A Galaxy Not So Far Away

It's a new month, which means we have A LOT going on! Gary's here to give the details on all the events of the week before touching on a few new books he's excited about!

*Sorry for the banging.

Events this week:

Tuesday, February 2nd: Adalyn Grace, in conversation with Tomi Adeyemi

Tuesday, February 2nd: Marlene Perez, in conversation with Mary E. Pearson

Wednesday, February 3rd: Natalie Walton, in conversation with Jananie Kulandaivelu

Thursday, February 4th: Isabel Ibañez and Joanna Ruth Meyer

Monday, February 8th: Tim Fielder, in conversation with John Jennings

New this week:

All the Tides of Fate by Adalyn Grace

The Afterlife of the Party by Marlene Perez

Revenge of the Sluts by Natalie Walton

Hilo Book 7: Gina--The Girl Who Broke the World by Judd Winick

Star Wars The High Republic: Into the Dark by Claudia Gray, Illustrated by Giorgio Baroni

Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson

The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen

A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

Much Ado About You by Samantha Young

Muse by Brittany Cavallaro

A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn

Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

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We've got another big episode for y'all this week! Gary and Becca are once again joined by Victoria and Nick to chat about all things science fiction! From anime to real world robots, and everything in between.

Links for everything we discussed:

The Big O

Treasure Planet - Disney's Biggest Mistake

Cowboy Bebop Theme - Tank!

Cowboy Bebop

David LaChapelle

David Duchovny Photo

Gillian Anderson Photo

Midi-Chlorians: Physiology, Physics, and the Force by Chris Knight

Boston Dynamics dancing dog robot

Black Mirror

Outside the Wire

Smart House

Small Soldiers

How the Matrix universalized a trans experience -- and helped me accept my own by Emily VanDerWerff

Comickaze

Books we mentioned:

Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff

Jurrasic Park by Michael Crichton

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku

What We're Reading:

Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

Last Girls by Demetra Brodsky

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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In this incredibly short minisode, Gary rapidly works through this weeks events and shouts out some new books in between maintenance sessions in his home!

Events This Week:

Tuesday, January 26th: Francesca Flores, in conversation with Romina Garber

Wednesday, January 27th: Virtual Cozy Panel

Thursday, January 28th:Virtual Graphic Novel Panel

Friday, January 29th: YA Book Club

Monday, February 1st: Sarah Langan, in conversation with Hilarie Burton

New This Week:

Shadow City by Francesca Flores

One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon

Wings of Ebony by J. Elle

If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier

Tropic of Stupid by Tim Dorsey

Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

Written in Starlight by Isabel Ibañes

The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey

Time Travel for Love and Profit by Sarah Lariviere

Crime of the Ancient Marinara by Stephanie Cole

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

Faye, Faraway by Helen Fisher

Dealbreaker by L.X. Beckett

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

Note: due to some technical difficulties while recording, Gary's audio sounds progressively more static in the later half of the episode. We cleaned it up as best as we could, and the issue should be fixed before the next recording! Sorry!

Becca and Gary are up to some shenanigans in this week's new minisode! We've got a lot of events and new books to talk about, though we still find time for tangents about Star Wars and WandaVision, among other things.

Events This Week:

Tuesday, January 19th: M.A. Carrick, with special guest Christopher Paolini https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/virtual-event-ma-carrick-conversation-christopher-paolini

Wednesday, January 20th: Kassandra Tate, with special guest Rebecca Phelps https://www.mystgalaxy.com/event/virtual-event-kassandra-tate-conversation-rebecca-phelps

Thursday, January 21st: Barbara Davis-Pyles and Justin Hilgrove https://www.mystgalaxy.com/david-pyles%26hillgrove012120

Sunday, January 24th: Kristin Cashore and Malinda Lo, with special guest Tui Sutherland https://www.mystgalaxy.com/cashorelo124

Monday, January 25th: Julia Walton, with special guest Kathleen Glasgow https://www.mystgalaxy.com/walton12520

New This Week:

The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780316539678

The Famoux by Kassandra Tate https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781989365533

CliFF the Failed Troll by Barbara Davis-Pyles and Justin Hillgrove https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781632172464

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780803741508

Last Night at the Telegraph Club https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780525555254

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781250772800

Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781524745042

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780374311575

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780062975164

Till Murder Do Us Part by James Patterson https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781538752517

In the Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780593102565

Shipped by Angie Hockman https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781982151591

The City of Tears by Kate Mosse https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781250202185

Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780593124215

Karma Moon--Ghost Hunter by Melissa Savage https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780593302798

The Forever Sea by Joshua Phillip Johnson https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9780756417031

Playing with Fire by April Henry https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781250234063

Vengewar by Kevin J. Anderson https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781250302137

Wench by Maxine Kaplan https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781419738517

Hall of Smoke by H.M. Long https://www.mystgalaxy.com/book/9781789094985

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We're back! Our first big episode of the new year! Gary and Becca are joined by Nick and Victoria to shout out all the new books they're excited for in 2021!

