According to the traditional Chinese calendar, today marks the start of the Year of the Pig and the celebration of Lunar New Year in China and other countries in Southeast Asia (including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand)—and, indeed, around the world. To celebrate the new year, here are 10 new and recent sci-fi and fantasy […]
Cover illustration and design by Shirley Jackson • Edited by Joel Cunningham Winner of the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. A hapless imugi is determined to attain the form of a full-fledged dragon and gain entry to the gates of heaven. For a long time, things don’t go well. Then, it meets a girl. The B&N Sci-Fi […]
Zen Cho’s Sorcerer to the Crown is one of the most delightful surprises of the fall, a fizzy fantasy debut that’s both a charming homage to the Regency novel and a timely consideration of the issues those books ignore: race, gender, and inequality. It’s a book for anyone who has read and loved Georgette Heyer, Jane […]
Editor’s note: Earlier today, we debuted the cover of Zen Cho’s buzzed about debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, available September 1 from Ace. Zen was also kind enough to share a bit about what inspired her to write it—a book that explores a magical, Regency-era fantasy world, but does so without erasing the significant […]