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…
Last year I gave in to my baser instincts and started to pick up more generation ship books. It has always been a subgenre of interest, whether it's a book or a TV show (yeah, I watched Ascension, judge all you want). The nature of the journey is a siren song paired with the rocks…
Continue reading ➞ The First Generation – Launch Day for the Generation Ship
Welcome back to another Quill to Live year-end book roundup. Nine years we have been doing this, so please get excited for our ten-year anniversary this coming March! 2024 has been an interesting year for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. This year, the QTL team decided to slow down a bit. We diversified our reads,…
I am a father. I am a fan of dragons. These are two facts about me. A third fact is that I like to read and review books. A fourth fact is that I'd never considered just how many amazing dragon books there are for kiddos. Now that I have a five-month-old, I’ve been through…
Ah February 29th, the absolute possible last day to do a post about Black History Month, thanks to the leap year. Considering this has never been done before on the Quill To Live, we’re really pulling out all the stops. But really, reading these authors shouldn’t be relegated to a single month every year. So…
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…
Welcome back to another Quill to Live year-end book roundup. 2023 has been a somewhat quiet year for science fiction and fantasy after the raucous explosion that was 2022. The reviewers got together this week, had some cocoa, and discussed all our top picks from the year. After much debate, we made a list of…
This post was originally published on Tor.com. Reader, I am not what most would describe as “fit.” Dexterous, sure; I can play ping pong, darts, or Spikeball with the best of ‘em. I walk 10+ miles per week. I’m not particularly strong, but I’ll help you move for the right price (pizza). The biggest thing…
Continue reading ➞ Five Fantasy Swordsmen I’d Never, Ever Want to Challenge
Happy Summer everyone! We here at The Quill to Live are looking back on everything we have read so far this year and have put together a short list of our nine favorites so far. Each of these is a fabulous read and has our full review linked to their picture. We highly recommend you…
This post originally appeared on Tor.com. Sometimes, endlessly singing the praises of your favorite fictional universes can pay off. Such was the case with Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere, when a friend who doesn’t read a whole lot finally picked up one of the books. It took some coaxing—in the form of a suggested reading order, a Please Adapt…
Continue reading ➞ Cosmere Cashmere: Finding the Best Fit for Sanderson’s Cosmere Planets
