Two Memory Banks

New works of science fiction from Jo Walton and Mary Rickert depict the surreality, suppression, and suspense of recollection.

The Good Spy

CIA operative Robert Ames was a true-life James Bond who died striving for peace in the Middle East. With cameos from Nixon, Kissinger, and Arafat, and nailbiter scenes from the Iranian hostage crisis and Beirut embassy bombing, Kai Bird’s riveting biography is...