In the world of Japanese anime you can slip from the ordinary to the magical at any moment.
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Being different is hugely consequential for teens who populate graphic novels, as well as for teens who read them.
Read moreWhat's so Different About "The Expanse," Anyway?
A thoughtful vision of humanity’s future among the stars is well translated from book to screen in The Expanse.
Read moreField Notes from Lit Fest: Speculative Writing in Denver
Our editors share their thoughts on Lit Fest 2018 in Denver.
Read more2018 Summer Reading Recommendations
Who doesn't like snow cones in summertime?
Grab a frosty beverage and head to the hammock or the beach with one of these great speculative summer reads!
Read moreSouthern Gothic: Interviewing "The Past is Never" Author Tiffany Quay Tyson
An interview with Tiffany Quay Tyson.
Read moreNebula Finalist Novellas 2017: Twisty Plots, Humor, Gender Fluidity and Big Questions
Nebula Award finalist novellas are plot-twisty, gender-bending, humorous, and pithy with Big Questions in a smaller, digestible format.
Read moreNebula-Nominated Short Stories/Novelettes
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's 52nd Annual Nebula Awards will be held in Pittsburgh this May
It’s Nebula Awards season! Our editors share their thoughts on a selection of nominees for Best Shorty Story and Best Novelette.
Read moreSouthern Gothic: Wrestling With Our Demons -- Part 2, Novels
Zora Neale Hurston, pear blossoms, William Gay, Everglades gator
Head into the swamps with some fallen families and wild grotesques in Part 2 of our Southern Gothic extravaganza.
Read moreSouthern Gothic: The Present Haunted by the Past -- Part I, Short Stories
Eudora Welty, trees in the White River, Tania James, and a mural in Prescott, Arkansas (not-so-accidentally chosen because it's the hometown of Amanda's grandma)
An exploration of Southern Gothic speculative literature.
Read moreCompletely Atrocious Speculative Valentine's Day Recommendations
Tremble before the Cyclopean obscenity of our Valentine's Day recommendations!
Read moreThere’s Always Time for Time Travel
From recent takes to enduring classics, we love time travel stories.
Read more"The Last Jedi" — Where We Stand
The Last Jedi turns expectations upside down and fans inside out.
Read more2017 Best of Fiction Unbound
The Unbound Writers look back on the wild ride that was 2017 and gear up for what comes next.
Read moreRevisiting "The Buried Giant": Still More Thoughts on Ishiguro's Latest
In honor of Ishiguro's Nobel lecture last night, we revisit our woolly musings on 2015's The Buried Giant.
Read moreWe Want to Experience These Great Reads on our Screens
Everybody loves SF/F adaptations these days. We'd like to see these.
Read moreThe Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide for 2017
The Unbound Writers picked their favorites to recommend books that will see you and your friends and families through the holiday season and beyond.
Read moreThe Heroine’s Journey: Beyond the Bindings of the Western Tradition
S.A. Chakraborty's debut novel sweeps readers away on a flying carpet to the magical city of Daevabad, where Cairo orphan Nahri will learn the truth - both the incredible and the ugly - about her family's history.
Read moreHalloween Horror Reading Recommendations: Tricks and Treats
The Unbound Writers go trick-or-treating down Memory Lane for Halloween horror recommendations.
Read more"Tool of War": Blood Is Not Destiny
Paolo Bacigalupi, Tool of War. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Paolo Bacigalupi's Tool of War examines questions of biological determinism, free will and the unforeseen consequences of genetic engineering.
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