The Great Fiction of AI: The strange world of high-speed semi-automated genre fiction ( www.theverge.com )
The 25 science fiction and fantasy books we’re excited for in 2024 ( www.polygon.com )
Transfer Orbit: 17 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read in September 2023 ( transfer-orbit.ghost.io )
this is one of the main newsletters i use to keep up with new sci-fi and speculative fiction releases. it’s pretty good!
A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book ( www.thenation.com )
Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen available now on Humble Bundle. ( www.humblebundle.com )
The massive 10 book epic fantasy series is a classic of the genre. If you’ve been interested in the series at all, this is the cheapest price I’ve seen for the whole lot.
Opinion | Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too. ( wapo.st )
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What Orwell Really Feared ( www.theatlantic.com )
Against Disruption: On the Bulletpointization of Books ( lithub.com )
I’m not saying that all self-help is bad. There’s always been an audience for short and snappy self-improvement books (there’s a reason why there are only 7 Habits, not 70), and that’s just fine. But I do worry about a larger phenomenon that I’ll call the bulletpointification of books and media....
US Nobel-winning poet Louise Gluck dies at 80 ( www.reuters.com )
‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers ( www.theguardian.com )
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Latinx authors are renowned in sci-fi and fantasy. Why aren’t more of their books being published? ( 19thnews.org )
“The Iliad may be ancient – but it’s not far away” Emily Wilson on Homer’s blood-soaked epic ( www.theguardian.com )
Nobody Ever Read American Literature Like This Guy Did ( www.nytimes.com )
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Should Modern Newspapers Publish Poetry? ( the-artifice.com )
One Morning in Maine, 225 People Went to the Library ( www.nytimes.com )
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Queer History Was Made in ’90s Clubs. These Fliers Captured It. ( www.nytimes.com )
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The Artful Imperfection of Medieval Manuscript Repair ( www.atlasobscura.com )
Here are 19 books our critics are excited for this summer (NPR) ( www.npr.org )
Some of these look really interesting! Definitely want to check out Silver Nitrate since I’ve enjoyed her work in the past. Anything catch your eye?
English-Language Books Are Filling Europe’s Bookstores. Mon Dieu! ( www.nytimes.com )
Publishers are complaining that people prefer to read the novels in English instead of their native tongues.
The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2023 ( lithub.com )
The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway's Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence ( apnews.com )
How to Live a Happy Life, From a Leading Atheist ( www.nytimes.com )
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‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love ( www.theguardian.com )
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