LitStack Review: Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date: June 13, 2017 ISBN 978-1-78108-537-0 In 2016,...
Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date: June 13, 2017 ISBN 978-1-78108-537-0 In 2016,...
The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date: May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring literary works whose titles have...
The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin's PressRelease Date: April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It's rare when an author is able to...
Locus Magazine announced the winners of the 2017 Locus Awards this weekend during a ceremony held in Seattle, Washington. The...
The Last Good Man Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press Release Date: June 20, 2017 Oh my, does Linda Nagata know...
One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories convention was the opportunity to...
On Saturday night, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America announced the recipients of the Nebula Awards for works...
Back in November 2012, I wrote my very first Gimbling in the Wabe. It was the brainchild of LitStack's Editor-in-Chief,...
Borne Jeff VanderMeer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3741-1524-1 Jeff VanderMeer is an author who...
I was watching television the other day when an ad came on informing me that for this Mother's Day, "smart...
A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release Date: February 21, 2017 ISBN...
Hi, my name is Sharon. I'm a library request addict. It used to be I would only request a few...
For the final Gimbling in the Wabe of this year's National Poetry Month, I am highlighting a poet who, to...
Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-8987-9 One of...
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press Release Date: March 14, 2017...
Edna St. Vincent Millay was already a published poet in her teen years, but it was at age nineteen when...
Brother's RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It's probably not politically correct to illustrate something literary...
Phantom Pains The Arcadia Project, Book 2 Mishell Baker Saga Press Release Date: March 21, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-8017-8 Millie Roper,...
The Malice Peter Newman Harper Voyager Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-00-820103-6 The Malice, the second book in Peter...
Poet and activist Warsan Shire April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of that I am stepping a bit...
Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right...
The WanderersMeg HowreyG. P. Putnam's SonsRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book...wow. I read a lot of books; a...
It's April, which has been declared National Poetry Month; a celebration of poetry created in 1996 by the Academy of...
The Night Ocean Paul La Farge Penguin Press Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-1019-8108-5 I cracked open the cover...
Within the Sanctuary of Wings A Memoir by Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN...
Wait....what? Did I just read what I just read? An "article" in my Facebook feed that was titled "What our...
The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley Saga Press Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-4793-5 Kameron Hurley does not write...
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist SelloutLaura Jane GraceHatchette BooksRelease Date: November 15, 2016ISBN 978-0-3163-8795-8 In 1997, seventeen...
Miranda and CalibanJacqueline CareyTor BooksRelease Date: February 14, 2017IBSN 978-0-7653-9704-1 As a student of Shakespeare, I became familiar with the...
Universal HarvesterJohn DarnielleFerrar, Straus and GirouxRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up in Iowa, so John...
The VagrantPeter NewmanHarper VoyagerRelease Date: April 2015ISBN 978-0-007593-0-88 The Vagrant is a very interesting book. No, no, hear me out. ...
Avengers of the MoonA Captain Future NovelAllen SteeleTor BooksRelease Date: April 11, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-8218-4 In 1940, a new pulp science-fiction...
Monday is "Be Nice to Josie Day." For me, it's not the first day of Spring, or the 20th of...
Idle IngredientsA Sin du Jour Affair- Book 4Matt WallaceTor.comRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9003-5 Idle Ingredients is the fourth book...
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...
Poor Emma Watson! She shows some skin in a fashion photo shoot - yes, decidedly evocative skin- and suddenly she's...
A City DreamingDaniel PolanskyRegan ArtsRelease Date: October 4, 2016ISBN 978-1-68245-038-3 I knew nothing of author Daniel Polansky when, on the...
Shadow RunAdrianne Strickland and Michael MillerDelacorte PressRelease Date: March 21, 2017ISBN 978-0-399-55253-3 "Firefly meets Dune in this action-packed sci-fi adventure...
All Our Wrong TodaysElan MastaiPenguin Random House LLCRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-1-1019-8513-7 Most of us have read stories about...
Recently, I read Elan Mastai's novel All Our Wrong Todays, and in it he referenced cultural theorist Paul Virilio, who...
The WonderEmma DonoghueLittle, Brown and CompanyRelease Date: September 20, 2016ISBN 978-0-316-39387-4 It's 1859, and English nurse Lib Wright has been...
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
The End of All ThingsJohn ScalziTor BooksRelease Date: May 31, 2016ISBN 978-0-7653-7607-7 Full disclosure: I adore John Scalzi. I enjoy...
With all that's happening in the world today, with everything that deserves attention and activism, this diatribe of mine may...
The other day I was reading Michael Gibney's Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line, an engaging look at a...
Author Nell Zink NicotineNell ZinkEcco PublishingRelease Date: October 6, 2016ISBN 978-0-06-244170-6 I get it. Not all books are going to...
I've been grappling with some big ideas lately, hoping to use them in this week's Gimbling in the Wabe, but...
In September 2010, author and all around goddess Mary Robinette Kowal (The Glamourist Histories, Ghost Talkers) took a month off...
High Stakes: A Wild Cards NovelGeorge R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass, editorsTor BooksRelease Date: August 30, 2016ISBN 978-0-7653-3562-3...
Ninth City Burning J. Patrick Black Ace Release Date: September 6, 2016 ISBN 978-1-1019-9144-2 This is our future - one...