This week we’ve got a list that’s out of this world! These books will send your imagination into orbit! What are we talking about? Simple: a superb selection of sci-fi books that are set in space. ​ Without further ado, let’s blast off with the list! ​1. Ender's Game (Ender Sextet #1) by Orson Scott Card: Brilliant young Ender Wiggin is recruited to help fight an interstellar war. He becomes a leader in school, respected in the zero-gravity training room, but battles loneliness and fear. Will he be able to become the general Earth needs?   2. The Golden One (LucasFilm ..read more

​Spring has sprung! We hope winter didn’t drag-on too long for you. The knights are getting shorter and fairy soon the weather will warm up (we Northerners hope...). To make a long story short, we were inspired to spring into action with another list of great book recommendations! Today we’re bringing you ten awesome short-story anthologies, mostly of the fantasy and sci-fi variety. (We’ll keep the descriptions short and sweet for you as well!) ​1. Vampires: A Collection of Original Stories by Jane Yolen: thirteen stories ranging from funny to spooky. 2. The Dragon Book  ..read more

If you’re looking for edge-of-your-seat mysteries and thrillers with a speculative twist, you’ve come to the right place! Whether that place be a locked room, a haunted mansion, or some other manor of setting . . . Without further sus-puns, let’s get to the list! 1. The Dark Side of the Road (Ishmael Jones #1) by Simon R. Green: A paranormal private detective is invited to a country house for Christmas just in time to become embroiled in a locked-room mystery with a supernatural twist. 2. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton: Quantum Leap meets&nb ..read more

Last month, we started reposting with permission a series of articles from Deborah’s blog about book ideas that she has had but is unable to write for one reason or another. In other words: here’s some inspiration free for the taking for any writer who’s interested! This post is Part 2; you can read Part 1 here. Stay tuned for Part 3! The World of Magic and Faerie   Swallowgate and Logic’s Emporium of Stolen Memories are in the same universe as each other, along with two others. One is Underground Highway 51, where you can find anything you’re looking for. I never even started this book ..read more

Valentine's Day is almost here! Maybe you like to read romance all year round, or perhaps you're mostly interested in it during this time of year. Either way, if you're a fan of romantic fantasy books, check out this list of ten great "romantasies" that we've compiled here!  1. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer: a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Harper is magically abducted from Washington, D.C., to Emberfall, a kingdom in peril whose prince is under a curse. A vindictive sorceress is determined to stop Harper from breaking it. Starts a (fantastic) trilogy ..read more

This article was first published on Medium.com by Sarah Awa and is being used with permission here. It’s time for me to address this topic because, unfortunately, I’ve just had my heart broken by a book that started out with excellent disability representation only to crash and burn in the final third. What happened? In broad strokes, the author did not understand the ultimate consequences of disability. That failure, as you will see below, can have a disastrous effect on readers, both disabled and otherwise. As someone who has battled a serious, incurable autoimmune disease for more than 17 ..read more

​This is somewhat of a hard post for me, because these are stories that are dear to me and terribly clever (or have seemed that way to me, at various times), and mostly that I spent a lot of effort on but that never coalesced into books. I’ll go chronologically. ​Wisdom University   My book The Fifth Tunnel existed in a universe with many other books, called Wisdom University. The premise of the universe was that every story took place in and around a huge, mysterious building called (at varying times) Wisdom Safehouse, Wisdom School, Wisdom University, etc.; and which had been there for ..read more

​Well, deck our halls—it's almost the end of 2023! We feel like this year flew by at warp speed, while we were busily working on our little enterprise. (Star Trek puns intended!) We hope you're having safe, warm, happy holidays! Today we're bringing you tidings of comfort books and joy.  We asked all of the Thinklings authors what they like to read at this time of year, and here are their responses: In alphabetical order...   Remy Apepp: Haven't read it in years, but I suppose a family fave is the Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett. We read a lot of Terry ..read more

​Our newest book, The Star-Crossed Pelican by Laura Ruth Loomis, is out now! This hilarious sci-fi adventure is the second book in the Cosmic Turkey series. Booklist calls Pelican “a delightful story . . . [that] will keep readers entertained and guessing.” It’s perfect for fans of Douglas Adams and Catherynne M. Valente. Need a bit more convincing to dive into the book/series? Then read our ten favorite quotes from The Star-Crossed Pelican that we’ve compiled below! 1. “Do you know who I am? They call me Jam-it the Technology-Slayer.”   The computer gave a terrified squeak ..read more

​​For every book we release, we’ll feature an interview with one or two of its major characters. This week we sat down to chat with Frink from our newest book, The Star-Crossed Pelican by Laura Ruth Loomis, which came out yesterday, December 5th. Let’s see what the pilot of the Cosmic Turkey had to say. ​Thinklings: How do you feel about Janet [the main character, captain of the Cosmic Turkey]? ​Frink: The crew of the Turkey is like a family—maybe a slightly dysfunctional one. Janet is the mother figure, which sounds weird since she’s younger than everyone except her brother, Martian. B ..read more