SFF Yeah! https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/sffyeah/ en-US 2022 Book Riot SFF Yeah! is a biweekly show dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/c07c8d04-98c8-11ec-b446-a76fa3002a09/image/image.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress SFF Yeah! https://bookriot.com/listen/shows/sffyeah/ no episodic Book Riot SFF Yeah! is a biweekly show dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Book Riot podcast+sffyeah@bookriot.com A Goodbye https://bookriot.com/listen/a-goodbye/ Sharifah is joined by some of Book Riot's editorial team to send off SFF Yeah with a parting gift of some of our favorite science fiction, fantasy, and speculative books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Everfair by Nisi Shawl Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan The Martian and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah is joined by some of Book Riot's editorial team to send off SFF Yeah with a parting gift of some of our favorite science fiction, fantasy, and speculative books. Sharifah is joined by some of Book Riot's editorial team to send off SFF Yeah with a parting gift of some of our favorite science fiction, fantasy, and speculative books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Everfair by Nisi Shawl Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan The Martian and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah is joined by some of Book Riot's editorial team to send off SFF Yeah with a parting gift of some of our favorite science fiction, fantasy, and speculative books.


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Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.


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Books Discussed

The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

The Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe) by P. Djèlí Clark

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

The Martian and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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]]> 2773 no Backlist to the Future, November 6, 2024 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-november-6-2024/ Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.


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Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Our editors offer commentary, context, and the occasional clap-back to keep you informed and entertained. Visit bookriot.com/todayinbooks to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.


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Books Discussed

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

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]]> 832 no A Halloween SFF Yeah Special https://bookriot.com/listen/a-halloween-sff-yeah-special/ Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co. Mentioned Practical Magic Sequel Announcement Books Discussed The Changeling by Victor LaValle An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Leech by Hiron Ennes Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro Music Discussed Picks from Vanessa's Something Wicked playlist "Fantasmas" by Ambar Lucid "Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette "Howling" by Cathedrals "Spellwork" by Austra "I Put a Spell on You" (cover) by Brooklynn Sharifah's Picks The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" by Siouxsie & the Banshees Movies Discussed Crimson Peak The Craft Twilight Wednesday (show) Discovery of Witches Candyman (1992 and 2021) The Addams Family movies A Nightmare on Elm Street Hellraiser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky. Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co. Mentioned Practical Magic Sequel Announcement Books Discussed The Changeling by Victor LaValle An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Leech by Hiron Ennes Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro Music Discussed Picks from Vanessa's Something Wicked playlist "Fantasmas" by Ambar Lucid "Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette "Howling" by Cathedrals "Spellwork" by Austra "I Put a Spell on You" (cover) by Brooklynn Sharifah's Picks The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" by Siouxsie & the Banshees Movies Discussed Crimson Peak The Craft Twilight Wednesday (show) Discovery of Witches Candyman (1992 and 2021) The Addams Family movies A Nightmare on Elm Street Hellraiser Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz joins Sharifah for a Halloween special, with book, movie, and music recommendations to make your season extra spooky.


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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co.


Mentioned

Practical Magic Sequel Announcement


Books Discussed

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Leech by Hiron Ennes

Immortal Pleasures by V. Castro


Music Discussed

  • Picks from Vanessa's Something Wicked playlist
  • "Fantasmas" by Ambar Lucid
  • "Uninvited" by Alanis Morisette
  • "Howling" by Cathedrals
  • "Spellwork" by Austra
  • "I Put a Spell on You" (cover) by Brooklynn
  • Sharifah's Picks
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack
  • "St James Infirmary" by Cab Calloway
  • "Rawhead and Bloody Bones" by Siouxsie & the Banshees


Movies Discussed

Crimson Peak

The Craft

Twilight

Wednesday (show)

Discovery of Witches

Candyman (1992 and 2021)

The Addams Family movies

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Hellraiser

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]]> 3526 no Backlist to the Future, October 23, 2024 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-october-23-2024/ Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Mentions The Once and Future King by T.H. White H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Illustrations for the scrapped Disney adaption of Mistress Masham's Repose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Oct 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Mentions The Once and Future King by T.H. White H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Illustrations for the scrapped Disney adaption of Mistress Masham's Repose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.


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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.


And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co.


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Books Discussed

Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson


Mentions

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Illustrations for the scrapped Disney adaption of Mistress Masham's Repose

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]]> 923 no SF/F for Your Book Club https://bookriot.com/listen/sff-for-your-book-club/ Book Riot's In the Club newsletter captain Erica Ezeifedi joins Sharifah to recommend some SF/F books for your book club or reading with a friend. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Book of Love by Kelly Link The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Book Riot's In the Club newsletter captain Erica Ezeifedi joins Sharifah to recommend some SF/F books for your book club or reading with a friend. Book Riot's In the Club newsletter captain Erica Ezeifedi joins Sharifah to recommend some SF/F books for your book club or reading with a friend. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Book of Love by Kelly Link The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Book Riot's In the Club newsletter captain Erica Ezeifedi joins Sharifah to recommend some SF/F books for your book club or reading with a friend.


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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks. And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Get all the details at mytbr.co.


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Books Discussed

An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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]]> 2217 no Some Excellent Queer SF/F https://bookriot.com/listen/some-excellent-queer-sff/ Book Riot's Our Queerest Shelves newsletter captain Danika Ellis joins Sharifah to recommend some LGBTQ+ SF/F favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shoutouts The Lesbrary Lilly Wachowski Developing Hell Followed With Us Into Animated Pic [DEADLINE] 10 New Queer Science Fiction Books, from Cozy to Cataclysmic Books Discussed The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White Into the Light by Mark Oshiro The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Unbroken by C.L. Clark Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Book Riot's Our Queerest Shelves newsletter captain Danika Ellis joins Sharifah to recommend some LGBTQ+ SF/F favorites. Book Riot's Our Queerest Shelves newsletter captain Danika Ellis joins Sharifah to recommend some LGBTQ+ SF/F favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shoutouts The Lesbrary Lilly Wachowski Developing Hell Followed With Us Into Animated Pic [DEADLINE] 10 New Queer Science Fiction Books, from Cozy to Cataclysmic Books Discussed The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White Into the Light by Mark Oshiro The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Unbroken by C.L. Clark Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Book Riot's Our Queerest Shelves newsletter captain Danika Ellis joins Sharifah to recommend some LGBTQ+ SF/F favorites.


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Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge.


Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media.


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Shoutouts

The Lesbrary

Lilly Wachowski Developing Hell Followed With Us Into Animated Pic [DEADLINE]

10 New Queer Science Fiction Books, from Cozy to Cataclysmic


Books Discussed

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White

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]]> 1800 no Backlist to the Future, September 25, 2024 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-september-25-2024/ Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Uprooted by Naomi Novik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:10:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Uprooted by Naomi Novik Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.


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Books Discussed

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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]]> 925 no Revisiting THE NEVERENDING STORY With the Book Riot Podcast https://bookriot.com/listen/revisiting-the-neverending-story-with-the-book-riot-podcast/ Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Neverending Story Oral History The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story! Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Neverending Story Oral History The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story!


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Discussed in this episode:

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

The Neverending Story Oral History

The Book Riot Podcast Patreon

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]]> 3797 no Backlist to the Future, September 11, 2024 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-september-11-2024/ Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.


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Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge.


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Books Discussed

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

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]]> 1072 no Shakespeare Does SFF https://bookriot.com/listen/shakespeare-does-sff/ Sharifah talks about Shakespeare and references to the Bard in SF/F, talks Antony and Cleopatra with Immortal Longings author Chloe Gong, and more! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Vilest Things by Chloe Gong Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about Shakespeare and references to the Bard in SF/F, talks Antony and Cleopatra with Immortal Longings author Chloe Gong, and more! Sharifah talks about Shakespeare and references to the Bard in SF/F, talks Antony and Cleopatra with Immortal Longings author Chloe Gong, and more! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Vilest Things by Chloe Gong Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about Shakespeare and references to the Bard in SF/F, talks Antony and Cleopatra with Immortal Longings author Chloe Gong, and more!


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Books Discussed

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Vilest Things by Chloe Gong

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu

Prince of Cats by Ronald Wimberly

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]]> 2204 no Backlist to the Future, August 28, 2024 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-august-28-2024/ Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads.


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Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about.


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Books Discussed

Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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]]> 785 no Representation in SFF https://bookriot.com/listen/representation-in-sff/ Sharifah talks about representation in SF/F and captain of Book Riot's In Reading Color newsletter Erica Ezeifedi recommends great BIPOC SF/F. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links "The Hidden Racism of Book Cover Design" by Tajja Isen (The Walrus) Books Discussed Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia The Good House by Tananarive Due How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about representation in SF/F and captain of Book Riot's In Reading Color newsletter Erica Ezeifedi recommends great BIPOC SF/F. Sharifah talks about representation in SF/F and captain of Book Riot's In Reading Color newsletter Erica Ezeifedi recommends great BIPOC SF/F. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links "The Hidden Racism of Book Cover Design" by Tajja Isen (The Walrus) Books Discussed Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia The Good House by Tananarive Due How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about representation in SF/F and captain of Book Riot's In Reading Color newsletter Erica Ezeifedi recommends great BIPOC SF/F.


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Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about.


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"The Hidden Racism of Book Cover Design" by Tajja Isen (The Walrus)


Books Discussed

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Flying Witch by Chihiro Ishizuka

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia

The Good House by Tananarive Due

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 1795 no Backlist to the Future, 21st Century Faves https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-21st-century-faves/ Sharifah talks about favorite SF/F of this century so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell Exit West by Moshin Hamid Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:10:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about favorite SF/F of this century so far. Sharifah talks about favorite SF/F of this century so far. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell Exit West by Moshin Hamid Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about favorite SF/F of this century so far.


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Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about.


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Books Discussed

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell

Exit West by Moshin Hamid

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin

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]]> 954 no Best SFF Books of 2024 So Far https://bookriot.com/listen/best-sff-books-of-2024-so-far/ Sharifah talks about the new shape of SFF Yeah and discusses the best SFF of the year so far with Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez The Book of Love by Kelly Link Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah talks about the new shape of SFF Yeah and discusses the best SFF of the year so far with Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz. Sharifah talks about the new shape of SFF Yeah and discusses the best SFF of the year so far with Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez The Book of Love by Kelly Link Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah talks about the new shape of SFF Yeah and discusses the best SFF of the year so far with Book Riot's managing editor and All the Books host Vanessa Diaz.


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Books Discussed

The Afterlife of Mal Caldera by Nadi Reed Perez

The Book of Love by Kelly Link

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice

Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

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]]> 2104 no Signing Off with SF/F for Little Ones https://bookriot.com/listen/signing-off-with-sff-for-little-ones/ SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin Cryptid Baby series by Elias Barks with Meg Hunt and Zoe Persico (Nessie Baby!) A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino LIFT by Minh Lê and Dan Santat King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel If Your Babysitter is a Bruja by Ana Siqueira and Irena Freitas Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:10:00 -0000 full Book Riot SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books. SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin Cryptid Baby series by Elias Barks with Meg Hunt and Zoe Persico (Nessie Baby!) A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino LIFT by Minh Lê and Dan Santat King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel If Your Babysitter is a Bruja by Ana Siqueira and Irena Freitas Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books.

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Books Discussed

Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

Cryptid Baby series by Elias Barks with Meg Hunt and Zoe Persico (Nessie Baby!)

A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas

Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino

LIFT by Minh Lê and Dan Santat

King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel

If Your Babysitter is a Bruja by Ana Siqueira and Irena Freitas

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico

What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom

The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha

Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises

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]]> 3415 no Backlist to the Future, with Two New Favorites https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-two-new-favorites/ Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Books Discussed The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl: (2023) Volume 1 by Miyuki Tonogaya Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes. Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! Books Discussed The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl: (2023) Volume 1 by Miyuki Tonogaya Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes.

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Books Discussed

The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl: (2023) Volume 1 by Miyuki Tonogaya

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

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]]> 647 no That One Time in Camelot: The Green Knight https://bookriot.com/listen/that-one-time-in-camelot-the-green-knight/ Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hugos Updates: Just Go Visit File770 Willy Wonkay's Potentially Litigious Fyre Festival? [EW] Discussion The Green Knight (2021) "The Gawain Poet" Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Project Gutenberg] The Green Knight by David Lowery and Anonymous Preeti Chhibber on Dev Patel's Casting [Elle] Monkey Man Trailer [YouTube] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event. Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hugos Updates: Just Go Visit File770 Willy Wonkay's Potentially Litigious Fyre Festival? [EW] Discussion The Green Knight (2021) "The Gawain Poet" Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Project Gutenberg] The Green Knight by David Lowery and Anonymous Preeti Chhibber on Dev Patel's Casting [Elle] Monkey Man Trailer [YouTube] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event.

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News

Hugos Updates: Just Go Visit File770

Willy Wonkay's Potentially Litigious Fyre Festival? [EW]


Discussion

The Green Knight (2021)

"The Gawain Poet"

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Project Gutenberg]

The Green Knight by David Lowery and Anonymous

Preeti Chhibber on Dev Patel's Casting [Elle]

Monkey Man Trailer [YouTube]

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]]> 3083 no Backlist To the Future, Listener Questions Part 4 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-listener-questions-part-4/ Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee Jennifer K: Middle-grade SF/F The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (but really any Rick Riordan Presents) Lisa P: Academic sci-fi and Marginalized perspectives in high fantasy The Blue, Beautiful World (Cygnus Beta #3) by Karen Lord The Unbroken by C.L. Clark She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Rec'd by Lisa: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread. Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee Jennifer K: Middle-grade SF/F The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (but really any Rick Riordan Presents) Lisa P: Academic sci-fi and Marginalized perspectives in high fantasy The Blue, Beautiful World (Cygnus Beta #3) by Karen Lord The Unbroken by C.L. Clark She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Rec'd by Lisa: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread.

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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Books Discussed

The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee

Jennifer K: Middle-grade SF/F

The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (but really any Rick Riordan Presents)

Lisa P: Academic sci-fi and Marginalized perspectives in high fantasy

The Blue, Beautiful World (Cygnus Beta #3) by Karen Lord

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

Rec'd by Lisa: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor

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]]> 717 no Horror Show https://bookriot.com/listen/horror-show/ Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News A Court of Thorns and Roses Is ... Not? ... Cancelled [Collider] Books Discussed Summer Scares Jackal by Erin E. Adams Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Dead Flip by Sara Farizan #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland The Nest by Kenneth Oppel My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (cw: animal experimentation & cruelty, homophobia, violence against women, loss of a child) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt, Symbiosis novellas by Nicky Drayden (cw: body horror) The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (7/16) Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraceia J. Fennell (4/2) Chlorine by Jade Song Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation. Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News A Court of Thorns and Roses Is ... Not? ... Cancelled [Collider] Books Discussed Summer Scares Jackal by Erin E. Adams Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Dead Flip by Sara Farizan #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland The Nest by Kenneth Oppel My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (cw: animal experimentation & cruelty, homophobia, violence against women, loss of a child) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt, Symbiosis novellas by Nicky Drayden (cw: body horror) The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (7/16) Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraceia J. Fennell (4/2) Chlorine by Jade Song Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation.

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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News

A Court of Thorns and Roses Is ... Not? ... Cancelled [Collider]


Books Discussed

Summer Scares

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

All These Bodies by Kendare Blake

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan

#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil

Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland

The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (cw: animal experimentation & cruelty, homophobia, violence against women, loss of a child)

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt,

Symbiosis novellas by Nicky Drayden (cw: body horror)

The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (7/16)

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraceia J. Fennell (4/2)

Chlorine by Jade Song

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]]> 3107 no Back to the Future: Listener Questions Part 3 https://bookriot.com/listen/back-to-the-future-listener-questions-part-3/ This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed For Sarah: comps for Nalini Singh Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha  L. Penelope’s Earthsinger series Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badgers series For Christina: cinnamon rolls who are going through it Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (and/or others by Zen Cho) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls. This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed For Sarah: comps for Nalini Singh Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha  L. Penelope’s Earthsinger series Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badgers series For Christina: cinnamon rolls who are going through it Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (and/or others by Zen Cho) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls.

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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Books Discussed

For Sarah: comps for Nalini Singh

Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha 

L. Penelope’s Earthsinger series

Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badgers series

For Christina: cinnamon rolls who are going through it

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (and/or others by Zen Cho)

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]]> 758 no Favorite Pairings of All Kinds in SF/F https://bookriot.com/listen/favorite-pairings-in-sff/ Jenn and guest Erica talk about their favorite character pairings in SF/F, from romantic to platonic to #complicated, and discuss the Hugo Awards shenanigans, Dolly Parton's connection to Buffy, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Buffy Reboot news via Dolly Parton [Popverse] Hugo 2023 Shenanigans, Recapped, Plus Resignations [Book Riot, File770] The Audie Awards Finalists [Book Riot] Books Discussed Platonic Soulmates: Camilla Hect and Palimedes in The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir  Complicated Besties: Johnny and Nick in Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed Unconditional Acceptance Romance: Yasira and Productivity in The Outside by Ada Hoffmann Former Mentor/Mentee Turned Bros: Cas and Rio in Zero Sum Game by SL Huang Pining Sapphics/Beefing Rappers Turned Lovers: Red and Blue in This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Friends on a Quest: Miuko and Magpie Spirit Geiki in A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee Annoying Friends and Low-Key Co-Parents: Murderbot and ART/Perihelion in Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Human/Animal Companions: Vasilisa and Solovey (the horse!) in The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Erica talk about their favorite character pairings in SF/F, from romantic to platonic to #complicated Jenn and guest Erica talk about their favorite character pairings in SF/F, from romantic to platonic to #complicated, and discuss the Hugo Awards shenanigans, Dolly Parton's connection to Buffy, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Buffy Reboot news via Dolly Parton [Popverse] Hugo 2023 Shenanigans, Recapped, Plus Resignations [Book Riot, File770] The Audie Awards Finalists [Book Riot] Books Discussed Platonic Soulmates: Camilla Hect and Palimedes in The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir  Complicated Besties: Johnny and Nick in Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed Unconditional Acceptance Romance: Yasira and Productivity in The Outside by Ada Hoffmann Former Mentor/Mentee Turned Bros: Cas and Rio in Zero Sum Game by SL Huang Pining Sapphics/Beefing Rappers Turned Lovers: Red and Blue in This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Friends on a Quest: Miuko and Magpie Spirit Geiki in A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee Annoying Friends and Low-Key Co-Parents: Murderbot and ART/Perihelion in Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Human/Animal Companions: Vasilisa and Solovey (the horse!) in The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Erica talk about their favorite character pairings in SF/F, from romantic to platonic to #complicated, and discuss the Hugo Awards shenanigans, Dolly Parton's connection to Buffy, and more.

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To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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News

Buffy Reboot news via Dolly Parton [Popverse]

Hugo 2023 Shenanigans, Recapped, Plus Resignations [Book Riot, File770]

The Audie Awards Finalists [Book Riot]


Books Discussed

Platonic Soulmates: Camilla Hect and Palimedes in The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir 

Complicated Besties: Johnny and Nick in Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed

Unconditional Acceptance Romance: Yasira and Productivity in The Outside by Ada Hoffmann

Former Mentor/Mentee Turned Bros: Cas and Rio in Zero Sum Game by SL Huang

Pining Sapphics/Beefing Rappers Turned Lovers: Red and Blue in This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

Friends on a Quest: Miuko and Magpie Spirit Geiki in A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee

Annoying Friends and Low-Key Co-Parents: Murderbot and ART/Perihelion in Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Human/Animal Companions: Vasilisa and Solovey (the horse!) in The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

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]]> 3678 no Backlist To The Future, Listener Questions Part 2 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-listener-questions-part-2/ Jenn gets feedback from a previous listener rec and answers two more questions! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tanelle recs Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent for Sarah Murderbot comps for Val: This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal el Mohtar Charles Yu’s short story collection, Sorry Please Thank You P. Djèlí Clark (if you're willing to do fantasy) Badass Space Stories for Eliška: Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang Kameron Hurley's The Stars Are Legion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:40:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn gets feedback from a previous listener rec and answers two more questions! Jenn gets feedback from a previous listener rec and answers two more questions! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tanelle recs Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent for Sarah Murderbot comps for Val: This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal el Mohtar Charles Yu’s short story collection, Sorry Please Thank You P. Djèlí Clark (if you're willing to do fantasy) Badass Space Stories for Eliška: Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang Kameron Hurley's The Stars Are Legion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn gets feedback from a previous listener rec and answers two more questions!

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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Books Discussed

Tanelle recs Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent for Sarah

Murderbot comps for Val:

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal el Mohtar

Charles Yu’s short story collection, Sorry Please Thank You

P. Djèlí Clark (if you're willing to do fantasy)

Badass Space Stories for Eliška:

Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

Kameron Hurley's The Stars Are Legion

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]]> 670 no It's The Stats Show! https://bookriot.com/listen/its-the-stats-show/ Jenn and guest Danika talk through SFF Yeah's stats for 2023, including most recommended books and authors, dig into some SFF reboot news, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Illustrated Hunger Games edition coming out  [AP News] Sci-Fi Art Show [Gizmodo] Highlander Reboot (!!!) [The Mary Sue] Wednesday Season 2 Updates [The Mary Sue] Stats Discussed Most Recommended Books Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon Bad Cree by Jessica Johns [read an excerpt!] Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Most Recommended Authors Ann Leckie Juno Dawson Silvia Moreno Garcia Top 5 Most Popular Episodes The Best Books Of The Last Quarter (July 2023) Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023: January - June The Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2023, Part 2 Best Books of Early 2023 The 2023 Stats Show [Jenn's note to listeners: should properly be 2022 Stats!!] Our Favorite Episode(s) to Record Cover Talk Most Popular SFF of 2013 Books For Our Younger Selves / Characters Who Make Us Feel Seen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Danika talk through SFF Yeah's stats for 2023, including most recommended books and authors, dig into some SFF reboot news, and more. Jenn and guest Danika talk through SFF Yeah's stats for 2023, including most recommended books and authors, dig into some SFF reboot news, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Illustrated Hunger Games edition coming out  [AP News] Sci-Fi Art Show [Gizmodo] Highlander Reboot (!!!) [The Mary Sue] Wednesday Season 2 Updates [The Mary Sue] Stats Discussed Most Recommended Books Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon Bad Cree by Jessica Johns [read an excerpt!] Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Most Recommended Authors Ann Leckie Juno Dawson Silvia Moreno Garcia Top 5 Most Popular Episodes The Best Books Of The Last Quarter (July 2023) Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023: January - June The Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2023, Part 2 Best Books of Early 2023 The 2023 Stats Show [Jenn's note to listeners: should properly be 2022 Stats!!] Our Favorite Episode(s) to Record Cover Talk Most Popular SFF of 2013 Books For Our Younger Selves / Characters Who Make Us Feel Seen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Danika talk through SFF Yeah's stats for 2023, including most recommended books and authors, dig into some SFF reboot news, and more.

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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News

Illustrated Hunger Games edition coming out  [AP News]

Sci-Fi Art Show [Gizmodo]

Highlander Reboot (!!!) [The Mary Sue]

Wednesday Season 2 Updates [The Mary Sue]


Stats Discussed

Most Recommended Books

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns [read an excerpt!]

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Most Recommended Authors

Ann Leckie

Juno Dawson

Silvia Moreno Garcia

Top 5 Most Popular Episodes

The Best Books Of The Last Quarter (July 2023)

Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023: January - June

The Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2023, Part 2

Best Books of Early 2023

The 2023 Stats Show [Jenn's note to listeners: should properly be 2022 Stats!!]

Our Favorite Episode(s) to Record

Cover Talk

Most Popular SFF of 2013

Books For Our Younger Selves / Characters Who Make Us Feel Seen

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]]> 2535 no Backlist To The Future, With Listener Questions https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-listener-questions/ This week, Jenn answers two listener questions — one looking for romantasy series, and another for rompy sci-fi. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Romantasy for Sarah: Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate) Rompy SF for Tanelle: Light Years From Home by Mike Chen Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Mandatory mention of Valerie Valdes (Chilling Effect) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn answers two listener questions — one looking for romantasy series, and another for rompy sci-fi. This week, Jenn answers two listener questions — one looking for romantasy series, and another for rompy sci-fi. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Romantasy for Sarah: Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate) Rompy SF for Tanelle: Light Years From Home by Mike Chen Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Mandatory mention of Valerie Valdes (Chilling Effect) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn answers two listener questions — one looking for romantasy series, and another for rompy sci-fi.

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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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Books Discussed

Romantasy for Sarah:

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate)

Rompy SF for Tanelle:

Light Years From Home by Mike Chen

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

Mandatory mention of Valerie Valdes (Chilling Effect)

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]]> 611 no Our Most Anticipated SF/F of 2024, Part One https://bookriot.com/listen/most-anticipated-sff-of-2024-part-one/ Jenn and guest Danika talk about a Tolkien lawsuit, the passing of Richard Bowes, the Zelda movie, their most anticipated books from the first half of 2024, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Like anyone is going to win a lawsuit against the Tolkien Estate [Variety] Live action Legend of Zelda movie in the works [Wired] RIP Richard Bowes [Tor.com] Be a voting citizen reader! 38th Annual Asimov Awards and WSFA Small Press Award [File 770] Books Discussed Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice [Most Anticipated Books of 2024] The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Rayna Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekhá A. Afzal An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, translated by Heather Cleary The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, illustrated by Becca Farrow Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle #3) by Adam Silvera Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Danika talk about a Tolkien lawsuit, the passing of Richard Bowes, the Zelda movie, their most anticipated books from the first half of 2024, and more. Jenn and guest Danika talk about a Tolkien lawsuit, the passing of Richard Bowes, the Zelda movie, their most anticipated books from the first half of 2024, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Like anyone is going to win a lawsuit against the Tolkien Estate [Variety] Live action Legend of Zelda movie in the works [Wired] RIP Richard Bowes [Tor.com] Be a voting citizen reader! 38th Annual Asimov Awards and WSFA Small Press Award [File 770] Books Discussed Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice [Most Anticipated Books of 2024] The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Rayna Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekhá A. Afzal An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, translated by Heather Cleary The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, illustrated by Becca Farrow Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle #3) by Adam Silvera Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Danika talk about a Tolkien lawsuit, the passing of Richard Bowes, the Zelda movie, their most anticipated books from the first half of 2024, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.

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News

Like anyone is going to win a lawsuit against the Tolkien Estate [Variety]

Live action Legend of Zelda movie in the works [Wired]

RIP Richard Bowes [Tor.com]

Be a voting citizen reader! 38th Annual Asimov Awards and WSFA Small Press Award [File 770]


Books Discussed

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice [Most Anticipated Books of 2024]

The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Rayna Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain

Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho

Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston

Dancers of the Dawn by Zulekhá A. Afzal

An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson

Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, translated by Heather Cleary

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, illustrated by Becca Farrow

Infinity Kings (Infinity Cycle #3) by Adam Silvera

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

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]]> 2480 no The Best of 2023 (And 2022) https://bookriot.com/listen/the-best-of-2023-and-2022/ Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Read Jenn's full write-up here: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 and 2023, Crunched Top Titles from 2023 Best Of Lists: Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez Lone Women, Victor LaValle Top Titles from 2023 Award Finalists/Winners, Published in 2022: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk Babel by R.F. Kuang Spear by Nicola Griffith Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Jenn and Vanessa's Picks The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas Translation State by Ann Leckie Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson  Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jan 2024 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023!Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023! Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Read Jenn's full write-up here: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 and 2023, Crunched Top Titles from 2023 Best Of Lists: Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez Lone Women, Victor LaValle Top Titles from 2023 Award Finalists/Winners, Published in 2022: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk Babel by R.F. Kuang Spear by Nicola Griffith Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Jenn and Vanessa's Picks The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas Translation State by Ann Leckie Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson  Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Vanessa joins Jenn again to look at what got accolades and award nods, if not wins, over the past year, plus their own favorites of 2023!

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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Books Discussed

Read Jenn's full write-up here: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2022 and 2023, Crunched

Top Titles from 2023 Best Of Lists:

Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Land of Milk and Honey, C. Pam Zhang

Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez

Lone Women, Victor LaValle

Top Titles from 2023 Award Finalists/Winners, Published in 2022:

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Babel by R.F. Kuang

Spear by Nicola Griffith

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Solaris)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Jenn and Vanessa's Picks

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

Translation State by Ann Leckie

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson 

Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

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]]> 2720 no Rerun: Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023 https://bookriot.com/listen/rerun-most-anticipated-sff-of-2023/ Sharifah and Jenn are off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on January 11, 2023. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Discussed A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist] Trailer for Renfield [Twitter] Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue] Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter] Books Discussed Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) - William Morrow Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) - One World A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) - Little Brown Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) - Tordotcom The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) - PRH The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) - Tordotcom Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) - Tordotcom Jenn's Extended List Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10) Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17) Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31) Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7) The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16) Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn are off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on January 11, 2023. Sharifah and Jenn are off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on January 11, 2023. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Discussed A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist] Trailer for Renfield [Twitter] Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue] Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter] Books Discussed Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) - William Morrow Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) - One World A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) - Little Brown Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) - Tordotcom The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) - PRH The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) - Tordotcom Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) - Tordotcom Jenn's Extended List Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10) Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17) Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31) Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7) The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16) Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn are off this holiday week, but we thought it would be fun to share a rerun of our most anticipated books of 2023, which originally aired on January 11, 2023.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more!

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

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News Discussed

A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist]

Trailer for Renfield [Twitter]

Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue]

Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter]


Books Discussed

Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) - William Morrow

Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) - One World

A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) - Little Brown

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) - Tordotcom

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) - PRH

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) - Tordotcom

Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) - Tordotcom


Jenn's Extended List

Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10)

Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17)

Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31)

Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7)

The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28)

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16)

Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6)

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]]> 2697 no Backlist To The Future, Re-Reading Part 1 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-re-reading-part-1/ Jenn talks about different kinds of rereading, a plan for this winter, and some experimenting to come on Backlist episodes! Send in your reading request to sffyeah@bookriot.com. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: violence, abuse, gore) The Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: violence, abuse, gore, death of children) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn talks about different kinds of rereading, a plan for this winter, and some experimenting to come on Backlist episodes! Jenn talks about different kinds of rereading, a plan for this winter, and some experimenting to come on Backlist episodes! Send in your reading request to sffyeah@bookriot.com. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: violence, abuse, gore) The Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: violence, abuse, gore, death of children) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn talks about different kinds of rereading, a plan for this winter, and some experimenting to come on Backlist episodes!

Send in your reading request to sffyeah@bookriot.com.

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Books Discussed

The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (cw: violence, abuse, gore)

The Broken Earth Series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: violence, abuse, gore, death of children)

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]]> 715 no Pet Peeves and Favorite Tropes https://bookriot.com/listen/pet-peeves-and-favorite-tropes/ This week, Jenn and guest Vanessa dig into their reading pet peeves and favorite tropes in SFF, and talk about an amazing AMA from Stephen Graham Jones, the Sleepy Hollow Remake, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News PW’s Best SF/F of 2023 [Publishers Weekly] Marvel Ultimates co-creator no longer doing "Work For Hire" [The Popverse] Sleepy Hollow Remake [Screen Rant] Stephen Graham Jones AMA [Reddit] Books Discussed Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Graveyard Goods) Anything by Mur Lafferty The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: fertility issues, death of pregnant person, death of children) Burning Roses by S.L. Huang The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Vanessa dig into their reading pet peeves and favorite tropes in SFF This week, Jenn and guest Vanessa dig into their reading pet peeves and favorite tropes in SFF, and talk about an amazing AMA from Stephen Graham Jones, the Sleepy Hollow Remake, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News PW’s Best SF/F of 2023 [Publishers Weekly] Marvel Ultimates co-creator no longer doing "Work For Hire" [The Popverse] Sleepy Hollow Remake [Screen Rant] Stephen Graham Jones AMA [Reddit] Books Discussed Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Graveyard Goods) Anything by Mur Lafferty The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: fertility issues, death of pregnant person, death of children) Burning Roses by S.L. Huang The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn and guest Vanessa dig into their reading pet peeves and favorite tropes in SFF, and talk about an amazing AMA from Stephen Graham Jones, the Sleepy Hollow Remake, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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News

PW’s Best SF/F of 2023 [Publishers Weekly]

Marvel Ultimates co-creator no longer doing "Work For Hire" [The Popverse]

Sleepy Hollow Remake [Screen Rant]

Stephen Graham Jones AMA [Reddit]


Books Discussed

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Graveyard Goods)

Anything by Mur Lafferty

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: fertility issues, death of pregnant person, death of children)

Burning Roses by S.L. Huang

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia

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]]> 3206 no Backlist To The Future, Eco-Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-eco-style/ This week, Jenn talks about two "eco-fiction" SFF novels she loves. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse, violent misogyny, homophobia) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn talks about two "eco-fiction" SFF novels she loves. This week, Jenn talks about two "eco-fiction" SFF novels she loves. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse, violent misogyny, homophobia) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn talks about two "eco-fiction" SFF novels she loves.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. The holidays are here, and we've got three different levels for gifting to suit every budget. Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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Books Discussed

Arboreality by Rebecca Campbell

Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse, violent misogyny, homophobia)

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]]> 664 no Guest Episode: YA Romantasy https://bookriot.com/listen/guest-episode-ya-romantasy/ Sharifah and Jenn are out this week, but never fear! We've got a very special guest episode on one of today's hottest sub-genres, romantasy, with Erica and Tirzah. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Scholastic Book Fairs separate books by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors Scholastic asks Maggie Tokuda Hall to remove references to racism More YA fantasy romance books Books Discussed Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh  Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Noragami by Adachitoka Fire and Graceling by Kristin Cashore Six Crimson Cranes and Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn are out this week, but never fear! We've got a very special guest episode on one of today's hottest sub-genres, romantasy, with Erica and Tirzah. Sharifah and Jenn are out this week, but never fear! We've got a very special guest episode on one of today's hottest sub-genres, romantasy, with Erica and Tirzah. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Scholastic Book Fairs separate books by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors Scholastic asks Maggie Tokuda Hall to remove references to racism More YA fantasy romance books Books Discussed Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh  Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan Noragami by Adachitoka Fire and Graceling by Kristin Cashore Six Crimson Cranes and Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn are out this week, but never fear! We've got a very special guest episode on one of today's hottest sub-genres, romantasy, with Erica and Tirzah.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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News

Scholastic Book Fairs separate books by LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors

Scholastic asks Maggie Tokuda Hall to remove references to racism

More YA fantasy romance books


Books Discussed

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh 

Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

Noragami by Adachitoka

Fire and Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Six Crimson Cranes and Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim

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]]> 3577 no Backlist to the Future, The Gloom Edition https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-the-gloom-edition/ This week, Sharifah talks about gloomy SFF for gloomy days. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah talks about gloomy SFF for gloomy days. This week, Sharifah talks about gloomy SFF for gloomy days. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah talks about gloomy SFF for gloomy days.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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Books Discussed

Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

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]]> 785 no Holiday SF/F Gifting for Cerebral Cinnamon Rolls https://bookriot.com/listen/holiday-sff-gifting-for-cerebral-cinnamon-rolls/ Sharifah and Jenn talk a little bit of news (that Avatar: The Last Airbender teaser!!), and then give recommendations for a listener question and general holiday gifting. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Teaser [Tor.com] New SFF trilogy from Expanse writers [Gizmodo] Books Discussed The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse and endangerment) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Midsolar Murders Series by Mur Lafferty Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (all the content warnings) The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling) Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (cw: racism and racial slurs, sexual assault) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk a little bit of news, and then give recommendations for a listener question and general holiday gifting.Sharifah and Jenn talk a little bit of news (that Avatar: The Last Airbender teaser!!), and then give recommendations for a listener question and general holiday gifting. Sharifah and Jenn talk a little bit of news (that Avatar: The Last Airbender teaser!!), and then give recommendations for a listener question and general holiday gifting. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Teaser [Tor.com] New SFF trilogy from Expanse writers [Gizmodo] Books Discussed The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse and endangerment) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Midsolar Murders Series by Mur Lafferty Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (all the content warnings) The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling) Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (cw: racism and racial slurs, sexual assault) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk a little bit of news (that Avatar: The Last Airbender teaser!!), and then give recommendations for a listener question and general holiday gifting.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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News

Avatar: The Last Airbender Live Action Teaser [Tor.com]

New SFF trilogy from Expanse writers [Gizmodo]

Books Discussed

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse and endangerment)

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes

Midsolar Murders Series by Mur Lafferty

Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (all the content warnings)

The Monk and Robot books by Becky Chambers

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism)

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling)

Chain-Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (cw: racism and racial slurs, sexual assault)

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]]> 3607 no Backlist To The Future, Potpourri-Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-potpourri-style/ This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction books she's read and loved this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed First Year Orientation, edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Garibaldi  Maroons (Grievers #1) by adrienne maree brown (cw: epidemic, racism, grief) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction books she's read and loved this year. This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction books she's read and loved this year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed First Year Orientation, edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Garibaldi  Maroons (Grievers #1) by adrienne maree brown (cw: epidemic, racism, grief) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction books she's read and loved this year.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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Books Discussed

First Year Orientation, edited by Eric Smith and Lauren Garibaldi 

Maroons (Grievers #1) by adrienne maree brown (cw: epidemic, racism, grief)

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]]> 686 no New(ish) Books We're Loving Right Now https://bookriot.com/listen/newish-books-were-loving-right-now/ Sharifah and Jenn talk awards season, including some Hugos chat, reminisce about their childhoods courtesy of a Where the Wild Things Are update, talk about current reading faves, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2023 Winner announced Books Are My Bag Reader Awards Shortlist [Locus] Hugo Award Winners [Book Riot] Hugo controversies [MetaFilter] Ignyte Award eligibility Michelle Obama to Narrate Where the Wild Things Are Audiobook [AP News + Book Riot] Teddy Ruxpin [Wikipedia] Books Discussed A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (cw so far: emotional abuse, harm to children) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (cw: child abuse, homophobia, ritual suicide) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight Mentioned Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Feb 2024 US) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk awards season, including some Hugos chat, reminisce about their childhoods courtesy of a Where the Wild Things Are update, talk about current reading faves, and more. Sharifah and Jenn talk awards season, including some Hugos chat, reminisce about their childhoods courtesy of a Where the Wild Things Are update, talk about current reading faves, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2023 Winner announced Books Are My Bag Reader Awards Shortlist [Locus] Hugo Award Winners [Book Riot] Hugo controversies [MetaFilter] Ignyte Award eligibility Michelle Obama to Narrate Where the Wild Things Are Audiobook [AP News + Book Riot] Teddy Ruxpin [Wikipedia] Books Discussed A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (cw so far: emotional abuse, harm to children) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (cw: child abuse, homophobia, ritual suicide) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight Mentioned Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Feb 2024 US) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk awards season, including some Hugos chat, reminisce about their childhoods courtesy of a Where the Wild Things Are update, talk about current reading faves, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co.

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News

Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2023 Winner announced

Books Are My Bag Reader Awards Shortlist [Locus]

Hugo Award Winners [Book Riot]

Hugo controversies [MetaFilter]

Ignyte Award eligibility

Michelle Obama to Narrate Where the Wild Things Are Audiobook [AP News + Book Riot]

Teddy Ruxpin [Wikipedia]


Books Discussed

A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (cw so far: emotional abuse, harm to children)

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (cw: child abuse, homophobia, ritual suicide)

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight


Mentioned

Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Feb 2024 US)

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]]> 2902 no Backlist To The Future, Family-Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-family-style/ This week, Sharifah talks about some favorite SF/F books that are all about family. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (cw: all of them) Practical Magic Series by Alice Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah talks about some favorite SF/F books that are all about family. This week, Sharifah talks about some favorite SF/F books that are all about family. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (cw: all of them) Practical Magic Series by Alice Hoffman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah talks about some favorite SF/F books that are all about family.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Books Discussed

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (cw: all of them)

Practical Magic Series by Alice Hoffman

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]]> 846 no It's Ghost O'Clock! https://bookriot.com/listen/its-ghost-oclock/ Sharifah and Jenn talk ghosts in SFF in honor of the season, pay tribute to Keith Giffen, dig into book banning via Malinda Lo, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Malinda Lo on Book Bans Literary Activism newsletter Keith Giffen, comics artist and writer, dies [The Guardian] Rick Steves Casually Reviews Dangerous Fantasy Locations [McSweeney's] Prada designing spacesuits! [Design Boom] Books Discussed Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (so many CWs) The Edinburgh Nights series (Library of the Dead #1) by TL Huchu (cw: harm to children) Kelly Link’s story "Two Houses," from Get in Trouble Take Liberty’s Ghost Story quiz! The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: racism, child death) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk ghosts in SFF in honor of the season, pay tribute to Keith Giffen, dig into book banning via Malinda Lo, and more. Sharifah and Jenn talk ghosts in SFF in honor of the season, pay tribute to Keith Giffen, dig into book banning via Malinda Lo, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Malinda Lo on Book Bans Literary Activism newsletter Keith Giffen, comics artist and writer, dies [The Guardian] Rick Steves Casually Reviews Dangerous Fantasy Locations [McSweeney's] Prada designing spacesuits! [Design Boom] Books Discussed Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (so many CWs) The Edinburgh Nights series (Library of the Dead #1) by TL Huchu (cw: harm to children) Kelly Link’s story "Two Houses," from Get in Trouble Take Liberty’s Ghost Story quiz! The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: racism, child death) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk ghosts in SFF in honor of the season, pay tribute to Keith Giffen, dig into book banning via Malinda Lo, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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News

Malinda Lo on Book Bans

Literary Activism newsletter

Keith Giffen, comics artist and writer, dies [The Guardian]

Rick Steves Casually Reviews Dangerous Fantasy Locations [McSweeney's]

Prada designing spacesuits! [Design Boom]


Books Discussed

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (so many CWs)

The Edinburgh Nights series (Library of the Dead #1) by TL Huchu (cw: harm to children)

Kelly Link’s story "Two Houses," from Get in Trouble

Take Liberty’s Ghost Story quiz!

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: racism, child death)

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

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]]> 2884 no Backlist To The Future, A Decade Ago https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-a-decade-ago/ This week, Jenn takes a trip down memory lane to 2013, courtesy of her reading spreadsheet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn takes a trip down memory lane to 2013, courtesy of her reading spreadsheet. This week, Jenn takes a trip down memory lane to 2013, courtesy of her reading spreadsheet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn takes a trip down memory lane to 2013, courtesy of her reading spreadsheet.

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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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Books Discussed

A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

Sorry Please Thank You by Charles Yu

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]]> 997 no Our Favorite Books of the Summer https://bookriot.com/listen/our-favorite-books-of-the-summer/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss a handful of the amazing books that came out in the last quarter, some interesting awards lists, Alan Moore, Goosebumps, and more! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2023 Elgin Awards (SFF Poetry) [Locus] 2024 Bard Fiction Prize [Locus] Alan Moore sending all comic adaptation royalties to BLM [AV Club] Making Formulas Fresh Again [LitHub] Goosebumps Trailer [Tor.com] Books Discussed The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Straham, stories from so many of our favorite authors including P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Tochi Onyebuchi, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renee Thomas, and more, illustrated by Alyssa Winans Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: racism, colorism, Nazism, addiction, mention of suicide) The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: maternal harm/death, child harm/death, infertility, racism, miscarriage) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a handful of the amazing books that came out in the last quarter, some interesting awards lists, Alan Moore, Goosebumps, and more! Sharifah and Jenn discuss a handful of the amazing books that came out in the last quarter, some interesting awards lists, Alan Moore, Goosebumps, and more! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2023 Elgin Awards (SFF Poetry) [Locus] 2024 Bard Fiction Prize [Locus] Alan Moore sending all comic adaptation royalties to BLM [AV Club] Making Formulas Fresh Again [LitHub] Goosebumps Trailer [Tor.com] Books Discussed The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Straham, stories from so many of our favorite authors including P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Tochi Onyebuchi, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renee Thomas, and more, illustrated by Alyssa Winans Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: racism, colorism, Nazism, addiction, mention of suicide) The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: maternal harm/death, child harm/death, infertility, racism, miscarriage) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a handful of the amazing books that came out in the last quarter, some interesting awards lists, Alan Moore, Goosebumps, and more!

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes. Visit mytbr.co to find out more and sign up — it only takes a few minutes!

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News

2023 Elgin Awards (SFF Poetry) [Locus]

2024 Bard Fiction Prize [Locus]

Alan Moore sending all comic adaptation royalties to BLM [AV Club]

Making Formulas Fresh Again [LitHub]

Goosebumps Trailer [Tor.com]


Books Discussed

The Book of Witches, edited by Jonathan Straham, stories from so many of our favorite authors including P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Tochi Onyebuchi, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renee Thomas, and more, illustrated by Alyssa Winans

Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: racism, colorism, Nazism, addiction, mention of suicide)

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (cw: maternal harm/death, child harm/death, infertility, racism, miscarriage)

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]]> 2971 no Backlist to the Future, Back to School https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-back-to-school/ This week, Sharifah talks about two of her favorite back-to-school SFF reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah talks about two of her favorite back-to-school SFF reads. This week, Sharifah talks about two of her favorite back-to-school SFF reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah talks about two of her favorite back-to-school SFF reads.

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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

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Books Discussed

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales

The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy

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]]> 901 no The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Revisited https://bookriot.com/listen/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-revisited/ Sharifah and Jenn are reunited and talking all things H2G2, as well as alien corpses in Mexico, Iman Vellani doing all the Ms. Marvel things, Le Guin short films, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Alien Corpses Claimed to be Real Shown to Mexico’s Congress [NPR] Ursula K. Le Guin Short Films! [LitHub] SF/F Title on NBA Fiction Longlist [Book Riot] Wrinkle in Time Illustrator Gets Overdue Credit [WBUR] Iman Vellani on Ms Marvel on Playing and Writing Ms. Marvel [Nerds of Color] Books Discussed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn are reunited and talking all things H2G2, as well as alien corpses in Mexico, Iman Vellani doing all the Ms. Marvel things, Le Guin short films, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Alien Corpses Claimed to be Real Shown to Mexico’s Congress [NPR] Ursula K. Le Guin Short Films! [LitHub] SF/F Title on NBA Fiction Longlist [Book Riot] Wrinkle in Time Illustrator Gets Overdue Credit [WBUR] Iman Vellani on Ms Marvel on Playing and Writing Ms. Marvel [Nerds of Color] Books Discussed The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn are reunited and talking all things H2G2, as well as alien corpses in Mexico, Iman Vellani doing all the Ms. Marvel things, Le Guin short films, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

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News

Alien Corpses Claimed to be Real Shown to Mexico’s Congress [NPR]

Ursula K. Le Guin Short Films! [LitHub]

SF/F Title on NBA Fiction Longlist [Book Riot]

Wrinkle in Time Illustrator Gets Overdue Credit [WBUR]

Iman Vellani on Ms Marvel on Playing and Writing Ms. Marvel [Nerds of Color]


Books Discussed

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

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]]> 3637 no Backlist To The Future, With Nonfiction https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-nonfiction/ This week, Jenn talks about some nonfiction reads that have changed the way she approaches SF/F! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Carrier Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, introduction by Donna Haraway The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn talks about some nonfiction reads that have changed the way she approaches SF/F! This week, Jenn talks about some nonfiction reads that have changed the way she approaches SF/F! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Carrier Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, introduction by Donna Haraway The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn talks about some nonfiction reads that have changed the way she approaches SF/F!

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

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Books Discussed

The Carrier Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, introduction by Donna Haraway

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

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]]> 715 no Fall Vibes https://bookriot.com/listen/fall-vibes/ Jenn and Vanessa roll around in Fall Feelings, talk about what that means anyway in SF/F, plus news about Scott Pilgrim, Loki Season 2, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Scott Pilgrim Anime [Them] Black People Are Magical Too [Black Nerd Problems] Big questions for Loki Season 2 [The Mary Sue] Catch up on Interview With the Vampire and more [Gizmodo] Books Discussed Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (cw: sexual harassment, domestic violence, child abuse, toxic relationships) Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (cw: toxic friendship, body horror, homophobia, police brutality) This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Weyward by Emilia Hart (TW; domestic violence) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and Vanessa roll around in Fall Feelings, talk about what that means anyway in SF/F, plus news about Scott Pilgrim, Loki Season 2, and more. Jenn and Vanessa roll around in Fall Feelings, talk about what that means anyway in SF/F, plus news about Scott Pilgrim, Loki Season 2, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Scott Pilgrim Anime [Them] Black People Are Magical Too [Black Nerd Problems] Big questions for Loki Season 2 [The Mary Sue] Catch up on Interview With the Vampire and more [Gizmodo] Books Discussed Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (cw: sexual harassment, domestic violence, child abuse, toxic relationships) Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (cw: toxic friendship, body horror, homophobia, police brutality) This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Weyward by Emilia Hart (TW; domestic violence) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and Vanessa roll around in Fall Feelings, talk about what that means anyway in SF/F, plus news about Scott Pilgrim, Loki Season 2, and more.

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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


News

Scott Pilgrim Anime [Them]

Black People Are Magical Too [Black Nerd Problems]

Big questions for Loki Season 2 [The Mary Sue]

Catch up on Interview With the Vampire and more [Gizmodo]


Books Discussed

Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (cw: sexual harassment, domestic violence, child abuse, toxic relationships)

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (cw: toxic friendship, body horror, homophobia, police brutality)

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty

Weyward by Emilia Hart (TW; domestic violence)

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]]> 2608 no Backlist To The Future, with Rich People Problems https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-rich-people-problems/ Sharifah dives into "rich people problems" in SF/F, with two favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah dives into "rich people problems" in SF/F, with two favorites. Sharifah dives into "rich people problems" in SF/F, with two favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah dives into "rich people problems" in SF/F, with two favorites.

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Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


Books Discussed

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia)

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction)

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]]> 828 no Guest Post: The One With All The Witches with Liberty Hardy https://bookriot.com/listen/guest-post-the-one-with-all-the-witches-with-liberty-hardy/ Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When in Romance episode about witch romances and more, with Jess Pryde and Liberty Hardy. Jess is joined by Book Riot's resident velocireader, Liberty Hardy, who listens patiently while Jess discusses news and then actually gets the chance to talk when the pair discuss witch romances (with many detours along the way). Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News When In Romance Book Club is back! We'll be reading The Perfect Find by Tia Williams AND discussing the adaptation on Netflix, and discussing it at the end of September. Check out Tailored Book Recommendations! The Seattle Times does a good rundown on the BookTok/Kraken drama. Here's Marines's video on TikTok. Strength, solidarity, and healing vibes to Emily McIntyre. Visit A Novel Romance if you're in Louisville! Find Jess at Steamy Lit Con! Books Discussed The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert Snow Place Like LA by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone Crossed by Emily McIntyre The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher The League of Gentlewoman Witches by India Holton Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera Let us know what you think about witch romances and tell us your favorite! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @franzencomesalive), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When in Romance episode about witch romances and more, with Jess Pryde and Liberty Hardy. Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When in Romance episode about witch romances and more, with Jess Pryde and Liberty Hardy. Jess is joined by Book Riot's resident velocireader, Liberty Hardy, who listens patiently while Jess discusses news and then actually gets the chance to talk when the pair discuss witch romances (with many detours along the way). Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News When In Romance Book Club is back! We'll be reading The Perfect Find by Tia Williams AND discussing the adaptation on Netflix, and discussing it at the end of September. Check out Tailored Book Recommendations! The Seattle Times does a good rundown on the BookTok/Kraken drama. Here's Marines's video on TikTok. Strength, solidarity, and healing vibes to Emily McIntyre. Visit A Novel Romance if you're in Louisville! Find Jess at Steamy Lit Con! Books Discussed The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert Snow Place Like LA by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone Crossed by Emily McIntyre The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher The League of Gentlewoman Witches by India Holton Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera Let us know what you think about witch romances and tell us your favorite! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @franzencomesalive), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When in Romance episode about witch romances and more, with Jess Pryde and Liberty Hardy.

Jess is joined by Book Riot's resident velocireader, Liberty Hardy, who listens patiently while Jess discusses news and then actually gets the chance to talk when the pair discuss witch romances (with many detours along the way).

Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter!

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


News

When In Romance Book Club is back! We'll be reading The Perfect Find by Tia Williams AND discussing the adaptation on Netflix, and discussing it at the end of September.

Check out Tailored Book Recommendations!

The Seattle Times does a good rundown on the BookTok/Kraken drama.

Here's Marines's video on TikTok.

Strength, solidarity, and healing vibes to Emily McIntyre.

Visit A Novel Romance if you're in Louisville!

Find Jess at Steamy Lit Con!


Books Discussed

The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert

Snow Place Like LA by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Crossed by Emily McIntyre

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher

The League of Gentlewoman Witches by India Holton

Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera

Let us know what you think about witch romances and tell us your favorite! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @franzencomesalive), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3375 no Backlist To The Future, With Stellar Recommendations https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-stellar-recommendations/ This week, Jenn talks about two SF/F books that she read because someone else strongly recommended them. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton (cw: PTSD, death fixation, violence and gore), author rec’d by Karen Lord in The Blue, Beautiful World acknowledgements  Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (cw: racism, suicide, drug use and overdose, violence), rec’d by Danika in Our Queerest Shelves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn talks about two SF/F books that she read because someone else strongly recommended them. This week, Jenn talks about two SF/F books that she read because someone else strongly recommended them. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton (cw: PTSD, death fixation, violence and gore), author rec’d by Karen Lord in The Blue, Beautiful World acknowledgements  Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (cw: racism, suicide, drug use and overdose, violence), rec’d by Danika in Our Queerest Shelves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn talks about two SF/F books that she read because someone else strongly recommended them.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


Books Discussed

Lady Hotspur by Tessa Gratton (cw: PTSD, death fixation, violence and gore), author rec’d by Karen Lord in The Blue, Beautiful World acknowledgements 

Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel (cw: racism, suicide, drug use and overdose, violence), rec’d by Danika in Our Queerest Shelves

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 742 no Cover Talk https://bookriot.com/listen/cover-talk/ Sharifah and Jenn talk about Octavia Butler Avenue, a new crime series from Marvel, cover trends and tropes in SF/F, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. News Lizzo Meets LOTR [People] New Marvel Crime Series [Publishers Weekly] Greta Gerwig to direct Narnia movie [Variety] Octavia Butler Avenue in Forest Park, Washington [Publishers Weekly] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined edited by Jenn Northington and S. Zainab Williams Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cover by Alex Eckman-Lawn) House of Cotton by Monica Brashears (design by Donna Sinisgalli Noetzel) House of Marionne by J. Elle (Cover art by Elena Masci, cover design by Theresa Evangelista) Tensorate series by Neon Yang (Omnibus cover art by Yuko Shimizu) The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang (cover art by Feifei Ruan; design by Christine Foltzer) Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae Jong For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/cover-talk/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk about Octavia Butler Avenue, a new crime series from Marvel, cover trends and tropes in SF/F, and more. Sharifah and Jenn talk about Octavia Butler Avenue, a new crime series from Marvel, cover trends and tropes in SF/F, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. News Lizzo Meets LOTR [People] New Marvel Crime Series [Publishers Weekly] Greta Gerwig to direct Narnia movie [Variety] Octavia Butler Avenue in Forest Park, Washington [Publishers Weekly] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined edited by Jenn Northington and S. Zainab Williams Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cover by Alex Eckman-Lawn) House of Cotton by Monica Brashears (design by Donna Sinisgalli Noetzel) House of Marionne by J. Elle (Cover art by Elena Masci, cover design by Theresa Evangelista) Tensorate series by Neon Yang (Omnibus cover art by Yuko Shimizu) The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang (cover art by Feifei Ruan; design by Christine Foltzer) Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae Jong For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/cover-talk/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk about Octavia Butler Avenue, a new crime series from Marvel, cover trends and tropes in SF/F, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks.

