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Russian literature is a rich and ongoing literary tradition any serious reader needs to explore. Here are the essential Russian books you must read. → Read More
If 2017 disappointed us in a lot of ways, we can't say it didn't introduce to a whole stack of amazing debut novels, and we have no reason to expect that 2018 → Read More
For two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s best science fiction & fantasy books. Iron Gold, by Pierce Brown (January 1 → Read More
As anyone who has ever been single can attest, finding love isn’t easy. In fact, sometimes it seems like finding one person out of the billions here on Earth → Read More
The locked room whodunnit is a stalwart of the mystery genre—the seemingly impossible crime committed inside a sealed-off room. Agatha Christie had several → Read More
Math: it either excites your mind or fills you with a boredom-tinged dread. For many, math is something to be survived through years of schooling, them promptly → Read More
In his preface to The Spark, David Drake notes the Arthurian tales that inspired his new novel offer a nearly infinite source of raw material for any writer. → Read More
It's almost November,which means it's almost National Novel Writing Month, those 30 glorious, frustrating, enervating, nerve-wracking days when writers everywhere → Read More
The announcement that Kazuo Ishiguro has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is the sort of news that makes you frown and think, wait, he hasn’t → Read More
Once in a while, a writer loves someone else’s work so much, they decide to honor it by slipping a subtle cameo into their own books as both a tribute and → Read More
The novel is a big canvas. It allows for complexity and a deep dive into character—ample space for readers to explore and contemplate. The price for this → Read More
Though ostensibly genres of escapism, some of the best and most entertaining government agencies—hardly two words synonymous with "fun"—ever conceived were → Read More
Back in 1995, Stephen Baxter wrote a sequel to H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Unthinkable, right? But The Time Ships, a temporal saga that dwarfs the original → Read More
In sci-fi and fantasy, heroes tend to wield huge two-handed swords or have bandoliers of ammunition strapped over their impressive physiques as they rocket → Read More
Cover detail of The Gap into Power, by Stephen R. Donaldson (artist Stephen Youll) Spaceship battles! Political intrigue! Romantic subplots! Everyone loves → Read More
Magic as a concept has been with us for as long as our history records, and there was a time when it undoubtedly seemed real—a visceral, undeniable explanation → Read More
For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s can’t-miss new SFF releases. Dark Sky, by Mike Brooks (July 4, Saga Pres → Read More
"Anne of Green Gables" has been adapted into various mediums almost 40 times, making it a contender for most-adapted novel of all time. → Read More
People like to write think pieces on “peak TV,” referring to the flood of high-quality programs filling up our television screens. What’s often overlooked → Read More
Novelists seem to get all the hype. The short story was once considered just as important as the novel—think Hemingway or Chekhov—but at some point, there → Read More