Elizabeth Bear – Nuketown

A collection of science fiction and fantasy book covers

Summer Reading List 2021

May 27, 2021 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Focus, Projects, Reading Lists

Welcome to Nuketown’s 14th annual summer reading list! This year’s list welcomes back Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet series, returns to Iain Bank’s The Culture books, re-reads Richard Adam’s Watership Down and tries out some new series, including Elizabeth Bear’s White Space books and Martha[…]

Two books -- Lobster Johnson and Crusade -- rest on rocks next to a fire pit. A fire can be seen burning in the upper portion of the photograph.

Off the Bookshelf: Island Reading 2016

January 10, 2017 Ken Newquist Book & Print Columns, Books & Print, Off the Bookshelf

One of my family’s long-standing traditions is spending time at our friends’ cabin on Butler Island on Lake Champlain. It’s rustic in the extreme (though less so than the early years) with minimal power, an outhouse, and (thankfully) no Internet.[…]