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Let's take a break from the usual SFF Yeah format to share the Book Riot podcast's Book Nerd Movie Club talking about The Neverending Story! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Discussed in this episode: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende The Neverending Story Oral History The Book Riot Podcast Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah talks about some of her favorite backlist SF/F reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insights, informed takes, and so much more. Whether we're analyzing book deal trends, whittling down the best books of the century, or letting you in on the best book club book of the summer, you'll find something to nerd out over and enrich your reading life. With decades of experience in books and publishing between us, we have a wealth of knowledge, thoughts, and curated goodness we can't wait to share with you. Go ahead and take the plunge. Visit bookriot.com/deepdive to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee Jennifer K: Middle-grade SF/F The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (but really any Rick Riordan Presents) Lisa P: Academic sci-fi and Marginalized perspectives in high fantasy The Blue, Beautiful World (Cygnus Beta #3) by Karen Lord The Unbroken by C.L. Clark She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Rec'd by Lisa: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips. 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 Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4) An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery 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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News The Nebula Awards (and Mercedes Lackey’s removal) Thor: Love and Thunder trailer [Deadline] How Dracula Daily Got So Big [Slate] Books Discussed Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson Murder in G Major/Gethsemane Brown Series by Alexia Gordon Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer. 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 Kangaroo series by Curtis C. Chen (Waypoint Kangaroo #1) Beneath the Rising series by Premee Mohamed (Beneath the Rising #1) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Kim Ukura discuss SF/F comfort reading, talk about Locus Award Finalists and Percy Jackson casting, pay their respects to Patricia McKillip, 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 Locus Awards Finalists Percy Jackson on Disney+ Casting Update (and a statement from Riordan) [Hollywood Reporter] RIP Patricia McKillip [Locus] RIP George Pérez [NPR] Books Discussed The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir ®evolution series by Stephanie Saulter Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Nghi Vo’s Singing Hills Cycle The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Grisha Trilogy (and subsequent books) by Leigh Bardugo The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah discusses some YA sci-fi/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 The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan (cw: suicide) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (cw: rape, genocide, child death) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss cyberpunk, adaptation news about Wicked and Dune, dig into all things Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, 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 Reimagining the future of cyberpunk [Wired] Books like Cyberpunk 2077 [Book Riot] Wicked adaptation news [Variety] South Korea is making a floating city! [Newsweek] Discussion Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven on HBO Max [IMDB] Ableism in Station Eleven [Salon] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn discusses sci-fi and fantasy with work-place romance subplots. 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 Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry by C.M. Waggoner (cw: addiction & drug use, death by “heroic” suicide) Chilling Effect series by Valerie Valdes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Awards finalists, the Interview with a Vampire teaser, additional favorites from early 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 Hugo Finalists For 2022! [Book Riot] The Nimona Movie Is Saved [EW] 2021 Aurealis Awards Shortlist [Aurealis Awards] Interview with a Vampire Teaser [Bleeding Cool] (Teaser on YouTube) Books Discussed When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo  Light Years From Home by Mike Chen (cw: dementia, loss of a parent) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (cw: partner abuse; suicide) Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (cw: mention of suicide) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah discusses rompy SFF backlist that promise a good time. 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 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Lambda Literary Award finalists, Addams Family and Hocus Pocus adaptation news, favorites that came out in early 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 More of J.R.R. Tolkien’s art posted [Smithsonian Mag] That piece about Fanworks and the Tolkien Estate [Silmarillion Writers Guild] Lambda Literary Award Finalists for LGBTQ Speculative Fiction [File 770] Wednesday Addams is getting her own series [Variety] Hocus Pocus sequel gets three Drag Race superstars [Them] Books Discussed The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Way Spring Arrives And Other Stories, edited by Regina Kanyu Wang, Yu Chen The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta (cw: emotional abuse) How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (cw: child death) Shout-Outs:  Aliette De Bodard’s Obsidian and Blood series Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News A Court of Thorns and Roses Is ... Not? ... Cancelled [Collider] Books Discussed Summer Scares Jackal by Erin E. Adams Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno All These Bodies by Kendare Blake Dead Flip by Sara Farizan #MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland The Nest by Kenneth Oppel My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (cw: animal experimentation & cruelty, homophobia, violence against women, loss of a child) Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt, Symbiosis novellas by Nicky Drayden (cw: body horror) The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (7/16) Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraceia J. Fennell (4/2) Chlorine by Jade Song Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn discusses older favorites from authors with upcoming new releases. 