The British Science Fiction Association award winners were announced Sunday, and some familiar names came…
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What Makes This Book So Great Jo Walton Tor Release Date: January 21, 2014 ISBN…
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The 2014 Hugo Award Nominees were announced this Saturday, and we at LitStack are very excited…
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Recently I’ve been reading What Makes This Book So Great, a gathering of essays by…
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Honor’s Knight Rachel Bach Orbit Release Date: February 25, 2014 ISBN 978-0-316-22108-5 Gosh, I am…
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A friend of mine related a story of how he was talking to his young…
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LitStack Review: ‘Boy, Snow, Bird’ by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird Helen Oyeyemi Riverhead Books Release Date: March 6, 2014 ISBN 978-1-59463-139-9 They’re…
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So for a few moments, the corner of cyberspace that I tend to hang out…
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Parasite Mira Grant Orbit Publication Date: October 29, 2013 ISBN 978-0-316-21895-5 Zombies are so passé.…
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Half Bad Sally Green Viking Release Date: March 4, 2014 ISBN 978-0-670-01678-5 Being an teenager…
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I have a confession to make. I’m a wimp. Not in everything. I’m a competent…
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In this week’s Gimbling in the Wabe, I’m unapologetically revisiting a piece I have posted…
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Redshirts John Scalzi Tor First Edition: June 5, 2012 ISBN 978-0-7653-1699-8 You don’t have to…
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The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir of Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Release Date: March…
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I took last week off Gimbling in the Wabe; after writing three fairly epic works…
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LitStack Review: On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
On Such a Full Sea Chang-Rae Lee Riverhead Books Release Date: January 7, 2014 ISBN…
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Of Dogs and Books that Bind It was pretty darned chilly at the off-leash dog…
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After learning of my experiences in Russia (as I wrote about in the last few…
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LitStack Review: One More Thing – Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak
One More Thing – Stories and Other Stories B. J. Novak Alfred A. Knopf Release…
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LitStack Review: Weather Child by Philippa Ballantine
Weather Child: The Awakened Epoch, Book One Philippa Ballantine Imagine That! Studios Release Date: March…
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This is the third in a series of my reminisces of traveling to Soviet Russia…
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Review and Giveaway: The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
In celebration of the paperback release of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Viking Penguin is…
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LitStack Review: Hild by Nicola Griffith
Hild Nicola Griffith Farrar, Straus and Giroux First Edition: November 12, 2013 ISBN 978-0-374-28087-1 Seventh…
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LitStack’s ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
The Lives of Tao Wesley Chu Angry Robot Release Date: April 30, 2013 ISBN 978-0-85766-329-0…
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This, it turns out, is the second of three Gimblings that recount a trip I…
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LitStack Review: Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman
Little Wolves Thomas Maltman Soho Press, Inc. Release Date: January 8, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61695-190-0 You…
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Author Paolo Bacigalupi (The Windup Girl, Zombie Baseball Beatdown) has once again started a fascinating…
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If I take one thing from the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Sochi, Russia,…
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Ancillary JusticeAnn LeckieOrbit BooksPublication Date: October 1, 2013ISBN 978-0-316-24662-0 It’s a brilliant way to keep…
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Borrowed Horses Siân Griffiths New Rivers Press Release Date: October 29, 2013 ISBN 978-0-89823-284-4 The…
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I pretty much live in awe of folks who can, without aid, quote a great…
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LitStack’s ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi
The Windup Girl Paulo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books Release Date: May 1, 2010 ISBN 978-1-59780-158-4…
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Fortune’s Pawn Rachel Bach Orbit Books Release Date: November 5, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-316-22111-5 In fiction,…
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master.…
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Thanking the Gatekeepers – One Writer’s Views on the Advantages of Traditional Publishing
Paolo Bacigalupi is an award winning science fiction writer. Author of the amazing book, The…
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A few days ago, I took the Mighty Belle to a “new” off leash dog…
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LitStack Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki Penguin Books Release Date: December 31, 2013…
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LitStack Review: Alliance – The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 by Mark Frost
Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 Mark Frost Random House Release Date: January 7, 2014…
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Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His…
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They’ve promised that dreams can come true – but forgot to mention that nightmares are…
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LitStack Review: Vacationland by Sarah Stonich
Vacationland Sarah Stonich University of Minnesota Press Release Date: March 25, 2013 ISBN 978-0-8166-8766-4 Vacationland…
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We all have heard the stories about great works being rejected by publishers. Many of…
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Yesterday, I had to do something that was quite sad – I had to call…
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Today is the anniversary of JRR Tolkien’s birth; the Professor would have been 122 –…