SFF Yeah!

Sharifah and Jenn talk that Marvels trailer, more AI shenanigans, a 40th Anniversary (!) edition of Song of the Lioness, characters they relate to, 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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SF/F in the real world: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch spreading critters [Science Alert]

The Marvels trailer [Black Girl Nerds]

Winners of the LA Times Festival of Books prize [LA Times]

40th Anniversary edition of Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness series [Publishers Weekly]

AI shenanigans at r/Fantasy [Reddit]

Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Cleric Chih from Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo

Lauren from Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Mika Moon from The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Candace Chen from Severance by Ling Ma

Circe from Circe by Madeline Miller

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This week, Jenn recommends two speculative fiction favorites.

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The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell (cw: rape, racism, racial slurs)

The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss some awards season news and Star Wars Celebration updates, honor Rachel Pollac, and recommend some more recent-ish books they’ve loved.

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Chosen Spirits and The City Inside by Samit Basu are the same book!

Vulture did a dive into D&D adaptations

New Star Wars movie following Rey (plus more Star Wars Celebration) [Variety, io9]

RIP, Rachel Pollack [The Guardian]

The Angry Black Girl And Her Monster trailer [The AV Club]

Ursula K. LeGuin Prize open to nominations

Philip K Dick Award Winner [Locus]

BSFA Award Winners [Locus]

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (cw: mild body horror, mention of child abuse, violent bullying)

The Spite House by Johnny Compton (cw: child death, racism)

Leech by Hiron Ennes (cw: sexual assault, miscarriage, body horror)

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This week, Sharifah discusses some thrilling sci-fi and fantasy.

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The Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

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Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When In Romance episode about sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal romances with Jenn and Trisha.

Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins’s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs. 

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Listen to Jenn discuss all kinds of other bookish things on Get Booked and SFF Yeah!

If you are also a “cook or bake as you read” person, here’s the recipe Jenn used for what we’re now calling Miss Abigail bread. (It calls for a cast-iron skillet but you can use any oven-safe pan or cake tin of that approximate size.)

AND Jenn was kind enough to also share her (soon to be famous, probably) jam recipe with all of us: 2 cups blueberries; 1 tbs white sugar; ½ tbs lemon juice; a pinch of cinnamon (optional). Mix blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, over medium heat until thickened, about 30 minutes. It will gel a little more as it cools; an easy way to know if it’s “done” is if you can draw a spoon through it along the bottom of the pan and it takes a second for the pan bottom to be covered up again. (TB note: this recipe apparently does not call for a dutch oven or a double boiler – I checked.)

Vivid, Wild Rain, and Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins

The Books of Ambha series by Tasha Suri

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

The Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn

Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray

Touched By An Alien by Gini Koch

The Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (First book is Radio Silence)

The Heart is a Universe by Sherry Thomas

Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

Send us your favorite SFF(P) books AND your favorite bookish recipes! You can find Jenn on Twitter and Tumblr (@jennIRL) and on Instagram (@iamjennirl). And as always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).

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This week, Jenn discusses odd jobs in sci-fi and fantasy.

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Chosen Spirits by Samit Basu (cw: religious bigotry, police brutality, discussion of rape)

Timekeeper by Tara Sim (cw: panic disorder)

Bonus: Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the D&D movie trailer, awards season, Afrofuturist book vending machines, and their favorite books of 2023 so far.

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 It’s time to nominate for the Hugos!

Nebula Award Finalists [SFWA]

D&D: Honor Among Thieves Movie Trailer [Vulture]

Book vending machines for Black and Indigenous authors [WBUR]

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (cw: mention of animal cruelty)

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (cw: violent misogyny, sexual assault, police brutality, homophobia)

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (cw: alcohol addiction, death of a sibling)

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (all the CWs)

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This week, Sharifah discusses some favorite backlist cosmic horror.

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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (cw: racism)

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi (cw: disordered eating, racism)

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Sharifah and Jenn discuss some newly discovered Terry Pratchett stories, good news from comics, bad news from AI, Victor LaValle’s Lone Women, and more.

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Eve Ewing is first Black Woman to write main Black Panther comic [Vibe]

Revamping LOTR???? [Variety]

Newly uncovered Pratchett short stories [The Guardian]

Clarkesworld overwhelmed by AI-written stories [The Guardian]

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Lone Women by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Changeling by Victor LaValle

Destroyer by Victor LaValle

The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle

“Proving Up” from Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell

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This week, Jenn discusses two sea-worthy SF/F books.

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In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens

Tentacle by Rita Indiana, translated by Achy Obejas (cw: homophobia and transphobia, racism, slurs, slavery, lots of violence of various kinds including sexual)

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