Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Dark Shore: Book Two of the Atlanteans by Kevin Emerson The Dark Shore, the second novel in Kevin Emerson’s Atlanteans series, continues the story of Owen Parker, one of the powerful descendants of the highly advanced Atlantean race. Owen, Lilly and Leech have escaped Camp Eden, but the next step [...]
The Nebula Award winners were announced yesterday! With a lot of amazing scifi and fantasy in the running, it was pretty much impossible to predict most of the awards, but it’s looking like 2312 is turning into 2012′s book of the year. I’m also a little surprised that Railsea didn’t win the YA category. Check out [...]
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson: his debut novel for the young adult audience More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as [...]
One of my favorite Dystopian series is wrapping up this fall, and this morning the cover of the final book was revealed. Behold Allegiant, the final chapter of Veronica Roth’s Divergent Trilogy. All of the covers have been gorgeous, but I found the symbol on this one a little confusing. Fortunately, Roth anticipated her fan’s curiosity [...]
Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey The Passage meets Ender’s Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule [...]
Star Wars books has revealed the cover for Star Wars: Empire and Rebellion: Razor’s Edge which is expected to hit shelves on October 15th. It’s a bit odd to have Leia sporting her future sister-in-law’s signature outfit…and I’ll try not to read to much into that. I’m also really hoping that they aren’t going to revisit [...]
Yesterday, Chris Beckett’s novel Dark Eden captured the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the top British award for science fiction. The award is in it’s 27th year, and Dark Eden joins the ranks of such novels as Margret Atwood’s The Handmaiden’s Tale and Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow. Other novels short listed for the award were: Nod [...]
Here are the Science Fiction and Fantasy new releases for the week April 30th. As always, click on the title to view the cover and further information. Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Necessary Evil (Milkweed Triptych) by Ian Tregillis 12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II. Again. Raybould Marsh, one [...]
Here are the new releases for the week April 23th. As always, click on the title to view the cover and further information. We’re going to be trying some new formats, so please let us know what you think and if you have any ideas for improvement! Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Unnatural Creatures: Stories Selected [...]
Rick Riordan is on a roll! The young adult mythical fantasy writer has announced that he’s currently hard at work on another book, this one a bit different from the rest. Tentatively titled Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, the author’s new book will be a guide to Greek myths as they exist in Riordan’s universe. The book [...]
