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Book Review: “Alien Vault” Cracks the Egg on 40 Years of Xenomorphs
If there’s an “Alien” fan on your holiday shopping list, wrap a copy of “Alien Vault.” For once, finding a facehugger will be a pleasant surprise.
Book Review: Candida Höfer Looks Inside “Libraries”
Paging through revered German photographer Candida Höfer’s new book, you’re reminded of just how vast a scope of institutions “Libraries” encompasses.
Audiobook Review: “Journey” to “Rise of Skywalker” Starts With a “Spark”
Although the audiobook is aimed at ages 8-13, it’s significant for Star Wars fans of all ages if they’re breathlessly anticipating “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Book Review: “An Encyclopedia of Tolkien” is a Treasure Trove for LOTR Fans
Once you start paging through this alphabetical guide, you might just find yourself reading the 544-page volume cover to cover.
Audiobook Review: Gene Roddenberry’s “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Novelization Gets a Randy Reading For Its 40th Birthday
40 years ago, Star Trek made its theatrical debut with a prismatic, shagadelic, extremely sincere film that survives as an awkward but endearing spectacle.
Book Review: “Why We Love Star Wars” Celebrates the Small Moments of an Epic Series
Ken Napzok’s compendium of “great moments” is completely inessential and yet, for just about any Star Wars fan, compulsively readable.
Book Review: In “Make My Day,” J. Hoberman revisits “Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan”
Ronald Reagan was America’s only movie-star president — a distinction it now seems he’ll hold forever. That fact wasn’t incidental to his presidency.
Audiobook Review: Margaret Atwood’s “Testaments” Brings New Voices to Gilead
The audio edition of “The Testaments” enlists six readers — including the author herself — to bring Margaret Atwood’s multi-vocal manuscript to life.
Audiobook Review: Star Wars Adventures Introduce the World of Galaxy’s Edge
Delilah S. Dawson’s “Black Spire,” Zoraida Córdova’s “A Crash of Fate,” and George Mann’s “Star Wars Myths & Fables” become immersive Star Wars audiobooks.
The Baby-Sitters Club Books Are Now Out on Audio. All 131 of Them.
Millennials who binged on the paperbacks in their youth can now introduce their own kids to the series as Audible drops all 131 titles in audio form.
Audiobook Review: “Thrawn: Treason” Concludes an Epic Star Wars Trilogy
Author Timothy Zahn keeps us engaged with a character who can outguess just about everyone he encounters — while Thrawn’s own motivations remain elusive.
Book Review: Steve Rushin’s “Nights in White Castle,” in Which a Sportswriting Boy Becomes a Sportswriting Man
In the second volume of his memoir, sportswriting great Steve Rushin chronicles his rise from a Dome Dog vendor to a “Sports Illustrated” staff writer.