The Genre of Life: On Frank Robinson and Samuel Delany
Revelations and riches in a memoir from a pioneer of pulp fiction and a new collection of journals from an…
Paul Di Filippo
Author of several acclaimed novels and story collections, including Fractal Paisleys, Little Doors, and Neutrino Drag, Paul DiFilippo was nominated for a Sturgeon Award, a Hugo Award, and a World Fantasy Award — all in a single year. William Gibson has called his work “spooky, haunting, and hilarious.” His reviews have appeared in The Washington Post, Science Fiction Weekly, Asimov’s Magazine, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Three Moments of an Explosion
Flying icebergs, space elevators, and alien archaeology all appear in a new collection from “New Weird” master China Miéville. Review…
Wind / Pinball
Fans of novels like “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” and “1Q84” can now trace their author’s current of imagination to his…
Armada
A freewheeling alien invasion of Earth – with notes of “Star Wars” and “The Last Starfighter” – from the author…
The Three-Body Problem
A clandestine research program masks an even more troubling secret in a new work of science fiction from China.
The Southern Reach Trilogy
With Acceptance, a three-volume expedition into the uncanny reaches its climax.
Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century
Why one of science fiction’s most ambitious biographies proves one of its most essential.
Redshirts
John Scalzi’s droll and even touching new novel, Redshirts, is a space opera which, at first, seems wryly and cynically…
Stars and Tennis Shoes: Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
Certainly the highest posthumous praise that can be conferred upon any writer is the assertion that his or her writing…
The Weird
The phrase “ocean of the stream of stories,” traditionally applied to a vast cycle of Indian legends, now has a…
Across the Universe: A Wrinkle in Time Revisited
Why Madeleine L’Engle’s star-spanning vision found its destination in readers’ hearts.
The Cult of LEGO
How the blocks and “minifigs” have leapt the gap from toy to obsession.
The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick
There can be no more dependable indicator that we now all inhabit (or delude ourselves into believing we inhabit) a…
The Magician King
The return of Quentin Coldwater, now High King of Fillory, but still a tormented kid from Brooklyn.
Walking to Hollywood
The British author makes a tragicomic odyssey through an imaginary L.A.
The Wise Man’s Fear
It’seasy to see why Patrick Rothfuss’s sumptuous, soft-spoken, understated debutnovel caused a stir upon its appearance in 2007and went on…
Swamplandia!
A high-spirited tale of a gator-wrestling familyand a young girl’s quest, steeped in backwoods lore.
The Universe Next Door
BrianGreene’s audacious new book makes the case for the multiverse, in whicheverything that can happen, does.
Everything You Know is Pong
In my later teenage years, my aspirations toward becoming a writer were crystallized in large part by viewing a feature…
Zero History
A slyly potent thriller that cocks an eyebrow at our trend-maddened culture.