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Here are some books in which the plot itself revolves around books.
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Here are some books in which the plot itself revolves around books.
Books sometimes have themes that connect them. Today, let’s take a look at something pretty special: Books about books. Here are some of the many stories in which books play a big role in the plot. Go on an adventure or learn from them and see how wonderful books can be. Would you put any of these on your list?
The Story Thieves series by
James Riley
The series centres around Owen, who loves books and would rather star in his own book series than live in the real world with chores and homework. Owen’s life changes when he sees his classmate, Bethany, climb out of a book in the library. It turns out that Bethany is half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, who is a fictional character. Owen makes a deal with her; one that might help her find her f
I recall writing a Most Anticipated post in previous years that was full of excitement and optimism. This year, well, I’d like to pretend I’m excited. I know there are good books coming in 2021. I
know it. Right now, what I’ve got is the teeth-gritted determination to last long enough to read some of them and appreciate the experience. And that? Well, that’ll have to substitute for excitement.
Roll on a comprehensive vaccine programme for 2021!
And also good books. There are so many good books coming out this year that I’m anticipating with determined pleasure, in fact, that this will be an extra-long installment…
If there’s one thing that people like more than stories about robots, it’s stories about robots trying to beat the hell out of each other. We’re thrilled to share the cover for Django Wexler’s
Hard Reboot, a science fiction adventure arriving from Tordotcom Publishing on May 25th.
Did we mention the robots are huge? Because they are!
Giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did academia get to be so complicated?
Kas is a junior academic on a research mission to old Earth. When a con-artist tricks her into wagering a huge sum of money she doesn’t have on the outcome of a manned robot arena battle she becomes drawn into the seedy underworld of old Earth politics and state-sponsored battle-droid prizefights.
What a year. I seem to keep saying that, but really,
what a year. January feels like it took place in another century. And I’m
sure July happened a decade ago. (Or last week. Are we absolutely certain it wasn’t last week?)
Despite the pandemic, and the rest of this year’s discontents, 2020 has been a good year for books, even if I’ve frequently had difficulty reading them. Or, at this point, remembering what year they belong to. (See above, January, another century.) But I
think I’ve managed to compile my Top Twenty from 2020. Probably I have forgotten some excellent books, or failed to read them you should see the previous column on The Best Books I Haven’t Read in 2020, if you want to see what I really