SFF Yeah!

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte Awards, Spaceman of Bohemia casting, under the radar sci-fi and fantasy, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press, and Space Throne by Brian Corley.

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News

2020 Nerdy Joy [Tor.com]

Adam Sandler to star in Spaceman of Bohemia [Tor.com, Deadline]

Tour the Twilight House [BookRiot.com]

Ignyte Award winners announced! [Tor.com]

Books Discussed

Elegy for the Undead by Matthew Vesely (note: queer tragedy)

Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses (all the trigger warnings!)

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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This week, Sharifah discusses sci-fi and fantasy featuring existential crises!

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community.

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Books Discussed

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time, adaptation news, the Star Wars LEGO Special, and some favorite sf/f featuring mythology.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads, and Kingdom of Sea and Stone by Mara Rutherford, published by Inkyard Press.

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News

TIME chooses 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time [TIME]

Star Wars LEGO Holiday Special [io9]

Marsai Martin to adapt Savvy by Ingrid Law [Deadline]

Emma Roberts is producing author V.E. Schwab’s teen vampire series [EW]

Books Discussed

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams 

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

Half-God of Rainfall by Inua Ellams (tw: rape on the page)

The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

Serpentine by Cindy Pon

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This week, Jenn discusses books she rediscovered while packing.

This episode is sponsored by Scholastic.

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Books Discussed

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The City of Folding Faces by Jayinee Basu

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead, the audiobook edition of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, and Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones’ THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse’s BLACK SUN, and more.

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News

First look at Underground Railroad adaptation [Slashfilm]

“The Stand” Air Date Set [Tor.com]

Specialized polymers bring us one step closer to cyborgs [Inverse]

Afrofantasy MMO / RPG: The Wagadu Chronicles [Kickstarter]

Books Discussed

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (content warnings: body horror, medical trauma, PTSD, panic attacks) – “If Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend” [Tor.com]

Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

Each of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro (content warnings: abusive parent, graphic violence)

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: physical abuse)

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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This week, Sharifah takes SFF back to school!

This episode is sponsored by Ship of Fates, available now from Lanternfish Press.

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Books Discussed

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Dune trailer, lots of adaptation news, accessibility in D&D, and dig into “Story Of Your Life” by Ted Chiang and Arrival.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini, and the Award-Winning Bestseller: Athena’s Choice.

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News

Let’s talk about this Dune trailer!

Want to go to university for fantasy?

Sweet wheelchair combat miniatures for D&D

Adaptation corner: Warcross, Sphere, and Felix Ever After

Discussion

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Arrival

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This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy about the multiverse.

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Books Discussed:

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. Chess (tw: assault, bigotry)

Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley (tw: harm to children, rape, gore)

The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett (tw: harm to children)

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Jenn and guest Preeti Chhibber discuss Baby Yoda, the Wheel of Time casting, go deep into the world(s) of The Witcher, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout, and Del Rey, publishers of Ink & Sigil.

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Editor's Note

Preeti and Jenn mistakenly called this Russian-inspired; The Witcher is inspired by Polish mythology. They sincerely apologize for the error!

News

New episodes of The Mandalorian coming in October

Marvel’s Indigenous Voices comics

The Wheel of Time Casting continues to be amazing

What the WoT (horses!)

So many Witcher prequels?

The Witcher Links & Notes

Disability representation in The Witcher

The official Witcher show timeline

The Book Riot Reading Guide to The Witcher (Books & Comics)

Geralt Says “Hmmm”

Two (!) Witcher ‘Making Of’ Documentaries

Desi Geek Girls

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This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite weird women in sci-fi and fantasy.

This episode is sponsored by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s THE HOLLOW ONES.

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Books Discussed

What is Not Yours is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi

Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente

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