The first season of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso was something special. Beyond managing to stretch a one-line joke, about an American football coach who is hired to coach the other kind of football in Englan...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

The first season of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso was something special. Beyond managing to stretch a one-line joke, about an American football coach who is hired to coach the other kind of football in Englan...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Traitors' Nest, Frances Hardinge (First Ink UK 978-1-52909-064-2, £16.99, 448pp, hc) August 2026. (Amulet 978-1-4197-9414-8, $19.99, 400pp, hc) September 2026. For the villagers who farm the valley where Frances Hardinge's Traitors' Nest begins, their world is arranged in a straightforward hierarchy. The lord in the castle sends commands through his bailiff, who talks to local leaders like the game warden Joett, who organizes the farmers accordingly, and sends their complaints …Read More

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

Illustration by jorahh , 2025 'What do you know of these horsemen, Aragorn?' [Gimli] said. 'Do we sit here waiting for sudden death?' 'I hav...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey 978-0-59372-385-2, $32.00, 400pp, hc) August 2026. A Trade of Blood is the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Hugo-winning series of fantasy-wor...

A Trade of Blood, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey 978-0-59372-385-2, $32.00, 400pp, hc) August 2026. A Trade of Blood is the third volume in Robert Jackson Bennett's Hugo-winning series of fantasy-wor...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

The Felicity Complex, August Clarke (Erewhon 978-1-64566-117-7, $28.00, 320pp, hc) July 2026. Specimen 679-b lives in a vat. It swims in a serum of unknown composition and purpose. It has tubes going into its arms and throat. To alleviate boredom, it plays a game in which it stares at a lightbulb until its retinas burn (they get better) or smashes its head against the glass to bring the doctors running. …Read More

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"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

The Felicity Complex, August Clarke (Erewhon 978-1-64566-117-7, $28.00, 320pp, hc) July 2026. Specimen 679-b lives in a vat. It swims in a serum of unknown composition and purpose. It has tubes going ...

The Felicity Complex, August Clarke (Erewhon 978-1-64566-117-7, $28.00, 320pp, hc) July 2026. Specimen 679-b lives in a vat. It swims in a serum of unknown composition and purpose. It has tubes going ...

A book resistant to many things, among them clarity, simplicity and relatability, and mostly the better for it. "Nothing in memory ever made...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

"The Departure of Boromir" by  Anke Eißmann , 2003 Aragorn hesitated. He desired to go to the high seat himself, hoping to see there somethi...

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Cover design for Unfinished Tales (1980) by J.R.R. Tolkien The problems that confront one given responsibility for the writings of a dead au...

Cover design for Unfinished Tales (1980) by J.R.R. Tolkien The problems that confront one given responsibility for the writings of a dead au...

Cover design for Unfinished Tales (1980) by J.R.R. Tolkien The problems that confront one given responsibility for the writings of a dead au...

In the mid-90s, my family went on a road trip in New England. My mother, eager to reinforce her children’s only-nominal Americanness, started us off in Boston and plotted a course full of historical p...

In the mid-90s, my family went on a road trip in New England. My mother, eager to reinforce her children’s only-nominal Americanness, started us off in Boston and plotted a course full of historical p...

Cover design for Unfinished Tales (1980) by J.R.R. Tolkien The problems that confront one given responsibility for the writings of a dead au...

In a little more than a day, the winners of this year's Hugo awards will be announced in Los Angeles . I've toned down my discussion of the...

In a little more than a day, the winners of this year's Hugo awards will be announced in Los Angeles . I've toned down my discussion of the...