Our two-week tenth anniversary celebration is drawing to a close! Thanks so much to everyone who has ever visited, commented, or read one of our recommended books. Your support keeps us going. And while we’d probably do this even if only a few people read it, we certainly feel bolstered by the large numbers of…
There is a collection of authors that we here at the Quill To Live would consider our ride or dies. These are the authors that we keep tabs on because we don’t consider if we will read their latest book, it’s only a matter of when. In our continued celebration of QTL’s 10th anniversary, here…
You know what. After reflecting on 10 years here writing about all of the fantasy and science fiction we have, I think it’s time to pivot. We know as much as we can about farm boys, space cowboys, elegant yet evil temptresses, biologically tailored pathogens and all the various ways one can speedrun the kessel…
Welcome back to another year of the Quill to Live’s Sci-Fi Fantasy March Madness! Every year in March, I find myself roped into all sorts of fantasy and sci-fi fight conversations. “Who would win in a fight between X and Y?” is a constant topic among fans, as everyone wants to make an inane argument…
Continue reading ➞ QTL March Madness 2025: Coolest Science Fiction Ships
Ten years is a long time! We’ve spent most of it reviewing books, making lists, and shouting our recommendations from the rooftops. Today, we’re taking a little break from the world of SFF books. I (Cole) asked each QTL writer to drop three new recommendations with two rules—first, no SFF. Second, no books! Otherwise, nothing…
Continue reading ➞ Off The Shelf: Our Top Non SFF, Non-Book Recommendations
Today we have the QTL's favorite books to recommend! As people who run a book review site, we unsurprisingly get a number of requests for book recommendations. Oftentimes, when people are just getting started in Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror, we like to give them huge genre staples that everyone already knows. But, as the people around us have…
As part of the 10-year anniversary, I (Alex) wanted writers at QTL to talk a little bit about the things they’ve written. To make it easy, I figured it would be fun to look at our first ever review for the site and really sit in our own cringiness. Then, they should take a little…
Book recommendations can reveal a lot about a person and be extremely personal. Even though fantasy and sci-fi stories are set in other worlds, they have the uncanny ability to capture a reader’s real desires, fears, unique brand of humor, romantic types, taste for adventure, and so much more. The books we share with one…
I am delighted to announce that The Quill to Live will celebrate its 10th anniversary this week (Thursday, March 27th)! Per this momentous occasion, the writers have been putting together a series of pieces that celebrate the site in both serious and silly ways. Over the next two weeks, we will publish tributes, lists, and…
Every year The Witcher seems to increase in popularity because it’s a fantastic IP and because it has shown up in a multitude of forms and mediums. However, unlike the more centralized efforts like Sanderson’s Cosmere, or the MCU, these cross-medium takes on the property are mostly self-contained and have seemingly different objectives. This can…
