Judging by the reviews of World War Z, the epic zombie flick starring Brad Pitt (loosely based on the novel by Max Brooks), the next few months could very well be a glorious Summer of the Undead. And if you’re a zombie fiction aficionado like myself—or especially if you’re new to the genre—this could be […]
These are golden days for science fiction and fantasy, especially when it comes to the small screen. There’s less than a month left until HBO’s Game of Thrones graces your TV screen once again, continuing its quest to destroy your feelings. And last month, Neil Gaiman’s long-gestating TV adaptation of American Gods got a renewed lease […]
The Season 3 finale of The Walking Dead aired yesterday, which means millions of fans are going through the torturous process of zombie withdrawal. To ease that pain a little, I’ve come up with three extraordinary zombie fiction series to fill your days and nights until the fourth season starts back up, presumably next fall.
Brent Weeks. Ann Leckie. N.K. Jemisin. James S.A. Corey. What do all these big names in sci-fi and fantasy have in common? Their debut novels were published by Orbit Books. Over the last decade, Orbit US, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, has quickly established itself as one of the premiere publishers of science fiction […]
Some novels become living entities, spawning spinoffs in countless allied narrative forms. The Harry Potter series begat movies, a plays, and the Pottermore website; A Song of Ice and Fire currently spans five novels, a host of novellas and short stories, an in-world volume of lore, a blockbuster TV adaptation, video games, and countless other mediums. With that in mind, […]