Welcome to another weekend, bookworms. This past week was the Book Expo America in New York City. For years I’ve longed to go, though from what I hear ’round the book blogs, it’s not as perfect as I once imagined (though, really, what is?). Still, if you made the trek to New York, share your [...]
Category Archive — science-fiction
Word of the Week (60)
Today is a pretty big day in terms of famous birthdays: first president of the U.S. George Washington, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, political and political family scion Edward Kennedy, actress Julie Walters (better known to children the world over as Mrs. Weasley), crocodile wrestler Steve Irwin, and even Drew Barrymore. There are, of course, [...]
Ender’s Game
Andrew “Ender” Wiggin is a third, the child his parents were instructed to have, and a genius. For years, Earth has been locked in a galactic war against an alien race known as the Buggers. Desperate for a military commander with the skill to beat an enemy unlike any other, the government conducted genetic experiments [...]
