Ryka Aoki, "Light From Uncommon Stars" (Tor Books, 2021)
Ryka Aoki’s new novel, Light from Uncommon Stars (Tor Books, 2021), is packed with as much variety as a box of lovingly prepared assorted donuts from ...
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Bestselling and award-winning science fiction authors talk about their new books and much more in candid conversations with host Rob Wolf. In recent episodes, he's talked with Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries) about endearing-but-deadly bots, Sam J. Miller (Blackfish City) about “hopeful" dystopias, Daryl Gregory (Spoonbenders) about telekinesis and espionage, Meg Elison (The Book of Etta) about memory and the power of writing, Mur Lafferty (Six Wakes) about cloning and Agatha Christie, Maggie Shen King (An Excess Male) about the unintended consequences of China's one-child policy, and Omar El Akkad (American War) about the murky motivations of a terrorist.
Cadwell Turnbull, "No Gods, No Monsters" (Blackstone, 2021)
Cadwell Turnbull appeared on New Books in Science Fiction two years ago to discuss his debut novel, The Lesson, about an alien invasion and colonizati...
S. Qiouyi Lu, "In the Watchful City" (Tordotcom, 2021)
It’s no coincidence that one of the main characters in S. Qiouyi Lu’s In the Watchful City carries with ser a qíjìtáng, or cabinet of curiosities. Lu’...
Jackson Ford, "Eye of the Sh*t Storm" (Orbit, 2021)
Jackson Ford has some things in common with his protagonist, Teagan Frost. Both use nom de plumes. And both can move sh*t. With her telekinetic powers...
Gautam Bhatia, "The Wall" (Harper Collins, 2020)
Gautam Bhatia’s debut novel The Wall (Harper Collins, 2020) is set in Sumer, a city enclosed in an impenetrable, unscalable barrier that seems sky hig...
Sarah Gailey, "The Echo Wife" (Tor Books, 2021)
Where does DNA end and the soul begin? It’s a question that Evelyn Caldwell, the brilliant genetic researcher at the center of Sarah Gailey’s The Echo...
Andy Weir, "Project Hail Mary: A Novel" (Ballantine Books, 2021)
A story about an alien invasion typically revolves around diplomacy, military strategy, technological one-upmanship, and brinksmanship. But the invade...
Adrian Tchaikovsky, "The Doors of Eden" (Orbit, 2020)
In Adrian Tchaikovsky’s The Doors of Eden (Orbit, 2020) the multiverse is filled with parallel Earths where evolution takes different twists and turns...
Ginger Smith, "The Rush's Edge" (Angry Robot, 2020)
Space operas take readers far from Earth with stories about alien cultures and battles between good and evil. But while usually set in distant galaxie...
Robbie Arnott, "The Rain Heron" (FSG Originals, 2021)
At the end of its life, the phoenix bursts into flames and a younger bird rises from the ashes. The roc is large enough to carry an elephant in its cl...