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Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss "The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/05/troll_s_eye/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/05/troll_s_eye/index.html?source=rss Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and other writers reimagine fairy tales from the villain's point of view By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/06/23/vampire_fiction/index.html?source=rss The spirit of the Vampire Slayer lives on in the kickass young heroines of urban fantasy fiction By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/17/sleep_talker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/17/sleep_talker/index.html?source=rss I fear I may let slip to my lover the fantasies I've been having. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/12/06/narnia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/12/06/narnia/index.html?source=rss Salon's Laura Miller on how the imaginative world of C.S. Lewis inspired her love of reading, as well as her career as a critic. By John Marks Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/23/stephen_king/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/10/23/stephen_king/index.html?source=rss On the 30th anniversary of "The Stand," the novelist confesses what haunts him about religion and today's politics. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/11/Stephenson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/11/Stephenson/index.html?source=rss Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" pulls off what most writers would never dare attempt -- it is simultaneously a philosophical argument and a ripping good yarn. By Elizabeth Hand Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/07/11/disch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/07/11/disch/index.html?source=rss In his many dark, satirical, heretical books, the pioneering science fiction author contemplated death with elegant despair. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/13/rushdie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/06/13/rushdie/index.html?source=rss In Salman Rushdie's satisfying fairy tale "The Enchantress of Florence," magic and history entwine -- and so do a middle-aged emperor and a sexy princess. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/01/LeGuin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/01/LeGuin/index.html?source=rss The unlikely heroine of "Lavinia" leaps out of the Aeneid and brings an ancient culture -- deeply bound by "duty, order and justice" -- to life. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year. By Donna Freitas Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me? By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/11/02/addicted_to_fanfiction/index.html?source=rss Every moment I'm alone, I'm secretly reading the stories, the forums, the recommendations. I can't stop! By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/10/23/dumbledore/index.html?source=rss What happens when authors like J.K. Rowling can't stop telling their own stories? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/17/dragon_wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/17/dragon_wars/index.html?source=rss A globalization goodie: Either the best, or worst, Korean fantasy epic set in modern Los Angeles, ever. By Laurel Snyder Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/10/lengle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/09/10/lengle/index.html?source=rss Madeleine L'Engle wrote children's books that were too complicated for grown-ups. I'll miss her. By Rebecca Traister Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/01/phoenix_rising/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/06/01/phoenix_rising/index.html?source=rss For the Quidditch players, wizard rockers and would-be witches who gathered at a New Orleans Harry Potter convention, this is the dawning of their summer of love -- and loss. By Simon Reynolds Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/12/jetpack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/12/jetpack/index.html?source=rss Science fiction promised us a tomorrowland of jetpacks, Smell-O-Vision and male mammary implants. So what happened? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/20/un_lun_dun/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/20/un_lun_dun/index.html?source=rss Pollution is evil in China Mieville's newest novel. The kids will understand. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/03/05/mieville/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/03/05/mieville/index.html?source=rss The imaginative world of an alternative London created by China Mieville just may take adults back to their slack-jawed, book-drunk days of youth. By Helaine Olen Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/09/26/esther_perel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/09/26/esther_perel/index.html?source=rss Does marriage smother sex? Author Esther Perel talks about how to unleash erotic desire inside long-term relationships. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/10/08/gaiman_clarke/index.html?source=rss Bestselling writers Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke talk with Salon about fairies, folk tales and fighting the tyranny of realism. By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/01/powers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/01/powers/index.html?source=rss The combination of Powers' noir-existentialist worldview with elements of SF, fantasy and literary fiction makes these nine stories truly unique. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/06/stross/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/06/stross/index.html?source=rss In this second novel in "The Merchant Princes" fantasy series, past, present and future collide as investigative journalist Miriam Beckstein navigates parallel universes -- and alters the course of history. By Laura Miller Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/04/clarke/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/09/04/clarke/index.html?source=rss Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" combines the dark, wild spirit of English fantasy with the grand wit and high style of the 19th century social novel. It's a grand performance -- and the most sparkling literary debut of the year.