News

Lizzo Meets LOTR [People]

New Marvel Crime Series [Publishers Weekly]

Greta Gerwig to direct Narnia movie [Variety]

Octavia Butler Avenue in Forest Park, Washington [Publishers Weekly]

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Books Discussed

Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined edited by Jenn Northington and S. Zainab Williams

Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cover by Alex Eckman-Lawn)

House of Cotton by Monica Brashears (design by Donna Sinisgalli Noetzel)

House of Marionne by J. Elle (Cover art by Elena Masci, cover design by Theresa Evangelista)

Tensorate series by Neon Yang (Omnibus cover art by Yuko Shimizu)

The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang (cover art by Feifei Ruan; design by Christine Foltzer)

Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae Jong

For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/cover-talk/.

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]]> 3527 no Backlist To The Future: Guess That Title https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-guess-that-title/ This week, Sharifah is playing Guess That Backlist SFF Book, where she tells you what the book is about and you guess the title before she gives you the answer! (Titles below so don't look if you want to guess) Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Rosewater by Tade Thompson The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah is playing Guess That Backlist SFF Book, where she tells you what the book is about and you guess the title before she gives you the answer! (Titles below so don't look if you want to guess) This week, Sharifah is playing Guess That Backlist SFF Book, where she tells you what the book is about and you guess the title before she gives you the answer! (Titles below so don't look if you want to guess) Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Rosewater by Tade Thompson The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah is playing Guess That Backlist SFF Book, where she tells you what the book is about and you guess the title before she gives you the answer! (Titles below so don't look if you want to guess)

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Books Discussed

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

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]]> 815 no The Most Anticipated SFF Books of 2023, Part 2 https://bookriot.com/listen/the-most-anticipated-sff-books-of-2023-part-2/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist, a new way to doomscroll, The Changeling adaptation, the most exciting books of the second half of 2023, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Short List [Tor.com] Timeline of the far future [Wikipedia] Context for the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike [Variety] The Changeling coming to Apple TV+ [Deadline] Books Discussed He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (Aug 22, Tor Books) The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (July 11, Gallery/Saga Press) Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (August 15, Berkley) The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (July 18, Flatiron) Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 18, Del Rey) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (July 11, Tordotcom) I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (Aug 29, Henry Holt (BYR)) Books Mentioned: Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu System Collapse by Martha Wells The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist, a new way to doomscroll, The Changeling adaptation, the most exciting books of the second half of 2023, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist, a new way to doomscroll, The Changeling adaptation, the most exciting books of the second half of 2023, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Short List [Tor.com] Timeline of the far future [Wikipedia] Context for the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike [Variety] The Changeling coming to Apple TV+ [Deadline] Books Discussed He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (Aug 22, Tor Books) The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (July 11, Gallery/Saga Press) Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (August 15, Berkley) The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (July 18, Flatiron) Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 18, Del Rey) The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (July 11, Tordotcom) I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (Aug 29, Henry Holt (BYR)) Books Mentioned: Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu System Collapse by Martha Wells The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Shortlist, a new way to doomscroll, The Changeling adaptation, the most exciting books of the second half of 2023, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

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News

Ursula K. Le Guin Prize Short List [Tor.com]

Timeline of the far future [Wikipedia]

Context for the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike [Variety]

The Changeling coming to Apple TV+ [Deadline]


Books Discussed

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan (Aug 22, Tor Books)

The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa (July 11, Gallery/Saga Press)

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas (August 15, Berkley)

The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (July 18, Flatiron)

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 18, Del Rey)

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (July 11, Tordotcom)

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea (Aug 29, Henry Holt (BYR))


Books Mentioned:

Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord

In Charm’s Way by Lana Harper

Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes

Mammoth at the Gates by Nghi Vo

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

System Collapse by Martha Wells

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

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]]> 3069 no Backlist To The Future, With Older Series https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-older-series/ In which Jenn talks about two older series that she's reading and loving this summer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Honey Badger Shifter Chronicles (Hot and Badgered #1) by Shelly Laurenston The Expanse series (Leviathan Wakes #1) by James S.A. Corey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot In which Jenn talks about two older series that she's reading and loving this summer. In which Jenn talks about two older series that she's reading and loving this summer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Honey Badger Shifter Chronicles (Hot and Badgered #1) by Shelly Laurenston The Expanse series (Leviathan Wakes #1) by James S.A. Corey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In which Jenn talks about two older series that she's reading and loving this summer.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


Books Discussed

The Honey Badger Shifter Chronicles (Hot and Badgered #1) by Shelly Laurenston

The Expanse series (Leviathan Wakes #1) by James S.A. Corey

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]]> 629 no The Best Books Of The Last Quarter https://bookriot.com/listen/the-best-books-of-the-last-quarter/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Locus 2023 Award Winners [Locus] Hugo 2023 Finalists [Book Riot] Alix Harrow on the Hugos [Instagram] Error-Ridden AI-Generated Star Wars Article on io9 [Variety] Sign a poem going to Europa! [Book Riot] Books Discussed The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (cw: intimate partner violence, suicidal thoughts, gore, body horror) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (cw: discussion of intimate partner violence) Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (cw: child death, graphic violence, animal abuse, animal death) Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (they/them) (cw: violence against women, animal experimentation, violence against animals) H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cw: infant death, maternal mortality, attempted suicide, child endangerment, rape, spousal abuse) Flux by Jinwoo Chong (cw: death of a parent) Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Locus 2023 Award Winners [Locus] Hugo 2023 Finalists [Book Riot] Alix Harrow on the Hugos [Instagram] Error-Ridden AI-Generated Star Wars Article on io9 [Variety] Sign a poem going to Europa! [Book Riot] Books Discussed The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (cw: intimate partner violence, suicidal thoughts, gore, body horror) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (cw: discussion of intimate partner violence) Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (cw: child death, graphic violence, animal abuse, animal death) Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (they/them) (cw: violence against women, animal experimentation, violence against animals) H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cw: infant death, maternal mortality, attempted suicide, child endangerment, rape, spousal abuse) Flux by Jinwoo Chong (cw: death of a parent) Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


News

Locus 2023 Award Winners [Locus]

Hugo 2023 Finalists [Book Riot]

Alix Harrow on the Hugos [Instagram]

Error-Ridden AI-Generated Star Wars Article on io9 [Variety]

Sign a poem going to Europa! [Book Riot]


Books Discussed

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (cw: intimate partner violence, suicidal thoughts, gore, body horror)

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (cw: discussion of intimate partner violence)

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (cw: child death, graphic violence, animal abuse, animal death)

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (they/them) (cw: violence against women, animal experimentation, violence against animals)

H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cw: infant death, maternal mortality, attempted suicide, child endangerment, rape, spousal abuse)

Flux by Jinwoo Chong (cw: death of a parent)

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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]]> 3475 no Backlist To The Future, From 10 Years Ago https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-from-10-years-ago/ This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent) The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors! This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent) The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors!

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Books Discussed

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent)

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide) 

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]]> 879 no Guest Episode: 15 Years of the Audiobook Boom & SFF “Insta-Buys” https://bookriot.com/listen/guest-episode-sff-insta-buys/ Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this First Edition episode about sci-fi and fantasy "insta-buys" and more with Jeff O'Neal, Sharifah, and Kendra Winchester. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. First Edition Kendra Winchester comes on to commemorate the 15th anniversary of two events that heralded the modern audiobook boom: Amazon buying Audible and Apple allowing third-party apps on the iPhone. Then, Sharifah Williams, Book Riot's Director of Content and co-host of our SFF Yeah! podcast, joins me to debut a new segment: The Insta-Buys. Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram. And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you! Discussed in this episode: Better Than Nothing? Exploring the Limitations of AI-Narrated Audiobooks from a Disabled Person’s Perspective 10 Audiobook Narrators You Need to Follow on TikTok The Untold History of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery Check out Kendra's podcast, Read Appalachia. You can also follow her on Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester. Sharifah Williams co-hosts our SFF Yeah! podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this First Edition episode about sci-fi and fantasy "insta-buys" and more with Jeff O'Neal, Sharifah, and Kendra Winchester. Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this First Edition episode about sci-fi and fantasy "insta-buys" and more with Jeff O'Neal, Sharifah, and Kendra Winchester. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. First Edition Kendra Winchester comes on to commemorate the 15th anniversary of two events that heralded the modern audiobook boom: Amazon buying Audible and Apple allowing third-party apps on the iPhone. Then, Sharifah Williams, Book Riot's Director of Content and co-host of our SFF Yeah! podcast, joins me to debut a new segment: The Insta-Buys. Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram. And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you! Discussed in this episode: Better Than Nothing? Exploring the Limitations of AI-Narrated Audiobooks from a Disabled Person’s Perspective 10 Audiobook Narrators You Need to Follow on TikTok The Untold History of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery Check out Kendra's podcast, Read Appalachia. You can also follow her on Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester. Sharifah Williams co-hosts our SFF Yeah! podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this First Edition episode about sci-fi and fantasy "insta-buys" and more with Jeff O'Neal, Sharifah, and Kendra Winchester.

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


First Edition

Kendra Winchester comes on to commemorate the 15th anniversary of two events that heralded the modern audiobook boom: Amazon buying Audible and Apple allowing third-party apps on the iPhone. Then, Sharifah Williams, Book Riot's Director of Content and co-host of our SFF Yeah! podcast, joins me to debut a new segment: The Insta-Buys.

Check out First Edition on Twitter, on Substack, and on Instagram.

And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!


Discussed in this episode:

Better Than Nothing? Exploring the Limitations of AI-Narrated Audiobooks from a Disabled Person’s Perspective

10 Audiobook Narrators You Need to Follow on TikTok

The Untold History of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery

Check out Kendra's podcast, Read Appalachia. You can also follow her on Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester.

Sharifah Williams co-hosts our SFF Yeah! podcast

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5965 no Backlist To The Future, With More Coziness https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-more-coziness/ Jenn brings you a couple more cozy SF/F options for your summer reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon (cw: discussion of suicide, use of ableist slurs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn brings you a couple more cozy SF/F options for your summer reading. Jenn brings you a couple more cozy SF/F options for your summer reading. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon (cw: discussion of suicide, use of ableist slurs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn brings you a couple more cozy SF/F options for your summer reading.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox!

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.


Books Discussed

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon (cw: discussion of suicide, use of ableist slurs)

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]]> 677 no Most Popular SFF of 2013 https://bookriot.com/listen/most-popular-sff-of-2013/ Sharifah and guest Jeff O'Neal talk about the SFF book that topped B&N's bestseller list, yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, D&D's new streaming venture, travel a decade back in time to look at the most popular SFF of 2013, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! News Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling Books [Barnes & Noble] GOT Universe Expands [Tor.com] D&D launching a TV channel [Gizmodo] Taika Waititi in Talks to Direct Klara and the Sun [Deadline] Books Discussed Goodreads's Most Popular Books of 2013 Note to listeners: Goodreads's list does not meet our standards for diversity. In 2013, there was less awareness about the importance of representation and BIPOC-authored books, and less marketing dollars went toward those books. Unfortunately, we continue to see a dearth of representation in many "most popular" lists. Look out for Sharifah's next backlist episode where she'll discuss some great 2013 BIPOC SFF books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and guest Jeff O'Neal talk about the most popular SFF of 2013, and more. Sharifah and guest Jeff O'Neal talk about the SFF book that topped B&N's bestseller list, yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, D&D's new streaming venture, travel a decade back in time to look at the most popular SFF of 2013, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! News Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling Books [Barnes & Noble] GOT Universe Expands [Tor.com] D&D launching a TV channel [Gizmodo] Taika Waititi in Talks to Direct Klara and the Sun [Deadline] Books Discussed Goodreads's Most Popular Books of 2013 Note to listeners: Goodreads's list does not meet our standards for diversity. In 2013, there was less awareness about the importance of representation and BIPOC-authored books, and less marketing dollars went toward those books. Unfortunately, we continue to see a dearth of representation in many "most popular" lists. Look out for Sharifah's next backlist episode where she'll discuss some great 2013 BIPOC SFF books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Jeff O'Neal talk about the SFF book that topped B&N's bestseller list, yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, D&D's new streaming venture, travel a decade back in time to look at the most popular SFF of 2013, and more.

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News

Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling Books [Barnes & Noble]

GOT Universe Expands [Tor.com]

D&D launching a TV channel [Gizmodo]

Taika Waititi in Talks to Direct Klara and the Sun [Deadline]


Books Discussed

Goodreads's Most Popular Books of 2013

Note to listeners: Goodreads's list does not meet our standards for diversity. In 2013, there was less awareness about the importance of representation and BIPOC-authored books, and less marketing dollars went toward those books. Unfortunately, we continue to see a dearth of representation in many "most popular" lists. Look out for Sharifah's next backlist episode where she'll discuss some great 2013 BIPOC SFF books.

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]]> 4008 no Backlist To The Future, The Beach Read Edition https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-the-beach-read-edition/ Sharifah dives into two great SF/F books for beach reading, for your summer needs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Passage by Justin Cronin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jun 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah dives into two great SF/F books for beach reading, for your summer needs. Sharifah dives into two great SF/F books for beach reading, for your summer needs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more drawn from our collective experience as power readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and bookish professionals? Subscribe to The Deep Dive, a biweekly newsletter featuring stories to inform and inspire readers, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Passage by Justin Cronin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah dives into two great SF/F books for beach reading, for your summer needs.

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Books Discussed

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Passage by Justin Cronin

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]]> 790 no Books For Our Younger Selves https://bookriot.com/listen/books-for-our-younger-selves/ Sharifah and Jenn talk about awards finalists and winners, more good news for Amal El-Mohtar, books they wish they could send back in time to their younger selves, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ignyte Awards Finalists [FIYAH] Future Worlds Prize Announced [File 770] British Book Award Winners [Locus] Nebula Award Winners [SFWA] Nimona Movie Coming (June 30) [The Mary Sue] Amal El-Mohtar's Four Book Deal [Tor.com] Books Discussed Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 May 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk about awards finalists and winners, more good news for Amal El-Mohtar, books they wish they could send back in time to their younger selves, and more. Sharifah and Jenn talk about awards finalists and winners, more good news for Amal El-Mohtar, books they wish they could send back in time to their younger selves, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ignyte Awards Finalists [FIYAH] Future Worlds Prize Announced [File 770] British Book Award Winners [Locus] Nebula Award Winners [SFWA] Nimona Movie Coming (June 30) [The Mary Sue] Amal El-Mohtar's Four Book Deal [Tor.com] Books Discussed Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk about awards finalists and winners, more good news for Amal El-Mohtar, books they wish they could send back in time to their younger selves, and more.

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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News

Ignyte Awards Finalists [FIYAH]

Future Worlds Prize Announced [File 770]

British Book Award Winners [Locus]

Nebula Award Winners [SFWA]

Nimona Movie Coming (June 30) [The Mary Sue]

Amal El-Mohtar's Four Book Deal [Tor.com]


Books Discussed

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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]]> 2609 no Backlist To The Future, With More Anticipated Summer Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-more-anticipated-summer-reads/ Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier In Reading Color newsletter Hey YA Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 May 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA! Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier In Reading Color newsletter Hey YA Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA!

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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Books Discussed

The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

In Reading Color newsletter

Hey YA Podcast

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]]> 580 no Wading Into Webtoons https://bookriot.com/listen/wading-into-webtoons/ Sharifah and Jenn take a listener’s suggestion to read some Webtoons, and talk about some delightful news including that viral tweet from Bigolas, fandom efforts to support Shadow & Bone, a prize shortlist, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. News This is How You Lose the Time War blows up in the weirdest way [io9] Slate interviews Amal El-Mohtar about it [Slate] and their agent notes that it’s more effective than a Pulitzer [Twitter] Shadow & Bone fandom trying to get it renewed [Rolling Stone] WGA Writers Strike and the shows it is impacting [Gizmodo] A new butterfly species gets named for Sauron [NY Times] Future Worlds Prize Shortlist announced [Locus] Comics Discussed Aine and the Crow’s Curse by EnkyArt Seed by Said P. Sally & Bean by ari stocrate Cursed Princess Club by LambCat The Uncommons by Tony Weaver Jr, Joamette Gil, Spencer Amundson, Andy Robles-Valdez, Lia Harmon, and Hannah Lee Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe Opposite of Always based on the novel by Justin A. Reynolds, Art by Sharpteething, written by Darius Dudley Not Another Cliche by Simkray Dana’s Recommendations: The Beginning After the End on the Tapas app Be My Villain Eleceed See You in My 19th Life Bailin and Li Yun The Remarried Empress The Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 May 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn take a listener’s suggestion to read some Webtoons, and talk about some delightful news including that viral tweet from Bigolas, fandom efforts to support Shadow & Bone, a prize shortlist, and more. Sharifah and Jenn take a listener’s suggestion to read some Webtoons, and talk about some delightful news including that viral tweet from Bigolas, fandom efforts to support Shadow & Bone, a prize shortlist, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. News This is How You Lose the Time War blows up in the weirdest way [io9] Slate interviews Amal El-Mohtar about it [Slate] and their agent notes that it’s more effective than a Pulitzer [Twitter] Shadow & Bone fandom trying to get it renewed [Rolling Stone] WGA Writers Strike and the shows it is impacting [Gizmodo] A new butterfly species gets named for Sauron [NY Times] Future Worlds Prize Shortlist announced [Locus] Comics Discussed Aine and the Crow’s Curse by EnkyArt Seed by Said P. Sally & Bean by ari stocrate Cursed Princess Club by LambCat The Uncommons by Tony Weaver Jr, Joamette Gil, Spencer Amundson, Andy Robles-Valdez, Lia Harmon, and Hannah Lee Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe Opposite of Always based on the novel by Justin A. Reynolds, Art by Sharpteething, written by Darius Dudley Not Another Cliche by Simkray Dana’s Recommendations: The Beginning After the End on the Tapas app Be My Villain Eleceed See You in My 19th Life Bailin and Li Yun The Remarried Empress The Horizon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn take a listener’s suggestion to read some Webtoons, and talk about some delightful news including that viral tweet from Bigolas, fandom efforts to support Shadow & Bone, a prize shortlist, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.


News

This is How You Lose the Time War blows up in the weirdest way [io9]

Slate interviews Amal El-Mohtar about it [Slate] and their agent notes that it’s more effective than a Pulitzer [Twitter]

Shadow & Bone fandom trying to get it renewed [Rolling Stone]

WGA Writers Strike and the shows it is impacting [Gizmodo]

A new butterfly species gets named for Sauron [NY Times]

Future Worlds Prize Shortlist announced [Locus]


Comics Discussed

Aine and the Crow’s Curse by EnkyArt

Seed by Said P.

Sally & Bean by ari stocrate

Cursed Princess Club by LambCat

The Uncommons by Tony Weaver Jr, Joamette Gil, Spencer Amundson, Andy Robles-Valdez, Lia Harmon, and Hannah Lee

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Opposite of Always based on the novel by Justin A. Reynolds, Art by Sharpteething, written by Darius Dudley

Not Another Cliche by Simkray


Dana’s Recommendations:

The Beginning After the End on the Tapas app

Be My Villain

Eleceed

See You in My 19th Life

Bailin and Li Yun

The Remarried Empress

The Horizon

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]]> 3053 no Backlist To The Future, With Anticipated Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-anticipated-reads/ This week, Sharifah shares some of her anticipated backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Subscribe to our new podcast, First Edition, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 May 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah shares some of her anticipated backlist SF/F reads. This week, Sharifah shares some of her anticipated backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Subscribe to our new podcast, First Edition, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah shares some of her anticipated backlist SF/F reads.

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Books Discussed

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

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]]> 738 no Characters Who Make Us Feel Seen https://bookriot.com/listen/characters-who-make-us-feel-seen/ Sharifah and Jenn talk that Marvels trailer, more AI shenanigans, a 40th Anniversary (!) edition of Song of the Lioness, characters they relate to, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News SF/F in the real world: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spreading critters [Science Alert] The Marvels trailer [Black Girl Nerds] Winners of the LA Times Festival of Books prize [LA Times] 40th Anniversary edition of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness series [Publishers Weekly] AI shenanigans at r/Fantasy [Reddit] Books Discussed Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Cleric Chih from Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo Lauren from Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Mika Moon from The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Candace Chen from Severance by Ling Ma Circe from Circe by Madeline Miller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 May 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn talk that Marvels trailer, more AI shenanigans, a 40th Anniversary (!) edition of Song of the Lioness, characters they relate to, and more. Sharifah and Jenn talk that Marvels trailer, more AI shenanigans, a 40th Anniversary (!) edition of Song of the Lioness, characters they relate to, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News SF/F in the real world: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spreading critters [Science Alert] The Marvels trailer [Black Girl Nerds] Winners of the LA Times Festival of Books prize [LA Times] 40th Anniversary edition of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness series [Publishers Weekly] AI shenanigans at r/Fantasy [Reddit] Books Discussed Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Cleric Chih from Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo Lauren from Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Mika Moon from The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna Candace Chen from Severance by Ling Ma Circe from Circe by Madeline Miller Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn talk that Marvels trailer, more AI shenanigans, a 40th Anniversary (!) edition of Song of the Lioness, characters they relate to, and more.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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News

SF/F in the real world: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spreading critters [Science Alert]

The Marvels trailer [Black Girl Nerds]

Winners of the LA Times Festival of Books prize [LA Times]

40th Anniversary edition of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness series [Publishers Weekly]

AI shenanigans at r/Fantasy [Reddit]


Books Discussed

Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Cleric Chih from Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo

Lauren from Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Mika Moon from The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Candace Chen from Severance by Ling Ma

Circe from Circe by Madeline Miller

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]]> 3104 no Backlist To The Future, Speculative Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-speculative-style/ This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racism, racial slurs) The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction favorites. This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction favorites. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racism, racial slurs) The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction favorites.

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Looking for fascinating stories, informed takes, useful advice, and more from experts in the world of books and reading? Subscribe to Book Riot’s newest newsletter, The Deep Dive, to get exclusive content delivered to your inbox. Subscribe and choose your membership level today at bookriot.substack.com

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Books Discussed

The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racism, racial slurs)

The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda

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]]> 613 no More Great New-Ish Books https://bookriot.com/listen/more-great-new-ish-books/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss some awards season news and Star Wars Celebration updates, honor Rachel Pollac, and recommend some more recent-ish books they’ve loved. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out The Deep Dive on Substack! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Chosen Spirits and The City Inside by Samit Basu are the same book! Vulture did a dive into D&D adaptations New Star Wars movie following Rey (plus more Star Wars Celebration) [Variety, io9] RIP, Rachel Pollack [The Guardian] The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster trailer [The AV Club] Ursula K. LeGuin Prize open to nominations Philip K Dick Award Winner [Locus] BSFA Award Winners [Locus] Books Discussed Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (cw: mild body horror, mention of child abuse, violent bullying) The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: child death, racism) Leech by Hiron Ennes (cw: sexual assault, miscarriage, body horror) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some awards season news and Star Wars Celebration updates, honor Rachel Pollac, and recommend some more recent-ish books they’ve loved. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some awards season news and Star Wars Celebration updates, honor Rachel Pollac, and recommend some more recent-ish books they’ve loved. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out The Deep Dive on Substack! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Chosen Spirits and The City Inside by Samit Basu are the same book! Vulture did a dive into D&D adaptations New Star Wars movie following Rey (plus more Star Wars Celebration) [Variety, io9] RIP, Rachel Pollack [The Guardian] The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster trailer [The AV Club] Ursula K. LeGuin Prize open to nominations Philip K Dick Award Winner [Locus] BSFA Award Winners [Locus] Books Discussed Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (cw: mild body horror, mention of child abuse, violent bullying) The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: child death, racism) Leech by Hiron Ennes (cw: sexual assault, miscarriage, body horror) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some awards season news and Star Wars Celebration updates, honor Rachel Pollac, and recommend some more recent-ish books they’ve loved.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

Chosen Spirits and The City Inside by Samit Basu are the same book!

Vulture did a dive into D&D adaptations

New Star Wars movie following Rey (plus more Star Wars Celebration) [Variety, io9]

RIP, Rachel Pollack [The Guardian]

The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster trailer [The AV Club]

Ursula K. LeGuin Prize open to nominations

Philip K Dick Award Winner [Locus]

BSFA Award Winners [Locus]


Books Discussed

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (cw: mild body horror, mention of child abuse, violent bullying)

The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: child death, racism)

Leech by Hiron Ennes (cw: sexual assault, miscarriage, body horror)

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]]> 2880 no Backlist To The Future, With Thrills https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-thrills/ This week, Sharifah discusses some thrilling sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out The Deep Dive, our new exclusive newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some thrilling sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses some thrilling sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out The Deep Dive, our new exclusive newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some thrilling sci-fi and fantasy.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed

The Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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]]> 913 no Guest Episode: If Men In Black Was a Romance https://bookriot.com/listen/guest-episode-if-men-in-black-was-a-romance/ Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When In Romance episode about sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal romances with Jenn and Trisha. When In Romance Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins’s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs.  Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS  Listen to Jenn discuss all kinds of other bookish things on Get Booked and SFF Yeah! If you are also a “cook or bake as you read” person, here’s the recipe Jenn used for what we’re now calling Miss Abigail bread. (It calls for a cast-iron skillet but you can use any oven-safe pan or cake tin of that approximate size.) AND Jenn was kind enough to also share her (soon to be famous, probably) jam recipe with all of us: 2 cups blueberries; 1 tbs white sugar; ½ tbs lemon juice; a pinch of cinnamon (optional). Mix blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, over medium heat until thickened, about 30 minutes. It will gel a little more as it cools; an easy way to know if it’s “done” is if you can draw a spoon through it along the bottom of the pan and it takes a second for the pan bottom to be covered up again. (TB note: this recipe apparently does not call for a dutch oven or a double boiler – I checked.) BOOKS DISCUSSED Vivid, Wild Rain, and Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins The Books of Ambha series by Tasha Suri In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens The Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray Touched By An Alien by Gini Koch The Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (First book is Radio Silence) The Heart is a Universe by Sherry Thomas Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington Send us your favorite SFF(P) books AND your favorite bookish recipes! You can find Jenn on Twitter and Tumblr (@jennIRL) and on Instagram (@iamjennirl). And as always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When In Romance episode about sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal romances with Jenn and Trisha. Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When In Romance episode about sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal romances with Jenn and Trisha. When In Romance Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins’s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs.  Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS  Listen to Jenn discuss all kinds of other bookish things on Get Booked and SFF Yeah! If you are also a “cook or bake as you read” person, here’s the recipe Jenn used for what we’re now calling Miss Abigail bread. (It calls for a cast-iron skillet but you can use any oven-safe pan or cake tin of that approximate size.) AND Jenn was kind enough to also share her (soon to be famous, probably) jam recipe with all of us: 2 cups blueberries; 1 tbs white sugar; ½ tbs lemon juice; a pinch of cinnamon (optional). Mix blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, over medium heat until thickened, about 30 minutes. It will gel a little more as it cools; an easy way to know if it’s “done” is if you can draw a spoon through it along the bottom of the pan and it takes a second for the pan bottom to be covered up again. (TB note: this recipe apparently does not call for a dutch oven or a double boiler – I checked.) BOOKS DISCUSSED Vivid, Wild Rain, and Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins The Books of Ambha series by Tasha Suri In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens The Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray Touched By An Alien by Gini Koch The Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (First book is Radio Silence) The Heart is a Universe by Sherry Thomas Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington Send us your favorite SFF(P) books AND your favorite bookish recipes! You can find Jenn on Twitter and Tumblr (@jennIRL) and on Instagram (@iamjennirl). And as always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When In Romance episode about sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal romances with Jenn and Trisha.

When In Romance

Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins’s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs. 

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

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NEWS 

Listen to Jenn discuss all kinds of other bookish things on Get Booked and SFF Yeah!

If you are also a “cook or bake as you read” person, here’s the recipe Jenn used for what we’re now calling Miss Abigail bread. (It calls for a cast-iron skillet but you can use any oven-safe pan or cake tin of that approximate size.)

AND Jenn was kind enough to also share her (soon to be famous, probably) jam recipe with all of us: 2 cups blueberries; 1 tbs white sugar; ½ tbs lemon juice; a pinch of cinnamon (optional). Mix blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, over medium heat until thickened, about 30 minutes. It will gel a little more as it cools; an easy way to know if it’s “done” is if you can draw a spoon through it along the bottom of the pan and it takes a second for the pan bottom to be covered up again. (TB note: this recipe apparently does not call for a dutch oven or a double boiler – I checked.)

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Vivid, Wild Rain, and Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins

The Books of Ambha series by Tasha Suri

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

The Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn

Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray

Touched By An Alien by Gini Koch

The Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (First book is Radio Silence)

The Heart is a Universe by Sherry Thomas

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

Send us your favorite SFF(P) books AND your favorite bookish recipes! You can find Jenn on Twitter and Tumblr (@jennIRL) and on Instagram (@iamjennirl). And as always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).

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]]> 2908 no Backlist To The Future, With Odd Jobs https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-odd-jobs/ This week, Jenn discusses odd jobs in sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive, at bookriot.substack.com. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu (cw: religious bigotry, police brutality, discussion of rape) Timekeeper by Tara Sim (cw: panic disorder) Bonus: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses odd jobs in sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Jenn discusses odd jobs in sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive, at bookriot.substack.com. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu (cw: religious bigotry, police brutality, discussion of rape) Timekeeper by Tara Sim (cw: panic disorder) Bonus: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses odd jobs in sci-fi and fantasy.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed

Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu (cw: religious bigotry, police brutality, discussion of rape)

Timekeeper by Tara Sim (cw: panic disorder)

Bonus: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

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]]> 769 no Best Books of Early 2023 https://bookriot.com/listen/best-books-of-early-2023/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss the D&D movie trailer, awards season, Afrofuturist book vending machines, and their favorite books of 2023 so far. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News  It’s time to nominate for the Hugos! Nebula Award Finalists [SFWA] D&D: Honor Among Thieves Movie Trailer [Vulture] Book vending machines for Black and Indigenous authors [WBUR] Books Discussed The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (cw: mention of animal cruelty) The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (cw: violent misogyny, sexual assault, police brutality, homophobia) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling) Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (all the CWs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the D&D movie trailer, awards season, Afrofuturist book vending machines, and their favorite books of 2023 so far. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the D&D movie trailer, awards season, Afrofuturist book vending machines, and their favorite books of 2023 so far. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News  It’s time to nominate for the Hugos! Nebula Award Finalists [SFWA] D&D: Honor Among Thieves Movie Trailer [Vulture] Book vending machines for Black and Indigenous authors [WBUR] Books Discussed The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (cw: mention of animal cruelty) The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (cw: violent misogyny, sexual assault, police brutality, homophobia) Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling) Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (all the CWs) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the D&D movie trailer, awards season, Afrofuturist book vending machines, and their favorite books of 2023 so far.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

 It’s time to nominate for the Hugos!

Nebula Award Finalists [SFWA]

D&D: Honor Among Thieves Movie Trailer [Vulture]

Book vending machines for Black and Indigenous authors [WBUR]


Books Discussed

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (cw: mention of animal cruelty)

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (cw: violent misogyny, sexual assault, police brutality, homophobia)

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling)

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (all the CWs)

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]]> 3081 no Backlist To The Future, With Cosmic Horror https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-cosmic-horror/ This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our newest newsletter, The Deep Dive. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (cw: racism) White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (cw: disordered eating, racism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror. This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our newest newsletter, The Deep Dive. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (cw: racism) White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (cw: disordered eating, racism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed:

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (cw: racism)

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (cw: disordered eating, racism)

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]]> 855 no Book Club: Lone Women by Victor LaValle https://bookriot.com/listen/book-club-lone-women-by-victor-lavalle/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss some newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories, good news from comics, bad news from AI, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive. NEWS Eve Ewing is first Black Woman to write main Black Panther comic [Vibe] Revamping LOTR???? [Variety] Newly uncovered Pratchett short stories [The Guardian] Clarkesworld overwhelmed by AI-written stories [The Guardian] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Changeling by Victor LaValle Destroyer by Victor LaValle The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle “Proving Up” from Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories, good news from comics, bad news from AI, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories, good news from comics, bad news from AI, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our new newsletter, The Deep Dive. NEWS Eve Ewing is first Black Woman to write main Black Panther comic [Vibe] Revamping LOTR???? [Variety] Newly uncovered Pratchett short stories [The Guardian] Clarkesworld overwhelmed by AI-written stories [The Guardian] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Lone Women by Victor LaValle The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Changeling by Victor LaValle Destroyer by Victor LaValle The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle “Proving Up” from Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories, good news from comics, bad news from AI, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

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NEWS

Eve Ewing is first Black Woman to write main Black Panther comic [Vibe]

Revamping LOTR???? [Variety]

Newly uncovered Pratchett short stories [The Guardian]

Clarkesworld overwhelmed by AI-written stories [The Guardian]

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Destroyer by Victor LaValle

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

“Proving Up” from Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

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]]> 3578 no Backlist To The Future, At Sea https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-at-sea/ This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (cw: homophobia and transphobia, racism, slurs, slavery, lots of violence of various kinds including sexual) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Mar 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books. This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (cw: homophobia and transphobia, racism, slurs, slavery, lots of violence of various kinds including sexual) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (cw: homophobia and transphobia, racism, slurs, slavery, lots of violence of various kinds including sexual)

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]]> 595 no SFF TikTok (or "What About Dune?") https://bookriot.com/listen/sff-tiktok-or-what-about-dune/ Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss news including an Afrofuturist Netflix series, the discovery of a possibly habitable planet, The Fifth Season RPG, and talk about SFF TikTok and Reels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring for a full-stack web developer! Get all the details here. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Netflix’s new Afrofuturist series [Rolling Stone] A possibly habitable planet [IFLScience] Sphere‘s 25th anniversary and new series [Space.com] The Fifth Season RPG [Backerkit] Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur now streaming [Disney+ Informer] VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS Tomes and Textiles, plus this vid, and this vid (mentioned) cultofbooks (mentioned) jemilabereadin (mentioned) torithatnerd (mentioned) Dreareads (mentioned) pagemelt Danzibooks latearareads theroomiesdigest bookofthegay darrelyeo madisontican Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot SFF TikTok (or "What About Dune?") Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss news including an Afrofuturist Netflix series, the discovery of a possibly habitable planet, The Fifth Season RPG, and talk about SFF TikTok and Reels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring for a full-stack web developer! Get all the details here. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Netflix’s new Afrofuturist series [Rolling Stone] A possibly habitable planet [IFLScience] Sphere‘s 25th anniversary and new series [Space.com] The Fifth Season RPG [Backerkit] Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur now streaming [Disney+ Informer] VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS Tomes and Textiles, plus this vid, and this vid (mentioned) cultofbooks (mentioned) jemilabereadin (mentioned) torithatnerd (mentioned) Dreareads (mentioned) pagemelt Danzibooks latearareads theroomiesdigest bookofthegay darrelyeo madisontican Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss news including an Afrofuturist Netflix series, the discovery of a possibly habitable planet, The Fifth Season RPG, and talk about SFF TikTok and Reels.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

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NEWS

Netflix’s new Afrofuturist series [Rolling Stone]

A possibly habitable planet [IFLScience]

Sphere‘s 25th anniversary and new series [Space.com]

The Fifth Season RPG [Backerkit]

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur now streaming [Disney+ Informer]

VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS

Tomes and Textiles, plus this vid, and this vid (mentioned)

cultofbooks (mentioned)

jemilabereadin (mentioned)

torithatnerd (mentioned)

Dreareads (mentioned)

pagemelt

Danzibooks

latearareads

theroomiesdigest

bookofthegay

darrelyeo

madisontican

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]]> 3534 no Backlist To The Future, With Standalones https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-standalones/ This week, Sharifah discusses stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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]]> 758 no Catching Up With New(ish) Books https://bookriot.com/listen/catching-up-with-newish-books/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including a deal for Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, AI-proof fashion, and dodos, and recommend new-ish books they love. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring for a full-stack web developer! Get all the details here. NEWS Kindred adaptation is canceled [Tor.com] Bringing back the dodo??? [Gizmodo] Long Division adaptation in the works [Deadline] All hail Angela Bassett! [CNN] AI-confusing fashion [Peta Pixel] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (cw: animal death, transphobia, graphic violence) The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (cw: mention of child abuse, graphic violence) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism) A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including a deal for Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, AI-proof fashion, and dodos, and recommend new-ish books they love. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including a deal for Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, AI-proof fashion, and dodos, and recommend new-ish books they love. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring for a full-stack web developer! Get all the details here. NEWS Kindred adaptation is canceled [Tor.com] Bringing back the dodo??? [Gizmodo] Long Division adaptation in the works [Deadline] All hail Angela Bassett! [CNN] AI-confusing fashion [Peta Pixel] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (cw: animal death, transphobia, graphic violence) The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (cw: mention of child abuse, graphic violence) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism) A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including a deal for Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, AI-proof fashion, and dodos, and recommend new-ish books they love.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

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NEWS

Kindred adaptation is canceled [Tor.com]

Bringing back the dodo??? [Gizmodo]

Long Division adaptation in the works [Deadline]

All hail Angela Bassett! [CNN]

AI-confusing fashion [Peta Pixel]

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (cw: animal death, transphobia, graphic violence)

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (cw: mention of child abuse, graphic violence)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism)

A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers

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]]> 2696 no Backlist To The Future: TBR For 2023 Part 2 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-tbr-for-2023-part-2/ This week, Jenn steals Sharifah’s idea and discusses some backlist from her 2023 TBR pile. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Popisho by Leone Ross The Seas by Samantha Hunt In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Feb 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn steals Sharifah’s idea and discusses some backlist from her 2023 TBR pile. This week, Jenn steals Sharifah’s idea and discusses some backlist from her 2023 TBR pile. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Popisho by Leone Ross The Seas by Samantha Hunt In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn steals Sharifah’s idea and discusses some backlist from her 2023 TBR pile.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Popisho by Leone Ross

The Seas by Samantha Hunt

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

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]]> 600 no The 2023 Stats Show https://bookriot.com/listen/the-2023-stats-show/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss exciting adaptation news including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and look at their recommending stats from 2022’s year in SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-Up on Wakanda Forever on Disney+, courtesy of listener Megan Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Trailer [Gizmodo] Book Riot’s Most Anticipated of 2023 (shout-out to Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell) More D&D shenanigans, this time with creator licensing: TechCrunch and The Mary Sue Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV Series in the works [Tor.com] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 2022 STATS Most Recommended Books: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Siren Queen by Nghi Vo August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Most Recommended Authors: Nghi Vo T. Kingfisher Silvia Moreno-Garcia NK Jemisin Top 5 Most Popular Episodes: More Favorites from Early 2022 Early 2022 Favorites Part 1 Comfort Reads in SF/F SFF Mystery Award-Winning Short Fiction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss exciting adaptation news including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and look at their recommending stats from 2022’s year in SF/F. Sharifah and Jenn discuss exciting adaptation news including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and look at their recommending stats from 2022’s year in SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-Up on Wakanda Forever on Disney+, courtesy of listener Megan Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Trailer [Gizmodo] Book Riot’s Most Anticipated of 2023 (shout-out to Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell) More D&D shenanigans, this time with creator licensing: TechCrunch and The Mary Sue Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV Series in the works [Tor.com] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. 2022 STATS Most Recommended Books: How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Siren Queen by Nghi Vo August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Most Recommended Authors: Nghi Vo T. Kingfisher Silvia Moreno-Garcia NK Jemisin Top 5 Most Popular Episodes: More Favorites from Early 2022 Early 2022 Favorites Part 1 Comfort Reads in SF/F SFF Mystery Award-Winning Short Fiction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss exciting adaptation news including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and look at their recommending stats from 2022’s year in SF/F.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Follow-Up on Wakanda Forever on Disney+, courtesy of listener Megan

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Trailer [Gizmodo]

Book Riot’s Most Anticipated of 2023 (shout-out to Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell)

More D&D shenanigans, this time with creator licensing: TechCrunch and The Mary Sue

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV Series in the works [Tor.com]

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2022 STATS

Most Recommended Books:

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Most Recommended Authors:

Nghi Vo

T. Kingfisher

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

NK Jemisin

Top 5 Most Popular Episodes:

More Favorites from Early 2022

Early 2022 Favorites Part 1

Comfort Reads in SF/F

SFF Mystery

Award-Winning Short Fiction

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]]> 3013 no Backlist To The Future: TBR For 2023 https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-tbr-for-2023/ This week, Sharifah discusses a couple of books on her TBR for 2023. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses a couple of books on her TBR for 2023. This week, Sharifah discusses a couple of books on her TBR for 2023. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses a couple of books on her TBR for 2023.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé

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]]> 800 no Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023: January - June https://bookriot.com/listen/most-anticipated-sf-f-of-2023-january---june/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS DISCUSSED A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist] Trailer for Renfield [Twitter] Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue] Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter] BOOKS DISCUSSED Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) – William Morrow Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) – One World A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) – Little Brown Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) – Tordotcom The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) – PRH The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) – Tordotcom Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) – Tordotcom JENN’S EXTENDED LIST Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10) Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17) Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31) Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7) The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16) Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more! Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS DISCUSSED A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist] Trailer for Renfield [Twitter] Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue] Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter] BOOKS DISCUSSED Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) – William Morrow Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) – One World A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) – Little Brown Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) – Tordotcom The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) – PRH The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) – Tordotcom Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) – Tordotcom JENN’S EXTENDED LIST Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10) Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17) Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31) Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7) The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28) Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16) Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more!

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS DISCUSSED

A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist]

Trailer for Renfield [Twitter]

Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue]

Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter]

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) – William Morrow

Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) – One World

A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) – Little Brown

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) – Tordotcom

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) – PRH

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) – Tordotcom

Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) – Tordotcom

JENN’S EXTENDED LIST

Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10)

Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17)

Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31)

Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7)

The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28)

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16)

Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6)

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]]> 2668 no Backlist To the Future, With More 2022 Favorites https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-more-2022-favorites/ This week, Jenn discusses two 2022 releases that she didn’t get to talk about in 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Stars Undying by Emery Robin At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler Gita Trelease,“In the Forests of the Night” Tracy Deonn, “The Emperor and the Eversong” Darcie Little Badger, “Coyote in High-Top Sneakers” Stacey Lee, “Fire and Rhinestones” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two 2022 releases that she didn't get to talk about in 2022. This week, Jenn discusses two 2022 releases that she didn’t get to talk about in 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Stars Undying by Emery Robin At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler Gita Trelease,“In the Forests of the Night” Tracy Deonn, “The Emperor and the Eversong” Darcie Little Badger, “Coyote in High-Top Sneakers” Stacey Lee, “Fire and Rhinestones” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two 2022 releases that she didn’t get to talk about in 2022.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Stars Undying by Emery Robin

At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler

Gita Trelease,“In the Forests of the Night”

Tracy Deonn, “The Emperor and the Eversong”

Darcie Little Badger, “Coyote in High-Top Sneakers”

Stacey Lee, “Fire and Rhinestones”

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]]> 648 no The Best SF/F Of 2022 https://bookriot.com/listen/the-best-sf-f-of-2022/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss discuss The Witches of Mayfair trailer, a D&D update, 2022’s award winners and books selected as “Best Of,” and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Need a last minute gift? Tailored Book Recommendations can help. NEWS  D&D officially removing the word “race” from updated edition [GameRant] Trailer for Mayfair Witches [Tor.com] A very normal interview with Emily St. John Mandel [Slate] Avatar Stamps in New Zealand [Nerdist] BEST OF DISCUSSION Jenn’s highly unscientific spreadsheet Books Recurring on Best Of Lists, In Order: Babel by RF Kuang Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The Candy House by Jennifer Egan  How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 2022 Award Winners Premee Mohamad: “And What Can We Offer You Tonight” (World Fantasy), and “The Annual Migration of Clouds” (Aurora) P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Ignyte) and Ring Shout (Nommo) See the spreadsheet for others and for source links! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot harifah and Jenn discuss discuss The Witches of Mayfair trailer, a D&D update, 2022's award winners and books selected as "Best Of," and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss discuss The Witches of Mayfair trailer, a D&D update, 2022’s award winners and books selected as “Best Of,” and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Need a last minute gift? Tailored Book Recommendations can help. NEWS  D&D officially removing the word “race” from updated edition [GameRant] Trailer for Mayfair Witches [Tor.com] A very normal interview with Emily St. John Mandel [Slate] Avatar Stamps in New Zealand [Nerdist] BEST OF DISCUSSION Jenn’s highly unscientific spreadsheet Books Recurring on Best Of Lists, In Order: Babel by RF Kuang Siren Queen by Nghi Vo The Candy House by Jennifer Egan  How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 2022 Award Winners Premee Mohamad: “And What Can We Offer You Tonight” (World Fantasy), and “The Annual Migration of Clouds” (Aurora) P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Ignyte) and Ring Shout (Nommo) See the spreadsheet for others and for source links! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss discuss The Witches of Mayfair trailer, a D&D update, 2022’s award winners and books selected as “Best Of,” and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Need a last minute gift? Tailored Book Recommendations can help.

NEWS

 D&D officially removing the word “race” from updated edition [GameRant]

Trailer for Mayfair Witches [Tor.com]

A very normal interview with Emily St. John Mandel [Slate]

Avatar Stamps in New Zealand [Nerdist]

BEST OF DISCUSSION

Jenn’s highly unscientific spreadsheet

Books Recurring on Best Of Lists, In Order:

Babel by RF Kuang

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan 

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi

House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

2022 Award Winners

Premee Mohamad: “And What Can We Offer You Tonight” (World Fantasy), and “The Annual Migration of Clouds” (Aurora)

P. Djèlí Clark, A Master of Djinn (Ignyte) and Ring Shout (Nommo)

See the spreadsheet for others and for source links!

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]]> 3255 no Backlist To The Future, With Comfort Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-comfort-reads/ This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F comfort reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Finna by Nino Cipri (cw: misgendering) Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F comfort reads. This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F comfort reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Finna by Nino Cipri (cw: misgendering) Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F comfort reads.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Finna by Nino Cipri (cw: misgendering)

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

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]]> 730 no Watching The New WILLOW https://bookriot.com/listen/watching-the-new-willow/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss spending a night in Hobbiton, a Dark Tower adaptation, the Kindred trailer, weigh in on the Willow reboot, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Spend the night in Hobbiton [Book Riot] Dark Tower being adapted by Amazon [Gizmodo] The Kindred Trailer [Shadow and Act] A new Nigerian vampire comic & TV show [Tor.com] WILLOW Willow (2022) Willow Series Universe Explained [Collider] Willow: A Novel by Wayland Drew Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (Cindel!) Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss spending a night in Hobbiton, a Dark Tower adaptation, the Kindred trailer, weigh in on the Willow reboot, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss spending a night in Hobbiton, a Dark Tower adaptation, the Kindred trailer, weigh in on the Willow reboot, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Spend the night in Hobbiton [Book Riot] Dark Tower being adapted by Amazon [Gizmodo] The Kindred Trailer [Shadow and Act] A new Nigerian vampire comic & TV show [Tor.com] WILLOW Willow (2022) Willow Series Universe Explained [Collider] Willow: A Novel by Wayland Drew Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (Cindel!) Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss spending a night in Hobbiton, a Dark Tower adaptation, the Kindred trailer, weigh in on the Willow reboot, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

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NEWS

Spend the night in Hobbiton [Book Riot]

Dark Tower being adapted by Amazon [Gizmodo]

The Kindred Trailer [Shadow and Act]

A new Nigerian vampire comic & TV show [Tor.com]

WILLOW

Willow (2022)

Willow Series Universe Explained [Collider]

Willow: A Novel by Wayland Drew

Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (Cindel!)

Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont

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]]> 3424 no Backlist To The Future, Gift Edition Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-gift-edition-style/ This week, Jenn discusses publishers of SF/F gift editions to consider for holiday gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! And, you can also gift TBR! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. PUBLISHERS DISCUSSED Folio Society (Kindred by Octavia Butler, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates) Subterranean Press (The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee) Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions (The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses publishers of SF/F gift editions to consider for holiday gifting. This week, Jenn discusses publishers of SF/F gift editions to consider for holiday gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! And, you can also gift TBR! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. PUBLISHERS DISCUSSED Folio Society (Kindred by Octavia Butler, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates) Subterranean Press (The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee) Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions (The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses publishers of SF/F gift editions to consider for holiday gifting.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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PUBLISHERS DISCUSSED

Folio Society (Kindred by Octavia Butler, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates)

Subterranean Press (The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee)

Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions (The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter)

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]]> 565 no SF/F Worlds We Would and Would Not Visit https://bookriot.com/listen/sf-f-worlds-we-would-and-would-not-visit/ Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss a handful of good news stories including the winners of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and talk about fictional worlds. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED Black Panther: Wakanda Forever smashes box office records [The Mary Sue] Shirley Jackson Award Winners 2021 [Locus] Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Teaser [Twitter] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Valerie Valdes’s world of the Chilling Effect series Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle world The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Premee Mohamad’s The Rising world Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds Charlie Jane Anders’ City in the Middle of the Night Murderbot Universe by Martha Wells Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Alice by Christina Henry (many content warnings) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss a handful of good news stories including the winners of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and talk about fictional worlds. Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss a handful of good news stories including the winners of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and talk about fictional worlds. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED Black Panther: Wakanda Forever smashes box office records [The Mary Sue] Shirley Jackson Award Winners 2021 [Locus] Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Teaser [Twitter] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Valerie Valdes’s world of the Chilling Effect series Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle world The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Premee Mohamad’s The Rising world Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds Charlie Jane Anders’ City in the Middle of the Night Murderbot Universe by Martha Wells Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden Alice by Christina Henry (many content warnings) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss a handful of good news stories including the winners of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and talk about fictional worlds.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

NEWS DISCUSSED

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever smashes box office records [The Mary Sue]

Shirley Jackson Award Winners 2021 [Locus]

Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Teaser [Twitter]


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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Valerie Valdes’s world of the Chilling Effect series

Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle world

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Premee Mohamad’s The Rising world

Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds

Charlie Jane Anders’ City in the Middle of the Night

Murderbot Universe by Martha Wells

Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Alice by Christina Henry (many content warnings)

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]]> 3597 no Backlist to the Future, with Wintery Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-wintery-reads/ This week, Sharifah discusses two of her favorite SF/F reads with wintery vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (cw: antisemitism, domestic abuse, child abuse, mention of rape & sexual assault, death of a child, animal death) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (cw: racism, attempted rape) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses two of her favorite SF/F reads with wintery vibes. This week, Sharifah discusses two of her favorite SF/F reads with wintery vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (cw: antisemitism, domestic abuse, child abuse, mention of rape & sexual assault, death of a child, animal death) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (cw: racism, attempted rape) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses two of her favorite SF/F reads with wintery vibes.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!


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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (cw: antisemitism, domestic abuse, child abuse, mention of rape & sexual assault, death of a child, animal death)

Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (cw: racism, attempted rape)

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]]> 807 no Our SF/F Picks For Holiday Gifting https://bookriot.com/listen/sf-f-picks-for-holiday-gifting-for-11-16/ Sharifah and Jenn answer listener requests and give their favorites for gifting this holiday season in an extra-long episode! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! LISTENER QUESTIONS 1. Hi there, I heard you were looking for holiday recommendation requests. I would like to ask for readalikes for books like Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell or A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. (I’ve been really enjoying the “Red White & Royal Blue but make it fantasy/scifi” trend lately.) Thank you, Morgan 2. Hi Sharifah and Jenn, I’m looking for SF/F gifting advice for my dad. He used to be a big fantasy reader when he was younger (some of his favorite authors were Ursula K. Le Guin and Terry Pratchett) but doesn’t read as much now. The last SF/F he read and loved was the Murderbot series. Do you have any SF/F recommendations that are fast-paced, on the shorter side, and possibly reminiscent of classic fantasy? I love the podcast and particularly love that you recommend excellent new and backlist titles. Thank you, Emma This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (cw: racism, misogyny) The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang (cw: harm to children including medical experimentation and death) Spear by Nicola Griffith (cw: mention of rape) Light Years from Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent)  The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: so many, espec homo/trans phobia and body horror) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: child neglect) The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (cw: many, depending on story) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn answer listener requests and give their favorites for gifting this holiday season in an extra-long episode! Sharifah and Jenn answer listener requests and give their favorites for gifting this holiday season in an extra-long episode! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! LISTENER QUESTIONS 1. Hi there, I heard you were looking for holiday recommendation requests. I would like to ask for readalikes for books like Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell or A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. (I’ve been really enjoying the “Red White & Royal Blue but make it fantasy/scifi” trend lately.) Thank you, Morgan 2. Hi Sharifah and Jenn, I’m looking for SF/F gifting advice for my dad. He used to be a big fantasy reader when he was younger (some of his favorite authors were Ursula K. Le Guin and Terry Pratchett) but doesn’t read as much now. The last SF/F he read and loved was the Murderbot series. Do you have any SF/F recommendations that are fast-paced, on the shorter side, and possibly reminiscent of classic fantasy? I love the podcast and particularly love that you recommend excellent new and backlist titles. Thank you, Emma This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (cw: racism, misogyny) The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang (cw: harm to children including medical experimentation and death) Spear by Nicola Griffith (cw: mention of rape) Light Years from Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent)  The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: so many, espec homo/trans phobia and body horror) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: child neglect) The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (cw: many, depending on story) The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn answer listener requests and give their favorites for gifting this holiday season in an extra-long episode!

