Westside Is a Genre-Bending Visit to a Magical Jazz-Age New York
They built the wall in 1914, and down the middle of Broadway in Manhattan. Twenty-seven-year-old Gilda Carr is a native…
Ross Johnson
Why History Matters, in 12 Essential Books
The very best works of history writing are fascinating, and sometimes even fun, but more importantly, they are filled with…
A Graphic Novel for All 22 Movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Endgame is upon us: the fourth Avengers movie opens tonight, both the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in…
Game of Thrones Is Pop Culture’s Most Powerful Climate Narrative
In A Game of Thrones, the first book in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, we’re…
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler’s Tale of Hard-Won Hope, is Back in a New Edition
During my college years in the mid-1990s, I worked in a largely black neighborhood and frequently stopped in to a…
Science Fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931 – 2019
Science Fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe, the author of more than two dozen novels—most famously the four-volume Book of the…
8 Frelling Great Books for Fans of Farscape
It’s been 20 cycles since John Crichton fell through a wormhole and into an escape attempt by the sentient spaceship…
25 Epic Fantasies for Fans of Game of Thrones
As we ramp toward the end of the show and continue our watch for the next book, there are many…
As The Expanse Nears its End, Tiamat’s Wrath Only Raises the Stakes
Across the eight previous books in James S.A. Corey’s space opera epic The Expanse, we’ve seen humanity evolve from contentious tribes…
Permafrost Is a Clever, Character-Based Time Travel Thriller
Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space) is an innovative master of what’s frequently—but imprecisely in his case—referred to as “hard sci-fi.” I…
Where to Read the Stories That Inspired Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots
Netflix dropped a new series this month, the appropriately titled Love, Death & Robots (stylized as the slightly sexier LOVE DEATH…
Batman at 80: The Greatest Detective Comics Stories from the First 1,000 Issues
Pop culture rarely stays fresh over a period of years—to say nothing of decades. But at 80 years old, Batman…
The Light Brigade Is a Masterful, Subversive Work of Military Sci-Fi
Kameron Hurley’s writing career has been both marked by variety, and unified in its mission. Across a varied bibliography—a gritty…
Werewolf Baristas and Fairy Frat Bros: Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle on the Magical World of Moonstruck
The first volume of Grace Ellis and Shae Beagle’s cozy, queer comic series Moonstruck was a delight: the story of werewolf barista…
A Slow Invasion Continues in The Rosewater Insurrection
The alien invasion is well underway before we even notice it in Tade Thompson’s Rosewater trilogy, which continues in The Rosewater Insurrection—the…
8 Brilliant Graphic Novel Adaptations of Classic Books
Any adaptation of a book can never truly replace the original work, but it’s often revelatory to experience a story…
The Best Comics & Graphic Novels of March 2019
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B&N Book Haul Picks: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Standalones and Series-Starters
There are plenty of great long-running series in the science fiction and fantasy section, but it can be tough to…
6 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Novels Inspired by the Worlds of Africa
During this last week of black history month (and all year round, for that matter), we’re celebrating some of our…