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Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Miyazaki graphic novel, Black superheroes, Octavia Butler, recent award-winning short fiction, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News 2021 Bram Stoker Awards finalists English translation of Miyazaki graphic novel “Shuna’s Journey” [Nerdist] “My Super Hero Is Black” book forthcoming [EW] Octavia Butler profile [USA Today] Works Discussed “Rat and Finch are Friends” by Innocent Chizaram Ilo, 2021 Nommo Award Winner for Short Story (Tied), published in Strange Horizons (cw: homophobia) “Metal Like Blood in the Dark” by T. Kingfisher, 2021 Hugo Award Winner for Short Story, published in Uncanny Magazine “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong (warning: disordered eating) (2015 Nebula Award

This week, Jenn discusses fun SF/F graphic novels and manga. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge

Sharifah and Jenn dive into all the new details about Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, some Jurassic Park news, favorite foodie SF/F, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News SFF trailers get big superbowl spikes [Deadline] LOTR: Rings of Power Feedback from a listener [Twitter] The full trailer [CNet] Racism in the fandom [Daily Beast] “First Look” [Vanity Fair] Jurassic World: Dominion trailer [YouTube] and more info [Tech Radar] The 2021 Stabby Awards [File 770] Books Discussed The Heartbreak Bakery by AR Capetta Space Battle Lunchtime by Natalie Riess The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard (cw: PTSD episodes) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, tra

This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite performers in SF/F novels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Rings of Power promo, Terry Pratchett’s official biography, some favorite SF/F magazines, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News  The Rings of Power teaser [Instagram] and promo [Forbes] Legendborn by Tracy Deonn getting series adaptation [Deadline] Accurate Sci-Fi Predictions [Book Riot] Preditions from 1922 [Open Culture] Terry Pratchett biography in the works [The Guardian] SF/F Magazines Uncanny Magazine Solarpunk Magazine FIYAH  Strange Horizons See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses two recent favorites from the last couple years. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: drug abuse; mention of suicide, mention of domestic violence) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss a delightful book auction and the Philip K. Dick Award nominees, look back at SFF Yeah’s 2021 in review, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Xiran Jay Zhao’s Amazing Book Auction [Book Riot] Philip K Dick Award nominees announced The return of Heavy Metal Magazine [Publishers Weekly] Follow-Up: Isabel Fall and The Helicopter Story [Vox] Hugo 2022 Nominations Are Open! [File770] Our 2021 In Review The Most Recommended Titles from 2021: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes (Fault Tolerance, #3 in series, coming out in August!!) Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Top 5 Episodes By Download: Backlist to the Future: Under the Radar Our Fall Most Ant

This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite books with adaptations. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Contact by Carl Sagan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo and Nommo Award winners, Cowboy Bebop getting canceled, their most anticipated reads for the first half of 2022, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News: 2021 Hugo Award Winners (Related: The Helicopter Story) 2021 Nommo Award Winners Cowboy Bebop Canceled After One Season [Hollywood Reporter] On the Station 11 Adaptation [The Atlantic; Instagram for non-paywalled version] Books Discussed: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus (March 29, Tor) The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monae (April 19, Harper Voyager) When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (March 15, Doubleday) The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (May 17, Orbit) How High We Go in the Dark

This week, Jenn discusses two must-read sequels. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer series) Blood Binds The Pack by Alex Wells (Ghost Wolves series) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Good House by Tananarive Due (cw: sexual assault, child molestation, racism, animal abuse, and suicide)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Charlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking ‘Hope’ [Autostraddle] Amandla Stenberg coming to Star Wars! [Tor.com] SFF up 50% in 2021 [Penguin Random House] ViacomCBS + Wattpad team-up [Book Riot] A dive into Nintendo’s early days [Kotaku] Books Discussed Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (cw: use of racial slurs, incl. N word, by a secondary character) Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (cw: rape mentioned, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism,

This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed: In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu, ae/aer (cw: suicide, body horror) The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He (cw: intimate partner violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for Good Omens and Marie Lu’s Legend, dive into NPR’s Books We Love selections, and give some go-to authors. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Good Omens S2 is happening [AV Club] PRH re-records Pratchett’s Discworld series with Nighy and Serkis [The Bookseller] NPR’s Books We Love, SFF Section Series adaptation of Legend by Marie Lu [Deadline] Authors Ursula K. LeGuin Charles Yu Karen Lord Alexis Hall Terry Pratchett Nghi Vo (The Siren Queen) NK Jemisin Nino Cipri Zin E. Rocklyn See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Ash by Malinda Lo The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the World Fantasy Award Winners for 2021, PW’s Best of the Year, that Station Eleven trailer, and recommend their picks for gifting this holiday season. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Station Eleven trailer dropped [Polygon] 2021 World Fantasy Award Winners [Tor.com] PW’s Best SFF of 2021 [Publishers Weekly] The long Wheel of Time trailer [Ars Technica] Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (cw: child abuse and child death, violent misogyny) Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (cw: sexual assault, child abuse, transphobia, racism) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (cw: domestic violence, child abuse, queer-phobia, body horror, raci

This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff O’Neal, Jenn Northington, and Amanda Nelson discuss Frank Herbert’s Dune and break down Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation. Mentioned in this episode: Frank Herbert’s Distrust of JFK Hari Kunzru on Dune Muslim Influences in Dune Is Dune a White Savior Narrative? Sidelining Arab Voices in Dune Dune Book Club with Ausma Zehanat Khan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Notes: Follow our new podcast, Adaptation Nation. Dune: Part Two is confirmed [IGN] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (cw: child abuse, slavery) Wild Seed by Octavia Butler (cw: sexual assault, incest, slavery) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.