The Wolf and the Crown

10 best books like The Wolf and the Crown (A.A. Attanasio): Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, Space Opera, Silver on the Tree, Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters, Greenwitch, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure, Olio Live, True West, The Age of Chivalry (Bulfinch's Medieval Mythology)

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
AuthorDamian Duffy
ISBN1419731335
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...
Space Opera
AuthorCatherynne M. Valente
ISBN1472115074
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
AuthorSusan Cooper
ISBN0689840330
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
AuthorMallory Ortberg
ISBN1627791833
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...
AuthorSusan Cooper
ISBN0689840349
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...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
AuthorUnknown
ISBN0451528182
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
AuthorGreg 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....
Olio Live
AuthorTyehimba Jess
The word "olio" means a hodgepodge, or a miscellaneous collection of literary or musical selections. In Olio Live - a very special one-night performance recorded live at the Minetta Lane Theater in February 2019 - poet Tyehimba Jess introduces listeners to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning collection...
True West
AuthorSam Shepard
ISBN0573617287
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)
AuthorThomas Bulfinch
ISBN0486436535
Denitza Raykova
1 min
Томас Булфинч - "Митове и легенди от рицарските времена", изд. "Рива", 2018 г., прев. Розалина Евдокимова

Когато осъзнаеш, че времето ти...
You do You: Proud to Be Fabulous
AuthorTan France
Jump into Pride with Tan France (Queer Eye), Nikki Levy, and seven fabulous storytellers as they share true tales of exploring, embracing, and celebrating queer identity.

You Do You, produced especially for Pride Month, brings Audible Members a collection of uplifting, raw, and hilarious...
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
AuthorDiana L. Paxson
ISBN0451460286
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
AuthorMichelle Lovric
ISBN1569248575
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
AuthorJason Fry
ISBN1465438157
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
AuthorMartha 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
AuthorTodd 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
AuthorMary 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)
AuthorNeil 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,...
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