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The accomplished author reflects on dystopia, gender, and the eternal possibility of giraffes.
By Aliza Polkes
Know your Offred from your Ofglen? Eyes from your Angels? This free Ebook will get you up to speed for Season 2.
Possessing hope and a strange ability, Lauren is thrust into an unknown world with a seemingly impossible goal.
The author explored both light and heavy subject matter—covering everything from contemporary adolescence to dystopian worlds and the Holocaust.
"I wrote what I wanted to read, which was sensible, intelligent girl swordfighters."
By Carolyn Cox
Journey back to your childhood, and discover how your perceptions of "A Wrinkle in Time" might have changed from then to now.
On the anniversary of her death, we look back on the extraordinary life of a remarkable writer.
By Carolyn Cox
Or "How I Fell in Love with Faeries—and Why You Will Too."
By Olivia Mason
"The New York Times" reports that the landmark author of "The Left Hand of Darkness" and the "Earthsea" novels has died.
By Carolyn Cox
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
By Carolyn Cox
In this excerpt, iconic author Ursula K. Le Guin envisions a plane of existence where no one dreams alone.
"Renegades" tells the story of humans with extraordinary powers and the villains who seek to destroy them.
The latest preview for the adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic story doesn't disappoint.
By Carolyn Cox
The librettist, composer, and music director of the Parable of the Sower opera shares her thoughts on Octavia E. Butler's legacy and the potential of theater to activate change.
By Carolyn Cox
One of Octavia E. Butler's editors shares how a new opera highlights the prescience and beauty of the late author's dystopian masterpiece.
Double the X chromosomes, double the badassery.
By Olivia Mason
The "Shades of Magic" author shares her thoughts on writing accessible fantasy in 2017.
By Carolyn Cox
Planned Parenthood and polyamory played a pivotal role in the development of Wonder Woman.
By Carolyn Cox
Do you know the true identities of the authors penning your favorite science fiction and fantasy novels?
By Olivia Mason
Over a decade after her death, a new fan anthology reveals how Butler's work continues to connect people and communities.