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Why Does it Hurt When the Book You Love Doesn’t Make the List?

People love looking at lists of best books, movies, television shows, songs, games, etc. They find validation when their favorites are listed and feel insulted when not. Often, they revile the list ma → Read More

Should I Become a Book Collector?

The attraction for specific editions with beautiful dust jackets is turning me into a book collector. What should I do? → Read More

9 “Best SFF of the Year” Anthologies

Collections of the year's best science fiction and fantasy short fiction, all coming out this year. → Read More

Women Who Imagined the Future: Science Fiction Anthologies By Women

Get reading science fiction written by women with these science fiction anthologies of short stories, current and from the past. → Read More

Recommending Books Across Generations

On the challenges and difficulties of recommending books across generational lines. → Read More

The Fading Pulp Magazine Subculture

My sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. Saunders, read us A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle the year it was first published. I didn’t know it then, but that story set me on a path towards pulp magazines → Read More

Updating Philip K. Dick

On the ways in which the TV show Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams differs from the original stories, for better or for worse. → Read More

12 Reasons To Use a Kindle to Read Your Book Club Book

12 advantages to using a Kindle for your book club read (and 9 disadvantages). → Read More

15 Tips for Tempering Book Buying Addiction

When you break the rules and your punishment is writing a 100% accurate list of your entire unread collection of books on GoodReads. → Read More

On Frankenstein Dreams and Fantastic Futures of the Past

On the book Frankenstein Dreams and what the people of the past thought about fantastic futures. → Read More

Nonfiction Science Fiction

Nonfiction that explores ideas from science fiction (or vice versa). → Read More

The Two-Person Book Club

Find book clubs overwhelming? Maybe just try the buddy read! → Read More

Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult

On the joy of reading children's literature as an adult. → Read More

Library of America Recognizes Ursula K. Le Guin (and Science Fiction)

Library of America is issuing a collection of the works of Ursula Le Guin--here's why it matters for the genre. → Read More

Reading (and Writing for) Science Fiction Magazines

All the need-to-know information for readers and writers interested in exploring the complicated and expansive world of Science Fiction magazines. → Read More

A New Kind of Bestseller: WE ARE LEGION (WE ARE BOB)

Are audiobooks changing the landscape of bestselling books? → Read More

How Popular is Your Favorite Novel?

Did you know you can use Goodreads' stats to see how many readers added your favorite titles to their library each day? → Read More

Will Facebook Become the Ultimate Online Book Club?

I've noticed a trend that I'm not sure I like. Many friends are spending more time on Facebook and less elsewhere on the internet. If they jump out of Facebook it's because someone shared a promising → Read More

What the Ear Receives that the Eyes Ignore

How audiobooks became a game-changer for one reader. → Read More

Lending Audible Books with an Old Smartphone

I love sharing books because I feel closer to people when we’ve read the same books. Printed books are great because you can lend them out. (Of course, it's a bummer when they don’t come back, but → Read More