BookCon Adds Sci-Fi, Mystery and Thriller Authors to Adult Lineup

ReedPOP has unveiled a lineup of science fiction, mystery and thriller authors for BookCon 2018, which includes such authors as David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Brad Meltzer, and Walter Mosley. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clock Tower lands YA sci-fi gaming series by Sullivan

Sweet Cherry imprint Clock Tower Publishing has acquired M J Sullivan’s YA sci-fi series inspired by gaming and virtual reality. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 18:01:30 UTC ]
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How to Reframe the Strangeness of The Plague as Sci-Fi Noir

In the early 2010s I lived near a bookstore called KAYO Books, in an area of San Francisco sometimes called Tenderloin Heights. They stocked an incredible array of pulp and genre fiction: two dizzying floors of detective fiction, mysteries, westerns, schlocky movie and TV tie-ins, and erotica.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-24 09:55:50 UTC ]
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Michael Connelly’s new Bosch book is one of this month’s best thrillers and mysteries

Other best thrillers of November: “The Bloodless Boy,” “The Pledge” “Hello, Transcriber” and “The Night Will Be Long.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline scoops Elston's debut adult thriller in 24-hour pre-empt

Headline has scooped First Lie Wins, the debut adult thriller from Ashley Elston, in a 24-hour pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-20 07:17:26 UTC ]
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5 new thrillers and mysteries to read this fall

Begin the season with books by Anthony Horowitz, Camilla Trinchieri, David McCloskey and others. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Strangest Sci-Fi Dystopias

Lincoln Michel, author of the new novel 'The Body Scout,' picks 10 of his favorite dystopian novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Astronauts check our scripts!’: inside the new age of sumptuous sci-fi TV

With clone emperors in haute couture and exotic wolf-lizards poised to attack, Foundation and For All Mankind herald a new era of ravishing spectaculars. Can they do for sci-fi what Game of Thrones did for fantasy?Dynastic infighting, the decline and fall of a mighty empire, tyrannical rulers... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-09-23 15:57:15 UTC ]
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The 5 best new thrillers and mysteries to read in August

Shari Lapena and Karin Slaughter are among the authors delivering satisfying suspense. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-07-27 16:02:23 UTC ]
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Review: Southern mystery star S.A. Cosby blows up the odd-couple revenge thriller

"Razorblade Tears," S.A. Cosby's follow-up to the Times Book Prize-winning "Blacktop Wasteland," follows two men hunting the killers of their gay sons. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The 5 best new thrillers and mysteries to read in June

Among our picks: ‘The Other Black Girl,’ by Zakiya Dalila Harris and ‘Hairpin Bridge’ by Taylor Adams Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-03 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight thrillers and mysteries to read this summer

‘Blacktop Wasteland’ author S.A. Cosby recommends books that will keep you on the edge of your lawn chair. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Bo-Young Kim on Finding Unlikely Sci-Fi Influences

Western works of science fiction were not easily accessible in translation in South Korea until recent years. The country was ruled by a succession of military dictatorships until around 1992, and before that time, South Korean culture had been surveilled through a state censorship system that... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-05-27 08:50:01 UTC ]
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Five great new mysteries and thrillers to look forward to this spring

Find intrigue, suspense — and an escape! — in new books by Linwood Barclay, Nancy Tucker, M.L. Longworth and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-18 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan

As China’s science fiction authors are elevated to the status of oracles, Qiufan’s career—and his genre’s place in society—have gone through the looking glass. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2021-03-09 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Funny Sci-Fi Books

Do you love your science fiction with a heaping side of humor? You’ve come to the right place! Pick up these funny sci-fi books, including Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2021-01-28 11:38:00 UTC ]
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A New Way to Trace the History of Sci-Fi’s Made-Up Words

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction turns a century of neologisms (and neosemes!) into a redefintion of the genre. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2021-01-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Tracking the Vocabulary of Sci-Fi, from Aerocar to Zero-Gravity

The new online Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction probes the speculative corners of the lexicographic universe. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-01-26 12:01:06 UTC ]
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John le Carré, Best-Selling Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89

Breaking from the James Bond mold, he turned the spy novel into high art as he explored the moral compromises of agents on both sides of the Iron curtain. Continue reading at The New York Times

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A Guide to Conquering Your Demons With 5 Mathematical Sci-Fi Books

These mathematical science fiction books use mathematics in world-building to advance the plot and build characters. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-10-28 10:37:00 UTC ]
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The Butch Lesbian Sci-Fi Aesthetic: A Conversation With Tamsyn Muir

TAMSYN MUIR’S DEBUT NOVEL, Gideon the Ninth, the first in her Locked Tomb trilogy, exploded into the world to universal critical acclaim last year. The series doesn’t fit nearly into the castles-versus-spaceships division that characterizes much of mainstream science fiction and fantasy. It has... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-21 17:00:28 UTC ]
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