# Transfer Orbit
> Dispatches from the world of science fiction, reading, writing, and the future. 
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## Pages
- [About](https://www.andrewliptak.com/about.md) - Transfer Orbit Science fiction is everywhere in our lives. Whether it’s the latest blockbuster movie in theaters or streaming, hit novel, technological advancement, or space launch, the world around us could easily come out of the pages of a classic novel. This newsletter helps make sense of scienc…
- [Appearances](https://www.andrewliptak.com/appearances.md) - Here's where you can see me for public events
- [Contact](https://www.andrewliptak.com/contact.md) - Pitches I primarily cover speculative fiction literature, fandom, television, film, technology (I'm particularly interested in tech that deals with the future of reading), the future of warfare, and cosplay. Agent For professional and rights queries regarding Cosplay: A History, please contact my a…
- [Cosplay: A History Bibliography](https://www.andrewliptak.com/cosplay-a-history-bibliography.md) - When I published Cosplay: A History back in June 2022, one thing that the book didn't include was a proper "Works Cited" page. Here's the bibliography for the book, with linked added where possible. (Please let me know if any are broken.) Introduction 1. Adam Savage, "My Love Letter to Cosplay," fi…
- [Fiction](https://www.andrewliptak.com/fiction.md) - This is where you can find my fiction online. Short Fiction ‘Fragmented’, Galaxy's Edge #8, 2014 A soldier comes to terms with his combat experiences and leaving it behind. 2,551 words. * Originally published in Galaxy’s Edge Magazine #8, May 2014 * Audio edition adaptation published on StarshipSof…
- [Membership](https://www.andrewliptak.com/membership.md) - Support Transfer Orbit
- [Nonfiction](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nonfiction.md) - This page is to highlight some of the reviews, commentary and historical posts that I've done for various publications. Print Cosplay: A History: The Builders, Fans, and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life. * A history of the cosplay movement, published by Saga Press. Details. (You can r…
- [Privacy](https://www.andrewliptak.com/privacy.md) - Wondering how Ghost fares when it comes to privacy and GDPR rules? Good news: Ghost does not use any tracking cookies of any kind. You can integrate any products, services, ads or integrations with Ghost yourself if you want to, but it's always a good idea to disclose how subscriber data will be us…
- [Welcome!](https://www.andrewliptak.com/welcome.md) - Thank you so much for subscribing to Transfer Orbit—I really appreciate you joining me. About Me If we’re meeting for the first time: I’m Andrew Liptak, a writer and journalist who’s spent the last decade writing about science fiction, military history, popular culture, and technology. I’m the auth…

## Posts
- [Adrian Tchaikovski's Children of Time is turning into an RPG](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adrian-tchaikovski-children-of-time-rpg-kickstarter.md) - From gaming developers Rowan, Rook, and Decard
- [Legendary magazine Starlog is being resurrected](https://www.andrewliptak.com/starlog-annalee-newitz-scifi-magazine-podcast.md) - The classic magazine is being relaunched
- [13 new science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to check out in July 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/july-2026-new-scifi-fantasy-books-asimov-moreno-garcia-niven-tingle.md) - Vampires, undead, noirs, assassins, and more!
- [Focus Features has optioned John Langan’s The Fisherman](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-langan-the-fisherman-david-lowery-horror-film-adaptation.md) - The book is a masterclass of gothic fiction
- [Destination: The Asteroid Belt](https://www.andrewliptak.com/asteroid-belt-science-fiction-astronomy-history.md) - Flying piles of rubble
- [The Semisesquicentennial Man](https://www.andrewliptak.com/bicentennial-man-isaac-asimov-science-fiction-robots-semisesquicentennial.md) - Asimov’s Bicentennial Man, 50 years on
- [Table of Contents, July 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-july-2026.md) - Summer readin'
- [Even more exciting SF/F books to pick up in June 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/june-2026-new-scifi-fantasy-books-kraus-tremblay-tchaikovsky.md) - 16 new reads to close out the month with
- [Netflix is developing a series based on Alix Harrow's The Everlasting](https://www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-the-everlasting-netflix-fantasy-streaming-series.md) - The series is now in development
- [Peacock has greenlit Dungeon Crawler Carl for a series](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dungeon-crawler-carl-series-peacock-matt-dinniman.md) - New achievement!
- [The A-Z of film](https://www.andrewliptak.com/comprehensive-dictionary-of-cinema-film-television-book-review.md) - The Comprehensive Dictionary of Cinema is an engrossing resource that I can’t look away from
- [Subterranean Press is winding down its operations](https://www.andrewliptak.com/subterranean-press-scifi-fantasy-genre-publishing.md) - The publisher says that it intends to close down by the end of 2027 or early 2028
- [Doctor's out](https://www.andrewliptak.com/doctor-who-cancellation-bbc-television.md) - The long-running British series is going dark for the foreseeable future
- [Even more awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-awards-ignyte-arthur-c-clarke-shirley-jackson-seiun.md) - SF/F awards season is upon us
- [Capturing space opera's moral high ground](https://www.andrewliptak.com/iain-m-banks-ken-macleod-the-culture-science-fiction-space-opera-interview.md) - An interview with Ken MacLeod about Iain M. Banks
- [Here are the winners of the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/bram-stoker-award-stephen-graham-jones-buffalo-hunter-winners-horror.md) - The best writing in horror from 2025
- [Here are the winners of the 2026 Nebula Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-award-winners-2026-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-books.md) - Some of the best works of speculative literature from 2025
- [Country roads to highways](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-tourism-infrastructure.md) - Infrastructure paved the way for Vermont’s tourism industry
- [Amazon closed the iris on its Stargate revival](https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-stargate-revival-cancelled-scifi-mgm-prime-video.md) - The series was ordered back in November
- [Table of Contents, June 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-june-2026.md) - More SF/F short fiction to read this month!
