SFF Yeah!

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Ignyte and World Fantasy Awards, women in SF history, and give you some starting points to dive into fanfiction.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Vault Comics and #1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson’s new, original hardcover graphic novel DARK ONE, and Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse.

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News:

“Every Possible Kind of Science Fiction Story”

2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists

Ray Bradbury Readathon

2020 Inaugural Ignyte Awards Nominees

Links & References

“Homestead” by katemonkey (Finn/Poe/Rey after events of Rise of Skywalkers)

Authors who have written fanfic

The Rec Center email newsletter

Archive of Our Own / AO3

FanFiction.net (FFN)

The most popular tags on AO3

Fanfic subreddit (resources for readers and writers)

Recs on Reddit

Wattpad

The Promise and Potential of Fan Fiction, on The New Yorker

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This week, Jenn discusses two favorite evil queen retellings.

This episode is sponsored by Amulet Books and Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko.

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Books Discussed

Julie C. Dao’s Rise of the Empress series

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

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Sharifah and guest Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein stir up an old debate, comparing and contrasting science fiction films Inception and Paprika.

This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast, Hawk by James Patterson, and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud.

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Books Discussed

Paprika by Yasutaka Tsutsui

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This week, Sharifah discusses series she wishes she could read.

This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publisher of Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust.

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Books Discussed

The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness

The Dandelion Dynasty series by Ken Liu

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss lucid dreaming, The Old Guard, Shirley Jackson Award winners, series they wish they could read again for the first time, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, the audiobook edition of Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis and Tor Books.

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News

Interview with Gina Prince-Bythewood about The Old Guard

New lucid dreaming study (and Waking Life)

Paper Girls is being adapted by Amazon

Shirley Jackson Award Winners

Books Discussed

The Dreamblood duology by NK Jemisin

Turbulence & Resistance by Samit Basu

The Binti series by Nnedi Okorafor

Abhorsen / Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix

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This week, Jenn discusses humans up against the supernatural.

This episode is sponsored by Tor Books.

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Books Discussed

Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri (Books of Ambha #2)

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: self-harm)

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Locus Award Winners, some exciting reprints, their favorite titles from the Spring of 2020, and more!

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Tor Books, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press.

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News

2020 Locus Award Winners

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s backlist is being reprinted

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Cancelled

“New” Lyra novella from Philip Pullman

Books Discussed

Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu (tw: suicide)

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (tw: discussion of past child abuse)

The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (TW: child abuse/death; CW: drug addiction, fatphobic language)

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (TW: Sexual Assault, mention of rape)

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This week, Sharifah discusses two SF/F beach reads!

This episode is sponsored by Flatiron Books, publishers of Mirage by Somaiya Daud.

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Books Discussed

The Hike by Drew Magary

Mem by Bethany C. Morrow

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss a new podcast about Octavia Butler, some adaptation news, their most anticipated series books, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, Scarlet Odyssey by C. T. Rwizi, and The Harbinger Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout, published by Inkyard Press.

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News

Disney Splash Mountain Redo (History of the ride)

Six new Wheel Of Time cast members revealed

A.I. Robot Cast in Lead Role of $70M Sci-Fi Film

New podcast about Octavia Butler: Octavia’s Parables

Books Discussed

Haunted Heroine by Sarah Kuhn (July 7 2020, Penguin)

King of the Rising by Kacen Callender (Dec 1 2020, Orbit) (tw: slavery and all its abuses)

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (August 4 2020, Tor)

The Burning God by RF Kuang (November 17 2020, Harper)

Ambergris by Jeff Vandermeer (December 1 2020, MCD)

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Book #1, September 29 2020, Del Rey)

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter (Book #2, November 10 2020, Orbit)

Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes (Book #2, September 8 2020, Harper Voyager)

Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May (Book #1, August 4 2020, DAW)

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This week, Jenn discusses two books that evoke a sense of wonder.

This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Book Riot’s personalized reading recommendation service, which now has gifting!

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Books Discussed:

Dragons in a Bag by Zeta Elliott

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden (tw: child abuse, sexual assault)

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