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

LISTENER QUESTIONS

1. Hi there,

I heard you were looking for holiday recommendation requests. I would like to ask for readalikes for books like Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell or A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. (I’ve been really enjoying the “Red White & Royal Blue but make it fantasy/scifi” trend lately.)

Thank you,

Morgan

2. Hi Sharifah and Jenn,

I’m looking for SF/F gifting advice for my dad. He used to be a big fantasy reader when he was younger (some of his favorite authors were Ursula K. Le Guin and Terry Pratchett) but doesn’t read as much now. The last SF/F he read and loved was the Murderbot series. Do you have any SF/F recommendations that are fast-paced, on the shorter side, and possibly reminiscent of classic fantasy?

I love the podcast and particularly love that you recommend excellent new and backlist titles.

Thank you,

Emma


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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (cw: racism, misogyny)

The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang (cw: harm to children including medical experimentation and death)

Spear by Nicola Griffith (cw: mention of rape)

Light Years from Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent) 

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: so many, espec homo/trans phobia and body horror)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: child neglect)

The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang (cw: many, depending on story)

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd


For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website.

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]]> 4379 no Backlist To The Future, With Airships https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-airships/ This week, Jenn discusses airships in SF/F, courtesy of a listener request! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Ann Sei Lin’s Rebel Skies Nisi Shawl’s Everfair P. Djeli Clark’s Black God’s Drums Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series See Also: Alexis Hall’s Prosperity series Maria Dahvana Headley’s Magonia series Gail Carriger, Cherie Priest, Katherin Addison’s Goblin Emperor series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses airships in SF/F, courtesy of a listener request! This week, Jenn discusses airships in SF/F, courtesy of a listener request! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Ann Sei Lin’s Rebel Skies Nisi Shawl’s Everfair P. Djeli Clark’s Black God’s Drums Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series See Also: Alexis Hall’s Prosperity series Maria Dahvana Headley’s Magonia series Gail Carriger, Cherie Priest, Katherin Addison’s Goblin Emperor series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses airships in SF/F, courtesy of a listener request!

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Ann Sei Lin’s Rebel Skies

Nisi Shawl’s Everfair

P. Djeli Clark’s Black God’s Drums

Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series

See Also:

  • Alexis Hall’s Prosperity series
  • Maria Dahvana Headley’s Magonia series
  • Gail Carriger, Cherie Priest, Katherin Addison’s Goblin Emperor series

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]]> 770 no SF/F Pop Culture Highlights https://bookriot.com/listen/sf-f-pop-culture-highlights/ Sharifah and guest, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, discuss exciting news from Wakanda, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner and finalists, shout out some of their SF/F pop culture highlights of the year, so far, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Tracking for $175M Opening [Variety] The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists Never Let Me Go Drama Series [Hollywood Reporter] MEDIA DISCUSSED The Midnight Club (based on the Christopher Pike books) [Netflix] Alien Series marathon (Prometheus) Everything Everywhere All at Once Prey and Predator series marathon The DragonCon Costume Recap [New York Times] Pantheon [AMC+] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and guest, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, discuss exciting news from Wakanda, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner and finalists, shout out some of their SF/F pop culture highlights of the year, so far, and more. Sharifah and guest, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, discuss exciting news from Wakanda, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner and finalists, shout out some of their SF/F pop culture highlights of the year, so far, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Tracking for $175M Opening [Variety] The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists Never Let Me Go Drama Series [Hollywood Reporter] MEDIA DISCUSSED The Midnight Club (based on the Christopher Pike books) [Netflix] Alien Series marathon (Prometheus) Everything Everywhere All at Once Prey and Predator series marathon The DragonCon Costume Recap [New York Times] Pantheon [AMC+] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, discuss exciting news from Wakanda, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner and finalists, shout out some of their SF/F pop culture highlights of the year, so far, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Tracking for $175M Opening [Variety]

The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists

Never Let Me Go Drama Series [Hollywood Reporter]

MEDIA DISCUSSED

The Midnight Club (based on the Christopher Pike books) [Netflix]

Alien Series marathon (Prometheus)

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Prey and Predator series marathon

The DragonCon Costume Recap [New York Times]

Pantheon [AMC+]

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]]> 4160 no Backlist To The Future, With Gifting Ideas https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-gifting-ideas/ This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist SF/F titles that are great for gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our Reading the Stars giveaway! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist SF/F titles that are great for gifting. This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist SF/F titles that are great for gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our Reading the Stars giveaway! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist SF/F titles that are great for gifting.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Check out our Reading the Stars giveaway!


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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař

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]]> 907 no Creepy SF/F For Halloween Season https://bookriot.com/listen/creepy-sff-for-halloween-season/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss some happy news (the Kindred adaptation! Interior Chinatown!), some less happy RPG news, recommend creepy SF/F for Halloween season, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Follow-Up: Black No More by George S. Schuyler Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! Check out the Reading the Stars giveaway, in collaboration with Obvious State. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Butler’s Kindred Series will premiere Dec 13 [The Root] Wizards of the Coast going to court to stop racist, transphobic RPG from being sold [Them] Fiona Apple writes LOTR song [EW] Interior Chinatown going to Hulu with Taika Waititi [Variety] Harvey Awards SFF highlights [Book Riot] Books Discussed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, homophobia, mention of sexual assault) Lana Harper’s Witches of Thistle Grove series We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of ableist language around mental health) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (cw: sexual abuse, pedophilia, animal sacrifice, grooming, racism) House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (cw: racism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some happy news (the Kindred adaptation! Interior Chinatown!), some less happy RPG news, recommend creepy SF/F for Halloween season, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some happy news (the Kindred adaptation! Interior Chinatown!), some less happy RPG news, recommend creepy SF/F for Halloween season, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Follow-Up: Black No More by George S. Schuyler Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! Check out the Reading the Stars giveaway, in collaboration with Obvious State. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Butler’s Kindred Series will premiere Dec 13 [The Root] Wizards of the Coast going to court to stop racist, transphobic RPG from being sold [Them] Fiona Apple writes LOTR song [EW] Interior Chinatown going to Hulu with Taika Waititi [Variety] Harvey Awards SFF highlights [Book Riot] Books Discussed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, homophobia, mention of sexual assault) Lana Harper’s Witches of Thistle Grove series We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of ableist language around mental health) Solaris by Stanislaw Lem The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (cw: sexual abuse, pedophilia, animal sacrifice, grooming, racism) House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (cw: racism) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some happy news (the Kindred adaptation! Interior Chinatown!), some less happy RPG news, recommend creepy SF/F for Halloween season, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Follow-Up: Black No More by George S. Schuyler

Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10!

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News

Butler’s Kindred Series will premiere Dec 13 [The Root]

Wizards of the Coast going to court to stop racist, transphobic RPG from being sold [Them]

Fiona Apple writes LOTR song [EW]

Interior Chinatown going to Hulu with Taika Waititi [Variety]

Harvey Awards SFF highlights [Book Riot]


Books Discussed

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, homophobia, mention of sexual assault)

Lana Harper’s Witches of Thistle Grove series

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of ableist language around mental health)

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (cw: sexual abuse, pedophilia, animal sacrifice, grooming, racism)

House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (cw: racism)

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]]> 2895 no Backlist To The Future, With Books By Indigenous Authors https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-books-by-indigenous-authors/ This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction from Indigenous authors in honor of Indigenous People’s Day. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Never Whistle At Night, co-edited by by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Fall 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction from Indigenous authors in honor of Indigenous People’s Day. This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction from Indigenous authors in honor of Indigenous People’s Day. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Never Whistle At Night, co-edited by by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Fall 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction from Indigenous authors in honor of Indigenous People’s Day.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Never Whistle At Night, co-edited by by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Fall 2023)

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]]> 804 no Summer & Early Fall SFF Favorites https://bookriot.com/listen/summer-early-fall-sff-favorites/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss Marvel’s giant slate of offerings, some weird science, a Hocus Pocus Airbnb, and their favorite recently-published reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Stay at the Hocus Pocus House [EW] Weird Science: CIA funding de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth?? [Gizmodo] Allllllll the upcoming Marvel MCU stuff [Variety] … and some setbacks on the Blade reboot [Variety] Books Discussed The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (cw: use of ableist and homophobic slurs; lots of violence; child abuse; cannibalism) Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: harm to women and children) Before You Start Nona – A Reading Plan: Reread Epilogue of Gideon the Ninth Reread Chaps 32 & Epilogue of Harrow the Ninth Read “As Yet Unsent” [Tor.com] Then read Nona The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse; child abduction; spousal abuse) The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid (cw: racism; racially motivated violence; blackface) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Marvel’s giant slate of offerings, some weird science, a Hocus Pocus Airbnb, and their favorite recently-published reads. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Marvel’s giant slate of offerings, some weird science, a Hocus Pocus Airbnb, and their favorite recently-published reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Stay at the Hocus Pocus House [EW] Weird Science: CIA funding de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth?? [Gizmodo] Allllllll the upcoming Marvel MCU stuff [Variety] … and some setbacks on the Blade reboot [Variety] Books Discussed The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (cw: use of ableist and homophobic slurs; lots of violence; child abuse; cannibalism) Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: harm to women and children) Before You Start Nona – A Reading Plan: Reread Epilogue of Gideon the Ninth Reread Chaps 32 & Epilogue of Harrow the Ninth Read “As Yet Unsent” [Tor.com] Then read Nona The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse; child abduction; spousal abuse) The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid (cw: racism; racially motivated violence; blackface) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Marvel’s giant slate of offerings, some weird science, a Hocus Pocus Airbnb, and their favorite recently-published reads.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

Stay at the Hocus Pocus House [EW]

Weird Science: CIA funding de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth?? [Gizmodo]

Allllllll the upcoming Marvel MCU stuff [Variety]

… and some setbacks on the Blade reboot [Variety]

Books Discussed

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (cw: use of ableist and homophobic slurs; lots of violence; child abuse; cannibalism)

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: harm to women and children)

Before You Start Nona – A Reading Plan:

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (cw: sexual assault; child abuse; child abduction; spousal abuse)

The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid (cw: racism; racially motivated violence; blackface)

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]]> 3201 no Backlist To The Future, With Books By Latine Authors https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-books-by-latine-authors/ This week, Sharifah discusses two books by Latine authors for Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova Infomocracy by Malka Older Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses two books by Latine authors for Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova Infomocracy by Malka Older Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses two books by Latine authors for Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Infomocracy by Malka Older

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]]> 845 no Book Club: August Kitko and the Mechas from Spaaaaaaaaaace https://bookriot.com/listen/book-club-august-kitko-and-the-mechas-from-spaaaaaaaaaace/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Little Mermaid teaser, a profile of DragonCon, con-langs, and more, and dig into Alex White’s August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2022 Hugo Awards [Tor.com] Little Mermaid teaser trailer reactions [Harper’s Bazaar] DragonCon gets profiled in the NYT [New York Times] Learn High Valyrian on Duolingo [Duolingo] Book Club August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: suicidal ideation, PTSD, violence) Also mentioned: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Little Mermaid teaser, a profile of DragonCon, con-langs, and more, and dig into Alex White’s August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Little Mermaid teaser, a profile of DragonCon, con-langs, and more, and dig into Alex White’s August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2022 Hugo Awards [Tor.com] Little Mermaid teaser trailer reactions [Harper’s Bazaar] DragonCon gets profiled in the NYT [New York Times] Learn High Valyrian on Duolingo [Duolingo] Book Club August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: suicidal ideation, PTSD, violence) Also mentioned: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Little Mermaid teaser, a profile of DragonCon, con-langs, and more, and dig into Alex White’s August Kitko and the Mechas from Space.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

2022 Hugo Awards [Tor.com]

Little Mermaid teaser trailer reactions [Harper’s Bazaar]

DragonCon gets profiled in the NYT [New York Times]

Learn High Valyrian on Duolingo [Duolingo]


Book Club

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: suicidal ideation, PTSD, violence)


Also mentioned:

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

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]]> 3361 no Backlist To The Future, With Creepy Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-creepy-reads/ This week, Jenn discusses two creepy reads for heading into Fall. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: gore, institutionalized homophobia and transphobia, drug use) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (cw: COVID, violence against protesters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two creepy reads for heading into Fall. This week, Jenn discusses two creepy reads for heading into Fall. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: gore, institutionalized homophobia and transphobia, drug use) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (cw: COVID, violence against protesters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two creepy reads for heading into Fall.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Books Discussed

The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: gore, institutionalized homophobia and transphobia, drug use)

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (cw: COVID, violence against protesters)

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]]> 769 no Speculative Flash Fiction https://bookriot.com/listen/speculative-flash-fiction/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss a ton of adaptation news including a new Stephen Graham Jones story and The Rings of Power, dig into speculative flash fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Don’t forget to read along with us! Our next Book Club pick is August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: struggles with suicidal ideation). This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News My Best Friend’s Exorcism trailer [EW] A deep dive into The Rings of Power [TIME] Parasyte: The Grey series announcement [Hollywood Reporter] Stephen Graham Jones’s Earthdiver GN to be adapted [Dread Central] Discussion Writers Digest: What Is Flash Fiction? Tor.com’s general flash fiction section and FIYAH collab Flash Fiction Online Futures | Nature Lightspeed Magazine Archives and Queers Destroy PseudoPod “No one sleeps on an empty stomach” by Lucy Zhang (Flash Fiction Online) “What Is Yours Is Yours” by K-Ming Chang (Flash Fiction Online) “Please fill out this form regarding your loved ones” by Carol Scheina (Nature Futures) “Teatime” by Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com)  “If It Bit You” by Donyae Coles (PseudoPod)  “The Disappearing Dream Engineer” by Rati Mehrotra (Lightspeed Magazine) “Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind” by Erica L. Satifka (Lightspeed Magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a ton of adaptation news including a new Stephen Graham Jones story and The Rings of Power, dig into speculative flash fiction, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a ton of adaptation news including a new Stephen Graham Jones story and The Rings of Power, dig into speculative flash fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Don’t forget to read along with us! Our next Book Club pick is August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: struggles with suicidal ideation). This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News My Best Friend’s Exorcism trailer [EW] A deep dive into The Rings of Power [TIME] Parasyte: The Grey series announcement [Hollywood Reporter] Stephen Graham Jones’s Earthdiver GN to be adapted [Dread Central] Discussion Writers Digest: What Is Flash Fiction? Tor.com’s general flash fiction section and FIYAH collab Flash Fiction Online Futures | Nature Lightspeed Magazine Archives and Queers Destroy PseudoPod “No one sleeps on an empty stomach” by Lucy Zhang (Flash Fiction Online) “What Is Yours Is Yours” by K-Ming Chang (Flash Fiction Online) “Please fill out this form regarding your loved ones” by Carol Scheina (Nature Futures) “Teatime” by Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com)  “If It Bit You” by Donyae Coles (PseudoPod)  “The Disappearing Dream Engineer” by Rati Mehrotra (Lightspeed Magazine) “Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind” by Erica L. Satifka (Lightspeed Magazine) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a ton of adaptation news including a new Stephen Graham Jones story and The Rings of Power, dig into speculative flash fiction, and more.

Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Don’t forget to read along with us! Our next Book Club pick is August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: struggles with suicidal ideation).

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News

My Best Friend’s Exorcism trailer [EW]

A deep dive into The Rings of Power [TIME]

Parasyte: The Grey series announcement [Hollywood Reporter]

Stephen Graham Jones’s Earthdiver GN to be adapted [Dread Central]


Discussion

Writers Digest: What Is Flash Fiction?

Tor.com’s general flash fiction section and FIYAH collab

Flash Fiction Online

Futures | Nature

Lightspeed Magazine Archives and Queers Destroy

PseudoPod

“No one sleeps on an empty stomach” by Lucy Zhang (Flash Fiction Online)

“What Is Yours Is Yours” by K-Ming Chang (Flash Fiction Online)

“Please fill out this form regarding your loved ones” by Carol Scheina (Nature Futures)

“Teatime” by Zin E. Rocklyn (Tor.com) 

“If It Bit You” by Donyae Coles (PseudoPod) 

“The Disappearing Dream Engineer” by Rati Mehrotra (Lightspeed Magazine)

“Bucket List Found in the Locker of Maddie Price, Age 14, Written Two Weeks Before the Great Uplifting of All Mankind” by Erica L. Satifka (Lightspeed Magazine)

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]]> 3478 no Backlist To The Future, With Complete Series https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-complete-series/ This week, Sharifah discusses some completed epic series. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee (cw: Addiction, Overdose, Self-harm (mentioned), Sexual abuse of minor, Suicide (mentioned)) Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: Child abuse, Sexual abuse of minor, Death (including child, graphic), Racism, Rape, Slavery)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some completed epic series. This week, Sharifah discusses some completed epic series. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee (cw: Addiction, Overdose, Self-harm (mentioned), Sexual abuse of minor, Suicide (mentioned)) Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: Child abuse, Sexual abuse of minor, Death (including child, graphic), Racism, Rape, Slavery)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some completed epic series.

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Books Discussed

Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee (cw: Addiction, Overdose, Self-harm (mentioned), Sexual abuse of minor, Suicide (mentioned))

Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: Child abuse, Sexual abuse of minor, Death (including child, graphic), Racism, Rape, Slavery) 

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]]> 838 no Most Anticipated Sequels And Series For Fall 2022 https://bookriot.com/listen/most-anticipated-sequels-and-series-for-fall-2022/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss Hunger Games and Game of Thrones adaptation news and some awards lists, talk about their most anticipated sequels and series for the second half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Update on Game of Thrones spin-off shows (why are there 7!!!!) [AV Club] George R.R. Martin asks people not to speculate on his death [Book Riot] Viola Davis headlining Hunger Games Prequel adaptation [Essence] More information about the prequel [Hollywood Reporter] Aurora Awards, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and Small Press Awards Finalists [File 770] Books Discussed The World We Make by NK Jemisin (Nov 1) Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (Oct 25) Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt (Oct 11) The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (10/25) The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (9/13) A Prayer for Crown Shy by Becky Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Hunger Games and Game of Thrones adaptation news and some awards lists, talk about their most anticipated sequels and series for the second half of 2022, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Hunger Games and Game of Thrones adaptation news and some awards lists, talk about their most anticipated sequels and series for the second half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Update on Game of Thrones spin-off shows (why are there 7!!!!) [AV Club] George R.R. Martin asks people not to speculate on his death [Book Riot] Viola Davis headlining Hunger Games Prequel adaptation [Essence] More information about the prequel [Hollywood Reporter] Aurora Awards, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and Small Press Awards Finalists [File 770] Books Discussed The World We Make by NK Jemisin (Nov 1) Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (Oct 25) Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt (Oct 11) The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (10/25) The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (9/13) A Prayer for Crown Shy by Becky Chambers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Hunger Games and Game of Thrones adaptation news and some awards lists, talk about their most anticipated sequels and series for the second half of 2022, and more.

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News

Update on Game of Thrones spin-off shows (why are there 7!!!!) [AV Club]

George R.R. Martin asks people not to speculate on his death [Book Riot]

Viola Davis headlining Hunger Games Prequel adaptation [Essence]

More information about the prequel [Hollywood Reporter]

Aurora Awards, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and Small Press Awards Finalists [File 770]


Books Discussed

The World We Make by NK Jemisin (Nov 1)

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (Oct 25)

Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt (Oct 11)

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake (10/25)

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (9/13)

A Prayer for Crown Shy by Becky Chambers

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]]> 3537 no Backlist To The Future, With Dragons https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-dragons/ This week, Jenn discusses some of her favorite dragons in sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon-Ha Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses some of her favorite dragons in sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Jenn discusses some of her favorite dragons in sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon-Ha Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses some of her favorite dragons in sci-fi and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede

Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon-Ha Lee

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]]> 765 no SF/F Mixtape, Volume 2 https://bookriot.com/listen/sff-mixtape-vol-2/ Sharifah and guest host Vanessa discuss Nichelle Nichols’ legacy, the Wakanda Forever teaser, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist, and, once again, pair musical tracks with SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! *This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission News Star Trek Actress and Icon Nichelle Nichols, RIP Watch the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teaser Trailer Check Out the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Books Discussed When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (CW: terminal illness, child neglect, all kinds of misogyny) Mixtape Tracks: “Freedom” by Beyoncé + Kendrick Lamar (+ “Don’t Hurt Yourself”); “King” by Florence + the Machine; “Breaking Dishes” by Rihanna; “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo; Nicki’s verse on “Monster” by Jay-Z and Kanye (Honorable Mention: “Not Ready to Make Nice” by The Chicks or “Armor” by Sara Bareilles) The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Mixtape Tracks: “Rollercoasters” by Tank and the Bangas; “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday; “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone; “Cry” by Jon Batiste, “New Orleans Bump” by Jelly Roll Mortin The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CW: physical abuse) Mixtape Tracks: “Flor De Azahar” by Trovadores Yucatecos; “Sabor a Mi” by Alvaro Carrillo (and Luis Miguel); “Rata de Dos Patas” by Paquita la del Barrio; “Hasta la Raiz” by Natalia Lafourcade; “Morena Mia” by Girl Ultra Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (CW: mention of sexual assault (no on page depictions), suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol addiction, torture) Mixtape Track: “Army of Me” by Björk; “Spring Breeze” by Hiperson; “Apocalipstick” by Cherry Glazerr; “Circular Ward” by RUBUR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and guest host Vanessa discuss Nichelle Nichols’ legacy, the Wakanda Forever teaser, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist, and, once again, pair musical tracks with SF/F books. Sharifah and guest host Vanessa discuss Nichelle Nichols’ legacy, the Wakanda Forever teaser, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist, and, once again, pair musical tracks with SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! *This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission News Star Trek Actress and Icon Nichelle Nichols, RIP Watch the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teaser Trailer Check Out the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Books Discussed When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (CW: terminal illness, child neglect, all kinds of misogyny) Mixtape Tracks: “Freedom” by Beyoncé + Kendrick Lamar (+ “Don’t Hurt Yourself”); “King” by Florence + the Machine; “Breaking Dishes” by Rihanna; “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo; Nicki’s verse on “Monster” by Jay-Z and Kanye (Honorable Mention: “Not Ready to Make Nice” by The Chicks or “Armor” by Sara Bareilles) The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Mixtape Tracks: “Rollercoasters” by Tank and the Bangas; “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday; “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone; “Cry” by Jon Batiste, “New Orleans Bump” by Jelly Roll Mortin The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CW: physical abuse) Mixtape Tracks: “Flor De Azahar” by Trovadores Yucatecos; “Sabor a Mi” by Alvaro Carrillo (and Luis Miguel); “Rata de Dos Patas” by Paquita la del Barrio; “Hasta la Raiz” by Natalia Lafourcade; “Morena Mia” by Girl Ultra Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (CW: mention of sexual assault (no on page depictions), suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol addiction, torture) Mixtape Track: “Army of Me” by Björk; “Spring Breeze” by Hiperson; “Apocalipstick” by Cherry Glazerr; “Circular Ward” by RUBUR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest host Vanessa discuss Nichelle Nichols’ legacy, the Wakanda Forever teaser, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist, and, once again, pair musical tracks with SF/F books.

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News

Star Trek Actress and Icon Nichelle Nichols, RIP

Watch the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teaser Trailer

Check Out the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction


Books Discussed

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (CW: terminal illness, child neglect, all kinds of misogyny)

Mixtape Tracks: “Freedom” by Beyoncé + Kendrick Lamar (+ “Don’t Hurt Yourself”); “King” by Florence + the Machine; “Breaking Dishes” by Rihanna; “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo; Nicki’s verse on “Monster” by Jay-Z and Kanye (Honorable Mention: “Not Ready to Make Nice” by The Chicks or “Armor” by Sara Bareilles)

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

Mixtape Tracks: “Rollercoasters” by Tank and the Bangas; “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday; “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone; “Cry” by Jon Batiste, “New Orleans Bump” by Jelly Roll Mortin

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CW: physical abuse)

Mixtape Tracks: “Flor De Azahar” by Trovadores Yucatecos; “Sabor a Mi” by Alvaro Carrillo (and Luis Miguel); “Rata de Dos Patas” by Paquita la del Barrio; “Hasta la Raiz” by Natalia Lafourcade; “Morena Mia” by Girl Ultra

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (CW: mention of sexual assault (no on page depictions), suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcohol addiction, torture)

Mixtape Track: “Army of Me” by Björk; “Spring Breeze” by Hiperson; “Apocalipstick” by Cherry Glazerr; “Circular Ward” by RUBUR

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]]> 3575 no Backlist To The Future, With Friends https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-friends/ This week, Sharifah discusses friendship in backlist sci-fi and fantasy! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books & Links Discussed Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Aug 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses friendship in backlist sci-fi and fantasy! This week, Sharifah discusses friendship in backlist sci-fi and fantasy! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books & Links Discussed Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses friendship in backlist sci-fi and fantasy!

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Books & Links Discussed

Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

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]]> 645 no 2022 Most Anticipated SF/F, Part 2 https://bookriot.com/listen/2022-most-anticipated-sff-part-2/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once (Disney’s first enby character, nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and more) and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Quidditch rebrands as Quadball [NPR] Wheel of Time renewed for a third season [Tor.com] Disney’s first nonbinary character played by Terry Hu [Them] Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards Books Discussed August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (July 12) Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight et al (Nov 8) The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (August 9) The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Aug 30 Babel by RF Kuang (Aug 23) The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (9/27) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia (July 19) The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Aug 2) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Aug 23) The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once (Disney’s first enby character, nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and more) and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Quidditch rebrands as Quadball [NPR] Wheel of Time renewed for a third season [Tor.com] Disney’s first nonbinary character played by Terry Hu [Them] Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards Books Discussed August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (July 12) Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight et al (Nov 8) The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (August 9) The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Aug 30 Babel by RF Kuang (Aug 23) The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (9/27) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia (July 19) The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Aug 2) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Aug 23) The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once (Disney’s first enby character, nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and more) and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022.

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News

Quidditch rebrands as Quadball [NPR]

Wheel of Time renewed for a third season [Tor.com]

Disney’s first nonbinary character played by Terry Hu [Them]

Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards


Books Discussed

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (July 12)

Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight et al (Nov 8)

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (August 9)

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Aug 30

Babel by RF Kuang (Aug 23)

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (9/27)

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia (July 19)

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Aug 2)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Aug 23)

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

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]]> 3312 no Backlist To The Future, For Disability Pride Month https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-for-disability-pride-month/ This week, Jenn discusses disability in backlist sci-fi and fantasy, in honor of Disability Pride Month! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS & LINKS DISCUSSED Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy from Uncanny Magazine Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Nicola Griffith’s list of fiction that passes the Fries Test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses disability in backlist sci-fi and fantasy, in honor of Disability Pride Month! This week, Jenn discusses disability in backlist sci-fi and fantasy, in honor of Disability Pride Month! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS & LINKS DISCUSSED Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy from Uncanny Magazine Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant Nicola Griffith’s list of fiction that passes the Fries Test Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses disability in backlist sci-fi and fantasy, in honor of Disability Pride Month!

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BOOKS & LINKS DISCUSSED

Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy from Uncanny Magazine

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Nicola Griffith’s list of fiction that passes the Fries Test

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]]> 835 no Blockbuster Summer SF/F Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/blockbuster-summer-sff-reads/ Sharifah and Jenn mourn the death of Kazuki Takahashi, discuss some adaptation news and the best Marvel heroes, and recommend some summer reads with “blockbuster” feels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hocus Pocus 2 Trailer [Variety] (and a yikes to Bette Midler [The Mary Sue]) Peacock Cancels Jade City Adaptation [popculture] Ranking of 100 Marvel Characters [AV Club] Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea [Book Riot] Books Discussed The Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series (Iron & Velvet #1) by Alexis Hall  The Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy #1) by Malka Older Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn mourn the death of Kazuki Takahashi, discuss some adaptation news and the best Marvel heroes, and recommend some summer reads with “blockbuster” feels. Sharifah and Jenn mourn the death of Kazuki Takahashi, discuss some adaptation news and the best Marvel heroes, and recommend some summer reads with “blockbuster” feels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hocus Pocus 2 Trailer [Variety] (and a yikes to Bette Midler [The Mary Sue]) Peacock Cancels Jade City Adaptation [popculture] Ranking of 100 Marvel Characters [AV Club] Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea [Book Riot] Books Discussed The Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series (Iron & Velvet #1) by Alexis Hall  The Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy #1) by Malka Older Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn mourn the death of Kazuki Takahashi, discuss some adaptation news and the best Marvel heroes, and recommend some summer reads with “blockbuster” feels.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

Hocus Pocus 2 Trailer [Variety] (and a yikes to Bette Midler [The Mary Sue])

Peacock Cancels Jade City Adaptation [popculture]

Ranking of 100 Marvel Characters [AV Club]

Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea [Book Riot]


Books Discussed

The Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series (Iron & Velvet #1) by Alexis Hall 

The Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy #1) by Malka Older

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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]]> 2671 no Backlist To The Future, With Queer Books For Young Readers https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-queer-books-for-young-readers/ This week, Sharifah discusses queer books for young readers. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee  PET by Akwaeke Emezi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses queer books for young readers. This week, Sharifah discusses queer books for young readers. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee  PET by Akwaeke Emezi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses queer books for young readers.

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Books Discussed:

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee 

PET by Akwaeke Emezi

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]]> 853 no Newly Published Favorites (Plus Cheating) https://bookriot.com/listen/newly-published-favorites-plus-cheating/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss Malorie Blackman’s win of the PEN Pinter Prize, Miles Morales, exciting news for vampires, some favorite recently published books, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Discussed Malorie Blackman wins PEN Pinter Prize [The Guardian] The history of queer vampires and a look at First Kill [Them] Racism in Miles Morales/Thor “What If?” comic [Indy100] Dune 2 Casting Update [Gizmodo] Books Discussed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, mention of sexual assault) War for the Oaks by Emma Bull The City Inside by Samit Basu (cw so far: rape, violent racism) Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (cw: child abuse) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (cw: chronic illness, loss of a parent) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Malorie Blackman’s win of the PEN Pinter Prize, Miles Morales, exciting news for vampires, some favorite recently published books, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Malorie Blackman’s win of the PEN Pinter Prize, Miles Morales, exciting news for vampires, some favorite recently published books, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Discussed Malorie Blackman wins PEN Pinter Prize [The Guardian] The history of queer vampires and a look at First Kill [Them] Racism in Miles Morales/Thor “What If?” comic [Indy100] Dune 2 Casting Update [Gizmodo] Books Discussed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, mention of sexual assault) War for the Oaks by Emma Bull The City Inside by Samit Basu (cw so far: rape, violent racism) Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (cw: child abuse) This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (cw: chronic illness, loss of a parent) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Malorie Blackman’s win of the PEN Pinter Prize, Miles Morales, exciting news for vampires, some favorite recently published books, and more.

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News Discussed

Malorie Blackman wins PEN Pinter Prize [The Guardian]

The history of queer vampires and a look at First Kill [Them]

Racism in Miles Morales/Thor “What If?” comic [Indy100]

Dune 2 Casting Update [Gizmodo]

Books Discussed

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, mention of sexual assault)

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

The City Inside by Samit Basu (cw so far: rape, violent racism)

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (cw: child abuse)

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (cw: chronic illness, loss of a parent)

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]]> 3213 no Backlist To The Future, Short Story-Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-short-story-style/ This week, Jenn discusses two favorite speculative short story collections. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tender by Sofia Samatar Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two favorite speculative short story collections. This week, Jenn discusses two favorite speculative short story collections. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tender by Sofia Samatar Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two favorite speculative short story collections.

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Books Discussed

Tender by Sofia Samatar

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

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]]> 724 no Under The Radar SF/F https://bookriot.com/listen/under-the-radar-sf-f/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss updates on the Sandman adaptation, B&N’s Best Books of 2022 list, some recent favorite under-the-radar reads, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Update on The Sandman Adaptation [The Mary Sue] Catching up on Disney+/Marvel Kamala Khan news [PopSugar] SFF leads B&N Best Books List [B&N Reads] Unburnable copy of The Handmaid’s Tale sold at auction [The Guardian] Books Discussed Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault) Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson (cw: unwanted pregnancy and abortion access issues, harm to women and children, slavery, racism, body horror, etc) Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (cw: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, ableism, child abuse) Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: pregnancy horror; child death) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss updates on the Sandman adaptation, B&N’s Best Books of 2022 list, some recent favorite under-the-radar reads, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss updates on the Sandman adaptation, B&N’s Best Books of 2022 list, some recent favorite under-the-radar reads, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Update on The Sandman Adaptation [The Mary Sue] Catching up on Disney+/Marvel Kamala Khan news [PopSugar] SFF leads B&N Best Books List [B&N Reads] Unburnable copy of The Handmaid’s Tale sold at auction [The Guardian] Books Discussed Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault) Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson (cw: unwanted pregnancy and abortion access issues, harm to women and children, slavery, racism, body horror, etc) Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (cw: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, ableism, child abuse) Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: pregnancy horror; child death) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss updates on the Sandman adaptation, B&N’s Best Books of 2022 list, some recent favorite under-the-radar reads, and more.

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News

Update on The Sandman Adaptation [The Mary Sue]

Catching up on Disney+/Marvel Kamala Khan news [PopSugar]

SFF leads B&N Best Books List [B&N Reads]

Unburnable copy of The Handmaid’s Tale sold at auction [The Guardian]

Books Discussed

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault)

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely

Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson (cw: unwanted pregnancy and abortion access issues, harm to women and children, slavery, racism, body horror, etc)

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (cw: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, ableism, child abuse)

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: pregnancy horror; child death)

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]]> 2807 no Backlist To The Future, For Road Trips https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-for-road-trips/ This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4) An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips. This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4) An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips.

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Books Discussed

Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4)

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

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]]> 918 no SFF Mystery https://bookriot.com/listen/sff-mystery/ Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery SFF, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Nebula Awards (and Mercedes Lackey’s removal) Thor: Love and Thunder trailer [Deadline] How Dracula Daily Got So Big [Slate] Books Discussed Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson Murder in G Major/Gethsemane Brown Series by Alexia Gordon Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery SFF, and more. Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery SFF, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Nebula Awards (and Mercedes Lackey’s removal) Thor: Love and Thunder trailer [Deadline] How Dracula Daily Got So Big [Slate] Books Discussed Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson Murder in G Major/Gethsemane Brown Series by Alexia Gordon Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery SFF, and more.

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News

The Nebula Awards (and Mercedes Lackey’s removal)

Thor: Love and Thunder trailer [Deadline]

How Dracula Daily Got So Big [Slate]

Books Discussed

Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson

Murder in G Major/Gethsemane Brown Series by Alexia Gordon

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

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]]> 3897 no Backlist To The Future, Series Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-series-style/ This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Kangaroo series by Curtis C. Chen (Waypoint Kangaroo #1) Beneath the Rising series by Premee Mohamed (Beneath the Rising #1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer. This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Kangaroo series by Curtis C. Chen (Waypoint Kangaroo #1) Beneath the Rising series by Premee Mohamed (Beneath the Rising #1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer.

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Books Discussed

Kangaroo series by Curtis C. Chen (Waypoint Kangaroo #1)

Beneath the Rising series by Premee Mohamed (Beneath the Rising #1)

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]]> 657 no Comfort Reads In SF/F https://bookriot.com/listen/comfort-reads-in-sf-f/ Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss SF/F comfort reading, talk about Locus Award Finalists and Percy Jackson casting, pay their respects to Patricia McKillip, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Locus Awards Finalists Percy Jackson on Disney+ Casting Update (and a statement from Riordan) [Hollywood Reporter] RIP Patricia McKillip [Locus] RIP George Pérez [NPR] Books Discussed The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir ®evolution series by Stephanie Saulter Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Grisha Trilogy (and subsequent books) by Leigh Bardugo The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss SF/F comfort reading, talk about Locus Award Finalists and Percy Jackson casting, pay their respects to Patricia McKillip, and more. Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss SF/F comfort reading, talk about Locus Award Finalists and Percy Jackson casting, pay their respects to Patricia McKillip, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Locus Awards Finalists Percy Jackson on Disney+ Casting Update (and a statement from Riordan) [Hollywood Reporter] RIP Patricia McKillip [Locus] RIP George Pérez [NPR] Books Discussed The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir ®evolution series by Stephanie Saulter Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Grisha Trilogy (and subsequent books) by Leigh Bardugo The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss SF/F comfort reading, talk about Locus Award Finalists and Percy Jackson casting, pay their respects to Patricia McKillip, and more.

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News

Locus Awards Finalists

Percy Jackson on Disney+ Casting Update (and a statement from Riordan) [Hollywood Reporter]

RIP Patricia McKillip [Locus]

RIP George Pérez [NPR]

Books Discussed

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

®evolution series by Stephanie Saulter

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Grisha Trilogy (and subsequent books) by Leigh Bardugo

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

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]]> 3083 no Backlist To The Future, YA Style https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-ya-style/ This week, Sharifah discusses some YA sci-fi/fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (cw: suicide) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (cw: rape, genocide, child death) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some YA sci-fi/fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses some YA sci-fi/fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (cw: suicide) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (cw: rape, genocide, child death) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some YA sci-fi/fantasy.

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Books Discussed

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (cw: suicide)

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (cw: rape, genocide, child death)

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]]> 607 no Station Eleven: Book Vs. Adaptation https://bookriot.com/listen/station-eleven-book-vs-adaptation/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss cyberpunk, adaptation news about Wicked and Dune, dig into all things Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Reimagining the future of cyberpunk [Wired] Books like Cyberpunk 2077 [Book Riot] Wicked adaptation news [Variety] South Korea is making a floating city! [Newsweek] Discussion Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven on HBO Max [IMDB] Ableism in Station Eleven [Salon] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 May 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss cyberpunk, adaptation news about Wicked and Dune, dig into all things Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss cyberpunk, adaptation news about Wicked and Dune, dig into all things Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Reimagining the future of cyberpunk [Wired] Books like Cyberpunk 2077 [Book Riot] Wicked adaptation news [Variety] South Korea is making a floating city! [Newsweek] Discussion Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven on HBO Max [IMDB] Ableism in Station Eleven [Salon] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss cyberpunk, adaptation news about Wicked and Dune, dig into all things Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, and more.

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News

Reimagining the future of cyberpunk [Wired]

Books like Cyberpunk 2077 [Book Riot]

Wicked adaptation news [Variety]

South Korea is making a floating city! [Newsweek]


Discussion

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Station Eleven on HBO Max [IMDB]

Ableism in Station Eleven [Salon]

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]]> 3218 no Backlist To The Future, With SFF Work-Place Romances https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-sff-work-place-romances/ This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy with work-place romance subplots. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (cw: addiction & drug use, death by “heroic” suicide) Chilling Effect series by Valerie Valdes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy with work-place romance subplots. This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy with work-place romance subplots. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (cw: addiction & drug use, death by “heroic” suicide) Chilling Effect series by Valerie Valdes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy with work-place romance subplots.

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Books Discussed

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (cw: addiction & drug use, death by “heroic” suicide)

Chilling Effect series by Valerie Valdes

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]]> 660 no More Favorites From Early 2022 https://bookriot.com/listen/more-favorites-from-early-2022/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Awards finalists, the Interview with a Vampire teaser, additional favorites from early 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hugo Finalists For 2022! [Book Riot] The Nimona Movie Is Saved [EW] 2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist [Aurealis Awards] Interview with a Vampire Teaser [Bleeding Cool] (Teaser on YouTube) Books Discussed When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo  Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (cw: partner abuse; suicide) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: mention of suicide) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Awards finalists, the Interview with a Vampire teaser, additional favorites from early 2022, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Awards finalists, the Interview with a Vampire teaser, additional favorites from early 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Hugo Finalists For 2022! [Book Riot] The Nimona Movie Is Saved [EW] 2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist [Aurealis Awards] Interview with a Vampire Teaser [Bleeding Cool] (Teaser on YouTube) Books Discussed When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo  Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (cw: partner abuse; suicide) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: mention of suicide) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Awards finalists, the Interview with a Vampire teaser, additional favorites from early 2022, and more.

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News

Hugo Finalists For 2022! [Book Riot]

The Nimona Movie Is Saved [EW]

2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist [Aurealis Awards]

Interview with a Vampire Teaser [Bleeding Cool] (Teaser on YouTube)

Books Discussed

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo 

Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent)

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (cw: partner abuse; suicide)

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: mention of suicide)

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]]> 2892 no Backlist To The Future, With Romps https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-romps This week, Sharifah discusses rompy SFF backlist that promise a good time. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses rompy SFF backlist that promise a good time. This week, Sharifah discusses rompy SFF backlist that promise a good time. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses rompy SFF backlist that promise a good time.

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Books Discussed

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

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]]> 677 no Our Early 2022 Favorites, Part 1 https://bookriot.com/listen/our-early-2022-favorites-part-1/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss Lambda Literary Award finalists, Addams Family and Hocus Pocus adaptation news, favorites that came out in early 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s art posted [Smithsonian Mag] That piece about Fanworks and the Tolkien Estate [Silmarillion Writers Guild] Lambda Literary Award Finalists for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction [File 770] Wednesday Addams is getting her own series [Variety] Hocus Pocus sequel gets three Drag Race superstars [Them] Books Discussed The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (cw: emotional abuse) How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (cw: child death) Shout-Outs:  Aliette De Bodard’s Obsidian and Blood series Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Lambda Literary Award finalists, Addams Family and Hocus Pocus adaptation news, favorites that came out in early 2022, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Lambda Literary Award finalists, Addams Family and Hocus Pocus adaptation news, favorites that came out in early 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s art posted [Smithsonian Mag] That piece about Fanworks and the Tolkien Estate [Silmarillion Writers Guild] Lambda Literary Award Finalists for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction [File 770] Wednesday Addams is getting her own series [Variety] Hocus Pocus sequel gets three Drag Race superstars [Them] Books Discussed The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (cw: emotional abuse) How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (cw: child death) Shout-Outs:  Aliette De Bodard’s Obsidian and Blood series Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Lambda Literary Award finalists, Addams Family and Hocus Pocus adaptation news, favorites that came out in early 2022, and more.

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News

More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s art posted [Smithsonian Mag]

That piece about Fanworks and the Tolkien Estate [Silmarillion Writers Guild]

Lambda Literary Award Finalists for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction [File 770]

Wednesday Addams is getting her own series [Variety]

Hocus Pocus sequel gets three Drag Race superstars [Them]

Books Discussed

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen

The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (cw: emotional abuse)

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (cw: child death)

Shout-Outs: 

Aliette De Bodard’s Obsidian and Blood series

Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow

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]]> 2606 no Backlist To The Future, With Old Favs by Authors With New Releases https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-old-favs-by-authors-with-new-releases/ This week, Jenn discusses older favorites from authors with upcoming new releases. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Book of M by Peng Shepherd The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (coming May 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses older favorites from authors with upcoming new releases. This week, Jenn discusses older favorites from authors with upcoming new releases. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Book of M by Peng Shepherd The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (coming May 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses older favorites from authors with upcoming new releases.

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Books Discussed

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper

From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (coming May 2022)

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]]> 592 no Speculative Poetry, Revisted https://bookriot.com/listen/speculative-poetry-revisted/ Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the Nebula finalists, that Ms. Marvel trailer, some favorite speculative poems, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.f News That Ms. Marvel Trailer [Book Riot] Disney and the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill [The Guardian] Nebula Award Finalists Martha Wells declines nomination [Publishers Marketplace] Interview with Evan Ross Katz about his Buffy Book [AV Club] Reebok is Making Power Rangers Shoes [Gizmodo] Poetry Discussed Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde  “All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard” by Natalie Wang, Strange Horizons “On Where to Find Strange Horizons, And How to Get There” by Julia Rios, Strange Horizons “Dancing Princesses” by Roshani Chokshi, Uncanny Magazine “Assimilation” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine “Keening” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the Nebula finalists, that Ms. Marvel trailer, some favorite speculative poems, and more. Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the Nebula finalists, that Ms. Marvel trailer, some favorite speculative poems, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.f News That Ms. Marvel Trailer [Book Riot] Disney and the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill [The Guardian] Nebula Award Finalists Martha Wells declines nomination [Publishers Marketplace] Interview with Evan Ross Katz about his Buffy Book [AV Club] Reebok is Making Power Rangers Shoes [Gizmodo] Poetry Discussed Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde  “All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard” by Natalie Wang, Strange Horizons “On Where to Find Strange Horizons, And How to Get There” by Julia Rios, Strange Horizons “Dancing Princesses” by Roshani Chokshi, Uncanny Magazine “Assimilation” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine “Keening” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the Nebula finalists, that Ms. Marvel trailer, some favorite speculative poems, and more.

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News

That Ms. Marvel Trailer [Book Riot]

Disney and the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill [The Guardian]

Nebula Award Finalists

Martha Wells declines nomination [Publishers Marketplace]

Interview with Evan Ross Katz about his Buffy Book [AV Club]

Reebok is Making Power Rangers Shoes [Gizmodo]

Poetry Discussed

Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde 

“All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard” by Natalie Wang, Strange Horizons

“On Where to Find Strange Horizons, And How to Get There” by Julia Rios, Strange Horizons

“Dancing Princesses” by Roshani Chokshi, Uncanny Magazine

“Assimilation” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine

“Keening” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine

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]]> 2763 no Backlist To The Future With Must-Reads https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-must-reads/ This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist must-reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Severance by Ling Ma Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist must-reads. This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist must-reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Severance by Ling Ma Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist must-reads.

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Books Discussed

Severance by Ling Ma

Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

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]]> 941 no Award Winning Short Fiction https://bookriot.com/listen/award-winning-short-fiction/ Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Miyazaki graphic novel, Black superheroes, Octavia Butler, recent award-winning short fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2021 Bram Stoker Awards finalists English translation of Miyazaki graphic novel “Shuna’s Journey” [Nerdist] “My Super Hero Is Black” book forthcoming [EW] Octavia Butler profile [USA Today] Works Discussed “Rat and Finch are Friends” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, 2021 Nommo Award Winner for Short Story (Tied), published in Strange Horizons (cw: homophobia) “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, 2021 Hugo Award Winner for Short Story, published in Uncanny Magazine “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (warning: disordered eating) (2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story; 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction) Emergency Skin (Forward Collection) by NK Jemisin (warning: racism, homophobia) (2020 Hugo and 2020 Ignyte Awards for Novelette) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Miyazaki graphic novel, Black superheroes, Octavia Butler, recent award-winning short fiction, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Miyazaki graphic novel, Black superheroes, Octavia Butler, recent award-winning short fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2021 Bram Stoker Awards finalists English translation of Miyazaki graphic novel “Shuna’s Journey” [Nerdist] “My Super Hero Is Black” book forthcoming [EW] Octavia Butler profile [USA Today] Works Discussed “Rat and Finch are Friends” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, 2021 Nommo Award Winner for Short Story (Tied), published in Strange Horizons (cw: homophobia) “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, 2021 Hugo Award Winner for Short Story, published in Uncanny Magazine “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (warning: disordered eating) (2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story; 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction) Emergency Skin (Forward Collection) by NK Jemisin (warning: racism, homophobia) (2020 Hugo and 2020 Ignyte Awards for Novelette) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Miyazaki graphic novel, Black superheroes, Octavia Butler, recent award-winning short fiction, and more.

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News

2021 Bram Stoker Awards finalists

English translation of Miyazaki graphic novel “Shuna’s Journey” [Nerdist]

“My Super Hero Is Black” book forthcoming [EW]

Octavia Butler profile [USA Today]

Works Discussed

“Rat and Finch are Friends” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, 2021 Nommo Award Winner for Short Story (Tied), published in Strange Horizons (cw: homophobia)

“Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, 2021 Hugo Award Winner for Short Story, published in Uncanny Magazine

“Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (warning: disordered eating) (2015 Nebula Award for Best Short Story; 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction)

Emergency Skin (Forward Collection) by NK Jemisin (warning: racism, homophobia) (2020 Hugo and 2020 Ignyte Awards for Novelette)

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]]> 2791 no Backlist To the Future, With Pictures https://bookriot.com/listen/backlist-to-the-future-with-pictures/ This week, Jenn discusses fun SF/F graphic novels and manga. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0000 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses fun SF/F graphic novels and manga. This week, Jenn discusses fun SF/F graphic novels and manga. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses fun SF/F graphic novels and manga.

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Books Discussed

Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge

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]]> 503 no Foodie SF/F And Sourdough Starters With Personality https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/foodie-sf-f-and-sourdough-starters-with-personalit Sharifah and Jenn dive into all the new details about Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, some Jurassic Park news, favorite foodie SF/F, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News SFF trailers get big superbowl spikes [Deadline] LOTR: Rings of Power Feedback from a listener [Twitter] The full trailer [CNet] Racism in the fandom [Daily Beast] “First Look” [Vanity Fair] Jurassic World: Dominion trailer [YouTube] and more info [Tech Radar] The 2021 Stabby Awards [File 770] Books Discussed The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (cw: PTSD episodes) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism) A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Foodie SF/F And Sourdough Starters With Personality full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn dive into all the new details about Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, some Jurassic Park news, favorite foodie SF/F, and more. Sharifah and Jenn dive into all the new details about Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, some Jurassic Park news, favorite foodie SF/F, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News SFF trailers get big superbowl spikes [Deadline] LOTR: Rings of Power Feedback from a listener [Twitter] The full trailer [CNet] Racism in the fandom [Daily Beast] “First Look” [Vanity Fair] Jurassic World: Dominion trailer [YouTube] and more info [Tech Radar] The 2021 Stabby Awards [File 770] Books Discussed The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (cw: PTSD episodes) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism) A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn dive into all the new details about Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, some Jurassic Park news, favorite foodie SF/F, and more.

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News

SFF trailers get big superbowl spikes [Deadline]

LOTR: Rings of Power

Jurassic World: Dominion trailer [YouTube] and more info [Tech Radar]

The 2021 Stabby Awards [File 770]

Books Discussed

The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta

Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (cw: PTSD episodes)

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism)

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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]]> 3034 no Backlist To The Future, With Jazz Hands https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-jazz-hands This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite performers in SF/F novels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, With Jazz Hands full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite performers in SF/F novels. This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite performers in SF/F novels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite performers in SF/F novels.

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Books Discussed

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly

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]]> 712 no SF/F Magazines Are Awesome https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sf-f-magazines-are-awesome Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Rings of Power promo, Terry Pratchett’s official biography, some favorite SF/F magazines, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News  The Rings of Power teaser [Instagram] and promo [Forbes] Legendborn by Tracy Deonn getting series adaptation [Deadline] Accurate Sci-Fi Predictions [Book Riot] Preditions from 1922 [Open Culture] Terry Pratchett biography in the works [The Guardian] SF/F Magazines Uncanny Magazine Solarpunk Magazine FIYAH  Strange Horizons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 SF/F Magazines Are Awesome full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Rings of Power promo, Terry Pratchett’s official biography, some favorite SF/F magazines, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Rings of Power promo, Terry Pratchett’s official biography, some favorite SF/F magazines, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News  The Rings of Power teaser [Instagram] and promo [Forbes] Legendborn by Tracy Deonn getting series adaptation [Deadline] Accurate Sci-Fi Predictions [Book Riot] Preditions from 1922 [Open Culture] Terry Pratchett biography in the works [The Guardian] SF/F Magazines Uncanny Magazine Solarpunk Magazine FIYAH  Strange Horizons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Rings of Power promo, Terry Pratchett’s official biography, some favorite SF/F magazines, and more.

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News

 The Rings of Power teaser [Instagram] and promo [Forbes]

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn getting series adaptation [Deadline]

Accurate Sci-Fi Predictions [Book Riot]

Preditions from 1922 [Open Culture]

Terry Pratchett biography in the works [The Guardian]

SF/F Magazines

Uncanny Magazine

Solarpunk Magazine

FIYAH 

Strange Horizons

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]]> 3453 no Backlist To The Future, With Recent Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-recent-favorites This week, Jenn discusses two recent favorites from the last couple years. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: drug abuse; mention of suicide, mention of domestic violence) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, With Recent Favorites full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two recent favorites from the last couple years. This week, Jenn discusses two recent favorites from the last couple years. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: drug abuse; mention of suicide, mention of domestic violence) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two recent favorites from the last couple years.

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Books Discussed:

The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: drug abuse; mention of suicide, mention of domestic violence)

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault)

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]]> 705 no 2021 In Review: The Stats Show https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/2021-in-review-the-stats-show Sharifah and Jenn discuss a delightful book auction and the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, look back at SFF Yeah’s 2021 in review, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Xiran Jay Zhao’s Amazing Book Auction [Book Riot] Philip K Dick Award nominees announced The return of Heavy Metal Magazine [Publishers Weekly] Follow-Up: Isabel Fall and The Helicopter Story [Vox] Hugo 2022 Nominations Are Open! [File770] Our 2021 In Review The Most Recommended Titles from 2021: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Fault Tolerance, #3 in series, coming out in August!!) Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Top 5 Episodes By Download: Backlist to the Future: Under the Radar Our Fall Most Anticipated SF/F SF/F And the Natural World (with Jen Zink) Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021 Favorite SF/F of 2021 So Far & SF/F Summer Reading List (tied) Jenn’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Howl’s Moving Castle and Raybearer Book Club Sharifah’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Anime and Dream Adaptations/Cast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 2021 In Review: The Stats Show full 121 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a delightful book auction and the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, look back at SFF Yeah’s 2021 in review, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a delightful book auction and the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, look back at SFF Yeah’s 2021 in review, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Xiran Jay Zhao’s Amazing Book Auction [Book Riot] Philip K Dick Award nominees announced The return of Heavy Metal Magazine [Publishers Weekly] Follow-Up: Isabel Fall and The Helicopter Story [Vox] Hugo 2022 Nominations Are Open! [File770] Our 2021 In Review The Most Recommended Titles from 2021: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Fault Tolerance, #3 in series, coming out in August!!) Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Top 5 Episodes By Download: Backlist to the Future: Under the Radar Our Fall Most Anticipated SF/F SF/F And the Natural World (with Jen Zink) Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021 Favorite SF/F of 2021 So Far & SF/F Summer Reading List (tied) Jenn’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Howl’s Moving Castle and Raybearer Book Club Sharifah’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Anime and Dream Adaptations/Cast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a delightful book auction and the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, look back at SFF Yeah’s 2021 in review, and more.

