Audiobooks are fantastic companions, especially for someone like me who has headphones on 24/7. But there’s no doubt that my reading experience suffers when I listen to a story instead of reading it. Audiobooks invite other elements into my personal reading experience that can alter the storytelling, and I end up sacrificing quality for convenience.…
While they aren’t nearly as pervasive as they appeared to be, first-contact stories are still a mainstay within the science fiction genre. Depending on the era that they come from they are laden with different ideas on how aliens might function, and what a proper response would be to said lifeform. Instead of doing a…
Recently I saw a TikTok of a booktube reviewer taking his friend to a bookstore with $100 and picking out a bunch of starter books for the friend. It was a cute video and it got me thinking what books I might try to buy with a set budget of $100 and the only goal…
Continue reading ➞ Booking On A Budget: Andrew’s $100 Book Buy
Happy March Madness, everyone! 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 about who would win in fisticuffs. Boring. This year I…
It took me about ten years of reading Science Fiction and Fantasy novels as an adult before I started to venture into the novella space. Since the short-form stories often don’t flow through traditional big publishers in the same way, most readers tend to move through the SFF genres without engaging with them much, which…
Let's talk about one of my favorite lesser-known subgenres, Eco-Fantasy (short for ecology fantasy). Right off the bat, I want to mention I am playing hard and loose with genre definitions here, and Eco-Fantasy in my mind is less strict definitions and more vibes. Generally, Eco-Fantasy is about fantasy worlds with strong scientific foundations and,…
Continue reading ➞ Eco-Fantasy – Magic Can’t Solve Everything
Every year the members of The Quill to Live gather together to plan out our reads for the next year and flag the books we are most looking forward to in order to ‘claim’ reviewer status among ourselves. We figured it might be fun to share our list of choices in case you were curious…
Continue reading ➞ The Quill To Live Most Anticipated Watchlist: 2024
Worldbuilding is a fascinating subject rife with arguments and factions. It’s obviously a topic that the SFF community will never be quiet about (not that it should ever shut up about it), and I’m here to do my part screaming into the void about it. Most folks are probably familiar with the large, beautifully written…
Every year the members of The Quill to Live gather together to plan out our reads for the next year and flag the books we are most looking forward to in order to ‘claim’ reviewer status among ourselves. We figured it might be fun to share our list of choices in case you were curious…
Continue reading ➞ The Quill To Live Most Anticipated Watchlist: 2023
This article originally appeared on Tor.com. Hello there, and welcome to The SFF Rival Academy! We’re thrilled you’ve enrolled in our educational program for youngsters of the generic magical/scientific arts. Did you know a courageous avatar of pure goodness will be joining you this year? How amazing! They may draw all manner of evil entities…
Continue reading ➞ Every Young Hero Needs An Archrival: Do You Have What It Takes?
