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Five Books About...

detail from the cover of The Adventures of Mary Darling
Books
Five Books About

Five Books That Make History Fantastic

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cover of RF Kuang's Babel (art by Nicolas Delort)
Books
Five Books About

Five SFF Novels About Murder on Campus

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Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1911)
Books
Five Books About

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad…? Five Horror Novels to Leave You Howling 

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pixelated image of Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Books
Five Books About

Five Books About Speculative Human Evolution

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detail from the cover of Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
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Five Books About

Five SFF Satires of Modern Tech Culture

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photo of a white analog clock
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Five Books About

Five Books Where Time Can’t Be Trusted

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detail from the cover of Samantha Sotto Yambao's The Elsewhere Express (Art by Haylee Morice)
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Five Books About

Five SFF Books That Pair Heavy Topics With a Heap of Whimsy

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detail from the cover of Allison Saft's A Fragile Enchantment (Art by Kelly Chong)
Books
Five Books About

Five Fantasy Books Featuring Class Difference Romance

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Detail from the cover of A Cruel Thirst
Books
Romantasy

For the Love of Cinnamon Rolls: Five Romantasy Books With Sweet Love Interests

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Photo of a brown bear in a clearing
Books
reading recommendations

Bears in the Woods: Eight SFF/H books with Ursine Characters

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detail from the cover of A Philosophy of Thieves
Books
heists

Six High Tech Heists That Defy the Odds

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Photo of a decorative white skull sitting on top of a book
Books
Five Books About

Treading the Veil: Five Books Featuring Encounters With Death and the Dead

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Mark As Read

detail from "Woman Reading" by Hector Caffieri
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Mark as Read

Rediscovering Rereading (Again)

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Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary
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Mark as Read

In Space, No One Can Hear How Lonely You Are

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"A Lady Reading a Newspaper" by Carl Larsson (1886); painting depicts a woman reclining in a garden reading a newspaper
Books
Mark as Read

The Book News Isn’t All Bad

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painting of a woman reading in front of a bookshelf with a ladder
Books
Mark as Read

The Specific Experience of Being Stuck on a Book

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impressionist painting by Renoir of a woman reading
Featured Essays
Mark as Read

What Do You Want to Know About a Book Before You Read It?

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Photo of an open book with its central pages folded in to form a heart
Books
Mark as Read

It’s Time to Get Loud About the Books You Love

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Albanian postal stamp with an illustration of two children standing on either side of a stack of books
Books
Mark as Read

Your To-Be-Read Pile Might Be Lying to You

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Logo of the Hugo Awards against a background photo of space
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Mark as Read

Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here’s How

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Close-up photo of a pile of wrapped gift boxes
Books
Holiday Cheer

The Art of Buying Books for Other People

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Portrait de Marguerite (The Reader) by Henri Matisse, 1906
Books
Mark as Read

What Keeps You Reading?

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Photo of tall bookshelves in the Trinity College library
Books
Mark as Read

The Accidental Completionist

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Photo of multiple stacks of books with the top and left portion of the picture heavily in shadow
Books
Mark as Read

There Comes a Time in Every Reader’s Life When You Have to Move the Books

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Science Fiction Film Club

Tom England in Cosmos (2019)
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Science Fiction Film Club

Cosmos: Stopping By Woods on a Momentous Evening

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Aaron Moorhead in The Endless
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Science Fiction Film Club

The Endless: You Can Go Home Again (But Maybe You Shouldn’t)

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Emily Foxler in Coherence
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Science Fiction Film Club

Coherence: Dinner at My Place Tonight, Just Bring Yourself

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Rufus Sewell in Dark City
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Science Fiction Film Club

Dark City: Studying the Human Soul With Dark-Adapted Eyes

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Conrad Veidt in The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
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Science Fiction Film Club

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: An Allegory of Anxiety and Terror in the Aftermath of War

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Screenshot from "Altered States"
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Science Fiction Film Club

Altered States: Bad Trips, Dodgy Science, and the Untapped Depths of the Human Mind

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Image from the anime film Paprika
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Science Fiction Film Club

