“Death of the Author” (HarperCollins, $30) is the next KC Pop-up Book Group pick, and the author will be featured during the ...

Contrary to some recent media chatter, the novel isn’t dead: A glance at this month’s choices, which include quirky robot sci-fi, an artist’s tale set in 1950s Mexico and a dysfunctional family’s ...

Social companion robots are no longer just science fiction. For example, after a children's reading robot became inactive, most households chose to keep it.