SFF Yeah!

This week, Sharifah discusses SF/F with fresh starts.

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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) 

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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.

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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)

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This week, Jenn continues to cheat and gives two more of her favorites from 2021.

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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)

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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.

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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

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This week, Sharifah discusses some fireside favorites for winter reading.

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Books Discussed

Ash by Malinda Lo

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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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.

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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

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This week, Jenn discusses books from this year she hasn’t already had a chance to talk about.

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Books Discussed

Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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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

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Sharifah and Jenn briefly discuss Dune: Part One and then dive into their book club pick, Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko.

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Notes:

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Dune: Part Two is confirmed [IGN]

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This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy about immortality.

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Books Discussed

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (cw: child abuse, slavery)

Wild Seed by Octavia Butler (cw: sexual assault, incest, slavery)

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