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Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once (Disney’s first enby character, nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and more) and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022.

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Quidditch rebrands as Quadball [NPR]

Wheel of Time renewed for a third season [Tor.com]

Disney’s first nonbinary character played by Terry Hu [Them]

Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards

August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (July 12)

Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight et al (Nov 8)

The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (August 9)

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Aug 30

Babel by RF Kuang (Aug 23)

The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (9/27)

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia (July 19)

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Aug 2)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Aug 23)

The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

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This week, Jenn discusses disability in backlist sci-fi and fantasy, in honor of Disability Pride Month!

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Issue 30: Disabled People Destroy Fantasy from Uncanny Magazine

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

Nicola Griffith’s list of fiction that passes the Fries Test

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Sharifah and Jenn mourn the death of Kazuki Takahashi, discuss some adaptation news and the best Marvel heroes, and recommend some summer reads with “blockbuster” feels.

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Hocus Pocus 2 Trailer [Variety] (and a yikes to Bette Midler [The Mary Sue])

Peacock Cancels Jade City Adaptation [popculture]

Ranking of 100 Marvel Characters [AV Club]

Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi found dead at sea [Book Riot]

The Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator series (Iron & Velvet #1) by Alexis Hall 

The Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy #1) by Malka Older

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

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This week, Sharifah discusses queer books for young readers.

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Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee 

PET by Akwaeke Emezi

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss Malorie Blackman’s win of the PEN Pinter Prize, Miles Morales, exciting news for vampires, some favorite recently published books, and more.

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Malorie Blackman wins PEN Pinter Prize [The Guardian]

The history of queer vampires and a look at First Kill [Them]

Racism in Miles Morales/Thor “What If?” comic [Indy100]

Dune 2 Casting Update [Gizmodo]

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (cw: self-harm, domestic violence, mention of sexual assault)

War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

The City Inside by Samit Basu (cw so far: rape, violent racism)

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (cw: child abuse)

This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub (cw: chronic illness, loss of a parent)

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This week, Jenn discusses two favorite speculative short story collections.

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Tender by Sofia Samatar

Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

We are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss updates on the Sandman adaptation, B&N’s Best Books of 2022 list, some recent favorite under-the-radar reads, and more.

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Update on The Sandman Adaptation [The Mary Sue]

Catching up on Disney+/Marvel Kamala Khan news [PopSugar]

SFF leads B&N Best Books List [B&N Reads]

Unburnable copy of The Handmaid’s Tale sold at auction [The Guardian]

Destroyer of Light by Jennifer Marie Brissett (cw: graphic harm to children, rape, sexual assault)

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely

Reconstruction: Stories by Alaya Dawn Johnson (cw: unwanted pregnancy and abortion access issues, harm to women and children, slavery, racism, body horror, etc)

Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe (cw: dysmorphia, self-harm, fat shaming, ableism, child abuse)

Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn (cw: pregnancy horror; child death)

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This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F audio for road trips.

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Forest 404 (BBC Radio 4)

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

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Sharifah and guest Erica Ezeifedi discuss the Nebula Awards, Dracula Daily, some favorite mystery SFF, and more.

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The Nebula Awards (and Mercedes Lackey’s removal)

Thor: Love and Thunder trailer [Deadline]

How Dracula Daily Got So Big [Slate]

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

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This week, Jenn discusses two series she’s looking forward to picking back up this summer.

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Kangaroo series by Curtis C. Chen (Waypoint Kangaroo #1)

Beneath the Rising series by Premee Mohamed (Beneath the Rising #1)

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