The story line is quite simple: Genly Ai has arrived on the planet Winter in an effort to enlist the people in a growing association of intergalactic civilizations. There are many layers to this classic science fiction novel, but foremost is the exploration of gender roles. On this planet, the people are androgynous and sexless …
Summer is here and baseball is in full swing. The greatest game has the written rules of the umpires and the unwritten code of the players. Turbow’s book sheds light on the Code using hilarious anecdotes of players past and present; tracking the evolution of the Baseball’s Code to the modern era. This book had …
“Populated with dreamers, artists, and writers, this fun novel gives a glimpse of an exciting time, as revolutionary ideas are brought the to screen and women gain independence at home and at work.” –Emily Adams, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA Sounds like Funny Girl would pair very nicely with a copy of Rad American …
“My favorite trilogy of 2014! Now collected in an eye-catching single volume. Vandermeer’s words read as if horror novelist H.P. Lovecraft and film director Andrei Tarkovsky wrote a script together. Gift the journey into Area X to a science fiction reader this holiday season.” —Alex, Ravenna Third Place, Seattle. Annihilation, Authority and Acceptance, three-in-one, available from …
“If you haven’t read D’Ambrosio before this is a good place to start. These essays, many of which appeared in the Stranger, are intense. His writing is immediate; full of a love of language, probing and wide-ranging. He writes of suicide; the puzzling aspects of experience; family and its fragility. D’Ambrosio is a rare talent …
“This peculiar story caught my attention with it’s fable-like story telling. The characters crept into my thoughts during the quiet moments of my day: when I was drifting off to sleep, cooking dinner, or driving in my car. It’s a tall tale written in a way that makes you want to believe it, to know …
Earlier this fall Third Place Books launched a t-shirt contest through its two Seattle area stores, pitching to local artists: “Submit an original design inspired by both Third Place Books locations and you will have a chance to have your design featured on a limited-edition t-shirt! There are some serious prizes to show we mean …
“Yes, it’s yet another apocalyptic zombie novel, but this time the only survivors are those people who were high on meth at the time, and the only way to avoid catching zombie fever is to stay high on meth. A ragtag group of addicts must locate a cooker, and supplies in order to survive. Zombies …
“I read The Shell Collector last summer— the perfect season to enjoy this rich, first collection by Anthony Doerr. The stories have a strong sense of place, weaving between the balmy jungles and reefs of Africa to the brisk winters of Montana and the coast of Maine. The experience of reading Doerr’s stories leaves the reader on …
“This book was recommended to me by a customer. And I LOVED it! This fantastical re-imagining of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated final search for the Northwest Passage reads pretty accurately based on the little I know. It uses the same dates, locations, names, even down to the wording of real-life messages recovered by rescue efforts. …
