An Alphabet of Embers is an anthology of "very short tales and prose poems showcasing evocative and startling language" — and how.…
The 2015 Hugo Awards were a clusterfuck, but that just means more readers need to join the conversation. So here's who I'm nominating for the 2016 Hugos.…
I first read Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson back in high school. Now I'm realizing how much I didn't understand then and confronting my own faults.…
Captain America: The Truth shows the true origins of the super serum that gave Steve Rogers his powers — but the truth is a reality of black and white.…
Elysium combines the alternate reality concept of The Matrix with the gender-switching concept of Orlando and the retelling-Roman-history aspect of Julian Comstock to create something deeply inventive.…
Science fiction? Adventure? Romance? Travelogue? Karen Lord's "The Best of All Possible Worlds" is an unusual blend of genres.…
Mathematical meditation, living spaceships, and unexpectedly brokering a peace between two warring species: a lot happens in "Binti" by Nnedi Okorafor.…
Carbide-Tipped Pens, an anthology edited by Eric Choi and Ben Bova, showcases the full variety of hard SF and interrogates the boundaries of the genre.…
