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This is, finally, unbelievably, the final post of this series! So for one last time, I hope you find something that piques your interest! Other related posts can be found here: A Sampling of 2022s Speculative Fiction Releases (Part 1) A Sampling of 2022s Speculative Fiction Releases (Part 2) A…

The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews

What writers and readers consider the best sci-fi of the year.

  New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell’s epic fantasy, the Simon Snow trilogy, concludes with Any Way the Wind Blows. In Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong. In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward. For Simon, that means deciding whethe...

Image: Tordotcom Advertisement G/O Media may get a commissionBuy Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes for $26 from Amazon Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes This debut fantasy collection shares “stories of fierce women at the margins of society burning their way toward the center,” including the title story’s fairytale spin on the American immigrant story. (March 2) Advertisement Image: Margaret K. McElderry Books G/O Media may get a commissionBuy Chain ...

(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...

" A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice "In A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine smuggles you into her interstellar diplomatic pouch, and takes you on the most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love: identity crises, unlikely romance, complicated politics, and cunning adventurers. Super-fun, and ultra-fascinating."—Ch...