Paprika: Erasing the Borders Between Dreams and Reality

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Sam Rockwell in Moon (2009)
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Science Fiction Film Club

Moon: The Lonely Life of a Man on the Moon

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Edward Judd as Arnold Bedford and Lionel Jeffries as Joseph Cavor in First Men in the Moon (1964)
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Science Fiction Film Club

First Men in the Moon: Old-Fashioned Victoriana for the Space Age

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Science Fiction Film Club

Destination Moon: Both a Small Step and a Giant Leap for Sci Fi Cinema

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Woman in the Moon (1929)
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Science Fiction Film Club

Woman in the Moon: Climb Aboard a Rocket and Launch Sci Fi Cinema into Space!

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Scarlett Johansson as an alien in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin
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Science Fiction Film Club

Under the Skin: A Brilliant and Disturbing Alien Point of View

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The SFF Bestiary

Image from Looney Tunes short "Rabbit Rampage" (1955): Bugs Bunny holds a large paintbrush and stares angrily out at the viewer.
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SFF Bestiary

Dat Wascally Wabbit: Bugs Bunny and His Dearest Frenemies

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A still from the animated film The Lion King: Rafiki (a mandrill) raises Simba (a lion cub) above Pride Rock
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SFF Bestiary

Mythologizing the Animal Kingdom: Disney’s The Lion King

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Illustration of a deer in the center of a wreath of evergreen boughs from the back cover of a 1929 edition of Bambi, A Life in the Woods (art by Kurt Wiese)
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SFF Bestiary

A Prince Among Deer: Felix Salten’s Bambi: A Life in the Woods

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A butterfly lands on Bambi's tail in a scene from Disney's Bambi
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SFF Bestiary

Deer-ly Beloved: Walt Disney’s Bambi

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Illustration from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Susan and Lucy loop a garland of flowers around Aslan. Art by Pauline Baynes
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SFF Bestiary

The Chosen of Aslan: Narnia’s Talking Animals

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Illustration from The Wind in the Willows (art by E.H. Shepard)
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SFF Bestiary

Epic on the Riverbank: Revisiting The Wind in the Willows

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Image by Arthur Rackham from Aesop's Fables (1912)
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SFF Bestiary

The Universal Appeal of the Talking Animal

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detail from the cover of Outfoxed by Rita Mae Brown
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SFF Bestiary

Fox at the Pinnacle: Rita Mae Brown’s Hierarchy of Creation

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detail from the cover of Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown
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SFF Bestiary

The Collected Works of Sneaky Pie Brown: The Mrs. Murphy Mysteries

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detail from the cover of The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
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SFF Bestiary

Playing Dr. Watson to a Cat: Lilian Jackson Braun’s Cat Who… Series

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detail from the cover of Sabriel by Garth Nix
Books
SFF Bestiary

White Cat at the Gates of Death: Garth Nix’s Sabriel

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detail from the cover of Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
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SFF Bestiary

Classic Fantasy Felines: Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams

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Seeds of Story

Photo of an open book laying in the grass; small white flowers are visible around the book, and pale purple flowers.

Touching Grass and Listening to Renaissance Gossip: Inspiration Beyond Books

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cover of The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger

Vegetable Neighborhoods, Clan Wars, and Hunting Strategies: Zoë Schlanger’s The Light Eaters

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cover of The Score by C Thi Nguyen

Gaming, Metrics, and The Value of Ignoring Recipes: C. Thi Nguyen’s The Score

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cover of A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit

Ixnay on the Post-Apocalyptic Cannibals: Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell

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cover of Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz

Urban Rituals, Street Food, and No Streets at All: Annalee Newitz’s Four Lost Cities

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cover of More Everything Forever by Adam Becker

The Tech Billionaires Who Want to Pave Over the Universe: Adam Becker’s More Everything Forever

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cover of Josephine Quinn's How the World Made the West

Elephants, Alphabets, and Ice Ages: Josephine Quinn’s How the World Made the West

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cover of The Sounds of Life by Karen Bakker

