THE ANSIBLE

Dispatches in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Notable Releases: February 2026
Notable Releases: February 2026
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Our Most Anticipated Releases of the Month How will we ever hold ourselves over until May when A Parade of Horribles, the next Dungeon Crawler Carl installment, releases? With a brand... Read more...
Most Anticipated Fantasy Releases of 2026
Most Anticipated Fantasy Releases of 2026
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2026 is already shaping up to be a huge year for fantasy stacked with major returns, bold new releases, and more must-reads than any TBR can reasonably survive. If you were... Read more...
Notable Releases: January 2026
Notable Releases: January 2026
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It's time to start working on those newly-minted reading resolutions. Here's my top five most anticipated releases featuring the return of Harry Dresden, a stupendous novel by the inimitable George... Read more...
SPFBO Champion's League Winner Announced
SPFBO Champion's League Winner Announced
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The Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) creator and organizer Mark Lawrence announced the winner of the SPFBO Champions League December 30. M. L. Wang's brilliant The Sword of Kaigen emerged victorious.... Read more...
Librarian Selection: Octavia E. Butler
Librarian Selection: Octavia E. Butler
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Few authors loom as large over modern speculative fiction as Octavia Butler, a writer whose clarity, compassion, and fierce imagination forever altered what speculative fiction could do. For readers seeking... Read more...
Notable New Releases
Notable Releases: November 2025
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Our Most Anticipated Releases of the Month   #1 The Strength of the Few by James Islington The Hierarchy #2 | November 11 | Saga Press This highly anticipated follow-up to The Will... Read more...
Signals from the Web: September 2025
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Every month at The Ansible, we gather the articles that caught our eye, sparked our curiosity, or challenged our thinking about the worlds of fantasy and science fiction and book culture at large. September featured cozy reading recommendations, deep sea creatures, fantasy poetry, and considerations of translation in fiction. Consider this transmission your shortcut to the best conversations happening across the genres right now. Cozy Autumn Reads Who doesn’t love a good reading list? Grab a blanket, some warm tea, and cuddle up with one of these quality recommendations from... Read more...
Notable Releases: October 2025
Notable Releases: October 2025
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Our Most Anticipated Releases of the Month   #1 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow October 28 | Tor Books From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes... Read more...
Notable Releases: September 2025
Notable Releases: September 2025
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Our Most Anticipated Releases of the Month    #1 The Hexologists: A Tangle of Time by Josiah Bancroft The Hexologists #2 | September 9 | Orbit The first entry in... Read more...
Screenshot from The Black Cauldron
Signals from the Web: August 2025
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Every month at The Ansible, we gather the articles that caught our eye, sparked our curiosity, or challenged our thinking about the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. August featured... Read more...
Middle-earth as drawn by J. R. R. Tolkien
What’s a “World”? (And Why Not “Shared Universe”?)
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At Snowlock Books, we use a label you won’t find in most bookstores: Worlds. When you come across a book tagged with a World label (such as Middle-earth or Temerant). These World labels... Read more...