We knew we had a hit on our hands as soon as the first reads of Matthew Goodman’s Eighty Days came in. “Rollicking, fast-paced, enlightening, cinematic,” said the Discover selection committee readers. “We think Erik Larson fans will want to give this a whirl.”  Matthew Goodman tells the story behind his new book, a Spring ’13 Discover pick, in a guest post on the Discover blog.

Given a career spanning 60 years and as many novels, Philip José Farmer’s science fiction and fantasy work covers a lot of ground. Add to that an extensive mythology that runs through and between many of his books, and figuring out where to jump into his universe might seem completely overwhelming. But while a huge fandom […]