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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg.

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NEWS

2019 Hugo Award Winners announced!

Practical Magic Prequel!

Wheel of Time Casting!

BLADE

Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting.

Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review)

Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998)

Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002)

Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004)

Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity

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This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED

Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton

Half World by Hiromi Goto

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

Monstress by Marjorie Liu

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton.

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NEWS DISCUSSED

The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG!

Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros.

New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020!

Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show.

BOOKS

Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children)

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death)

Pet by Awkaeke Emezi

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires.

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BOOKS DISCUSSED:

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children)

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion)

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments.

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Book Riot Insiders.

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NEWS

Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist

How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors

Hitchhikers TV series in development

Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade!

BOOKS DISCUSSED

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White

Court of Fives by Kate Elliott

The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi

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This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF.

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DISCUSSED:

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia

Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson

Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more.

This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele.

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NEWS

Sandman is getting a Netflix show.

All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners!

Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros.

We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

Mission to Zyxx

Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services

Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America

The Drabblecast

Podcastle

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In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures.

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Discussed:

Our *punk genres show

The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers

Earth by David Brin

“Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?)

Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries

A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more!

This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep.

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News:

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out!

A Brave New World adaptation is in the works

Hunger Games prequel coming!

The queerness of D&D.

Books Discussed

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Temper by Nicky Drayden

Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson

Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire

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Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark.

This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal.

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Books Discussed

Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse)

Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse)

The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery)

The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror)

Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture)

The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery)

SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45

The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia)

The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization)

A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna

The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin

Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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