Dune: A Newbie’s Guide
Dune. It’s that book about spice or whatever, right? Yes, random person I met on the sidewalk. It’s that book…
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Free Space Is the Best Sarcastic Sci-Fi Kidnapping Adventure Ever
Admiral, the first book in Sean Danker’s Evagardian series, was fueled by questions—who was our unreliable narrator? Why did all of…
Gauntlet Respawns the Virtual Reality Thriller
In the year 2055, games aren’t just games. Virtual reality has swept over the world and stolen the spotlight from…
Extreme Makeover Puts the Apocalypse on Its Skin
Most of us would like change at least one thing about our bodies. Maybe we’d like to be a little taller,…
Ninth City Burning Sends Superhumans to Fight Transdimensional Aliens
Ninth City Burning is one big melting pot of science fiction and fantasy. It’s got magic academies, powered-up superhumans, time…
Admiral Is a Sci-Fi Survival Tale with a Suspicious Main Character
If SF has taught us anything about long interstellar voyages, it’s that waking up from stasis can be disorienting. Your…
Arena Is the Next Cant-Put-it-Down Thriller for Gamers
If anyone tells you that books about video games can’t be considered good literature, hand them Holly Jennings’ Arena, a fast-paced near…
Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard Resurrects the Smart Science Fantasy Novel
Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard will take you by surprise. What starts out as a simple fantasy tale of anthropomorphic elephants…
Dune at 50: Fine Food & Drink on a Desert Planet
Previously on Dune at 50, we talked about prequels and sequels, cross-series tie-ins, and pop culture references. Oh, and there’s…
6 Books with Living Spaceships
Compared to other life on our planet, humans are pretty big. Sure, there are whales and elephants, but we dwarf…
Dune at 50: Don’t Fear the Sequels
A lot of newly-minted Dune fans walk out of the first book with one thing on their mind: more, please.…
Dune at 50: Crossover or Cross-Series Contamination?
Science fiction fans love to speculate. When presented with a fully realized world stocked with alien creatures and futuristic concepts,…
Dune at 50: Enduring Mysteries
When you write an epic science fiction novel, you ask a lot of questions. If you do your job right,…
Dune at 50: Dune Gets Real
As much as I hate to admit it, Dune isn’t real. There are no giant sandworms. There is no spice…
Dune at 50: Saucy Taboos and Mundane Evolutions
One of the elements that makes Dune so gripping is its familiarity. Frank Herbert went to great lengths to accurately portray cultural evolution…
5 Author Rivalries That Make Reading Even More Fun
Some authors fit the stereotype of artists toiling at their craft in silence. Others just can’t keep their pens to…