The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-20 12:33:19 UTC ]
Mary Shelley was goth before it was cool. She wrote Frankenstein—sometimes described as the world’s first science fiction novel—as part of a horror story writing game. She lost her virginity to Percy Shelley on top of her mother’s grave. (To be fair, it was one of her main leisure spots, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-09-17 16:41:12 UTC ]
The best science fiction and fantasy book deals of the day, curated by Book Riot Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-13 12:33:54 UTC ]
Choose from early readers, middle grade, or young adult age categories to find your next kids' science fiction and fantasy graphic novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-09-07 11:45:00 UTC ]
Art may imitate life but it rarely does so with realistic fidelity. As Naomi Pequette, Space Science Programs Specialist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, argues in her essay "The Sounds of Contact" as part of The Science if Sci-Fi Cinema: Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-09-04 15:30:43 UTC ]
Solaris has landed Aubrey Wood's "edgy" debut novel Bang Bang Bodhisattva, a comic science fiction mystery. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 10:17:52 UTC ]
In Matthew FitzSimmons’s speculative murder mystery “Constance,” the title character’s consciousness is mistakenly downloaded into a clone. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-08-24 19:55:19 UTC ]
There’s a scene in 2014’s Wolfenstein: The New Order where J, a character inspired by Jimi Hendrix, explains to the game’s white protagonist, BJ Blazkowicz, why he’s not fighting. After Blazkowicz talks back, J tells him: "You don't get it, do you? Before all this, before the Germans, before the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-08-19 17:45:33 UTC ]
Little, Brown science fiction and fantasy imprint Orbit has snapped up fantasy author Emily Tesh's "phenomenal" debut novel, Some Desperate Glory. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-17 15:24:34 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired Mindwalker, a "compulsively page-turning" science fiction novel from Kate Dylan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-16 21:44:42 UTC ]
N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance trilogy got us thinking about other titles perfect for the small screen. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-08-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
The stories in The Rock Eaters often have an elastic relationship with reality, familiar political landscapes or emotional struggles warped by the uncanny. Some stories fall more explicitly within the bounds of science fiction or fantasy, but most show us a world nearly known, but not quite. In... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-08-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
Hugo Gernsback once said SFF writers impart knowledge without out making us aware we're being taught. So what do they actually teach us? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-08-12 10:37:00 UTC ]
It’s hard to believe that in just a matter of years, foldable devices have gone from the stuff of science fiction to actual usable daily drivers. Here we are today, checking out the third generation of Samsung’s foldables, which the company just launched at its Unpacked event. The Fold 3 is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2021-08-11 14:00:51 UTC ]
HarperVoyager has announced a weekend of fantasy and science fiction panels for readers and writers in September, headlined by Jay Kristoff. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-01 04:11:25 UTC ]
“The World Gives Way,” “The Chosen and the Beautiful” and “Sword Stone Table” borrow from familiar stories but offer surprising readings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-07-30 16:00:03 UTC ]
Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a fairly wild essay by Miguel Esteban who, at the tender age of 14, commissioned a now-famous essay on race in science fiction from Octavia Butler. The whole piece is worth a read (the gall of teenage boys! the grace of Octavia!) but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-26 13:40:52 UTC ]
After COVID-related delays, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sweeping (and difficult to adapt) science fiction epic Dune is finally set to debut both on HBO Max and in theaters on October 1st. As the release date quickly approaches, Warner Bros has dropped a new trailer. (If you... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-22 16:21:07 UTC ]
Quercus has bought British barrister and counter-terrorist expert Adam Oyebanji’s UK debut, billed as an “exhilarating blending of hard science fiction and thriller”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-19 20:50:22 UTC ]
What Borges’ science fiction got right about the importance of forgetting, according to child psychiatry. | Lit Hub Science Searching for Moby-Dick (and the elusive truths of America’s pastime): Rick White goes deep on Bill James, Herman Melville, and the whaleness of Whiteyball. | Lit Hub... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-17 10:30:33 UTC ]