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Sharifah and Jenn discuss spending a night in Hobbiton, a Dark Tower adaptation, the Kindred trailer, weigh in on the Willow reboot, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Spend the night in Hobbiton [Book Riot] Dark Tower being adapted by Amazon [Gizmodo] The Kindred Trailer [Shadow and Act] A new Nigerian vampire comic & TV show [Tor.com] WILLOW Willow (2022) Willow Series Universe Explained [Collider] Willow: A Novel by Wayland Drew Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (Cindel!) Chronicles of the Shadow War by Chris Claremont Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn discusses publishers of SF/F gift editions to consider for holiday gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! And, you can also gift TBR! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. PUBLISHERS DISCUSSED Folio Society (Kindred by Octavia Butler, Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates) Subterranean Press (The Jade Setter of Janloon by Fonda Lee) Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions (The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss a handful of good news stories including the winners of the Shirley Jackson Awards, and talk about fictional worlds. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS DISCUSSED Black Panther: Wakanda Forever smashes box office records [The Mary Sue] Shirley Jackson Award Winners 2021 [Locus] Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur Teaser [Twitter] This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Valerie Valdes’s world of the Chilling Effect series Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle world The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Premee Mohamad’s The Rising world Micaiah Johnson’s The Space Between Worlds Charlie Jane Anders’ City in the Middle of the Night Murderbot Universe by Martha Wells Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Raybearer by Jordan Ifue

This week, Sharifah discusses two of her favorite SF/F reads with wintery vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (cw: antisemitism, domestic abuse, child abuse, mention of rape & sexual assault, death of a child, animal death) Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole (cw: racism, attempted rape) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn answer listener requests and give their favorites for gifting this holiday season in an extra-long episode! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! LISTENER QUESTIONS 1. Hi there, I heard you were looking for holiday recommendation requests. I would like to ask for readalikes for books like Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell or A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. (I’ve been really enjoying the “Red White & Royal Blue but make it fantasy/scifi” trend lately.) Thank you, Morgan 2. Hi Sharifah and Jenn, I’m looking for SF/F gifting advice for my dad. He used to be a big fantasy reader when he was younger (some of his favorite authors were Ursula K. Le Guin and Terry Pratchett) but doesn’t read as much now. The last SF/F he read and loved was the Murderbot series. Do you have any SF/F recommendations that are fast-paced, on the

This week, Jenn discusses airships in SF/F, courtesy of a listener request! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Ann Sei Lin’s Rebel Skies Nisi Shawl’s Everfair P. Djeli Clark’s Black God’s Drums Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series See Also: Alexis Hall’s Prosperity series Maria Dahvana Headley’s Magonia series Gail Carriger, Cherie Priest, Katherin Addison’s Goblin Emperor series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and guest, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred, discuss exciting news from Wakanda, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction winner and finalists, shout out some of their SF/F pop culture highlights of the year, so far, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Tracking for $175M Opening [Variety] The 2022 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Winner and Finalists Never Let Me Go Drama Series [Hollywood Reporter] MEDIA DISCUSSED The Midnight Club (based on the Christopher Pike books) [Netflix] Alien Series marathon (Prometheus) Everyth

This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist SF/F titles that are great for gifting. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Check out our Reading the Stars giveaway! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss some happy news (the Kindred adaptation! Interior Chinatown!), some less happy RPG news, recommend creepy SF/F for Halloween season, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Follow-Up: Black No More by George S. Schuyler Get your SF/F gifting questions in to sffyeah@bookriot.com by November 10! Check out the Reading the Stars giveaway, in collaboration with Obvious State. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Butler’s Kindred Series will premiere Dec 13 [The Root] Wizards of the Coast going to court to stop racist, transphobic RPG from being sold [Them] Fiona Apple writes LOTR song [EW] Interior Chinatown going to Hulu with Taika Waititi [Variety] Harvey Awards SFF highlights [Book Riot] Books Discussed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm

