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Mikaela and Emily return with their definitive list on who's in and who's out in the Alien/Predator franchise! 

Films they mention:
Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott - IMDb
Aliens (1986) dir. James Cameron - IMDb
Predator (1987) dir. Dan Trachtenberg - IMDb
Prey (2022) dir. Dan Trachtenberg - IMDb

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In space, no one can hear you scream. Brittney and Joshua tackle this classic of Sci-Fi Horror with no screaming but plenty of laughter. Don't mind us, it's how we deal with stress.

Alien (1979) by Ridley Scott - IMDb

Things We Talk About:

Prometheus (2012) by Ridley Scott - IMDb

As promised, something extra-creepy to help you sleep at night. Enjoy this video of a tarantula moulting by bugsnstuff - YouTube

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Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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Plant aliens, squires, magic fish, and a girl who brings her drawings to life? It's time for Brittney and Joshua to review some of their favorite graphic novels!

Joshua's Picks:

• Squire by Sara Alfageeh (goodreads.com)
• LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorafor (goodreads.com)

Brittney's Picks:

• The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (goodreads.com)
• Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez Gomez (goodreads.com)

Things We Mentioned

• Saint Simeon Stylites | Biography & Facts | Britannica (Column Monks)
• Q&A With Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas, Squire (diversebooks.org)
• Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (goodreads.com)
• Trump's US travel ban: What's the full story? - CBBC Newsround
• Hicotea by Lorena Alvarez Gomez (goodreads.com)

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Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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Brittney and Joshua delve into a tale of the evils of racism, demons, magical Aunties and a sword-swinging heroine for their first virtual book club!

Swords and Starships Book Club Pick:

Ring Shout by P. Djéli Clark (Goodreads)

Things We Mention:

• What is a Ring Shout? Have a look at this video of the McKintosh County Shouters.
• Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?
• Marcus Garvey: history, quotes and literature.
• 4 Reasons White People Can't Say the N-Word article
• The Birth of a Nation and it's influence on the return of the Ku Klux Klan.
• Night Doctors and how the medical establishment terrorized black communities.
• Stone Mountain State Park, Georgia

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Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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Join Brittney as she runs amuck and asks the question: If you were a robot, would you want to know?

Don't forget that we will be discussing Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (goodreads.com) for our February 3rd episode! 

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Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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Before Brittney was a full-fledged librarian, she was a student in college. When she started her first library job there, she met the amazing Rachel.
A library-centric episode today: Join us as we do a short interview with a librarian who primarily works with teens, and works at a much larger library system than we do!

Rachel put together a list of Young Adult Fantasy books to check out!
Fantastic YA Fantasy Reads | Alameda County Library | BiblioCommons

Things We Mentioned

• American Library Association's Bill of Rights, pertaining to minors: Schools and Minors’ Rights | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues (ala.org)
• A Blade So Black (Nightmare-Verse, #1) by L.L. McKinney (goodreads.com)

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Murderous mermaids? Pirates coming out of retirement? Join Brittney and Joshua as they pick out the books being published in 2023 that look most interesting to them!

Joshua's Pick

• The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty (goodreads.com)
• Honorable Mention: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (goodreads.com) 

Brittney's Pick:

• The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (goodreads.com)
• Honorable Mention: In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune (goodreads.com)

Things We Mentioned

• Famous writers open up about low turnout at their book signing events : NPR
• Keelhauling - Wikipedia
• The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Wikipedia
• Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales by Kelly Link (goodreads.com) The short story Brittney mentions about krakens is called "Moriabe's Children."
• What Is The Taiga? - WorldAtlas
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) - IMDb

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Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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Beep boop beep... it's the robot episode! Join Brittney and Joshua as they recommend some of their favorite robot reads!

*Trigger Warning for descriptions of extreme violence.

And don't forget to read Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark for our book club episode on February 3rd! Please send any comments/questions about the book to Joshua and I by January 20th, 2022, and we'll discuss it on the podcast!

Brittney's Picks:

•  A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) by Becky Chambers (goodreads.com)
• Prey by Michael Crichton (goodreads.com)

Joshua's Picks

• All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells (goodreads.com)
• Robopocalypse (Robopocalypse, #1) by Daniel H. Wilson (goodreads.com)

Things We Mentioned

• Pets for Adoption at Kohl's Cat House, in Coos Bay, OR | Petfinder
• The Iron Giant (1999) - IMDb
• Tremors (1990) - IMDb (If you haven't already, listen to our episode dedicated to this movie!)
• About Us | Mensa International
• "Love, Death & Robots" Automated Customer Service (TV Episode 2021) - IMDb
• I Am Mother (2019) - IMDb
• Scylla and Charybdis - World History Encyclopedia

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Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
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It's that time: out with the old, in with the new. But, before we ring in the new year, Brittney and Joshua would like to share their favorite books of 2022!

Brittney's Pick
The Bees by Laline Paull

Joshua's Pick
Babel: An Arcane History  by R. F. Kuang

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What's This?! Join Brittney and Joshua as they cackle over this 1993 animated classic!

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) - IMDb

And don't forget to read Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (goodreads.com) for our Feb 3rd episode!

Things We Mentioned

• The Movies That Made Us (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb
• Oingo Boingo Dead Man's Party - YouTube
• What's This? - Fall Out Boy [Re-synced HD version] - YouTube
• Halloween Town | Kingdom Hearts Wiki | Fandom
• Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Shea Ernshaw (goodreads.com)

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Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
Email: [email protected]

Our Library's Facebook Page: Coos Bay Public Library | Facebook
Coos Bay Public Library's Instagram: CoosBayLibrary (@coosbaylibrary) • Instagram photos and videos

Find us at:

Podcast Website: https://swordsstarships.buzzsprout.com
Instagram: Brittney and Joshua (@swordsnstarships) • Instagram photos and videos
Email: [email protected]

Our Library's Facebook Page: Coos Bay Public Library | Facebook
Coos Bay Public Library's Instagram: CoosBayLibrary (@coosbaylibrary) • Instagram photos and videos