Science fiction and fantasy literature
FILE - Author Lawrence Ferlinghetti recites a poem after he was awarded the Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at the National Book Awards in New York, on Nov. 16, 2005. Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher and bookseller has died in San Francisco at age 101. His son says Ferlinghetti died at home on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Ferlinghetti helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement. He was known for his City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, an essential meeting place for the Beats and other bohemians in the 1950s and beyond. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams, File)
Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101

By Janie Har And Hillel Italie Feb. 23, 2021 02:57 PM EST

This image provided by IFC Films shows Jack O’Connell as Jude, right, and Olivia Cooke as Emma in a scene from Chad Hartigan’s “Little Fish.” (IFC Films via AP)
Review: 'Little Fish' is a pandemic-era, sci-fi love story

By Jocelyn Noveck Feb. 03, 2021 05:39 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2018 file photo, author J.K. Rowling poses for photographers upon her arrival at the premiere of the film 'Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald', in London. JK Rowling is publishing a new story called “The Ickabog,” which will be free to read online to help entertain children and families stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Harry Potter” author said Tuesday May 26, 2020, that she wrote the fairy tale for her children as a bedtime story over a decade ago. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
JK Rowling publishes first chapters of new story online

May. 26, 2020 11:57 AM EDT

This combination of book cover images released by Grand Central Publishing shows, "Wild Seed," from left, "Parable of the Sower," and "Parable of the Talents," by Octavia e. Butler. Fourteen years after her death, Butler has never seemed more relevant. The rare black science fiction writer in her lifetime, she is now praised for anticipating many of the major issues of the day, from pandemics to the election of Donald Trump. Grand Central Publishing is reissuing many of her novels and the Library of America welcomes her to the canon in 2021 with a volume of her fiction. (Grand Central Publishing via AP)
Butler's prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death

By Hillel Italie May. 07, 2020 11:12 AM EDT