Patrick Valentine: 5 books

The Sage of Aquarius This tale begins tomorrow. The over-populated and ravaged earth is gasping for breaths while corporations and criminals dominate the earths scant resources and its troubled humans. When a quirky prodigy builds a computer that communicates with the metaphysical realm he inadvertently...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our October 2016 issue (#121)  contains: Original stories by Robert Reed ("The Next Scene"),...

A travesty. A violation. An ecstasy. A disappointment. An instant. A lie. A theft. A rite of passage. Whatever you call it, there's only one first time. A.S. King, Melvin Burgess, Keith Gray, Patrick Ness, Anne Fine, Sophie McKenzie, Bali Rai, Jenny Valentine, Mary Hooper, and Andrew Smith....

While the importance of writing has often been recognized, the role of books and especially that of libraries has just as often been slighted. Knowledge, once generated, has to be communicated, preserved, and accessible. Books in their varying formats—from clay tablets to scrolls and manuscripts...

Si le mythe du loup-garou est l’un des plus classiques et tenaces de la culture populaire, ce n’est pas un hasard : ces créatures n’amusaient pas du tout nos ancêtres, qui jugèrent et brûlèrent environ 100 000 personnes pour « lycanthropie » entre 1500 et 1700. 15 auteurs vous...