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SFF Yeah! episodes

March 24, 2021 Heroes & Villains
In their 100th episode, Sharifah and Jenn discuss some favorite heroes and villains from sci-fi and fantasy.
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Books Discussed
Murderbot from Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Prunella from Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
June from In the Quick by Kate Hope Day
Jam and Pet from Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Melisande from Phedre’s Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey
The Fridge from The Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
The Enemy in The City We Became by NK Jemisin
Ama from “Through the Flash” in Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya
Lillith from The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
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53 min
March 17, 2021 99.5: Backlist To The Future, With Speculative Migration
This week, humanity takes to the stars as Sharifah discusses speculative migration.
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Books Discussed
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
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14 min
March 10, 2021 Novelettes
Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Shadow and Bone teaser trailer, CJ Cherryh, recent adaptation news, and sci-fi/fantasy novelettes.
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News
Shadow and Bone Teaser Trailer
CJ Cherryh wins 2021 Heinlein Award [Locus]
Watchmen writer Stacey Osei-Koffour to write Blade remake [Black Girl Nerds]
Idris & Sabrina Elba developing Afrofuturist series for Crunchyroll [The Slanted]
Redwall Adaptation Happening [AV Club]
Books Discussed
Locus Reading List
“If You Take My Meaning“, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor.com 2/11/20)
“The Transition of Osoosi“, Ozzie M. Gartrell (Fiyah Winter ’20)
“For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll
“Omphalos” by Ted Chiang (Exhalation)
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52 min
March 03, 2021 98.5: Backlist To The Future With Shared World Stories
This week, Jenn discusses shared world stories in sci-fi and fantasy.
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Books Discussed
The Vela Season 1 (Serial Box) by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon
Riverside / Tremontaine
Two Dark Moons (The Sãoni Cycle / The Shale) by Avi Silver
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13 min
February 24, 2021 Dream Adaptations and Dream Casts
Sharifah and Jenn discuss Pokemon fashion, adaptations for Sulwe and We Hunt The Flame, their dream adaptations and ‘casts, and more.
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News
Locus 2020 Recommended Reading List
Daniel José Older brings first YA books to Rick Riordan Presents
Pokemon Denim Tuxedo From Levi’s
STXtv options We Hunt the Flame
Netflix adapts Sulwe
Books Discussed
The Fatma al-Sha’arawi series by P. Djèlí Clark (A Dead Djinn in Cairo, The Haunting of Tram Car 015)
The Good House by Tananarive Due (TW: suicide, pedophilia)
Further Reading: Black Horror Rising by Tananarive Due: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/black-horror-rising/
Jenn’s LOTR recast is no longer online but here’s a PDF, just for y’all
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57 min
February 17, 2021 97.5: Backlist To The Future With Favorite Black Characters
This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite Black characters of sci-fi and fantasy.
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Books Discussed
Helen Lee from Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
Shuri from the Shuri comics by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero
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10 min
February 10, 2021 Climate Fiction, Climatepunk, Never Cli-Fi
Sharifah and Jenn discuss speculative fiction about climate change, a.k.a. climate fiction, a bunch of adaptation news, an update from George R.R. Martin, and more.
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News
Disney+ Wakanda show updates [Gizmodo]
Event celebrating Octavia Butler on Feb 24 (and our newsletters!)
GRRM gives a Winds of Winter update
Update on Willow director [Tor.com]
Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ Cast Revealed [Hollywood Reporter]
Books & More
A Beginner’s Guide to Climate Fiction
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore (cw: child abuse, harm to animals, abduction & imprisonment)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (cw: harm to everyone, rape, animal death, fires, just everything)
Glass & Gardens, edited by Sarena Ulibarri
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (TW: child abuse/death, pedophilia, and sexual assault)
The Broken Earth trilogy by NK Jemisin (TW: child abuse/death)
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53 min
February 03, 2021 96.5: Backlist To The Future, With Darkly Compelling Books
This week, Jenn discusses darkly compelling sci-fi and fantasy (and horror).
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Books Discussed
Little Black Book of Stories by A.S. Byatt
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
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13 min
January 27, 2021 Most Anticipated Series of 2021
Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon’s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson’s SFWA Grand Master award, and more.
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News
New details and speculation about the Amazon LOTR series [Tor.com]
Climate disaster fiction as comforting [BBC Culture]
EXTREMELY FRANK interview with Terry Brooks about finishing Shannara [SYFY Wire]
Nalo Hopkinson named SFWA Grand Master [Locus] and interview [CBC]
Books Discussed
Soulstar by CL Polk (Feb 16, Book 3 in The Kingston Cycle)
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (June 8, Book 1)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (April 20, Wayfarers Book 4)
Escaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden (Feb 23, Exodus Book 2)
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (April 27, Murderbot Book 6)
The Conductors by Nicole Glover (March 2, Murder and Magic, Book 1)
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Feb 9, Deathless, Book 1)
Rise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (Jan 19, The Mechanists, Book 1)
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark (May 11, Fatma el-Sha’arawi Book 3)
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53 min
January 20, 2021 95.5: Backlist To The Future, With Games
This week, Sharifah discusses games in sci-fi and fantasy!
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Books Discussed
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
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12 min