Everyone's Picks:

Gary:

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

The Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule

Into the Dark by Claudia Gray

Rising Storm by Cavan Scott

Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland

Victory's Price by Alexander Freed

Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good by Timothy Zahn

Doctor Aphra by Sarah Kuhn

The Mandalorian by Adam Christopher

Becca:

Haha by W. Maxwell Prince and Vanessa R. Del Rey

Transformers vs. The Terminator by David Mariotte

DC: Future State

The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernández

Nick:

Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill

We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

Victoria:

Free Bastards by Jonathan French

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

In the Penalty Box by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount

All Consuming by Jaci Burton

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon

Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman

The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick

Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis

Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan

Game Changer by Neal Shusterman

Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

If Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

The House of Styx by Derek Kunshen

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It's 2021, and we're back with new books and new events to hold you over for another week!

Events This Week:

Tuesday, January 12th: Gerald Brandt, in conversation with Jason M. Hough

Wednesday, January 13th: Christina Li, in conversation with Erin Entrada Kelly

Saturday, January 16th: Local Author Meet & Greet

Saturday, January 16th: Megan E. Freeman

Sunday, January 17th: Sarwat Chadda, in conversation with Roshani Chokshi

New This Week:

Threader Origins by Gerald Brandt

Clues to the Universe by Christina Li

Alone by Megan E. Freeman

City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda

The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis

Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Into the Light by David Weber and Chris Kennedy

Before the Ruins by Victoria Gosling

The Lost Boys by Faye Kellerman

The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly

The Breaker by Nick Petrie

Beautiful Struggle (Adapted for Young Adults) by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Every Single Lie by Rachel Vincent

Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

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Content Warning: strong language (mostly in the back half of the episode), not suitable for children

Gary and Becca are joined today by writer and illustrator Dave Baker! We invited Dave on to discuss his new books, Star Trek Voyager: Seven's Reckoning and Night Hunters! We discuss a wide range of topics, including Star Trek, the punk scene, white supremacy, and the police state.

You can find all of Dave's work at heydavebaker.com

And check out his podcast: Deep Cuts

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It's Tuesday! We've got events! We've got shout-outs! Hopefully we have many more new episodes coming in the near year!

Events this week:

Tuesday, December 15th: Max and Glen Keane

Wednesday, December 16th: Sarah Foster, in conversation with Anne Downes

Thusrday, December 17th: Leslie S. Klinger and Laurie R. King

Friday, December 18th: YA Book Club

Monday, December 21st: Elizabeth Breck

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It's a super quiet week this week, with no new author events to announce! Stay tuned to social media for any special holiday news!

New This Week:

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black, Illustrated by Rovina Cal

Frank Herbert's Dune, The Graphic Novel: Book 1 by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, Illustrated by Raul Allen and Patricia Martin

Ruinsong by Julia Ember

Infernal by Mark de Jager

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Happy New Book Tuesday! We're back with another week of upcoming events and new books! It's a short one this week, but there's still a lot to get through! Events This Week: Tuesday, November 17th: Brandon Sanderson Tuesday, November 17th: Jonathan Maberry Wednesday, November 18th: Essa Hansen, in conversation with Veronica Roth Thursday, November 19th: Halley Sutton Friday, November 20th: Chloe Gong, in conversation with Amélie Wen Zhao Monday, November 23rd: RV Raman and Andrea J. Johnson New This Week: Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson Ink by Jonathan Maberry Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen The Lady Upstairs by Halley Sutton These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong A Promised Land by Barack Obama Unlocked by Shannon Messenger Rebel Sisters by Tochi Onyebuchi The Bright and Breaking Sea by Chloe Neill The Burning God by R.F. Kuang Daylight by David Baldacci Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon Daughter of the Serpentine by E.E. Knight The Children of Red Peak by Craig DiLouie City Monster by Reza Farazmand The Boy, the Wolf, and the Stars by Shivaun Piozza

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