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News

Xiran Jay Zhao’s Amazing Book Auction [Book Riot]

Philip K Dick Award nominees announced

The return of Heavy Metal Magazine [Publishers Weekly]

Follow-Up: Isabel Fall and The Helicopter Story [Vox]

Hugo 2022 Nominations Are Open! [File770]

Our 2021 In Review

The Most Recommended Titles from 2021:

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Fault Tolerance, #3 in series, coming out in August!!)

Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Top 5 Episodes By Download:

Backlist to the Future: Under the Radar

Our Fall Most Anticipated SF/F

SF/F And the Natural World (with Jen Zink)

Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021

Favorite SF/F of 2021 So Far & SF/F Summer Reading List (tied)

Jenn’s Favorite Eps of 2021:

Howl’s Moving Castle and Raybearer Book Club

Sharifah’s Favorite Eps of 2021:

Anime and Dream Adaptations/Cast

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]]> 2619 no Backlist To The Future, On Books With Adaptations https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-on-books-with-adaptations This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite books with adaptations. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Contact by Carl Sagan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, On Books With Adaptations full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite books with adaptations. This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite books with adaptations. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Contact by Carl Sagan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite books with adaptations.

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Books Discussed

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Contact by Carl Sagan

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]]> 718 no Most Anticipated Of 2022 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/most-anticipated-of-2022 Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo and Nommo Award winners, Cowboy Bebop getting canceled, their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: 2021 Hugo Award Winners (Related: The Helicopter Story) 2021 Nommo Award Winners Cowboy Bebop Canceled After One Season [Hollywood Reporter] On the Station 11 Adaptation [The Atlantic; Instagram for non-paywalled version] Books Discussed: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (March 29, Tor) The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (April 19, Harper Voyager) When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (March 15, Doubleday) The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (May 17, Orbit) How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (January 18, William Morrow) Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 25, Tordotcom) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (February 1, TinHouse) Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May (March 29, Redhook) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Most Anticipated Of 2022 full 120 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo and Nommo Award winners, Cowboy Bebop getting canceled, their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo and Nommo Award winners, Cowboy Bebop getting canceled, their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: 2021 Hugo Award Winners (Related: The Helicopter Story) 2021 Nommo Award Winners Cowboy Bebop Canceled After One Season [Hollywood Reporter] On the Station 11 Adaptation [The Atlantic; Instagram for non-paywalled version] Books Discussed: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (March 29, Tor) The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (April 19, Harper Voyager) When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (March 15, Doubleday) The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (May 17, Orbit) How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (January 18, William Morrow) Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 25, Tordotcom) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (February 1, TinHouse) Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May (March 29, Redhook) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo and Nommo Award winners, Cowboy Bebop getting canceled, their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, and more.

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News:

2021 Hugo Award Winners (Related: The Helicopter Story)

2021 Nommo Award Winners

Cowboy Bebop Canceled After One Season [Hollywood Reporter]

On the Station 11 Adaptation [The Atlantic; Instagram for non-paywalled version]

Books Discussed:

Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (March 29, Tor)

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (April 19, Harper Voyager)

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (March 15, Doubleday)

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (May 17, Orbit)

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (January 18, William Morrow)

Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 25, Tordotcom)

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (February 1, TinHouse)

Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May (March 29, Redhook)

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]]> 3165 no Backlist To The Future, With Sequels https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-sequels This week, Jenn discusses two must-read sequels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer series) Blood Binds The Pack by Alex Wells (Ghost Wolves series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jan 2022 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, With Sequels full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two must-read sequels. This week, Jenn discusses two must-read sequels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer series) Blood Binds The Pack by Alex Wells (Ghost Wolves series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two must-read sequels.

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Books Discussed

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer series)

Blood Binds The Pack by Alex Wells (Ghost Wolves series)

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]]> 755 no Backlist To The Future, Featuring Fresh Starts https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-featuring-fresh-starts This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Good House by Tananarive Due (cw: sexual assault, child molestation, racism, animal abuse, and suicide)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, Featuring Fresh Starts full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts. This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Good House by Tananarive Due (cw: sexual assault, child molestation, racism, animal abuse, and suicide)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts.

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Books Discussed

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Good House by Tananarive Due (cw: sexual assault, child molestation, racism, animal abuse, and suicide) 

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]]> 589 no Year-End Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/year-end-favorites Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’ [Autostraddle] Amandla Stenberg coming to Star Wars! [Tor.com] SFF up 50% in 2021 [Penguin Random House] ViacomCBS + Wattpad team-up [Book Riot] A dive into Nintendo’s early days [Kotaku] Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (cw: use of racial slurs, incl. N word, by a secondary character) Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (cw: rape mentioned, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, torture) Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente (cw: domestic violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Year-End Favorites full 119 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’ [Autostraddle] Amandla Stenberg coming to Star Wars! [Tor.com] SFF up 50% in 2021 [Penguin Random House] ViacomCBS + Wattpad team-up [Book Riot] A dive into Nintendo’s early days [Kotaku] Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (cw: use of racial slurs, incl. N word, by a secondary character) Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (cw: rape mentioned, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, torture) Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente (cw: domestic violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more.

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News

Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’ [Autostraddle]

Amandla Stenberg coming to Star Wars! [Tor.com]

SFF up 50% in 2021 [Penguin Random House]

ViacomCBS + Wattpad team-up [Book Riot]

A dive into Nintendo’s early days [Kotaku]

Books Discussed

Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (cw: use of racial slurs, incl. N word, by a secondary character)

Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (cw: rape mentioned, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, torture)

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente (cw: domestic violence)

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]]> 3149 no Backlist To The Future, With More 2021 Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-more-2021-favorites This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, ae/aer (cw: suicide, body horror) The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He (cw: intimate partner violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future, With More 2021 Favorites full Book Riot This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021. This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, ae/aer (cw: suicide, body horror) The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He (cw: intimate partner violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021.

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Books Discussed:

In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, ae/aer (cw: suicide, body horror)

The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He (cw: intimate partner violence)

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]]> 695 no Our Go-To SFF Authors https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-go-to-sff-authors Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Good Omens and Marie Lu’s Legend, dive into NPR’s Books We Love selections, and give some go-to authors. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Good Omens S2 is happening [AV Club] PRH re-records Pratchett’s Discworld series with Nighy and Serkis [The Bookseller] NPR’s Books We Love, SFF Section Series adaptation of Legend by Marie Lu [Deadline] Authors Ursula K. LeGuin Charles Yu Karen Lord Alexis Hall Terry Pratchett Nghi Vo (The Siren Queen) NK Jemisin Nino Cipri Zin E. Rocklyn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Our Go-To SFF Authors full 118 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Good Omens and Marie Lu’s Legend, dive into NPR’s Books We Love selections, and give some go-to authors. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Good Omens and Marie Lu’s Legend, dive into NPR’s Books We Love selections, and give some go-to authors. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Good Omens S2 is happening [AV Club] PRH re-records Pratchett’s Discworld series with Nighy and Serkis [The Bookseller] NPR’s Books We Love, SFF Section Series adaptation of Legend by Marie Lu [Deadline] Authors Ursula K. LeGuin Charles Yu Karen Lord Alexis Hall Terry Pratchett Nghi Vo (The Siren Queen) NK Jemisin Nino Cipri Zin E. Rocklyn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Good Omens and Marie Lu’s Legend, dive into NPR’s Books We Love selections, and give some go-to authors.

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News

Good Omens S2 is happening [AV Club]

PRH re-records Pratchett’s Discworld series with Nighy and Serkis [The Bookseller]

NPR’s Books We Love, SFF Section

Series adaptation of Legend by Marie Lu [Deadline]

Authors

Ursula K. LeGuin

Charles Yu

Karen Lord

Alexis Hall

Terry Pratchett

Nghi Vo (The Siren Queen)

NK Jemisin

Nino Cipri

Zin E. Rocklyn

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]]> 3069 no 117.5 Backlist To The Future With Fireside Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/117-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-fireside-favorit This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ash by Malinda Lo The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 117.5 Backlist To The Future With Fireside Favorites full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading. This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ash by Malinda Lo The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading.

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Books Discussed

Ash by Malinda Lo

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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]]> 601 no SF/F For Holiday Gifting https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sf-f-for-holiday-gifting Sharifah and Jenn discuss the World Fantasy Award Winners for 2021, PW’s Best of the Year, that Station Eleven trailer, and recommend their picks for gifting this holiday season. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Station Eleven trailer dropped [Polygon] 2021 World Fantasy Award Winners [Tor.com] PW’s Best SFF of 2021 [Publishers Weekly] The long Wheel of Time trailer [Ars Technica] Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse and child death, violent misogyny) Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (cw: domestic violence, child abuse, queer-phobia, body horror, racism) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: body horror; suicide attempt; mention of child death) Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) from Flametree Publishing, with editorial support from Tia Ross and the Black Writers Collective and more Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert  Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0000 SF/F For Holiday Gifting full 117 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the World Fantasy Award Winners for 2021, PW’s Best of the Year, that Station Eleven trailer, and recommend their picks for gifting this holiday season. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the World Fantasy Award Winners for 2021, PW’s Best of the Year, that Station Eleven trailer, and recommend their picks for gifting this holiday season. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Station Eleven trailer dropped [Polygon] 2021 World Fantasy Award Winners [Tor.com] PW’s Best SFF of 2021 [Publishers Weekly] The long Wheel of Time trailer [Ars Technica] Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse and child death, violent misogyny) Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (cw: domestic violence, child abuse, queer-phobia, body horror, racism) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: body horror; suicide attempt; mention of child death) Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) from Flametree Publishing, with editorial support from Tia Ross and the Black Writers Collective and more Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert  Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the World Fantasy Award Winners for 2021, PW’s Best of the Year, that Station Eleven trailer, and recommend their picks for gifting this holiday season.

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News

The Station Eleven trailer dropped [Polygon]

2021 World Fantasy Award Winners [Tor.com]

PW’s Best SFF of 2021 [Publishers Weekly]

The long Wheel of Time trailer [Ars Technica]

Books Discussed

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse and child death, violent misogyny)

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism)

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (cw: domestic violence, child abuse, queer-phobia, body horror, racism)

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: body horror; suicide attempt; mention of child death)

Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) from Flametree Publishing, with editorial support from Tia Ross and the Black Writers Collective and more

Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert 

Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen

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]]> 3309 no 116.5: Backlist To The Future, Dealer’s Choice https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/116-5-backlist-to-the-future-dealer-s-choice This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:00:00 -0000 116.5: Backlist To The Future, Dealer’s Choice full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about. This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about.

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Books Discussed

Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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]]> 785 no DUNE: Adaptation Nation Episode 1 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/dune-adaptation-nation-episode-1 Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation. Mentioned in this episode: Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0000 DUNE: Adaptation Nation Episode 1 bonus Book Riot In the first episode of Adaptation Nation, Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation. Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation. Mentioned in this episode: Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation.

Mentioned in this episode:

Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK

Hari Kunzru on Dune

Muslim Influences in Dune

Is Dune a White Savior Narrative?

Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune

Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan

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]]> 5629 no Book Club: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/book-club-raybearer-by-jordan-ifueko Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Notes: Follow our new podcast, Adaptation Nation. Dune: Part Two is confirmed [IGN] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Book Club: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko full 116 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Notes: Follow our new podcast, Adaptation Nation. Dune: Part Two is confirmed [IGN] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko.

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]]> 2801 no 115.5: Backlist To The Future, On Immortality https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-on-immortality This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (cw: child abuse, slavery) Wild Seed by Octavia Butler (cw: sexual assault, incest, slavery) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 115.5: Backlist To The Future, On Immortality full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality. This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (cw: child abuse, slavery) Wild Seed by Octavia Butler (cw: sexual assault, incest, slavery) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality.

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Books Discussed

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (cw: child abuse, slavery)

Wild Seed by Octavia Butler (cw: sexual assault, incest, slavery)

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]]> 481 no Foundation (And Some Saga) https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/foundation-and-some-saga Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links Saga is coming back! [Hollywood Reporter] Saga: Compendium One, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Isaac Asimov was a serial harasser of women [LitHub, content warnings for specific descriptions of harassment] Foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Oct 2021 14:30:00 -0000 Foundation (And Some Saga) full 115 Book Riot Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation. Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links Saga is coming back! [Hollywood Reporter] Saga: Compendium One, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Isaac Asimov was a serial harasser of women [LitHub, content warnings for specific descriptions of harassment] Foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation.

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Links

Saga is coming back! [Hollywood Reporter]

Saga: Compendium One, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Isaac Asimov was a serial harasser of women [LitHub, content warnings for specific descriptions of harassment]

Foundation

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]]> 3405 no 114.5: Backlist To The Future, With Urban Sci-Fi/Fantasy https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/114-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-urban-sci-fi-fan This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vigil by Angela Slatter (cw: harm to children) War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (cw: war crimes, violence against women and children) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 114.5: Backlist To The Future, With Urban Sci-Fi/Fantasy full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles. This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vigil by Angela Slatter (cw: harm to children) War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (cw: war crimes, violence against women and children) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles.

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Books Discussed

Vigil by Angela Slatter (cw: harm to children)

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (cw: war crimes, violence against women and children)

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]]> 673 no Summer and Fall Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/summer-and-fall-favorites Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Miscellany Book Club Pick: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, read by November 3rd! Book Riot Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Merch News 2021 British Fantasy Awards Raybearer is getting an adaptation The Changeling adaptation casting update Update on The Watch adaptation Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (cw: child abuse) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of slurs around mental illness by certain characters) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: body horror, explicit violence and assault) A Psalm for the Wild–Built by Becky Chambers  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Summer and Fall Favorites full 114 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Miscellany Book Club Pick: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, read by November 3rd! Book Riot Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Merch News 2021 British Fantasy Awards Raybearer is getting an adaptation The Changeling adaptation casting update Update on The Watch adaptation Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (cw: child abuse) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of slurs around mental illness by certain characters) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: body horror, explicit violence and assault) A Psalm for the Wild–Built by Becky Chambers  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months.

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Miscellany

Book Club Pick: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, read by November 3rd!

Book Riot Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Merch

News

2021 British Fantasy Awards

Raybearer is getting an adaptation

The Changeling adaptation casting update

Update on The Watch adaptation

Books Discussed

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (cw: child abuse)

We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of slurs around mental illness by certain characters)

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: body horror, explicit violence and assault)

A Psalm for the Wild–Built by Becky Chambers 

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]]> 3169 no 113.5: Backlist To The Future, Extra-Cerebral Edition https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/113-5-backlist-to-the-future-extra-cerebral-editio This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Exit West by Mohsin Hamid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 113.5: Backlist To The Future, Extra-Cerebral Edition full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads. This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Exit West by Mohsin Hamid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads.

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Books Discussed

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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]]> 901 no Fall Reading Vibes https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/fall-reading-vibes Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Vote For Book Club! F: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko SF: The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw SF/F: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki News Y: The Last Man trailer [Twitter] + Charlie Jane Anders Using human blood in Martian habitats? [Syfy] Own your very own robot unicorn [TechCrunch] Weird Science! Voice Cloning [The Verge] Books Discussed The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (especially When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain) Yoon Ha Lee’s “Machineries of Empire” series Circe by Madeline Miller Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Fall Reading Vibes full 113 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Vote For Book Club! F: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko SF: The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw SF/F: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki News Y: The Last Man trailer [Twitter] + Charlie Jane Anders Using human blood in Martian habitats? [Syfy] Own your very own robot unicorn [TechCrunch] Weird Science! Voice Cloning [The Verge] Books Discussed The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (especially When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain) Yoon Ha Lee’s “Machineries of Empire” series Circe by Madeline Miller Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes.

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Vote For Book Club!

F: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

SF: The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

SF/F: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

News

Y: The Last Man trailer [Twitter] + Charlie Jane Anders

Using human blood in Martian habitats? [Syfy]

Own your very own robot unicorn [TechCrunch]

Weird Science! Voice Cloning [The Verge]

Books Discussed

The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (especially When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain)

Yoon Ha Lee’s “Machineries of Empire” series

Circe by Madeline Miller

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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]]> 3093 no 112.5: Backlist To The Future, With Extra Serendipity https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/112-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-extra-serendipit This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse) Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 112.5: Backlist To The Future, With Extra Serendipity full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads. This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse) Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads.

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Books Discussed

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse)

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

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]]> 701 no Our Fall Most Anticipated SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-fall-most-anticipated-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Tolkien-ian cryptocurrency, adaptation news for Witchmark and Game of Thrones, a Book Club episode, their most anticipated Fall releases, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Vote For Our Next Book Club Pick! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Send your pick in to sffyeah at bookriotdotcom by September 30th! News ‘Worst Witch’ author Jill Murphy dies [NPR] Rosetta Awards shortlist announced Animated Game Of Thrones show in the works The JRR Token cryptocurrency CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle acquired for adaptation Books Discussed The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon, Sept 7) (Nothing But Blackened Teeth) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Tor, October 12) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Atria, Sept 7) The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (Gallery, Nov 2) Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (Orbit, Nov 30) Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit, Oct 26) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor Books, Sept 28) The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s Press, Oct 19) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Tor Nightfire, Sept 7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Our Fall Most Anticipated SF/F full 112 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Tolkien-ian cryptocurrency, adaptation news for Witchmark and Game of Thrones, a Book Club episode, their most anticipated Fall releases, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Tolkien-ian cryptocurrency, adaptation news for Witchmark and Game of Thrones, a Book Club episode, their most anticipated Fall releases, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Vote For Our Next Book Club Pick! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Send your pick in to sffyeah at bookriotdotcom by September 30th! News ‘Worst Witch’ author Jill Murphy dies [NPR] Rosetta Awards shortlist announced Animated Game Of Thrones show in the works The JRR Token cryptocurrency CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle acquired for adaptation Books Discussed The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon, Sept 7) (Nothing But Blackened Teeth) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Tor, October 12) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Atria, Sept 7) The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (Gallery, Nov 2) Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (Orbit, Nov 30) Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit, Oct 26) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor Books, Sept 28) The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s Press, Oct 19) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Tor Nightfire, Sept 7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Tolkien-ian cryptocurrency, adaptation news for Witchmark and Game of Thrones, a Book Club episode, their most anticipated Fall releases, and more.

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The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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News

‘Worst Witch’ author Jill Murphy dies [NPR]

Rosetta Awards shortlist announced

Animated Game Of Thrones show in the works

The JRR Token cryptocurrency

CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle acquired for adaptation

Books Discussed

The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon, Sept 7) (Nothing But Blackened Teeth)

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Tor, October 12)

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Atria, Sept 7)

The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (Gallery, Nov 2)

Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (Orbit, Nov 30)

Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit, Oct 26)

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor Books, Sept 28)

The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s Press, Oct 19)

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Tor Nightfire, Sept 7)

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]]> 3821 no 111.5: Backlist To The Future, Under The Radar https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/111-5-backlist-to-the-future-under-the-radar This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Mistress Masham’s Repose by TH White See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0000 111.5: Backlist To The Future, Under The Radar full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar. This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Mistress Masham’s Repose by TH White See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar.

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Books Discussed

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh

Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh

Mistress Masham’s Repose by TH White

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]]> 803 no SF/F And The Natural World https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sf-f-and-the-natural-world Jenn and guest Jen Zink discuss a bunch of adaptation news about Witches of Mayfair, Foundation, and the Wheel of Time, talk environmental sci-fi and fantasy, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News NPR’s 50 Favorite SF/F Books of the Past Decade results Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 Winners Announced Wheel of Time First Look [Entertainment Weekly] Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Are Coming to TV, Too [Gizmodo] That Foundation Trailer, Though [Deadline] Books Discussed Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Fallen (The Outside #2) by Ada Hoffmann (cw: self-harm) Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (cw: slavery, suicidal ideation, child abuse, child death) The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina (cw: child death, depictions of child detention, and torture) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 SF/F And The Natural World full 111 Book Riot Jenn and guest Jen Zink discuss a bunch of adaptation news about Witches of Mayfair, Foundation, and the Wheel of Time, talk environmental sci-fi and fantasy, and more. Jenn and guest Jen Zink discuss a bunch of adaptation news about Witches of Mayfair, Foundation, and the Wheel of Time, talk environmental sci-fi and fantasy, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News NPR’s 50 Favorite SF/F Books of the Past Decade results Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 Winners Announced Wheel of Time First Look [Entertainment Weekly] Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Are Coming to TV, Too [Gizmodo] That Foundation Trailer, Though [Deadline] Books Discussed Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Fallen (The Outside #2) by Ada Hoffmann (cw: self-harm) Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (cw: slavery, suicidal ideation, child abuse, child death) The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina (cw: child death, depictions of child detention, and torture) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Jen Zink discuss a bunch of adaptation news about Witches of Mayfair, Foundation, and the Wheel of Time, talk environmental sci-fi and fantasy, and more.

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News

NPR’s 50 Favorite SF/F Books of the Past Decade results

Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 Winners Announced

Wheel of Time First Look [Entertainment Weekly]

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Are Coming to TV, Too [Gizmodo]

That Foundation Trailer, Though [Deadline]

Books Discussed

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

The Fallen (The Outside #2) by Ada Hoffmann (cw: self-harm)

Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (cw: slavery, suicidal ideation, child abuse, child death)

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina (cw: child death, depictions of child detention, and torture)

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]]> 3557 no 110.5: Backlist To The Future, On The Edges https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/110-5-backlist-to-the-future-on-the-edges This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan A Hero Born (Legend of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 110.5: Backlist To The Future, On The Edges full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F. This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan A Hero Born (Legend of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F.

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Books Discussed

She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

A Hero Born (Legend of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong

The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard

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]]> 745 no SFF Potpourri https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-potpourri Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe, a hotel in space, an air date for the Lord of the Rings series, and talk about some current favorite reads from SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe being adapted for TV [Deadline] Air date for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series! [Tor.com] Jenn’s piece on Lord of the Rings Fandom [Book Riot] Space hotel! [Entrepreneur] Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb is now a series, not a trilogy [Tor.com] Recommended read: What Is And Is Not Silkpunk [Book Riot] Books Discussed Sangu Mandanna’s Celestial Trilogy (Spark of White Fire #1) Earthsinger Chronicles by L. Penelope (Song of Blood & Stone #1) Severance by Ling Ma Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Potpourri full 110 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe, a hotel in space, an air date for the Lord of the Rings series, and talk about some current favorite reads from SF/F. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe, a hotel in space, an air date for the Lord of the Rings series, and talk about some current favorite reads from SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe being adapted for TV [Deadline] Air date for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series! [Tor.com] Jenn’s piece on Lord of the Rings Fandom [Book Riot] Space hotel! [Entrepreneur] Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb is now a series, not a trilogy [Tor.com] Recommended read: What Is And Is Not Silkpunk [Book Riot] Books Discussed Sangu Mandanna’s Celestial Trilogy (Spark of White Fire #1) Earthsinger Chronicles by L. Penelope (Song of Blood & Stone #1) Severance by Ling Ma Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe, a hotel in space, an air date for the Lord of the Rings series, and talk about some current favorite reads from SF/F.

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Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Universe being adapted for TV [Deadline]

Air date for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series! [Tor.com]

Jenn’s piece on Lord of the Rings Fandom [Book Riot]

Space hotel! [Entrepreneur]

Tamsyn Muir’s Locked Tomb is now a series, not a trilogy [Tor.com]

Recommended read: What Is And Is Not Silkpunk [Book Riot]

Books Discussed

Sangu Mandanna’s Celestial Trilogy (Spark of White Fire #1)

Earthsinger Chronicles by L. Penelope (Song of Blood & Stone #1)

Severance by Ling Ma

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

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]]> 3147 no 109.5: Backlist To The Future, With Summer Reading https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/109-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-summer-reading This week, Sharifah discusses her backlist summer reading picks. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0000 109.5: Backlist To The Future, With Summer Reading full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses her backlist summer reading picks. This week, Sharifah discusses her backlist summer reading picks. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses her backlist summer reading picks.

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Books Discussed

The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin

Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera

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]]> 777 no An SF/F Summer Reading List https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/an-sf-f-summer-reading-list Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss the 2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalists, the 2020 Kitschies Winners, their SF/F summer reading recommendations, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News World Fantasy Awards Finalists 2020 Kitschies Winners Kindred Adaptation News Books Discussed Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:30:00 -0000 An SF/F Summer Reading List full 109 Book Riot Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss the 2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalists, the 2020 Kitschies Winners, their SF/F summer reading recommendations, and more. Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss the 2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalists, the 2020 Kitschies Winners, their SF/F summer reading recommendations, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News World Fantasy Awards Finalists 2020 Kitschies Winners Kindred Adaptation News Books Discussed Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss the 2021 World Fantasy Awards Finalists, the 2020 Kitschies Winners, their SF/F summer reading recommendations, and more.

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World Fantasy Awards Finalists

2020 Kitschies Winners

Kindred Adaptation News

Books Discussed

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno Garcia

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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]]> 3491 no 108.5: Backlist To The Future, 1920s-Style https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/108-5-backlist-to-the-future-1920s-style This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy set in the 1920s (ish). Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Iron Cast by Destiny Soria MEM by Bethany C. Morrow Books Mentioned The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 108.5: Backlist To The Future, 1920s-Style full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy set in the 1920s (ish). This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy set in the 1920s (ish). Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Iron Cast by Destiny Soria MEM by Bethany C. Morrow Books Mentioned The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy set in the 1920s (ish).

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Books Discussed

Iron Cast by Destiny Soria

MEM by Bethany C. Morrow

Books Mentioned

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Amberlough Dossier by Lara Elena Donnelly

The Kingston Cycle by CL Polk

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]]> 719 no Our Favorite SF/F Of 2021 So Far https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-favorite-sf-f-of-2021-so-far Sharifah and Jenn discuss some Hugo Awards committee follow-up, Locus Award Winners, a new Lord of the Rings audiobook, their favorites of the year so far, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Comics Bookstore Sues Neighboring Hotel, Includes Comic Book Version of Factual Allegations in Amended Complaint [Miami Herald] Hugo / DisconIII Follow-up [File 770] Ursula K. Le Guin Stamp! [File 770] Andy Serkis Is Recording The Lord of the Rings Audiobooks [Tor.com] 2021 Locus Award Winners [Tor.com] Books Discussed Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia) Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders Finna by Nino Cipri See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0000 Our Favorite SF/F Of 2021 So Far full 108 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some Hugo Awards committee follow-up, Locus Award Winners, a new Lord of the Rings audiobook, their favorites of the year so far, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some Hugo Awards committee follow-up, Locus Award Winners, a new Lord of the Rings audiobook, their favorites of the year so far, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Comics Bookstore Sues Neighboring Hotel, Includes Comic Book Version of Factual Allegations in Amended Complaint [Miami Herald] Hugo / DisconIII Follow-up [File 770] Ursula K. Le Guin Stamp! [File 770] Andy Serkis Is Recording The Lord of the Rings Audiobooks [Tor.com] 2021 Locus Award Winners [Tor.com] Books Discussed Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia) Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders Finna by Nino Cipri See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some Hugo Awards committee follow-up, Locus Award Winners, a new Lord of the Rings audiobook, their favorites of the year so far, and more.

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News

Comics Bookstore Sues Neighboring Hotel, Includes Comic Book Version of Factual Allegations in Amended Complaint [Miami Herald]

Hugo / DisconIII Follow-up [File 770]

Ursula K. Le Guin Stamp! [File 770]

Andy Serkis Is Recording The Lord of the Rings Audiobooks [Tor.com]

2021 Locus Award Winners [Tor.com]

Books Discussed

Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia)

Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

Finna by Nino Cipri

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]]> 2973 no 107.5: Backlist To The Future, With Camping https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/107-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-camping This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F books that are ideal for camping. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Bees by Laline Paull See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jul 2021 10:00:00 -0000 107.5: Backlist To The Future, With Camping full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F books that are ideal for camping. This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F books that are ideal for camping. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Bees by Laline Paull See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F books that are ideal for camping.

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Books Discussed

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Bees by Laline Paull

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]]> 913 no LGBTQ+ SFF https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/lgbtq-sff Sharifah and Jenn celebrate the Kitchies shortlist, try to figure out what’s going on with the Hugos and DisCon III, celebrate some new LGBTQ+ SFF, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Kitchies Awards Shortlist! [Locus] NPR’s Summer SFF Reader Poll! What is going on with DisCon III and the Hugos?File 770 reportingSome possible clarity from Reddit?Update 06/29/21: The chair has also resigned (?!) [Locus] Interview With A Vampire TV Show update [io9] Books & Other Notes Our Queerest Shelves Newsletter 2021 Upcoming Queer Fantasy Novels [Book Riot] Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (cw: transphobia, sexual harassment) A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents) Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Finna by Nino Cipri See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 LGBTQ+ SFF full 107 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn celebrate the Kitchies shortlist, try to figure out what’s going on with the Hugos and DisCon III, celebrate some new LGBTQ+ SFF, and more. Sharifah and Jenn celebrate the Kitchies shortlist, try to figure out what’s going on with the Hugos and DisCon III, celebrate some new LGBTQ+ SFF, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Kitchies Awards Shortlist! [Locus] NPR’s Summer SFF Reader Poll! What is going on with DisCon III and the Hugos?File 770 reportingSome possible clarity from Reddit?Update 06/29/21: The chair has also resigned (?!) [Locus] Interview With A Vampire TV Show update [io9] Books & Other Notes Our Queerest Shelves Newsletter 2021 Upcoming Queer Fantasy Novels [Book Riot] Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (cw: transphobia, sexual harassment) A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents) Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Finna by Nino Cipri See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn celebrate the Kitchies shortlist, try to figure out what’s going on with the Hugos and DisCon III, celebrate some new LGBTQ+ SFF, and more.

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News

Kitchies Awards Shortlist! [Locus]

NPR’s Summer SFF Reader Poll!

What is going on with DisCon III and the Hugos?
File 770 reporting
Some possible clarity from Reddit?
Update 06/29/21: The chair has also resigned (?!) [Locus]

Interview With A Vampire TV Show update [io9]

Books & Other Notes

Our Queerest Shelves Newsletter

2021 Upcoming Queer Fantasy Novels [Book Riot]

Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho (cw: transphobia, sexual harassment)

A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents)

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Finna by Nino Cipri

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]]> 3015 no 106.5: Backlist To The Future, With Favorites From the Last Five(ish) Years https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-favorites-from-the-las This week, Jenn discusses two SF/F favorites from the last five(ish) years that she thinks deserve a bump. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (cw: violent homophobia) Lightless by C.A. Higgins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 106.5: Backlist To The Future, With Favorites From the Last Five(ish) Years full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two SF/F favorites from the last five(ish) years that she thinks deserve a bump. This week, Jenn discusses two SF/F favorites from the last five(ish) years that she thinks deserve a bump. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (cw: violent homophobia) Lightless by C.A. Higgins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two SF/F favorites from the last five(ish) years that she thinks deserve a bump.

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Books Discussed

A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (cw: violent homophobia)

Lightless by C.A. Higgins

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]]> 567 no Book Vs. Movie: Howl's Moving Castle https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/book-vs-movie-howls-moving-castle Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Award winners for 2021, some Cowboy Bebop and Broken Earth adaptation news, compare Howl’s Moving Castle the book and the movie, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News NK Jemisin is adapting Broken Earth [Tor.com] 2021 Nebula Winners A problematic Sweet Tooth advert [io9] Live action Cowboy Bebop follow-up! [Tor.com] Discussion Notes Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones New York Magazine review (movie) The Spool retrospective (movie) Miyazaki’s anti-war message in Howl’s Moving Castle [Hornet] ASMR Cottagecore: Rain, fire, and music and Howl’s bedroom See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Book Vs. Movie: Howl's Moving Castle full 106 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Award winners for 2021, some Cowboy Bebop and Broken Earth adaptation news, compare Howl’s Moving Castle the book and the movie, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Award winners for 2021, some Cowboy Bebop and Broken Earth adaptation news, compare Howl’s Moving Castle the book and the movie, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News NK Jemisin is adapting Broken Earth [Tor.com] 2021 Nebula Winners A problematic Sweet Tooth advert [io9] Live action Cowboy Bebop follow-up! [Tor.com] Discussion Notes Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones New York Magazine review (movie) The Spool retrospective (movie) Miyazaki’s anti-war message in Howl’s Moving Castle [Hornet] ASMR Cottagecore: Rain, fire, and music and Howl’s bedroom See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Award winners for 2021, some Cowboy Bebop and Broken Earth adaptation news, compare Howl’s Moving Castle the book and the movie, and more.

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News

NK Jemisin is adapting Broken Earth [Tor.com]

2021 Nebula Winners

A problematic Sweet Tooth advert [io9]

Live action Cowboy Bebop follow-up! [Tor.com]

Discussion Notes

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

New York Magazine review (movie)

The Spool retrospective (movie)

Miyazaki’s anti-war message in Howl’s Moving Castle [Hornet]

ASMR Cottagecore: Rain, fire, and music and Howl’s bedroom

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]]> 3221 no 105.5: Backlist To The Future, With Monsters https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-monsters This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite SF/F with monsters. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Changeling by Victor LaValle (tw: ableism, child murder, child abuse, racism) Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 105.5: Backlist To The Future, With Monsters full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite SF/F with monsters. This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite SF/F with monsters. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Changeling by Victor LaValle (tw: ableism, child murder, child abuse, racism) Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite SF/F with monsters.

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Books Discussed

The Changeling by Victor LaValle (tw: ableism, child murder, child abuse, racism)

Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

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]]> 645 no Muppet Arms About SF/F Art https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/muppet-arms-about-sf-f-art Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including Marvel’s Eternals and new Sandman casting, the Nommo Awards longlist, and get really into SF/F fan and cover art. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News A big list of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards on Book Riot The Nommo Awards longlist has been announced Danai Gurira Might Be Back as Okoye for Disney+ Series Marvel’s Eternals trailer drops Netflix’s Sandman Has Cast Death and a Whole Lot More of the Dreaming Fan And Cover Art Maki on Tumblr (this Gideon and Harrow art!!!) CB Messer‘s covers for The Seafarer’s Kiss and The Navigator’s Touch by Julia Ember Simini Blocker’s Wayfarers’ art of Sissix and Rosemary Paul Lewin, “How Long Til Black Future Month” print Children of Blood and Bone Fan Page on Instagram (@_shonneri, @yingjue.chen) Josh Kirby original Discworld book covers (Terry Pratchett) Abigail Larson Station Eleven character art by @snejkha  Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (out June 29, 2021), art by Taj Francis Joshua Mays See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Muppet Arms About SF/F Art full 105 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including Marvel’s Eternals and new Sandman casting, the Nommo Awards longlist, and get really into SF/F fan and cover art. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including Marvel’s Eternals and new Sandman casting, the Nommo Awards longlist, and get really into SF/F fan and cover art. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News A big list of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards on Book Riot The Nommo Awards longlist has been announced Danai Gurira Might Be Back as Okoye for Disney+ Series Marvel’s Eternals trailer drops Netflix’s Sandman Has Cast Death and a Whole Lot More of the Dreaming Fan And Cover Art Maki on Tumblr (this Gideon and Harrow art!!!) CB Messer‘s covers for The Seafarer’s Kiss and The Navigator’s Touch by Julia Ember Simini Blocker’s Wayfarers’ art of Sissix and Rosemary Paul Lewin, “How Long Til Black Future Month” print Children of Blood and Bone Fan Page on Instagram (@_shonneri, @yingjue.chen) Josh Kirby original Discworld book covers (Terry Pratchett) Abigail Larson Station Eleven character art by @snejkha  Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (out June 29, 2021), art by Taj Francis Joshua Mays See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including Marvel’s Eternals and new Sandman casting, the Nommo Awards longlist, and get really into SF/F fan and cover art.

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News

A big list of Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards on Book Riot

The Nommo Awards longlist has been announced

Danai Gurira Might Be Back as Okoye for Disney+ Series

Marvel’s Eternals trailer drops

Netflix’s Sandman Has Cast Death and a Whole Lot More of the Dreaming

Fan And Cover Art

Maki on Tumblr (this Gideon and Harrow art!!!)

CB Messer‘s covers for The Seafarer’s Kiss and The Navigator’s Touch by Julia Ember

Simini Blocker’s Wayfarers’ art of Sissix and Rosemary

Paul Lewin, “How Long Til Black Future Month” print

Children of Blood and Bone Fan Page on Instagram (@_shonneri, @yingjue.chen)

Josh Kirby original Discworld book covers (Terry Pratchett)

Abigail Larson

Station Eleven character art by @snejkha

 Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta (out June 29, 2021), art by Taj Francis

Joshua Mays

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]]> 3375 no 104.5: Backlist To The Future, With Action-Packed SFF https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/104-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-action-packed-sf This week, Jenn discusses some favorite action-packed sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Nocturna by Maya Motayne (cw: abusive guardian, graphic violence) A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 104.5: Backlist To The Future, With Action-Packed SFF full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses some favorite action-packed sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Jenn discusses some favorite action-packed sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Nocturna by Maya Motayne (cw: abusive guardian, graphic violence) A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses some favorite action-packed sci-fi and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

Nocturna by Maya Motayne (cw: abusive guardian, graphic violence)

A Pale Light in the Black by KB Wagers (cw: emotionally abusive parents)

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]]> 627 no Let's Talk Anime https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/lets-talk-anime Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Locus Award finalists, a new Dragon Ball movie, that Green Knight trailer, and do a group-watch of two anime. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Regina King To Direct ‘Bitter Root’ Adaptation Of Image Comics Series For Legendary Queen Latifah and Jim Henson Co working on Conductors adaptations! 2021 Locus Award finalists New “Green Knight” trailer New “Dragon Ball” movie Anime Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms Cowboy Bebop: The Series (1998) John Cho to star in Cowboy Bebop remake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Let's Talk Anime full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Locus Award finalists, a new Dragon Ball movie, that Green Knight trailer, and do a group-watch of two anime. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Locus Award finalists, a new Dragon Ball movie, that Green Knight trailer, and do a group-watch of two anime. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Regina King To Direct ‘Bitter Root’ Adaptation Of Image Comics Series For Legendary Queen Latifah and Jim Henson Co working on Conductors adaptations! 2021 Locus Award finalists New “Green Knight” trailer New “Dragon Ball” movie Anime Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms Cowboy Bebop: The Series (1998) John Cho to star in Cowboy Bebop remake See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Locus Award finalists, a new Dragon Ball movie, that Green Knight trailer, and do a group-watch of two anime.

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News

Regina King To Direct ‘Bitter Root’ Adaptation Of Image Comics Series For Legendary

Queen Latifah and Jim Henson Co working on Conductors adaptations!

2021 Locus Award finalists

New “Green Knight” trailer

New “Dragon Ball” movie

Anime

Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms

Cowboy Bebop: The Series (1998)

John Cho to star in Cowboy Bebop remake

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]]> 3161 no 103.5: Backlist To The Future With Dream Adaptations https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-dream-adaptations This week, Sharifah discusses dream adaptations in light of Shadow and Bone! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (tw: alcoholism, suicide) The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 103.5: Backlist To The Future With Dream Adaptations full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses dream adaptations in light of Shadow and Bone! This week, Sharifah discusses dream adaptations in light of Shadow and Bone! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (tw: alcoholism, suicide) The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses dream adaptations in light of Shadow and Bone!

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Books Discussed

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (tw: alcoholism, suicide)

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

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]]> 793 no One-Sitting Reads https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/one-sitting-reads Sharifah and Jenn discuss #DisneyMustPay, the Ignyte Award shortlist, some one-sitting SF/F reads, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Ignyte Award shortlist! And anyone can vote. Exploring Fanfic TikTok A truly disappointing update re #DisneyMustPay Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special … in 2022 Books Discussed The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #4) (note re: accidental, nonfatal harm to a child) A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P Djèlí Clark (tw: mention of suicide) Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 May 2021 10:00:00 -0000 One-Sitting Reads full 103 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss #DisneyMustPay, the Ignyte Award shortlist, some one-sitting SF/F reads, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss #DisneyMustPay, the Ignyte Award shortlist, some one-sitting SF/F reads, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Ignyte Award shortlist! And anyone can vote. Exploring Fanfic TikTok A truly disappointing update re #DisneyMustPay Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special … in 2022 Books Discussed The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #4) (note re: accidental, nonfatal harm to a child) A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P Djèlí Clark (tw: mention of suicide) Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss #DisneyMustPay, the Ignyte Award shortlist, some one-sitting SF/F reads, and more.

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News

Ignyte Award shortlist! And anyone can vote.

Exploring Fanfic TikTok

A truly disappointing update re #DisneyMustPay

Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special … in 2022

Books Discussed

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert

The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #4) (note re: accidental, nonfatal harm to a child)

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P Djèlí Clark (tw: mention of suicide)

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

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]]> 3119 no 102.5: Backlist To The Future, Grab-Bag Style https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-grab-bag-style This week, Jenn discusses two sci-fi/fantasy titles that don’t necessarily have a theme, she just really likes them! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers (The Galaxy, and The Ground Within #4) Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle #1) by Adam Silvera (Infinity Reaper #2) Epic Reads Virtual Fantasy Meet-Up See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 102.5: Backlist To The Future, Grab-Bag Style full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two sci-fi/fantasy titles that don’t necessarily have a theme, she just really likes them! This week, Jenn discusses two sci-fi/fantasy titles that don’t necessarily have a theme, she just really likes them! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers (The Galaxy, and The Ground Within #4) Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle #1) by Adam Silvera (Infinity Reaper #2) Epic Reads Virtual Fantasy Meet-Up See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two sci-fi/fantasy titles that don’t necessarily have a theme, she just really likes them!

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Books

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers (The Galaxy, and The Ground Within #4)

Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle #1) by Adam Silvera (Infinity Reaper #2)

Epic Reads Virtual Fantasy Meet-Up

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]]> 785 no Spring 2021 Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/spring-2021-favorites Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Hugo Finalists, a Dark Crystal ballet, adaptation news, their favorite SF/F from this Spring, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News 2021 Hugo Award Finalists announced [Book Riot] Follow-Up: Here’s a great piece on Redwall [Book Riot] Dark Crystal will be a ballet [Gizmodo] The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin optioned for TV series [Deadline] Kindred adaptation in works at FX [Hollywood Reporter] Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’ [NASA] Books Soulstar by CL Polk Machinehood by SB Divya Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Spring 2021 Favorites full 102 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Hugo Finalists, a Dark Crystal ballet, adaptation news, their favorite SF/F from this Spring, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Hugo Finalists, a Dark Crystal ballet, adaptation news, their favorite SF/F from this Spring, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News 2021 Hugo Award Finalists announced [Book Riot] Follow-Up: Here’s a great piece on Redwall [Book Riot] Dark Crystal will be a ballet [Gizmodo] The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin optioned for TV series [Deadline] Kindred adaptation in works at FX [Hollywood Reporter] Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’ [NASA] Books Soulstar by CL Polk Machinehood by SB Divya Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the 2021 Hugo Finalists, a Dark Crystal ballet, adaptation news, their favorite SF/F from this Spring, and more.

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News

2021 Hugo Award Finalists announced [Book Riot]

Follow-Up: Here’s a great piece on Redwall [Book Riot]

Dark Crystal will be a ballet [Gizmodo]

The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin optioned for TV series [Deadline]

Kindred adaptation in works at FX [Hollywood Reporter]

Welcome to ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’ [NASA]

Books

Soulstar by CL Polk

Machinehood by SB Divya

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck

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]]> 3271 no 101.5: Backlist To The Future, Nightmare-Style https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/101-5-backlist-to-the-future-nightmare-style This week, Sharifah discusses the stuff of nightmares. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 101.5: Backlist To The Future, Nightmare-Style full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses the stuff of nightmares. This week, Sharifah discusses the stuff of nightmares. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses the stuff of nightmares.

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Books

The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg

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]]> 755 no The SFF Mixtape https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-sff-mixtape Sharifah and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss King Arthur retellings, the Game of Thrones Broadway musical, pairing sci-fi and fantasy with music, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Every King Arthur Retelling Is Fanfic About Who Gets to Be Legendary [Tor.com] I wore Arwen’s bridge dress to prom thanks to a united Lord of the Rings fandom [Polygon] Game of Thrones Broadway Musical? [Joblo] Shatner will live on as an AI program [AV Club] Books And Music Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (“Me cago en diez!)” Song(s)/Album: 1977 by Anna Tijoux / La Torre by Gabriel Rios /Quimbara by Celia Cruz / Ring the Alarm by Queen B / Bitch Better Have My Money by Rihanna Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Song(s)/Album: Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat by Del Water Gap/ Te Ve by Piso 21 or anything by Bad Bunny / Ojos de Sol by Y La Bamba / Seven Devils by Florence + the Machine  Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Song(s)/Album: A Warm Place by NIN / Apocalipstic by Cherry Glazerr / Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul & Mary / Miracles by Shonen Knife / This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Song(s)/Album: Malice Mizer (the live 25th anniversary Deep Sanctuary VI concert) / Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga / Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu / Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Apr 2021 10:00:00 -0000 The SFF Mixtape full 101 Book Riot Sharifah and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss King Arthur retellings, the Game of Thrones Broadway musical, pairing sci-fi and fantasy with music, and more. Sharifah and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss King Arthur retellings, the Game of Thrones Broadway musical, pairing sci-fi and fantasy with music, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Every King Arthur Retelling Is Fanfic About Who Gets to Be Legendary [Tor.com] I wore Arwen’s bridge dress to prom thanks to a united Lord of the Rings fandom [Polygon] Game of Thrones Broadway Musical? [Joblo] Shatner will live on as an AI program [AV Club] Books And Music Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (“Me cago en diez!)” Song(s)/Album: 1977 by Anna Tijoux / La Torre by Gabriel Rios /Quimbara by Celia Cruz / Ring the Alarm by Queen B / Bitch Better Have My Money by Rihanna Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Song(s)/Album: Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat by Del Water Gap/ Te Ve by Piso 21 or anything by Bad Bunny / Ojos de Sol by Y La Bamba / Seven Devils by Florence + the Machine  Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Song(s)/Album: A Warm Place by NIN / Apocalipstic by Cherry Glazerr / Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul & Mary / Miracles by Shonen Knife / This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo Song(s)/Album: Malice Mizer (the live 25th anniversary Deep Sanctuary VI concert) / Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga / Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu / Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss King Arthur retellings, the Game of Thrones Broadway musical, pairing sci-fi and fantasy with music, and more.

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News

Every King Arthur Retelling Is Fanfic About Who Gets to Be Legendary [Tor.com]

I wore Arwen’s bridge dress to prom thanks to a united Lord of the Rings fandom [Polygon]

Game of Thrones Broadway Musical? [Joblo]

Shatner will live on as an AI program [AV Club]

Books And Music

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (“Me cago en diez!)”

Song(s)/Album: 1977 by Anna Tijoux / La Torre by Gabriel Rios /Quimbara by Celia Cruz / Ring the Alarm by Queen B / Bitch Better Have My Money by Rihanna

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Song(s)/Album: Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat by Del Water Gap/ Te Ve by Piso 21 or anything by Bad Bunny / Ojos de Sol by Y La Bamba / Seven Devils by Florence + the Machine 

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Song(s)/Album: A Warm Place by NIN / Apocalipstic by Cherry Glazerr / Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul & Mary / Miracles by Shonen Knife / This Corrosion by The Sisters of Mercy

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Song(s)/Album: Malice Mizer (the live 25th anniversary Deep Sanctuary VI concert) / Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga / Next Lifetime by Erykah Badu / Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp

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]]> 3903 no 100.5: Backlist To The Future, With Series Spin-Offs https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-series-spin-offs This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi/fantasy series spin-offs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews (Aurelia Ryder #1, follows Kate Daniels #10) Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1, follows Psy-Changeling #15) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 100.5: Backlist To The Future, With Series Spin-Offs full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi/fantasy series spin-offs. This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi/fantasy series spin-offs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews (Aurelia Ryder #1, follows Kate Daniels #10) Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1, follows Psy-Changeling #15) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi/fantasy series spin-offs.

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Books Discussed

Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews (Aurelia Ryder #1, follows Kate Daniels #10)

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1, follows Psy-Changeling #15)

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]]> 1061 no Heroes & Villains https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/heroes-villains In their 100th episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss some favorite heroes and villains from sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Murderbot from Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Prunella from Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho June from In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Jam and Pet from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Melisande from Phedre’s Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey The Fridge from The Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Enemy in The City We Became by NK Jemisin Ama from “Through the Flash” in Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya Lillith from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 Heroes & Villains full 100 Book Riot In their 100th episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss some favorite heroes and villains from sci-fi and fantasy. In their 100th episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss some favorite heroes and villains from sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Murderbot from Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Prunella from Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho June from In the Quick by Kate Hope Day Jam and Pet from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Melisande from Phedre’s Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey The Fridge from The Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Enemy in The City We Became by NK Jemisin Ama from “Through the Flash” in Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya Lillith from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In their 100th episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss some favorite heroes and villains from sci-fi and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

Murderbot from Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Prunella from Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

June from In the Quick by Kate Hope Day

Jam and Pet from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Melisande from Phedre’s Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey

The Fridge from The Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Enemy in The City We Became by NK Jemisin

Ama from “Through the Flash” in Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya

Lillith from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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]]> 3179 no 99.5: Backlist To The Future, With Speculative Migration https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/99-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-speculative-migra This week, humanity takes to the stars as Sharifah discusses speculative migration. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0000 99.5: Backlist To The Future, With Speculative Migration full Book Riot This week, humanity takes to the stars as Sharifah discusses speculative migration. This week, humanity takes to the stars as Sharifah discusses speculative migration. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, humanity takes to the stars as Sharifah discusses speculative migration.

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Books Discussed

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

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]]> 825 no Novelettes https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/novelettes Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Shadow and Bone teaser trailer, CJ Cherryh, recent adaptation news, and sci-fi/fantasy novelettes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Shadow and Bone Teaser Trailer CJ Cherryh wins 2021 Heinlein Award [Locus] Watchmen writer Stacey Osei-Koffour to write Blade remake [Black Girl Nerds] Idris & Sabrina Elba developing Afrofuturist series for Crunchyroll [The Slanted] Redwall Adaptation Happening [AV Club] Books Discussed Locus Reading List “If You Take My Meaning“, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 2/11/20) “The Transition of Osoosi“, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20) “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll  “Omphalos” by Ted Chiang (Exhalation) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Novelettes full 99 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Shadow and Bone teaser trailer, CJ Cherryh, recent adaptation news, and sci-fi/fantasy novelettes. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Shadow and Bone teaser trailer, CJ Cherryh, recent adaptation news, and sci-fi/fantasy novelettes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Shadow and Bone Teaser Trailer CJ Cherryh wins 2021 Heinlein Award [Locus] Watchmen writer Stacey Osei-Koffour to write Blade remake [Black Girl Nerds] Idris & Sabrina Elba developing Afrofuturist series for Crunchyroll [The Slanted] Redwall Adaptation Happening [AV Club] Books Discussed Locus Reading List “If You Take My Meaning“, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 2/11/20) “The Transition of Osoosi“, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20) “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll  “Omphalos” by Ted Chiang (Exhalation) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Shadow and Bone teaser trailer, CJ Cherryh, recent adaptation news, and sci-fi/fantasy novelettes.

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News

Shadow and Bone Teaser Trailer

CJ Cherryh wins 2021 Heinlein Award [Locus]

Watchmen writer Stacey Osei-Koffour to write Blade remake [Black Girl Nerds]

Idris & Sabrina Elba developing Afrofuturist series for Crunchyroll [The Slanted]

Redwall Adaptation Happening [AV Club]

Books Discussed

Locus Reading List

“If You Take My Meaning“, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 2/11/20)

“The Transition of Osoosi“, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20)

“For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll 

“Omphalos” by Ted Chiang (Exhalation)

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]]> 3111 no 98.5: Backlist To The Future With Shared World Stories https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/98-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-shared-world-stor This week, Jenn discusses shared world stories in sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Vela Season 1 (Serial Box) by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon Riverside / Tremontaine Two Dark Moons (The Sãoni Cycle / The Shale) by Avi Silver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0000 98.5: Backlist To The Future With Shared World Stories full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses shared world stories in sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Jenn discusses shared world stories in sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Vela Season 1 (Serial Box) by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon Riverside / Tremontaine Two Dark Moons (The Sãoni Cycle / The Shale) by Avi Silver See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses shared world stories in sci-fi and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

The Vela Season 1 (Serial Box) by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon

Riverside / Tremontaine

Two Dark Moons (The Sãoni Cycle / The Shale) by Avi Silver

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]]> 777 no Dream Adaptations and Dream Casts https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/dream-adaptations-and-dream-casts Sharifah and Jenn discuss Pokemon fashion, adaptations for Sulwe and We Hunt The Flame, their dream adaptations and ‘casts, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Locus 2020 Recommended Reading List Daniel José Older brings first YA books to Rick Riordan Presents Pokemon Denim Tuxedo From Levi’s STXtv options We Hunt the Flame Netflix adapts Sulwe Books Discussed The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Haunting of Tram Car 015) The Good House by Tananarive Due (TW: suicide, pedophilia) Further Reading: Black Horror Rising by Tananarive Due: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/black-horror-rising/  Jenn’s LOTR recast is no longer online but here’s a PDF, just for y’all See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Dream Adaptations and Dream Casts full 98 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Pokemon fashion, adaptations for Sulwe and We Hunt The Flame, their dream adaptations and ‘casts, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Pokemon fashion, adaptations for Sulwe and We Hunt The Flame, their dream adaptations and ‘casts, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Locus 2020 Recommended Reading List Daniel José Older brings first YA books to Rick Riordan Presents Pokemon Denim Tuxedo From Levi’s STXtv options We Hunt the Flame Netflix adapts Sulwe Books Discussed The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Haunting of Tram Car 015) The Good House by Tananarive Due (TW: suicide, pedophilia) Further Reading: Black Horror Rising by Tananarive Due: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/black-horror-rising/  Jenn’s LOTR recast is no longer online but here’s a PDF, just for y’all See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Pokemon fashion, adaptations for Sulwe and We Hunt The Flame, their dream adaptations and ‘casts, and more.

