SFF Yeah‪!‬ Book Riot

Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news including a deal for Kiese Laymon’s Long Division, AI-proof fashion, and dodos, and recommend new-ish books they love.
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NEWS
Kindred adaptation is canceled [Tor.com]
Bringing back the dodo??? [Gizmodo]
Long Division adaptation in the works [Deadline]
All hail Angela Bassett! [CNN]
AI-confusing fashion [Peta Pixel]
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson (cw: animal death, transphobia, graphic violence)
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (cw: mention of child abuse, graphic violence)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (cw: partner/caregiver abuse, racism)
A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers
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This week, Jenn steals Sharifah’s idea and discusses some backlist from her 2023 TBR pile.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Popisho by Leone Ross
The Seas by Samantha Hunt
In the Quick by Kate Hope Day
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Sharifah and Jenn discuss exciting adaptation news including Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and look at their recommending stats from 2022’s year in SF/F.
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NEWS
Follow-Up on Wakanda Forever on Disney+, courtesy of listener Megan
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Trailer [Gizmodo]
Book Riot’s Most Anticipated of 2023 (shout-out to Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell)
More D&D shenanigans, this time with creator licensing: TechCrunch and The Mary Sue
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon TV Series in the works [Tor.com]
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2022 STATS
Most Recommended Books:
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Most Recommended Authors:
Nghi Vo
T. Kingfisher
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
NK Jemisin
Top 5 Most Popular Episodes:
More Favorites from Early 2022
Early 2022 Favorites Part 1
Comfort Reads in SF/F
SFF Mystery
Award-Winning Short Fiction
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This week, Sharifah discusses a couple of books on her TBR for 2023.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé
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Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more!
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NEWS DISCUSSED
A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist]
Trailer for Renfield [Twitter]
Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue]
Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter]
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) – William Morrow
Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) – One World
A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) – Little Brown
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) – Tordotcom
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) – PRH
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) – Tordotcom
Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) – Tordotcom
JENN’S EXTENDED LIST
Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10)
Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17)
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31)
Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7)
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28)
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16)
Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6)
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This week, Jenn discusses two 2022 releases that she didn’t get to talk about in 2022.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Stars Undying by Emery Robin
At Midnight edited by Dahlia Adler
Gita Trelease,“In the Forests of the Night”
Tracy Deonn, “The Emperor and the Eversong”
Darcie Little Badger, “Coyote in High-Top Sneakers”
Stacey Lee, “Fire and Rhinestones”
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