What's The Next Big Dystopian Novel? Margaret Atwood Has Some Ideas
I was lucky enough to have a conversation with Margaret Atwood today, about the sudden popularity of her dystopian classic The Handmaid's Tale. You can hear that story here . But there was one thing...
View ArticleLooking For Thor's Hammer: Neil Gaiman On 'Norse Mythology'
Neil Gaiman was 6 years old when he first met the Norse god Thor — although he wasn't the red-bearded hammer-slinger of legend. "Marvel. Marvel's Thor came first," he says. "I was reading the reprints...
View ArticleWelcome To 'The Collapsing Empire:' Questions For John Scalzi
John Scalzi's novel The Collapsing Empire kicks off a new series set in — you guessed it — an interstellar empire teetering on the brink of collapse. The Interdependency sprawls across light-years of...
View ArticlePaula Hawkins Prepares To Dive 'Into The Water'
Paula Hawkins' 2015 book — The Girl on the Train — was a massive bestseller. A tense domestic thriller with a boozy, unstable narrator, it caught the imagination of a reading public desperate for the...
View ArticleA Dangerous Trip Into The 'Spill Zone:' Questions For Scott Westerfeld
In the dark forests outside Poughkeepsie, N.Y., two sisters live alone. Lexa, mute, communicates only with her unnerving rag doll. Addison, the elder, gets on her motorbike after dark and ventures into...
View ArticleRemastering The Mythos: Questions For Ruthanna Emrys
When Ruthanna Emrys first read H.P. Lovecraft's classic story "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," she already knew the basics: It's about a creepy New England harbor town populated by strange, froggy-looking...
View ArticleSummer Comics Poll: Meet Our Expert Panelists!
Back in May, we asked you to tell us about your favorite comics and graphic novels — and you rose to the challenge. We got more than 7,000 nominations, so while you all are lolling around in the frosty...
View Article'Doctor Who' Is A Woman: Jodie Whittaker Chosen To Play Lead In British...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now to a famous British export - "Doctor Who." (SOUNDBITE OF MURRAY GOLD'S "DOCTOR WHO THEME") SIEGEL: The BBC has announced that the latest...
View ArticleYes, Some Comics Are For Kids — And They're Big Business
Any self-respecting comics fan cringes at the phrase "comics aren't just for kids anymore." But any self-respecting comics fan also has to admit there are some great kids' comics out there — especially...
View ArticleExclusive First Read: Philip Pullman's 'The Book Of Dust'
Philip Pullman introduced readers to his alternate Oxford, full of magic and danger, in the His Dark Materials trilogy, beginning with 1995's The Golden Compass. The story of young Lyra Belacqua, her...
View ArticleProlific Science Fiction And Fantasy Author Ursula K. Le Guin Dies At 88
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: One of the towering figures in science fiction has died, although she never really liked being called a sci-fi writer. Ursula K. Le Guin...
View ArticleSwedish Academy Won't Award Nobel In Literature Following Sex-Abuse Scandal
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Nobel Prize in Literature will not be given out this year. The Swedish Academy was thrown into turmoil last fall when sexual...
View ArticleIt's Aliiiiiive! This Year, Our Summer Reader Poll Is All About Horror
Editor's note: The poll is now closed! Thanks for voting. This year's summer poll has me hiding under the bed — whether or not there's a monster there — because, in honor of the 200th anniversary of...
View ArticleSummer Horror Poll: Meet Our Expert Panelists!
Voting in this year's Summer Reader Poll is closed — and you've given us more than 6,000 of your favorite horror novels and stories to sort through. So while my shambling hordes of undead minions (OK,...
View ArticleComic-Con, Day 1: Still Alive
Petra: Ah, the fresh hopefulness (a New Hope, even) of the first day of San Diego Comic-Con! Your feet don't hurt (yet), your nose isn't peeling (yet) and you haven't faced down the dark night of the...
View ArticleComic-Con, Day 2: Who's Day
Petra: Today is Thursday, but as far as I'm concerned, it's Doctor Whosday, and I'm starting the day by going to BBC America's press conference for their flagship show, and then ... and then ... I get...
View ArticleComic-Con Day 3: The Best Hawkeye
Today is cosplay day! As the con goes along, people start busting out better and better costumes, and we spent a few hours today seeing the extremely impressive sights. Oh, and did we mention — WE were...
View ArticleAshes To Ashes, Funk To Funky: Questions For Jason Heller, Author Of 'Strange...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo David Bowie kind of bookends the 1970s – between "Space Oddity" in 1969 and its sequel "Major Tom" in 1980, music and science fiction crossed the streams in...
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