All Hail the Gorydamn Epic Intimacy of Pierce Brown’s Dark Age
No one does sci-fi literary spectacle quite like Pierce Brown. In the universe of his Red Rising series, populations are…
No one does sci-fi literary spectacle quite like Pierce Brown. In the universe of his Red Rising series, populations are…
While other writers may be satisfied working in one genre, for years James Patterson has been quietly taking over every…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died 89 years ago this month, but not before ensuring his legacy by creating one of…
Every new film by Quentin Tarantino—nine of them so far—is an event. Especially as he continues to affirm that he…
Having a hit series of books and a popular character that readers respond to is usually the dream of an…
So many of Stephen King’s books have been adapted for film or television that it’s possible to be very familiar…
Space opera is having a good year. The genre has never been a more popular—or better represented—and it’s easy to…
In science fiction and fantasy, more than in any other genre, sequels make sense: authors have already done the heavy…
The first Sherlock Holmes pastiches started to appear in the early 20th century, predating the death of Sir Arthur Conan…
Some writers burst out of the gate with a brilliant debut novel that earns all the attention, awards, and (hopefully)…
Stephen King is well into his fourth decade of being so successful—not to mention preternaturally skilled—that he can write pretty…
It’s understandable if you still think ‛horror’ when you hear the name ‛Stephen King.’ He single-handedly established horror as a…
Any list of the scariest horror stories likely includes at least a few featuring young protagonists. Children and teenagers are…
For some reason, everyone is talking today about how important it is to nail the ending of an epic fantasy…
Building a cohesive epic fantasy universe is tricky stuff, and perhaps nothing is trickier than coming up with character names…
Few living sci-fi writers are as quietly influential as Rudy Rucker. The recipient of the first-ever Philip K. Dick Award,…
If your first thought upon seeing the trailer for Detective Pikachu (in theaters today, pika pika!) was something along the…
On the one hand, considering all the high-profile epic fantasy sequels we’ve been waiting for oh so patiently, the revelation…