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News

Locus 2020 Recommended Reading List

Daniel José Older brings first YA books to Rick Riordan Presents

Pokemon Denim Tuxedo From Levi’s

STXtv options We Hunt the Flame

Netflix adapts Sulwe

Books Discussed

The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Haunting of Tram Car 015)

The Good House by Tananarive Due (TW: suicide, pedophilia)

Further Reading: Black Horror Rising by Tananarive Due: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/black-horror-rising/ 

Jenn’s LOTR recast is no longer online but here’s a PDF, just for y’all

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]]> 3367 no 97.5: Backlist To The Future With Favorite Black Characters https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/97-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-favorite-black-ch This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Helen Lee from Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Shuri from the Shuri comics by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 97.5: Backlist To The Future With Favorite Black Characters full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Helen Lee from Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Shuri from the Shuri comics by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

Helen Lee from Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Shuri from the Shuri comics by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero

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]]> 579 no Climate Fiction, Climatepunk, Never Cli-Fi https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/climate-fiction-climate-punk-never-cli-fi Sharifah and Jenn discuss speculative fiction about climate change, a.k.a. climate fiction, a bunch of adaptation news, an update from George R.R. Martin, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Disney+ Wakanda show updates [Gizmodo] Event celebrating Octavia Butler on Feb 24 (and our newsletters!) GRRM gives a Winds of Winter update Update on Willow director [Tor.com] Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ Cast Revealed [Hollywood Reporter] Books & More A Beginner’s Guide to Climate Fiction Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (cw: child abuse, harm to animals, abduction & imprisonment) Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (cw: harm to everyone, rape, animal death, fires, just everything) Glass & Gardens, edited by Sarena Ulibarri The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (TW: child abuse/death, pedophilia, and sexual assault) The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin (TW: child abuse/death) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Climate Fiction, Climatepunk, Never Cli-Fi full 97 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss speculative fiction about climate change, a.k.a. climate fiction, a bunch of adaptation news, an update from George R.R. Martin, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss speculative fiction about climate change, a.k.a. climate fiction, a bunch of adaptation news, an update from George R.R. Martin, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News Disney+ Wakanda show updates [Gizmodo] Event celebrating Octavia Butler on Feb 24 (and our newsletters!) GRRM gives a Winds of Winter update Update on Willow director [Tor.com] Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ Cast Revealed [Hollywood Reporter] Books & More A Beginner’s Guide to Climate Fiction Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (cw: child abuse, harm to animals, abduction & imprisonment) Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (cw: harm to everyone, rape, animal death, fires, just everything) Glass & Gardens, edited by Sarena Ulibarri The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (TW: child abuse/death, pedophilia, and sexual assault) The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin (TW: child abuse/death) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss speculative fiction about climate change, a.k.a. climate fiction, a bunch of adaptation news, an update from George R.R. Martin, and more.

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News

Disney+ Wakanda show updates [Gizmodo]

Event celebrating Octavia Butler on Feb 24 (and our newsletters!)

GRRM gives a Winds of Winter update

Update on Willow director [Tor.com]

Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ Cast Revealed [Hollywood Reporter]

Books & More

A Beginner’s Guide to Climate Fiction

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (cw: child abuse, harm to animals, abduction & imprisonment)

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (cw: harm to everyone, rape, animal death, fires, just everything)

Glass & Gardens, edited by Sarena Ulibarri

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (TW: child abuse/death, pedophilia, and sexual assault)

The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin (TW: child abuse/death)

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]]> 3159 no 96.5: Backlist To The Future, With Darkly Compelling Books https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/96-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-darkly-compelling This week, Jenn discusses darkly compelling sci-fi and fantasy (and horror). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:00:00 -0000 96.5: Backlist To The Future, With Darkly Compelling Books full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses darkly compelling sci-fi and fantasy (and horror). This week, Jenn discusses darkly compelling sci-fi and fantasy (and horror). Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses darkly compelling sci-fi and fantasy (and horror).

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Books Discussed

Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

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]]> 757 no Most Anticipated Series of 2021 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/most-anticipated-series-of-2021 Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson’s SFWA Grand Master award, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News New details and speculation about the Amazon LOTR series [Tor.com] Climate disaster fiction as comforting [BBC Culture] EXTREMELY FRANK interview with Terry Brooks about finishing Shannara [SYFY Wire] Nalo Hopkinson named SFWA Grand Master [Locus] and interview [CBC] Books Discussed Soulstar by CL Polk (Feb 16, Book 3 in The Kingston Cycle) The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (June 8, Book 1)  The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (April 20, Wayfarers Book 4) Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden (Feb 23, Exodus Book 2) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (April 27, Murderbot Book 6) The Conductors by Nicole Glover (March 2, Murder and Magic, Book 1) The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Feb 9, Deathless, Book 1) Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (Jan 19, The Mechanists, Book 1) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (May 11, Fatma el-Sha’arawi Book 3) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Most Anticipated Series of 2021 full 96 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson’s SFWA Grand Master award, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson’s SFWA Grand Master award, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. News New details and speculation about the Amazon LOTR series [Tor.com] Climate disaster fiction as comforting [BBC Culture] EXTREMELY FRANK interview with Terry Brooks about finishing Shannara [SYFY Wire] Nalo Hopkinson named SFWA Grand Master [Locus] and interview [CBC] Books Discussed Soulstar by CL Polk (Feb 16, Book 3 in The Kingston Cycle) The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (June 8, Book 1)  The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (April 20, Wayfarers Book 4) Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden (Feb 23, Exodus Book 2) Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (April 27, Murderbot Book 6) The Conductors by Nicole Glover (March 2, Murder and Magic, Book 1) The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Feb 9, Deathless, Book 1) Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (Jan 19, The Mechanists, Book 1) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (May 11, Fatma el-Sha’arawi Book 3) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson’s SFWA Grand Master award, and more.

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News

New details and speculation about the Amazon LOTR series [Tor.com]

Climate disaster fiction as comforting [BBC Culture]

EXTREMELY FRANK interview with Terry Brooks about finishing Shannara [SYFY Wire]

Nalo Hopkinson named SFWA Grand Master [Locus] and interview [CBC]

Books Discussed

Soulstar by CL Polk (Feb 16, Book 3 in The Kingston Cycle)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (June 8, Book 1) 

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (April 20, Wayfarers Book 4)

Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden (Feb 23, Exodus Book 2)

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (April 27, Murderbot Book 6)

The Conductors by Nicole Glover (March 2, Murder and Magic, Book 1)

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Feb 9, Deathless, Book 1)

Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (Jan 19, The Mechanists, Book 1)

A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (May 11, Fatma el-Sha’arawi Book 3)

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]]> 3177 no 95.5: Backlist To The Future, With Games https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/95-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-games This week, Sharifah discusses games in sci-fi and fantasy! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 95.5: Backlist To The Future, With Games full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses games in sci-fi and fantasy! This week, Sharifah discusses games in sci-fi and fantasy! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission. Books Discussed The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses games in sci-fi and fantasy!

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Books Discussed

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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]]> 693 no Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/most-anticipated-stand-alones-of-2021 Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy of 2021, along with the True Blood reboot news, issues with H.G. Wells’ new commemorative coin, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News True Blood Reboot 5-book deal for Tamsyn Muir Error on HG Wells coin discovered by fans Werewolf arrested in Pakistan on New Year’s Eve Books Discussed Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (February 9) (Read her story “How To Swallow The Moon“)  A River Called Time by Courttia Newland (April 6) Blue Mar by Francesca G. Varela (March 16) We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (January 26) Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (March 23) In the Quick by Kate Hope Day (March 2) Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (January 19) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021 full 95 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy of 2021, along with the True Blood reboot news, issues with H.G. Wells’ new commemorative coin, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy of 2021, along with the True Blood reboot news, issues with H.G. Wells’ new commemorative coin, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News True Blood Reboot 5-book deal for Tamsyn Muir Error on HG Wells coin discovered by fans Werewolf arrested in Pakistan on New Year’s Eve Books Discussed Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (February 9) (Read her story “How To Swallow The Moon“)  A River Called Time by Courttia Newland (April 6) Blue Mar by Francesca G. Varela (March 16) We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (January 26) Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (March 23) In the Quick by Kate Hope Day (March 2) Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (January 19) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy of 2021, along with the True Blood reboot news, issues with H.G. Wells’ new commemorative coin, and more.

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News

True Blood Reboot

5-book deal for Tamsyn Muir

Error on HG Wells coin discovered by fans

Werewolf arrested in Pakistan on New Year’s Eve

Books Discussed

Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap (February 9) (Read her story “How To Swallow The Moon“) 

A River Called Time by Courttia Newland (April 6)

Blue Mar by Francesca G. Varela (March 16)

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen (January 26)

Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (March 23)

In the Quick by Kate Hope Day (March 2)

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (January 19)

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]]> 3057 no 94.5: Backlist To The Future, "Finally Getting To These" Part 2 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/94-5-backlist-to-the-future-finally-getting-to-t-1 This week, Jenn discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Exhalation by Ted Chiang Archivist Wasp & Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:00:00 -0000 94.5: Backlist To The Future, "Finally Getting To These" Part 2 full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. This week, Jenn discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Exhalation by Ted Chiang Archivist Wasp & Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads.

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Books Discussed

Exhalation by Ted Chiang

Archivist Wasp & Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace

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]]> 563 no 94.5: Backlist To The Future, "Finally Getting To These" Part 1 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/94-5-backlist-to-the-future-finally-getting-to-the This week, Sharifah discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Mama Day by Gloria Naylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 94.5: Backlist To The Future, "Finally Getting To These" Part 1 full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. This week, Sharifah discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Mama Day by Gloria Naylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses her “I’ve-been-wanting-to-read-these-forever” holiday break reads.

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Books Discussed

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

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]]> 707 no The Best SF/F of 2020 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-best-sf-f-of-2020 Sharifah and Jenn discuss some exciting adaptation news, a campaign to buy Tolkien’s house, and their picks for the best sci-fi and fantasy of 2020. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News The Poppy War series being developed for TV [Deadline] Ring Shout being developed for TV [Variety] Campaign to buy Tolkien’s house: Project Northmoor [Locus] Lord of the Rings casting update [Black Girl Nerds] Octavia Butler’s life mapped out [LA Times] Books Discussed Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Burning God (Poppy War #3) by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, reference to rape & assault) Burning Roses by SL Huang (tw: animal death, child abuse) Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect #2) by Valerie Valdes The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia (tw: racism, attempted rape, incest, suicide (mentioned), miscarriage and stillbirths, cannibalism, and death of a child) The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (tw: sexual assault (mentioned), pedophilia (mentioned), death during childbirth, racism, sexism, animal death) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (tw: sexual assault, attempted suicide, racism, police brutality, suicide (mentioned)) Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir (tw: self mutilation) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:50:57 -0000 The Best SF/F of 2020 full 94 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss some exciting adaptation news, a campaign to buy Tolkien’s house, and their picks for the best sci-fi and fantasy of 2020. Sharifah and Jenn discuss some exciting adaptation news, a campaign to buy Tolkien’s house, and their picks for the best sci-fi and fantasy of 2020. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News The Poppy War series being developed for TV [Deadline] Ring Shout being developed for TV [Variety] Campaign to buy Tolkien’s house: Project Northmoor [Locus] Lord of the Rings casting update [Black Girl Nerds] Octavia Butler’s life mapped out [LA Times] Books Discussed Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Burning God (Poppy War #3) by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, reference to rape & assault) Burning Roses by SL Huang (tw: animal death, child abuse) Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect #2) by Valerie Valdes The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia (tw: racism, attempted rape, incest, suicide (mentioned), miscarriage and stillbirths, cannibalism, and death of a child) The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (tw: sexual assault (mentioned), pedophilia (mentioned), death during childbirth, racism, sexism, animal death) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (tw: sexual assault, attempted suicide, racism, police brutality, suicide (mentioned)) Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir (tw: self mutilation) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss some exciting adaptation news, a campaign to buy Tolkien’s house, and their picks for the best sci-fi and fantasy of 2020.

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News

The Poppy War series being developed for TV [Deadline]

Ring Shout being developed for TV [Variety]

Campaign to buy Tolkien’s house: Project Northmoor [Locus]

Lord of the Rings casting update [Black Girl Nerds]

Octavia Butler’s life mapped out [LA Times]

Books Discussed

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Burning God (Poppy War #3) by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, reference to rape & assault)

Burning Roses by SL Huang (tw: animal death, child abuse)

Prime Deceptions (Chilling Effect #2) by Valerie Valdes

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia (tw: racism, attempted rape, incest, suicide (mentioned), miscarriage and stillbirths, cannibalism, and death of a child)

The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (tw: sexual assault (mentioned), pedophilia (mentioned), death during childbirth, racism, sexism, animal death)

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (tw: sexual assault, attempted suicide, racism, police brutality, suicide (mentioned))

Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb #2) by Tamsyn Muir (tw: self mutilation)

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]]> 3563 no 93.5: Backlist To The Future With Mech Two Ways https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-mech-two-ways This week, Jenn discusses two books that utilize machines in two very different ways! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyzawa Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 93.5: Backlist To The Future With Mech Two Ways full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two books that utilize machines in two very different ways! This week, Jenn discusses two books that utilize machines in two very different ways! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyzawa Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two books that utilize machines in two very different ways!

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Books Discussed

Mech Cadet Yu, Vol. 1 by Greg Pak and Takeshi Miyzawa

Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell

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]]> 517 no Holiday Movies, Two Ways https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/holiday-movies-two-ways Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the end of Shannara and SYFY Fangrrls, some award news, the latest Disney debacle, and then dive into a cheerfully haunted holiday rom-com and a darkly comedic holiday horror flick. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Goodbye SYFY Fangrrls, we will miss you! (Hire them!) Disney Must Pay (its authors) New Hugo category: video games! Charles Yu wins National Book Award The Shannara series is officially ended Films The Holiday Calendar Rare Exports See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Holiday Movies, Two Ways full 93 Book Riot Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the end of Shannara and SYFY Fangrrls, some award news, the latest Disney debacle, and then dive into a cheerfully haunted holiday rom-com and a darkly comedic holiday horror flick. Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the end of Shannara and SYFY Fangrrls, some award news, the latest Disney debacle, and then dive into a cheerfully haunted holiday rom-com and a darkly comedic holiday horror flick. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Goodbye SYFY Fangrrls, we will miss you! (Hire them!) Disney Must Pay (its authors) New Hugo category: video games! Charles Yu wins National Book Award The Shannara series is officially ended Films The Holiday Calendar Rare Exports See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the end of Shannara and SYFY Fangrrls, some award news, the latest Disney debacle, and then dive into a cheerfully haunted holiday rom-com and a darkly comedic holiday horror flick.

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Goodbye SYFY Fangrrls, we will miss you! (Hire them!)

Disney Must Pay (its authors)

New Hugo category: video games!

Charles Yu wins National Book Award

The Shannara series is officially ended

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The Holiday Calendar

Rare Exports

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]]> 3501 no 92.5: Backlist To The Future, The Secrets Edition https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/92-5-backlist-to-the-future-the-secrets-edition This week, Sharifah discusses favorite science fiction and fantasy that revolve around secrets. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Mirage by Somaiya Daud See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 92.5: Backlist To The Future, The Secrets Edition full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses favorite science fiction and fantasy that revolve around secrets. This week, Sharifah discusses favorite science fiction and fantasy that revolve around secrets. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Mirage by Somaiya Daud See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses favorite science fiction and fantasy that revolve around secrets.

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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Mirage by Somaiya Daud

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]]> 737 no Our Picks for Holiday Gifting! https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-picks-for-holiday-gifting Sharifah and Jenn answer some listener book questions and recommend their sci-fi and fantasy picks for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books and Kalipso by Marie Blanchet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Questions 1. Hi! I have the stereotypical hard to buy for husband. He’s a big epic Sci-fi/fantasy fan. He loves the Expanse series, Game of Thrones, Peter F. Hamilton, Jeff Vandermeer, and Neal Stephenson. He’s also likes NK Jemison’s series and Octavia Butler. Any ideas for some new author or series? Thanks so much! -Melanie 2. I would love some great winter fantasy books to curl up with over this holiday season. Living in Florida I don’t really experience a winter unless I travel, which is obviously not happening this year, so I get all of my snow feels from books. I loved Katherine Arden’s series and I already have Sisters of the Winter Wood on my TBR. I lean towards fantasy, but if you have a great sci-fi rec then that would be awesome too! Thanks so much, y’all are amazing! -Liza 3. Hi,This year for Christmas, my sister and I are buying each other books so she’s writing in to When in Romance to request a recommendation and I’m writing into y’all. I’m looking for something in the vein of Orphan Black, Ex Machina, Dollhouse and the Villains duology by V.E. Schwab. The best way I can think of to describe is: amoral people doing kind of terrible things in the name of science that brings up questions of humanity (but isn’t that just all sci-fi?) Anyway, I’ll put a link to my goodreads at the bottom but it’s kind of a mess so here’s a quick(ish) rundown:I think the only ones already on my radar are Gemsigns and Jurassic Park (even though it’s dinosaurs and not humans, I’m gonna give it a go.)Books I’ve read that seem like they would fit here include:-Never Let Me Go – tbh I probably would have liked this better if it had followed the people that ran the school instead of the kids.-Island of Dr. Moreau – obvious OB connection and it’s been years but I remember loving it.-Frankenstein and Brave New World – putting these together because both of them just weren’t what I was expecting, if that makes sense.-Mila 2.0 – again it’s been years and I remember it being fine but it was the same situation as Never Let Me Go. -Crystal Books Recommended The Poppy War trilogy by RF Kuang (trigger warnings: basically all of them, it’s really brutal) The Green Bone saga by Fonda Lee (Trigger warnings: mentions of sexual assault, suicide and self-harm) Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: self-harm, disordered eating, hazing) Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: child abuse) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (tw: harm to children, graphic violence) Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (tw: transphobia) Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: reference to suicide) The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language) Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Our Picks for Holiday Gifting! full 92 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn answer some listener book questions and recommend their sci-fi and fantasy picks for holiday gift-giving this year. Sharifah and Jenn answer some listener book questions and recommend their sci-fi and fantasy picks for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books and Kalipso by Marie Blanchet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Questions 1. Hi! I have the stereotypical hard to buy for husband. He’s a big epic Sci-fi/fantasy fan. He loves the Expanse series, Game of Thrones, Peter F. Hamilton, Jeff Vandermeer, and Neal Stephenson. He’s also likes NK Jemison’s series and Octavia Butler. Any ideas for some new author or series? Thanks so much! -Melanie 2. I would love some great winter fantasy books to curl up with over this holiday season. Living in Florida I don’t really experience a winter unless I travel, which is obviously not happening this year, so I get all of my snow feels from books. I loved Katherine Arden’s series and I already have Sisters of the Winter Wood on my TBR. I lean towards fantasy, but if you have a great sci-fi rec then that would be awesome too! Thanks so much, y’all are amazing! -Liza 3. Hi,This year for Christmas, my sister and I are buying each other books so she’s writing in to When in Romance to request a recommendation and I’m writing into y’all. I’m looking for something in the vein of Orphan Black, Ex Machina, Dollhouse and the Villains duology by V.E. Schwab. The best way I can think of to describe is: amoral people doing kind of terrible things in the name of science that brings up questions of humanity (but isn’t that just all sci-fi?) Anyway, I’ll put a link to my goodreads at the bottom but it’s kind of a mess so here’s a quick(ish) rundown:I think the only ones already on my radar are Gemsigns and Jurassic Park (even though it’s dinosaurs and not humans, I’m gonna give it a go.)Books I’ve read that seem like they would fit here include:-Never Let Me Go – tbh I probably would have liked this better if it had followed the people that ran the school instead of the kids.-Island of Dr. Moreau – obvious OB connection and it’s been years but I remember loving it.-Frankenstein and Brave New World – putting these together because both of them just weren’t what I was expecting, if that makes sense.-Mila 2.0 – again it’s been years and I remember it being fine but it was the same situation as Never Let Me Go. -Crystal Books Recommended The Poppy War trilogy by RF Kuang (trigger warnings: basically all of them, it’s really brutal) The Green Bone saga by Fonda Lee (Trigger warnings: mentions of sexual assault, suicide and self-harm) Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: self-harm, disordered eating, hazing) Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: child abuse) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (tw: harm to children, graphic violence) Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (tw: transphobia) Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: reference to suicide) The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language) Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn answer some listener book questions and recommend their sci-fi and fantasy picks for holiday gift-giving this year.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books and Kalipso by Marie Blanchet.

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1. Hi!

I have the stereotypical hard to buy for husband. He’s a big epic Sci-fi/fantasy fan. He loves the Expanse series, Game of Thrones, Peter F. Hamilton, Jeff Vandermeer, and Neal Stephenson. He’s also likes NK Jemison’s series and Octavia Butler. Any ideas for some new author or series? Thanks so much!

-Melanie

2. I would love some great winter fantasy books to curl up with over this holiday season. Living in Florida I don’t really experience a winter unless I travel, which is obviously not happening this year, so I get all of my snow feels from books. I loved Katherine Arden’s series and I already have Sisters of the Winter Wood on my TBR. I lean towards fantasy, but if you have a great sci-fi rec then that would be awesome too! Thanks so much, y’all are amazing!

-Liza

3. Hi,
This year for Christmas, my sister and I are buying each other books so she’s writing in to When in Romance to request a recommendation and I’m writing into y’all.

I’m looking for something in the vein of Orphan Black, Ex Machina, Dollhouse and the Villains duology by V.E. Schwab. The best way I can think of to describe is: amoral people doing kind of terrible things in the name of science that brings up questions of humanity (but isn’t that just all sci-fi?)

Anyway, I’ll put a link to my goodreads at the bottom but it’s kind of a mess so here’s a quick(ish) rundown:
I think the only ones already on my radar are Gemsigns and Jurassic Park (even though it’s dinosaurs and not humans, I’m gonna give it a go.)
Books I’ve read that seem like they would fit here include:
-Never Let Me Go – tbh I probably would have liked this better if it had followed the people that ran the school instead of the kids.
-Island of Dr. Moreau – obvious OB connection and it’s been years but I remember loving it.
-Frankenstein and Brave New World – putting these together because both of them just weren’t what I was expecting, if that makes sense.
-Mila 2.0 – again it’s been years and I remember it being fine but it was the same situation as Never Let Me Go.

-Crystal

Books Recommended

The Poppy War trilogy by RF Kuang (trigger warnings: basically all of them, it’s really brutal)

The Green Bone saga by Fonda Lee (Trigger warnings: mentions of sexual assault, suicide and self-harm)

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: self-harm, disordered eating, hazing)

Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: child abuse)

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (tw: harm to children, graphic violence)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (tw: transphobia)

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: reference to suicide)

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language)

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings)

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]]> 4077 no Welcome To SFF Yeah! https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/welcome-to-sff-yeah SFF Yeah! is a biweekly fantasy and science fiction podcast dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Join longtime geek-nerd (nerd-geek?) hosts Jenn Northington and Sharifah Williams on Wednesdays as they dive into books, media, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:41:49 -0000 Welcome To SFF Yeah! trailer Book Riot SFF Yeah! is a biweekly fantasy and science fiction podcast dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Join longtime geek-nerd (nerd-geek?) hosts Jenn Northington and Sharifah Williams on Wednesdays as they dive into books, media, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. SFF Yeah! is a biweekly fantasy and science fiction podcast dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Join longtime geek-nerd (nerd-geek?) hosts Jenn Northington and Sharifah Williams on Wednesdays as they dive into books, media, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices SFF Yeah! is a biweekly fantasy and science fiction podcast dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy. Join longtime geek-nerd (nerd-geek?) hosts Jenn Northington and Sharifah Williams on Wednesdays as they dive into books, media, and more.

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]]> 147 no 91.5: Backlist To The Future, Where Things Are Not As They Seem https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/91-5-backlist-to-the-future-where-things-are-not-a This week, Jenn discusses genre books in which things are not as they seem … or are they? This episode is sponsored by Fallen Queen (Mariposa Book 1) by Y. R. Shin, with POPPYPUB and KPIPA. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0000 91.5: Backlist To The Future, Where Things Are Not As They Seem full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses genre books in which things are not as they seem … or are they? This week, Jenn discusses genre books in which things are not as they seem … or are they? This episode is sponsored by Fallen Queen (Mariposa Book 1) by Y. R. Shin, with POPPYPUB and KPIPA. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses genre books in which things are not as they seem … or are they?

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Books Discussed

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

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]]> 539 no Under The Radar https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/under-the-radar Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte Awards, Spaceman of Bohemia casting, under the radar sci-fi and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press, and Space Throne by Brian Corley. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News 2020 Nerdy Joy [Tor.com] Adam Sandler to star in Spaceman of Bohemia [Tor.com, Deadline] Tour the Twilight House [BookRiot.com] Ignyte Award winners announced! [Tor.com] Books Discussed Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely (note: queer tragedy) Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses (all the trigger warnings!) The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:39:56 -0000 Under The Radar full 91 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte Awards, Spaceman of Bohemia casting, under the radar sci-fi and fantasy, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte Awards, Spaceman of Bohemia casting, under the radar sci-fi and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press, and Space Throne by Brian Corley. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News 2020 Nerdy Joy [Tor.com] Adam Sandler to star in Spaceman of Bohemia [Tor.com, Deadline] Tour the Twilight House [BookRiot.com] Ignyte Award winners announced! [Tor.com] Books Discussed Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely (note: queer tragedy) Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses (all the trigger warnings!) The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte Awards, Spaceman of Bohemia casting, under the radar sci-fi and fantasy, and more.

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News

2020 Nerdy Joy [Tor.com]

Adam Sandler to star in Spaceman of Bohemia [Tor.com, Deadline]

Tour the Twilight House [BookRiot.com]

Ignyte Award winners announced! [Tor.com]

Books Discussed

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely (note: queer tragedy)

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses (all the trigger warnings!)

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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]]> 2919 no 90.5: Backlist To The Future With Existential Crises https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-existential-crises This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy featuring existential crises! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:23:00 -0000 90.5: Backlist To The Future With Existential Crises full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy featuring existential crises! This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy featuring existential crises! This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy featuring existential crises!

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Books Discussed

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

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]]> 727 no Mythology (And A Little Folklore) https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/mythology-and-a-little-folklore Sharifah and Jenn discuss TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, adaptation news, the Star Wars LEGO Special, and some favorite sf/f featuring mythology. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads, and Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News TIME chooses 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time [TIME] Star Wars LEGO Holiday Special [io9] Marsai Martin to adapt Savvy by Ingrid Law [Deadline] Emma Roberts is producing author V.E. Schwab’s teen vampire series [EW] Books Discussed The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams  A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams (tw: rape on the page) The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Serpentine by Cindy Pon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Mythology (And A Little Folklore) full 90 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, adaptation news, the Star Wars LEGO Special, and some favorite sf/f featuring mythology. Sharifah and Jenn discuss TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, adaptation news, the Star Wars LEGO Special, and some favorite sf/f featuring mythology. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads, and Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News TIME chooses 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time [TIME] Star Wars LEGO Holiday Special [io9] Marsai Martin to adapt Savvy by Ingrid Law [Deadline] Emma Roberts is producing author V.E. Schwab’s teen vampire series [EW] Books Discussed The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams  A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams (tw: rape on the page) The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Serpentine by Cindy Pon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, adaptation news, the Star Wars LEGO Special, and some favorite sf/f featuring mythology.

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News

TIME chooses 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time [TIME]

Star Wars LEGO Holiday Special [io9]

Marsai Martin to adapt Savvy by Ingrid Law [Deadline]

Emma Roberts is producing author V.E. Schwab’s teen vampire series [EW]

Books Discussed

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams 

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams (tw: rape on the page)

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Serpentine by Cindy Pon

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]]> 2987 no 89.5: Backlist To The Future, While Packing https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-while-packing This week, Jenn discusses books she rediscovered while packing. This episode is sponsored by Scholastic. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter The City of Folding Faces by Jayinee Basu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 89.5: Backlist To The Future, While Packing full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses books she rediscovered while packing. This week, Jenn discusses books she rediscovered while packing. This episode is sponsored by Scholastic. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter The City of Folding Faces by Jayinee Basu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses books she rediscovered while packing.

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Books Discussed

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The City of Folding Faces by Jayinee Basu

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]]> 831 no Our Fall Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-fall-favorites Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead, the audiobook edition of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, and Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News First look at Underground Railroad adaptation [Slashfilm] “The Stand” Air Date Set [Tor.com] Specialized polymers bring us one step closer to cyborgs [Inverse] Afrofantasy MMO / RPG: The Wagadu Chronicles [Kickstarter] Books Discussed Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (content warnings: body horror, medical trauma, PTSD, panic attacks) – “If Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend” [Tor.com] Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro (content warnings: abusive parent, graphic violence) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: physical abuse) A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Our Fall Favorites full 89 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead, the audiobook edition of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, and Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News First look at Underground Railroad adaptation [Slashfilm] “The Stand” Air Date Set [Tor.com] Specialized polymers bring us one step closer to cyborgs [Inverse] Afrofantasy MMO / RPG: The Wagadu Chronicles [Kickstarter] Books Discussed Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (content warnings: body horror, medical trauma, PTSD, panic attacks) – “If Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend” [Tor.com] Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro (content warnings: abusive parent, graphic violence) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: physical abuse) A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead, the audiobook edition of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, and Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more.

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News

First look at Underground Railroad adaptation [Slashfilm]

“The Stand” Air Date Set [Tor.com]

Specialized polymers bring us one step closer to cyborgs [Inverse]

Afrofantasy MMO / RPG: The Wagadu Chronicles [Kickstarter]

Books Discussed

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (content warnings: body horror, medical trauma, PTSD, panic attacks) – “If Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend” [Tor.com]

Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro (content warnings: abusive parent, graphic violence)

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: physical abuse)

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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]]> 2801 no 88.5: Backlist To The Future Goes Back To School https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/88-5-backlist-to-the-future-goes-back-to-school This week, Sharifah takes SFF back to school! This episode is sponsored by Ship of Fates, available now from Lanternfish Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 88.5: Backlist To The Future Goes Back To School full Book Riot This week, Sharifah takes SFF back to school! This week, Sharifah takes SFF back to school! This episode is sponsored by Ship of Fates, available now from Lanternfish Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah takes SFF back to school!

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Books Discussed

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

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]]> 646 no The Story of Arrival https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-story-of-arrival Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Dune trailer, lots of adaptation news, accessibility in D&D, and dig into “Story Of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Let’s talk about this Dune trailer! Want to go to university for fantasy? Sweet wheelchair combat miniatures for D&D Adaptation corner: Warcross, Sphere, and Felix Ever After Discussion Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Arrival See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 The Story of Arrival full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Dune trailer, lots of adaptation news, accessibility in D&D, and dig into “Story Of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Dune trailer, lots of adaptation news, accessibility in D&D, and dig into “Story Of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Let’s talk about this Dune trailer! Want to go to university for fantasy? Sweet wheelchair combat miniatures for D&D Adaptation corner: Warcross, Sphere, and Felix Ever After Discussion Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang Arrival See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Dune trailer, lots of adaptation news, accessibility in D&D, and dig into “Story Of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice.

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News

Let’s talk about this Dune trailer!

Want to go to university for fantasy?

Sweet wheelchair combat miniatures for D&D

Adaptation corner: Warcross, Sphere, and Felix Ever After

Discussion

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Arrival

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]]> 2963 no 87.5: Backlist To The Future With The Multiverse https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-the-multiverse This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy about the multiverse. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry) Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (tw: harm to children, rape, gore) The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett (tw: harm to children) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 87.5: Backlist To The Future With The Multiverse full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy about the multiverse. This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy about the multiverse. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry) Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (tw: harm to children, rape, gore) The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett (tw: harm to children) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy about the multiverse.

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Books Discussed:

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry)

Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (tw: harm to children, rape, gore)

The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett (tw: harm to children)

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]]> 800 no Toss A Coin To Your Witcher https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/toss-a-coin-to-your-witcher Jenn and guest Preeti Chhibber discuss Baby Yoda, the Wheel of Time casting, go deep into the world(s) of The Witcher, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Del Rey, publishers of Ink & Sigil. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Editor's Note Preeti and Jenn mistakenly called this Russian-inspired; The Witcher is inspired by Polish mythology. They sincerely apologize for the error! News New episodes of The Mandalorian coming in October Marvel’s Indigenous Voices comics The Wheel of Time Casting continues to be amazing What the WoT (horses!) So many Witcher prequels? The Witcher Links & Notes Disability representation in The Witcher The official Witcher show timeline The Book Riot Reading Guide to The Witcher (Books & Comics) Geralt Says “Hmmm” Two (!) Witcher ‘Making Of’ Documentaries Desi Geek Girls See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Toss A Coin To Your Witcher full 87 Book Riot Jenn and guest Preeti Chhibber discuss Baby Yoda, the Wheel of Time casting, go deep into the world(s) of The Witcher, and more. Jenn and guest Preeti Chhibber discuss Baby Yoda, the Wheel of Time casting, go deep into the world(s) of The Witcher, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Del Rey, publishers of Ink & Sigil. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Editor's Note Preeti and Jenn mistakenly called this Russian-inspired; The Witcher is inspired by Polish mythology. They sincerely apologize for the error! News New episodes of The Mandalorian coming in October Marvel’s Indigenous Voices comics The Wheel of Time Casting continues to be amazing What the WoT (horses!) So many Witcher prequels? The Witcher Links & Notes Disability representation in The Witcher The official Witcher show timeline The Book Riot Reading Guide to The Witcher (Books & Comics) Geralt Says “Hmmm” Two (!) Witcher ‘Making Of’ Documentaries Desi Geek Girls See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Preeti Chhibber discuss Baby Yoda, the Wheel of Time casting, go deep into the world(s) of The Witcher, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Del Rey, publishers of Ink & Sigil.

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Editor's Note

Preeti and Jenn mistakenly called this Russian-inspired; The Witcher is inspired by Polish mythology. They sincerely apologize for the error!

News

New episodes of The Mandalorian coming in October

Marvel’s Indigenous Voices comics

The Wheel of Time Casting continues to be amazing

What the WoT (horses!)

So many Witcher prequels?

The Witcher Links & Notes

Disability representation in The Witcher

The official Witcher show timeline

The Book Riot Reading Guide to The Witcher (Books & Comics)

Geralt Says “Hmmm”

Two (!) Witcher ‘Making Of’ Documentaries

Desi Geek Girls

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]]> 2855 no 86.5: Backlist To The Future With Weird Women https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/86-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-weird-women This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:00:00 -0000 86.5: Backlist To The Future With Weird Women full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES.

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Books Discussed

What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente

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]]> 673 no Our Highly Unscientific Guide To Fanfiction https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-highly-unscientific-guide-to-fanfiction Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte and World Fantasy Awards, women in SF history, and give you some starting points to dive into fanfiction. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Vault Comics and #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s new, original hardcover graphic novel DARK ONE, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: “Every Possible Kind of Science Fiction Story” 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists Ray Bradbury Readathon 2020 Inaugural Ignyte Awards Nominees Links & References “Homestead” by katemonkey (Finn/Poe/Rey after events of Rise of Skywalkers) Authors who have written fanfic The Rec Center email newsletter Archive of Our Own / AO3 FanFiction.net (FFN) The most popular tags on AO3 Fanfic subreddit (resources for readers and writers) Recs on Reddit Wattpad The Promise and Potential of Fan Fiction, on The New Yorker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Our Highly Unscientific Guide To Fanfiction full 86 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte and World Fantasy Awards, women in SF history, and give you some starting points to dive into fanfiction. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte and World Fantasy Awards, women in SF history, and give you some starting points to dive into fanfiction. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Vault Comics and #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s new, original hardcover graphic novel DARK ONE, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: “Every Possible Kind of Science Fiction Story” 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists Ray Bradbury Readathon 2020 Inaugural Ignyte Awards Nominees Links & References “Homestead” by katemonkey (Finn/Poe/Rey after events of Rise of Skywalkers) Authors who have written fanfic The Rec Center email newsletter Archive of Our Own / AO3 FanFiction.net (FFN) The most popular tags on AO3 Fanfic subreddit (resources for readers and writers) Recs on Reddit Wattpad The Promise and Potential of Fan Fiction, on The New Yorker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte and World Fantasy Awards, women in SF history, and give you some starting points to dive into fanfiction.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Vault Comics and #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s new, original hardcover graphic novel DARK ONE, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

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News:

“Every Possible Kind of Science Fiction Story”

2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists

Ray Bradbury Readathon

2020 Inaugural Ignyte Awards Nominees

Links & References

“Homestead” by katemonkey (Finn/Poe/Rey after events of Rise of Skywalkers)

Authors who have written fanfic

The Rec Center email newsletter

Archive of Our Own / AO3

FanFiction.net (FFN)

The most popular tags on AO3

Fanfic subreddit (resources for readers and writers)

Recs on Reddit

Wattpad

The Promise and Potential of Fan Fiction, on The New Yorker

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]]> 3133 no 85.5: Backlist To The Future, With Evil Queens https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-evil-queens This week, Jenn discusses two favorite evil queen retellings. This episode is sponsored by Amulet Books and Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Julie C. Dao’s Rise of the Empress series Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 85.5: Backlist To The Future, With Evil Queens full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two favorite evil queen retellings. This week, Jenn discusses two favorite evil queen retellings. This episode is sponsored by Amulet Books and Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Julie C. Dao’s Rise of the Empress series Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two favorite evil queen retellings.

This episode is sponsored by Amulet Books and Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko.

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Books Discussed

Julie C. Dao’s Rise of the Empress series

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

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]]> 669 no Inception Versus Paprika https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/inception-verus-paprika Sharifah and guest Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein stir up an old debate, comparing and contrasting science fiction films Inception and Paprika. This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast, Hawk by James Patterson, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. Books Discussed Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:56:00 -0000 Inception Versus Paprika full 85 Book Riot Sharifah and guest Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein stir up an old debate, comparing and contrasting science fiction films Inception and Paprika. Sharifah and guest Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein stir up an old debate, comparing and contrasting science fiction films Inception and Paprika. This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast, Hawk by James Patterson, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. Books Discussed Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein stir up an old debate, comparing and contrasting science fiction films Inception and Paprika.

This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast, Hawk by James Patterson, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud.

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Books Discussed

Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui

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]]> 3020 no 84.5: Backlist To The Future With Wishful Thinking https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/84-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-wishful-thinking This week, Sharifah discusses series she wishes she could read. This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:00:00 -0000 84.5: Backlist To The Future With Wishful Thinking full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses series she wishes she could read. This week, Sharifah discusses series she wishes she could read. This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses series she wishes she could read.

This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust.

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Books Discussed

The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu

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]]> 589 no The Worst Witch in Dreamland, Or Favorite Series https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-worst-witch-in-dreamland-or-favorite-series Sharifah and Jenn discuss lucid dreaming, The Old Guard, Shirley Jackson Award winners, series they wish they could read again for the first time, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, the audiobook edition of Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis and Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Interview with Gina Prince-Bythewood about The Old Guard New lucid dreaming study (and Waking Life) Paper Girls is being adapted by Amazon Shirley Jackson Award Winners Books Discussed The Dreamblood duology by NK Jemisin Turbulence & Resistance by Samit Basu The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor Abhorsen / Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:05:18 -0000 The Worst Witch in Dreamland, Or Favorite Series full 84 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss lucid dreaming, The Old Guard, Shirley Jackson Award winners, series they wish they could read again for the first time, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss lucid dreaming, The Old Guard, Shirley Jackson Award winners, series they wish they could read again for the first time, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, the audiobook edition of Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis and Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Interview with Gina Prince-Bythewood about The Old Guard New lucid dreaming study (and Waking Life) Paper Girls is being adapted by Amazon Shirley Jackson Award Winners Books Discussed The Dreamblood duology by NK Jemisin Turbulence & Resistance by Samit Basu The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor Abhorsen / Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss lucid dreaming, The Old Guard, Shirley Jackson Award winners, series they wish they could read again for the first time, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, the audiobook edition of Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis and Tor Books.

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News

Interview with Gina Prince-Bythewood about The Old Guard

New lucid dreaming study (and Waking Life)

Paper Girls is being adapted by Amazon

Shirley Jackson Award Winners

Books Discussed

The Dreamblood duology by NK Jemisin

Turbulence & Resistance by Samit Basu

The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor

Abhorsen / Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix

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]]> 2827 no 83.5: Backlist to the Future: Humans v. The Supernatural https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/83-5-backlist-to-the-future-humans-v-the-supernatu This week, Jenn discusses humans up against the supernatural. This episode is sponsored by Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri (Books of Ambha #2) The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 83.5: Backlist to the Future: Humans v. The Supernatural full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses humans up against the supernatural. This week, Jenn discusses humans up against the supernatural. This episode is sponsored by Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri (Books of Ambha #2) The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses humans up against the supernatural.

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Books Discussed

Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri (Books of Ambha #2)

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: self-harm)

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]]> 813 no Our Spring 2020 Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-spring-2020-favorites Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Locus Award Winners, some exciting reprints, their favorite titles from the Spring of 2020, and more! This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News 2020 Locus Award Winners Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s backlist is being reprinted The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cancelled “New” Lyra novella from Philip Pullman Books Discussed Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: suicide) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: discussion of past child abuse) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (TW: Sexual Assault, mention of rape) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Our Spring 2020 Favorites full 83 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Locus Award Winners, some exciting reprints, their favorite titles from the Spring of 2020, and more! Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Locus Award Winners, some exciting reprints, their favorite titles from the Spring of 2020, and more! This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News 2020 Locus Award Winners Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s backlist is being reprinted The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cancelled “New” Lyra novella from Philip Pullman Books Discussed Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: suicide) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: discussion of past child abuse) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (TW: Sexual Assault, mention of rape) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Locus Award Winners, some exciting reprints, their favorite titles from the Spring of 2020, and more!

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press.

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News

2020 Locus Award Winners

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s backlist is being reprinted

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cancelled

“New” Lyra novella from Philip Pullman

Books Discussed

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: suicide)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: discussion of past child abuse)

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (TW: Sexual Assault, mention of rape)

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]]> 3011 no 82.5: Backlist To The Future with Beach Reads https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-beach-reads This week, Sharifah discusses two SF/F beach reads! This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Mirage by Somaiya Daud. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Hike by Drew Magary Mem by Bethany C. Morrow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 82.5: Backlist To The Future with Beach Reads full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses two SF/F beach reads! This week, Sharifah discusses two SF/F beach reads! This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Mirage by Somaiya Daud. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Hike by Drew Magary Mem by Bethany C. Morrow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses two SF/F beach reads!

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Books Discussed

The Hike by Drew Magary

Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

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]]> 584 no Most Anticipated Series of 2020 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sffyeah-episode82-final Sharifah and Jenn discuss a new podcast about Octavia Butler, some adaptation news, their most anticipated series books, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Disney Splash Mountain Redo (History of the ride) Six new Wheel Of Time cast members revealed A.I. Robot Cast in Lead Role of $70M Sci-Fi Film New podcast about Octavia Butler: Octavia’s Parables Books Discussed Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn (July 7 2020, Penguin) King of the Rising by Kacen Callender (Dec 1 2020, Orbit) (tw: slavery and all its abuses) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (August 4 2020, Tor) The Burning God by RF Kuang (November 17 2020, Harper) Ambergris by Jeff Vandermeer (December 1 2020, MCD) A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book #1, September 29 2020, Del Rey) The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter (Book #2, November 10 2020, Orbit) Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes (Book #2, September 8 2020, Harper Voyager) Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May (Book #1, August 4 2020, DAW) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Most Anticipated Series of 2020 full 82 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a new podcast about Octavia Butler, some adaptation news, their most anticipated series books, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a new podcast about Octavia Butler, some adaptation news, their most anticipated series books, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Disney Splash Mountain Redo (History of the ride) Six new Wheel Of Time cast members revealed A.I. Robot Cast in Lead Role of $70M Sci-Fi Film New podcast about Octavia Butler: Octavia’s Parables Books Discussed Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn (July 7 2020, Penguin) King of the Rising by Kacen Callender (Dec 1 2020, Orbit) (tw: slavery and all its abuses) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (August 4 2020, Tor) The Burning God by RF Kuang (November 17 2020, Harper) Ambergris by Jeff Vandermeer (December 1 2020, MCD) A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book #1, September 29 2020, Del Rey) The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter (Book #2, November 10 2020, Orbit) Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes (Book #2, September 8 2020, Harper Voyager) Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May (Book #1, August 4 2020, DAW) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a new podcast about Octavia Butler, some adaptation news, their most anticipated series books, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press.

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News

Disney Splash Mountain Redo (History of the ride)

Six new Wheel Of Time cast members revealed

A.I. Robot Cast in Lead Role of $70M Sci-Fi Film

New podcast about Octavia Butler: Octavia’s Parables

Books Discussed

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn (July 7 2020, Penguin)

King of the Rising by Kacen Callender (Dec 1 2020, Orbit) (tw: slavery and all its abuses)

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (August 4 2020, Tor)

The Burning God by RF Kuang (November 17 2020, Harper)

Ambergris by Jeff Vandermeer (December 1 2020, MCD)

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book #1, September 29 2020, Del Rey)

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter (Book #2, November 10 2020, Orbit)

Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes (Book #2, September 8 2020, Harper Voyager)

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May (Book #1, August 4 2020, DAW)

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]]> 3371 no 81.5: Backlist To The Future With A Sense of Wonder https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/81-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-a-sense-of-wonder This week, Jenn discusses two books that evoke a sense of wonder. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: Dragons in a Bag by Zeta Elliott The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (tw: child abuse, sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:00:00 -0000 81.5: Backlist To The Future With A Sense of Wonder full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two books that evoke a sense of wonder. This week, Jenn discusses two books that evoke a sense of wonder. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: Dragons in a Bag by Zeta Elliott The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (tw: child abuse, sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two books that evoke a sense of wonder.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting!

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Books Discussed:

Dragons in a Bag by Zeta Elliott

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (tw: child abuse, sexual assault)

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]]> 631 no More Anticipated Books of 2020 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/more-anticipated-books-of-2020 Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, Pride month, anti-racist SF/F, and more highly anticipated books coming out in 2020. This episode is sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit, The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Links: Correction: Thank you to Fantasy Faction! Nebula Award Winners Sarah Pinsker adaptation in the works 150 Queer SFF Books Daniel Radcliffe + The Trevor Project Incredible and important essay by Tochi Onyebuchi (TW: police brutality, violence) Books: Trouble The Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (July 21 2020) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (October 13 2020) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (August 4 2020) Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez (December 8 2020) Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston (September 8 2020) Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (October 13 2020) On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort (October 27 2020) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (October 6 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:00:00 -0000 More Anticipated Books of 2020 full 81 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, Pride month, anti-racist SF/F, and more highly anticipated books coming out in 2020. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, Pride month, anti-racist SF/F, and more highly anticipated books coming out in 2020. This episode is sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit, The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Links: Correction: Thank you to Fantasy Faction! Nebula Award Winners Sarah Pinsker adaptation in the works 150 Queer SFF Books Daniel Radcliffe + The Trevor Project Incredible and important essay by Tochi Onyebuchi (TW: police brutality, violence) Books: Trouble The Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (July 21 2020) Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (October 13 2020) The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (August 4 2020) Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez (December 8 2020) Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston (September 8 2020) Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (October 13 2020) On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort (October 27 2020) The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (October 6 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, Pride month, anti-racist SF/F, and more highly anticipated books coming out in 2020.

This episode is sponsored by Hey YA, Book Riot’s own podcast about all things young adult lit, The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press, and Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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Links:

Correction: Thank you to Fantasy Faction!

Nebula Award Winners

Sarah Pinsker adaptation in the works

150 Queer SFF Books

Daniel Radcliffe + The Trevor Project

Incredible and important essay by Tochi Onyebuchi (TW: police brutality, violence)

Books:

Trouble The Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (July 21 2020)

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (October 13 2020)

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (August 4 2020)

Crosshairs by Catherine Hernandez (December 8 2020)

Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston (September 8 2020)

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (October 13 2020)

On the Origin of Species and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim, translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort (October 27 2020)

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (October 6 2020)

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]]> 2585 no 80.5: Backlist To The Future, With Black Female Authors https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/80-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-black-female-auth Sharifah recommends two great Black female authors of science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: Octavia Butler: Bloodchild and Other Stories Tananarive Due: Ghost Summer: Stories Due Interview mentioned: https://locusmag.com/2018/04/tananarive-due-sense-of-mission/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:00:00 -0000 80.5: Backlist To The Future, With Black Female Authors full Book Riot Sharifah recommends two great Black female authors of science fiction and fantasy. Sharifah recommends two great Black female authors of science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: Octavia Butler: Bloodchild and Other Stories Tananarive Due: Ghost Summer: Stories Due Interview mentioned: https://locusmag.com/2018/04/tananarive-due-sense-of-mission/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah recommends two great Black female authors of science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Book Riot’s service for Tailored Book Recommendations, now available as a gift!

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Books Discussed:

Octavia Butler: Bloodchild and Other Stories

Tananarive Due: Ghost Summer: Stories

Due Interview mentioned: https://locusmag.com/2018/04/tananarive-due-sense-of-mission/

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]]> 786 no The Anime & Manga Show https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-anime-manga-show Sharifah and Jenn discuss online read-alongs, some exciting adaptation news, and a few favorite anime and manga series. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of American Gods: The Moment of the Storm by Neil Gaiman, and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Thanks for the mention, Fantasy-Fiction.com! Taika Waititi Leads All-Star Reading of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH to Fund COVID-19 Relief Old Guard trailer on Netflix (drops July 10) Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa’s New Movie Is About a Vampire/Vampire Slayer Con Artist Duo Fifth Season Read-Along at Tor.com Edgar Wright to Adapt Tade Thompson’s The Murders Of Molly Southbourne, Plus Works From S.A. Chakraborty and Jonathan Stroud Books & Media Discussed Little Witch Academia, created by Yoh Yoshinari and Trigger; manga published by Yen Press, by creators and art by Keisuke Sato Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka Cowboy Bebop, created by Shinichirō Watanabe Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jun 2020 10:00:00 -0000 The Anime & Manga Show full 80 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss online read-alongs, some exciting adaptation news, and a few favorite anime and manga series. Sharifah and Jenn discuss online read-alongs, some exciting adaptation news, and a few favorite anime and manga series. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of American Gods: The Moment of the Storm by Neil Gaiman, and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Thanks for the mention, Fantasy-Fiction.com! Taika Waititi Leads All-Star Reading of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH to Fund COVID-19 Relief Old Guard trailer on Netflix (drops July 10) Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa’s New Movie Is About a Vampire/Vampire Slayer Con Artist Duo Fifth Season Read-Along at Tor.com Edgar Wright to Adapt Tade Thompson’s The Murders Of Molly Southbourne, Plus Works From S.A. Chakraborty and Jonathan Stroud Books & Media Discussed Little Witch Academia, created by Yoh Yoshinari and Trigger; manga published by Yen Press, by creators and art by Keisuke Sato Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka Cowboy Bebop, created by Shinichirō Watanabe Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss online read-alongs, some exciting adaptation news, and a few favorite anime and manga series.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of American Gods: The Moment of the Storm by Neil Gaiman, and Book Riot Insiders.

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News

Thanks for the mention, Fantasy-Fiction.com!

Taika Waititi Leads All-Star Reading of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH to Fund COVID-19 Relief

Old Guard trailer on Netflix (drops July 10)

Peter Dinklage and Jason Momoa’s New Movie Is About a Vampire/Vampire Slayer Con Artist Duo

Fifth Season Read-Along at Tor.com

Edgar Wright to Adapt Tade Thompson’s The Murders Of Molly Southbourne, Plus Works From S.A. Chakraborty and Jonathan Stroud

Books & Media Discussed

Little Witch Academia, created by Yoh Yoshinari and Trigger; manga published by Yen Press, by creators and art by Keisuke Sato

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Osamu Tezuka

Cowboy Bebop, created by Shinichirō Watanabe

Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi

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]]> 2857 no 79.5: Backlist To The Future with Retellings https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/79-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-retellings This week, Jenn discusses two favorite sci-fi and fantasy retellings. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed A Spark of White Fire (The Celestial Trilogy) by Sangu Mandanna The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart (The Crystal Cave #1) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 May 2020 13:12:55 -0000 79.5: Backlist To The Future with Retellings full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses two favorite sci-fi and fantasy retellings. This week, Jenn discusses two favorite sci-fi and fantasy retellings. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed A Spark of White Fire (The Celestial Trilogy) by Sangu Mandanna The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart (The Crystal Cave #1) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses two favorite sci-fi and fantasy retellings.

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Books Discussed

A Spark of White Fire (The Celestial Trilogy) by Sangu Mandanna

The Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart (The Crystal Cave #1)

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]]> 627 no The Reread Episode https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-reread-episode Sharifah and Jenn discuss Anne Rice and Rick Riordan adaptations, Middle Earth boyfriends, classic SF, and reread two favorites. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations, Amazon Publishing, and Little Bee Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Anne Rice literary catalog acquired Snowpiercer premieres this week on TNT and next week online Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever… Middle-Earth Bad Boyfriends Percy Jackson TV Series Mad Max: Furiosa prequel has already been written & is in casting Books Discussed A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 May 2020 10:00:00 -0000 The Reread Episode full 79 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Anne Rice and Rick Riordan adaptations, Middle Earth boyfriends, classic SF, and reread two favorites. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Anne Rice and Rick Riordan adaptations, Middle Earth boyfriends, classic SF, and reread two favorites. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations, Amazon Publishing, and Little Bee Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Anne Rice literary catalog acquired Snowpiercer premieres this week on TNT and next week online Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever… Middle-Earth Bad Boyfriends Percy Jackson TV Series Mad Max: Furiosa prequel has already been written & is in casting Books Discussed A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Anne Rice and Rick Riordan adaptations, Middle Earth boyfriends, classic SF, and reread two favorites.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering Tailored Book Recommendations, Amazon Publishing, and Little Bee Books.

