Editor Picks

Move over 'Game of Thrones,' there’s a new sheriff in HBO town.

'Gem' by the Ruby Friedman Orchestra is a time portal back to the early days of blues but run through a modern-day filter of Friedman’s own experiences. Trust me, you’ve never heard anything like this. It’ll sneak under your skin, and you’ll want to keep it there.

'Death of the Dying City' by Matthew Taub challenges the reader to believe in something good when the world around gives no reason to do so.

Is Elon Musk just a man with too much time and money on his hands? Is Mars Elon Musk's quixotic windmill?

Flume, The Chainsmokers, and Big Gigantic were among the featured artists at the electronic music festival SnowGlobe in South Lake Tahoe.

Allgood bridges the openness of the 20th century's hardcore bop with the soothing melodic sensibilities of the 21st century.

While not asking for a neatly tied-with-a-bow, mea-culpa ridden ending from the characters or the author, in 'Leopard at the Door' Jennifer McVeigh could have given her readers a sense of character redemption and evolution, which sadly never happens.

In 'Assassin's Creed: Heresy' by Christie Golden we are taken into the past in the most interesting of ways. Using technology to connect both the past and present, Golden gives us a riveting story behind the legend of Joan of Arc.

Before there was Edward Snowden, there was Thomas Drake, William Binney, Ed Loomis, J. Kirk Wiebe, and Diane Roark.

More powerful weapons and more powerful enemies ratchet up the fun to another level.