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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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