Tag: science fiction

News & Notes – 3/23/2024

News & Notes – 3/23/2024

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Vernor Vinge, 5-time Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer who popularized the concepts of both cyberspace and a coming tech or AI singularity, died on… Read more »

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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Published by Ballantine on May 4, 2021 Genres: Science Fiction Pages: 476 Format: Hardcover Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Martian Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate,… July 8, 2021 Book Reviews 10 ★★★★★

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RIP Ursula K. Le Guin  (1929–2018)

RIP Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)

Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning and bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy, died Monday at the age of 88. LeGuin is best known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and her EarthSea Cycle, beginning with A Wizard of EarthSea, but she also wrote short stories, poetry, children’s books… Read more »

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News & Notes – 11/25/2017

News & Notes – 11/25/2017

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff   Book News Darwin’s annotated copy of On the Origin of Species goes to auction (The Guardian) John Lewis plagiarism row gives Christmas sales boost to… Read more »

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