- [15 new SF/F books to read in June 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/june-2026-new-scifi-fantasy-books-arden-asimov-kim-a.md) - Space adventures, clones, unicorns, and a whole lot of other reads to check out this month
- [Adam Rowe is writing a new book about science fiction art](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adam-rowe-scifi-art-new-book-announcement.md) - His first, Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s, is a fantastic book
- [Here are the winners of the 2026 Locus Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/locus-award-winners-2026-harrow-okorafor-jones.md) - Some of the best writing from 2025
- [Unrealized glimmers](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-film-review.md) - Hidden in The Mandalorian & Grogu are the bones of a much better film
- [FIYAH is going on indefinite hiatus](https://www.andrewliptak.com/fiyah-black-speculative-science-fantasy-short-fiction-magazine-hiatus.md) - Issue #40 will be its last, for now
- [Even more sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this May](https://www.andrewliptak.com/may-2026-new-scifi-fantasy-books-mcintyre-nayler.md) - The book flood continues
- [Learning the language](https://www.andrewliptak.com/ray-nayler-mountain-in-the-sea-scifi-book-author-interview.md) - Ray Nayler on his fascinating career, communicating with intelligent life, reading and writing unconstrained, and our relationship with the natural world
- [Ancillary Interview](https://www.andrewliptak.com/ann-leckie-ancillary-justice-radch-science-fiction-book-interview.md) - Ann Leckie on Ancillary Justice, finding the personal stories in galactic empires, and what she's learned about writing
- [Neverending stories](https://www.andrewliptak.com/thomas-elrod-franchise-science-fiction-storytelling-author-interview.md) - Thomas Elrod on his debut novel The Franchise, franchise stagnation, and finding creativity in a world of slop
- [Bag check: Spring 2026 edition](https://www.andrewliptak.com/whats-in-your-bag-spring-2026-lochby-uniqlo.md) - What I've been carting around
- [May 2026 brings a flood of new sci-fi and fantasy books](https://www.andrewliptak.com/may-2026-new-scifi-fantasy-books-dinniman-leckie-murderbot.md) - A flood of books are headed your way
- [Table of Contents, May 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-may-2026.md) - April showers brings May stories
- [A long out-of-print Octavia Butler novel is coming back](https://www.andrewliptak.com/octavia-butler-survivor-patternist-scifi-reprint.md) - The author famously prevented Survivor from being reprinted
- [13 more sci-fi and fantasy books to check out in April 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-sci-fi-fantasy-new-books-roundup-neuvel-chen-trees.md) - Make room on your shelves
- [The Expanse is getting another batch of deluxe editions](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-expanse-james-sa-corey-deluxe-editions-cibola-nemesis-babylon-books.md) - Books 4-6 are getting a glow up
- [Forest coverage](https://www.andrewliptak.com/when-the-trees-came-back-vermont-history-forestry-conservation-book-cover.md) - Coming up with a cover for The Vermont Historical Society's latest book, When the Trees Came Back
- [Here are the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/hugo-awards-finalists-2026-science-fiction-fantasy-books.md) - Some of the best works from 2025!
- [Bringing back the trees](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-when-the-trees-came-back-robert-mello-interview.md) - An interview with Robert A. Mello, author of When the Trees Came Back
- [Power imbalance](https://www.andrewliptak.com/james-sa-corey-expanse-captives-war-faith-of-beasts-scifi-book-interview.md) - James S.A. Corey on The Captives War, The Book of Daniel, and how the only way to survive an alien invasion might be appeasement
- [Here are the finalists for the 2026 Locus Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2026-locus-awards-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-books-finalists.md) - Some of the best SF/F from 2025
- [Netflix's animated Redwall series appears to be dead](https://www.andrewliptak.com/netflix-redwall-series-brian-jacques-fantasy-books.md) - The project was first announced back in 2021
- [Here are 9 new sci-fi and fantasy books to pick up this April](https://www.andrewliptak.com/april-2026-sci-fi-fantasy-new-books-roundup-brett-corey.md) - The start to a flood of new titles headed your way this spring
- [This year's BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award winners](https://www.andrewliptak.com/bsfa-philip-k-dick-award-winners-science-fiction-books.md) - Some excellent works from 2025
- [Dungeon Crawler Carl is headed to Peacock for a series](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dungeon-crawler-carl-matt-dinniman-tv-adaptation-peacock.md) - Dammit, Donut!
