For nearly two decades, Jim Killen has served as the science fiction and fantasy book buyer for Barnes & Noble. Every month on Tor.com and the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, Jim shares his curated list of the month’s can’t-miss new SFF releases.
We used to call it a cliché, now we might prefer the term “enduring meme,” but either way, everyone knows what you mean when you say: it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. It’s a reference, however body-shaming and gender-biased, to the buxom soprano letting out the high notes at the climax of a dramatic […]