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Audiobook Review: “Dooku: Jedi Lost” is a Whirlwind Backstory
A new audio exclusive tells the backstory of Count Dooku, the Star Wars prequel villain who left the Jedi Order only to return to haunt it.
Audiobook Review: “H.G. Wells: The Science Fiction Collection”
A new Audible collection enlists a stable of screen stars to read H.G. Wells’s five best-known science fiction novels. They’re still ripping good stories.
Audiobook Review: “Master & Apprentice” Spotlights Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Before Jar Jar
Distinguished as the earliest book in the current Star Wars timeline, Claudia Gray’s ‘Master & Apprentice’ is lavish exposition of Qui-Gon Jinn’s backstory.
Hetty McKinnon’s “Family” Vegetarian Cookbook, Reviewed by a Carnivore
I didn’t grow up in a house where roasted cauliflower was “highly sought after,” but now I’m on the same page as McKinnon’s kids: ready to ditch the Spam.
Audiobook Review: In “Up Against the Wall,” David Hasselhoff Saves the Free World
David Hasselhoff wrote and narrates a new alternate history that inflates his role in the end of the Cold War beyond, even, the strange reality of it.
Book Review: Mark Dery’s “Born to Be Posthumous” Probes Edward Gorey, Gently
It’s well past time for a proper Edward Gorey biography, and gratifyingly, Mark Dery explores the eccentric artist’s world without overexplaining.
Audiobook Review: “Queen’s Shadow” Explores Amidala in the Age of AOC
E.K. Johnston’s YA novel explores Padmé Amidala’s transition from queen to senator. Audiobook narrator Catherine Taber voiced Padmé on “Clone Wars.”
Book Review: Molly Dektar’s “The Ash Family” Gets Lost in the Woods
One of this spring’s most-anticipated debut novels is about a young woman who falls in with a cult. If you’re hoping to understand why, though…good luck.
Book Review: SEX ROBOTS Are the Subjects of Kate Devlin’s “Turned On”
Sex robots!
The subject made me pick up Kate Devlin’s new book, Turned On: Science, Sex, and Robots. Maybe it made you click on this re..
Thanksgiving Audiobook Review: Nathaniel Philbrick’s “Mayflower”
About the book: Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2006 history chronicles the Pilgrims’ journey from its genesis in turn-of-the-17th-century Britain t..
Book Review: How Much Do You Need To Know About G.I. Joe?
In Back to Our Future (2011), David Sirota argues that G.I. Joe is in significant part responsible for indoctrinating children to accept a..
Book Review: Two Titles Take Loving Looks Back at Late 20th Century Kids’ Culture
When computers failed to bring the world to an end at the dawn of 2000, everyone decided that Y2K fears had been overblown. They were, in ..