- [Fly me to the moon](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nasa-artemis-2-lunar-mission-history.md) - NASA made some big changes to the future of the Artemis program
- [Table of Contents, April 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-scifi-fantasy-horror-short-fiction-april-2026.md) - I've often thought of short fiction being the engine that drives speculative fiction. So many authors cut their teeth with shorter works, and it's a phenomenal way to meet new storytellers and creators – as well as new publications. Since I've launched this column, I've been adding new publications…
- [When is an alien invasion not an alien invasion?](https://www.andrewliptak.com/footfall-larry-niven-jerry-pournelle-alien-invasion-sci-fi-book-review.md) - Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's alien invasion novel is a time capsule from the Cold War, and a reminder that the threat of nuclear annihilation isn't ancient history
- [For All Mankind is coming to an end with Season 6](https://www.andrewliptak.com/for-all-mankind-season-6-renewal-ending-star-city.md) - Bye, Bob
- [Stephen Colbert is writing a Lord of the Rings movie](https://www.andrewliptak.com/lord-of-the-rings-shadow-of-the-past-stephen-colbert-film.md) - Shadow of the Past will cover some of the ground Peter Jackson skipped in his trilogy
- [Choosing one's path](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-rainseekers-matthew-kressel-sci-fi-novella-book-review.md) - A short, beautiful story about finding one's way in the world
- [Dune: Part Three teases a grim future for the galaxy](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-part-three-denis-villeneuve-frank-herbert-messiah.md) - The film hits theaters on December 18th
- [17 more SF/F books to read in March 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/march-2026-sci-fi-fantasy-new-books-roundup.md) - Another round of books to add to the to read pile
- [Here are the finalists for the 2026 Nebula Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2026-nebula-award-finalists-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-awards.md) - Some of the best from 2025
- [Here’s the cover for Annalee Newitz’s next book, A Wall Is Also a Road](https://www.andrewliptak.com/annalee-newitz-a-wall-is-also-a-road-scifi-book-cover-reveal.md) - Coming in October
- [An animated  Firefly series is in development](https://www.andrewliptak.com/firefly-animated-series-development-nathan-fillion.md) - 🎶You can’t take the sky from me 🎶
- [Lego's next Ideas project is Tintin's Moon Rocket](https://www.andrewliptak.com/lego-tintin-rocket-ship-herge-toys.md) - Releasing April 1st
- [Is Firefly coming back?](https://www.andrewliptak.com/firefly-nathan-fillion-scifi-television-rumors.md) - A return to the 'verse? Or something else?
- [For the historical record](https://www.andrewliptak.com/jay-kay-kline-fandom-photographs-uc-riverside-phoenix-alexander-digitization.md) - UC Riverside's Special Collections & University Archives are digitizing Jay Kay Klein's vast collection of fandom photographs. It's a daunting and important project
- [Awards onslaught](https://www.andrewliptak.com/british-science-fiction-bram-stoker-la-times-awards-finalists.md) - The British Science Fiction Association, Bram Stoker, and L.A. Times Awards have all announced finalists.
- [Table of Contents, March 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-march-2026.md) - Welcome to the March installment of Table of Contents, a roundup of the latest short fiction hitting the web for the science fiction and fantasy world. You can check out last month's installment here – it's been newly updated with the stories that came out over the course of February 2026. I've als…
- [14 new SF/F books to check out in March 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-horror-new-books-march-2026.md) - Lots of exciting fantasy, alien worlds, and epic battles to add to your TBR
- [Library of America is publishing Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels](https://www.andrewliptak.com/ursula-k-le-guin-wizard-of-earthsea-library-of-america-fantasy-book.md) - Coming September 2026
- [Here are the finalists for the 2026 Compton Crook Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2025-compton-crook-award-finalists-scifi-fantasy-books.md) - The winner will be announced in April and will attend Balticon 60 in May
- [A revolution is coming on For All Mankind](https://www.andrewliptak.com/for-all-mankind-season-5-apple-scifi-trailer-watch.md) - Season 5 debuts on March 27th
- [John Scalzi's next book is Monsters of Ohio](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-scalzi-monsters-of-ohio-sci-fi-book.md) - Coming November 3rd, 2026
- [Eight more science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-books-february-2026-ashton-okorafor-mcauley.md) - Some more exciting books to check out this month.
- [Here's the new trailer for The Mandalorian & Grogu](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-mandalorian-grogu-trailer-watch.md) - Hitting theaters May 22nd, 2026
- [Lego is making a Project Hail Mary Set](https://www.andrewliptak.com/lego-project-hail-mary-set-space-sci-fi-toys.md) - Based on the movie based on Andy Weir's novel
- [Objects from out of this world](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-moon-rocks-apollo-11-artemis-mission.md) - Now on display at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: moon rocks!
- [16 new SF/F books to check out this February](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-books-february-2026-dinniman-star-wars-sanderson.md) - Books about interstellar invasions, conspiracies, monsters, and quite a bit more to add to your TBR
- [The Folio Society unveils 2026 spring collection](https://www.andrewliptak.com/folio-society-2026-spring-collection-weir-homer-mandel-mievlle.md) - Lots of SF/F titles to look forward to
- [Table of Contents, February 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-february-2026.md) - A new crop of short stories to check out this month
- [Apple will adapt Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere universe](https://www.andrewliptak.com/brandon-sanderson-cosmere-stormlight-archive-apple-tv-streaming.md) - Another big adaptation from Apple
- [Read my new short story, "Deficiency Agent"](https://www.andrewliptak.com/deficiency-agent-military-science-fiction-future-tense-ai.md) - Published in Future Tense, Arizona State University's Center for Science and the Imagination's series
- [Here's the January 2026 book list!](https://www.andrewliptak.com/heres-the-january-2026-book-list.md) - 15 new novels to kick off the new year with
- [Kingdom come](https://www.andrewliptak.com/george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones-westeros-fantasy-history.md) - How George R.R. Martin and Game of Thrones took over popular culture
- [Neuromancer is getting a special edition](https://www.andrewliptak.com/neuromancer-william-gibson-cyberpunk-special-edition.md) - Another special(?) edition for your shelf
- [Here are the nominees for the 2025 Philip K. Dick awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/philip-k-dick-award-finalists-2025-scifi-books.md) - Some of the best paperback SF from 2025
- [Table of Contents January 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-january-2026.md) - A new crop of stories to start off the new year with!
- [All the books I'm looking forward to reading in 2026](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-books-2026-murderbot-corey-leckie-anticipated.md) - Are you ready for a great year of stories?
- [Patrick Nielsen Hayden is retiring from Tor Books](https://www.andrewliptak.com/patrick-nielsen-hayden-tor-books-publishing.md) - A longstanding figure in the SF/F world
- [Destination: Jupiter](https://www.andrewliptak.com/jupiter-history-nasa-science-fiction.md) - How we discovered Jupiter and told stories about it
- [My favorite reads of 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-horror-best-books-2025.md) - 15 outstanding books
- [What I read in 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2025.md) - 58 books!
