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Jenn and guest Jeff O’Neal discuss the return of Saga and the Apple TV+ adaptation of Foundation.

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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

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This week, Jenn discusses some urban sci-fi and fantasy backlist titles.

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Books Discussed

Vigil by Angela Slatter (cw: harm to children)

War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi (cw: war crimes, violence against women and children)

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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.

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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 

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This week, Sharifah discusses some cerebral speculative reads.

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Books Discussed

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss some very weird science news, Y: The Last Man, robot unicorns, and their picks for Fall vibes.

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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

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This week, Jenn discusses some recent serendipitous SF/F reads.

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Books Discussed

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez (cw: child abuse)

Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley

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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.

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Vote For Our Next Book Club Pick!

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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)

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This week, Sharifah discusses some SF/F from under the radar.

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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

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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.

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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)

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This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F.

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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

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