Women authors have historically played a significant role in the literary sub-genre of young adult speculative and science fiction. Truly emerging as a genre in the mid 1960’s with the publication of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, the genre has evolved to include such contemporary authors as Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling, whose novelsContinue reading “Women Authors of Young Adult Speculative and Science Fiction – Part I”
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Identifying The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings First Edition Issue Points
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are some of the most iconic and sought after first editions books on the market today. We could wax long about Tolkien’s imaginative style or the ways in which the books have affected our culture or children’s fantasy writers after him, but much hasContinue reading “Identifying The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings First Edition Issue Points”