This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction from Indigenous authors in honor of Indigenous People’s Day. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Never Whistle At Night, co-edited by by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. (Fall 2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Marvel’s giant slate of offerings, some weird science, a Hocus Pocus Airbnb, and their favorite recently-published reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Stay at the Hocus Pocus House [EW] Weird Science: CIA funding de-extinction of the Woolly Mammoth?? [Gizmodo] Allllllll the upcoming Marvel MCU stuff [Variety] … and some setbacks on the Blade reboot [Variety] Books Discussed The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez (cw: use of ableist and homophobic slurs; lots of violence; child abuse; cannibalism) Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (cw: harm to women and children) Before You Start Nona – A Reading Plan: Reread Epilogue of Gideon the Ninth Reread Chaps 32 & Epilogue of Harrow the Ninth Read “As Ye

This week, Sharifah discusses two books by Latine authors for Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova Infomocracy by Malka Older Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Little Mermaid teaser, a profile of DragonCon, con-langs, and more, and dig into Alex White’s August Kitko and the Mechas from Space. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2022 Hugo Awards [Tor.com] Little Mermaid teaser trailer reactions [Harper’s Bazaar] DragonCon gets profiled in the NYT [New York Times] Learn High Valyrian on Duolingo [Duolingo] Book Club August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: suicidal ideation, PTSD, violence) Also mentioned: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn discusses two creepy reads for heading into Fall. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach (cw: gore, institutionalized homophobia and transphobia, drug use) The Sentence by Louise Erdrich (cw: COVID, violence against protesters) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss a ton of adaptation news including a new Stephen Graham Jones story and The Rings of Power, dig into speculative flash fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Don’t forget to read along with us! Our next Book Club pick is August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (cw: struggles with suicidal ideation). This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News My Best Friend’s Exorcism trailer [EW] A deep dive into The Rings of Power [TIME] Parasyte: The Grey series announcement [Hollywood Reporter] Stephen Graham Jones’s Earthdiver GN to be adapted [Dread Central] Discussion Writers Digest: What Is Flash Fiction? Tor.com’s general flash fiction section and FIYAH collab Flash Fiction Online Futures | Nature Lightspeed Magazine Archives and

This week, Sharifah discusses some completed epic series. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Green Bone Saga by Fonda Lee (cw: Addiction, Overdose, Self-harm (mentioned), Sexual abuse of minor, Suicide (mentioned)) Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin (cw: Child abuse, Sexual abuse of minor, Death (including child, graphic), Racism, Rape, Slavery)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Hunger Games and Game of Thrones adaptation news and some awards lists, talk about their most anticipated sequels and series for the second half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Update on Game of Thrones spin-off shows (why are there 7!!!!) [AV Club] George R.R. Martin asks people not to speculate on his death [Book Riot] Viola Davis headlining Hunger Games Prequel adaptation [Essence] More information about the prequel [Hollywood Reporter] Aurora Awards, Sir Julius Vogel Awards, and Small Press Awards Finalists [File 770] Books Discussed The World We Make by NK Jemisin (Nov 1) Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo (Oct 25) Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt

This week, Jenn discusses some of her favorite dragons in sci-fi and fantasy. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Dealing with Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) by Patricia C. Wrede Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon-Ha Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and guest host Vanessa discuss Nichelle Nichols’ legacy, the Wakanda Forever teaser, the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize shortlist, and, once again, pair musical tracks with SF/F books. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! *This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission News Star Trek Actress and Icon Nichelle Nichols, RIP Watch the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Teaser Trailer Check Out the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Books Discussed When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (CW: terminal illness, child neglect, all kinds of misogyny) Mixtape Tracks: “Freedom” by Beyoncé + Kendrick Lamar (+ “Don’t Hurt Yourself”); “King” by Florence + the Machine; “Breaking Dishes” by Rihanna; “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo; Nicki’s verse on “Monster” by Jay-Z and Kanye (Ho

This week, Sharifah discusses friendship in backlist sci-fi and fantasy! Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! We’re hiring! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books & Links Discussed Wayward Children series by Seanan McGuire The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices