SFF Yeah!

Sharifah and Jenn discuss their favorite books from the last few months, award season winners and nominees for Locus and the Hugos, a new AI shenanigan, and more.

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What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

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Locus 2023 Award Winners [Locus]

Hugo 2023 Finalists [Book Riot]

Alix Harrow on the Hugos [Instagram]

Error-Ridden AI-Generated Star Wars Article on io9 [Variety]

Sign a poem going to Europa! [Book Riot]

The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (cw: intimate partner violence, suicidal thoughts, gore, body horror)

Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (cw: discussion of intimate partner violence)

Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (cw: child death, graphic violence, animal abuse, animal death)

Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (they/them) (cw: violence against women, animal experimentation, violence against animals)

H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald

The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (cw: infant death, maternal mortality, attempted suicide, child endangerment, rape, spousal abuse)

Flux by Jinwoo Chong (cw: death of a parent)

Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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This week, Sharifah looks at some favorite books from 2013 by BIPOC authors!

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What do S.A. Cosby, Khaled Hosseini, Sarah Bakewell, and Yahdon Israel have in common? They've been guests on Book Riot's newest podcast, First Edition where BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Subscribe to hear them and stay to hear Book Riot's editors pick the "it" book of the month.

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The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (warnings: drug addiction, attempted suicide, overdose, death of a parent)

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (warnings: racism, mention of suicide) 

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Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this First Edition episode about sci-fi and fantasy "insta-buys" and more with Jeff O'Neal, Sharifah, and Kendra Winchester.

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Kendra Winchester comes on to commemorate the 15th anniversary of two events that heralded the modern audiobook boom: Amazon buying Audible and Apple allowing third-party apps on the iPhone. Then, Sharifah Williams, Book Riot's Director of Content and co-host of our SFF Yeah! podcast, joins me to debut a new segment: The Insta-Buys.

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And if you have a moment to rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, please and thank you!

Better Than Nothing? Exploring the Limitations of AI-Narrated Audiobooks from a Disabled Person’s Perspective

10 Audiobook Narrators You Need to Follow on TikTok

The Untold History of the Talking Book by Matthew Rubery

Check out Kendra's podcast, Read Appalachia. You can also follow her on Substack, Winchester Ave, and posting photos of her Corgis on Instagram and Twitter @kdwinchester.

Sharifah Williams co-hosts our SFF Yeah! podcast

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Jenn brings you a couple more cozy SF/F options for your summer reading.

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Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Murder in G Major by Alexia Gordon (cw: discussion of suicide, use of ableist slurs)

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Sharifah and guest Jeff O'Neal talk about the SFF book that topped B&N's bestseller list, yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, D&D's new streaming venture, travel a decade back in time to look at the most popular SFF of 2013, and more.

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Barnes & Noble Top 100 Bestselling Books [Barnes & Noble]

GOT Universe Expands [Tor.com]

D&D launching a TV channel [Gizmodo]

Taika Waititi in Talks to Direct Klara and the Sun [Deadline]

Goodreads's Most Popular Books of 2013

Note to listeners: Goodreads's list does not meet our standards for diversity. In 2013, there was less awareness about the importance of representation and BIPOC-authored books, and less marketing dollars went toward those books. Unfortunately, we continue to see a dearth of representation in many "most popular" lists. Look out for Sharifah's next backlist episode where she'll discuss some great 2013 BIPOC SFF books.

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Sharifah dives into two great SF/F books for beach reading, for your summer needs.

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Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Passage by Justin Cronin

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Sharifah and Jenn talk about awards finalists and winners, more good news for Amal El-Mohtar, books they wish they could send back in time to their younger selves, and more.

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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Ignyte Awards Finalists [FIYAH]

Future Worlds Prize Announced [File 770]

British Book Award Winners [Locus]

Nebula Award Winners [SFWA]

Nimona Movie Coming (June 30) [The Mary Sue]

Amal El-Mohtar's Four Book Deal [Tor.com]

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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Jenn discusses two of her upcoming SF/F summer reads, both of which happen to be YA!

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O'Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

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The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano

Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

In Reading Color newsletter

Hey YA Podcast

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Sharifah and Jenn take a listener’s suggestion to read some Webtoons, and talk about some delightful news including that viral tweet from Bigolas, fandom efforts to support Shadow & Bone, a prize shortlist, and more.

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BookRiot.com co-founder Jeff O’Neal explores the wide bookish world. Interviews, lists, rankings, retrospectives, recommendations, and much more, featuring people who know and love books. Subscribe to First Edition on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your podcatcher of choice.

This is How You Lose the Time War blows up in the weirdest way [io9]

Slate interviews Amal El-Mohtar about it [Slate] and their agent notes that it’s more effective than a Pulitzer [Twitter]

Shadow & Bone fandom trying to get it renewed [Rolling Stone]

WGA Writers Strike and the shows it is impacting [Gizmodo]

A new butterfly species gets named for Sauron [NY Times]

Future Worlds Prize Shortlist announced [Locus]

Aine and the Crow’s Curse by EnkyArt

Seed by Said P.

Sally & Bean by ari stocrate

Cursed Princess Club by LambCat

The Uncommons by Tony Weaver Jr, Joamette Gil, Spencer Amundson, Andy Robles-Valdez, Lia Harmon, and Hannah Lee

Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe

Opposite of Always based on the novel by Justin A. Reynolds, Art by Sharpteething, written by Darius Dudley

Not Another Cliche by Simkray

Dana’s Recommendations:

The Beginning After the End on the Tapas app

Be My Villain

Eleceed

See You in My 19th Life

Bailin and Li Yun

The Remarried Empress

The Horizon

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This week, Sharifah shares some of her anticipated backlist SF/F reads.

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This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

The Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng

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