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Cover of Canon by Paige Lewis.

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book reviews

Paige Lewis’ Canon Is a Charming Tale of War, God, and Non-Binary Epic-ness

By Leah Schnelbach

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Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

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Arthurian fantasy

Read an Excerpt From Lev Grossman’s The Bright Sword

By Lev Grossman

July 19, 2024

Cover of The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

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book reviews

This House Has Old Bones: Shubnum Khan’s The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years

By Maura Krause

February 22, 2024

Excerpts

Excerpts

Read an Excerpt from Deborah Harkness’ A Discovery of Witches

By Deborah Harkness

September 14, 2018

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Oh What A Miserable Winter: Early Riser by Jasper Fforde

By Niall Alexander

August 3, 2018

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Young Adult

Corsets, Courtship, and Creepy Creatures in Alison Goodman’s Lady Helen Trilogy

By Alex Brown

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Lev Grossman to Write Post-Camelot Novel The Bright Sword

By Natalie Zutter

September 28, 2016

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Rocket Talk Episode 81: Drew Magary and Jared Shurin

By Justin Landon

August 8, 2016

The Hike Drew Magary

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book reviews

A Walk In The Woods: Drew Magary’s The Hike

By Alex Brown

August 2, 2016

A Hundred Thousand Worlds

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Nested Pop Culture Narratives: A Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl

By Leah Schnelbach

July 14, 2016

Books

Stephen King

The Great Stephen King Reread: Bag of Bones

By Grady Hendrix

July 17, 2015

“You want stories?" Thom Merrilin declaimed. "I have stories, and I will give them to you. I will make them come alive before your eyes.”

Robert Jordan, The Eye Of The World

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