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News

Anne Rice literary catalog acquired

Snowpiercer premieres this week on TNT and next week online

Classic SF With Absolutely No Agenda Whatsoever…

Middle-Earth Bad Boyfriends

Percy Jackson TV Series

Mad Max: Furiosa prequel has already been written & is in casting

Books Discussed

A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt

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]]> 3101 no 78.5: Backlist to the Future, The Feel-Good Edition https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/78-5-backlist-to-the-future-the-feel-good-edition This week, Sharifah discusses feel-good science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 May 2020 10:00:00 -0000 78.5: Backlist to the Future, The Feel-Good Edition full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses feel-good science fiction and fantasy. This week, Sharifah discusses feel-good science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Lit Stitch: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers, made by Book Riot and Abrams. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses feel-good science fiction and fantasy.

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Books Discussed

Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

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]]> 685 no Nonfiction About Sci-Fi and Fantasy https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/nonfiction-about-sci-fi-and-fantasy Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk, and Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas, published by Third Man Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Project Decameron (tw for abusive parents) Terry Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations Here is a cool new geek-fashion retailer: Svaha A Hunger Games Prequel Movie is happening This is just a really great piece about swords. Books Discussed Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (D&D Wildemount) Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 May 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Nonfiction About Sci-Fi and Fantasy full 78 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk, and Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas, published by Third Man Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Project Decameron (tw for abusive parents) Terry Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations Here is a cool new geek-fashion retailer: Svaha A Hunger Games Prequel Movie is happening This is just a really great piece about swords. Books Discussed Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (D&D Wildemount) Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk, and Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas, published by Third Man Books.

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News:

Project Decameron (tw for abusive parents)

Terry Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations

Here is a cool new geek-fashion retailer: Svaha

A Hunger Games Prequel Movie is happening

This is just a really great piece about swords.

Books Discussed

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (D&D Wildemount)

Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

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]]> 3059 no 75.5: Backlist To The Future, With Books Inside Of Books https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/75-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-books-inside-of-b This week, Jenn discusses books inside of books -- in this case, a fantasy book inside of a science fiction book. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000 75.5: Backlist To The Future, With Books Inside Of Books full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses books inside of books -- in this case, a fantasy book inside of a science fiction book. This week, Jenn discusses books inside of books -- in this case, a fantasy book inside of a science fiction book. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses books inside of books -- in this case, a fantasy book inside of a science fiction book.

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Books Discussed

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison

 

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]]> 645 no Our Dream, Our Nightmare: Author Collaborations https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-dream-our-nightmare-author-collaborations Sharifah and Jenn discuss several awards lists including the Hugos, Dune adaptation news, and dream up author collaborations they wish would happen. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst, and Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Akwaeke Emezi wins Otherwise Award Follow-up: Kitchies winners announced just after last recording Things we learned about the Dune movie (part 1!) (Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan) Hugo finalists announced Ken Liu anthology series greenlit ‘Dark Crystal’ Puppetry Online Tour Books Discussed Kameron Hurley (The Light Brigade) & Nicky Drayden (Escaping Exodus) TJ Klune (House on the Cerulean Sea) & CL Polk (Witchmark, Stormsong) Marie Lu (Warcross) & Sana Takeda (Monstress) Helen Oyeyemi (Gingerbread) & Victor LaValle (The Changeling) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Our Dream, Our Nightmare: Author Collaborations full 77 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss several awards lists including the Hugos, Dune adaptation news, and dream up author collaborations they wish would happen. Sharifah and Jenn discuss several awards lists including the Hugos, Dune adaptation news, and dream up author collaborations they wish would happen. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst, and Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Akwaeke Emezi wins Otherwise Award Follow-up: Kitchies winners announced just after last recording Things we learned about the Dune movie (part 1!) (Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan) Hugo finalists announced Ken Liu anthology series greenlit ‘Dark Crystal’ Puppetry Online Tour Books Discussed Kameron Hurley (The Light Brigade) & Nicky Drayden (Escaping Exodus) TJ Klune (House on the Cerulean Sea) & CL Polk (Witchmark, Stormsong) Marie Lu (Warcross) & Sana Takeda (Monstress) Helen Oyeyemi (Gingerbread) & Victor LaValle (The Changeling) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss several awards lists including the Hugos, Dune adaptation news, and dream up author collaborations they wish would happen.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Race the Sands by Sarah Beth Durst, and Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth.

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News

Akwaeke Emezi wins Otherwise Award

Follow-up: Kitchies winners announced just after last recording

Things we learned about the Dune movie (part 1!) (Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan)

Hugo finalists announced

Ken Liu anthology series greenlit

‘Dark Crystal’ Puppetry Online Tour

Books Discussed

Kameron Hurley (The Light Brigade) & Nicky Drayden (Escaping Exodus)

TJ Klune (House on the Cerulean Sea) & CL Polk (Witchmark, Stormsong)

Marie Lu (Warcross) & Sana Takeda (Monstress)

Helen Oyeyemi (Gingerbread) & Victor LaValle (The Changeling)

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]]> 2803 no 76.5: Backlist To The Future For Isolation Reading https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-for-isolation-reading This week, Sharifah gives some isolation reading recommendations. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, translated by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000 76.5: Backlist To The Future For Isolation Reading full Book Riot This week, Sharifah gives some isolation reading recommendations. This week, Sharifah gives some isolation reading recommendations. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, translated by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah gives some isolation reading recommendations.

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Books Discussed

The Wanderers by Meg Howrey

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, translated by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen

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]]> 715 no Midwife To The Rescue: The Willow Rewatch https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/midwife-to-the-rescue-the-willow-rewatch Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, the Kitchies, Harry Potter at Home, and their rewatch of the movie Willow. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Sword in the Stars, published by Jimmy Patterson Books, and The Unspoken Name by A.K. Lockwood. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Jenn’s review of “Letter to the King”, TLDR: YIKES Nebulas Award Ceremony will be online The Kitchies Finalists (Update: Winners announced!) Harry Potter at Home ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Casts Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano (note re: allegations of transphobia) Rewatch Willow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Midwife To The Rescue: The Willow Rewatch full 76 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, the Kitchies, Harry Potter at Home, and their rewatch of the movie Willow. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, the Kitchies, Harry Potter at Home, and their rewatch of the movie Willow. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Sword in the Stars, published by Jimmy Patterson Books, and The Unspoken Name by A.K. Lockwood. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Jenn’s review of “Letter to the King”, TLDR: YIKES Nebulas Award Ceremony will be online The Kitchies Finalists (Update: Winners announced!) Harry Potter at Home ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Casts Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano (note re: allegations of transphobia) Rewatch Willow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula Awards, the Kitchies, Harry Potter at Home, and their rewatch of the movie Willow.

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News

Jenn’s review of “Letter to the King”, TLDR: YIKES

Nebulas Award Ceremony will be online

The Kitchies Finalists

(Update: Winners announced!)

Harry Potter at Home

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Casts Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano (note re: allegations of transphobia)

Rewatch

Willow

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]]> 3519 no 75.5: Backlist To The Future With Graphic Novels https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/75-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-graphic-novels This week, Jenn suggests sci-fi and fantasy graphic novels to dig into. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0000 75.5: Backlist To The Future With Graphic Novels full Book Riot This week, Jenn suggests sci-fi and fantasy graphic novels to dig into. This week, Jenn suggests sci-fi and fantasy graphic novels to dig into. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn suggests sci-fi and fantasy graphic novels to dig into.

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Books Discussed

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

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]]> 569 no Our Favorite 2020 Releases So Far https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/our-favorite-2020-releases-so-far Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards news, good and bad news for TV adaptations, some of their favorite releases from 2020 so far, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, and by Harper Perennial, and The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Book Riot's COVID coverage Puestes Pa'l Futuro, a Puerto Rican SFF anthology on Kickstarter Library of America to Publish the Works of Octavia Butler SFF shows that have halted production She-ra's 5th Season Will Be The Final Season... ... and 'The Magicians' Will Also End With Season 5 on Syfy 2020's Lambda finalists include Rivers Solomon Books Discussed Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Sorry Please Thank You) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (tw: sexual harassment, racism) Spoiler Book Club! Saturday, March 28th at 7 PM via Crowdcast Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (trigger warnings: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, body horror) The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Our Favorite 2020 Releases So Far full 75 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards news, good and bad news for TV adaptations, some of their favorite releases from 2020 so far, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards news, good and bad news for TV adaptations, some of their favorite releases from 2020 so far, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, and by Harper Perennial, and The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Book Riot's COVID coverage Puestes Pa'l Futuro, a Puerto Rican SFF anthology on Kickstarter Library of America to Publish the Works of Octavia Butler SFF shows that have halted production She-ra's 5th Season Will Be The Final Season... ... and 'The Magicians' Will Also End With Season 5 on Syfy 2020's Lambda finalists include Rivers Solomon Books Discussed Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Sorry Please Thank You) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (tw: sexual harassment, racism) Spoiler Book Club! Saturday, March 28th at 7 PM via Crowdcast Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (trigger warnings: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, body horror) The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards news, good and bad news for TV adaptations, some of their favorite releases from 2020 so far, and more.

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News

Book Riot's COVID coverage

Puestes Pa'l Futuro, a Puerto Rican SFF anthology on Kickstarter

Library of America to Publish the Works of Octavia Butler

SFF shows that have halted production

She-ra's 5th Season Will Be The Final Season...

... and 'The Magicians' Will Also End With Season 5 on Syfy

2020's Lambda finalists include Rivers Solomon

Books Discussed

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (Sorry Please Thank You)

The City We Became by NK Jemisin (tw: sexual harassment, racism)

Spoiler Book Club! Saturday, March 28th at 7 PM via Crowdcast

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (trigger warnings: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, body horror)

The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

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]]> 2683 no 74.5: Backlist To The Future With Short Stories https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-with-short-stories This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy short story collections. This episode is sponsored by Two Lines Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0000 74.5: Backlist To The Future With Short Stories full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy short story collections. This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy short story collections. This episode is sponsored by Two Lines Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed: The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy short story collections.

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Books Discussed:

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

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]]> 643 no Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sffyeah-episode74-final Sharifah and Jenn discuss an Octavia Butler adaptation, Letter To The King, a goth in need, urban fantasy and science fiction, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, Bloomsbury USA, and Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Amazon picks up Adaptation of Dawn by Octavia Butler Help This Goth Become A Hot Topic Ambassador Diverse! Magical! Medieval! Teen! Squad! Has Adventures!!!! in Letter To The King New Practical Magic prequel coming Stress science and hopepunk Books Discussed Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess (tw: assault, bigotry, separation from a child, elder harm) Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings) The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0000 Urban Fantasy and Science Fiction full 74 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss an Octavia Butler adaptation, Letter To The King, a goth in need, urban fantasy and science fiction, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss an Octavia Butler adaptation, Letter To The King, a goth in need, urban fantasy and science fiction, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, Bloomsbury USA, and Tor Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Amazon picks up Adaptation of Dawn by Octavia Butler Help This Goth Become A Hot Topic Ambassador Diverse! Magical! Medieval! Teen! Squad! Has Adventures!!!! in Letter To The King New Practical Magic prequel coming Stress science and hopepunk Books Discussed Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess (tw: assault, bigotry, separation from a child, elder harm) Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings) The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss an Octavia Butler adaptation, Letter To The King, a goth in need, urban fantasy and science fiction, and more.

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News

Amazon picks up Adaptation of Dawn by Octavia Butler

Help This Goth Become A Hot Topic Ambassador

Diverse! Magical! Medieval! Teen! Squad! Has Adventures!!!! in Letter To The King

New Practical Magic prequel coming

Stress science and hopepunk

Books Discussed

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess (tw: assault, bigotry, separation from a child, elder harm)

Half-Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (all the trigger warnings)

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

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]]> 2613 no 73.5: Backlist To The Future, Franchise Style https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/73-5-backlist-to-the-future-franchise-style This week, Jenn discusses favorite books from the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books & Links The Book Riot Podcast Project Luminous The Clone Wars by Genndy Tartakovsky Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Mirror by Diane Duane Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Mar 2020 11:00:00 -0000 73.5: Backlist To The Future, Franchise Style full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses favorite books from the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. This week, Jenn discusses favorite books from the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books & Links The Book Riot Podcast Project Luminous The Clone Wars by Genndy Tartakovsky Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Mirror by Diane Duane Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses favorite books from the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises.

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Books & Links

The Book Riot Podcast

Project Luminous

The Clone Wars by Genndy Tartakovsky

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Dark Mirror by Diane Duane

Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Resistance Reborn by Rebecca Roanhorse

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]]> 659 no Latinx SFF Authors https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/latinx-sff-authors Sharifah and Jenn discuss Watchmen, awards shortlists, The Green Knight, and favorite Latinx science fiction and fantasy authors. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Mariner Books, and All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Watchmen and education around the Tulsa Race Massacre Nebula Finalists Announced Holy hell, The Green Knight trailer Ray Bradbury Prize Shortlist announced Books We Set The Dark on Fire & We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (tw: sexual assault, torture, racial violence, homophobia) Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (tw: bloodshed & violence) More Reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia Daniel José Older Gabriel García Márquez Zoraida Córdova Carmen Maria Machado Anna-Marie McLemore Malka Older Lilliam Rivera Ana Castillo Rudolfo Anaya Adam Silvera See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Latinx SFF Authors full 73 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Watchmen, awards shortlists, The Green Knight, and favorite Latinx science fiction and fantasy authors. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Watchmen, awards shortlists, The Green Knight, and favorite Latinx science fiction and fantasy authors. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Mariner Books, and All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News Watchmen and education around the Tulsa Race Massacre Nebula Finalists Announced Holy hell, The Green Knight trailer Ray Bradbury Prize Shortlist announced Books We Set The Dark on Fire & We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (tw: sexual assault, torture, racial violence, homophobia) Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (tw: bloodshed & violence) More Reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia Daniel José Older Gabriel García Márquez Zoraida Córdova Carmen Maria Machado Anna-Marie McLemore Malka Older Lilliam Rivera Ana Castillo Rudolfo Anaya Adam Silvera See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Watchmen, awards shortlists, The Green Knight, and favorite Latinx science fiction and fantasy authors.

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News

Watchmen and education around the Tulsa Race Massacre

Nebula Finalists Announced

Holy hell, The Green Knight trailer

Ray Bradbury Prize Shortlist announced

Books

We Set The Dark on Fire & We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia (tw: sexual assault, torture, racial violence, homophobia)

Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (tw: bloodshed & violence)

More Reading

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Daniel José Older

Gabriel García Márquez

Zoraida Córdova

Carmen Maria Machado

Anna-Marie McLemore

Malka Older

Lilliam Rivera

Ana Castillo

Rudolfo Anaya

Adam Silvera

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]]> 2615 no Backlist To The Future For Black History Month https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-for-black-history-month This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery. This episode is sponsored by Get Booked’s The Handsell. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Kindred by Octavia Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Backlist To The Future For Black History Month full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery. This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery. This episode is sponsored by Get Booked’s The Handsell. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Books Discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Kindred by Octavia Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery.

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Books Discussed

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Kindred by Octavia Butler

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]]> 627 no Genre-Blending SFF https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sffyeah-episode72-final Sharifah and Jenn discuss the new Doctor, CGI influencers, horror fashion, genre-blending science fiction and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Marks, Harper Perennial, and the Read Harder Challenge. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The New Doctor Who and Diversity in SFF Simulated Influencers Are Turning Identity into a Form of Currency Horror/Sci Fi Louis Vuitton Lookbook Some eye-candy: nature + sci-fi prints BOOKS DISCUSSED Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (tw: body horror, mention of rape, suicidal ideation) The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (tw: sexual assault) Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno Garcia Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Genre-Blending SFF full 72 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the new Doctor, CGI influencers, horror fashion, genre-blending science fiction and fantasy, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the new Doctor, CGI influencers, horror fashion, genre-blending science fiction and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Marks, Harper Perennial, and the Read Harder Challenge. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The New Doctor Who and Diversity in SFF Simulated Influencers Are Turning Identity into a Form of Currency Horror/Sci Fi Louis Vuitton Lookbook Some eye-candy: nature + sci-fi prints BOOKS DISCUSSED Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (tw: body horror, mention of rape, suicidal ideation) The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (tw: sexual assault) Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno Garcia Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the new Doctor, CGI influencers, horror fashion, genre-blending science fiction and fantasy, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Marks, Harper Perennial, and the Read Harder Challenge.

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NEWS

The New Doctor Who and Diversity in SFF

Simulated Influencers Are Turning Identity into a Form of Currency

Horror/Sci Fi Louis Vuitton Lookbook

Some eye-candy: nature + sci-fi prints

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (tw: body horror, mention of rape, suicidal ideation)

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd (tw: sexual assault)

Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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]]> 3063 no 71.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Mind-Bendy https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/backlist-to-the-future-gets-mind-bendy This week, Jenn discusses mind-bending science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Kentstead Media. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Gnomon by Nick Harkaway (tw: torture, abduction) The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (tw: domestic violence, child abuse, rape) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Feb 2020 11:00:00 -0000 71.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Mind-Bendy full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses mind-bending science fiction and fantasy. This week, Jenn discusses mind-bending science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Kentstead Media. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Gnomon by Nick Harkaway (tw: torture, abduction) The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (tw: domestic violence, child abuse, rape) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses mind-bending science fiction and fantasy.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Gnomon by Nick Harkaway (tw: torture, abduction)

The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (tw: domestic violence, child abuse, rape)

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]]> 625 no Speculative Poetry https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/speculative-poetry Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christopher Tolkien’s legacy, adaptation updates for The Watch and Snowpiercer, speculative poetry, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Christopher Tolkien dies at age 95 Concerns about The Watch adaptation, Parts 1 and 2 Snowpiercer TV show gets air date ‘Binti’ Adaptation From Michael Ellenberg in the Works at Hulu Ghost Bride trailer BOOKS Reference: Speculative Poetry post “3-D Printed Brother” by Millie Ho, Strange Horizons “Ọ́jí Íjè [KOLA JOURNEY]“ by Uche Ogbuji, FIYAH Issue #11 “The Dissolution of Icarus” by Michelle Muenzler, Liminality Poetry Issue #18 “Unbraided, Clean” by Terese Mason Pierre, FIYAH Issue #10 Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith (“My God, It’s Full of Stars”) “Turning the Leaves” by Amal El-Mohtar, Apex Magazine Goblin Fruit — Archives (edited by Amal El-Mohtar) “Skyscraper” by Annika Barranti Klein, Fireside Fiction See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Speculative Poetry full 71 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christopher Tolkien’s legacy, adaptation updates for The Watch and Snowpiercer, speculative poetry, and more. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christopher Tolkien’s legacy, adaptation updates for The Watch and Snowpiercer, speculative poetry, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Christopher Tolkien dies at age 95 Concerns about The Watch adaptation, Parts 1 and 2 Snowpiercer TV show gets air date ‘Binti’ Adaptation From Michael Ellenberg in the Works at Hulu Ghost Bride trailer BOOKS Reference: Speculative Poetry post “3-D Printed Brother” by Millie Ho, Strange Horizons “Ọ́jí Íjè [KOLA JOURNEY]“ by Uche Ogbuji, FIYAH Issue #11 “The Dissolution of Icarus” by Michelle Muenzler, Liminality Poetry Issue #18 “Unbraided, Clean” by Terese Mason Pierre, FIYAH Issue #10 Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith (“My God, It’s Full of Stars”) “Turning the Leaves” by Amal El-Mohtar, Apex Magazine Goblin Fruit — Archives (edited by Amal El-Mohtar) “Skyscraper” by Annika Barranti Klein, Fireside Fiction See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christopher Tolkien’s legacy, adaptation updates for The Watch and Snowpiercer, speculative poetry, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Read Harder 2020 Challenge, Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, and LMBPN Publishing.

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NEWS

Christopher Tolkien dies at age 95

Concerns about The Watch adaptation, Parts 1 and 2

Snowpiercer TV show gets air date

‘Binti’ Adaptation From Michael Ellenberg in the Works at Hulu

Ghost Bride trailer

BOOKS

Reference: Speculative Poetry post

“3-D Printed Brother” by Millie Ho, Strange Horizons

“Ọ́jí Íjè [KOLA JOURNEY]“ by Uche Ogbuji, FIYAH Issue #11

“The Dissolution of Icarus” by Michelle Muenzler, Liminality Poetry Issue #18

“Unbraided, Clean” by Terese Mason Pierre, FIYAH Issue #10

Life On Mars by Tracy K. Smith (“My God, It’s Full of Stars”)

“Turning the Leaves” by Amal El-Mohtar, Apex Magazine

Goblin Fruit — Archives (edited by Amal El-Mohtar)

“Skyscraper” by Annika Barranti Klein, Fireside Fiction

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]]> 2961 no 70.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Historical https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/70-5-backlist-to-the-future-gets-historical This week, Sharifah recommends historical science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0000 70.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Historical full Book Riot This week, Sharifah recommends historical science fiction and fantasy. This week, Sharifah recommends historical science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah recommends historical science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by Lanternfish Press.

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The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

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]]> 917 no Most Anticipated Sequels of 2020 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/most-anticipated-sequels-of-2020 Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo nominations, updates on screen adaptations, their most anticipated science fiction and fantasy sequels of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast and Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Hugo nominations are open! Snow Crash TV series updates A Willow series is happening. ‘Shadow And Bone’: Netflix Series Adds Seven To Cast BOOKS DISCUSSED Critical Point by SL Huang (Cas Russell #3) April 28, 2020 The Worst Of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (The Salvagers #3) July 28, 2020 Stormsong by CL Polk (The Kingston Cycle #2) Feb 11, 2020 (tw: PTSD, violence towards women and children) The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3) June 9, 2020 (tw: previous books had institutionalized homophobia, assualt/rape, torture, violence, war crimes) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, June 2, 2020 Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland, February 4, 2020 Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older, January 7, 2020 Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, January 7, 2020 We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, February 25, 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0000 Most Anticipated Sequels of 2020 full 70 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo nominations, updates on screen adaptations, their most anticipated science fiction and fantasy sequels of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast and Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Hugo nominations are open! Snow Crash TV series updates A Willow series is happening. ‘Shadow And Bone’: Netflix Series Adds Seven To Cast BOOKS DISCUSSED Critical Point by SL Huang (Cas Russell #3) April 28, 2020 The Worst Of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (The Salvagers #3) July 28, 2020 Stormsong by CL Polk (The Kingston Cycle #2) Feb 11, 2020 (tw: PTSD, violence towards women and children) The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3) June 9, 2020 (tw: previous books had institutionalized homophobia, assualt/rape, torture, violence, war crimes) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, June 2, 2020 Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland, February 4, 2020 Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older, January 7, 2020 Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, January 7, 2020 We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, February 25, 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo nominations, updates on screen adaptations, their most anticipated science fiction and fantasy sequels of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast and Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Hugo nominations are open! Snow Crash TV series updates A Willow series is happening. ‘Shadow And Bone’: Netflix Series Adds Seven To Cast BOOKS DISCUSSED Critical Point by SL Huang (Cas Russell #3) April 28, 2020 The Worst Of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (The Salvagers #3) July 28, 2020 Stormsong by CL Polk (The Kingston Cycle #2) Feb 11, 2020 (tw: PTSD, violence towards women and children) The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3) June 9, 2020 (tw: previous books had institutionalized homophobia, assualt/rape, torture, violence, war crimes) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, June 2, 2020 Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland, February 4, 2020 Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older, January 7, 2020 Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, January 7, 2020 We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, February 25, 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo nominations, updates on screen adaptations, their most anticipated science fiction and fantasy sequels of 2020, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast and Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Hugo nominations are open!

Snow Crash TV series updates

A Willow series is happening.

‘Shadow And Bone’: Netflix Series Adds Seven To Cast

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Critical Point by SL Huang (Cas Russell #3) April 28, 2020

The Worst Of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (The Salvagers #3) July 28, 2020

Stormsong by CL Polk (The Kingston Cycle #2) Feb 11, 2020 (tw: PTSD, violence towards women and children)

The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3) June 9, 2020 (tw: previous books had institutionalized homophobia, assualt/rape, torture, violence, war crimes)

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, June 2, 2020

Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland, February 4, 2020

Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older, January 7, 2020

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, January 7, 2020

We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, February 25, 2020

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]]> 2609 69.5: Backlist To The Future With A Side Of Romance https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/69-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-a-side-of-romance This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy stories that include a romance. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:00:00 -0000 69.5: Backlist To The Future With A Side Of Romance full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy stories that include a romance. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy stories that include a romance. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy stories that include a romance.

This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn

The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt

The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

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]]> 612 2020’S Most Anticipated https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/2020-s-most-anticipated Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula, PAX Unplugged, the Wonder Woman trailer, their most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, LMBPN Publishing, and Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Steven Moffat on Dracula’s Sexuality Follow-up: Jenn has further thoughts on The Mandalorian PAX Unplugged Report! Tea Dragon Society & Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill, Dune, Star Trek Catan Hasbro Announces New Baby Yoda Collectibles (crochet’d Child) Wonder Woman trailer BOOKS DISCUSSED Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, transl. by Ken Liu (April 14 2020) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (May 5 2020) The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso (February 18 2020) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (March 17 2020) Docile by K.M. Szpara (March 3 2020) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 21 2020) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (March 24 2020) – short story: The City Born Great Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (March 3 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0000 2020’S Most Anticipated full 69 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula, PAX Unplugged, the Wonder Woman trailer, their most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, LMBPN Publishing, and Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Steven Moffat on Dracula’s Sexuality Follow-up: Jenn has further thoughts on The Mandalorian PAX Unplugged Report! Tea Dragon Society & Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill, Dune, Star Trek Catan Hasbro Announces New Baby Yoda Collectibles (crochet’d Child) Wonder Woman trailer BOOKS DISCUSSED Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, transl. by Ken Liu (April 14 2020) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (May 5 2020) The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso (February 18 2020) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (March 17 2020) Docile by K.M. Szpara (March 3 2020) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 21 2020) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (March 24 2020) – short story: The City Born Great Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (March 3 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula, PAX Unplugged, the Wonder Woman trailer, their most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, LMBPN Publishing, and Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Steven Moffat on Dracula’s Sexuality Follow-up: Jenn has further thoughts on The Mandalorian PAX Unplugged Report! Tea Dragon Society & Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill, Dune, Star Trek Catan Hasbro Announces New Baby Yoda Collectibles (crochet’d Child) Wonder Woman trailer BOOKS DISCUSSED Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, transl. by Ken Liu (April 14 2020) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (May 5 2020) The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso (February 18 2020) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (March 17 2020) Docile by K.M. Szpara (March 3 2020) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 21 2020) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (March 24 2020) – short story: The City Born Great Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (March 3 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula, PAX Unplugged, the Wonder Woman trailer, their most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy of 2020, and more.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, LMBPN Publishing, and Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial.

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NEWS

Steven Moffat on Dracula’s Sexuality

Follow-up: Jenn has further thoughts on The Mandalorian

PAX Unplugged Report! Tea Dragon Society & Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill, Dune, Star Trek Catan

Hasbro Announces New Baby Yoda Collectibles (crochet’d Child)

Wonder Woman trailer

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, transl. by Ken Liu (April 14 2020)

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (May 5 2020)

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso (February 18 2020)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (March 17 2020)

Docile by K.M. Szpara (March 3 2020)

Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 21 2020)

The City We Became by NK Jemisin (March 24 2020) – short story: The City Born Great

Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (March 3 2020)

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]]> 2891 68.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Nostalgic https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/68-5-backlist-to-the-future-gets-nostalgic This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0000 68.5: Backlist To The Future Gets Nostalgic full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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]]> 959 Mysteries in SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/mysteries-in-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers) ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset 2019 World Fantasy Winners Nommo Award winners British Fantasy Awards winners BOOKS DISCUSSED The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror) The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:00:00 -0000 Mysteries in SF/F full 68 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers) ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset 2019 World Fantasy Winners Nommo Award winners British Fantasy Awards winners BOOKS DISCUSSED The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror) The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers) ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset 2019 World Fantasy Winners Nommo Award winners British Fantasy Awards winners BOOKS DISCUSSED The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror) The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black.

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NEWS

The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers)

ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset

2019 World Fantasy Winners

Nommo Award winners

British Fantasy Awards winners

BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror)

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

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]]> 2585 67.5: Backlist To The Future, Short And Sweet https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/67-5-backlist-to-the-future-short-and-sweet This week Jenn discusses short science fiction and fantasy, to help you meet your 2019 reading goals. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The End of the Sentence by Kat Howard and Maria Dahvana Headley Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Nov 2019 13:00:00 -0000 67.5: Backlist To The Future, Short And Sweet full Book Riot This week Jenn discusses short science fiction and fantasy, to help you meet your 2019 reading goals. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The End of the Sentence by Kat Howard and Maria Dahvana Headley Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week Jenn discusses short science fiction and fantasy, to help you meet your 2019 reading goals. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The End of the Sentence by Kat Howard and Maria Dahvana Headley Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week Jenn discusses short science fiction and fantasy, to help you meet your 2019 reading goals.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The End of the Sentence by Kat Howard and Maria Dahvana Headley

Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard

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]]> 669 SF/F For The Holidays https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sf-f-for-the-holidays Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: https://bookriot.com/2016/06/10/why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/) Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Severance by Ling Ma The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence) Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture) Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse) The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:05:10 -0000 SF/F For The Holidays full 67 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: https://bookriot.com/2016/06/10/why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/) Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Severance by Ling Ma The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence) Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture) Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse) The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: https://bookriot.com/2016/06/10/why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/) Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Severance by Ling Ma The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence) Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture) Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse) The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year.

This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: https://bookriot.com/2016/06/10/why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/)

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Severance by Ling Ma

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence)

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture)

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse)

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

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]]> 3477 66.5 Backlist to the Future Picks Audiobooks For The Road https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/66-5-backlist-to-the-future-picks-audiobooks-for-t Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives! This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0000 66.5 Backlist to the Future Picks Audiobooks For The Road full Book Riot Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives! This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives! This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives!

This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

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]]> 651 Shapeshifters https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/shapeshifters Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, the audiobook of The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons, now available from Macmillan Audio, and the audiobook of Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade, coming soon from Macmillan Audio. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Chilling Effect by by Valerie Valdes Sleeping Giant by Sylvain Neuvel Wayward Children series by Seanan Mcguire Sidekick Squad series by CB Lee Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao The Poppy War by RF Kuang The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black Crooked by Austin Grossman Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Wild Seed by Octavia B Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Serpentine by Cindy Pon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:00:00 -0000 Shapeshifters full 66 Book Riot Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, the audiobook of The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons, now available from Macmillan Audio, and the audiobook of Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade, coming soon from Macmillan Audio. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Chilling Effect by by Valerie Valdes Sleeping Giant by Sylvain Neuvel Wayward Children series by Seanan Mcguire Sidekick Squad series by CB Lee Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao The Poppy War by RF Kuang The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black Crooked by Austin Grossman Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Wild Seed by Octavia B Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Serpentine by Cindy Pon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, the audiobook of The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons, now available from Macmillan Audio, and the audiobook of Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade, coming soon from Macmillan Audio. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Chilling Effect by by Valerie Valdes Sleeping Giant by Sylvain Neuvel Wayward Children series by Seanan Mcguire Sidekick Squad series by CB Lee Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao The Poppy War by RF Kuang The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black Crooked by Austin Grossman Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Wild Seed by Octavia B Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Serpentine by Cindy Pon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, the audiobook of The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons, now available from Macmillan Audio, and the audiobook of Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade, coming soon from Macmillan Audio.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Chilling Effect by by Valerie Valdes

Sleeping Giant by Sylvain Neuvel

Wayward Children series by Seanan Mcguire

Sidekick Squad series by CB Lee

Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao

The Poppy War by RF Kuang

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black

Crooked by Austin Grossman

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Wild Seed by Octavia B

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Serpentine by Cindy Pon

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]]> 2995 65.5: Backlist to the Future with Comfort Reads https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/65-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-comfort-reads This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Valerie Valdes on Recommended Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #17, Psy-Changeling Trinity #2) Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0000 65.5: Backlist to the Future with Comfort Reads full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Valerie Valdes on Recommended Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #17, Psy-Changeling Trinity #2) Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Valerie Valdes on Recommended Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #17, Psy-Changeling Trinity #2) Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Valerie Valdes on Recommended

Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #17, Psy-Changeling Trinity #2)

Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #7)

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]]> 805 Under (Or On) The Sea https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/under-or-on-the-sea Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Kingkiller Chronices TV adaptation, a documentary about Margaret Atwood, ocean-themed science fiction and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and Wednesday Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: Tiptree Award renamed Kingkiller Chronicles TV adaptation is up for grabs Margaret Atwood documentary out in November Magicians comic, including Lev Grossman, also out in November Harry Potter Subscription Service BOOKS DISCUSSED The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (Nov 5 2019) The Deep – clipping. The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:59:49 -0000 Under (Or On) The Sea full 65 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Kingkiller Chronices TV adaptation, a documentary about Margaret Atwood, ocean-themed science fiction and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and Wednesday Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: Tiptree Award renamed Kingkiller Chronicles TV adaptation is up for grabs Margaret Atwood documentary out in November Magicians comic, including Lev Grossman, also out in November Harry Potter Subscription Service BOOKS DISCUSSED The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (Nov 5 2019) The Deep – clipping. The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Kingkiller Chronices TV adaptation, a documentary about Margaret Atwood, ocean-themed science fiction and fantasy, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and Wednesday Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: Tiptree Award renamed Kingkiller Chronicles TV adaptation is up for grabs Margaret Atwood documentary out in November Magicians comic, including Lev Grossman, also out in November Harry Potter Subscription Service BOOKS DISCUSSED The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (Nov 5 2019) The Deep – clipping. The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Kingkiller Chronices TV adaptation, a documentary about Margaret Atwood, ocean-themed science fiction and fantasy, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and Wednesday Books.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Follow-up: Tiptree Award renamed

Kingkiller Chronicles TV adaptation is up for grabs

Margaret Atwood documentary out in November

Magicians comic, including Lev Grossman, also out in November

Harry Potter Subscription Service

BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (Nov 5 2019)

The Deep – clipping.

The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst

Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

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]]> 2841 64.5: Backlist to the Future On The Road https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/64-5-backlist-to-the-future-on-the-road This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The Passage by Justin Cronin Huntress by Malinda Lo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0000 64.5: Backlist to the Future On The Road full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The Passage by Justin Cronin Huntress by Malinda Lo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The Passage by Justin Cronin Huntress by Malinda Lo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Huntress by Malinda Lo

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]]> 671 Second Books In Series https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/second-books-in-series Sharifah and Jenn discuss a must-read panel recap from NYCC, casting news, the creation of a new award, second books in series, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads and Penguin Teen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Shadow and Bone Casting Update The Craft reboot casting This week’s recommended read: Recap from NYCC panel on mental health in SFF and horror New series from MR Carey New award for BAME writers BOOKS DISCUSSED Binary (Revolution) by Stephanie Saulter The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, assault, rape, genocide, torture, addiction, self-harm) Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Second Books In Series full 64 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss a must-read panel recap from NYCC, casting news, the creation of a new award, second books in series, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads and Penguin Teen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Shadow and Bone Casting Update The Craft reboot casting This week’s recommended read: Recap from NYCC panel on mental health in SFF and horror New series from MR Carey New award for BAME writers BOOKS DISCUSSED Binary (Revolution) by Stephanie Saulter The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, assault, rape, genocide, torture, addiction, self-harm) Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss a must-read panel recap from NYCC, casting news, the creation of a new award, second books in series, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads and Penguin Teen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Shadow and Bone Casting Update The Craft reboot casting This week’s recommended read: Recap from NYCC panel on mental health in SFF and horror New series from MR Carey New award for BAME writers BOOKS DISCUSSED Binary (Revolution) by Stephanie Saulter The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, assault, rape, genocide, torture, addiction, self-harm) Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss a must-read panel recap from NYCC, casting news, the creation of a new award, second books in series, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads and Penguin Teen.

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NEWS

Shadow and Bone Casting Update

The Craft reboot casting

This week’s recommended read: Recap from NYCC panel on mental health in SFF and horror

New series from MR Carey

New award for BAME writers

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Binary (Revolution) by Stephanie Saulter

The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, assault, rape, genocide, torture, addiction, self-harm)

Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee

A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

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]]> 3457 63.5: Backlist To The Future But Make It Fashion https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/63-5-backlist-to-the-future-but-make-it-fashion This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0000 63.5: Backlist To The Future But Make It Fashion full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

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]]> 737 African SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/african-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss further awards news, including the gender breakdown of Hugo winners, African SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, the audiobook edition of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies, written by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: The Tiptree Award is getting renamed after all. Follow-up: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is the first blind woman to win a Hugo. Gender and the Hugo Awards, by the Numbers (and companion Twitter thread) Fonda Lee to write for Marvel! The Watch Update: non-binary rep! BOOKS DISCUSSED “The Broken Nose” by Mame Diene (read it on Omenana) “What If I Fall” by Anne Dafeta (read it on Omenana) “Skinned” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read it on McSweeney’s) Rosewater by Tade Thompson “Tatashe” by Cassandra Mark and Tobe Max Ezeogu Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero Shuri novel announcement! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:00:00 -0000 African SF/F full 63 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss further awards news, including the gender breakdown of Hugo winners, African SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, the audiobook edition of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies, written by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: The Tiptree Award is getting renamed after all. Follow-up: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is the first blind woman to win a Hugo. Gender and the Hugo Awards, by the Numbers (and companion Twitter thread) Fonda Lee to write for Marvel! The Watch Update: non-binary rep! BOOKS DISCUSSED “The Broken Nose” by Mame Diene (read it on Omenana) “What If I Fall” by Anne Dafeta (read it on Omenana) “Skinned” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read it on McSweeney’s) Rosewater by Tade Thompson “Tatashe” by Cassandra Mark and Tobe Max Ezeogu Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero Shuri novel announcement! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss further awards news, including the gender breakdown of Hugo winners, African SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, the audiobook edition of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies, written by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Follow-up: The Tiptree Award is getting renamed after all. Follow-up: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is the first blind woman to win a Hugo. Gender and the Hugo Awards, by the Numbers (and companion Twitter thread) Fonda Lee to write for Marvel! The Watch Update: non-binary rep! BOOKS DISCUSSED “The Broken Nose” by Mame Diene (read it on Omenana) “What If I Fall” by Anne Dafeta (read it on Omenana) “Skinned” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read it on McSweeney’s) Rosewater by Tade Thompson “Tatashe” by Cassandra Mark and Tobe Max Ezeogu Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero Shuri novel announcement! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss further awards news, including the gender breakdown of Hugo winners, African SF/F, and more.

This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, the audiobook edition of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies, written by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

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NEWS

Follow-up: The Tiptree Award is getting renamed after all.

Follow-up: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is the first blind woman to win a Hugo.

Gender and the Hugo Awards, by the Numbers (and companion Twitter thread)

Fonda Lee to write for Marvel!

The Watch Update: non-binary rep!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

“The Broken Nose” by Mame Diene (read it on Omenana)

“What If I Fall” by Anne Dafeta (read it on Omenana)

“Skinned” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read it on McSweeney’s)

Rosewater by Tade Thompson

“Tatashe” by Cassandra Mark and Tobe Max Ezeogu

Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero

Shuri novel announcement!

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]]> 2677 62.5: Backlist to the Future with Creepy Abodes https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/62-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-creepy-abodes This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses. This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Good House by Tananarive Due See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Sep 2019 10:00:00 -0000 62.5: Backlist to the Future with Creepy Abodes full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses. This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Good House by Tananarive Due See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses. This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Good House by Tananarive Due See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses.

This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Good House by Tananarive Due

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]]> 663 Award Winners https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/award-winners Sharifah and Jenn discuss the renaming of awards, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, other award-winners, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Finale by Stephanie Garber, and Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Earthsea Books TV deal! Daniel Henney cast in WoT! The Testaments by Margaret Atwood already in development at Hulu. (Further news about the embargo here.) John W Campbell award renamed Astounding Award. BOOKS DISCUSSED Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells, 2017 Kitchies Golden Tentacle “They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete, Tiptree Award 2018; information about the naming of the Tiptree Award here Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway, 2012 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2019 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Award Winners full 62 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the renaming of awards, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, other award-winners, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Finale by Stephanie Garber, and Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Earthsea Books TV deal! Daniel Henney cast in WoT! The Testaments by Margaret Atwood already in development at Hulu. (Further news about the embargo here.) John W Campbell award renamed Astounding Award. BOOKS DISCUSSED Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells, 2017 Kitchies Golden Tentacle “They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete, Tiptree Award 2018; information about the naming of the Tiptree Award here Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway, 2012 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2019 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the renaming of awards, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, other award-winners, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Finale by Stephanie Garber, and Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Earthsea Books TV deal! Daniel Henney cast in WoT! The Testaments by Margaret Atwood already in development at Hulu. (Further news about the embargo here.) John W Campbell award renamed Astounding Award. BOOKS DISCUSSED Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells, 2017 Kitchies Golden Tentacle “They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete, Tiptree Award 2018; information about the naming of the Tiptree Award here Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway, 2012 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award “If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2019 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the renaming of awards, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, other award-winners, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Finale by Stephanie Garber, and Recommended.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

NEWS

Earthsea Books TV deal!

Daniel Henney cast in WoT!

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood already in development at Hulu. (Further news about the embargo here.)

John W Campbell award renamed Astounding Award.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells, 2017 Kitchies Golden Tentacle

“They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete, Tiptree Award 2018; information about the naming of the Tiptree Award here

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway, 2012 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award

“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2019

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]]> 2465 61.5: Backlist by Current Favorites https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/61-5-backlist-by-current-favorites This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors. This episode is sponsored by Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Element of Fire by Martha Wells (tw: child abuse, emotional abuse) Fledgling by Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: rape, a dog dies) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Sep 2019 10:00:00 -0000 61.5: Backlist by Current Favorites full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors. This episode is sponsored by Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Element of Fire by Martha Wells (tw: child abuse, emotional abuse) Fledgling by Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: rape, a dog dies) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors. This episode is sponsored by Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Element of Fire by Martha Wells (tw: child abuse, emotional abuse) Fledgling by Octavia Butler Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: rape, a dog dies) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors.

This episode is sponsored by Recommended.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells (tw: child abuse, emotional abuse)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: rape, a dog dies)

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]]> 699 The Blade Trilogy Rewatch https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/the-blade-trilogy-rewatch Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS 2019 Hugo Award Winners announced! Practical Magic Prequel! Wheel of Time Casting! BLADE Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting. Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review) Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998) Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002) Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004) Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0000 The Blade Trilogy Rewatch full 61 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS 2019 Hugo Award Winners announced! Practical Magic Prequel! Wheel of Time Casting! BLADE Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting. Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review) Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998) Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002) Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004) Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS 2019 Hugo Award Winners announced! Practical Magic Prequel! Wheel of Time Casting! BLADE Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting. Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review) Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998) Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002) Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004) Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

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NEWS

2019 Hugo Award Winners announced!

Practical Magic Prequel!

Wheel of Time Casting!

BLADE

Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting.

Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review)

Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998)

Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002)

Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004)

Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity

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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 2653 60.5: Backlist to the Future, Now With More Animals https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/60-5-backlist-to-the-future-now-with-more-animals This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Half World by Hiromi Goto Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Monstress by Marjorie Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:30:00 -0000 60.5: Backlist to the Future, Now With More Animals full Book Riot This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Half World by Hiromi Goto Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Monstress by Marjorie Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton Half World by Hiromi Goto Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu Monstress by Marjorie Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Half World by Hiromi Goto

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Monstress by Marjorie Liu

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]]> 744 Non-Human Narrators https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/non-human-narrators Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG! Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros. New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020! Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show. BOOKS Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death) Pet by Awkaeke Emezi All Systems Red by Martha Wells See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:00:00 -0000 Non-Human Narrators full 60 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG! Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros. New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020! Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show. BOOKS Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death) Pet by Awkaeke Emezi All Systems Red by Martha Wells See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG! Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros. New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020! Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show. BOOKS Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death) Pet by Awkaeke Emezi All Systems Red by Martha Wells See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

NEWS DISCUSSED

The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG!

Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros.

New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020!

Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show.

BOOKS

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children)

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death)

Pet by Awkaeke Emezi

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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]]> 2340 59.5: Backlist to the Future, With Vampires https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/59-5-backlist-to-the-future-with-vampires This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: Sunshine by Robin McKinley My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children) The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism) Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:00:00 -0000 59.5: Backlist to the Future, With Vampires full Book Riot This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: Sunshine by Robin McKinley My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children) The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism) Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: Sunshine by Robin McKinley My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children) The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism) Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children)

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion)

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]]> 1044 Let The Games Begin https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/let-the-games-begin Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors Hitchhikers TV series in development Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade! BOOKS DISCUSSED An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Court of Fives by Kate Elliott The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Let The Games Begin full 59 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors Hitchhikers TV series in development Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade! BOOKS DISCUSSED An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Court of Fives by Kate Elliott The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors Hitchhikers TV series in development Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade! BOOKS DISCUSSED An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Court of Fives by Kate Elliott The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot Insiders.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist

How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors

Hitchhikers TV series in development

Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Court of Fives by Kate Elliott

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

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]]> 2539 58.5: Backlist to the Future https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/58-5-backlist-to-the-future This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! DISCUSSED: Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson Soul Music by Terry Pratchett The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:15:22 -0000 58.5: Backlist to the Future full Book Riot This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! DISCUSSED: Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson Soul Music by Terry Pratchett The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! DISCUSSED: Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson Soul Music by Terry Pratchett The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF.

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DISCUSSED:

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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]]> 878 Audio Dramas and Fiction Podcasts https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/audio-dramas-and-fiction-podcasts Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more. This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Sandman is getting a Netflix show. All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners! Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros. We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show. BOOKS DISCUSSED Mission to Zyxx Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America The Drabblecast Podcastle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Audio Dramas and Fiction Podcasts full 58 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more. This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Sandman is getting a Netflix show. All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners! Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros. We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show. BOOKS DISCUSSED Mission to Zyxx Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America The Drabblecast Podcastle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more. This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Sandman is getting a Netflix show. All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners! Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros. We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show. BOOKS DISCUSSED Mission to Zyxx Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America The Drabblecast Podcastle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more.

This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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NEWS

Sandman is getting a Netflix show.

All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners!

Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros.

We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Mission to Zyxx

Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services

Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America

The Drabblecast

Podcastle

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]]> 2794 57.5: Backlist to the Future https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/57-5-backlist-to-the-future In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Discussed: Our *punk genres show The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Earth by David Brin “Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?) Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0000 57.5: Backlist to the Future full Book Riot In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Discussed: Our *punk genres show The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Earth by David Brin “Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?) Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Discussed: Our *punk genres show The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers Earth by David Brin “Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?) Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

Discussed:

Our *punk genres show

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

Earth by David Brin

“Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?)

Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries

A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams

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]]> 799 Clones, Twins, and Doppelgangers https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/clones-twins-and-doppelgangers Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more! This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out! A Brave New World adaptation is in the works Hunger Games prequel coming! The queerness of D&D. Books Discussed Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Temper by Nicky Drayden Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Clones, Twins, and Doppelgangers full 57 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more! This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out! A Brave New World adaptation is in the works Hunger Games prequel coming! The queerness of D&D. Books Discussed Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Temper by Nicky Drayden Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more! This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out! A Brave New World adaptation is in the works Hunger Games prequel coming! The queerness of D&D. Books Discussed Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Temper by Nicky Drayden Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more!

This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

News:

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out!

A Brave New World adaptation is in the works

Hunger Games prequel coming!

The queerness of D&D.

Books Discussed

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson

Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire

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]]> 2803 Bonus: Game of Thrones Readalikes https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/bonus-game-of-thrones-readalikes Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Books Discussed Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse) Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse) The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery) The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture) The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery) SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45 The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization) A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:00:00 -0000 Bonus: Game of Thrones Readalikes bonus Book Riot Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Books Discussed Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse) Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse) The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery) The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture) The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery) SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45 The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization) A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark. This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Books Discussed Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse) Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse) The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery) The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror) Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture) The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery) SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45 The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization) A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark.

This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.

 

Books Discussed

Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse)

Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse)

The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery)

The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror)

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture)

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery)

SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia)

The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization)

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin

Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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]]> 2656 #56: Feelin' Lucky, Punk? https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/56-feelin-lucky-punk Sharifah and Jenn discuss Vans’ new Harry Potter sneakers, Terry Pratchett and Orphan Black adaptations, and the punk subgenres of SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Reentry by Peter Cawdron. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Episode 22: Steampunk Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ to Be Turned Into Animated Film. Orphan Black returns as a serial, with Malka Older as showrunner! Vans revealed their HP sneaker line (and the designers are obv Slytherin). There will be a Dune TV series about the Bene Gesserit. Books Discussed: Solarpunk: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ullibari Mythpunk: Unraveling by Karen Lord Elfpunk: Blanket recommendation for Holly Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest; Tithe) Post: What is it and 5 books to get started Silkpunk: “The Snow of Jinyang” by Zhang Ran, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu) Post: Author Ken Liu Explains “Silkpunk” to Us See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jun 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #56: Feelin' Lucky, Punk? full 56 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Vans’ new Harry Potter sneakers, Terry Pratchett and Orphan Black adaptations, and the punk subgenres of SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Reentry by Peter Cawdron. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Episode 22: Steampunk Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ to Be Turned Into Animated Film. Orphan Black returns as a serial, with Malka Older as showrunner! Vans revealed their HP sneaker line (and the designers are obv Slytherin). There will be a Dune TV series about the Bene Gesserit. Books Discussed: Solarpunk: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ullibari Mythpunk: Unraveling by Karen Lord Elfpunk: Blanket recommendation for Holly Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest; Tithe) Post: What is it and 5 books to get started Silkpunk: “The Snow of Jinyang” by Zhang Ran, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu) Post: Author Ken Liu Explains “Silkpunk” to Us See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Vans’ new Harry Potter sneakers, Terry Pratchett and Orphan Black adaptations, and the punk subgenres of SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Reentry by Peter Cawdron. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Episode 22: Steampunk Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ to Be Turned Into Animated Film. Orphan Black returns as a serial, with Malka Older as showrunner! Vans revealed their HP sneaker line (and the designers are obv Slytherin). There will be a Dune TV series about the Bene Gesserit. Books Discussed: Solarpunk: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ullibari Mythpunk: Unraveling by Karen Lord Elfpunk: Blanket recommendation for Holly Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest; Tithe) Post: What is it and 5 books to get started Silkpunk: “The Snow of Jinyang” by Zhang Ran, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu) Post: Author Ken Liu Explains “Silkpunk” to Us See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Vans’ new Harry Potter sneakers, Terry Pratchett and Orphan Black adaptations, and the punk subgenres of SF/F.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Reentry by Peter Cawdron.

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News:

Episode 22: Steampunk

Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ to Be Turned Into Animated Film.

Orphan Black returns as a serial, with Malka Older as showrunner!

Vans revealed their HP sneaker line (and the designers are obv Slytherin).

There will be a Dune TV series about the Bene Gesserit.

Books Discussed:

Solarpunk: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ullibari

Mythpunk: Unraveling by Karen Lord

Elfpunk: Blanket recommendation for Holly Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest; Tithe)

Post: What is it and 5 books to get started

Silkpunk: “The Snow of Jinyang” by Zhang Ran, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu)

Post: Author Ken Liu Explains “Silkpunk” to Us

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]]> 2659 #55: Military SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/55-military-sf-f Jenn and guest María Cristina García Lynch discuss the Nebula Award winners, the new Terminator and Star Trek installments, military sf/f, and more. This episode is sponsored by All the Books, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, and Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Let’s talk about the Star Trek: Picard trailer. Let’s also talk about Terminator: Dark Fate! Hooray for Nebula Award winners! Into the Spider-verse screenplay The Shirley Jackson Award Finalists have been announced.   Books Discussed Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu The Cassandra by Sharma Shields Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #55: Military SF/F full 55 Book Riot Jenn and guest María Cristina García Lynch discuss the Nebula Award winners, the new Terminator and Star Trek installments, military sf/f, and more. This episode is sponsored by All the Books, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, and Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Let’s talk about the Star Trek: Picard trailer. Let’s also talk about Terminator: Dark Fate! Hooray for Nebula Award winners! Into the Spider-verse screenplay The Shirley Jackson Award Finalists have been announced.   Books Discussed Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu The Cassandra by Sharma Shields Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and guest María Cristina García Lynch discuss the Nebula Award winners, the new Terminator and Star Trek installments, military sf/f, and more. This episode is sponsored by All the Books, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, and Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Let’s talk about the Star Trek: Picard trailer. Let’s also talk about Terminator: Dark Fate! Hooray for Nebula Award winners! Into the Spider-verse screenplay The Shirley Jackson Award Finalists have been announced.   Books Discussed Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu The Cassandra by Sharma Shields Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest María Cristina García Lynch discuss the Nebula Award winners, the new Terminator and Star Trek installments, military sf/f, and more.

This episode is sponsored by All the Books, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, and Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp.

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News

Let’s talk about the Star Trek: Picard trailer.

Let’s also talk about Terminator: Dark Fate!

Hooray for Nebula Award winners!

Into the Spider-verse screenplay

The Shirley Jackson Award Finalists have been announced.

