The Intergalactic Academy

If this is your first time dipping into the Animorphs Re-Read, I strongly suggest you head back to the beginning and start there unless you’re already familiar with the books. Alternatively, check out the Animorphs Re-Read tag page for a list of every post in the series. AND WE’RE BACK. Today’s Animorphs re-read post is brought to you by hammerhead sharks. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by [...] More »

Earlier this winter, Angry Robot announced the beginning of Strange Chemistry, an imprint dedicated to young adult sci-fi and fantasy. Editor Amanda Rutter was kind enough to answer a few questions from us about the future of the imprint, YA, genre, and her own SF roots. -Phoebe Phoebe: Thanks so much for joining us here at the Intergalactic Academy,  Amanda, and congratulations on your new job [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: On her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any nature documentary, Cass is only sure of one thing: alone, she will be lucky to survive. The sprawl of abandoned blockish buildings Cass discovers offers her only more puzzles. Where are the people? What [...] More »

If this is your first time dipping into the Animorphs Re-Read, I strongly suggest you head back to the beginning and start there unless you’re already familiar with the books. Alternatively, check out the Animorphs Re-Read tag page for a list of every post in the series. And we’re back with yet another Thursday Animorphs post! Does anyone even remember when these things went up on Wednesday? It seems like [...] More »

Thirteen-year-old Aluna has lived her entire life under the ocean with the Coral Kampii in the City of Shifting Tides. But after centuries spent hidden from the Above World, her colony’s survival is at risk. The Kampii’s breathing necklaces are failing, but the elders are unwilling to venture above water to seek answers. Only headstrong Aluna and her friend Hoku are stubborn and bold enough to [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries. Two-hundred-and-sixty years [...] More »

If this is your first time dipping into the Animorphs Re-Read, I strongly suggest you head back to the beginning and start there unless you’re already familiar with the books. Alternatively, check out the Animorphs Re-Read tag page for a list of every post in the series. We’re finally back to the main series! It’ll be a while before I tackle the next Megamorphs or Chronicle book, so you can look [...] More »

Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn’t remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers? This fascinating novel represents a stunning new [...] More »

With a genre like young adult science fiction, with its long, illustrious history, it can be difficult, at times, to decide which novels deserve coverage and which do not. Do we focus on newest releases, or older books within the genre? In a book blogging world full of buzz and ARCs, sadly the inclination is often to do the latter. There’s just not enough time in [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: “In the years following the destructive Long Winter, when half the world’s population perished, the State remains locked in battle against the Sensitives: humans born with extra abilities. As one of the last descendants of the State’s Founders, seventeen-year-old Lark Greene knows her place: study hard and be a model citizen so she can follow in her family’s footsteps. Her life’s been set since [...] More »