by Cole Salao |
Young adult fiction has been one of literature’s hottest categories for a while now. In fact, most of the books that have gone viral or been adapted for film or television lately are categorized as YA. For example, The Maze Runner, Divergent, and The Hunger...
by Kaelyn Barron
Published in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune is an epic sci-fi masterpiece that follows Paul Atreides, a gifted young man who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. Dune has been brought back into...
by Kaelyn Barron
Although The Witcher is one of Netflix’s most-watched shows, it actually started over 30 years ago as a short story, which Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski entered into a magazine’s short story competition—and placed third. Sapkowski turned the concept of...
by Cole Salao
Gaslamp fantasy is a melding of the historical fiction and fantasy genres. It deals with 19th century-style societies where magic is a prevalent and accepted facet of everyday life. It’s still a baby genre at this point, but gaslamp fantasy is rapidly expanding...
by Cole Salao
Science Fiction is one of literature’s super genres, encompassing many subgenres such as space opera, cyberpunk, and dystopian fiction. It’s a genre of limitless what-ifs about history and the future. From spaceships and intergalactic travel to time travel...
by Cole Salao
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a post-apocalyptic novel that was released in 2006. It details the journey of a father and son as they navigate a world broken by an unspecified disaster. It was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007 along with a few other...