 

Books Discussed

Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie

The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter

Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu

The Cassandra by Sharma Shields

Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett

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]]> 3162 #54: Kids Books in SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/54-kids-books-in-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss Avengers, Vans’ new Harry Potter Collection, some book announcements, and favorite kidlit from SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Audible, BookCon, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Here’s a sciencey look at The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War NK Jemisin is writing a comic for DC! Zen Cho is writing a new novella! Vans Is Launching a Harry Potter Collaboration   Books Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Home, Tip voiced by Rihanna!) The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes Binky Adventure Series by Ashley Spires Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by Roshani Chokshi Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) by Dana Simpson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 May 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #54: Kids Books in SF/F full 54 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Avengers, Vans’ new Harry Potter Collection, some book announcements, and favorite kidlit from SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Audible, BookCon, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Here’s a sciencey look at The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War NK Jemisin is writing a comic for DC! Zen Cho is writing a new novella! Vans Is Launching a Harry Potter Collaboration   Books Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Home, Tip voiced by Rihanna!) The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes Binky Adventure Series by Ashley Spires Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by Roshani Chokshi Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) by Dana Simpson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Avengers, Vans’ new Harry Potter Collection, some book announcements, and favorite kidlit from SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Audible, BookCon, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Here’s a sciencey look at The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War NK Jemisin is writing a comic for DC! Zen Cho is writing a new novella! Vans Is Launching a Harry Potter Collaboration   Books Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Home, Tip voiced by Rihanna!) The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes Binky Adventure Series by Ashley Spires Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by Roshani Chokshi Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) by Dana Simpson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Avengers, Vans’ new Harry Potter Collection, some book announcements, and favorite kidlit from SF/F.

This episode is sponsored by Audible, BookCon, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

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News

Here’s a sciencey look at The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War

NK Jemisin is writing a comic for DC!

Zen Cho is writing a new novella!

Vans Is Launching a Harry Potter Collaboration

 

Books

Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Home, Tip voiced by Rihanna!)

The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes

Binky Adventure Series by Ashley Spires

Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) by Dana Simpson

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]]> 2835 #53: Pirates Ahoy! https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/53-pirates-ahoy Sharifah and Liberty discuss Game of Thrones, Western librarians, Peter Mayhew, and pirates in SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics and Netflix, and Finale by Stephanie Garber. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: New Sarah Gailey book! Peter Mayhew passes away Double Netflix News: Netflix’s first Arabic series will be a supernatural series!, and Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ is a New Gold Standard for Indigenous Representation in American Visual Media   Books: Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler Warchild by Karin Lowachee (tw: child abuse) A Darker Shade of Magic/Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 May 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #53: Pirates Ahoy! full 53 Book Riot Sharifah and Liberty discuss Game of Thrones, Western librarians, Peter Mayhew, and pirates in SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics and Netflix, and Finale by Stephanie Garber. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: New Sarah Gailey book! Peter Mayhew passes away Double Netflix News: Netflix’s first Arabic series will be a supernatural series!, and Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ is a New Gold Standard for Indigenous Representation in American Visual Media   Books: Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler Warchild by Karin Lowachee (tw: child abuse) A Darker Shade of Magic/Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Liberty discuss Game of Thrones, Western librarians, Peter Mayhew, and pirates in SF/F. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics and Netflix, and Finale by Stephanie Garber. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: New Sarah Gailey book! Peter Mayhew passes away Double Netflix News: Netflix’s first Arabic series will be a supernatural series!, and Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ is a New Gold Standard for Indigenous Representation in American Visual Media   Books: Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler Warchild by Karin Lowachee (tw: child abuse) A Darker Shade of Magic/Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Liberty discuss Game of Thrones, Western librarians, Peter Mayhew, and pirates in SF/F.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics and Netflix, and Finale by Stephanie Garber.

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News:

New Sarah Gailey book!

Peter Mayhew passes away

Double Netflix News:

Netflix’s first Arabic series will be a supernatural series!, and Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ is a New Gold Standard for Indigenous Representation in American Visual Media

 

Books:

Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler

Warchild by Karin Lowachee (tw: child abuse)

A Darker Shade of Magic/Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

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]]> 2807 #52: Naturey SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/52-naturey-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Kitchies Awards, Nnedi Okorafor’s new production company, Saga, nature-filled SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and BookCon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nnedi Okorafor creating a production company Afrofuturist fashion The 2018 Kitchies Winners Madeline Miller’s Instagram New Horror imprint from Tor Saga has an official endpoint   Books Discussed: The Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Apr 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #52: Naturey SF/F full 52 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Kitchies Awards, Nnedi Okorafor’s new production company, Saga, nature-filled SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and BookCon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nnedi Okorafor creating a production company Afrofuturist fashion The 2018 Kitchies Winners Madeline Miller’s Instagram New Horror imprint from Tor Saga has an official endpoint   Books Discussed: The Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Kitchies Awards, Nnedi Okorafor’s new production company, Saga, nature-filled SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and BookCon. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nnedi Okorafor creating a production company Afrofuturist fashion The 2018 Kitchies Winners Madeline Miller’s Instagram New Horror imprint from Tor Saga has an official endpoint   Books Discussed: The Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Kitchies Awards, Nnedi Okorafor’s new production company, Saga, nature-filled SF/F, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, Upon a Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker, and BookCon.

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News:

Nnedi Okorafor creating a production company

Afrofuturist fashion

The 2018 Kitchies Winners

Madeline Miller’s Instagram

New Horror imprint from Tor

Saga has an official endpoint

 

Books Discussed:

The Queens of Renthia series by Sarah Beth Durst

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson

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]]> 2717 #51: Thieves and Con-Artists https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/51-thieves-and-con-artists Sharifah and Jenn discuss Cowboy Bebop, an Octavia Butler adaptation, con-artists and thieves, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, and Voices by David Elliott. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Hugo Nominees announced! John Cho and Three More Actors Cast in Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu to Adapt Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed for Amazon   Books Discussed The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty Want by Cindy Pon Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #51: Thieves and Con-Artists full 51 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Cowboy Bebop, an Octavia Butler adaptation, con-artists and thieves, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, and Voices by David Elliott. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Hugo Nominees announced! John Cho and Three More Actors Cast in Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu to Adapt Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed for Amazon   Books Discussed The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty Want by Cindy Pon Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Cowboy Bebop, an Octavia Butler adaptation, con-artists and thieves, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, and Voices by David Elliott. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Hugo Nominees announced! John Cho and Three More Actors Cast in Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu to Adapt Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed for Amazon   Books Discussed The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty Want by Cindy Pon Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Cowboy Bebop, an Octavia Butler adaptation, con-artists and thieves, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling, and Voices by David Elliott.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

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News:

Hugo Nominees announced!

John Cho and Three More Actors Cast in Netflix’s ‘Cowboy Bebop’

Nnedi Okorafor and Wanuri Kahiu to Adapt Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed for Amazon

 

Books Discussed

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty

Want by Cindy Pon

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Zero Sum Game by S.L. Huang

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]]> 2498 #50: Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/50-dune-book-club-with-ausma-zehanat-khan Jenn and special guest Ausma Zehanat Khan dig into Dune by Frank Herbert, including fancasting the upcoming movie adaptation! Books & Links: Ausma Zehanat Khan on Recommended The Bloodprint and The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan Dune by Frank Herbert Post: Dune and white savior narratives Post: Arab representation in casting Post: Latest casting news See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:18:10 -0000 #50: Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan bonus 50 Book Riot Jenn and special guest Ausma Zehanat Khan dig into Dune by Frank Herbert, including fancasting the upcoming movie adaptation! Books & Links: Ausma Zehanat Khan on Recommended The Bloodprint and The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan Dune by Frank Herbert Post: Dune and white savior narratives Post: Arab representation in casting Post: Latest casting news See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and special guest Ausma Zehanat Khan dig into Dune by Frank Herbert, including fancasting the upcoming movie adaptation! Books & Links: Ausma Zehanat Khan on Recommended The Bloodprint and The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan Dune by Frank Herbert Post: Dune and white savior narratives Post: Arab representation in casting Post: Latest casting news See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and special guest Ausma Zehanat Khan dig into Dune by Frank Herbert, including fancasting the upcoming movie adaptation!

Books & Links:

Ausma Zehanat Khan on Recommended

The Bloodprint and The Black Khan by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Dune by Frank Herbert

Post: Dune and white savior narratives

Post: Arab representation in casting

Post: Latest casting news

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]]> 1899 #49: International SF/F https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/49-international-sf-f Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Harry Potter AR game, the return of Bill & Ted, international SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders,  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, and Enchantée by Gita Trelease. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Announce BILL & TED 3 Release Date Time Bandits TV series with Taika Waititi Harry Potter AR game details! Full Stranger Things Trailer   Books Discussed Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: rape, transphobia, racial slurs) Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell tw: Suicide, “Grey Noise” and “Proposition 23” Bestiality, “The International Studbook of the Giant Panda” Animal and human experimentation, “Creative Surgery” World of Fantasy Day on Book Riot Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, transl. by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended episode) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #49: International SF/F full 49 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Harry Potter AR game, the return of Bill & Ted, international SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders,  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, and Enchantée by Gita Trelease. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Announce BILL & TED 3 Release Date Time Bandits TV series with Taika Waititi Harry Potter AR game details! Full Stranger Things Trailer   Books Discussed Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: rape, transphobia, racial slurs) Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell tw: Suicide, “Grey Noise” and “Proposition 23” Bestiality, “The International Studbook of the Giant Panda” Animal and human experimentation, “Creative Surgery” World of Fantasy Day on Book Riot Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, transl. by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended episode) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Harry Potter AR game, the return of Bill & Ted, international SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders,  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, and Enchantée by Gita Trelease. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Announce BILL & TED 3 Release Date Time Bandits TV series with Taika Waititi Harry Potter AR game details! Full Stranger Things Trailer   Books Discussed Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: rape, transphobia, racial slurs) Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell tw: Suicide, “Grey Noise” and “Proposition 23” Bestiality, “The International Studbook of the Giant Panda” Animal and human experimentation, “Creative Surgery” World of Fantasy Day on Book Riot Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, transl. by Julia Meitov Hersey Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended episode) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Harry Potter AR game, the return of Bill & Ted, international SF/F, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders,  A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, and Enchantée by Gita Trelease.

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News

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Announce BILL & TED 3 Release Date

Time Bandits TV series with Taika Waititi

Harry Potter AR game details!

Full Stranger Things Trailer

 

Books Discussed

Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (tw: rape, transphobia, racial slurs)

Future Fiction, edited by Bill Campbell

tw: Suicide, “Grey Noise” and “Proposition 23”

Bestiality, “The International Studbook of the Giant Panda”

Animal and human experimentation, “Creative Surgery”

World of Fantasy Day on Book Riot

Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, transl. by Julia Meitov Hersey

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Recommended episode)

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]]> 2645 #48: YA SF/F With CB Lee https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/48-ya-sf-f-with-cb-lee Jenn and special guest CB Lee discuss The Night Circus and Lord of the Rings adaptations, the Star Wars EU, and YA sci-fi and fantasy! This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: The Night Circus adaptation has a director The Lord of the Rings TV show will take place in the Second Age Here’s the Good Omens full trailer Even more new Star Wars: EU books coming out! Queen’s Shadow by EK Johnston A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson   Books Discussed: Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee “The Case for YA Science Fiction” by Fonda Lee Dreadnought by April Daniels (tw: abusive parents, transphobia) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault Unsung Heroine (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0000 #48: YA SF/F With CB Lee full 48 Book Riot Jenn and special guest CB Lee discuss The Night Circus and Lord of the Rings adaptations, the Star Wars EU, and YA sci-fi and fantasy! This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: The Night Circus adaptation has a director The Lord of the Rings TV show will take place in the Second Age Here’s the Good Omens full trailer Even more new Star Wars: EU books coming out! Queen’s Shadow by EK Johnston A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson   Books Discussed: Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee “The Case for YA Science Fiction” by Fonda Lee Dreadnought by April Daniels (tw: abusive parents, transphobia) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault Unsung Heroine (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and special guest CB Lee discuss The Night Circus and Lord of the Rings adaptations, the Star Wars EU, and YA sci-fi and fantasy! This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: The Night Circus adaptation has a director The Lord of the Rings TV show will take place in the Second Age Here’s the Good Omens full trailer Even more new Star Wars: EU books coming out! Queen’s Shadow by EK Johnston A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson   Books Discussed: Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee “The Case for YA Science Fiction” by Fonda Lee Dreadnought by April Daniels (tw: abusive parents, transphobia) Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault Unsung Heroine (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and special guest CB Lee discuss The Night Circus and Lord of the Rings adaptations, the Star Wars EU, and YA sci-fi and fantasy!

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia.

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The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News:

The Night Circus adaptation has a director

The Lord of the Rings TV show will take place in the Second Age

Here’s the Good Omens full trailer

Even more new Star Wars: EU books coming out!

Queen’s Shadow by EK Johnston

A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova

Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson

 

Books Discussed:

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

“The Case for YA Science Fiction” by Fonda Lee

Dreadnought by April Daniels (tw: abusive parents, transphobia)

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

Unsung Heroine (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn

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]]> 2519 #47: Matriarchal Societies https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/47-matriarchal-societies Sharifah and Jenn discuss (not) surviving in the Game of Thrones world, Nebula Award finalists, questionable LOTR-writing bots, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley, and Epic Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nebula Award Finalists Announced Researchers Actually Studied How To Survive On Game Of Thrones A Bot Wrote a "Believable" LORD OF THE RINGS Scene Y The Last Man Adaptation Premiering in 2020   Books Discussed: Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Court of Fives by Kate Elliott Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu (shout-out) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:30:00 -0000 #47: Matriarchal Societies full 47 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss (not) surviving in the Game of Thrones world, Nebula Award finalists, questionable LOTR-writing bots, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley, and Epic Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nebula Award Finalists Announced Researchers Actually Studied How To Survive On Game Of Thrones A Bot Wrote a "Believable" LORD OF THE RINGS Scene Y The Last Man Adaptation Premiering in 2020   Books Discussed: Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Court of Fives by Kate Elliott Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu (shout-out) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss (not) surviving in the Game of Thrones world, Nebula Award finalists, questionable LOTR-writing bots, and more. This episode is sponsored by Audible, An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley, and Epic Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Nebula Award Finalists Announced Researchers Actually Studied How To Survive On Game Of Thrones A Bot Wrote a "Believable" LORD OF THE RINGS Scene Y The Last Man Adaptation Premiering in 2020   Books Discussed: Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Ammonite by Nicola Griffith Court of Fives by Kate Elliott Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu (shout-out) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss (not) surviving in the Game of Thrones world, Nebula Award finalists, questionable LOTR-writing bots, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Audible, An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley, and Epic Reads.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

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News:

Nebula Award Finalists Announced

Researchers Actually Studied How To Survive On Game Of Thrones

A Bot Wrote a "Believable" LORD OF THE RINGS Scene

Y The Last Man Adaptation Premiering in 2020

 

Books Discussed:

Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin

Ammonite by Nicola Griffith

Court of Fives by Kate Elliott

Monstress by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Tiger Eye by Marjorie Liu (shout-out)

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]]> 2824 #46: In Spaaaaaaace https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/46-in-spaaaaaaace Sharifah and Jenn discuss the cover reveal for The Testaments, some new Merlin texts, fantasy and sci-fi set in space, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik, and Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found in Bristol University library Cover reveal for The Testaments, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel Winter Is Coming! HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff Sets Diverse Cast The Ghost Bride to be adapted into a Netflix series (Behind the scenesfootage)   Books Discussed: A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt Mirage by Somaiya Daud Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0000 #46: In Spaaaaaaace full 46 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the cover reveal for The Testaments, some new Merlin texts, fantasy and sci-fi set in space, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik, and Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found in Bristol University library Cover reveal for The Testaments, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel Winter Is Coming! HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff Sets Diverse Cast The Ghost Bride to be adapted into a Netflix series (Behind the scenesfootage)   Books Discussed: A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt Mirage by Somaiya Daud Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the cover reveal for The Testaments, some new Merlin texts, fantasy and sci-fi set in space, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik, and Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News: Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found in Bristol University library Cover reveal for The Testaments, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel Winter Is Coming! HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff Sets Diverse Cast The Ghost Bride to be adapted into a Netflix series (Behind the scenesfootage)   Books Discussed: A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt Mirage by Somaiya Daud Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the cover reveal for The Testaments, some new Merlin texts, fantasy and sci-fi set in space, and more.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik, and Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News:

Middle Ages Merlin manuscript found in Bristol University library

Cover reveal for The Testaments, The Handmaid’s Tale sequel

Winter Is Coming! HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spinoff Sets Diverse Cast

The Ghost Bride to be adapted into a Netflix series (Behind the scenesfootage)

 

Books Discussed:

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt

Mirage by Somaiya Daud

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

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]]> 2884 #45: Weird SFF https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/45-weird-sff Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Tasha Suri and Leigh Bardugo, voting in the Hugos, favorite weird SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, the Unusual Suspects Giveaway, and Golden State by Ben Winters. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels Hugo nominations are open! Hugo site to become a voting member; Spreadsheet of Doom Empire of Sand has been optioned! Bandersnatch update: Netflix is getting sued by Chooseco   Books Discussed Shout-out: Jeff VanderMeer, China Mieville, and Lauren Beukes Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, transl. by Asa Yoneda (tw: bodyhorror) Long Division by Kiese Laymon (tw: family and racial violence, use of slurs) Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (tw: rape; child abuse; suicide) Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan (tw: racial violence, gun violence, violence against children, self harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000 #45: Weird SFF full 45 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Tasha Suri and Leigh Bardugo, voting in the Hugos, favorite weird SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, the Unusual Suspects Giveaway, and Golden State by Ben Winters. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels Hugo nominations are open! Hugo site to become a voting member; Spreadsheet of Doom Empire of Sand has been optioned! Bandersnatch update: Netflix is getting sued by Chooseco   Books Discussed Shout-out: Jeff VanderMeer, China Mieville, and Lauren Beukes Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, transl. by Asa Yoneda (tw: bodyhorror) Long Division by Kiese Laymon (tw: family and racial violence, use of slurs) Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (tw: rape; child abuse; suicide) Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan (tw: racial violence, gun violence, violence against children, self harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Tasha Suri and Leigh Bardugo, voting in the Hugos, favorite weird SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, the Unusual Suspects Giveaway, and Golden State by Ben Winters. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels Hugo nominations are open! Hugo site to become a voting member; Spreadsheet of Doom Empire of Sand has been optioned! Bandersnatch update: Netflix is getting sued by Chooseco   Books Discussed Shout-out: Jeff VanderMeer, China Mieville, and Lauren Beukes Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, transl. by Asa Yoneda (tw: bodyhorror) Long Division by Kiese Laymon (tw: family and racial violence, use of slurs) Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (tw: rape; child abuse; suicide) Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan (tw: racial violence, gun violence, violence against children, self harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Tasha Suri and Leigh Bardugo, voting in the Hugos, favorite weird SF/F, and more.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, the Unusual Suspects Giveaway, and Golden State by Ben Winters.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!

 

News

Netflix Orders ‘Shadow And Bone’ Series Based On Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse Novels

Hugo nominations are open! Hugo site to become a voting member;

Spreadsheet of Doom

Empire of Sand has been optioned!

Bandersnatch update: Netflix is getting sued by Chooseco

 

Books Discussed

Shout-out: Jeff VanderMeer, China Mieville, and Lauren Beukes

Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, transl. by Asa Yoneda (tw: bodyhorror)

Long Division by Kiese Laymon (tw: family and racial violence, use of slurs)

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (tw: rape; child abuse; suicide)

Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyan (tw: racial violence, gun violence, violence against children, self harm)

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]]> 2685 #44: Most Anticipated Series of 2019 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/44-most-anticipated-series-of-2019 Sharifah and Jenn discuss wizardly puppies, Bandersnatch, their most anticipated sequels of 2019, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Slayer by Kiersten White, and Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News  This Puppy Learned “Harry Potter” Spells And Hermione Is Screaming We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Disney Princesses Play ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ The dumb of the Bird Box Challenge   Books Discussed The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) by Zen Cho, Mar 12 Cat Sebastian recommends Sorcerer to Crown on Recommended Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra, Mar 5 (Asiana #2) Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse, Apr 23 (Sixth World #2) – tw: gore and cannibalism Ruse by Cindy Pon, Mar 12 (Want #2) Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee, June 25 (Machineries of Empire) Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legend of Orisha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi (March 5) The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black (Jan 8) Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (Mar 12) Binti Trilogy omnibus (Feb 5) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000 #44: Most Anticipated Series of 2019 full 44 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss wizardly puppies, Bandersnatch, their most anticipated sequels of 2019, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Slayer by Kiersten White, and Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News  This Puppy Learned “Harry Potter” Spells And Hermione Is Screaming We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Disney Princesses Play ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ The dumb of the Bird Box Challenge   Books Discussed The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) by Zen Cho, Mar 12 Cat Sebastian recommends Sorcerer to Crown on Recommended Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra, Mar 5 (Asiana #2) Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse, Apr 23 (Sixth World #2) – tw: gore and cannibalism Ruse by Cindy Pon, Mar 12 (Want #2) Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee, June 25 (Machineries of Empire) Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legend of Orisha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi (March 5) The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black (Jan 8) Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (Mar 12) Binti Trilogy omnibus (Feb 5) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss wizardly puppies, Bandersnatch, their most anticipated sequels of 2019, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Slayer by Kiersten White, and Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News  This Puppy Learned “Harry Potter” Spells And Hermione Is Screaming We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Disney Princesses Play ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ The dumb of the Bird Box Challenge   Books Discussed The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) by Zen Cho, Mar 12 Cat Sebastian recommends Sorcerer to Crown on Recommended Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra, Mar 5 (Asiana #2) Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse, Apr 23 (Sixth World #2) – tw: gore and cannibalism Ruse by Cindy Pon, Mar 12 (Want #2) Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee, June 25 (Machineries of Empire) Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legend of Orisha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi (March 5) The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black (Jan 8) Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (Mar 12) Binti Trilogy omnibus (Feb 5) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss wizardly puppies, Bandersnatch, their most anticipated sequels of 2019, and more.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Slayer by Kiersten White, and Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News 

This Puppy Learned “Harry Potter” Spells And Hermione Is Screaming

We May Never See All of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Disney Princesses Play ‘Dungeons & Dragons’

The dumb of the Bird Box Challenge

 

Books Discussed

The True Queen (Sorcerer Royal #2) by Zen Cho, Mar 12

Cat Sebastian recommends Sorcerer to Crown on Recommended

Mahimata by Rati Mehrotra, Mar 5 (Asiana #2)

Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse, Apr 23 (Sixth World #2) – tw: gore and cannibalism

Ruse by Cindy Pon, Mar 12 (Want #2)

Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee, June 25 (Machineries of Empire)

Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legend of Orisha #2) by Tomi Adeyemi (March 5)

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air #2) by Holly Black (Jan 8)

Rosewater Insurrection by Tade Thompson (Mar 12)

Binti Trilogy omnibus (Feb 5)

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]]> 2989 #43: Most Anticipated SF/F of 2019 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/43-most-anticipated-sf-f-of-2019 Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christmas dragons, exciting adaptation news, weird trends in pseudonyms, and their most anticipated reads of 2019. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover, and Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Discussed ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Gets Order For 16 More Episodes From Netflix. Christmas dragons neighborhood fight! Stranger Things Season 3 Teaser Teases Episode Titles And An Air Date(and we learned nothing new) Runaways is back on Hulu! (And, correct, Season 2 has been released simultaneously, so marathon-watching is easy.) Books Discussed Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford (Jackson Ford is a pseudonym for a critically acclaimed science fiction author.) FKA USA by Reed King (Reed King is the pseudonym of a New York Times bestselling author and TV writer.) The Bird King by G Willow Wilson (March 12) Unraveling by Karen Lord (June 4) The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (March 19) The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (June 4); listen to the song here Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (Mar 5)The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad (May 14) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (Feb 12) Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Feb 19) by Various, translated by Ken Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000 #43: Most Anticipated SF/F of 2019 full 43 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christmas dragons, exciting adaptation news, weird trends in pseudonyms, and their most anticipated reads of 2019. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover, and Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Discussed ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Gets Order For 16 More Episodes From Netflix. Christmas dragons neighborhood fight! Stranger Things Season 3 Teaser Teases Episode Titles And An Air Date(and we learned nothing new) Runaways is back on Hulu! (And, correct, Season 2 has been released simultaneously, so marathon-watching is easy.) Books Discussed Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford (Jackson Ford is a pseudonym for a critically acclaimed science fiction author.) FKA USA by Reed King (Reed King is the pseudonym of a New York Times bestselling author and TV writer.) The Bird King by G Willow Wilson (March 12) Unraveling by Karen Lord (June 4) The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (March 19) The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (June 4); listen to the song here Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (Mar 5)The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad (May 14) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (Feb 12) Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Feb 19) by Various, translated by Ken Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christmas dragons, exciting adaptation news, weird trends in pseudonyms, and their most anticipated reads of 2019. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover, and Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!   News Discussed ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Gets Order For 16 More Episodes From Netflix. Christmas dragons neighborhood fight! Stranger Things Season 3 Teaser Teases Episode Titles And An Air Date(and we learned nothing new) Runaways is back on Hulu! (And, correct, Season 2 has been released simultaneously, so marathon-watching is easy.) Books Discussed Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford (Jackson Ford is a pseudonym for a critically acclaimed science fiction author.) FKA USA by Reed King (Reed King is the pseudonym of a New York Times bestselling author and TV writer.) The Bird King by G Willow Wilson (March 12) Unraveling by Karen Lord (June 4) The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (March 19) The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (June 4); listen to the song here Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (Mar 5)The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad (May 14) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (Feb 12) Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Feb 19) by Various, translated by Ken Liu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christmas dragons, exciting adaptation news, weird trends in pseudonyms, and their most anticipated reads of 2019.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, The Similars by Rebecca Hanover, and Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News Discussed

‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Gets Order For 16 More Episodes From Netflix.

Christmas dragons neighborhood fight!

Stranger Things Season 3 Teaser Teases Episode Titles And An Air Date(and we learned nothing new)

Runaways is back on Hulu! (And, correct, Season 2 has been released simultaneously, so marathon-watching is easy.)

Books Discussed

Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind by Jackson Ford (Jackson Ford is a pseudonym for a critically acclaimed science fiction author.)

FKA USA by Reed King (Reed King is the pseudonym of a New York Times bestselling author and TV writer.)

The Bird King by G Willow Wilson (March 12)

Unraveling by Karen Lord (June 4)

The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (March 19)

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (June 4); listen to the song here

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (Mar 5)The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad (May 14)

The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (Feb 12)

Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Feb 19) by Various, translated by Ken Liu

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]]> 3200 #42: LGBTQ+ SFF https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/42-lgbtq-sff Sharifah and Jenn discuss J.K. Rowling’s terrible assistant, adaptation news, the Best of 2018 lists, and recommend LGBTQ+ SFF. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and our True Story Giveaway. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. For even more sci-fi/fantasy news and reviews, sign up for the Swords and Spaceships newsletter, delivered every Tuesday and Friday.   News The Best Of Spreadsheet Returns! JKR’s terrible assistant, wow. Ursula K. LeGuin’s novelette Nine Lives gets casting! GRRM’s Wild Cards show is going to Hulu.   Books Discussed So Lucky by Nicola Griffith The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 50 must-read LGBT fantasy books post 8 Queer Sci-Fi books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:00:00 -0000 #42: LGBTQ+ SFF full 42 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss J.K. Rowling’s terrible assistant, adaptation news, the Best of 2018 lists, and recommend LGBTQ+ SFF. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and our True Story Giveaway. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. For even more sci-fi/fantasy news and reviews, sign up for the Swords and Spaceships newsletter, delivered every Tuesday and Friday.   News The Best Of Spreadsheet Returns! JKR’s terrible assistant, wow. Ursula K. LeGuin’s novelette Nine Lives gets casting! GRRM’s Wild Cards show is going to Hulu.   Books Discussed So Lucky by Nicola Griffith The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 50 must-read LGBT fantasy books post 8 Queer Sci-Fi books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss J.K. Rowling’s terrible assistant, adaptation news, the Best of 2018 lists, and recommend LGBTQ+ SFF. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and our True Story Giveaway. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. For even more sci-fi/fantasy news and reviews, sign up for the Swords and Spaceships newsletter, delivered every Tuesday and Friday.   News The Best Of Spreadsheet Returns! JKR’s terrible assistant, wow. Ursula K. LeGuin’s novelette Nine Lives gets casting! GRRM’s Wild Cards show is going to Hulu.   Books Discussed So Lucky by Nicola Griffith The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 50 must-read LGBT fantasy books post 8 Queer Sci-Fi books See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss J.K. Rowling’s terrible assistant, adaptation news, the Best of 2018 lists, and recommend LGBTQ+ SFF.

This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal and our True Story Giveaway.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

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News

The Best Of Spreadsheet Returns!

JKR’s terrible assistant, wow.

Ursula K. LeGuin’s novelette Nine Lives gets casting!

GRRM’s Wild Cards show is going to Hulu.

 

Books Discussed

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith

The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee

50 must-read LGBT fantasy books post

8 Queer Sci-Fi books

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]]> 2947 #41: Your SFF Holiday Gift Guide https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/41-your-sff-holiday-gift-guide Sharifah and Jenn give their picks for the best books to give this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber and the Book Riot Read Harder Journal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. Books Discussed: The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee Rise of the Empress duology by Julie C Dao (tw: child abuse) The Traitor Baru Cormorant and The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (tw: institutionalized homophobia, assault, etc) Witchmark by CL Polk The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Rosewater by Tade Thompson (here's our Book Club episode) How Long til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (tw: child abuse) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Circe by Madeline Miller (tw: rape) Mem by Bethany C. Morrow The Completed Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi (tw: rape; self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:00:00 -0000 #41: Your SFF Holiday Gift Guide full 41 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn give their picks for the best books to give this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber and the Book Riot Read Harder Journal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. Books Discussed: The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee Rise of the Empress duology by Julie C Dao (tw: child abuse) The Traitor Baru Cormorant and The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (tw: institutionalized homophobia, assault, etc) Witchmark by CL Polk The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Rosewater by Tade Thompson (here's our Book Club episode) How Long til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (tw: child abuse) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Circe by Madeline Miller (tw: rape) Mem by Bethany C. Morrow The Completed Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi (tw: rape; self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn give their picks for the best books to give this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber and the Book Riot Read Harder Journal. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. Books Discussed: The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee Rise of the Empress duology by Julie C Dao (tw: child abuse) The Traitor Baru Cormorant and The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (tw: institutionalized homophobia, assault, etc) Witchmark by CL Polk The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Rosewater by Tade Thompson (here's our Book Club episode) How Long til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (tw: child abuse) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Circe by Madeline Miller (tw: rape) Mem by Bethany C. Morrow The Completed Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi (tw: rape; self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn give their picks for the best books to give this holiday season.

This episode is sponsored by The Spectral City by Leanna Renee Hieber and the Book Riot Read Harder Journal.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

Books Discussed:

The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin

The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee

Rise of the Empress duology by Julie C Dao (tw: child abuse)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant and The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (tw: institutionalized homophobia, assault, etc)

Witchmark by CL Polk

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Rosewater by Tade Thompson (here's our Book Club episode)

How Long til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (tw: child abuse)

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Circe by Madeline Miller (tw: rape)

Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

The Completed Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Freshwater by Awaeke Emezi (tw: rape; self-harm)

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]]> 3850 #40: SF/F Romance https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/40-sf-f-romance Sharifah and Jenn discuss the deaths of William Goldman and Stan Lee, the World Fantasy Award winners, sci-fi and fantasy romances, and more. This episode is sponsored by Enclave by Thomas Locke and Dragonshadow by by Elle Katharine White. News William Goldman has died. Stan Lee has also passed away. Congrats, World Fantasy Award Winners! New Erin Morgenstern book coming! Rolling in the Deep adaptation for Mira Grant   Books Discussed Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston (Call of Crows #1) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (Off the Grid #1) Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu (Dirk & Steele #1) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Nov 2018 13:57:19 -0000 #40: SF/F Romance full 40 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the deaths of William Goldman and Stan Lee, the World Fantasy Award winners, sci-fi and fantasy romances, and more. This episode is sponsored by Enclave by Thomas Locke and Dragonshadow by by Elle Katharine White. News William Goldman has died. Stan Lee has also passed away. Congrats, World Fantasy Award Winners! New Erin Morgenstern book coming! Rolling in the Deep adaptation for Mira Grant   Books Discussed Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston (Call of Crows #1) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (Off the Grid #1) Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu (Dirk & Steele #1) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the deaths of William Goldman and Stan Lee, the World Fantasy Award winners, sci-fi and fantasy romances, and more. This episode is sponsored by Enclave by Thomas Locke and Dragonshadow by by Elle Katharine White. News William Goldman has died. Stan Lee has also passed away. Congrats, World Fantasy Award Winners! New Erin Morgenstern book coming! Rolling in the Deep adaptation for Mira Grant   Books Discussed Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1) The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston (Call of Crows #1) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (Off the Grid #1) Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu (Dirk & Steele #1) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the deaths of William Goldman and Stan Lee, the World Fantasy Award winners, sci-fi and fantasy romances, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Enclave by Thomas Locke and Dragonshadow by by Elle Katharine White.


News

William Goldman has died.

Stan Lee has also passed away.

Congrats, World Fantasy Award Winners!

New Erin Morgenstern book coming!

Rolling in the Deep adaptation for Mira Grant

 

Books Discussed

Silver Silence by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #1)

The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston (Call of Crows #1)

Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (Off the Grid #1)

Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu (Dirk & Steele #1)

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]]> 2831 #39: Best Opening and Ending Lines https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/39-best-opening-and-ending-lines Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula marginalia, the Discworld adaptation, the NOMMO awards, and the best opening and closing lines of SFF. This episode is sponsored by Jade City by Fonda Lee; Lost Arrow, Book I of The Kalelah Series by Marshall Ross; and Fantastic Beasts: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case. News Terry Pratchett’s The Watch lands at BBC NOMMO Award winners! London Library Discovers Bram Stoker's Dracula Notes Scribbled In Margins Of Its Books Naomi Watts cast for GoT prequel   Books Discussed A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (tw: rape) The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (tw: harm to children) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TW: Rape; child abuse) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:00:00 -0000 #39: Best Opening and Ending Lines full 39 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula marginalia, the Discworld adaptation, the NOMMO awards, and the best opening and closing lines of SFF. This episode is sponsored by Jade City by Fonda Lee; Lost Arrow, Book I of The Kalelah Series by Marshall Ross; and Fantastic Beasts: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case. News Terry Pratchett’s The Watch lands at BBC NOMMO Award winners! London Library Discovers Bram Stoker's Dracula Notes Scribbled In Margins Of Its Books Naomi Watts cast for GoT prequel   Books Discussed A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (tw: rape) The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (tw: harm to children) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TW: Rape; child abuse) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula marginalia, the Discworld adaptation, the NOMMO awards, and the best opening and closing lines of SFF. This episode is sponsored by Jade City by Fonda Lee; Lost Arrow, Book I of The Kalelah Series by Marshall Ross; and Fantastic Beasts: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case. News Terry Pratchett’s The Watch lands at BBC NOMMO Award winners! London Library Discovers Bram Stoker's Dracula Notes Scribbled In Margins Of Its Books Naomi Watts cast for GoT prequel   Books Discussed A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (tw: rape) The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (tw: harm to children) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TW: Rape; child abuse) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula marginalia, the Discworld adaptation, the NOMMO awards, and the best opening and closing lines of SFF.

This episode is sponsored by Jade City by Fonda Lee; Lost Arrow, Book I of The Kalelah Series by Marshall Ross; and Fantastic Beasts: The Magizoologist’s Discovery Case.


News

Terry Pratchett’s The Watch lands at BBC

NOMMO Award winners!

London Library Discovers Bram Stoker's Dracula Notes Scribbled In Margins Of Its Books

Naomi Watts cast for GoT prequel

 

Books Discussed

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris (tw: rape)

The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin (tw: harm to children)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (TW: Rape; child abuse)

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]]> 3020 #38: Book Club: Rosewater by Tade Thompson https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/38-book-club-rosewater-by-tade-thompson In this first-ever book club episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss Rosewater by Tade Thompson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:12:20 -0000 #38: Book Club: Rosewater by Tade Thompson full 38 Book Riot In this first-ever book club episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss Rosewater by Tade Thompson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. In this first-ever book club episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss Rosewater by Tade Thompson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices In this first-ever book club episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss Rosewater by Tade Thompson.

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]]> 1778 #37: Novellas https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/37-novellas Sharifah and Jenn discuss multi-platform media, Nnedi Okorafor's nonfiction, and The Twilight Zone, and recommend novellas. This episode is sponsored by TBR, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and Putting the Science in Fiction.   News Discussed An ambitious multi-platform launch Liz Gorinsky, formerly of Tor, is starting her own publishing company. Nnedi Okorafor is doing a nonfiction book! Follow-up: The reboot trailer for Twilight Zone mostly just makes me want to rewatch original Twilight Zone.   Books Discussed On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Listen to her on Get Booked!) The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (tw: homophobia, family abuse) (Read his piece on writing dialect in fiction) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #37: Novellas full 37 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss multi-platform media, Nnedi Okorafor's nonfiction, and The Twilight Zone, and recommend novellas. This episode is sponsored by TBR, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and Putting the Science in Fiction.   News Discussed An ambitious multi-platform launch Liz Gorinsky, formerly of Tor, is starting her own publishing company. Nnedi Okorafor is doing a nonfiction book! Follow-up: The reboot trailer for Twilight Zone mostly just makes me want to rewatch original Twilight Zone.   Books Discussed On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Listen to her on Get Booked!) The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (tw: homophobia, family abuse) (Read his piece on writing dialect in fiction) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss multi-platform media, Nnedi Okorafor's nonfiction, and The Twilight Zone, and recommend novellas. This episode is sponsored by TBR, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and Putting the Science in Fiction.   News Discussed An ambitious multi-platform launch Liz Gorinsky, formerly of Tor, is starting her own publishing company. Nnedi Okorafor is doing a nonfiction book! Follow-up: The reboot trailer for Twilight Zone mostly just makes me want to rewatch original Twilight Zone.   Books Discussed On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Listen to her on Get Booked!) The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (tw: homophobia, family abuse) (Read his piece on writing dialect in fiction) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss multi-platform media, Nnedi Okorafor's nonfiction, and The Twilight Zone, and recommend novellas.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, and Putting the Science in Fiction.


 

News Discussed

An ambitious multi-platform launch

Liz Gorinsky, formerly of Tor, is starting her own publishing company.

Nnedi Okorafor is doing a nonfiction book!

Follow-up: The reboot trailer for Twilight Zone mostly just makes me want to rewatch original Twilight Zone.

 

Books Discussed

On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard (Listen to her on Get Booked!)

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson (tw: homophobia, family abuse) (Read his piece on writing dialect in fiction)

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]]> 2618 #36: Witch, Please https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/36-witch-please Sharifah and Jenn discuss TV shows for The Wheel of Time, Circe, and Narnia, and talk about their favorite witches. This episode is sponsored by The Devil's Thief, His Fair Assassins Trilogy, and In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey.   Book Club pick: Rosewater by Tade Thompson   News: Amazon has picked up the Wheel of Time TV show, and signed a big deal with Neil Gaiman. Circe by Madeline Miller has been optioned! Netflix is making new Narnia shows. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer is great.   Books Discussed: Witches of New York by Ami McKay (tw: violence against women) Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Plus also this post: https://bookriot.com/2017/04/18/100-must-read-books-witches/ All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya   BONUS ROUND: Fav Witchy Movie Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus book!) Practical Magic (Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 10 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #36: Witch, Please full 36 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss TV shows for The Wheel of Time, Circe, and Narnia, and talk about their favorite witches. This episode is sponsored by The Devil's Thief, His Fair Assassins Trilogy, and In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey.   Book Club pick:Rosewater by Tade Thompson   News: Amazon has picked up the Wheel of Time TV show, and signed a big deal with Neil Gaiman. Circe by Madeline Miller has been optioned! Netflix is making new Narnia shows. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer is great.   Books Discussed: Witches of New York by Ami McKay (tw: violence against women) Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Plus also this post: https://bookriot.com/2017/04/18/100-must-read-books-witches/ All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya   BONUS ROUND: Fav Witchy Movie Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus book!) Practical Magic (Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss TV shows for The Wheel of Time, Circe, and Narnia, and talk about their favorite witches. This episode is sponsored by The Devil's Thief, His Fair Assassins Trilogy, and In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey.   Book Club pick: Rosewater by Tade Thompson   News: Amazon has picked up the Wheel of Time TV show, and signed a big deal with Neil Gaiman. Circe by Madeline Miller has been optioned! Netflix is making new Narnia shows. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer is great.   Books Discussed: Witches of New York by Ami McKay (tw: violence against women) Mama Day by Gloria Naylor Plus also this post: https://bookriot.com/2017/04/18/100-must-read-books-witches/ All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya   BONUS ROUND: Fav Witchy Movie Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus book!) Practical Magic (Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss TV shows for The Wheel of Time, Circe, and Narnia, and talk about their favorite witches.

This episode is sponsored by The Devil's Thief, His Fair Assassins Trilogy, and In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey.


 

Book Club pick: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

 

News:

Amazon has picked up the Wheel of Time TV show, and signed a big deal with Neil Gaiman.

Circe by Madeline Miller has been optioned!

Netflix is making new Narnia shows.

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer is great.

 

Books Discussed:

Witches of New York by Ami McKay (tw: violence against women)

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

Plus also this post: https://bookriot.com/2017/04/18/100-must-read-books-witches/

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

 

BONUS ROUND: Fav Witchy Movie

Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus book!)

Practical Magic (Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman)

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]]> 2918 #35: Time Travel https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/35-time-travel Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Twilight Zone reboot, a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender news, time travel favorites, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #35: Time Travel full 35 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Twilight Zone reboot, a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender news, time travel favorites, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Twilight Zone reboot, a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender news, time travel favorites, and more. This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Twilight Zone reboot, a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender news, time travel favorites, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels.

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]]> 2911 #34: Dead People https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/34-dead-people Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way   Books Discussed: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Zone One by Colson Whitehead Sabriel by Garth Nix See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:30:00 -0000 #34: Dead People full 34 Book Riot Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way   Books Discussed: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Zone One by Colson Whitehead Sabriel by Garth Nix See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way   Books Discussed: Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy) The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Zone One by Colson Whitehead Sabriel by Garth Nix See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people.

This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

 

News:

The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation

Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way

 

Books Discussed:

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy)

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy)

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Sabriel by Garth Nix

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]]> 2595 Trilogies https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/trilogies Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo winners, a tabletop RPG for The Expanse, His Dark Materials casting, favorite trilogies, and more. This episode is sponsored by Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Nightblood by Elly Blake.   News: A historic win for NK Jemisin at the Hugos The Expanse is getting a tabletop RPG Ursula K. Le Guin Sci-Fi ‘Nine Lives’ Gets Movie Adaptation BBC His Dark Materials adaptation casts witch queen Serafina Pekkala  New HARRY POTTER Books (Including a Hogwarts Pop-Up) Coming This October   Books Discussed: Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun) (R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns, Binary, Regeneration) -- trigger warning: hate crimes The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin (Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky) Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue) Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Home, The Night Masquerade) His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:00:00 -0000 Trilogies full 33 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo winners, a tabletop RPG for The Expanse, His Dark Materials casting, favorite trilogies, and more. This episode is sponsored by Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Nightblood by Elly Blake.   News: A historic win for NK Jemisin at the Hugos The Expanse is getting a tabletop RPG Ursula K. Le Guin Sci-Fi ‘Nine Lives’ Gets Movie Adaptation BBC His Dark Materials adaptation casts witch queen Serafina Pekkala  New HARRY POTTER Books (Including a Hogwarts Pop-Up) Coming This October   Books Discussed: Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun) (R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns, Binary, Regeneration) -- trigger warning: hate crimes The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin (Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky) Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue) Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Home, The Night Masquerade) His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo winners, a tabletop RPG for The Expanse, His Dark Materials casting, favorite trilogies, and more. This episode is sponsored by Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Nightblood by Elly Blake.   News: A historic win for NK Jemisin at the Hugos The Expanse is getting a tabletop RPG Ursula K. Le Guin Sci-Fi ‘Nine Lives’ Gets Movie Adaptation BBC His Dark Materials adaptation casts witch queen Serafina Pekkala  New HARRY POTTER Books (Including a Hogwarts Pop-Up) Coming This October   Books Discussed: Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun) (R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns, Binary, Regeneration) -- trigger warning: hate crimes The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin (Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky) Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue) Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Home, The Night Masquerade) His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo winners, a tabletop RPG for The Expanse, His Dark Materials casting, favorite trilogies, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Nightblood by Elly Blake.

 

News:

A historic win for NK Jemisin at the Hugos

The Expanse is getting a tabletop RPG

Ursula K. Le Guin Sci-Fi ‘Nine Lives’ Gets Movie Adaptation

BBC His Dark Materials adaptation casts witch queen Serafina Pekkala 

New HARRY POTTER Books (Including a Hogwarts Pop-Up) Coming This October

 

Books Discussed:

Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun)

(R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns, Binary, Regeneration) -- trigger warning: hate crimes

The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin (Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky)

Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue)

Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Home, The Night Masquerade)

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)

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]]> 2869 #32: Recent Debuts https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/32-recent-debuts Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley. News: MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING! WorldCon update: the programming looks better. Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused. Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’. Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.   Books Discussed An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault) Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19) Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10) Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 15 Aug 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #32: Recent Debuts full 32 Book Riot Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley. News: MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING! WorldCon update: the programming looks better. Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused. Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’. Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.   Books Discussed An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault) Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19) Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10) Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley. News: MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING! WorldCon update: the programming looks better. Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused. Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’. Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.   Books Discussed An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault) Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19) Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10) Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley.


News:

MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING!

WorldCon update: the programming looks better.

Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused.

Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’.

Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.

 

Books Discussed

An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault)

Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19)

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10)

Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23)

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]]> 2966 #31: School Stories https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/31-school-stories Sharifah and Jenn discuss new books from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin, Worldcon, the World Fantasy Awards, school stories, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Suicide Club by Rachel Heng, and Contagion by Erin Bowman.   News: New books are coming from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin! What is going on at Worldcon? Update: Voting closed on July 31, 2018. Mary Robinette Kowal led a team updating the programming. Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ In The Works At Hulu World Fantasy Award finalists announced   Books Discussed Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (tw: domestic violence) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence including rape) Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #31: School Stories full 31 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss new books from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin, Worldcon, the World Fantasy Awards, school stories, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Suicide Club by Rachel Heng, and Contagion by Erin Bowman.   News: New books are coming from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin! What is going on at Worldcon? Update: Voting closed on July 31, 2018. Mary Robinette Kowal led a team updating the programming. Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ In The Works At Hulu World Fantasy Award finalists announced   Books Discussed Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (tw: domestic violence) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence including rape) Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss new books from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin, Worldcon, the World Fantasy Awards, school stories, and more. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Suicide Club by Rachel Heng, and Contagion by Erin Bowman.   News: New books are coming from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin! What is going on at Worldcon? Update: Voting closed on July 31, 2018. Mary Robinette Kowal led a team updating the programming. Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ In The Works At Hulu World Fantasy Award finalists announced   Books Discussed Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (tw: domestic violence) The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence including rape) Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss new books from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin, Worldcon, the World Fantasy Awards, school stories, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Suicide Club by Rachel Heng, and Contagion by Erin Bowman.


 

News:

New books are coming from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin!

What is going on at Worldcon?

Update: Voting closed on July 31, 2018. Mary Robinette Kowal led a team updating the programming.

Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ In The Works At Hulu

World Fantasy Award finalists announced

 

Books Discussed

Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (tw: domestic violence)

The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence including rape)

Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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]]> 3122 #30: SFF Audiobooks https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/30-sff-audiobooks Sharifah and guest Nikki Vanry discuss Stranger Things books and more Star Trek, copyrighting, poorly planned merch, and SFF audiobooks. This episode is sponsored by Recommended and our Best of the Year YA Giveaway.   News Discussed: Stranger Things books and comics are coming! Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV Pulp novelist of harem fantasy novels wants to trademark “dragon slayer”, and then there was this #quantumgate thing. In terrible ideas--Handmaid’s Tale Wine, and Handmaid’s Tale lingerie.   Books Discussed: The Bees by Laline Paull, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose Warcross by Marie Lu, narrated by Nancy Wu The Devourers by Indra Das, narrated by Shishir Kurup and Meera Simhan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #30: SFF Audiobooks full 30 Book Riot Sharifah and guest Nikki Vanry discuss Stranger Things books and more Star Trek, copyrighting, poorly planned merch, and SFF audiobooks. This episode is sponsored by Recommended and our Best of the Year YA Giveaway.   News Discussed: Stranger Things books and comics are coming! Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV Pulp novelist of harem fantasy novels wants to trademark “dragon slayer”, and then there was this #quantumgate thing. In terrible ideas--Handmaid’s Tale Wine, and Handmaid’s Tale lingerie.   Books Discussed: The Bees by Laline Paull, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose Warcross by Marie Lu, narrated by Nancy Wu The Devourers by Indra Das, narrated by Shishir Kurup and Meera Simhan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and guest Nikki Vanry discuss Stranger Things books and more Star Trek, copyrighting, poorly planned merch, and SFF audiobooks. This episode is sponsored by Recommended and our Best of the Year YA Giveaway.   News Discussed: Stranger Things books and comics are coming! Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV Pulp novelist of harem fantasy novels wants to trademark “dragon slayer”, and then there was this #quantumgate thing. In terrible ideas--Handmaid’s Tale Wine, and Handmaid’s Tale lingerie.   Books Discussed: The Bees by Laline Paull, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose Warcross by Marie Lu, narrated by Nancy Wu The Devourers by Indra Das, narrated by Shishir Kurup and Meera Simhan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and guest Nikki Vanry discuss Stranger Things books and more Star Trek, copyrighting, poorly planned merch, and SFF audiobooks.

This episode is sponsored by Recommended and our Best of the Year YA Giveaway.

 

News Discussed:

Stranger Things books and comics are coming!

Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV

Pulp novelist of harem fantasy novels wants to trademark “dragon slayer”, and then there was this #quantumgate thing.

In terrible ideas--Handmaid’s Tale Wine, and Handmaid’s Tale lingerie.

 

Books Discussed:

The Bees by Laline Paull, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose

Warcross by Marie Lu, narrated by Nancy Wu

The Devourers by Indra Das, narrated by Shishir Kurup and Meera Simhan

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]]> 3060 #29: Sci-Fi Bingo https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/29-sci-fi-bingo Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harlan Ellison, A Discovery of Witches, the Locus Award winners, and recommend some sci-fi sub-genres. This episode is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders. News: Ron Howard might add to Willow. Harlan Ellison is Dead. Locus Awards Winners! A Discovery of Witches trailer is here but still doesn’t have a US air date or network. Question from Karen: "Over the past three years my friends and I have spent the month of July reading and talking about Science Fiction books - we call it Sci-Fi July. For the last two years I've made a BINGO card with 24 categories to help "guide" our reading a bit throughout the month (this was totally inspired by the Read Harder Challenge). I'm copy+pasting our big list of past categories and some of our ideas for 2018 at the end of this e-mail, but I'd LOVE to get some suggestions from you two for new sci-fi categories to help us stretch our reading this summer!" Books: Science Fantasy: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Alternate History: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard YA Science Fiction/Video Games: Warcross by Marie Lu Sci-Fi Mystery: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 04 Jul 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #29: Sci-Fi Bingo full 29 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harlan Ellison, A Discovery of Witches, the Locus Award winners, and recommend some sci-fi sub-genres. This episode is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders. News: Ron Howard might add to Willow. Harlan Ellison is Dead. Locus Awards Winners! A Discovery of Witches trailer is here but still doesn’t have a US air date or network. Question from Karen: "Over the past three years my friends and I have spent the month of July reading and talking about Science Fiction books - we call it Sci-Fi July. For the last two years I've made a BINGO card with 24 categories to help "guide" our reading a bit throughout the month (this was totally inspired by the Read Harder Challenge). I'm copy+pasting our big list of past categories and some of our ideas for 2018 at the end of this e-mail, but I'd LOVE to get some suggestions from you two for new sci-fi categories to help us stretch our reading this summer!" Books: Science Fantasy: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Alternate History: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard YA Science Fiction/Video Games: Warcross by Marie Lu Sci-Fi Mystery: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harlan Ellison, A Discovery of Witches, the Locus Award winners, and recommend some sci-fi sub-genres. This episode is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders. News: Ron Howard might add to Willow. Harlan Ellison is Dead. Locus Awards Winners! A Discovery of Witches trailer is here but still doesn’t have a US air date or network. Question from Karen: "Over the past three years my friends and I have spent the month of July reading and talking about Science Fiction books - we call it Sci-Fi July. For the last two years I've made a BINGO card with 24 categories to help "guide" our reading a bit throughout the month (this was totally inspired by the Read Harder Challenge). I'm copy+pasting our big list of past categories and some of our ideas for 2018 at the end of this e-mail, but I'd LOVE to get some suggestions from you two for new sci-fi categories to help us stretch our reading this summer!" Books: Science Fantasy: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders Alternate History: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard YA Science Fiction/Video Games: Warcross by Marie Lu Sci-Fi Mystery: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harlan Ellison, A Discovery of Witches, the Locus Award winners, and recommend some sci-fi sub-genres.

This episode is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders.

News:

Ron Howard might add to Willow.

Harlan Ellison is Dead.

Locus Awards Winners!

A Discovery of Witches trailer is here but still doesn’t have a US air date or network.

Question from Karen:

"Over the past three years my friends and I have spent the month of July reading and talking about Science Fiction books - we call it Sci-Fi July. For the last two years I've made a BINGO card with 24 categories to help "guide" our reading a bit throughout the month (this was totally inspired by the Read Harder Challenge). I'm copy+pasting our big list of past categories and some of our ideas for 2018 at the end of this e-mail, but I'd LOVE to get some suggestions from you two for new sci-fi categories to help us stretch our reading this summer!"

