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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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