When it was first published in October 2015, Nigerian author Nnedi Okorafor’s novella Binti earned a considerable amount of praise from readers who bestowed it with the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella, as well as a slew of nominations. It’s a fantastic interstellar adventure that follows an impressive central character. Earlier this week, a sequel, Binti: Home, hit bookstores. It’s a vibrant character story that is in every way a worthy successor of an already fantastic story. Binti earned every accolade that it received from critics and readers. It’s a short little book: just under...…When it was first published in October 2015, Nigerian author Nnedi Okorafor’s novella Binti earned a considerable amount of praise from readers who bestowed it with the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novella, as well as a slew of nominations. It’s a fantastic interstellar adventure that follows an impressive central character. Earlier this week, a sequel, Binti: Home, hit bookstores. It’s a vibrant character story that is in every way a worthy successor of an already fantastic story. Binti earned every accolade that it received from critics and readers. It’s a short little book: just under...WW…

If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our .This November, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a professional organization for genre authors, that shook the science fiction community: For several years, author Alan Dean Foster had been trying, without success, to get paid for several major tie-in novels adapting movies from the Star Wars and Alien franchises. While Disney has kept the books in print with other publishers, with Titan handling Alien and Del Rey on Star Wars, Foster says he hasn’t received royalty payments for new...…If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our .This November, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a professional organization for genre authors, that shook the science fiction community: For several years, author Alan Dean Foster had been trying, without success, to get paid for several major tie-in novels adapting movies from the Star Wars and Alien franchises. While Disney has kept the books in print with other publishers, with Titan handling Alien and Del Rey on Star Wars, Foster says he hasn’t received royalty payments for new...WW…

Filed under:The feature will ‘come to everyone only when Google is satisfied that it’s ready’At last year’s I/O developer’s conference, Google showed off a new augmented reality feature for Google Maps, which would provide people with directions from your phone’s camera in realtime. , it’s a bit like what was promised with Google Glass, but without the headset. got to try out an early version of the feature.He says that while it “isn’t likely to be your primary turn-by-turn option, it’s a huge step in the right direction for Google Maps.” He described how the feature worked — the app picks...…Filed under:The feature will ‘come to everyone only when Google is satisfied that it’s ready’At last year’s I/O developer’s conference, Google showed off a new augmented reality feature for Google Maps, which would provide people with directions from your phone’s camera in realtime. , it’s a bit like what was promised with Google Glass, but without the headset. got to try out an early version of the feature.He says that while it “isn’t likely to be your primary turn-by-turn option, it’s a huge step in the right direction for Google Maps.” He described how the feature worked — the app picks...WW…

The Verge logo. The UK is working to come up with a trade agreement with the European Union and is facing a rapidly approaching a deadline before a mandated withdrawal from the economic bloc. In the event that there is no agreement, the country could face a range of consequences, including higher mobile roaming charges for British users, . The UK has until March 29th, 2019 to leave the EU — a process that has left Prime Minister Theresa May’s government scrambling to put together an exit agreement that will oversee the country’s economic ties with its neighbors. , and if the UK and EU...…The Verge logo. The UK is working to come up with a trade agreement with the European Union and is facing a rapidly approaching a deadline before a mandated withdrawal from the economic bloc. In the event that there is no agreement, the country could face a range of consequences, including higher mobile roaming charges for British users, . The UK has until March 29th, 2019 to leave the EU — a process that has left Prime Minister Theresa May’s government scrambling to put together an exit agreement that will oversee the country’s economic ties with its neighbors. , and if the UK and EU...WW…