It's 2023, and as we continue our journey into the future, some might be wondering, Where are all the robots promised by our favorite sci-fi films...
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Science Fiction: Mary Doria Russell
Today the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger James Rogers, who leads the Pioneers of Sci-Fi Book Club! James writes: I’m a big fan of Science...
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Best Fiction of 2022
December is the month to look back at the year as it's drawing to a close. I'm thinking about my favorite fiction from this past year. These are...
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Why Retire When There Are Aliens to Fight?
Every genre in literature has a subgenre within it that contains books that can be considered "comfort" or "cozy" reads, stories which are simply...
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Climate Fiction: A Cli-Fi Reading List
Apocalyptic fiction is not a new genre. One could argue that it is one of literature's oldest genres. Ragnarok. The Revelations of John. The (often...
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Weird Fiction Spotlight: Caitlín R. Kiernan
Weird Fiction is a difficult genre to describe, but you know it when you read it. Stories that get categorized as Weird Fiction often take place in...
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Speculative Fiction: Jessamine Chan and Jo Harkin
Speculative fiction or science fiction... these books could fall under both genres. Scientific advances drive the plots, but these are set in worlds...
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Harrow the Ninth: More Skeletons! More Swords! More Memes!
(Spoiler Warning: I am going to discuss some minor spoilers from Gideon the Ninth.) After reading Maggie's post about Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn...
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Watchmen: A Classic on Page and on the Small Screen
Confession: I have never really been into super hero comics and stories. The last Marvel Comic Universe movie I saw was the first Captain America....
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Gideon the Ninth
This week the Matchmakers team welcomes guest blogger Maggie Lawrence, Youth Services Associate at our Noble Branch! Maggie writes: Gideon the Ninth...
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Stories of Your Life: Short Stories by Ted Chiang
I recently finished Ted Chiang's sci-fi short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others, an engaging, smart, and varied set of stories that...
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Noble Staff Book Club Picks
Beginning last fall, some of the Noble reference staff have been getting together for a staff book club each month. It's been really fun getting to...
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