The Serpent and the Grail

10 best books like The Serpent and the Grail (A.A. Attanasio): Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, The Calculating Stars, Space Opera, Silver on the Tree, Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters, Greenwitch, The Sleeper and the Spindle, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure, True West

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Author	Damian Duffy
ISBN	1419731335

The follow-up to Kindred, the #1 bestseller, comes Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking dystopian novel

In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic...

The Calculating Stars

Author	Mary Robinette Kowal
ISBN	0765378388

On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to earth and obliterated much of the east coast of the United States, including Washington D.C. The ensuing climate cataclysm will soon render the earth inhospitable for humanity, as the last such meteorite did for the dinosaurs. This looming threat...

Space Opera

Author	Catherynne M. Valente
ISBN	1472115074

IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING

A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented-something to cheer up everyone who was left and bring the shattered worlds together...

Silver on the Tree

Author	Susan Cooper
ISBN	0689840330

The Dark is rising in its last and greatest bid to control the world. And Will Stanton -- last-born of the immortal Old Ones, dedicated to keeping the world free -- must join forces with this ageless master Merriman and Bran, the Welsh boy whose destiny ties him to the Light. Drawn in with them are the three...

Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters

Author	Mallory Ortberg
ISBN	1627791833

Hilariously imagined text conversations—the passive aggressive, the clever, and the strange—from classic and modern literary figures, from Scarlett O’Hara to Jessica Wakefield.

Mallory Ortberg, the co-creator of the cult-favorite website The Toast, presents this whimsical...

Greenwitch

Author	Susan Cooper
ISBN	0689840349

Simon, Jane, and Barney, enlisted by their mysterious great-uncle, arrive in a small coastal town to recover a priceless golden grail stolen by the forces of evil -- Dark. They are not at first aware of the strange powers of another boy brought to help, Will Stanton -- nor of the sinister significance...

The Sleeper and the Spindle

Author	Neil Gaiman
ISBN	1408859645

A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell – weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of dark magic, which will hold readers spellbound from start to finish.

On the eve...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Author	Unknown
ISBN	0451528182

Contains the greatest "OH FUCK" moment in medieval literature!

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - listed here as written by Unknown, though I believe it may have been penned by that prolific Greek author Anonymous - is a classic tale from Arthurian legend in which the code of honor attributed...

Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure

Author

Greg Rucka

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....

It is a period of civil war. The heroic freedom fighters of the REBEL ALLIANCE have won their most important victory thus far with the destruction of the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR.

But the Rebellion has no time to savor its victory....

True West

Author	Sam Shepard
ISBN	0573617287

This American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee, a demented...

The Age of Chivalry (Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology)

Author	Thomas Bulfinch
ISBN	0486436535

Denitza Raykova
1 min
Томас Булфинч - "Митове и легенди от рицарските времена", изд. "Рива", 2018 г., прев. Розалина Евдокимова

Когато осъзнаеш, че времето ти...

Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon

Author	Diana L. Paxson
ISBN	0451460286

I loved Marion Zimmer Bradley's "Mists of Avalon". This book is loosely based on her mythology, but since Marion died shortly after "Mists of Avalon" was published, most of the other books attributed to her were written by Diana Paxson. Diana is an OK writer, but it isn't up to the quality of Marion, so...

Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion

Author	Michelle Lovric
ISBN	1569248575

If you are a true romantic, such as I am, and attend all those romantic period independent films from abroad, as I do, then you will savour this book. Lavish artwork and illustration caress and enhance the personal prose of the famous and infamous, writers and characters of history,in this tempestuous...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections

Author	Jason Fry
ISBN	1465438157

See the vehicles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ in unparalleled detail with this newest addition to the Star Wars Incredible Cross Sections series. Twelve breathtaking artworks bring the new craft to life, showing all of the weapons, engines, and technology, while engaging text explains each...

Compulsory

Author

Martha Wells

Murderbot prequel short story! 3.5 stars. It's free online here at Wired magazine. Review posted on Fantasy Literature:

I hugely enjoyed reading the four MURDERBOT DIARIES novellas last year, so when I found that Martha Wells had published a prequel short story online in December, I was all...

The Man Who Knew The Way to the Moon

Author

Todd Zwillich

The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon.

Without John C. Houbolt, a junior engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.

Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly...

We Interrupt This Broadcast

Author

Mary Robinette Kowal

3.5 stars for this prequel to Mary Robinette Kowal's SF novel, The Calculating Stars. This short story is free online here at the author's website. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature:

The LADY ASTRONAUT series is an alternative history SF series in which a huge meteorite has destroyed...

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 128 (Clarkesworld Magazine, #128)

Author

Neil Clarke

FICTION
"Streams and Mountains" by Nick Wolven
"We Who Live in the Heart" by Kelly Robson
"Baroness" by E. Catherine Tobler
"The Person Who Saw Cetus" by Tang Fei, translated by S. Qiouyi Lu
"Running the Snake" by Kage Baker
"The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.

NON-FICTION
"Cut,...