Find meaning and beauty in the midst, and aftermath, of pandemic in Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars.
Read moreThe Power of Place in Leigh Bardugo's "Ninth House"
Cover art for Ninth House (Flatiron Books 2019)
In Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House the unlikely place of New Haven, Connecticut is one of the world’s centers of magical power.
Read moreThe Written Word as Superpower in "The Ten Thousand Doors of January"
In Hugo Award-winner Alix E. Harrow’s debut novel, ordinary doors open to ordinary spaces and capital D Doors open to other worlds.
Read moreKelly Link and the Dilemma of Wishes
In her Pulitzer Prize nominated collection, Get in Trouble, Link delves into the delights and perils of being granted your heart’s desire.
Read more"Black Leopard, Red Wolf": A Knife to the Neck of Genre and Gender Tropes
2015 Man Booker winner Marlon James embraces epic fantasy with a non-conforming, lightning-paced tale that up-ends every expectation.
Read moreRules Are For Fools - Evidence: Patrick Rothfuss's THE NAME OF THE WIND
The Name of the Wind (2007), by Patrick Rothfuss
At more than a quarter million words, Patrick Rothfuss's first book of the Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, THE NAME OF THE WIND, defied the rules for a first novel and not only got published but debuted at #11 on the New York Times Best Seller list. In October 2015 it was optioned by Lionsgate for a movie, TV series and video game. How did he do it? A far-out Jedi mind trick? CH Lips has some ideas.
Read moreNeil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS Reaches the Starz
Longtime fans of Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS will soon get to see Shadow, Mr. Wednesday and the rest of the immigrant pantheon as the team of Bryan Fuller (HANNIBAL) and Michael Green (HEROES, THE RIVER) write and produce the story for a new Starz TV series.
Read more2015 Pulitzer Prize Winner: Doerr's ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
All the Light We Cannot See (2014), by Anthony Doerr.
The 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction was awarded to All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner). The Pulitzer announcement blurb: "...an imaginative and intricate novel inspired by the horrors of World War II and written in short elegant chapters that explore human nature and the contradictory power of technology."
Read moreSir Terry Pratchett, Fantasy Author, Died Today at Age 66
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Today, Fiction Unbound joins the literary world in mourning the passing of one of its giants, best-selling author of the Discworld series, Sir Terry Pratchett. In his words: "It is said that your life flashes before you eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life." -The Last Continent.
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