Saying “Hello” to Elephants and “Come Back Here” to Coral Reefs: Karen Bakker’s The Sounds of Life

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cover of Dan Davies’ The Unaccountability Machine

Terrible Bosses, Evil Corporations, and Paperclip Maximizers: Dan Davies’ The Unaccountability Machine

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Artist's conception of a pulsed nuclear fission propulsion system from Project Orion

Not in My Atmosphere! — The Pitfalls of Project Orion

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cover of Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C Scott

The Omnipotent Eye Versus the Neighborhood: James C. Scott’s Seeing Like a State

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cover of A History of the World in 50 Pieces by Tom Service

Egalitarian Operas, Stolen Melodies, and Whalesong: Tom Service’s A History of the World in 50 Pieces

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Martha Wells Book Club

cover of The Witch King by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: Witch King

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cover of Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

Martha Wells Book Club: The Murderbot Short Stories

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cover of System Collapse by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: System Collapse

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cover of Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: Fugitive Telemetry

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cover of Network Effect by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: Network Effect

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cover of The Murderbot Diaries vol. 2 omnibus

Martha Wells Book Club: Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy

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Martha Wells Book Club: Artificial Condition

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The Martha Wells Book Club: All Systems Red

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Cover of The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: The Emilie Adventures

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Cover of Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells

Martha Wells Book Club: Wheel of the Infinite

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Cover of City of Bones by Martha Wells

The Martha Wells Book Club: City of Bones

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Cover of Stories of the Raksura Volume Two by Martha Wells

The Martha Wells Book Club: Stories of the Raksura

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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Image from Babylon 5 “Movements of Fire and Shadow”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Movements of Fire and Shadow”

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Mollari contemplates the testimony presented against the Centrauri. Image from Babylon 5 “And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder”

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Sheridan overhears Delenn's secret communication in a scene from Babylon 5 "Darkness Ascending"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Darkness Ascending”

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Babylon 5 "Meditations on the Abyss"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Meditations on the Abyss”

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Walter Koenig as Alfred Bester in Babylon 5 "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father”

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Garibaldi raises a glass in Babylon 5 "The Ragged Edge"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “The Ragged Edge”

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Bester (Walter Koening) in Babylon 5 "Phoenix Rising"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Phoenix Rising”

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Babylon 5: “A Tragedy of Telepaths”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “A Tragedy of Telepaths”

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Mollari in Babylon 5 “In the Kingdom of the Blind”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “In the Kingdom of the Blind”

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Babylon 5 "Day of the Dead"
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Day of the Dead”

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Babylon 5 “Secrets of the Soul”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Secrets of the Soul”

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Babylon 5 “Strange Relations”
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Babylon 5 Rewatch

Babylon 5 Rewatch: “Strange Relations”

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Necessary Whimsy

detail from the cover of Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo
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Necessary Whimsy

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Celebrate Queer Joy

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detail from the cover of Chilling Effect
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Necessary Whimsy

Reading Recs for the Days You Want to Be Samwise, Not Frodo

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detail from the cover of Enchanting the Fae Queen
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Necessary Whimsy

When You Finally Read the Book Everyone’s Been Talking About

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detail from the cover of Sarah Beth Durst's The Spellshop
Books
Necessary Whimsy

Humor, Healing, and Cozy Books to Build a Nest In

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detail from the cover of Murder by Memory
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Necessary Whimsy

Suggested Reads for Heart-Eyed Romance Fans and Chocolate-Hungry Gollums

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Art from the cover of Hogfather by Terry Pratchett, depicting wild hogs pulling a sleigh through the night sky above a wintry landscape; illustration by Josh Kirby
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Wintry Reads for Hibernating Goblins

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detail from the cover of Moonstruck: Magic to Brew
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Stop and Smell the Flowers With Pouty Wizards and Centaur Baristas

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detail from the cover of The Short Con by Aleks Sennwald
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Fight the February Blues With Comics and Bloody Good Fun

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Art from Kate Beaton's The Princess and the Pony
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Grumpy Chickens and Other Fun Ways to Escape the Hectic Holidays

