Free Anthology, Amazon's Take on Tolkien, and the Geology of Randland

To view this email as a web page, go [here.]( [Tor.com Newsletter]( [Forward to a Friend]( READING MATERIAL [Some of the Best From Tor.com 2021 Is Out Now!]( The 2021 edition of Some of the Best From Tor.com is out! This free anthology features twenty-four of our favorite original stories published on the site in the past year. Download your copy now! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO AMAZON [A Show of Hands for Amazon’s The Rings of Power: Speculating on What We Know So Far]( Amazon has done a pretty good job tossing up tantalizing nuggets about their upcoming 5-season Lord of the Rings series—the latest being a series of intriguing character posters. Jeff LaSala goes over what we already know, and digs into the details to see what else we can learn about the characters, settings, and major events that might appear in this new foray into Middle-earth. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( WORLDBUILDING [The Wheel of Time From a Geological Perspective]( The striking geology of Robert Jordan’s world is so deftly incorporated into the storytelling, you might barely notice at first glance how important it is. Allison Kubo Hutchison takes a look at three key features of the place fans call Randland, and how they deepen our understanding of the world and its history from a geological perspective. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( REFLECTIONS [Five Stories That Helped Me Understand My Anxiety]( Stories can often act as a unifying force among those of us with anxiety, depression, and the many types of neurodivergence. And happily, more and more creators are tackling the challenges presented by mental health and teaching us to better understand ourselves through narratives that tell us we’re not alone. Cole Rush shares five stories that helped him come to terms with his anxiety in constructive and meaningful ways. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( MODERN EPICS [The Tricky Art of Translation and Maria Dahvana Headley’s Modern Beowulf]( It’s not very often that a thousand-year-old poem has a new translation that gets people hyped up, at least in the Anglophone world, but Maria Dahvana Headley’s recent Hugo Award-winning translation of Beowulf certainly did. Translation is a fascinating topic, and one that’s rarely simple or straightforward. In a new SFF Linguistics column, CD Covington takes a look at how Headley updated an epic. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU [Five More Unskippable TV Intros]( Our collective love for TV introductions has led to a long list of fantastic opening sequences that deserve the “unskippable” label—including some tried-and-true Tor.com community favorites. Cole Rush shares five (more) iconic intro sequences, and some honorable mentions! [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( CLOSE READS [“Will I Ever See You Again?” How Pete & Pete Predicted the Future]( Nickelodeon’s iconic series The Adventures of Pete & Pete ran from 1993 to 1996 and left a lasting impression on a generation of kids. The show offered a sense of the world’s strangeness that anyone lost in the suburbs—not just children—would recognize. In a new Close Reads column, Catherine Baab-Muguira dives into how Pete & Pete’s surrealism still resonates even today. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( STAR TREK FOREVER [Star Trek: Prodigy Arrives at Mid-Season With Hope and Fear]( The first season of Star Trek: Prodigy is shaping up beautifully—and it might just be the best Trek series ever. Keith R.A. DeCandido discusses the first ten episodes of the show thus far, now that we’ve reached the mid-season finale. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( ORIGINAL FICTION [“The Chronologist” by Ian R. MacLeod]( A boy, desperate to escape the drudgery of life in his small town, gets caught up in the machinations of a traveling time keeper, and slowly watches his town and his life unravel by the seams. [Read more]( SHARE THIS: [Publish to Facebook]( [Publish to Twitter]( Follow Tor.com to get updates on all of our original fiction. FOLLOW US: [Follow Us on Facebook]( [Follow Us on Twitter]( [Follow Us on Tumblr]( [Follow Us on Pinterest]( This email was sent by: Macmillan 120 Broadway New York, NY, 10271, US We respect your right to privacy - [view our policy]( Macmillan believes piracy hurts writers, readers and everyone who loves books. Learn more and report suspicious activity [here.]( To subscribe to this or other email communications from Macmillan, please click [here](. Visit our [profile center]( to update your email address and/or other information. If you no longer wish to receive this email communication, click [here]( to unsubscribe.