Dave Klecha was born in Detroit and studied Russian and history in college. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. In addition to writing, Dave engages in a number of other creative pursuits, including acting, set-building, scriptwriting, and extreme amateur landscaping. His fiction has appeared in...
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My Favorite Books of 2023
Season’s Readings everyone! As is generally true, there have been some marvelous books published in 2023, and I’m thrilled to share my favorites with you.
Lo mejor del 2023: los libros preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios
El mejor regalo que puedes ofrecer durante las festividades de invierno es un libro. Si necesitas ideas sobre qué libros regalar (o regalarte a ti mismo), aquí te presentamos los títulos preferidos por nuestros lectores y bibliotecarios en el 2023.
Interview With an Author: Tobias S. Buckell
Called "violent, poetic and compulsively readable" by Maclean’s, science fiction author
LAPL Reads: Best of 2023
From all of us at the Los Angeles Public Library, at the Central Library, and the 72 branches, we are pleased to announce the best books of 2023 as selected by our staff, who volunteered their recommendations. Since 2011 LAPL Reads has been presenting these.
Reading the Works of Philip K. Dick
Existential struggles with technology, authoritarian governments, and paranoia; these are just a few of the themes readers will encounter when reading the works of Philip K. Dick.
Interview With an Author: Emily Critchley
Emily Critchley has lived in Essex, Brighton, and London and now lives in Hertfordshire where she works as a librarian.
Images, Misinformation, and Sherlock Holmes
Images, Misinformation, and Sherlock Holmes: misinformation is designed to mislead, but with a couple of tools, you too can have the confidence of a fictional detective.
Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month
If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen.
Interview With an Editor: John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams is the series editor of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy
Podcast: Taylor Lorenz and Brian Merchant in Conversation
From a 19th-century worker rebellion against automation to the unlikely origins of social media, join us for a far-reaching discussion into technology, people, and power with authors Brian Merchant and Taylor Lorenz in a celebration of their newly published books.