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Detail from the paperback cover of My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (Art by Hugh Fleming)
Books
Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Vampire Bunnies and Other Weird-But-Fun Halloween Reads

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detail from the cover of The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Art by Viktor Koen)
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Combatting Book Shame and the End of the World

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detail from the cover of River of Teeth
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Necessary Whimsy

Necessary Whimsy: Hippos, Zombies, Ballroom Dance, and Dragon Vomit

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Reading the Weird

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Spicy Fables: Ayida Shonibar’s “An Unholy Terroir”

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Smoke and Mirrors: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 9)

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Cover of The Weird anthology

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles: Donald A. Wollheim’s “Mimic”

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

The Fine-ish Flesh of Three Persons: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 8)

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The Automaton Ear and Other Sketches by Florence McLandburgh

I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Florence McLandburgh’s “The Automaton Ear”

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Eat for the Job You Want: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 7)

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Logo of Strange Horizons magazine featuring art from their March 2026 issue (Art by Tahlia Day)

Extradimensional Digestive Enzymes With Morel Sauce: Yri Hansen’s “Nights and Weekends in the Shoggoth Loop”

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

Playing With Your Food: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 6)

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cover of Everything Endless by Linda D Addison and Jamal Hodge

Poetic Ping-Pong: Linda D. Addison and Jamal Hodge’s Everything Endless

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

What Skins Are For: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 5)

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cover of Neurotica: Poems by Maxwell Gold

The Same Thing I Do Every Night: Poetry by Maxwell Gold

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cover of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

If NOT CAT Then NOT VAMPIRE: Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Part 4)

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Anime Spotlight

Image from the anime Parasyte: The Maxim
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Anime Spotlight

Five Anime for Fans of John Carpenter

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image from the anime series Vinland Saga
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Anime Spotlight

Five Anime for Fans of Ursula K. Le Guin

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Image from the anime series Princess Tutu
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Anime Spotlight

The Unexpected Genius of Princess Tutu

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image from the anime series Planetes
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Anime Spotlight

Four Anime Series for Fans of Hard Science Fiction

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Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy in Netflix's One Piece
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Anime Spotlight

Netflix’s One Piece Offers Hope in Despairing Times

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Image from the anime series Dorohedoro
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Anime Spotlight

Dorohedoro: The Unlikely Joys of a Fetid Wonderland

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Major Motoko Kusanagi in the anime film Ghost in the Shell
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Anime Spotlight

30 Years of Soul-Searching at Ghost in the Shell: The Exhibition

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Image from the anime series Aria
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Anime Spotlight

Aria: The Glorious Mundanity of a Terraformed Planet

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Promo image from the anime series Ya Boy Kongming, depicting the two central characters: Kongming, a tactician from ancient China, and Eiko, a modern aspiring singer.
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Anime Spotlight

Stratagems for Uplifting the Downtrodden With Ya Boy Kongming!

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Image from the anime series Bakemonogatari
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Anime Spotlight

Country Fears, City Fears: How Setting Shapes Horror Anime

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Magical Princess Minky Momo
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Anime Spotlight

Earthquakes, Magical Girls, and Modern Mythology: The Death of Minky Momo

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Image from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
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Anime Spotlight

Frieren Offers Timeless Life Lessons From a Tired Mage

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Reading The Wheel of Time

Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: The Dragon Confronts Despair and Discovers Hope in The Gathering Storm (Part 29)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: Rand’s Past and Present Collide in The Gathering Storm (Part 28)

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: Egwene Is of Every Ajah and None in The Gathering Storm (Part 27)

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: Egwene Confronts Darkfriends and Rand Confronts Borderlanders in The Gathering Storm (Part 26)

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: Rand Contemplates the Last Battle in The Gathering Storm (Part 25)

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: A Proposal, a Battle and a Rescue in The Gathering Storm (Part 24)

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Reading The Wheel of Time: A Prediction About A Memory of Light

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: Egwene Wears Green (Metaphorically) in The Gathering Storm (Part 23)

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Cover of The Gathering Storm

Reading The Wheel of Time: Mat Makes a Pact and Rand Executes a Plan in The Gathering Storm (Part 22)

