Steampunk is a genre with a huge underground following (even music – check out “Abney Park”), but it has yet to become mainstream. Scott Westerfeld may help to change that. His newest title, Leviathan, takes history, fantasy, adventure, animals, Star Wars and the women’s movement, tosses them in a pot, swirls them around, and creates [...]

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Sept. 18th – Oct. 4th is Banned Books Week – a time to celebrate your freedom to read. Throughout history, books have been banned, burned, censored, and challenged, and during Banned Books Week, the American Library Association encourages people to resist efforts at censorship and make sure that information and ideas remain free. To find [...]

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