Amal El-Mohtar

<em>A Psalm for the Wild-Built</em>, by Becky Chambers

A Monk And A Robot Meet In A Forest ... And Talk Philosophy In This New Novel

Amal El-Mohtar

Becky Chambers comes down to earth for her new series, about a world where humans and robots diverged so long ago that now each group is just a myth to the other, and robots propagate themselves.

<em></em>Wish on stars in <em>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</em> and the next morning, jewel-bright star fragments will wash up on your beaches.

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A Year Of Falling Stars, Evening Swims And Friendship: Animal Crossing Turns One

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons came out a year ago and quickly became the game of the pandemic era, offering a candy-colored fantasy world where the occasional bug bite is the worst that can happen.

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The World Of 'Elatsoe' Mixes Humor And Horror (And Ghost Dogs)

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Darcie Little Badger's warm, spooky debut novel is set in a world just slightly off our own, where ghosts and fairies are real, and an Apache girl can pal around with the spirit of her childhood dog.

'Finna' Warns: Beware Of The Fuzzy Chairs

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Nino Cipri's magical multiworld adventure is set in a Swedish big box furniture store — no, not that one — where the showroom floor is prone to interdimensional wormholes that swallow shoppers.

You'll Float Away On The Warm Waters Of 'The Starless Sea'

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Erin Morgenstern's long-awaited followup to The Night Circus imagines a world of magical doors leading to a literal underground sea — surrounded by layers of pleasurable mystery and mythography.

'Palestine + 100' Explores Contested Territory, Past And Future

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A new anthology invites Palestinian writers to imagine their homeland in 2048 — 100 years after the creation of Israel. The stories are inventive, dextrous, painful, and even sometimes playful.

Building A Home Of Stories In 'The Bird King'

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G. Willow Wilson's luminous new novel is set during the last days of Muslim Granada, and follows a royal concubine and her mapmaker friend as they flee the Inquisition for a place that may not exist.