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Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Links Saga is coming back! [Hollywood Reporter] Saga: Compendium One, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Isaac Asimov was a serial harasser of women [LitHub, content warnings for specific descriptions of harassment] Foundation See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Vigil by Angela Slatter (cw: harm to children) War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (cw: war crimes, violence against women and children) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the British Fantasy Award winners, adaptation news for Raybearer, The Changeling, and The Watch, and recommend some favorites from the last three months. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Miscellany Book Club Pick: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, read by November 3rd! Book Riot Limited Edition 10th Anniversary Merch News 2021 British Fantasy Awards Raybearer is getting an adaptation The Changeling adaptation casting update Update on The Watch adaptation Books Discussed The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (cw: child abuse) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen (cw: use of slurs around mental illness by certain characters) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (cw: body horror, e

This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Exit West by Mohsin Hamid See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Vote For Book Club! F: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko SF: The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw SF/F: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki News Y: The Last Man trailer [Twitter] + Charlie Jane Anders Using human blood in Martian habitats? [Syfy] Own your very own robot unicorn [TechCrunch] Weird Science! Voice Cloning [The Verge] Books Discussed The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo (especially When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain) Yoon Ha Lee’s “Machineries of Empire” series Circe by Madeline Miller Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro See omnystudio.com/listener for priva

This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse) Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss a Tolkien-ian cryptocurrency, adaptation news for Witchmark and Game of Thrones, a Book Club episode, their most anticipated Fall releases, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Vote For Our Next Book Club Pick! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Send your pick in to sffyeah at bookriotdotcom by September 30th! News ‘Worst Witch’ author Jill Murphy dies [NPR] Rosetta Awards shortlist announced Animated Game Of Thrones show in the works The JRR Token cryptocurrency CL Polk’s Kingston Cycle acquired for adaptation Books Discussed The All-Consuming World by Cassandra Khaw (Erewhon, Sept 7) (Nothing But Blackened Teeth) Des

This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories by Vandana Singh Mistress Masham’s Repose by TH White See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenn and guest Jen Zink discuss a bunch of adaptation news about Witches of Mayfair, Foundation, and the Wheel of Time, talk environmental sci-fi and fantasy, and more. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News NPR’s 50 Favorite SF/F Books of the Past Decade results Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2021 Winners Announced Wheel of Time First Look [Entertainment Weekly] Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches Are Coming to TV, Too [Gizmodo] That Foundation Trailer, Though [Deadline] Books Discussed Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, illustrated by Rovina Cai Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon The Fallen (The Outside #2) by Ada Hoffmann (cw: self-harm) Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (cw: slavery, suicidal ideation, child abuse, child death) The Interro

This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan A Hero Born (Legend of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.