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Congratulations to the 58th Nebula Awards® Finalists!

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced its list of finalists for the 58th Nebula Awards. The awards will be announced in a...

The Incredible Tolkien-ness of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

I had love expectations for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It is based mostly on the Second Age of Middle Earth,...

In Their Prime – 5 Novels from the 1970s You Must Read

Introduction The 1970s was a decade of change and upheaval for the United States. With the Vietnam War still raging, protests spilling from campuses onto...

5 Great Monologues in Literature

The Words That Trap Our Attention The things we remember most in our favorite novels are the words that trap our attention, secure a place...

Our Favorite Shakespearean Quotes

Despite the controversy surrounding his authorship and even the rumors spread about his life, Shakespeare is still an artist whose works, whose life, spans the...

LitStack Reviews

LitStack ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The City & the City by China Miéville

The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date:  May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring literary works whose titles have been short-listed for awards in...

LitStack Review: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Six WakesMur LaffertyOrbit BooksRelease Date:  January 31, 2017ISBN 978-0-316-38968-6 Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes is a science fiction novel about clones and a space mission gone...

LitStack Review: After Atlas by Emma Newman

After Atlas Emma Newman Roc Release Date:  November 8, 2016 ISBN 978-0-425282-40-3 Last year, Emma Newman's novel, Planetfall, chronicled the aftermath of an interstellar expedition...

LitStack Review: Arcadia by Iain Pears

Arcadia Iain Pears Alfred A. Knopf Release Date:  February 9, 2016 ISBN 978-1-101-94682-4 Recently, I attempted to explain the plot of Iain Pears' novel, Arcadia,...

LitStack Review: Ithaca Falls by Steve Thayer

Ithaca Falls Steve Thayer Conquill Press Release Date:  April 15, 2015 ISBN 978-0-9908461-1-6 I have a couple of confessions to make.  I picked up Steve...

LitStack Review: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

Career of Evil Robert Galbraith Mulholland Books Release Date:  October 20, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-34993-2 Career of Evil, the third book in the crime thriller series...

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