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A Hook and Jab Fairytale: Anna Freeman’s The Fair Fight

May 26, 2015 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

A Hook and Jab Fairytale: Anna Freeman’s The Fair Fight

This new novel is like Fight Club for women, set in the 18th century—and it’s the perfect springtime read.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Anna Freeman, Catherine Eaton, The Fair Fight

The Backlist: revisiting Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park

May 13, 2015 by thestakemag 3 Comments

The Backlist: revisiting Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park

Crichton’s economy of action and chaos theory speeches make the book a worthy read, but really, it’s all about the Velociraptors.

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: Jurassic Park, Jurassic World, Levi C. Byers, Michael Crichton, The Backlist

Science fiction has its own #gamergate movement—and they’re ruining the genre’s most prestigious award

April 7, 2015 by Andrew DeYoung 2 Comments

Book awards are like sausages—the less you know about how they get made, the better.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Brad Torgensen, hugo awards, Larry Correia, Sad Puppies slate

The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt just wrote the dumbest piece of book criticism in the history of ever

March 30, 2015 by Andrew DeYoung 1 Comment

Wow.

Filed Under: Books

The Backlist: H.P. Lovecraft’s Great Tales of Horror

March 27, 2015 by thestakemag 1 Comment

The Backlist: H.P. Lovecraft’s Great Tales of Horror

Lovecraft does not work in the realm of pure fantasy. He works in the cracks between what we know and what we do not know.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, Levi C. Byers, The Backlist

The Backlist: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House

March 26, 2015 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

The Backlist: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House

Some houses are born bad.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Shirley Jackson, The Backlist, The Haunting of Hill House

New John Green film adaptation, Paper Towns, gets first trailer

March 19, 2015 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

New John Green film adaptation, Paper Towns, gets first trailer

Green’s at his best breaking down romantic male idealism.

Filed Under: Books, Movies Tagged With: Fault in Our Stars, John Green, Paper Towns

Forget Dystopian Fiction: This New Novel Explores Being a Modern Teenager Waiting for the End Times

March 10, 2015 by Christopher ZF 4 Comments

Forget Dystopian Fiction: This New Novel Explores Being a Modern Teenager Waiting for the End Times

If you believe completely that the world is coming to an end, what do you do when it doesn’t?

Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interviews Tagged With: Apocalypse, Bryan Bliss, Christianity, Evangelicalism, Faith, No Parking at the End Times, Rapture

Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

March 10, 2015 by thestakemag 3 Comments

Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

A novel about treading water, family drama, and chimpanzees

Filed Under: Books, Reviews Tagged With: Books, Deborah Krieger, Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

The Stake Podcast — Bram Stoker’s Dracula

March 5, 2015 by Andrew DeYoung 1 Comment

The Stake Podcast — Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Wrapping up The Stake Reading Club with a deep dive into Bram Stoker’s iconic horror novel.

Filed Under: Books, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Bram Stoker, Dracula, The Stake Reading Club

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