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10 Fascinating Comics Like FOURTH WINGIt seems like everywhere I look, everybody is talking about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. It makes sense, of course. This new novel has...
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10 of the Best Asexual and Aromantic Fantasy BooksThe best asexual and aromantic fantasy books are packed full of magic, monsters, and mayhem. In a genre where we can imagine anything from...
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A Room of One’s Pwn: 10 Fun Books Like World of WarcraftI loooove playing World of Warcraft . Am I any good at it? Not in the least. But I don’t let that stop me! World of Warcraft is a...
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20 of the Most Thought-Provoking, Philosophical Science Fiction Books of All TimeScience fiction is such a broad genre that it’s hard to nail down as about any one “thing.” Plenty of sci-fi novels offer...
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The Fantastical Sub-Genre of Mythpunk BooksBetween you, me, and the fantasy section at my local bookstore, mythpunk books are definitely my jam. It’s right there on the label: a...
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10 Incredible Character Arcs in Fantasy SeriesWhat makes a great character arc? The first response is simply a character’s growth from the beginning of a series to the end. Who were...
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8 Magical Libraries in FictionI can imagine few places more appealing than magical libraries. If I were ever whisked away to a fantasy world, the library is certainly the...
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Mulder, It’s 30: 8 Great Books for the Anniversary of The X-FilesHappy X-Files anniversary! * sings * It was thirty years ago today / Agent Skinner taught the band to play … Okay, so Skinner...
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Seeing Double: Quirky New Takes on the MultiverseHave you ever wondered how life might have turned out if you hadn’t studied that thing… taken that job… married that...
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8 New SFF Books Out in September to Add to Your TBR Right NowSeptember usually brings to mind back-to-school shopping, (hopefully) the start of cooler temperatures, the slight beginnings of changes in...
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Short, Snacky Fantasy for Busy ReadersAs a genre, fantasy has a reputation for super long books. Several years ago, The Guardian ran an essay entitled “ Fantasy Must Shake...
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Match These Famous Spaceships to Their StoriesI’m a big fan of space-faring science fiction stories. I grabbed hold of Star Wars and Star Trek when I was a child, and the...
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10 Comics Like Starfield to Fuel Your ObsessionBethesda Softwork’s new role-playing game Starfield is getting all of the buzz right now. Known for epic, open-world games like...
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The 20 Most Influential Fantasy Books of the Last 10 YearsSadly, I am not what one would call an influencer. Thus, as I embarked on the lofty task of determining the most influential fantasy books of...
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The Royal Treatment: The 8 Best Fantasy RoyaltySure, a monarchy may not be the best form of government, but the best fantasy royalty sometimes makes you believe they’ve gotten it...
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8 Fantasy Books with “No Rules, Just Vibes” Magic SystemsWorldbuilding is one of the most important aspects of any fantasy novel. It allows authors to create detailed and believable worlds that just...
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10 Terrific Transhumanist Sci-Fi BooksWhat is transhumanism? To put it simply , it’s the use of technology to augment or modify the human experience. In many ways, our very...
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Most Iconic Fantasy Characters EverHey, you. You’re finally awake…and just in time to read about the most iconic fantasy characters we’ve ever been graced...
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Can You Guess the Fantasy Book Based on Its 1-Star Reviews?We’ve all been there: You go to leave a review of an amazing book, only to see that someone has left it a dreaded 1-star review. And...
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Read These Feminist Sci-Fi Dystopian NovelsIn the 1970s, feminist sci-fi dug deep into issues of biopolitics and the possible dystopias that could result. The issues of biopolitics are...
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Dying Earth Sci-Fi Books: We Gotta Find a New Planet, and Fast!The Dying Earth sub-genre of sci-fi is a very distinctive story that’s all about preparing for Earth’s demise. Something is going...
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“What Good Is a Lifeless World?”: Miyazaki’s Nausicaä Of the Valley of the Wind, a Classic Cli-Fi EpicHayao Miyazaki’s epic cli-fi story Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind wedged itself into my heart at an early age. I think I can...
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How Accurate is Climate Fiction? (And If It’s Not, Why Don’t I Feel Any Better?)Here’s a great question to kick off your next book club meeting: How Accurate is Climate Fiction? To be clear, I am not questioning...
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9 of the Most Unique Magic Systems in YA FantasyMagic systems establish a set of rules for what magic can do in a fictional world, and crafting a coherent magic system is an important...
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Science Fiction Is Inherently Rebellious — So Why Don’t Some of Its Fans Think So?My husband and I are currently watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , me for the first time, him for about the billionth. After watching one...
