In Portland, Oregon you will discover Powell’s Books, a bookstore so monumental it’s can name itself, unironically, a “metropolis of books.” The high-quality people at Powell’s have put collectively an inventory of the very best science fiction and fantasy of 2023. Right here’s extra from Powell’s Metropolis of Books:
Welcome readers, to the second of our Greatest Books of 2023 lists: Science Fiction & Fantasy! Completely an excuse for me to run as much as booksellers — street-interview fashion — and demand to know their favourite world-building, magic-systems, and political messes (in SPACE!).
We’ve bought Romantasy (petitioning Merriam-Webster to make this the phrase of the yr); we’ve bought veteran romantasy authors returning to beloved collection to say “we’ve been doing this!“; we’ve bought dragons and extra dragons; love letters to books in cozy fantasy settings; unionized dolphins; cyberpunk thrillers about orbital elevators; collection conclusions that stick the touchdown; we’ve bought everybody’s favourite ornery SecUnit; we’ve bought pirates, supervillains, fairytales, and extra.
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