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I told a friend that I’d just read Lorrie Moore’s new novel, “I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home,” and they followed up with the logical next question that anyone would ask, “Is it good?” I couldn’t answer the question, which is odd, given that I’d literally just read the book. I mean the book was wonderful, captivating from beginning to end. I started it the moment the cabin door closed on ...

This month we have a YA gay romance in college hockey, a thriller with a lesbian detective, and a space opera with a lesbian ambassador.…

According to Goodreads, the best science fiction books of 2021 were "Project Hail Mary," "Klara and the Sun," and "Fugitive Telemetry."

If you’re looking for great books to buy for the holidays, try the 20 best science fiction and fantasy books of 2021, including a list of runners up and other great reads you can find on Amazon or wherever you get books.

Back in 2019 Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire was released to critical praise, winning the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, to celebrate the release of its sequel A Desolation Called Peace, we are giving away TWO sets of both A Desolation Called Peace (in hardback). For those who missed out on reading A Memory Called Empire (or would like to refresh their memory), it follows Ambassador Mahit Dzmare, who travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire’s interstellar capital, eager to tak...

(Simon & Schuster/Saga 978-1-9821-4806-5, $27.00, 416pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, March 2, 2021) Science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy. There’s a great deal going on in Machinehood, from Divya’s sophisticated critique of a post-privacy gig economy to her evident expertise in AI systems, ‘‘weak AI’’ digital assistants, nanotech, and prosthetic body modifications. Individually, none of the t...