Science fiction and fantasy offer a rich legacy of great books—but that abundant pile of reading material can also be daunting. So sometimes, it’s easier to fake it. We asked some of our favorite writers, and they told us the 10 books that everyone pretends to have read. And why you should actually read them.
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Author Jane Yolen may be most famous for How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? — but she’s actually written so many books that you can read one each day for a year. She’s also a mom of three and a grandmother of six — so, you know, she’s pretty busy. Yolen, 79, began writing children’s books more …
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Today I'm with the lovely H.B Lyne today as we talk all about how to world build for fiction authors. Covering both fantasy and non-fantasy world building.