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Hades Makes History as the First Video Game to Win a Hugo Award
Last year, Supergiant Games’ Hades, the roguelike inspired by Greek mythology about Hades’ son Zagreus escaping the underworld, released to near universal acclaim. If it wasn’t praised for being an inviting step into the roguelike genre, it was praised for its characters and narrative. If it wasn’t for that, it was for the music, you…
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The Human Mind Becomes a Weapon of War in Robert Jackson Bennett’s Locklands
Hugo nominee Robert Jackson Bennett began his critically acclaimed Founders trilogy in 2018 with epic fantasy Foundryside, followed by 2020’s Shorefall. Next year, he’ll reveal the much-anticipated concluding volume, Locklands — but we’ve got a sneak peak, including the cover and an excerpt, to share today.
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49 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Keep You Turning Pages in August
The end of summer is approaching, but there’s still a full month of what we can technically refer to as “summer reading.” Good thing August has a galaxy’s worth of new sci-fi and fantasy book releases, with parallel universes, ghost hunters, supernatural battles, deep-space intrigue, all manner of witches, and so much more. Read on!
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io9 Co-Founder Annalee Newitz Has a New Futurist Podcast
The world’s in a pretty miserable place lately, but looking to the future can help inspire us to build a better tomorrow for us all — and novelist, Hugo-Award winning podcaster, and former editor of io9 and Gizmodo Annalee Newitz is here to help!