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Front Lines and Frontiers

cover of Galactic Empires Volume Two

Further Adventures in Classic, Quirky Anthologies — Galactic Empires: Volume Two

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cover of James Blish's Star Trek

Boldly Going Into Print: The Star Trek Adaptations of James Blish

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cover of The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster

Life Among the Giant Bugs: The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster

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cover of Galactic Empires Volume One

A Quirky Mix of Tales — Galactic Empires: Volume One

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cover of Trouble on Titan by Alan E Nourse

An Exciting Tale in a Fascinating Setting: Trouble on Titan by Alan E. Nourse

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cover of War World by William C Dietz

Tough Guys in Space: War World by William C. Dietz

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cover of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wind in the Door

New Wrinkles in Time: A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle

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cover of Federation by H Beam Piper

Colonialism and Conquest: Federation by H. Beam Piper, edited by John F. Carr

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cover of The Luminous Fairies and Mothra

A Nurturing Kaiju: The Luminous Fairies and Mothra

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cover of First Landing by Robert Zubrin

Mars or Bust! — First Landing by Robert Zubrin

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cover of The Big Lifters by Dean Ing

Making Cargo Hauling Exciting: The Big Lifters by Dean Ing

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cover of Time Tunnel by Murray Leinster

Episodic Adventures Through Time and Space: Time Tunnel and Timeslip! by Murray Leinster

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Superhero Movie Rewatch

Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) in The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

Fourth Time’s the Charm? — The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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Close-up of Superman (David Corenswet) with an angry mob behind him in Superman (2025)
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“People were going to die!” — Superman (2025)

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Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) in Thunderbolts*
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“We’re all losers, and we lost” — Thunderbolts*

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Screenshot from Captain America: Brave New World, showing Captain America from the back with wings spread.
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You’re not Steve Rogers!” — Captain America: Brave New World

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravinoff/Kraven in Kraven the Hunter
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You are nothing”— Kraven the Hunter

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Tom Hardy as Venom in Venom: The Last Dance
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Aliens suck!” —  Venom: The Last Dance

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Jack Kesy as Hellboy in Hellboy: The Crooked Man
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Forgiven don’t mean forgotten” — Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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Lady Gaga as Harleen Quinzel and Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie a Deux
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You have a joke for us today?” — Joker: Folie à Deux

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Bill Skarsgård as Eric/The Crow in The Crow (2024)
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“There’s nothing there but here” — The Crow (2024)

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Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine
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Superhero Movie Rewatch

“You were always the wrong guy” — Deadpool & Wolverine

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Close-up of Night Man in his superhero costume, featuring a black rubber cowl with one red eyepiece
Movies & TV
Superhero Movie Rewatch

“I cannot place my life in the hands of a saxophone player!” — Night Man

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Cassandra Web (Dakota Johnson) in a promotional image for Madame Web
Movies & TV
Superhero Movie Rewatch

“Now you’re really showing off” — Madame Web

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Close Reads

Gandalf standing alone in Rings of Power, season 2 episode 2
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Close Reads

Gandalf and the Search for One’s True Name

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A scene from Star Wars: The Acolyte; Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Koril (Margarita Levieva) stand with the rest of the coven.
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Close Reads

A Gentle Request for More Witches in Star Wars

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Cover of Herman Melville's Redburn with cover art by Edward Gorey
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Close Reads

Illustrating the Subtext: Edward Gorey’s Homoerotic Cover Art for Melville’s Redburn

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Alicent (Olivia Cooke) stands with King Viserys (Paddy Considine) in the midst of his model of Old Valyria in House of the Dragon.
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Close Reads

A Eulogy for House of the Dragon’s Model of Old Valyria

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Cassandra Webb attends a baby shower and tries to lighten the mood.
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madame web

The One Truly Great Scene in Madame Web

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Close Reads

Chaos Under the Corset: When Romance Covers Hide Revolution

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Close Reads

We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Coraline wears a star-patterned sweater in a scene from Coraline
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Close Reads

Considering the Perfect Knits of Coraline

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