Are we living in a simulation? Is there an afterlife? And if not, what would it take to create one? Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson knits together ideas as old… Read More
In the 50 years since Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left humanity’s first bootprint on the moon, that “one small step” has launched one giant load of books. Basketfuls of… Read More
Away from his day job as president of Axon, makers of police body cameras and other products, Luke Larson has been busy creating another universe in the form of IGIST,… Read More
In the city where an online bookseller turned into a global tech giant, Jill Haick Taplin is trying to take some of the lessons she learned while working in publishing at… Read More
Roger McNamee is a veteran investor in Silicon Valley, and one of the earliest people to invest in Facebook, even offering advice to Mark Zuckerberg when he was a young… Read More
She was an aspiring fiction writer with an audacious start along that path. She pursued creative writing at Princeton, and studied and worked as a research assistant for Nobel prize-winning… Read More
How much do you think about nuclear power? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is likely “not often.” Unless you work in the industry, you don’t hear too much… Read More
In tech, it’s rare for someone who’s been successful starting and selling companies to quit that work around the age of 40. It’s rarer still for that person to dedicate… Read More
No fan of Broadway musicals should miss classics like “I Never Enjoyed My Operation More,” “My Insurance Man” and “My Bathroom Is a Private Kind of Place.” What’s that? Never… Read More
All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and fans of the recipes he dishes up as part of… Read More
It’s that time of the year to check off what to get the readers on your holiday gift list. Good thing the results are in for the 10th annual Goodreads… Read More
If you’re going to give somebody a book for the holidays, why not go big? In this age of ebooks, smartphones and tiny houses, there’s less need (and less room)… Read More
Students in China who wish to study in the U.S. can often find the advanced vocabulary English tests to be the biggest hurdle. Yi Yang learned how to clear his… Read More
Wizards of the Coast and IDW Publishing announced this week that, as part of the ongoing festivities surrounding the 25th anniversary of Magic: The Gathering, the franchise would be returning… Read More
The idea of a hackathon at any company is to harness the energy and creativity of employees to find new solutions to problems and potentially new products for consumers. As… Read More
There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system has been very, very good to Abraham and his co-author… Read More
Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler passed away in 2006, but she’s getting timely good wishes today on what would have been her 71st birthday in the form of a… Read More
Halfway through 2018, there are plenty of great books which already deserve a spot in your beach bag. Editors with Amazon Books have helped narrow the list with their selection… Read More
Hey, college grads, Bill Gates wanted to offer his congratulations on your achievement by giving you all a gift. Sorry, he’s not Oprah, so you don’t get a car, and… Read More
It’s a small pile of books that Bill Gates is lifting to show off his 2018 summer reading list. But make no mistake, some of this stuff is heavy. In… Read More
Alien megaspheres … rockets powered by nuclear bombs … freeze-dried life in outer space: These are just some of the ideas that have flowered in the brain of physicist Freeman… Read More
Like many small, independent book sellers, The Reading Bug has done everything in its power to create a space and offer services that could differentiate it in a world increasingly… Read More
It took nine years for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to get to Pluto, and laying the groundwork for that history-making space mission here on Earth took nearly twice as long.… Read More
Silicon Valley is the birthplace of some of the most innovative companies in the world — Apple, Google and even Facebook among them. But these days, it’s also become infamous for… Read More
Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something only governments could do. Now it explains why even billionaires… Read More
Phoebe Gates, the 15-year-old daughter of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, has apparently inherited her father’s love of reading. In a new post on the Gates Notes blog, the two share… Read More
Science fiction and fantasy writers around the Pacific Northwest and around the world are paying tribute to award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin, who died peacefully at the age of… Read More
Bill Gates travels the world to all sorts of exotic places and probably gets to meet with pretty much anyone he might have an interest in. But through books, the… Read More
What could be better than hearing a science fiction writer talk about how to create whole new worlds? How about doubling that to two science fiction writers? That was the… Read More
When it comes to holiday gifts, books are tricky things: How do you know your gift book will resonate with the recipient? If they’re geekily inclined, at least one of… Read More