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 Book of M by Peng Shepherd The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper (coming May 2022) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Vanessa Diaz discuss the Nebula finalists, that Ms. Marvel trailer, some favorite speculative poems, 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.f News That Ms. Marvel Trailer [Book Riot] Disney and the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill [The Guardian] Nebula Award Finalists Martha Wells declines nomination [Publishers Marketplace] Interview with Evan Ross Katz about his Buffy Book [AV Club] Reebok is Making Power Rangers Shoes [Gizmodo] Poetry Discussed Clock Star Rose Spine by Fran Wilde  “All the Army Ghost Stories I Have Heard” by Natalie Wang, Strange Horizons “On Where to Find Strange Horizons, And How to Get There” by Julia Rios, Strange Horizons “Dancing Princesses” by Roshani Chokshi, Uncanny Magazine “Assimilation” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine “Keening” by Valerie Valdes, Uncanny Magazine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Sharifah discusses two backlist must-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 Severance by Ling Ma Small Gods by Terry Pratchett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 for Best Short Story; 2016 World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction) Emergency Skin (Forward Collection) by NK Jemisin (warning: racism, homophobia) (2020 Hugo and 2020 Ignyte Awards for Novelette) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, transphobia, racism) A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Anticipated SF/F SF/F And the Natural World (with Jen Zink) Most Anticipated Stand-Alones of 2021 Favorite SF/F of 2021 So Far & SF/F Summer Reading List (tied) Jenn’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Howl’s Moving Castle and Raybearer Book Club Sharifah’s Favorite Eps of 2021: Anime and Dream Adaptations/Cast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed For Sarah: comps for Nalini Singh Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha  L. Penelope’s Earthsinger series Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badgers series For Christina: cinnamon rolls who are going through it Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (and/or others by Zen Cho) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 by Sequoia Nagamatsu (January 18, William Morrow) Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 25, Tordotcom) Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (February 1, TinHouse) Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May (March 29, Redhook) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, torture) Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente (cw: domestic violence) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, racism) We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: body horror; suicide attempt; mention of child death) Black Sci-Fi Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) from Flametree Publishing, with editorial support from Tia Ross and the Black Writers Collective and more Tales From the Hinterland by Melissa Albert  Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn and guest Erica talk about their favorite character pairings in SF/F, from romantic to platonic to #complicated, and discuss the Hugo Awards shenanigans, Dolly Parton's connection to Buffy, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Buffy Reboot news via Dolly Parton [Popverse] Hugo 2023 Shenanigans, Recapped, Plus Resignations [Book Riot, File770] The Audie Awards Finalists [Book Riot] Books Discussed Platonic Soulmates: Camilla Hect and Palimedes in The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir  Complicated Besties: Johnny and Nick in Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed Unconditional Acceptance Romance: Yasira and Productivity in The Outside by Ada Hoffmann Former Mentor/Mentee Turned Bros: Cas and Rio in Zero Sum Game by SL Huang Pining Sapphics/Beefing Rappers Turned Lovers: Red and Blue in This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone Friends on a Quest: Miuko and Magpie Spirit Geiki in A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee Annoying Friends and Low-Key Co-Parents: Murderbot and ART/Perihelion in Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Human/Animal Companions: Vasilisa and Solovey (the horse!) in The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, explicit violence and assault) A Psalm for the Wild–Built by Becky Chambers  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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) Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (Tor, October 12) The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (Atria, Sept 7) The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (Gallery, Nov 2) Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (Orbit, Nov 30) Far From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (Orbit, Oct 26) Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (Tor Books, Sept 28) The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling (St. Martin’s Press, Oct 19) Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Tor Nightfire, Sept 7) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn gets feedback from a previous listener rec and answers two more questions! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed Tanelle recs Serpent & the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent for Sarah Murderbot comps for Val: This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal el Mohtar Charles Yu’s short story collection, Sorry Please Thank You P. Djèlí Clark (if you're willing to do fantasy) Badass Space Stories for Eliška: Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang Kameron Hurley's The Stars Are Legion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina (cw: child death, depictions of child detention, and torture) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices