Sylvain Neuvel really doesn't like conventional narrative formats. His debut trilogy, the Themis Files (Sleeping Giants, Waking Gods, and Only Human) was written entirely as "found" documents, everything from transcribed interrogations to diary entries.…
Ancient Greeks really liked snakes. So did most cultures of the Mediterranean and Ancient Near Eastern world; it was only later that snakes got a devilish reputation. Living their lives hugged so closely to…
Or, where to spend your Christmas cash if you want books. This is necessarily heavy on releases for the beginning of the year and sequels, since many other titles haven't been announced. Many further…
The Sea Dreams It Is The Sky reads like House of Leaves had an unholy demon baby with The Shadow of the Wind. In the best way. And if you don't know what I'm…
Bram Stoker’s Dracula was the first adult book I ever read, which sparked my love of the occult in literature. Robert Masello’s The Night Crossing not only did justice to the memory of Bram…
My first introduction to GRRM was via Game of Thrones, which I quickly fell in love with the ability to juggle multiple characters and varying storylines. So when I got the chance to read…
In honor of the amazing Half-Witch having come out this month, here are five other titles doing things by half measure only in the title. (I am not sorry for the puns.) But first,…
We were fortunate enough to snag an interview with Rebecca Roanhorse, author of the smash-hit debut Trail of Lightning. The book follows Maggie Hoskie in Dinétah, the post-global-warming former Navajo reservation, as she fights…
The Big Water came, bigger than anyone expected. Dire climate change warnings weren't dire enough, and much of the world either drowned or descended into chaos. But the Diné—the proper title for the Navajo…
This was the first year I watched Eurovision, in no small part thanks to Catherynne Valente's wonderful Space Opera. I think they owe her some royalties, or at least the chance to do publicity…