If there's one thing the Internet loves, it's lists. That's never more obvious than at the end of the year when surfers are bombarded with one "Best of the Year" list after another. I love looking at book-related "Best of the Year" lists because it's fun to see what made the cut and how lists differ from one another. Even better: lists stoke my desire to read and point me towards books I may have otherwise ...
Unless you've been in a coma, you know that a new Star Wars film hit theaters last week. Star Wars is undeniably a mega-successful film franchise and The Last Jedi is sure to follow suit. But let's be honest: Although Disney/LucasFilm is admittedly picking up the pace, for a film franchise that's been around for forty years, the pickings are slim. Only nine films have been released thus far, and some of those included Jar Jar ...
The speculative fiction genre—a term I use to encompass science fiction fantasy and horror—has so much to offer readers, whether they are looking for simple escapism, thought-provoking situations, or a little taste of the weird. Are you looking for something new to read? You're sure to find something in the following eclectic selection of recent speculative fiction releases.
Steal the Stars by Nat Cassidy
Steal the Stars was born as a science fiction podcast from Tor Labs written by ...
I love it when books get adapted to film and television. It gives me a chance to compare and contrast the story in different media and think about why story elements were changed—sometimes necessarily, sometimes not so much. Here are ten opportunities for you to do the same. (Some of these are in the early stages and may never see the light of a movie projector, but that doesn't stop us from enjoying the books anyway.)
The Rift Uprising ...
I'm always on the lookout for good books to read. I found eighteen of them coming out in December, which include stories about a megalomaniacal search for immortality, spinoff tales based on Alice in Wonderland, a Battle Royale to the death between coworkers, and the rise of magic on the dead bones of science.
Canto Bight by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant , & John Jackson Miller
Unless you live under a rock that doesn't get Internet ...
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The holidays are right around the corner and for many that means looking forward to time with family and friends, indulging in holiday feasts, and sneaking in some extra reading time. It's also the start of gift-giving season and the ensuing panic of figuring out what to get for the special people in your life. For those of you who know readers of science fiction, fantasy and horror and/or the garden variety geek, I have good news ...
If you like stories about time travel (and who doesn't?) here are seven recent time travel books you'll want to know about…
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson & Nicole Galland
What do you get when one of science fiction's most meticulous authors teams up with an historical novelist? You get a hefty and thoroughly imaginative near-future thriller that combines magic, secret government organizations and time travel. Melisande Stokes is a ...
Filmmakers are always looking for the Next Big Thing, but sometimes the Next Big Thing is something that's been around for decades. Here's a roundup of classic science fiction books that have been optioned for filming rights and will hopefully find their way to film and television.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Although Ray Bradbury, arguably one of literature's greatest writers, wrote in multiple literary genres, his best-known work is the iconic 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 ...
