The day has closed for another half our champions, and we are down now to 1/4 of the initial field. Only 16 standards still fly, all vying to become their bracket champion and earn the chance to...

The author of The Memoirs of Nathan (Nate) Heller Mysteries series, Max Allan Collins, writes about new facts about the conspiracy to assassinate JFK in November, 1963, in Chicago, in his latest pulse-pounding thriller, Target Lancer. What...

I have just gotten word that our server will be undergoing some maintenance this weekend, so I am revising the tournament schedule for rounds 3 and 4. Round 3, which was originally slated to begin Friday, March...

Now that the book tournament is racing along on its own like a carriage with unreined horses, I can take a step back toward normal operations and talk about the normal sorts of things with a debut...

We continue the second round with the Middle Earth and Malazan Empire brackets. Voting will end at midnight on Thursday, March 28, for these brackets. Round 3 will open for all brackets on Friday, March 29 Monday, April...

Welcome to Round 2 of the tourney! You didn’t think it was really going to be that easy, did you? Oh, no, my friends, there are miles to go before we sleep…. Today we open the second...

The bell tolls now for the bested competitors in the final two brackets. 64 have become 32. Half the field has been discharged. Let us see who emerged victorious from Middle Earth and Malazan Empire brackets’ opening...

Round 1 has closed and been tallied for our first two brackets. The sun has set for one quarter of the books who started this competition, and another quarter will fall before dawn breaks tomorrow. Round 1...

Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament continues!  Today the heroes of the Malazan Empire begin their battle to be named bracket champion, who will face the Middle Earth champion in the semi-finals on April...

Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament continues!  Today the heroes of Middle Earth begin to fight to be named the bracket champion, who will face the Malazan Empire champion in the semi-finals on April...

Welcome to Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament!  Today the knights of the Westeros bracket start their journey to naming their champion, who will face the Forgotten Realms champion in the semi-finals on April...

Welcome to Round 1 of the 7th Annual BSC Book Tournament!  Today begins the long and arduous journey for the knights of the Forgotten Realm to name their bracket champion, who will face the Westeros champion in...

You know a SF series is über popular when a prequel series is written because the original has become so beloved that the fans demand more. Such was the case with Star Wars and also with Larry...

Dystopian stories have a long tradition in science fiction.  Dystopian stories for younger readers have been around even longer than that.  A younger, more open mind is more willing to consider the ideas that would bring about...

It’s that time of year again! March Madness is upon the college sports world, so here at BSC we are dusting off the chain mail and reweighting our lances for the annual book tournament. Our editorial team...