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December 09, 2020

The Best Books of 2020: Science Fiction & Fantasy!

December 09, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2020: Science Fiction & Fantasy!

These are Stevereads picks for stand out science fiction & fantasy in 2020.

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December 09, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Stevereads
The Best Books of 2020, Best SFF 2020, SFF, Network Effect, Martha Wells, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, Christopher Paolini, Vagabonds, Hao Jingfang, A Bond Undone, Jin Yong, The Poet King, Ilana Myer, Mazes of Power, Juliette Wade, The Seep, Chana Porter, Shorefall, Robert Jackson Bennett, The Doors of Eden, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Piranesi, Susanna Clarke, Steve Donoghue, stevereads
November 12, 2020

To Hold Up the Sky by Cixin Liu

November 12, 2020/ Michael Feeney
To Hold Up the Sky by Cixin Liu

A powerful short story collection from Chinese science fiction master Cixin Liu.

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November 12, 2020/ Michael Feeney/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu, science fiction, Chinese science fiction, Michael Feeney
October 19, 2020

The Unfinished Tales of JRR Tolkien

October 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Unfinished Tales of JRR Tolkien

For its fortieth anniversary, Christopher Tolkien’s assemblage of his father’s miscellaneous unfinished tales gets a magnificently illustrated new edition.

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October 19, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Anthologies/Short Stories
Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, fantasy, Steve Donoghue
October 03, 2020

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

October 03, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

The slim new novel by author of “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” is about a man living in a house that’s an ecology unto itself.

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October 03, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Susanna Clarke, fiction, fantasy, Steve Donoghue
August 19, 2020

Bradbury Beyond Apollo by Jonathan Eller

August 19, 2020/ Alex Sorondo
Bradbury Beyond Apollo by Jonathan Eller

Biographer Johnathan Eller concludes his massive biography of science fiction legend Ray Bradbury.

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August 19, 2020/ Alex Sorondo/
Biography/Memoir, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Bradbury Beyond Apollo, Jonathan Eller, Alex Sorondo, Ray Bradbury, biography, science fiction
July 23, 2020

The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer

July 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer

A stuffed, generous collection of post-WWII fantasy stories from around the world.

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July 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Books & Authors
The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, Ann Vandermeer, Jeff Vandermeer, fantasy, anthology, Steve Donoghue
May 23, 2020

Star Trek: The Higher Frontier by Christopher Bennett

May 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Star Trek: The Higher Frontier by Christopher Bennett

Miranda Jones returns to help Captain Kirk & crew prevent a war of extermination.

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May 23, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Star Trek: The Higher Frontier, Christopher Bennett, Star Trek, Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography, Star Trek the Original Series, Star Trek fiction, Steve Donoghue
March 06, 2020

Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

March 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue
Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

YA superstar Sarah J. Maas has written an 800-page new fantasy novel full of the supernatural action and long-odds love her legion of fans have come to expect. But will those fans get carded at the door?

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March 06, 2020/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Young Adult, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Sarah J. Maas, YA fantasy, Steve Donoghue
January 07, 2020

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

January 07, 2020/ Olive Fellows
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Isabel Ibañez’s debut YA fantasy novel draws on the riches of Bolivian culture to tell its story royal intrigue and revenge.

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January 07, 2020/ Olive Fellows/
Fiction-Young Adult, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Isabel Ibanez, nonfiction, fantasy, Page Street, Young Adult Fiction, Olive Fellows
December 12, 2019

The Best Books of 2019: Science Fiction and Fantasy!

December 12, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Best Books of 2019: Science Fiction and Fantasy!

Stevereads science fiction and fantasy, and recommends the year’s best.

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December 12, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Stevereads
Best of 2019, Best of Lists, science fiction, fantasy, stevereads, Steve Donoghue
September 19, 2019

Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography: The Antares Maelstrom

September 19, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography: The Antares Maelstrom

Cox not only captures well the feeling of a frontier boom-town but also clearly enjoys himself injecting a little Deadwood-style hyperbole into the speech of his many seedy characters

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September 19, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Stevereads, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Notes for a Star Trek Bibliography, Stevereads, science fiction, Star Trek, Greg Cox, Steve Donoghue
July 10, 2019

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

July 10, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

There is indeed a banquet in these pages, with selections ranging broadly across time and languages.

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July 10, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Anthologies/Short Stories, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer, Vintage, fantasy, best of collections, Steve Donoghue
June 18, 2019

Fall, or, Dodge in Hell By Neal Stephenson

June 18, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Fall, or, Dodge in Hell By Neal Stephenson

A fascinating fictional exploration of post-Singularity consciousness lumbering around in a foam fat suit.

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June 18, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Neal Stephenson, William Morrow, technology, techno-thriller, science fiction, Steve Donoghue
April 17, 2019

Delta-v by Daniel Suarez

April 17, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Delta-v by Daniel Suarez

Delta-V never falters because it never doubts its own storytelling virtue.

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April 17, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Crime & Thrillers, Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Daniel Suarez, science fiction, suspense, thrillers, Penguin Random House, Steve Donoghue
February 26, 2019

The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

February 26, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

The science fiction world now has this one last hefty volume of wonders as a reminder of a great editor now gone.

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February 26, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's Press, science fiction, anthology, best of collections, MacMillan Publishers, Steve Donoghue
January 26, 2019

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

January 26, 2019/ Michael Feeney
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

The final entry in the Winternight trilogy, this novel blends both the political intrigue of the second novel and whimsical nature of the first.

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January 26, 2019/ Michael Feeney/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Katherine Arden, Winternight Trilogy, fantasy, Michael Feeney, Del Ray Books, Penguin Random House
January 11, 2019

Through Fiery Trials by David Weber

January 11, 2019/ Steve Donoghue
Through Fiery Trials by David Weber

This is a continuation of the Safehold series by an author to stick with, a modern-day version of Golden Age SF.

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January 11, 2019/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Through Fiery Trials, David Weber, Tor Books, Safehold series, military fiction, science fiction, MacMillan Publishers, Steve Donoghue
October 02, 2018

Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

October 02, 2018/ Michael Feeney
Bloody Rose by Nicholas Eames

Although this book is the second in a trilogy, it can easily be read without reading the first book.

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October 02, 2018/ Michael Feeney/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Bloody Rose, Nicholas Eames, Orbit Books, Michael Feeney, science fiction, fantasy, epic fantasy, series, trilogy, Kings of the Wyld, Hachette Book Group
September 09, 2018

The Lost Queen by Signe Pike

September 09, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
The Lost Queen by Signe Pike

The first novel of a debut trilogy reveals the untold story a forgotten queen of 6th century Scotland.

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September 09, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Signe Pike, Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, The Mists of Avalon, Arthurian legends, Outlander, Diana Gabaldon, Marion Zimmer Bradley, historical fiction, fantasy, Steve Donoghue
September 03, 2018

The Fall of Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien

September 03, 2018/ Steve Donoghue
The Fall of Gondolin by J. R. R. Tolkien

Christopher Tolkien concludes his decades-long endeavor to as the editor and curator of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth fiction

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September 03, 2018/ Steve Donoghue/
Fiction-Sci-Fi & Fantasy
J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien Houghton, Mifflin Harcourt, Beren, Luthien, The Children of Hurin, Middle Earth, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, Alan Lee, The Fellowship of the Ring, Steve Donoghue, Lord of the Rings
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