The Long Earth

When a single book combines the hard-edged speculative verve of Stephen Baxter (Timelike Infinity) with the fertile comedic zest of Terry Pratchett (the Discworld series), followers of both writers will applaud. Leaping into a multiverse of parallel worlds, the British authors join forces to tell the thought-provoking story of two cross-dimensional explorers and their potentially infinite odyssey. The cosmic frontier never looked so big or appealing!

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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