Michael Ann Dobbs

6/21/14

We'll Miss The Excellent Young-Adult Imprint, Strange Chemistry

Angry Robot Books, which is owned by Osprey Publishing Group, has just announced that their YA imprint, Strange…

6/10/14

The Worldbuilding in Lockstep Is So Good It Will Make You Giddy

Every now and then I encounter a book that utterly thrills me, and Karl Schroeder's new novel Lockstep is one of…

5/23/14

Goblin Emperor Has One Of The Most Lovable Characters We've Met In Ages

The Goblin Emperor is a fantasy novel worth reading, though it's hard to describe. It's a story of court intrigue,…

5/12/14

Nnedi Okorafor's Lagoon Shows Just How Messy First Contact Could Get

Lagoon, Nnedi Okorafor's latest novel, is a swirling writhing cross section of life in Lagos, Nigeria as aliens make…

4/1/14

A Fascinating New Alternate History In Which Egypt Rules The World

Alternate histories – with their roads not taken and mix of real and supposition – can be dreams come true for…

2/28/14

Meet the One Guy You Want to Be Stuck on Mars With

Very soon, in the never ending debate about whether or not info dumps can be compelling, someone will point out that…

1/16/14

A Highly Unlikely Scenario blends cyberpunk mysticism with goofy humor

A Highly Unlikely Scenario, by Rachel Cantor, takes place in a world where computer programs walk among us,…

12/27/13

These YA Book Sequels Get Better by Going Darker

Three young-adult novels that made a splash in 2012 are back for another helping. But now that so many YA books…

11/4/13

If only every fantasy novel was as smart as Coldest Girl in Coldtown

I am not a vampire person. It’s not that I don’t get the allure of the vampire story — I’ve just always found the…

10/30/13

That One Time Frankenstein's Monster's Kid Road-Tripped Across America

Jon Skovron’s newest YA novel, Man Made Boy, follows his protagonist on a journey of self-discovery across America.…

10/25/13

Kim Stanley Robinson brings the Neolithic to life in Shaman

Kim Stanley Robinson is known for his meticulous worldbuilding. So when Robinson heads to neolithic Europe for his…

8/28/13

Charles Stross' Neptune's Brood is the perfect book for our times

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that every interstellar colony in search of good fortune must be in need of…

8/22/13

These captivating stories have 17 Hugos and Nebulas between them

It’s not every author who could put together an entire book of Hugo and Nebula award-winning short stories, but…

6/28/13

Lexicon could be Max Barry's smartest dystopia yet

Max Barry’s 2003 novel Jennifer Government was a spectacular, and terrifyingly possible, near-future dystopia of…

6/17/13

Neil Gaiman explores the murkiest waters of all: childhood memories

Fans of Neil Gaiman's dark, mythology-soaked fantasy will rush out to buy his first adult book in years, The Ocean…

5/30/13

Does the summer's biggest young adult novel live up to the hype?

The 5^th Wave may be the summer’s most buzzed about YA book — but it really does deserve a lot of praise. Rick…

5/6/13

Jinx brings moral ambiguity to the worlds of Middle Grade fantasy

The Urwald could be the dark forest of any fairytale — provided that dark forest is filled with ogres, murderous…

4/15/13

The Summer Prince takes us to a future Brazil with human sacrifice

Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince takes place in Palmeres Tres, a far-future Brazilian city ruled by women,…

4/11/13

New Weird in New Mexico: American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

A secret rural community built around a government laboratory, an impossible murder of a town leader, and a newly…

3/22/13

The Different Girl is a classic children's fable, on a par with The Giver

There are some books that make you want to pass out copies to strangers, just to have someone to talk to them about.…

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