SFF Yeah‪!‬ Book Riot

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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News
 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]

Books Discussed
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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Books Discussed:
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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NEWS
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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BOOKS DISCUSSED
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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BOOKS DISCUSSED
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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Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss news including an Afrofuturist Netflix series, the discovery of a possibly habitable planet, The Fifth Season RPG, and talk about SFF TikTok and Reels.
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NEWS
Netflix’s new Afrofuturist series [Rolling Stone]
A possibly habitable planet [IFLScience]
Sphere‘s 25th anniversary and new series [Space.com]
The Fifth Season RPG [Backerkit]
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur now streaming [Disney+ Informer]
VIDEO RECOMMENDATIONS
Tomes and Textiles, plus this vid, and this vid (mentioned)
cultofbooks (mentioned)
jemilabereadin (mentioned)
torithatnerd (mentioned)
Dreareads (mentioned)
pagemelt
Danzibooks
latearareads
theroomiesdigest
bookofthegay
darrelyeo
madisontican
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This week, Sharifah discusses stand-alone sci-fi and fantasy.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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