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S&L read a Ted Chiang collection in 2014, Stories of Your Life and Others.Perhaps selecting a "Best of" collection might offer more, to more readers.
Humble Bundle is offering "Extraordinary science fiction and fantasy"https://www.humblebundle.com/books/sa...
Discover distant worlds, dangerous magic, and fascinating visions of realms just beyond our own in this library of SF&F fiction from some of the world’s most celebrated authors! Journey to an empire whose fate depends on the mystical art of Forgery in Brandon Sanderson’s Hugo-winning The Emperor’s Soul. Explore the dark, lush, and spell-binding short stories of Marjorie Liu’s The Tangleroot Palace. Embark on an adventure set in the aftermath of one of the greatest tales of all time in Jane Yolen’s Arch of Bone, and lots more...
Pay at least $18 for these 20 books
The Emperor's Soul: 10th Anniversary Special Edition Humble Exclusive
Brandon Sanderson
The Tangleroot Palace
Marjorie Liu
Robot Artists & Black Swans
Bruce Sterling
Arch of Bone
Jane Yolen
The Peculiarities
David Liss
Body Shocks
Edited by Ellen Datlow
The Immortal Conquistador
Carrie Vaughn
Crazy in Poughkeepsie
Daniel Pinkwater
The Escapement
Lavie Tidhar
Jillian Vs. Parasite Planet
Nicole Kornher-Stace
Unity
Elly Bangs
Neom
Lavie Tidhar
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Patrick O'Leary
How to Mars
David Edenbach
Boys, Beasts, & Men
Sam J. Miller
The Extractionist
Kimberly Unger
The Bruising of Qilwa
Naseem Jamnia
The Unbalancing
R.E. Lemberg
Shoggoths in Traffic
Tobias S. Buckell
Fantastic Americana
Josh Rountree
Year end:Sword: 51 of 25 (204%)
Laser: 20 of 25 (80%)
Comics: 53 of 25 (212%)
Overall: 152 of 100 (152%)
Missed the Laser goal.
For Rivers of London fans who are not subscribed to Ben Aaronovitch's newsletter, here is his Christmas moment: The Big Straw Hamper Thingy Job – London, Violet Night 2019https://archive.vn/PYdsD
Pre-ordered The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Olderalso looking forward to Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee, System Collapse by Martha Wells and Winter's Gifts: The Brand New Rivers Of London Novella by Ben Aaronovitch
Michael Moorcock interview on Elric past and presenthttps://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headli...
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths
An old-timey S+L pick is on sale for $1.99: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guinhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B008T9L6AM
Science Fantasy #47 v16 is available for download as a PDF from archive.orghttps://ia600204.us.archive.org/9/ite...
Binging iZombie on Netflix instead of reading. I watched the first season when it was broadcast but didn't catch later seasons. I'm entertained. I didn't realize until season 2 that the star, Rose McIver, is also starring in current broadcast tv show, Ghosts.
Coming in 2023: System Collapse by Martha Wellshttps://twitter.com/TorDotComPub/stat...
MOAR MURDERBOT!
Owl Be Home For Christmas by Diane Duane is a good-natured fantasy novella based on a real eventhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-n...
Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game was released this week by Chaosium. Players take on the roles of newly recruited members of the London Metropolitan Police Service’s special magic branch, aka “the Folly,” to solve mysteries, catch criminals, and come to grips with the “demi-monde”—those who have been irreversibly changed by magic.https://www.chaosium.com/rivers-of-lo...
Some familiar NPC portraits!
https://www.chaosium.com/content/Free...
Jennifer wrote: "I loved it ! It was a great song !"The playlist is over at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It's got a good beat and you can dance to it.
Spotify playlist for the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Specialhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/2j6...
Brief change of pace from Elric et al, to Wednesday...The Cramps - Goo Goo Muck
https://youtu.be/wrarS7mLlB0
Memory's Legion by James S.A. Corey, the Expanse short fiction collection, is on sale today for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/Memorys-Legion...
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers is on sale today for $2.99https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09CNFL3W7
Andor 1975 TV IntroIt's 1975. A New Hope won't be released for another two years, and George Lucas is mostly known as the American Graffiti guy. You just finished watching the latest episode of Barney Miller.
"And now, we bring you tonight's TV movie premiere. Get ready to travel to a far away galaxy that existed a long, long time ago. It's the science fiction spectacular...ANDOR. Every Thursday night, only on ABC."
https://youtu.be/t9Pccq0DZVc
