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Books About Clones: 7 Sci-Fi Reads on Who Gets to Be Real
Book Recommendations · Sci Fi
Looking for books about clones? Seven sci-fi novels, from Never Let Me Go to Mickey7, that ask who counts as a person, plus where Eden’s Maze fits.
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Book Recommendations · Sci Fi
Books About Clones: 7 Sci-Fi Reads on Who Gets to Be Real
Looking for books about clones? Seven sci-fi novels, from Never Let Me Go to Mickey7, that ask who counts as […]
Book Recommendations · Fantasy Deep Dives
What Is LitRPG? A Fantasy Writer Goes Down the Rabbit Hole
What is LitRPG? Where it came from, the first LitRPG book, how it differs from GameLit and progression fantasy, and […]
Fantasy Deep Dives · Shifter Fantasy
Werewolf Mythology Around the World: 7 Legends Behind Shifters
Werewolf mythology is older and stranger than Hollywood. Explore 7 legends, from Lycaon to the rougarou, and the modern shifter […]
Mermaids & Ocean Fantasy · Mermen
Merman Books: Where Are All the Male Mermaids?
Found any male mermaids lately? Try this. Search “mermaid books” and you will drown in results. Lists, subgenres, entire BookTok […]
Sci Fi · Tropes & Worldbuilding · Uncategorized
Found Family in Sci-Fi and Fantasy: Why the Crew You Choose Hits Harder Than Blood
Found Family in Sci-Fi and Fantasy. There’s a moment in almost every great sci-fi or fantasy story where it happens. […]
Mermaids & Ocean Fantasy
Mermaid Books That Aren’t The Little Mermaid: A Reader’s Guide to Dark Ocean Fantasy
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I love Ariel. Perhaps you do too? Or maybe you’re a secret […]
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