Non-Fiction | Genres

An Informal History of the Hugos

Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:00pm

Non-Fiction || A collection of essays from Jo Walton, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000.

Strange Stars

Jason Heller

Mon Jun 11, 2018 2:00pm

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Non-Fiction || A Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist explores the weird and wild story of when the sci-fi world met the rock ’n’ roll world of the 1970s.

Sleeping With Monsters

Kate Elliott

Mon Jun 5, 2017 4:00pm

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Non-Fiction || Kate Elliott's introduction to SLEEPING WITH MONSTERS, a collection of non-fiction essays by Tor.com columnist and reviewer, Liz Bourke.

Not So Good A Gay Man

Frank M. Robinson

Fri May 5, 2017 2:00pm

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Science and the City

Laurie Winkless

Wed Oct 19, 2016 3:00pm

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Non-Fiction || Your guidebook to the hidden world of cities, uncovering some of the remarkable technologies that keep the world's great metropolises moving.

Tetris: The Games People Play

Box Brown

Thu Sep 29, 2016 3:00pm

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Graphic Novel, Non-Fiction || It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams.

Colorful Heroes: The Origins of Marvel’s Iron Fist and Luke Cage

George Khoury

Tue Sep 27, 2016 10:00am

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Non-Fiction || Remember the days when every comic book captured your imagination, and took you to new and exciting places? When you didn’t apologize for loving the comic books and creators that gave you bliss? Comic Book Fever captures that era, when comics offered all different genres to any kid with a pocketful of coins, at local establishments from 7-Elevens to your local drug store.

Northmen

John Haywood

Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:00pm

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Non-Fiction || From Finland to Newfoundland and Jelling to Jerusalem, follow in the wake of the Vikings—a transformative story of a people that begins with paganism and ends in Christendom.

Comic Book Fever: The Neverending Story of Star Wars

George Khoury

Tue Sep 13, 2016 1:00pm

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Non-Fiction || Remember the days when every comic book captured your imagination, and took you to new and exciting places? When you didn’t apologize for loving the comic books and creators that gave you bliss? Comic Book Fever captures that era, when comics offered all different genres to any kid with a pocketful of coins, at local establishments from 7-Elevens to your local drug store.

Raiders!

Alan Eisenstock, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala

Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:00pm

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Non-Fiction || The official companion book to the documentary, Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made—the incredible true story of Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos and how they realized their impossible childhood dream of remaking Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The Fifty-Year Mission

Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:00am

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The Geek Feminist Revolution: Where Have All the Women Gone?

Kameron Hurley

Mon May 23, 2016 12:00pm

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Non-Fiction || The Geek Feminist Revolution is a collection of essays by double Hugo Award-winning essayist and fantasy novelist Kameron Hurley. The following essay, "Where Have All the Women Gone?", was written especially for the collection, and examines the ways in which women's writing is erased or dismissed.

Leonard Audio Excerpt and Sweepstakes

Danielle Prielipp

Mon Mar 28, 2016 3:00pm

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Non-Fiction || Listen to an audio excerpt from LEONARD, a biography of Leonard Nimoy, as read by author William Shatner. More than just a biography of one of the greats of TV and film, it is a deeply emotional story of a friendship between two extraordinary men.