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Come explore strange new worlds and galaxies far, far away with other fantasy and science fiction fans at The Library Center.]]> ]]> strange? Slipstream Fiction might be for you.]]> "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit...." In 1937, an Oxford professor of Anglo-Saxon published a childrens' book about a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins and his unlikely adventures in the mythical land of Middle-earth. Destined to become a literary classic, "The Hobbit" has entertained generations of children and adults. Come join in the all-things-Tolkienian festivities this fall at your local Springfield-Greene County Library.
]]> Bones, the grotesque zombies of The Walking Dead, or the Prohibition-era drama of Boardwalk Empire, this article will help you find the books that started it all. ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> ]]> Sherlock Holmes, the creation of novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first appeared in publication in 1887. Mystery readers throughout the decades have learned of the British detective's deductive prowess through 56 short stories and four novels, narrated by Holmes' friend, side-kick, and biographer, Dr. John H. Watson.
 ]]> February is a time when we celebrate the accomplishments of African-Americans. ]]> ]]> A Christmas Carol (1843), and also a Christmas fairy story intended to be read aloud on winter evenings, The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy-tale of Home (1846).
]]> Colum McCann’s novel “Let the Great World Spin” took the fiction prize among five finalists at the National Book Awards ceremony in New York City Wednesday , November 18.  Other winners were..
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