“I think they actually have a pretty good barometer of what they can handle,” says the fantasy novelist, whose new book is “Hell Bent,” “and will happily set a book aside when it starts to go places they don’t want to go.”
“I think they actually have a pretty good barometer of what they can handle,” says the fantasy novelist, whose new book is “Hell Bent,” “and will happily set a book aside when it starts to go places they don’t want to go.”
Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in which a resourceful hero survives unthinkable cataclysm.
From NPR's Books We Love list, we hear reviews for several mystery and sci-fi books including "Nona the Ninth," "Birds of Maine," and "The Daughter of Doctor Moreau."
“The earlier the better,” says the record producer and author of the forthcoming book “The Creative Act: A Way of Being.” “The stories are engaging and they train readers to look deeply into all they see. A great primer for awareness practice.”