Lightspeed Presents . . . “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” by Ken Liu
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we’ll be featuring a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu. Enjoy! Photo by Chris Donia, of one of the mysterious book sculptures of Edinburgh. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-beautiful-literary-mystery-in-edinburgh-5865968 The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species…
First 40 pages of Richard Kadrey’s new Sandman Slim novel are a Hell of a good time
The great thing about Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim novels is, there’s no foot-dragging. Each book in the series pushes the story forward — usually with a punch in the gut. Case in point: the fourth Sandman Slim Book, Devil Said Bang, starts out with Stark in a very different position than the previous novels. (If…
Rare Batman Comics That Everyone Should Read
Batman has appeared in untold thousands of comic books over the decades. You could pretty much spend the rest of your life reading about Batman. But some of the coolest and most interesting Batman stories aren’t at your local bookstore, on the big shelf of hardcover and paperback collections. They’re only available in the mysterious…