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#Science Fiction/Fantasy

Space! Dragons! Space dragons (that’s a thing)! Welcome to the sci-fi and fantasy corner of Book Riot, where we discuss the best fantasy book series (and best fantasy books that standalone–yes, those do exist), YA sci-fi, science fiction books for kids, cozy sci-fi (also a thing!), and more. Grab your sword and hop in the spaceship: let’s get reading.

They’re (Paper) Ba-ack: September 18, 2012

Tuesday is New Book Day. We celebrate each week by highlighting titles we’re excited to see arrive in paperback. [galleryview ...

Riot Recommendation: Supernatural Battles

This edition of Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Angelfall by Susan Ee. It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse ...

The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers, September 9-14, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch!  

Alternate Taglines for THE HOBBIT

It is a truth universally acknowledged that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but any Tolkien reader ...

Cover Face-Off: Margaret Atwood’s IN OTHER WORLDS

Part-memoir, part-lit crit, all awesome, Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination is a contemplation of the evolution ...

Sci Fi for Non-Sci Fi Readers

Lately, I’ve noticed a theme in my reading. I’ve been classifying it as like-science fiction, but it’s not quite capital ...

Best of BookRiot.tv: Most Popular Trailers, June 4 – Jun 10, 2012

Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch the trailer.

Reading Pathways: Ray Bradbury

I have been working on this post on and off for a few months now. I could never decide how ...

Words Obeyed Him: Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

When I was in fifth grade, I entered a house, went to the nursery, and was eaten by a lion. ...

Giveaway: A Galactic Map of Dystopian Futures

There are so many rich, compelling dystopias in fiction that it can be a tough to keep them all straight. ...