- [A watertight seal](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-historical-society-spaulding-building-restoration.md) - A look at the work that goes into a historic building
- [Mythological contacts](https://www.andrewliptak.com/daniel-h-wilson-hole-in-the-sky-first-contact-sci-fi-book-review.md) - Daniel H. Wilson's Hole in the Sky is a tense, gripping thriller about first contact
- [Storytelling machine](https://www.andrewliptak.com/split-fiction-video-game-sci-fi-review-hazelight.md) - Hazelight's co-op game Split Fiction is a real delight
- [Origin stories](https://www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-the-everlasting-fantasy-time-travel-book-review.md) - Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting is a powerful book about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated
- [The art of desert warfare](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dune-the-storyboards-denis-villeneuve-concept-art-kickstarter.md) - Dune: The Storyboards is now funding on Kickstarter
- [Stories for the masses](https://www.andrewliptak.com/mass-market-paperback-novels-publishing-books.md) - The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper
- [Return of the Mill Street Little Free Library](https://www.andrewliptak.com/little-free-library-vermont-books.md) - Back in service!
- [Table of Contents December 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-december-2025.md) - One final batch of short stories for 2025!
- [The idea is never the problem](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-scalzi-interview-burlington-vermont-scifi-old-mans-war.md) - My interview with John Scalzi from the Green Mountain Book Festival
- [17 new sci-fi and fantasy books coming this December](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-new-books-december-2025.md) - One final round of new books to close the year out
- [Dragonian bargains](https://www.andrewliptak.com/king-sorrow-joe-hill-fantasy-horror-dragons-book-review.md) - Joe Hill's King Sorrow is an indulgent epic that shows why it's unwise to enter into a bargain with a dragon
- [Transfer Orbit's 2025 Holiday Gift Guide](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nerd-holiday-gift-guide-books-lego-games-scifi-2.md) - A whole bunch of neat books, toys, and other items to gift the nerdy person in your life
- [Cross-genre takeover](https://www.andrewliptak.com/romantasy-science-fiction-fantasy-books-publishing-sales.md) - A new report points to 2025 being the biggest year for speculative fiction ever, thanks to the ongoing boom in romantasy fiction
- [11 new SF/F books to check out this November](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-books-november-2025.md) - Hidden secrets, uninhabitable planets, secret worlds, and quite a bit more to check out
- [Amazon has ordered a new Stargate series](https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-stargate-sg1-franchise-revival-martin-gero-streaming.md) - Open the iris!
- [N.K. Jemisin has been named a SFWA Grandmaster](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nk-jemisin-sfwa-grandmaster-scifi-fantasy-award.md) - The 42nd Damon Knight Memorial Grandmaster
- [Fighting for peace](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-scalzi-shattering-peace-scifi-book-review.md) - John Scalzi's return to his Old Man's War series is a timely, optimistic story of unity in a violent universe
- [RIP Star Wars Insider](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-insider-magazine-cancelled.md) - Coming to a close in 2026
- [Hand to a hot stove](https://www.andrewliptak.com/atomic-bomb-garrett-graff-devil-reached-toward-the-sky-book-review.md) - Garrett M. Graff’s The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making & Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb is a deep dive into past that we shouldn’t look away from, and one that we should continue to remember
- [Table of Contents November 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-november-2025.md) - The latest SF/F stories to check out this November
- [17 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this November](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-book-list-recommendations-november-2025.md) - Lots of sequels, continuations, and fantastical adventures
- [Principled prophet](https://www.andrewliptak.com/positive-obsession-octavia-butler-biography-book-review.md) - Susana M. Morris's Positive Obsession is an intimate and tragic look at the life of Octavia E. Butler
- [Finding one's self on the road to hell](https://www.andrewliptak.com/rf-kuang-katabasis-fantasy-book-review.md) - R.F. Kuang's Katabasis is a gripping quest about the pitfalls of academia and finding one's true self
- [Disney axed a Star Wars film about the redemption of Ben Solo](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-hunt-for-ben-solo-adam-driver-steven-soderbergh-disney.md) - Star Wars: The Hunt for Ben Solo appears to have been pretty far along before Disney canceled it
- [Green Mountain Book Festival Recap](https://www.andrewliptak.com/green-mountain-book-festival-recap.md) - An excellent event
- [20 new SF/F books to close out October with](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-book-list-october-butler-danielewski-okorafor.md) - The title wave continues with new horror, science fiction, and fantasy books to add to your TBR
- [Kim Stanley Robinson's papers are headed to the Huntington](https://www.andrewliptak.com/kim-stanley-robinson-papers-the-huntington.md) - Preserved for future scholars
- [The Martian is getting a Deluxe Edition](https://www.andrewliptak.com/andy-weir-the-martian-deluxe-limited-edition-books-publishing.md) - But are these special limited editions really just the new dust jacket refresh?
- [14 more sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books to check out this October](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-october-2025-book-list-joe-hill-ken-liu-pierce-brown.md) - More books to add to your TBR this October
- [Green Mountain Book Festival 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/green-mountain-book-festival-2025.md) - Join me in Burlington to talk about science fiction with John Scalzi!
