279 episodes
SFF Yeah! Book Riot
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4.6 • 168 Ratings
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SFF Yeah! is a biweekly show dedicated to the latest happenings and our favorite recommendations from the worlds of science fiction and fantasy.
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Backlist to the Future, Back to School
This week, Sharifah talks about two of her favorite back-to-school SFF reads.
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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered to win Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, plus 5 mystery books from The Deep Dive. To enter, simply start a free subscription to The Deep Dive. No payment method required!
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Books Discussed
The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Revisited
Sharifah and Jenn are reunited and talking all things H2G2, as well as alien corpses in Mexico, Iman Vellani doing all the Ms. Marvel things, Le Guin short films, and more.
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News
Alien Corpses Claimed to be Real Shown to Mexico’s Congress [NPR]
Ursula K. Le Guin Short Films! [LitHub]
SF/F Title on NBA Fiction Longlist [Book Riot]
Wrinkle in Time Illustrator Gets Overdue Credit [WBUR]
Iman Vellani on Ms Marvel on Playing and Writing Ms. Marvel [Nerds of Color]
Books Discussed
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Backlist To The Future, With Nonfiction
This week, Jenn talks about some nonfiction reads that have changed the way she approaches SF/F!
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Books Discussed
The Carrier Theory of Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, introduction by Donna Haraway
The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
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Fall Vibes
Jenn and Vanessa roll around in Fall Feelings, talk about what that means anyway in SF/F, plus news about Scott Pilgrim, Loki Season 2, and more.
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News
Scott Pilgrim Anime [Them]
Black People Are Magical Too [Black Nerd Problems]
Big questions for Loki Season 2 [The Mary Sue]
Catch up on Interview With the Vampire and more [Gizmodo]
Books Discussed
Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (cw: sexual harassment, domestic violence, child abuse, toxic relationships)
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (cw: toxic friendship, body horror, homophobia, police brutality)
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Weyward by Emilia Hart (TW; domestic violence)
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Backlist To The Future, with Rich People Problems
Sharifah dives into "rich people problems" in SF/F, with two favorites.
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Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade, and enjoy TBR's picks.
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Books Discussed
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (tw: abortion scene, racism, homophobia)
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: intimate partner violence, harm to children, addiction)
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Guest Post: The One With All The Witches with Liberty Hardy
Jenn and Sharifah are off this week, so please enjoy this When in Romance episode about witch romances and more, with Jess Pryde and Liberty Hardy.
Jess is joined by Book Riot's resident velocireader, Liberty Hardy, who listens patiently while Jess discusses news and then actually gets the chance to talk when the pair discuss witch romances (with many detours along the way).
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News
When In Romance Book Club is back! We'll be reading The Perfect Find by Tia Williams AND discussing the adaptation on Netflix, and discussing it at the end of September.
Check out Tailored Book Recommendations!
The Seattle Times does a good rundown on the BookTok/Kraken drama.
Here's Marines's video on TikTok.
Strength, solidarity, and healing vibes to Emily McIntyre.
Visit A Novel Romance if you're in Louisville!
Find Jess at Steamy Lit Con!
Books Discussed
The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert
Snow Place Like LA by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
Crossed by Emily McIntyre
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
The League of Gentlewoman Witches by India Holton
Binding Shadows by Jasmine Silvera
Let us know what you think about witch romances and tell us your favorite! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @franzencomesalive), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).
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Customer Reviews
Great Content for the Genre's I'm most interested in
Just started listening, and I profess to skipping over conversation that isn't about the books sometimes. But the book discussion/ reviews are wonderful depcitions of the narrative and details about how the book reads that is compelling. I think the content warnings are great because it prepares people for what elements of the books that may be hard, or even if its just something they have to not buy because they can't handle those elements. I'd much rather get that piece from the reviewer than for an author to have to "smooth the edges" of their work to gain acceptance for their piece.
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I’ll be in my office in about a half a minute or something I’ll call when I can go home tomorrow if you want me home I’ll
Maybe more for TV/movie fans
Since it’s a Book Riot podcast I really wanted it to talk about sci fi fantasy books. I ended up being really annoyed with the hosts’ reviews mainly consisting of basically hey, I’ve heard of this book but didn’t actually read it ha ha not really into reading right now. Okay….