SFF Yeah!

Sharifah and Jenn discuss TV shows for The Wheel of Time, Circe, and Narnia, and talk about their favorite witches.

This episode is sponsored by The Devil's Thief, His Fair Assassins Trilogy, and In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey.

Book Club pick: Rosewater by Tade Thompson

News:

Amazon has picked up the Wheel of Time TV show, and signed a big deal with Neil Gaiman.

Circe by Madeline Miller has been optioned!

Netflix is making new Narnia shows.

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina trailer is great.

Books Discussed:

Witches of New York by Ami McKay (tw: violence against women)

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

Plus also this post: https://bookriot.com/2017/04/18/100-must-read-books-witches/

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

BONUS ROUND: Fav Witchy Movie

Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus book!)

Practical Magic (Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman)

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Twilight Zone reboot, a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender news, time travel favorites, and more.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli, and Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels.

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Sharifah and guests Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara of the Reading Glasses podcast discuss SFF Chia pets, the series adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House, and recommend books about dead people.

This episode is sponsored by Legendary by Stephanie Garber and Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepherd.

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News:

The Haunting of Hill House Netflix adaptation

Stranger Things, Ghostbusters, and Predator Chia Pets are headed our way

Books Discussed:

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (YA urban fantasy)

The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (literary fantasy)

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Sabriel by Garth Nix

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo winners, a tabletop RPG for The Expanse, His Dark Materials casting, favorite trilogies, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Mirage by Somaiya Daud, and Nightblood by Elly Blake.

News:

A historic win for NK Jemisin at the Hugos

The Expanse is getting a tabletop RPG

Ursula K. Le Guin Sci-Fi ‘Nine Lives’ Gets Movie Adaptation

BBC His Dark Materials adaptation casts witch queen Serafina Pekkala 

New HARRY POTTER Books (Including a Hogwarts Pop-Up) Coming This October

Books Discussed:

Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit, Raven Stratagem, Revenant Gun)

(R)evolution series by Stephanie Saulter (Gemsigns, Binary, Regeneration) -- trigger warning: hate crimes

The Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin (Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, Stone Sky)

Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (Graceling, Fire, Bitterblue)

Binti trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Home, The Night Masquerade)

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass)

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Jenn and guest Swapna Krishna discuss Star Trek news, adaptations, the Arthur C. Clark Awards, and recent debuts.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Garrison Girl by Rachel Aaron, and Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley.

News:

MORE PICARD IS HAPPENING!

WorldCon update: the programming looks better.

Discovery of Witches finally has a US broadcaster and we’re still confused.

Geneva Robertson-Dworet is adapting Andy Weir's novel ‘Artemis’.

Arthur C Clarke Award winner announced.

Books Discussed

An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim (July 10) (tw: sexual assault)

Witchmark by CL Polk (June 19)

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng (July 10)

Markswoman by Rati Mehrotra (January 23)

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss new books from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin, Worldcon, the World Fantasy Awards, school stories, and more.

This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Suicide Club by Rachel Heng, and Contagion by Erin Bowman.

News:

New books are coming from Becky Chambers and NK Jemisin!

What is going on at Worldcon?

Update: Voting closed on July 31, 2018. Mary Robinette Kowal led a team updating the programming.

Anne Rice’s ‘The Vampire Chronicles’ In The Works At Hulu

World Fantasy Award finalists announced

Books Discussed

Galaxy Game by Karen Lord (tw: domestic violence)

The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence including rape)

Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

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Sharifah and guest Nikki Vanry discuss Stranger Things books and more Star Trek, copyrighting, poorly planned merch, and SFF audiobooks.

This episode is sponsored by Recommended and our Best of the Year YA Giveaway.

News Discussed:

Stranger Things books and comics are coming!

Star Trek: TNG to Possibly Return as Alex Kurtzman Oversees Expansion of Star Trek On TV

Pulp novelist of harem fantasy novels wants to trademark “dragon slayer”, and then there was this #quantumgate thing.

In terrible ideas--Handmaid’s Tale Wine, and Handmaid’s Tale lingerie.

Books Discussed:

The Bees by Laline Paull, narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older, narrated by Anika Noni Rose

Warcross by Marie Lu, narrated by Nancy Wu

The Devourers by Indra Das, narrated by Shishir Kurup and Meera Simhan

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harlan Ellison, A Discovery of Witches, the Locus Award winners, and recommend some sci-fi sub-genres.

This episode is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders.

News:

Ron Howard might add to Willow.

Harlan Ellison is Dead.

Locus Awards Winners!

A Discovery of Witches trailer is here but still doesn’t have a US air date or network.

Question from Karen:

"Over the past three years my friends and I have spent the month of July reading and talking about Science Fiction books - we call it Sci-Fi July. For the last two years I've made a BINGO card with 24 categories to help "guide" our reading a bit throughout the month (this was totally inspired by the Read Harder Challenge). I'm copy+pasting our big list of past categories and some of our ideas for 2018 at the end of this e-mail, but I'd LOVE to get some suggestions from you two for new sci-fi categories to help us stretch our reading this summer!"

Books:

Science Fantasy: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Alternate History: Servant of the Underworld by Aliette de Bodard

YA Science Fiction/Video Games: Warcross by Marie Lu

Sci-Fi Mystery: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently #1) by Douglas Adams

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptations for Carmen Maria Machado and Victor LaValle, a cosplay ball, aspirational characters in SFF, and more!

This episode is sponsored by The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty, Prisoner of the Crown by Jeffe Kennedy, and Becoming the Dragon by Alex Sapegin, translated by Elizabeth Kulikov.

News

Her Body & Other Parties is getting adapted for TV

The Changeling is being adapted by FX

Cosplay ball!

There might be a GoT prequel series

Books Discussed

Circe by Madeline Miller

Lirael by Garth Nix

Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

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Jenn and guest Alex Acks, a.k.a. Alex Wells, discuss the Nebula winners, the upcoming Lord of the Rings series, and more, and recommend cozy reads.

Wells is a Book Riot contributor and author of Hunger Makes the Wolf, Blood Binds the Pack, and Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures.

This episode is sponsored by Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner and our $500 bookstore gift card giveaway.

News

Follow up: Amazon did save The Expanse

The Nebula Award winners were announced

Check out the Nommo Awards for African Speculative Fiction

Zack Snyder wants to make The Fountainhead as a movie

Aragorn might be the star of the LOTR series

Books Discussed

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Provenance by Ann Leckie

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

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