- [I sold a short story!](https://www.andrewliptak.com/short-story-sale-military-science-fiction-future-tense.md) - "Deficiency Agent" is coming soon to Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination Future Tense Fiction series
- [15 new SF/F books to check out this October 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-book-list-october-2025.md) - Another title wave
- [Speaking for the trees](https://www.andrewliptak.com/forests-trees-nature-writing-christopher-brown-ethan-tapper-book-review.md) - Two books examine our place — and responsibility in a changing world
- [Table of Contents October 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-fiction-october-2025.md) - A roundup of the short fiction coming out this month
- [17 more sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books to close out September with](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-horror-book-list-september-2025-dinniman-witcher.md) - One last book list for the month
- [Obsession and reality](https://www.andrewliptak.com/life-on-mars-the-martians-david-baron-book-review.md) - David Baron's The Martians is an engrossing story of speculation and obsession about life on Mars
- [Here's the first trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-mandalorian-and-grogu-first-trailer-watch-disney-plus.md) - The first Star Wars film in theaters since 2019's Rise of Skywalker
- [14 more SF/F books to check out this September](https://www.andrewliptak.com/september-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-horror-history-book-list.md) - Gripping true crime, screenplays, folkloric urban fantasy and quite a bit more to check out this month
- [Powder keg](https://www.andrewliptak.com/kathryn-bigelow-house-of-dynamite-trailer-watch-nuclear-war.md) - Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming film A House of Dynamite looks like a timely warning about the dangers that the world's nuclear weapons pose to the world
- [Technical challenges, creative solutions](https://www.andrewliptak.com/aidan-moher-fight-magic-items-jrpg-book-history-review.md) - Aidan Moher's Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is an outstanding exploration of the rise of the genre and how it's shaped popular culture
- [13 new SF/F books to check out in September 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-book-list-september-2025.md) - Title Wave!
- [Iterate, iterate, iterate](https://www.andrewliptak.com/book-cover-design-winters-time-jeffrey-amestoy-vermont-history.md) - How the latest book cover from the Vermont Historical Society came together
- [Table of Contents: September 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/table-of-contents-septe.md) - The short stories hitting the web in September
- [Triple, triple toil and trouble](https://www.andrewliptak.com/betwitching-silvia-moreno-garcia-witches-horror-book-review.md) - Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Bewitching is a gripping, multi-generational tale of curses, power, and witches
- [Star Wars: Starfighter is now in production](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-starfighter-production-news.md) - Set to hit theaters in 2027, just in time for the franchise's half-century birthday
- [Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time is getting a special edition](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adrian-tchaikovsky-children-of-time-scifi-special-edition.md) - Part of Orbit's Gold Edition program
- [One of my favorite space operas is coming back to print](https://www.andrewliptak.com/allen-steele-coyote-sci-fi-space-opera-reprint.md) - Long out of print, Allen M. Steele’s Coyote series is getting a rerelease
- [Wearing your fandom](https://www.andrewliptak.com/book-publishing-merchandise-shirts-design.md) - Automatic Noodle: The Shirt!, something that I think more authors should look into doing when they release a book
- [Here are the winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/here-ar.md) - The World Science Fiction Convention took place over the weekend in Seattle, and with it came the winners of the 2025 Hugo Awards. I don’t have any sort of grand commentary on the field this year: I’ve only read a couple of the nominees, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that Robert Jackson Ben…
- [17 more SF/F books to check out for the rest of August](https://www.andrewliptak.com/august-2025-scifi-fantasy-books-anders-hill-kuang-scalzi.md) - Title wave!
- [Uncovering Vermont's most notorious murder trial](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-winters-time-jeffrey-amestoy-clarence-darrow-book-interview.md) - An interview with Jeffrey L. Amestoy, author of Winters' Time
- [Recommended serving size](https://www.andrewliptak.com/annalee-newitz-automatic-noodle-scifi-book-review.md) - Annalee Newtiz's latest is a bite-sized sci-fi story is a testament to the power of building and fostering community
- [Embers](https://www.andrewliptak.com/embers.md) - A short story about a world without nuclear weapons
- [2025 Dragon Award finalists](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2025-dragoncon-dragon-award-corey-vandermeer.md) - A good look at some of the best SF/F published in the last year
- [The Folio Society is publishing Frank Herbert's God Emperor of Dune](https://www.andrewliptak.com/folio-society-frank-herbert-god-emperor-of-dune.md) - The Dune saga continues
- [Table of Contents: August 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-fiction-asimovs-analog-clarkesworld-uncanny.md) - A rundown of this month's short genre fiction
- [Here are 16 new sci-fi & fantasy books to check out this August](https://www.andrewliptak.com/august-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-books-newitz-tingle-star-wars.md) - There are histories of nuclear annihilation, robotic kitchens, strange deaths, and more to add to your TBR
- [Shared reality incongruity](https://www.andrewliptak.com/united-states-vermont-history-ideology-misinformation.md) - Lore verses history
- [Empirical steps](https://www.andrewliptak.com/project-hail-mary-andy-weir-first-contact-murray-leinster-hard-scifi.md) - Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary harkens back to an older science fiction tradition
- [14 more SF/F books to check out this July](https://www.andrewliptak.com/scifi-fantasy-horror-book-list-july-2025-bradbury-khaw-priest.md) - Books about hidden secrets, lies, deceptions, and more to add to your TBR
- [Balancing act](https://www.andrewliptak.com/warhammer-40k-space-marine-cosplay-games-workshop.md) - Warhammer 40K gets its first official wearable Space Marine helmet, but it could also bring some concerns to the cosplay community
- [Fonda J. Lee's Green Bone Saga is getting a snazzy special edition](https://www.andrewliptak.com/fonda-lee-jade-city-green-bone-saga-orbit-gold-edition.md) - And some new covers for the regular trade edition
- [Cosplay, IP, and studios](https://www.andrewliptak.com/cosplay-planet-money-indicator.md) - I'm on Planet Money's The Indicator!
