The City of Brass Author S.A. Chakraborty on What Makes a Historical Fantasy Shine
S.A. Chakraborty’s debut The City of Brass is a fantasy novel rooted in reality, and heavily influenced by the very…
Joel Cunningham
Read the First Chapter of Lost Gods, a New Epic Fantasy Inspired by African Legends
Writers of all cultures and colors have been writing science fiction and fantasy since the beginning, but recently, these kinds…
9 Books to Extend Your Stranger Things 2 Binge
Stranger Things is back, and we haven’t showered in days. We have binged the entire new season, however. Stranger Things…
In Defense of Reading (and Writing) for Fun
Melissa Caruso has just published her debut fantasy, The Tethered Mage, and we have a lot of good things to…
The Book of Dust Honors the Legacy of Philip Pullman’s Masterpiece
Returning, years later, to expand upon a story long thought complete—particularly one treasured by many as a childhood classic—is a…
Elizabeth Bear Answers 5 Questions About Stone Mad
We loved Elizabeth Bear’s 2015 feminist steampunk western Karen Memory (“…the kind of book that grabs you by the ribs…
William Gibson’s Archangel Is a Story That Demanded to Be a Comic
William Gibson is a living legend of science fiction, credited with coining the phrase “cyberspace,” bringing cyberpunk into the mainstream,…
Frank Miller
Every author has a story beyond the one that they put down on paper. The Barnes & Noble Podcast goes between the…
Guest Post: Joseph Brassey Highlights 7 Inspiring Heroes Who Reject Toxic Masculinity
Joseph Brassey’s Skyfarer is a bold, brash fantasy saga packed with admirable heroes and dastardly villains. But not all heroes…
How a Career as a Stuntwoman Spawned a Killer Urban Fantasy
Dana Fredsti’s (Plague Town) latest novel is Spawn of Lilith, a contemporary fantasy about a tough-as-nails woman who’s a stunt…
The Logistics of Throwing Mountains: N.K. Jemisin Discusses The Broken Earth Trilogy
In 2015, N.K. Jemisin published The Fifth Season, and the world watched an already accomplished writer level up in a…
How Lewis Carroll Inspired the Mad Genius of Jeff Noon
Jeff Noon is the force behind some of the strangest works of science fiction we’ve ever read—and his new novel…
In the Comics, the Atomic Blonde Favors Brains Over Butt-kicking (and She’s Not Even Blonde)
The Charlize Theron-starring action-thriller Atomic Blonde is in theaters today, continuing her evolution into a butt-kicking action star who can also…well,…
American Gods Episode 8: “Come to Jesus”
We’ve seen the finale of American Gods. We have thoughts. Overview We begin with Mr. Nancy, who takes over the…
19 Crucial Images from The Dark Tower Trailer
This morning, the trailer for the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower finally dropped, and boy, do…