book reviews

The weather forecast is one of the most ubiquitous things in our daily lives. People talk about it when there’s…

Traditional nature writing explores the majesty of earth’s topographies—its fields and streams and mountains—those…

The first time climate change hit home for me, I was at the top of a ski run. I don’t recall the exact date or even…

If you want to know everything that happens to a piece of food between the grocery store and the toilet, these are…

The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, by Greg Steinmetz, is about Jacob Fugger, a man who never drew a sword, nailed up…

One web comic that I particularly like is John’s Comic Crits. He picks up an interesting mix of books, but instead…

The Fourteenth Goldfish is a rare children's book. It presents a message that plenty of people will disagree with -…

There are tons of sites out there with reviews of science fiction books — but what if you want the nudist…

It's been a while since the New York Times Sunday Book Review had a regular science fiction book column. So it's…

Internecine politics, clan rivalries, and werewolf-posturing serve as the backdrop for World Fantasy Award winner…

Publishers Weekly's Genreville blog is posting a hilarious set of tweets for would-be "lazy book critics," under the…

The New Space Opera, a recent anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan, was supposed to testify to…