As six-month periods go, the first half of 2017 has certainly been, shall we say, interesting. But even as the real world works ever harder to convince us that we’re all living inside a genre novel (though what kind will depend on your particular point of view: sci-fi? Alt-history? Dystopian thriller? Grimdark fantasy?), the authors […]
For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s can’t-miss new SFF releases.
Deborah Wolf’s The Dragon’s Legacy is the promising start to a breathtaking epic fantasy trilogy in the vein of Ken Liu and George R.R. Martin. It is the story of an entire world, and a battle between kingdoms seeking to rule it. Reading it is like watching the works of Wagner and Mozart performed onstage: you connect with the story, […]