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.
Last year, Patrick Hemstreet’s The God Wave delivered a smart and grown-up sci-fi adventure with an outsized premise—what would happen if a group of ordinary people developed psychic powers?—delivered with a sense of realism. A handful scientists, artists, and others becomes as gods though a plausible scientific experiment, and experience the fallout after taking a […]
In the twin worlds of science fiction and fantasy, sequels aren’t just a fact of life; they’re entirely welcomed. Us nerds are a wordy people, and it always seems like a waste when an author creates a brilliant and engaging world, only to have it disappear after a mere one book. Can you imagine? That’s […]