Science fiction doesn't have a single starting gun. Writers have been imagining other worlds, strange machines and altered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The fantasy genre is made up of fictional worlds full of supernatural and magical powers that transport the reader into a whole ...

In the indie ebook world, the genre is king. According to a 2017 Author Earnings report, over 70% of all genre fiction consumer purchases — the "overwhelming majority" — are now in ebook format. Of ...

The debate between literary fiction and genre fiction is a long-standing one. Genre fiction is accused of being insignificant and shallow while literary fiction is called pretentious and boring. There ...

Alif the Unseen, the 2012 debut novel of G. Willow Wilson, takes an inventive approach to the contemporary techno thriller. Its titular hacktivist is a freelance security provider trying to evade the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horses on the beach in Malibu as the Woolsey Fire comes down the hill in 2018. Climate fiction isn't genre, Lydia Millet argues: ...

One of the biggest success stories in U.S. publishing in recent years has been the continued growth of digital book publishing. Last year, total revenue for e-book sales in the United States reached ...

When writing a novel, it’s best to show, not tell. When tackling social issues, it’s best to tell a story, not preach. The former is a rule every writing course teaches us. The latter is something I ...

Our columnist on four excellent recent novels. By Alida Becker Our columnist on new novels from Richard Osman, Lucy Foley and John Grisham. By Sarah Lyall Our columnist on James Sallis’s “Backwater” ...

Though independent bookstores aren’t known for stocking a wide assortment of genre fiction titles, booksellers are finding that genre fiction can have a large payoff. By developing genre sections, ...

A s a fannish undergraduate in the late 1990s, I took a creative-writing workshop thinking I might write science fiction. I was quickly disabused of that notion. “I don’t do science fiction, and I don ...