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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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