Stack Overflow: Brave New Worlds

Well, hello there! It’s been a while—I’ve had a hard time getting my engine started back up this year, but I’ve still been reading a lot, with more books to tell you about than I can handle in a single column. This week, I’ll start with some fascinating visions of the world: what it could […]

Something Hinter This Way Comes: ‘The Night Country’ by Melissa Albert

In her 2018 ‘New York Times’ Bestseller ‘The Hazel Wood,’ Melissa Albert introduced us to the Hinterland, a world of fairy tales that some sought to run from and some ran straight into. At the end of the book, most of us were left wanting more. Albert’s conclusion to ‘The Hazel Wood’ arrived in bookstores this week. In ‘The Night Country,’ we don’t quite return to ‘The Hazel Wood,’ more like ‘The Hazel Wood’ returns to us.

A Shortcut to Mushrooms

If you are looking for a new diversion, simply looking for your next good read, or if you need to hone your hunter gatherer skills for the next time a wizard shows up on your doorstep in the middle of the night, you will not be disappointed with the Norewegian Mycological adventures of Long Lit Woon.