The Self-Publishing Revolution Is Not What Anyone Expected
In 2010, the standard advice for aspiring authors was: write something good, query agents for two years, get rejected 200 […]
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Weird Fiction Is Having a Moment. Here Is What It Actually Is.
Jeff VanderMeer’s “Annihilation” came out in 2014. It was a slim book about a biologist entering a mysterious region called
BookTok Broke Publishing. The Publishers Are Still Figuring Out How.
Five years ago, Colleen Hoover was a moderately successful romance author who self-published her first book from a trailer in
The Disgusting Novel Everyone Is Talking About (In the Best Way Possible)
T. Kingfisher’s Wolf Worm is the kind of Southern gothic folk horror that makes you squirm and grin at the same time. Released March 24, it might be her finest novel yet.
The Sci-Fi Series That Made Spiders Sympathetic Just Gave Us a Mantis Shrimp Captain
Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Strife is out today, and it features a six-foot philosophically-inclined mantis shrimp as ship captain. The Children of Time series remains one of the best things in science fiction, and book four sounds like a real return to form.
Project Hail Mary Is Finally a Movie — And the Book Was Worth the Wait
Andy Weir’s beloved sci-fi novel finally hits theaters with Ryan Gosling leading a 94% Rotten Tomatoes-rated adaptation. Here’s why both the book and film are worth your time.