Books:

Science Fantasy: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Alternate History: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard

YA Science Fiction/Video Games: Warcross by Marie Lu

Sci-Fi Mystery: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams

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]]> 2879 #28: Pick Your Character https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/28-pick-your-character Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptations for Carmen Maria Machado and Victor LaValle, a cosplay ball, aspirational characters in SFF, and more! This episode is sponsored by The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty, Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy, and Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin, translated by Elizabeth Kulikov. News Her Body & Other Parties is getting adapted for TV The Changeling is being adapted by FX Cosplay ball! There might be a GoT prequel series   Books Discussed Circe by Madeline Miller Lirael by Garth Nix Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Sunshine by Robin McKinley Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #28: Pick Your Character full 28 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptations for Carmen Maria Machado and Victor LaValle, a cosplay ball, aspirational characters in SFF, and more! This episode is sponsored by The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty, Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy, and Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin, translated by Elizabeth Kulikov. News Her Body & Other Parties is getting adapted for TV The Changeling is being adapted by FX Cosplay ball! There might be a GoT prequel series   Books Discussed Circe by Madeline Miller Lirael by Garth Nix Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Sunshine by Robin McKinley Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptations for Carmen Maria Machado and Victor LaValle, a cosplay ball, aspirational characters in SFF, and more! This episode is sponsored by The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty, Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy, and Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin, translated by Elizabeth Kulikov. News Her Body & Other Parties is getting adapted for TV The Changeling is being adapted by FX Cosplay ball! There might be a GoT prequel series   Books Discussed Circe by Madeline Miller Lirael by Garth Nix Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Sunshine by Robin McKinley Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptations for Carmen Maria Machado and Victor LaValle, a cosplay ball, aspirational characters in SFF, and more!

This episode is sponsored by The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty, Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy, and Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin, translated by Elizabeth Kulikov.


News

Her Body & Other Parties is getting adapted for TV

The Changeling is being adapted by FX

Cosplay ball!

There might be a GoT prequel series

 

Books Discussed

Circe by Madeline Miller

Lirael by Garth Nix

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

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]]> 2877 #27: Cozy Reads https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/27-cozy-reads Jenn and guest Alex Acks, a.k.a. Alex Wells, discuss the Nebula winners, the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, and more, and recommend cozy reads. Wells is a Book Riot contributor and author of Hunger Makes the Wolf, Blood Binds the Pack, and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures. This episode is sponsored by Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner and our $500 bookstore gift card giveaway. News Follow up: Amazon did save The Expanse The Nebula Award winners were announced Check out the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Zack Snyder wants to make The Fountainhead as a movie Aragorn might be the star of the LOTR series   Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Provenance by Ann Leckie Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #27: Cozy Reads full 27 Book Riot Jenn and guest Alex Acks, a.k.a. Alex Wells, discuss the Nebula winners, the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, and more, and recommend cozy reads. Wells is a Book Riot contributor and author of Hunger Makes the Wolf, Blood Binds the Pack, and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures. This episode is sponsored by Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner and our $500 bookstore gift card giveaway. News Follow up: Amazon did save The Expanse The Nebula Award winners were announced Check out the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Zack Snyder wants to make The Fountainhead as a movie Aragorn might be the star of the LOTR series   Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Provenance by Ann Leckie Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and guest Alex Acks, a.k.a. Alex Wells, discuss the Nebula winners, the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, and more, and recommend cozy reads. Wells is a Book Riot contributor and author of Hunger Makes the Wolf, Blood Binds the Pack, and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures. This episode is sponsored by Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner and our $500 bookstore gift card giveaway. News Follow up: Amazon did save The Expanse The Nebula Award winners were announced Check out the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction Zack Snyder wants to make The Fountainhead as a movie Aragorn might be the star of the LOTR series   Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Provenance by Ann Leckie Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jenn and guest Alex Acks, a.k.a. Alex Wells, discuss the Nebula winners, the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, and more, and recommend cozy reads.

Wells is a Book Riot contributor and author of Hunger Makes the Wolf, Blood Binds the Pack, and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures.

This episode is sponsored by Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner and our $500 bookstore gift card giveaway.


News

Follow up: Amazon did save The Expanse

The Nebula Award winners were announced

Check out the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction

Zack Snyder wants to make The Fountainhead as a movie

Aragorn might be the star of the LOTR series

 

Books Discussed

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Provenance by Ann Leckie

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

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]]> 2786 #26: Books About the Arts https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/26-books-about-the-arts Sharifah and Jenn discuss books about the arts, SF/F TV news, the Ursula Le Guin documentary, and more. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and our bookstore gift card giveaway.   News She-Ra Update! Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Expanse cancelled Note: post-recording, The Expanse was indeed picked up by Amazon Netflix doubling down on SF/F   Books Discussed The Chimes by Anna Smaill Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (trigger warning: self harm/suicide) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 23 May 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #26: Books About the Arts full 26 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss books about the arts, SF/F TV news, the Ursula Le Guin documentary, and more. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and our bookstore gift card giveaway.   News She-Ra Update! Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Expanse cancelled Note: post-recording, The Expanse was indeed picked up by Amazon Netflix doubling down on SF/F   Books Discussed The Chimes by Anna Smaill Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (trigger warning: self harm/suicide) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss books about the arts, SF/F TV news, the Ursula Le Guin documentary, and more. This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and our bookstore gift card giveaway.   News She-Ra Update! Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary Expanse cancelled Note: post-recording, The Expanse was indeed picked up by Amazon Netflix doubling down on SF/F   Books Discussed The Chimes by Anna Smaill Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (trigger warning: self harm/suicide) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss books about the arts, SF/F TV news, the Ursula Le Guin documentary, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and our bookstore gift card giveaway.

 

News

She-Ra Update!

Ursula K. Le Guin Documentary

Expanse cancelled

Note: post-recording, The Expanse was indeed picked up by Amazon

Netflix doubling down on SF/F

 

Books Discussed

The Chimes by Anna Smaill

Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (trigger warning: self harm/suicide)

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]]> 2944 #25: Immortality, It's Not Just For Vampires https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/25-immortality-its-not-just-for-vampires Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Ursula Le Guin's electronica album, immortality in SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Vicious by V.E. Schwab and Annotated.   News Star Wars takes a step forward with a black female director Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery gameplay discussion Ursula K Le Guin's electronica album 'Game of Thrones' Book 6 'The Winds of Winter' Won't Publish This Year   Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (trigger warnings: racism, lynching, sexual assault, harm to children) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Circe by Madeline Miller The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (trigger warning: self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 09 May 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #25: Immortality, It's Not Just For Vampires full 25 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Ursula Le Guin's electronica album, immortality in SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Vicious by V.E. Schwab and Annotated.   News Star Wars takes a step forward with a black female director Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery gameplay discussion Ursula K Le Guin's electronica album 'Game of Thrones' Book 6 'The Winds of Winter' Won't Publish This Year   Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (trigger warnings: racism, lynching, sexual assault, harm to children) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Circe by Madeline Miller The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (trigger warning: self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Ursula Le Guin's electronica album, immortality in SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Vicious by V.E. Schwab and Annotated.   News Star Wars takes a step forward with a black female director Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery gameplay discussion Ursula K Le Guin's electronica album 'Game of Thrones' Book 6 'The Winds of Winter' Won't Publish This Year   Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (trigger warnings: racism, lynching, sexual assault, harm to children) Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Circe by Madeline Miller The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (trigger warning: self-harm) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Ursula Le Guin's electronica album, immortality in SF/F, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Vicious by V.E. Schwab and Annotated.

 

News

Star Wars takes a step forward with a black female director

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery gameplay discussion

Ursula K Le Guin's electronica album

'Game of Thrones' Book 6 'The Winds of Winter' Won't Publish This Year

 

Books Discussed

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (trigger warnings: racism, lynching, sexual assault, harm to children)

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor (trigger warning: self-harm)

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]]> 3067 #24: Lady Vengeance https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/24-lady-vengeance Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Lost in Space reboot, Jacqueline Carey's latest book news, Mary Shelley, and lady vengeance. This episode is sponsored by Reborn by Lance Erlick and The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News Discussed You can watch the new Mary Shelley Trailer. And there's a new edition of Frankenstein being published. Jacqueline Carey is retelling Kushiel’s Dart from Joscelin’s perspective. Follow-up: The HP game is coming April 25! There's a Lost In Space reboot   Books Discussed The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (trigger warning: child abuse and sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #24: Lady Vengeance full 24 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Lost in Space reboot, Jacqueline Carey's latest book news, Mary Shelley, and lady vengeance. This episode is sponsored by Reborn by Lance Erlick and The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News Discussed You can watch the new Mary Shelley Trailer. And there's a new edition of Frankenstein being published. Jacqueline Carey is retelling Kushiel’s Dart from Joscelin’s perspective. Follow-up: The HP game is coming April 25! There's a Lost In Space reboot   Books Discussed The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (trigger warning: child abuse and sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Lost in Space reboot, Jacqueline Carey's latest book news, Mary Shelley, and lady vengeance. This episode is sponsored by Reborn by Lance Erlick and The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News Discussed You can watch the new Mary Shelley Trailer. And there's a new edition of Frankenstein being published. Jacqueline Carey is retelling Kushiel’s Dart from Joscelin’s perspective. Follow-up: The HP game is coming April 25! There's a Lost In Space reboot   Books Discussed The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (trigger warning: child abuse and sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Lost in Space reboot, Jacqueline Carey's latest book news, Mary Shelley, and lady vengeance.

This episode is sponsored by Reborn by Lance Erlick and The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp.

Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here.

The show can also be found on Stitcher here.

You can enter the mystery giveaway here.

 

News Discussed

You can watch the new Mary Shelley Trailer.

And there's a new edition of Frankenstein being published.

Jacqueline Carey is retelling Kushiel’s Dart from Joscelin’s perspective.

Follow-up: The HP game is coming April 25!

There's a Lost In Space reboot

 

Books Discussed

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson (trigger warning: child abuse and sexual assault)

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]]> 2935 Bonus: Robin Sloan Recommends https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/bonus-robin-sloan-recommends Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Robin Sloan recommending Octavia Butler's Parable of The Sower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 18 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0000 Bonus: Robin Sloan Recommends bonus Book Riot Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Robin Sloan recommending Octavia Butler's Parable of The Sower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Robin Sloan recommending Octavia Butler's Parable of The Sower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Please enjoy this bonus excerpt, courtesy of the Recommended podcast, featuring Robin Sloan recommending Octavia Butler's Parable of The Sower.

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]]> 529 #23: Short Fiction https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/23-short-fiction Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award nominees, zombie raccoons, a new Arthurian adaptation, and more. This episode is sponsored by Shattered Roads by Alice Henderson and Libby. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News The 2018 Hugo Nominees Neil Gaiman Is Bringing the Gormenghast Fantasy Series Back to Television Zombie raccoons?! Frank Miller taking on Arthurian legend in new illustrated YA novel and it already has a TV deal.   Books Discussed Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" (Nebula nominee) Her Body And Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize) trigger warnings: violence against women including sexual assault “Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Hugo/Nebula) “Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Hugo & Nebula) The Merry Spinster by (Daniel) Mallory Ortberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #23: Short Fiction full 23 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award nominees, zombie raccoons, a new Arthurian adaptation, and more. This episode is sponsored by Shattered Roads by Alice Henderson and Libby. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News The 2018 Hugo Nominees Neil Gaiman Is Bringing the Gormenghast Fantasy Series Back to Television Zombie raccoons?! Frank Miller taking on Arthurian legend in new illustrated YA novel and it already has a TV deal.   Books Discussed Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" (Nebula nominee) Her Body And Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize) trigger warnings: violence against women including sexual assault “Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Hugo/Nebula) “Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Hugo & Nebula) The Merry Spinster by (Daniel) Mallory Ortberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award nominees, zombie raccoons, a new Arthurian adaptation, and more. This episode is sponsored by Shattered Roads by Alice Henderson and Libby. You can enter the mystery giveaway here.   News The 2018 Hugo Nominees Neil Gaiman Is Bringing the Gormenghast Fantasy Series Back to Television Zombie raccoons?! Frank Miller taking on Arthurian legend in new illustrated YA novel and it already has a TV deal.   Books Discussed Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" (Nebula nominee) Her Body And Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize) trigger warnings: violence against women including sexual assault “Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Hugo/Nebula) “Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Hugo & Nebula) The Merry Spinster by (Daniel) Mallory Ortberg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award nominees, zombie raccoons, a new Arthurian adaptation, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Shattered Roads by Alice Henderson and Libby.

You can enter the mystery giveaway here.

 

News

The 2018 Hugo Nominees

Neil Gaiman Is Bringing the Gormenghast Fantasy Series Back to Television

Zombie raccoons?!

Frank Miller taking on Arthurian legend in new illustrated YA novel and it already has a TV deal.

 

Books Discussed

Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™" (Nebula nominee)

Her Body And Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado (Winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize)

trigger warnings: violence against women including sexual assault

“Fandom for Robots” by Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Hugo/Nebula)

“Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim (Hugo & Nebula)

The Merry Spinster by (Daniel) Mallory Ortberg

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]]> 3122 #22: Steampunk! https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/22-steampunk Sharifah and Jenn discuss Serena Williams, geek extraordinaire; Pottermore lay-offs; the Nightflyers adaptation; steampunk; and more! This episode is sponsored by Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston and the Book Riot Store. News: Pottermore editorial staff firing Serena Williams loves Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra GRRM's Nightflyers Trailer Three Body Problem possibly getting adapted by Amazon Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million Books Discussed: Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate) Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Coglio (online) Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Sea Is Ours anthology Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda Boneshaker by Cherie Priest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:00:00 -0000 #22: Steampunk! full 22 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Serena Williams, geek extraordinaire; Pottermore lay-offs; the Nightflyers adaptation; steampunk; and more! This episode is sponsored by Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston and the Book Riot Store. News: Pottermore editorial staff firing Serena Williams loves Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra GRRM's Nightflyers Trailer Three Body Problem possibly getting adapted by Amazon Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million Books Discussed: Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate) Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Coglio (online) Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Sea Is Ours anthology Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda Boneshaker by Cherie Priest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Serena Williams, geek extraordinaire; Pottermore lay-offs; the Nightflyers adaptation; steampunk; and more! This episode is sponsored by Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston and the Book Riot Store. News: Pottermore editorial staff firing Serena Williams loves Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra GRRM's Nightflyers Trailer Three Body Problem possibly getting adapted by Amazon Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million Books Discussed: Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate) Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Coglio (online) Everfair by Nisi Shawl The Sea Is Ours anthology Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda Boneshaker by Cherie Priest See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Serena Williams, geek extraordinaire; Pottermore lay-offs; the Nightflyers adaptation; steampunk; and more!

This episode is sponsored by Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston and the Book Riot Store.

News:

Pottermore editorial staff firing

Serena Williams loves Avatar: The Last Airbender and Korra

GRRM's Nightflyers Trailer

Three Body Problem possibly getting adapted by Amazon

Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series reportedly to cost $500 million

Books Discussed:

Gail Carriger (Parasol Protectorate)

Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Coglio (online)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

The Sea Is Ours anthology

Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3045 SFF In Translation https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-in-translation Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and His Dark Materials adaptations, cover kerfuffles, and science fiction and fantasy in translation. This episode is sponsored by The Glass Blade by Ryan Wieser and Scribesby James Wolanyk.   News: Terry Goodkind’s hates his new cover… And then doubled down. Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Set For TV Adaptation His Dark Materials’ Adaptation Casting   Books Discussed: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:21:00 -0000 SFF In Translation full 21 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and His Dark Materials adaptations, cover kerfuffles, and science fiction and fantasy in translation. This episode is sponsored by The Glass Blade by Ryan Wieser and Scribesby James Wolanyk.   News: Terry Goodkind’s hates his new cover… And then doubled down. Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Set For TV Adaptation His Dark Materials’ Adaptation Casting   Books Discussed: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and His Dark Materials adaptations, cover kerfuffles, and science fiction and fantasy in translation. This episode is sponsored by The Glass Blade by Ryan Wieser and Scribesby James Wolanyk.   News: Terry Goodkind’s hates his new cover… And then doubled down. Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Set For TV Adaptation His Dark Materials’ Adaptation Casting   Books Discussed: Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and His Dark Materials adaptations, cover kerfuffles, and science fiction and fantasy in translation.

This episode is sponsored by The Glass Blade by Ryan Wieser and Scribesby James Wolanyk.

 

News:

Terry Goodkind’s hates his new cover…

And then doubled down.

Terry Pratchett’s ‘Discworld’ Set For TV Adaptation

His Dark Materials’ Adaptation Casting

 

Books Discussed:

Jagannath by Karin Tidbeck

The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, translated by Jonathan Wright

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Olena Bormashenko

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]]> 3054 Favorite Series https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/favorite-series Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula nominations, Black Panther, their favorite series, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, and The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller.   News Discussed: This year’s Nebula nominations have been announced Black Panther Is A Box Office Smash!!!! Bonus: great round-up of thread on the African cultures featured in and inspiring Black Panther Sam Raimi to direct Name of the Wind adaptation? Shape of Water review Books Discussed: Swordspoint/Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and now lots of other folks (related: Serial Box got a round of funding) Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Ozamu Tezuka Discworld by Terry Pratchett (but particularly the Tiffany Aching series) The Patternist series by Octavia Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:17:00 -0000 Favorite Series full 20 Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula nominations, Black Panther, their favorite series, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, and The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller.   News Discussed: This year’s Nebula nominations have been announced Black Panther Is A Box Office Smash!!!! Bonus: great round-up of thread on the African cultures featured in and inspiring Black Panther Sam Raimi to direct Name of the Wind adaptation? Shape of Water review Books Discussed: Swordspoint/Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and now lots of other folks (related: Serial Box got a round of funding) Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Ozamu Tezuka Discworld by Terry Pratchett (but particularly the Tiffany Aching series) The Patternist series by Octavia Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula nominations, Black Panther, their favorite series, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, and The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller.   News Discussed: This year’s Nebula nominations have been announced Black Panther Is A Box Office Smash!!!! Bonus: great round-up of thread on the African cultures featured in and inspiring Black Panther Sam Raimi to direct Name of the Wind adaptation? Shape of Water review Books Discussed: Swordspoint/Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and now lots of other folks (related: Serial Box got a round of funding) Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Ozamu Tezuka Discworld by Terry Pratchett (but particularly the Tiffany Aching series) The Patternist series by Octavia Butler See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Nebula nominations, Black Panther, their favorite series, and more.

This episode is sponsored by The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus, and The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller.

 

News Discussed:

This year’s Nebula nominations have been announced

Black Panther Is A Box Office Smash!!!!

Bonus: great round-up of thread on the African cultures featured in and inspiring Black Panther

Sam Raimi to direct Name of the Wind adaptation?

Shape of Water review

Books Discussed:

Swordspoint/Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and now lots of other folks (related: Serial Box got a round of funding)

Pluto by Naoki Urasawa and Ozamu Tezuka

Discworld by Terry Pratchett (but particularly the Tiffany Aching series)

The Patternist series by Octavia Butler

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]]> 3080 SFF Yeah Ep. #19: Very Long, Very Good Books https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-19-very-long-very-good-books Sharifah and Jenn discuss Firefly books, Star Wars news, writing retreats, and long books that are worth the read. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Your One and Only by Adrianne Finlay.   News: Firefly is getting books! Live-action Sword in the Stone might have a director Benioff & Weiss to write Star Wars films Star Wars Writers/Directors dominated by white men Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer George R.R. Martin starts 'Worldbuilder Scholarship' for aspiring fantasy, sci-fi writers   Books Discussed: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (out March 6) Seveneves by Neal StephensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 14 Feb 2018 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #19: Very Long, Very Good Books full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Firefly books, Star Wars news, writing retreats, and long books that are worth the read. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Your One and Only by Adrianne Finlay.   News: Firefly is getting books! Live-action Sword in the Stone might have a director Benioff & Weiss to write Star Wars films Star Wars Writers/Directors dominated by white men Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer George R.R. Martin starts 'Worldbuilder Scholarship' for aspiring fantasy, sci-fi writers   Books Discussed: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (out March 6) Seveneves by Neal Stephenson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Firefly books, Star Wars news, writing retreats, and long books that are worth the read. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Your One and Only by Adrianne Finlay.   News: Firefly is getting books! Live-action Sword in the Stone might have a director Benioff & Weiss to write Star Wars films Star Wars Writers/Directors dominated by white men Solo: A Star Wars Story Trailer George R.R. Martin starts 'Worldbuilder Scholarship' for aspiring fantasy, sci-fi writers   Books Discussed: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (out March 6) Seveneves by Neal StephensonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3087 SFF Yeah Ep. #18: More Evil Than Crabbe and Goyle https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-18-more-evil-than-crabbe-and-goyle Sharifah and Jenn discuss Ursula K. Le Guin and lots of adaptation news, and recommend weird westerns. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh.   News: Ursula K. Le Guin Has Died The Voldemort fan-made movie Hogwarts Mystery game trailer Bidding War for MaddAddam trilogy adaptation Bryan Fuller is working on an Anne Rice TV series   Books Discussed: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin The Earthsea Cycle River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. ValenteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #18: More Evil Than Crabbe and Goyle full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Ursula K. Le Guin and lots of adaptation news, and recommend weird westerns. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh.   News: Ursula K. Le Guin Has Died The Voldemort fan-made movie Hogwarts Mystery game trailer Bidding War for MaddAddam trilogy adaptation Bryan Fuller is working on an Anne Rice TV series   Books Discussed: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin The Earthsea Cycle River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Ursula K. Le Guin and lots of adaptation news, and recommend weird westerns. This episode is sponsored by The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert and Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh.   News: Ursula K. Le Guin Has Died The Voldemort fan-made movie Hogwarts Mystery game trailer Bidding War for MaddAddam trilogy adaptation Bryan Fuller is working on an Anne Rice TV series   Books Discussed: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin The Earthsea Cycle River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey The Gaslight Dogs by Karin Lowachee Daisy Kutter: The Last Train by Kazu Kibuishi The Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. ValenteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2647 SFF Yeah Ep. #17: Mental Notes Regarding Butterbeer https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-17-mental-notes-regarding-butterbeer Sharifah and Jenn discuss Starbucks secret menus, Octavia Butler opera, a possible new Merlin series, and small press sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet and The Night Market by Jonathan Moore.   News Harry Potter Starbucks secret menu! Parable of the Sower becomes an opera Gritty Robin Hood movie coming Ridley Scott in talks to direct Merlin origin story for Disney   Books Discussed An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, Akashic Press Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett, Aqueduct Press Djinn City by Saad Hossain, Unnamed Press Small Beer Press, Sofia Samatar (A Stranger in Olondria, Winged Histories, Tender: Stories) Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson, Tachyon MEM by Bethany C. Morrow, Unnamed Press, May 22, 2018 In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House (Small Beer Press imprint)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #17: Mental Notes Regarding Butterbeer full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Starbucks secret menus, Octavia Butler opera, a possible new Merlin series, and small press sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet and The Night Market by Jonathan Moore.   News Harry Potter Starbucks secret menu! Parable of the Sower becomes an opera Gritty Robin Hood movie coming Ridley Scott in talks to direct Merlin origin story for Disney   Books Discussed An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, Akashic Press Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett, Aqueduct Press Djinn City by Saad Hossain, Unnamed Press Small Beer Press, Sofia Samatar (A Stranger in Olondria, Winged Histories, Tender: Stories) Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson, Tachyon MEM by Bethany C. Morrow, Unnamed Press, May 22, 2018 In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House (Small Beer Press imprint) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Starbucks secret menus, Octavia Butler opera, a possible new Merlin series, and small press sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet and The Night Market by Jonathan Moore.   News Harry Potter Starbucks secret menu! Parable of the Sower becomes an opera Gritty Robin Hood movie coming Ridley Scott in talks to direct Merlin origin story for Disney   Books Discussed An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, Akashic Press Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett, Aqueduct Press Djinn City by Saad Hossain, Unnamed Press Small Beer Press, Sofia Samatar (A Stranger in Olondria, Winged Histories, Tender: Stories) Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson, Tachyon MEM by Bethany C. Morrow, Unnamed Press, May 22, 2018 In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan, Big Mouth House (Small Beer Press imprint)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2834 SFF Yeah Episode 16: Down the Best-Of Rabbithole https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-episode-16-down-the-best-of-rabbithole Sharifah and Jenn discuss 2017 Best Of lists, Lord of the Rings wine, gateway reads for SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Rebel Base Books.   News: LOTR Wine Collection Disney now has rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four Paramount is doing a D&D film! Crunching the Best Of Lists   Books Discussed: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Lightless by CA Higgins The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 03 Jan 2018 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Episode 16: Down the Best-Of Rabbithole full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss 2017 Best Of lists, Lord of the Rings wine, gateway reads for SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Rebel Base Books.   News: LOTR Wine Collection Disney now has rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four Paramount is doing a D&D film! Crunching the Best Of Lists   Books Discussed: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Lightless by CA Higgins The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss 2017 Best Of lists, Lord of the Rings wine, gateway reads for SF/F, and more. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Rebel Base Books.   News: LOTR Wine Collection Disney now has rights to X-Men and the Fantastic Four Paramount is doing a D&D film! Crunching the Best Of Lists   Books Discussed: Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Lightless by CA Higgins The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2916 SFF Yeah Ep. #15: Super Nerds Rejoice! https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-15-super-nerds-rejoice Sharifah and Jenn discuss the She-ra reboot, a new Harry Potter game, Annihilation movie news, and their favorite world-building. This episode is sponsored by The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo and Book Riot's Top 20 Giveaway. News Discussed: She-ra Is Coming BACCCCKKK OMG ANOTHER new Harry Potter game in development Weird stuff is going on with the Annihilation release Plus a comment on the whitewashing from Alex Garland New Buffy middle-grade novels NOTE: Apparently Buffy & Harry Potter started THE SAME YEAR, Jenn apologizes for her error and her mind is blown.   Books Discussed: The Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews (Magic Bites) The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit and Raven Stratagem) The Grishaverse of Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone / Six of Crows / Language of Thorns) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth trilogy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #15: Super Nerds Rejoice! full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the She-ra reboot, a new Harry Potter game, Annihilation movie news, and their favorite world-building. This episode is sponsored by The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo and Book Riot's Top 20 Giveaway. News Discussed: She-ra Is Coming BACCCCKKK OMG ANOTHER new Harry Potter game in development Weird stuff is going on with the Annihilation release Plus a comment on the whitewashing from Alex Garland New Buffy middle-grade novels NOTE: Apparently Buffy & Harry Potter started THE SAME YEAR, Jenn apologizes for her error and her mind is blown.   Books Discussed: The Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews (Magic Bites) The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit and Raven Stratagem) The Grishaverse of Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone / Six of Crows / Language of Thorns) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth trilogy) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the She-ra reboot, a new Harry Potter game, Annihilation movie news, and their favorite world-building. This episode is sponsored by The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo and Book Riot's Top 20 Giveaway. News Discussed: She-ra Is Coming BACCCCKKK OMG ANOTHER new Harry Potter game in development Weird stuff is going on with the Annihilation release Plus a comment on the whitewashing from Alex Garland New Buffy middle-grade novels NOTE: Apparently Buffy & Harry Potter started THE SAME YEAR, Jenn apologizes for her error and her mind is blown.   Books Discussed: The Kate Daniels books by Ilona Andrews (Magic Bites) The Machineries of Empire series by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit and Raven Stratagem) The Grishaverse of Leigh Bardugo (Shadow and Bone / Six of Crows / Language of Thorns) The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth trilogy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2972 SFF Yeah! Ep. #14: Judgey McJudgeypants Are Us https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-14-judgey-mcjudgeypants-are-us Sharifah and Jenn discuss reading studies, news from the Tolkien estate, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, rewritten fairytales, and more. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Book Riot Insiders.   News: Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds (see also, Department of Incorrect Headlines) J.R.R. Tolkien's Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate & New LOTR Prequel A New Harry Potter Augmented Reality Game Rag & Bone is doing a Star Wars collection Wonder Woman box-office SMASH The Black Panther trailer   Books Discussed: Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber) Robin McKinley (Deerskin) Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente Ash by Malinda Lo The Grimm Future by VariousSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 04 Dec 2017 19:44:17 -0000 SFF Yeah! Ep. #14: Judgey McJudgeypants Are Us full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss reading studies, news from the Tolkien estate, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, rewritten fairytales, and more. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Book Riot Insiders.   News: Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds (see also, Department of Incorrect Headlines) J.R.R. Tolkien's Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate & New LOTR Prequel A New Harry Potter Augmented Reality Game Rag & Bone is doing a Star Wars collection Wonder Woman box-office SMASH The Black Panther trailer   Books Discussed: Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber) Robin McKinley (Deerskin) Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente Ash by Malinda Lo The Grimm Future by Various See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss reading studies, news from the Tolkien estate, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, rewritten fairytales, and more. This episode is sponsored by Penguin Random House Audio and Book Riot Insiders.   News: Science fiction triggers 'poorer reading', study finds (see also, Department of Incorrect Headlines) J.R.R. Tolkien's Son Resigns as Director of Tolkien Estate & New LOTR Prequel A New Harry Potter Augmented Reality Game Rag & Bone is doing a Star Wars collection Wonder Woman box-office SMASH The Black Panther trailer   Books Discussed: Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber) Robin McKinley (Deerskin) Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente Ash by Malinda Lo The Grimm Future by VariousSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3425 SFF Yeah Ep. #13: Holiday Recommendations Round 2 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-13-holiday-recommendations-round-2 Sharifah and Jenn answer your holiday SF/F questions! This episode is sponsored by City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne, and Renegades by Marissa Meyer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Questions 1. Many years ago I read, and fell in love with, Ted Chiang's ”Stories of your life and others”. I loved the different types of stories spanning all kinds of subjects, from religion to language to philosophy. It blew my mind. Is there an author out there that can fill the Ted Chiang-sized hole in my heart? --Emily   2. Do you read differently during the holidays? I find that i reach for cozy mysteries, something i don’t read the rest of the year. I also tend to pick up Christmas-themed romances— again, this is NOT my usual reading material, as i usually read fantasy (my fave genre is what i call “literary fantasy with covers that don’t have pictures of people”). I also enjoy literary fiction, but fantasy is my usual jam. I’m really wondering if other people find themselves switching it up around the end of the year— for holidays, breaks, etc. Thanks, --Sara   3. a. Do you have any recommendations for Uprooted read-alikes? (particularly with the fairytale feeling, strong characters, and really cool magic!) b. In the spirit of new year’s resolutions, how are you going to keep track of your reading? And/or what is your system right now? --Marie from Poland   4. My mother recently discovered the genre of romantasy and the world of C. L. Wilson. Since this is the first book she has read in a while I would love to give her something along the lines of romantasy where the romance is part of the story but not the plot. --Victoria   5. Every year I try to get a sci-fi book for my uncle and I'm stumped this year. He is a retired scientist and the books I know he's previously enjoyed are *Dark Matter* and *The Martian*. He enjoys sci-fi but I think prefers things that have a basis in reality. I would like to get him something that he maybe hasn't heard of, but not too off the wall. --Sarah   Books Discussed Ken Liu’s Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Three Moments of an Explosion by China Mieville Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler Wintersong by S. Jae Jones The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey Infomocracy by Malka Older The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Packing for Mars by Mary RoachSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 22 Nov 2017 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #13: Holiday Recommendations Round 2 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn answer your holiday SF/F questions! This episode is sponsored by City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne, and Renegades by Marissa Meyer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Questions 1. Many years ago I read, and fell in love with, Ted Chiang's ”Stories of your life and others”. I loved the different types of stories spanning all kinds of subjects, from religion to language to philosophy. It blew my mind. Is there an author out there that can fill the Ted Chiang-sized hole in my heart? --Emily   2. Do you read differently during the holidays? I find that i reach for cozy mysteries, something i don’t read the rest of the year. I also tend to pick up Christmas-themed romances— again, this is NOT my usual reading material, as i usually read fantasy (my fave genre is what i call “literary fantasy with covers that don’t have pictures of people”). I also enjoy literary fiction, but fantasy is my usual jam. I’m really wondering if other people find themselves switching it up around the end of the year— for holidays, breaks, etc. Thanks, --Sara   3. a. Do you have any recommendations for Uprooted read-alikes? (particularly with the fairytale feeling, strong characters, and really cool magic!) b. In the spirit of new year’s resolutions, how are you going to keep track of your reading? And/or what is your system right now? --Marie from Poland   4. My mother recently discovered the genre of romantasy and the world of C. L. Wilson. Since this is the first book she has read in a while I would love to give her something along the lines of romantasy where the romance is part of the story but not the plot. --Victoria   5. Every year I try to get a sci-fi book for my uncle and I'm stumped this year. He is a retired scientist and the books I know he's previously enjoyed are *Dark Matter* and *The Martian*. He enjoys sci-fi but I think prefers things that have a basis in reality. I would like to get him something that he maybe hasn't heard of, but not too off the wall. --Sarah   Books Discussed Ken Liu’s Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Three Moments of an Explosion by China Mieville Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler Wintersong by S. Jae Jones The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey Infomocracy by Malka Older The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Packing for Mars by Mary Roach See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn answer your holiday SF/F questions! This episode is sponsored by City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty, Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne, and Renegades by Marissa Meyer. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   Questions 1. Many years ago I read, and fell in love with, Ted Chiang's ”Stories of your life and others”. I loved the different types of stories spanning all kinds of subjects, from religion to language to philosophy. It blew my mind. Is there an author out there that can fill the Ted Chiang-sized hole in my heart? --Emily   2. Do you read differently during the holidays? I find that i reach for cozy mysteries, something i don’t read the rest of the year. I also tend to pick up Christmas-themed romances— again, this is NOT my usual reading material, as i usually read fantasy (my fave genre is what i call “literary fantasy with covers that don’t have pictures of people”). I also enjoy literary fiction, but fantasy is my usual jam. I’m really wondering if other people find themselves switching it up around the end of the year— for holidays, breaks, etc. Thanks, --Sara   3. a. Do you have any recommendations for Uprooted read-alikes? (particularly with the fairytale feeling, strong characters, and really cool magic!) b. In the spirit of new year’s resolutions, how are you going to keep track of your reading? And/or what is your system right now? --Marie from Poland   4. My mother recently discovered the genre of romantasy and the world of C. L. Wilson. Since this is the first book she has read in a while I would love to give her something along the lines of romantasy where the romance is part of the story but not the plot. --Victoria   5. Every year I try to get a sci-fi book for my uncle and I'm stumped this year. He is a retired scientist and the books I know he's previously enjoyed are *Dark Matter* and *The Martian*. He enjoys sci-fi but I think prefers things that have a basis in reality. I would like to get him something that he maybe hasn't heard of, but not too off the wall. --Sarah   Books Discussed Ken Liu’s Paper Menagerie and Other Stories Three Moments of an Explosion by China Mieville Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia Butler Wintersong by S. Jae Jones The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey Infomocracy by Malka Older The Wanderers by Meg Howrey Packing for Mars by Mary RoachSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3530 SFF Yeah Ep. 12: Holiday Recommendations Round 1 https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-12-holiday-recommendations-round-1 Sharifah and Jenn discuss their picks for this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi. Send us holiday recommendation questions!   Books Discussed Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit & Raven Stratagem) Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho Provenance by Ann Leckie The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers series) The Djinn Falls In Love edited by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Uprooted by Naomi NovikSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 08 Nov 2017 11:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. 12: Holiday Recommendations Round 1 full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss their picks for this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi. Send us holiday recommendation questions!   Books Discussed Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit & Raven Stratagem) Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho Provenance by Ann Leckie The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers series) The Djinn Falls In Love edited by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Uprooted by Naomi Novik See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss their picks for this holiday season. This episode is sponsored by Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi. Send us holiday recommendation questions!   Books Discussed Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit & Raven Stratagem) Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho Provenance by Ann Leckie The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers series) The Djinn Falls In Love edited by Jared Shurin and Mahvesh Murad Binti, Binti: Home, Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Uprooted by Naomi NovikSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3246 SFF Yeah Ep. #11: Accidental Spider Theme https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-11-accidental-spider-theme Sharifah and Jenn discuss Philip Pullman's new novel, more sci-fi adaptations, what paranormal is anyway, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.   News The New Philip Pullman Book Is Out! Amazon announces three new sci-fi adaptations for its streaming service. That live robot battle? Not actually live. Adrian Tchaikovsky is getting an adaptation   Books Discussed Psy-Changeling series (Slave to Sensation #1) by Nalini Singh Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Kate Daniels series (Magic Bites #1) by Ilona Andrews Contact by Carl SaganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 25 Oct 2017 12:55:21 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #11: Accidental Spider Theme full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Philip Pullman's new novel, more sci-fi adaptations, what paranormal is anyway, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.   News The New Philip Pullman Book Is Out! Amazon announces three new sci-fi adaptations for its streaming service. That live robot battle? Not actually live. Adrian Tchaikovsky is getting an adaptation   Books Discussed Psy-Changeling series (Slave to Sensation #1) by Nalini Singh Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Kate Daniels series (Magic Bites #1) by Ilona Andrews Contact by Carl Sagan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Philip Pullman's new novel, more sci-fi adaptations, what paranormal is anyway, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman and Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust.   News The New Philip Pullman Book Is Out! Amazon announces three new sci-fi adaptations for its streaming service. That live robot battle? Not actually live. Adrian Tchaikovsky is getting an adaptation   Books Discussed Psy-Changeling series (Slave to Sensation #1) by Nalini Singh Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Kate Daniels series (Magic Bites #1) by Ilona Andrews Contact by Carl SaganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2880 SFF Yeah Ep. #10: Creepy Spooky Gross https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-10-creepy-spooky-gross Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Awards, Neil deGrasse Tyson on dragons, horror crossovers, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan and Provenance by Ann Leckie. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. News Jenn's Medusa cosplay New Rin Chupeco book! British Fantasy Awards announced Neil deGrasse Tyson Signs Off on Game of Thrones' Super Scientific Dragons SyFy Wire picks top 25 biggest genre moments of the last decade First Annihilation Trailer   Books Victor LaValle (Devil in Silver/Lucretia and the Kroons) Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Invasive Species by Joseph Wallace White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Good House by Tananarive DueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #10: Creepy Spooky Gross full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Awards, Neil deGrasse Tyson on dragons, horror crossovers, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan and Provenance by Ann Leckie. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. News Jenn's Medusa cosplay New Rin Chupeco book! British Fantasy Awards announced Neil deGrasse Tyson Signs Off on Game of Thrones' Super Scientific Dragons SyFy Wire picks top 25 biggest genre moments of the last decade First Annihilation Trailer   Books Victor LaValle (Devil in Silver/Lucretia and the Kroons) Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Invasive Species by Joseph Wallace White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Good House by Tananarive Due See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Awards, Neil deGrasse Tyson on dragons, horror crossovers, and more. This episode is sponsored by The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan and Provenance by Ann Leckie. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. News Jenn's Medusa cosplay New Rin Chupeco book! British Fantasy Awards announced Neil deGrasse Tyson Signs Off on Game of Thrones' Super Scientific Dragons SyFy Wire picks top 25 biggest genre moments of the last decade First Annihilation Trailer   Books Victor LaValle (Devil in Silver/Lucretia and the Kroons) Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes Invasive Species by Joseph Wallace White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey The Good House by Tananarive DueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3696 SFF Yeah Ep. #9: Baba Yaga Meets Monty Python https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-9-baba-yaga-meets-monty-python Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula prequels, the Terminator franchise, speculative short story collections, and more. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron, The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo, and Lit Chat.   News: Bram Stoker's relative Dacre writes first authorised prequel to Dracula Peter Jackson to adapt Mortal Engines New Terminator movie with Linda Hamilton Showtime lands comedy series written by & starring Jessica Williams as a sci-fi writer in Brooklyn   Books: The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories, edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K Le Guin The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo HopkinsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #9: Baba Yaga Meets Monty Python full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula prequels, the Terminator franchise, speculative short story collections, and more. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron, The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo, and Lit Chat.   News: Bram Stoker's relative Dacre writes first authorised prequel to Dracula Peter Jackson to adapt Mortal Engines New Terminator movie with Linda Hamilton Showtime lands comedy series written by & starring Jessica Williams as a sci-fi writer in Brooklyn   Books: The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories, edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K Le Guin The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula prequels, the Terminator franchise, speculative short story collections, and more. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron, The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo, and Lit Chat.   News: Bram Stoker's relative Dacre writes first authorised prequel to Dracula Peter Jackson to adapt Mortal Engines New Terminator movie with Linda Hamilton Showtime lands comedy series written by & starring Jessica Williams as a sci-fi writer in Brooklyn   Books: The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories, edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K Le Guin The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye by A.S. Byatt Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo HopkinsonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3021 SFF Yeah Ep. #8: Cat Assassins and Fan Feelings https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-8-cat-assassins-and-fan-feelings Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including casting choices for Good Omens and Hellboy, mega-bucks book deals, and assassin stories. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron and The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein.   News: Casting for Good Omens Voldemort prequel fan-movie got approved by Warner Bros Ed Skrein vacates the role of Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot VE Schwab book deal Scalzi’s deal from a couple years back 'Brown Girl Begins,' based on afrofuturist novel 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson, sets premiere Books Mort(e) by Robert Repino Young Elites by Marie Lu Graceling by Kristin Cashore River of Teeth by Sara Gailey (Taste of Marrow, River of Teeth #2 out Sept. 12) Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir Pyramids by Terry PratchettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #8: Cat Assassins and Fan Feelings full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including casting choices for Good Omens and Hellboy, mega-bucks book deals, and assassin stories. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron and The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein.   News: Casting for Good Omens Voldemort prequel fan-movie got approved by Warner Bros Ed Skrein vacates the role of Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot VE Schwab book deal Scalzi’s deal from a couple years back 'Brown Girl Begins,' based on afrofuturist novel 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson, sets premiere Books Mort(e) by Robert Repino Young Elites by Marie Lu Graceling by Kristin Cashore River of Teeth by Sara Gailey (Taste of Marrow, River of Teeth #2 out Sept. 12) Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir Pyramids by Terry Pratchett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including casting choices for Good Omens and Hellboy, mega-bucks book deals, and assassin stories. This episode is sponsored by Retrograde by Peter Cawdron and The Punch Escrow by Tal M. Klein.   News: Casting for Good Omens Voldemort prequel fan-movie got approved by Warner Bros Ed Skrein vacates the role of Major Ben Daimio in the upcoming Hellboy reboot VE Schwab book deal Scalzi’s deal from a couple years back 'Brown Girl Begins,' based on afrofuturist novel 'Brown Girl in the Ring' by Nalo Hopkinson, sets premiere Books Mort(e) by Robert Repino Young Elites by Marie Lu Graceling by Kristin Cashore River of Teeth by Sara Gailey (Taste of Marrow, River of Teeth #2 out Sept. 12) Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir Pyramids by Terry PratchettSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2754 SFF Yeah Ep. 7: The Seedy Underbelly of Royalty https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-7-the-seedy-underbelly-of-royalty Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Hugo Award Winners and Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler, and recommend their favorite books about princesses. This episode is sponsored by Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller and All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis.   News: Our Badass Broads of SFF shirt 2017 Hugo Award Winners TNT is producing a Fifth Season adaptation Our Fifth Season dreamcast Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler The Changeling is also getting an adaptation There Could Be More Hunger Games and Twilight Movies in the Future   Books: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza Bloodline by Claudia Gray Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles 3.5) by Marissa MeyerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. 7: The Seedy Underbelly of Royalty full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Hugo Award Winners and Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler, and recommend their favorite books about princesses. This episode is sponsored by Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller and All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis.   News: Our Badass Broads of SFF shirt 2017 Hugo Award Winners TNT is producing a Fifth Season adaptation Our Fifth Season dreamcast Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler The Changeling is also getting an adaptation There Could Be More Hunger Games and Twilight Movies in the Future   Books: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza Bloodline by Claudia Gray Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles 3.5) by Marissa Meyer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Hugo Award Winners and Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler, and recommend their favorite books about princesses. This episode is sponsored by Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller and All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis.   News: Our Badass Broads of SFF shirt 2017 Hugo Award Winners TNT is producing a Fifth Season adaptation Our Fifth Season dreamcast Ava DuVernay adapting Octavia Butler The Changeling is also getting an adaptation There Could Be More Hunger Games and Twilight Movies in the Future   Books: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda Belleza Bloodline by Claudia Gray Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles 3.5) by Marissa MeyerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2778 Romeo And Juliet With Dragons https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/romeo-and-juliet-with-dragons Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Annihilation's movie release and Matt Groening's new fantasy show, and recommend their favorite dragon books. This episode is sponsored by The Hawkweed Legacy by Irena Brignull and Orbit, publishers of The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, in bookstores now. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: More Nnedi Okorafor news! She is writing a comic. A new GRRM book is coming (not Winds of Winter). How hard is it really to kill a dragon? Matt Groening is going to make an epic fantasy cartoon. The Annihilation film adaptation has a release date! Fandom is good for your mental health.   Books Discussed The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra) by Michelle Sagara The Pit Dragon Chronicles by Jane Yolen The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick Talon by Julie Kagawa Seraphina by Rachel HartmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 16 Aug 2017 10:00:00 -0000 Romeo And Juliet With Dragons full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Annihilation's movie release and Matt Groening's new fantasy show, and recommend their favorite dragon books. This episode is sponsored by The Hawkweed Legacy by Irena Brignull and Orbit, publishers of The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, in bookstores now. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: More Nnedi Okorafor news! She is writing a comic. A new GRRM book is coming (not Winds of Winter). How hard is it really to kill a dragon? Matt Groening is going to make an epic fantasy cartoon. The Annihilation film adaptation has a release date! Fandom is good for your mental health.   Books Discussed The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra) by Michelle Sagara The Pit Dragon Chronicles by Jane Yolen The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick Talon by Julie Kagawa Seraphina by Rachel Hartman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Annihilation's movie release and Matt Groening's new fantasy show, and recommend their favorite dragon books. This episode is sponsored by The Hawkweed Legacy by Irena Brignull and Orbit, publishers of The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, in bookstores now. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: More Nnedi Okorafor news! She is writing a comic. A new GRRM book is coming (not Winds of Winter). How hard is it really to kill a dragon? Matt Groening is going to make an epic fantasy cartoon. The Annihilation film adaptation has a release date! Fandom is good for your mental health.   Books Discussed The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra) by Michelle Sagara The Pit Dragon Chronicles by Jane Yolen The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick Talon by Julie Kagawa Seraphina by Rachel HartmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2615 SFF Yeah Ep. #5: Chocolate And Then Space Travel https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-5-chocolate-and-then-space-travel Sharifah and Jenn discuss award news, female authors, and a new Kickstarter, and recommend middle-grade science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Vanguard by Ann Aguirre and Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout.   News: 27 Female Authors Who Rule Science Fiction and Fantasy Right Now via EW Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards via Tor.com Colson Whitehead wins Arthur C Clarke Award via The Guardian World Fantasy Award nominees announced via Tor.com BACK THIS KICKSTARTER: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction   Books Discussed: Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates by Caroline Carlson Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald DahlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #5: Chocolate And Then Space Travel full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss award news, female authors, and a new Kickstarter, and recommend middle-grade science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Vanguard by Ann Aguirre and Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout.   News: 27 Female Authors Who Rule Science Fiction and Fantasy Right Now via EW Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards via Tor.com Colson Whitehead wins Arthur C Clarke Award via The Guardian World Fantasy Award nominees announced via Tor.com BACK THIS KICKSTARTER: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction   Books Discussed: Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates by Caroline Carlson Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss award news, female authors, and a new Kickstarter, and recommend middle-grade science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Vanguard by Ann Aguirre and Genius: The Con by Leopoldo Gout.   News: 27 Female Authors Who Rule Science Fiction and Fantasy Right Now via EW Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Shirley Jackson Awards via Tor.com Colson Whitehead wins Arthur C Clarke Award via The Guardian World Fantasy Award nominees announced via Tor.com BACK THIS KICKSTARTER: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction   Books Discussed: Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates by Caroline Carlson Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald DahlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2551 SFF Yeah Ep. #4: Like A Hungry Odin https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-4-like-a-hungry-odin Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including some exciting new adaptations and whether time travel is SF or F, and recommend graphic novels. This episode is sponsored by Hell Divers II: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: Han Solo movie kerfuffles! No director and then Ron Howard steps in. New historical fantasy series coming from Zoraida Cordova! And Labyrinth Lost is getting an adaptation. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor has been optioned, and George R.R. Martin is a producer. Is Time Travel SF or F? That time a guy accidentally read fanfic (called "Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent") instead of The Order of the Phoenix.   Books Discussed: Full Circle by Taneka Stotts, Christianne Goudreau (Note: Jenn did not realize this hadn't been updated since January, but it's still worth reading!) Trish Trash by Jessica Abel Serenity Rose by Aaron Alexovich Destroyer by Victor La Valle, Dietrich SmithSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:09:36 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #4: Like A Hungry Odin full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including some exciting new adaptations and whether time travel is SF or F, and recommend graphic novels. This episode is sponsored by Hell Divers II: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: Han Solo movie kerfuffles! No director and then Ron Howard steps in. New historical fantasy series coming from Zoraida Cordova! And Labyrinth Lost is getting an adaptation. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor has been optioned, and George R.R. Martin is a producer. Is Time Travel SF or F? That time a guy accidentally read fanfic (called "Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent") instead of The Order of the Phoenix.   Books Discussed: Full Circle by Taneka Stotts, Christianne Goudreau (Note: Jenn did not realize this hadn't been updated since January, but it's still worth reading!) Trish Trash by Jessica Abel Serenity Rose by Aaron Alexovich Destroyer by Victor La Valle, Dietrich Smith See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including some exciting new adaptations and whether time travel is SF or F, and recommend graphic novels. This episode is sponsored by Hell Divers II: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via Apple Podcasts here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News: Han Solo movie kerfuffles! No director and then Ron Howard steps in. New historical fantasy series coming from Zoraida Cordova! And Labyrinth Lost is getting an adaptation. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor has been optioned, and George R.R. Martin is a producer. Is Time Travel SF or F? That time a guy accidentally read fanfic (called "Harry Potter and the Psychic Serpent") instead of The Order of the Phoenix.   Books Discussed: Full Circle by Taneka Stotts, Christianne Goudreau (Note: Jenn did not realize this hadn't been updated since January, but it's still worth reading!) Trish Trash by Jessica Abel Serenity Rose by Aaron Alexovich Destroyer by Victor La Valle, Dietrich SmithSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2539 SFF Yeah Ep. #3: You Can’t Really Lose With Dinosaurs https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-3-you-can-t-really-lose-with-dinosaurs Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Jurassic World 2, a diverse writers grant, and a Dracula mini-series, and recommend genre-benders. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant.     News Diverse Worlds & Diverse Writers Grants Dracula is getting a TV series Jurassic World 2 gets a name and tagline Independently produced SFF short fiction audiobook show How Hogwarts crushed all other Magical Schools   Books Discussed: Crossing The Streams All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel GonzalesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 05 Jul 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #3: You Can’t Really Lose With Dinosaurs full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Jurassic World 2, a diverse writers grant, and a Dracula mini-series, and recommend genre-benders. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant.     News Diverse Worlds & Diverse Writers Grants Dracula is getting a TV series Jurassic World 2 gets a name and tagline Independently produced SFF short fiction audiobook show How Hogwarts crushed all other Magical Schools   Books Discussed: Crossing The Streams All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including Jurassic World 2, a diverse writers grant, and a Dracula mini-series, and recommend genre-benders. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant.     News Diverse Worlds & Diverse Writers Grants Dracula is getting a TV series Jurassic World 2 gets a name and tagline Independently produced SFF short fiction audiobook show How Hogwarts crushed all other Magical Schools   Books Discussed: Crossing The Streams All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel GonzalesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2398 SFF Yeah Ep. #2: Genius Insane Ghost https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-2-genius-insane-ghost Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Bailey's Prize winner and The Passage casting, and talk favorite villains. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via iTunes here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News The 2017 Bailey’s Winner is a science fiction novel A critique of the book from a BR writer The Hunger Games inspires a real life hero The Passage TV series casting: Zack Morris is Brad Wolgast  Racebent casting of The Girl With All the Gifts   Books Discussed: Favorite Villains Shuos Jedao from Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Lek from the Graceling series by Kristin Cashore The Beast from The Magicians by Lev Grossman Sydney from The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Nimona from Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Commandant/Keris Veturia and The Nightbringer from the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir The Darkling from the Grisha trilogy by Leigh BardugoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:00:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #2: Genius Insane Ghost full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Bailey's Prize winner and The Passage casting, and talk favorite villains. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via iTunes here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News The 2017 Bailey’s Winner is a science fiction novel A critique of the book from a BR writer The Hunger Games inspires a real life hero The Passage TV series casting: Zack Morris is Brad Wolgast  Racebent casting of The Girl With All the Gifts   Books Discussed: Favorite Villains Shuos Jedao from Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Lek from the Graceling series by Kristin Cashore The Beast from The Magicians by Lev Grossman Sydney from The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Nimona from Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Commandant/Keris Veturia and The Nightbringer from the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir The Darkling from the Grisha trilogy by Leigh Bardugo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss news including the 2017 Bailey's Prize winner and The Passage casting, and talk favorite villains. This episode is sponsored by Libby and Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, or via iTunes here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here.   News The 2017 Bailey’s Winner is a science fiction novel A critique of the book from a BR writer The Hunger Games inspires a real life hero The Passage TV series casting: Zack Morris is Brad Wolgast  Racebent casting of The Girl With All the Gifts   Books Discussed: Favorite Villains Shuos Jedao from Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee Lek from the Graceling series by Kristin Cashore The Beast from The Magicians by Lev Grossman Sydney from The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Nimona from Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Commandant/Keris Veturia and The Nightbringer from the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir The Darkling from the Grisha trilogy by Leigh BardugoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 2702 SFF Yeah Ep. #1: Awards List Feelings https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-1-awards-list-feelings Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Arthur C. Clarke, Locus, and Nebula Awards, and recommend alternative history titles. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:30:00 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #1: Awards List Feelings full Book Riot Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Arthur C. Clarke, Locus, and Nebula Awards, and recommend alternative history titles. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Arthur C. Clarke, Locus, and Nebula Awards, and recommend alternative history titles. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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]]> 3026 SFF Yeah Ep. #0: Nerd Origin Stories. https://omny.fm/shows/sff-yeah/sff-yeah-ep-0-nerd-origin-stories Jenn and Sharifah introduce SFF Yeah, a biweekly podcast exploring the worlds of science fiction and fantasy, and tell their nerd origin stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 24 May 2017 17:35:36 -0000 SFF Yeah Ep. #0: Nerd Origin Stories. full Book Riot Jenn and Sharifah introduce SFF Yeah, a biweekly podcast exploring the worlds of science fiction and fantasy, and tell their nerd origin stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Jenn and Sharifah introduce SFF Yeah, a biweekly podcast exploring the worlds of science fiction and fantasy, and tell their nerd origin stories.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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