Graphic novels are just like the movies: summer is for the big, splashy blockbusters, but fall is where you find the stuff that’s a little subtler, a little quieter, but every bit as interesting. That’s not to say that there isn’t plenty of excitement on November’s list of top picks in graphic novels: there’s some great new […]
In sci-fi and fantasy stories, the simplest of objects—a ring, a statue, a severed primate limb—can cause the greatest upheaval, and things don’t get much simpler than the humble box: four sides, three dimensions, and infinite mystery (cue requisite “what’s in the booooox?” jokes). Pandora’s aside, there are more boxes in SF/F than you might think—without […]
Reading shapes our lives in a myriad of ways, from the way we speak to the way we view the world around us. The stories we take in teach us how to get through situations and scenarios we may never actually experience, but those lessons can always be applied to our own more mundane struggles. […]
For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. At the end of each month, he’ll be sharing the lists of B&N’s bestsellers in the genre, from new hardbacks, to trade paperbacks, to mass markets and media tie-ins, to graphic novels and manga. These are the […]