- [Cautionary Tale](https://www.andrewliptak.com/jurassic-park-michael-crichton-tech-scifi-book.md) - Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is essential reading for reasons beyond cloned dinosaurs
- [Murderbot is coming back for a second season](https://www.andrewliptak.com/muderbot-renewed-apple-martha-wells-season-two-sci-fi.md) - Yay for more awkward android/human interactions!
- [A cinematic century](https://www.andrewliptak.com/a-cinematic-century.md) - An outstanding video for you to watch this weekend
- [Here are 11 new SF/F books to check out this July!](https://www.andrewliptak.com/july-2025-scifi-fantasy-book-list.md) - Stories space truckers, witches, zombies, and more to add to your TBR
- [Table of Contents: July 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-july-2025.md) - A rundown of this month's short fiction
- [Here's the first trailer for Project Hail Mary](https://www.andrewliptak.com/project-hail-mary-andy-weir-sci-fi-movie-trailer-watch.md) - Adapting Andy Weir's 2021 acclaimed sci-fi novel
- [Returning to memory lane](https://www.andrewliptak.com/simon-stalenhag-swedish-machines-zero-point-scifi-book-review.md) - Simon Stålenhag's Swedish Machines is an engrossing, beautiful read about memories and queer love
- [Building tension](https://www.andrewliptak.com/james-bond-denis-villeneuve-sicario-film.md) - Denis Villeneuve is directing the next Bond film: there's a scene from one of his earlier films that has me excited by the prospect
- [The Pixar method](https://www.andrewliptak.com/elio-pixar-disney-film-box-office-ip-review.md) - Elio is a cute, kid-sized version of the 1997 film Contact that's worth checking out in theaters
- [A pen when you need it](https://www.andrewliptak.com/lochby-sidekick-wallet-pen-edc-review.md) - Lochby's Sidekick is a practical and innovative wallet for writers
- [Freedom of fantasy](https://www.andrewliptak.com/zen-cho-jrr-tolkien-lecture-fantasy-literature-freedom-writing.md) - Listen to Zen Cho's 2025 J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture, "The Uses of Fantasy"
- [Cycles of time and music](https://www.andrewliptak.com/carbon-leaf-indian-summer-time-playground-music-songwriting-interview.md) - Carbon Leaf’s lead singer Barry Privett on 30 years of adaptation, music, writing, and learning to take the time to perfect one’s art
- [Here are 12 more books to check out this June](https://www.andrewliptak.com/june-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-horror-book-list-2.md) - Weird westerns, fantastic space operas, and histories of the atomic age for you to dig into
- [Imperial ouroboros](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-andor-season-2-empire-fascism.md) - Andor's second season is a powerful look at the fragility of oppressive ideologies
- [Here are the winners of the 2025 Nebula Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nebula-awards-2025-sfwa-science-fiction-fantasy-books.md) - Some of the best SF/F stories from 2024
- [There's a new Expanse game coming and it looks fantastic](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-owlcat-james-sa-corey.md) - The Expanse: Osiris Reborn looks like The Expanse crossed with Mass Effect
- [Table of Contents: June 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-june-2025.md) - Here's a rundown of this month's latest short fiction
- [Here are 16 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read this June](https://www.andrewliptak.com/june-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-book-list.md) - A whole bunch of new adventures to add to your TBR
- [The Dresden Files might be getting a new adaptation](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dresden-files-jim-butcher-profile-streaming-urban-fantasy-adaptation.md) - Another wizard named Harry for your viewing pleasure
- [Best laid plans](https://www.andrewliptak.com/asimovs-analog-scifi-magazine-fiction-1-paragraph-interview.md) - 1 Paragraph's founders on their plans for Analog, Asimovs, and the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
- [Changing of the guard](https://www.andrewliptak.com/asimovs-analog-fsf-science-fiction-fantasy-magazines-ownership-publishing.md) - What does a change in ownership for the genre's legacy short fiction magazines mean for the SF/F community?
- [Wheel stop](https://www.andrewliptak.com/wheel-of-time-cancelled-prime-video-streaming.md) - Amazon's Prime Video has canceled its fantasy series The Wheel of Time after its third season wrapped up
- [Reading comprehension](https://www.andrewliptak.com/rebel-moon-entertainment-journalism-clickbait-fandom.md) - A rant about the state of entertainment and franchise journalism
- [The Battle of Hoth: a critical analysis](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-empire-strikes-back-battle-hoth-warfare.md) - How the Empire made critical errors and allowed the Rebel Alliance to escape, and the lessons we can learn from it
- [Bringing a new trooper online](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-212th-airborne-trooper-cosplay-501st.md) - How a briefly-seen background character adds to the larger canvas of George Lucas's world
- [12 new SF/F books to check out in the second half of May](https://www.andrewliptak.com/may-2025-new-scifi-book-list.md) - New stories about generation ships, knights on quests, and strange mysteries to add to your TBR
- [Here's the first trailer for Marvel's Ironheart](https://www.andrewliptak.com/marvel-ironheart-iron-man-trailer-watch.md) - Coming June 24th
- [Will we ever get to see another show like Andor?](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-andor-disney-plus-streaming-budgets-economics.md) - The streaming world of 2019 is vastly different from that of 2025
- [Gateway to the Revolution](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-american-revolution-lake-champlain-strategic.md) - Lake Champlain’s strategic significance during the colonial era
- [Here's the first trailer for Foundation's third season](https://www.andrewliptak.com/apple-foundation-season-3-asimov-trailer-watch.md) - Arriving July 11th on Apple TV+
- [Here are the finalists for the 2025 Locus Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/locus-awards-finalists-2025-science-fiction-fantasy-books.md) - Some of the best SF/F from 2024
- [Table of Contents: May 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-short-stories-may-2025.md) - Here's a rundown of this month's short fiction to read
