they could be aliens or something else. ‘They’re Made Out of Meat’ was a short story somewhat like that. Even Annihilation, where the researches don’t know what they are dealing with and the way it affects them is abstract and mindbending.
Prefer stand alone books over series.
Thanks !!
Update - I didn’t expect so many responses :) I haven’t been able to reply to everyone individually but you should know that I am so happy for all your suggestions, have been noting them and updating my to-read list.
looking for books that arent overly political, arent military heavy, just a small crew on a ship that adventure through the galaxy/space. sometimes they go down to planets, sometimes it’s just in the ship, i welcome short stories and series, one shots are fine but i guess what i would find ideal is a series, or a short story series like little episodes. indue is fine too, i am not to critical as long as it makes sense when you read it.
thanks!
EDIT: i have read the farscape books they put out along with stargate and some star trek novels.