I recently found myself with three newly purchased short story collections on my to-read shelf, each one highlighting the work of a different author. See our thoughts on Kate Elliot, Elizabeth Bear, and Yoon Ha Lee. Read More
Want It All? Don’t Mind If I Do.
I imagine most of us have run up against the nonsense of “fake geek girl” at one point or another. It’s ridiculous and insulting but it’s there: “Girls are only participating in fandom/going to cons/reading comics/etc. so boys will like them but they don’t actually know what they’re talking about/care/understand every detail of the canon.”… Read More
Nearly Honorable, Fairly Wonderful
When you love to read, and love to read widely, it’s easy to get caught in the whirlpool of all the things out there to read. It’s great to have so many things to pick from, but it also means that excellent books can fall through the cracks. Not to mention the sadness of a… Read More
Why You Need A Tanya Huff Shelf
There is a Tanya Huff book to fulfill any possible speculative fiction need. She can write in any genre she chooses and does them all well. Missing the first time you ventured into Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar or Katharine Kerr’s Deverry? The world of Huff’s Quarters series will give you plots, counterplots and magic rooted in… Read More