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All The Most Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books in October

You’d better clear your schedule—because October is just packed with amazing science fiction and fantasy books.…

PublishedOctober 1, 2015

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Read An Exclusive Chapter Of Catherynne M. Valente's New Fairyland Book!

Catherynne M. Valente's Fairyland series has captured the imaginations of kids and perspicacious adults alike — and…

PublishedJanuary 26, 2015

An Exclusive Look at Catherynne M. Valente's Next <em>Fairyland</em> Book

An Exclusive Look at Catherynne M. Valente's Next Fairyland Book

Catherynne M. Valente's "Fairyland" books have captured the imaginations of readers of all ages. And in case you've…

PublishedSeptember 9, 2013

What's it like to return to an ordinary life after saving Fairyland?

Catherynne M. Valente's crowd-funded novel The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making was an…

PublishedOctober 4, 2012

All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books You Can't Miss in October!

October brings an amazing horde of great books, to keep you reading way into the night. Lois Lowry concludes the Give…

PublishedOctober 2, 2012

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Great SF authors share their biggest writing setbacks — and how they triumphed

Any time you read a terrific science fiction or fantasy novel, you're witnessing a great victory. Every writer faces…

PublishedAugust 31, 2012

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Help keep short fiction excellent, by supporting Electric Velocipede

Electric Velocipede, the Hugo Award-winning science fiction magazine, has gone online, so you can read all of its…

PublishedAugust 30, 2012

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The Best of Recent Fantasy Literature: the Mythopoeic and World Fantasy Awards

Want to find the best fantasy books that have been published recently? Two sets of awards can help you out.

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PublishedAugust 8, 2012

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Some of the Coolest Space War Stories You've Ever Seen

War and Space: Recent Combat, from editors Rich Horton and Sean Wallace is possibly one of the finest anthologies…

Andrew Liptak

PublishedJuly 25, 2012

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Great Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Who Lived Abroad

Science fiction and fantasy are all about reaching beyond the horizon — so it's not surprising that many of the…

PublishedJune 21, 2012

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Bordertown has never looked so lovely: Your first look at the Welcome to Bordertown paperback

We loved the anthology Welcome to Bordertown, featuring authors ranging from Neil Gaiman to Catherynne M. Valente…

PublishedMarch 27, 2012

New anthology of genderqueer stories includes a story called "Schrodinger's Pussy."

This is the coolest thing we've seen all day: a new anthology called Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid…

PublishedDecember 8, 2011

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Go back to Barsoom, with new John Carter stories by some of your favorite authors

The classic John Carter of Mars saga is having its 100th anniversary in February 2012, and he's getting a new movie…

PublishedMay 19, 2011

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Eastern Europe's Evil Granny Rules Two New Novels, "Deathless" and "Baba Yaga Laid An Egg"

Vampires have stolen the spotlight from their Slavic folklore comrades far too long. Two new novels—Catherynne M.…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedApril 20, 2011

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Read an excerpt from "Deathless," Catherynne M. Valente's Soviet update of Russian folklore

Scary figures from Russian folk tales cruising around in Soviet-era Russia, wreaking political and magical havoc?…

Annalee Newitz

PublishedJanuary 20, 2011

The coolest looking book cover we've seen in ages: Catherynne M. Valente's Deathless

This book cover draws your eye, with its curving dark lines and its stark red-black-and-off-white color scheme. To…

PublishedNovember 30, 2010

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November Books Bring Greg Bear's deep-space mystery and steampunk secrets

In this month's books, Greg Bear serves up disaster in deep space, while a beautifully designed book sheds new light…

Kelly Faircloth

PublishedNovember 8, 2010

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