It’s a rich time for those of us who pine for excellent science fiction and fantasy stories about women and girls. Across all the medium, you’ll find them having adventures, becoming the heroes, and saving the day. The best of them care deeply about their homes, their families (biological or families of choice), and protecting the people […]
Kate Elliott is having a moment. February saw the release of her short fiction collection, The Very Best of Kate Elliott. Then in August, her first YA novel, Court of Fives, debuted. Black Wolves is her third book of 2015 and the opening to an expansive epic fantasy series that takes place in the same world as her Crossroads trilogy. […]
Court of Fives marks the entry of prolific fantasy scribe Kate Elliott into the wide field of young adult genre writing. Although it’s her first YA work, the series-starter is her 22nd solo novel; she’s been honing her skills in various areas of adult science fiction and fantasy since the late 1980s, and knows her way around introducing […]
This weekend is Sasquan, the 2015 World Science Fiction Convention. If you’re caught up on the Hugo nominees, this week’s new release will give you plenty to read while you are waiting for the winners to be announced.
To say that existence itself is reminiscent of a game is almost a cliché; games turn up in our everyday lives in vocabulary, theory, and metaphor. Competition, after all, is what drives everything—competition for resources, for food, for success. In the modern age, our games are (relatively) sedate and calm, with the worst consequences usually hurt […]