- [Here's the May 2025 book list](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-books-may-2025-star-wars-neuromancer-wells.md) - 18 new SF/F books to check out
- [Polygon has been sold to Valnet](https://www.andrewliptak.com/polygon-vox-media-valnet-journalism-writing.md) - 🤬
- [Watching from all angles](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-scalzi-when-the-moon-hits-your-eye-sci-fi-book-review.md) - John Scalzi's When the Moon Hits Your Eye is a ridiculous and fun experiment that hides a deeper, pertinent story about the world we face today
- [Philip Pullman announces The Rose Field](https://www.andrewliptak.com/philip-pullman-his-dark-materials-rose-field-book-of-dust.md) - The final installment of his Book of Dust trilogy
- [Galactic war crimes](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-andor-war-crimes-empire-nazi-germany-wwii.md) - Andor draws on real-world history to show the Empire's horrifying conduct against its subjects
- [Fitting a round peg into a genre-sized hole](https://www.andrewliptak.com/publishing-linda-nagata-elizabeth-bonesteel-science-fiction-writing.md) - Two authors talk about things not often talked about
- [Trapped in the machine](https://www.andrewliptak.com/black-mirror-uss-callister-harlan-ellison-ai-no-mouth-must-scream.md) - Black Mirror and Harlan Ellison's classic story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" are fascinating stories about how power corrupts
- [A familiar galaxy, far, far away](https://www.andrewliptak.com/a-familiar-galaxy-far-far-away.md) - The immediate future of Star Wars looks like one thing: comfortable
- [Here are 12 more SF/F books to check out this April](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-new-books-april-2025-wendig-okorafor-zahn.md) - Another batch of books to check out before the month is out
- [Risk and reward](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nnedi-okorafor-death-of-the-author-africanfuturist-scifi-book-review.md) - Death of the Author is a fantastic novel about remaining authentic in the face of the demands fame and success brings
- [Self-inflicted wounds](https://www.andrewliptak.com/history-imls-politics.md) - A short rant about the state of the country
- [Here's the first trailer for Murderbot](https://www.andrewliptak.com/murderbot-apple-tv-martha-wells-sci-fi-streaming.md) - The series begins streaming on May 16th on Apple TV+
- [Here are the finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/here-are-the-finalists-for-the-2025-hugo-awards.md) - Fandom’s picks for the best works of 2024
- [A return to The Expanse](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-expanse-comic-scifi-a-little-death-james-sa-corey.md) - A new comic series is now funding on Kickstarter
- [Nicola Griffith is the latest SF Grandmaster](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nicola-griffith-sfwa-science-fiction-grandmaster.md) - A worthy addition to the ranks
- [11 new sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this April](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-fantasy-new-books-april-2025.md) - Another busy month for new books
- [Fractal steps](https://www.andrewliptak.com/dante-lauretta-osiris-rex-asteroid-hunter-book-review-space-astronomy.md) - Dante S. Lauretta’s memoir The Asteroid Hunter is a fascinating window for the challenges that a space mission brings
- [Interview with Garrett M. Graff](https://www.andrewliptak.com/garrett-graff-vermont-oral-history-covid-19-interview.md) - How you take 100 oral histories and distill them down into a single book
- [Anatomy of a cover](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-historical-society-covid-19-garrett-graff-book-cover.md) - Another look at the work that went into designing a book cover
- [21 more SF/F books to read in March 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-books-march-2025-scalzi-kowal-dinniman.md) - A whole lotta books to add to your TBR.
- [Destination: Venus](https://www.andrewliptak.com/venus-solar-system-astronomy-science-fiction-history.md) - The story of our solar system's most brilliant planet
- [Neill Blomkamp's directing Starship Troopers](https://www.andrewliptak.com/starship-troopers-neill-blomkamp-military-sci-fi-film.md) - Yes, please.
- [Here are the finalists for the 2025 Nebula Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/science-fiction-nebula-awards-finalists-sfwa-2025.md) - Honoring the best in science fiction and fantasy from 2024
- [Mush!](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-admiral-richard-byrd-antarctica-museum-object.md) - Admiral Byrd's Dog Team Model: now on display at the Vermont History Museum
- [15 new SF/F books to check out in the first half of March 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/march-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-book-list-new-releases.md) - New releases from Katherine Addison, M.R. Carey, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and many more to add to your TBR pile!
- [Here's a free military science fiction anthology about the future of special forces](https://www.andrewliptak.com/ficint-useful-fiction-military-sci-fi-special-forces-free-anthology.md) - An intriguing window into the future of warfare
- [Transition points](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-james-bond-films-content-streaming-creativity-fandom.md) - Amazon now controls the future of James Bond, and it's worth looking at how franchises can end up turning out bland products if they aren't careful
- [Middle-earth garb](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tolkien-middle-earth-lord-of-the-rings-burgschneider-cosplay-costumes.md) - Costume company Burgschneider is launching a line of Lord of the Rings-inspired costumes for enthusiasts
- [RIP JOANN Fabrics](https://www.andrewliptak.com/joann-fabrics-cosplay-bankruptcy-closure.md) - A huge loss for the cosplay world
- [Amazon wants to adapt Iain M. Banks' Consider Phlebas](https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-culture-iain-banks-consider-phlebas-adaptation-scifi.md) - Second time's the charm?
- [Colorful futures](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adam-rowe-worlds-beyond-time-70s-scifi-art-book-interview.md) - An interview with Adam Rowe, the guy behind 70s Sci-Fi Art project and author of Worlds Beyond Time.
