Wild, raging girls seem to be everywhere these days, from movies like Logan to books like The Girl with All the Gifts.
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River Tam, not using her words in Firefly.
Our New Year's (Literary) Resolutions: We're Ready for 2018!
Here at Fiction Unbound, we're ready for 2018. Are you? Here are our literary New Year's resolutions and a look back at our personal moments and favorite books of 2017.
Read more"The Last Jedi" — Where We Stand
The Last Jedi turns expectations upside down and fans inside out.
Read more2017 Best of Fiction Unbound
The Unbound Writers look back on the wild ride that was 2017 and gear up for what comes next.
Read moreHappy Holidays 2017
Star Wars holiday art by Scott Park © 2011.
Some holiday traditions are better than others.
Read moreCold-Weather Classics
When the weather outside gets frightful, make the most of the atmosphere by treating yourself to one of these cold-weather classics of speculative fiction.
Read moreRevisiting "The Buried Giant": Still More Thoughts on Ishiguro's Latest
In honor of Ishiguro's Nobel lecture last night, we revisit our woolly musings on 2015's The Buried Giant.
Read moreWe Want to Experience These Great Reads on our Screens
Everybody loves SF/F adaptations these days. We'd like to see these.
Read moreThe Fiction Unbound Speculative Holiday Gift Guide for 2017
The Unbound Writers picked their favorites to recommend books that will see you and your friends and families through the holiday season and beyond.
Read moreThe Heroine’s Journey: Beyond the Bindings of the Western Tradition
S.A. Chakraborty's debut novel sweeps readers away on a flying carpet to the magical city of Daevabad, where Cairo orphan Nahri will learn the truth - both the incredible and the ugly - about her family's history.
Read more"Dark Matter" [Spoiler] Review: Blake Crouch’s Science Fiction Thriller Delves into the Multiverse
Blake Crouch's Dark Matter is a light science fiction adventure about the road not traveled. Let's dive in!
Read more"The Half-Drowned King": Sailing the Viking Seas
Need an epic fix while you wait for the Game of Thrones finale? Look no further than the beauty and bluntly rendered brutality of Linnea Hartsuyker's adrenaline-fueled historical novel set in ninth-century Norway.
Read moreHalloween Horror Reading Recommendations: Tricks and Treats
The Unbound Writers go trick-or-treating down Memory Lane for Halloween horror recommendations.
Read moreBundle Up for Joe Hill's "Strange Weather"
Read Strange Weather with a nice warm blanket you can hide under.
Read more“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" - Fiction Unbound Reviews Our Childhood Nightmares
This Friday the 13th the Fiction Unbounders discuss their favorite Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and how these tales became the source material for favorite childhood nightmares.
Read more"Tool of War": Blood Is Not Destiny
Paolo Bacigalupi, Tool of War. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Paolo Bacigalupi's Tool of War examines questions of biological determinism, free will and the unforeseen consequences of genetic engineering.
Read moreBest High Fantasy Literature: An Ode to Patricia A. McKillip
If you have a craving for lush, high-fantasy there is no one better than Patricia A. McKillip
Read moreCarmen Maria Machado's New Gothic: "Her Body and Other Parties"
Carmen Maria Machado's astonishing short story collection queers reality itself.
Read moreInvite The Twilight Pariah Into Your Imagination
The Twilight Pariah, part ghost story, part murder mystery, swings from the craftily conventional to the truly inventive.
Read moreFiction Unbound Reviews: Best Online Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines
Whether reading online or listening to podcasts during your commute, some of the best writing in speculative fiction is debuting in online venues.
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