Meet mechanical dragons, security units, and wild robots in these incredible science fiction books all about robots. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
[ Book Riot | 2023-01-09 11:32:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#science fiction
In a year plagued by racial tensions, Colson Whitehead took the National Book Award for fiction for his novel "The Underground Railroad," a visceral and creative imagining of a female slave's escape from slavery. Although it takes years to write a book and bring it to publication, the National... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#racial tensions
#colson whitehead
#underground railroad
An algorithm has been built to predict a book’s genre by its cover. Sadly for online booksellers, it doesn’t do a very good jobBack in September, a report suggested that robots will have eliminated 6% of jobs in the US by 2021. Fortunately for book designers, it doesn’t look as if androids are... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#cover design
#book based
#online booksellers
#report suggested
Fiction and picture books are likely to take the lion’s share of sales over the Christmas period, although this year’s YA and teen offering is not as strong, according to a number of children’s booksellers. Florentyna Martin, children’s buyer at Waterstones, said younger fiction is particularly... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#picture books
#christmas period
#jacqueline wilson
#rick riordan
#liz pichon
#david walliams
#jeff kinney
#tom fletcher
Andrea Wulf has been named the 29th winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize for her biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature (John Murray), about an explorer, naturalist and foreign member of the Royal Society. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#andrea wulf
#royal society
Actress-turned-author Lena Dunham is trying her hand at writing fiction as she prepares to release a collection of short stories next year. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fiction book
#short stories
Abrams is to publish Mr Robot: Red Wheelbarrow, a book based on the journal of the main character of the US TV series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#companion book
#book based
#main character
#tv series
The author took to Twitter today to give an explanation for how to increase diversity in science fiction. It starts with publishing more writers of color. The post N.K. Jemisin Has a Plan for Diversity in Science Fiction appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#increase diversity
#science fiction
An Italian guide to Pokémon Go heats up in Europe; the backlist Spanish-language memoir about Pablo Escobar, by his former lover, sells in the States; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#pablo escobar
Fireside Fiction’s report, #BlackSpecFic, finds less than 2% of SF stories published in 2015 were by black writers The world of speculative fiction publishing is plagued by “structural, institutional, personal, universal” racism, according to a new report that found less than 2% of more than... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#black author
This week: Jacqueline Woodson's first adult novel in 20 years, plus a look at the microbes within us. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#jacqueline woodson
Abrams signs a new YA novel about an a cappella group at an elite boarding school; Bloomsbury picks up two poetry collections from English poet and rapper Kate Tempest; Berkley signs a seven-figure four-book deal with Catherine Anderson; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book deals
#poetry collections
#english poet
#berkley signs
The Royal Society has revealed its six-strong shortlist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2016, five of which are published by independent presses. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indies strong
#royal society
#six-strong shortlist
#independent presses
Lately a number of licensing deals and renewals pair licensed characters with true nonfiction, helping children and families learn facts about science and history through the eyes of their favorite characters. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#licensing deals
#helping children
#favorite characters
The first fiction smuggled out of North Korea sells in the U.S., and an Italian debut by a translator draws international buzz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#italian debut
S&S Kids goes to ‘Zero’ for Prendergast and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book deals
This week: the latest from Jhumpa Lahiri, plus A. O. Scott on how to think about art. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#jhumpa lahiri
Baird Harper sells his debut to Scribner, Swedish indie success Emilie Schepp lands at Mira, cartoonist Zac Gorman sells a middle grade fantasy series, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book deals
In this week's episode of the 'Geek's Guide to the Galaxy' podcast, author Fred Nadis talks about his book on sci-fi writer and editor Ray Palmer. The post When Good Science Fiction Fans Go Bad appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-12-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#sci-fi writer
Computer-generated fiction might seem a tipping point for artificial intelligence, but it could help us to understand the world we live inIn 1983, William Chamberlain and Thomas Etter released a book called The Policeman’s Beard Is Half Constructed, described as the “early fiction” of a computer... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#raw data
A “page-turning thriller” about the race to crack the genetic code, a portrayal of life in European Organization for Nuclear Research's (CERN) underground bunker and an exploration of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder are among the titles shortlisted for The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#page-turning thriller
#titles shortlisted
#science books