- [The revolution starts now](https://www.andrewliptak.com/star-wars-andor-season-2-trailer.md) - The trailer for the second season of Andor is finally here
- [Three Purple Hearts](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-purple-heart-world-war-one-two.md) - The stories of three Vermont soldiers
- [Here are the SF/F finalists for this year's LA Book Prize](https://www.andrewliptak.com/la-book-scifi-fantasy-prize.md) - A nice list of nominees
- [Apple's Murderbot series debuts on May 16th](https://www.andrewliptak.com/apple-murderbot-martha-wells-streaming-series-sci-fi-release-date.md) - Adapted from Martha Wells' outstanding series
- [Evolution of the snowshoe](https://www.andrewliptak.com/vermont-history-evolution-of-the-snowshoe.md) - Sometimes, the oldest tools still work just as well as they did hundreds of years ago
- [Destination: Mercury](https://www.andrewliptak.com/mercury-solar-system-astronomy-science-fiction-history.md) - The closest to the sun
- [Here are the finalists for the 2025 Compton Crook Awards](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2025-compton-crook-awards.md) - The winner will be announced during Balticon 59 in May
- [All the SF/F books you should check out this February](https://www.andrewliptak.com/february-2025-sci-fi-fantasy-book-list-recommendations.md) - 21 new science fiction and fantasy books to add to your TBR
- [Amazon's Rings of Power is coming back for a third season](https://www.andrewliptak.com/amazon-rings-of-power-third-season-renewed.md) - Amazon has announced that it has renewed its Lord of the Rings series The Rings of Power for a third season. Set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, it's about the rise of Sauron and how the rings of power were forged. A…
- [Culture clash](https://www.andrewliptak.com/adrian-tchaikovsky-alien-clay-sci-fi-book-review.md) - Adrian Tchaikovsky's novel Alien Clay is an intriguing read about the brittleness of authoritarianism in the face of a system it can't control: the natural world
- [Catching lightning in a bottle: the story of John Scalzi's Old Man's War](https://www.andrewliptak.com/john-scalzi-old-mans-war-military-sci-fi-book.md) - John Scalzi's Old Man's War was published 20 years ago in January 2005, and helped him become one of the best-known writers working in the field. It was far from a certain trajectory.
- [Changing tastes](https://www.andrewliptak.com/book-cover-artwork-john-harris-scalzi-old-mans-war.md) - John Scalzi revealed the cover for his next book, The Shattering Peace with art from series mainstay John Harris. It's interesting to see how the reactions have changed over the years.
- [Cultivating fandoms](https://www.andrewliptak.com/charles-stross-laundry-files-conventional-boy-litrpg-gaming-book-review.md) - Charles Stross's A Conventional Boy is a solid reminder that fandoms aren't bodies of people a company can count on for marketing a franchise
- [Middle-earth disinfo campaigns](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tolkien-return-of-the-king-lotr-propaganda-disinformation.md) - Denethor, Palantírs, and propaganda in J.R.R. Tolkien's Return of the King
- [Reading the news](https://www.andrewliptak.com/neil-gaiman-allegations-media-literacy.md) - A new report detailing allegations against Neil Gaiman is a good opportunity to better understand how news works and spreads
- [The devil's work is never done](https://www.andrewliptak.com/mcu-marvel-daredevil-born-again-trailer-watch.md) - Daredevil: Born Again promises to bring some variety to the stakes of the MCU
- [Destination: Luna](https://www.andrewliptak.com/moon-solar-system-astronomy-science-fiction-history.md) - How scientists and science fiction writers discovered the Moon
- [Here are the finalists for the 2025 Philip K. Dick Award](https://www.andrewliptak.com/philip-k-dick-award-2025-samatar-tchaikovsky.md) - Some of the best paperback SF from 2024
- [Corruptibility](https://www.andrewliptak.com/tolkien-lord-of-the-rings-two-towers-grima-wormtongue-corruption.md) - Some thoughts about how Tolkien portrayed power and how relevant it is today
- [All the new science fiction and fantasy books to check out in January 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-new-books-january-2025-hendrix-okorafor-stross-wells.md) - 18 new science fiction and fantasy books to start off 2025 with
- [What I read in 2024](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2024-books-read-science-fiction-fantasy.md) - 42 books in a year
- [Here are my most anticipated books of 2025](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-2025-anticipated-books-scalzi-okorafor-cosby-kuang.md) - 25 new science fiction, fantasy, and horror books that I'm looking forward to the most this year
- [My 10 favorite reads of 2024](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-best-books-2025.md) - If there's a thread that connects these reads, it's the idea of power and how characters contend with it
- [Sailing off the edge of the map](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-book-review-yudhanjaya-wijeratne-pilgrim-machines.md) - Yudhanjaya Wijeratne's novel Pilgrim Machines is a everything I think of when I try and imagine what science fiction can and should be: an optimistic and beautiful journey
- [Sufficiently advanced technology](https://www.andrewliptak.com/robin-sloan-moonbound-sci-fi-book-review.md) - Robin Sloan's Moonbound is an astonishing, gripping, and imaginative read
- [Power play](https://www.andrewliptak.com/paolo-bacigalupi-navola-fantasy-book-review.md) - Paolo Bacigalupi's fantasy novel Navola is a devastating coming-of-age story about the pitfalls of power and loyalty
- [Sprayed edges, unique covers, and ribbons: deluxe book editions are on the rise](https://www.andrewliptak.com/books-publishing-sprayed-edges-reading-booktok-booksgram.md) - Publishers are increasingly turning to special features, like sprayed edges and special editions to entice readers in a social media age
- [Guiding the fans](https://www.andrewliptak.com/cosplay-doctor-who-science-fiction-knitting-cosplay-guide.md) - Knitting instructions from the BBC are a great early example of an official cosplay guide

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