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SFWA Announces the Winners of the 57th Annual Nebula Awardshttps://nebulas.sfwa.org/sfwa-announc...
NEBULA AWARD FOR NOVEL A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
terpkristin wrote: "I just purchased all of these. I would love to read from tor.com but it's hard to read on computer so instead it'll be Kindle and possible Audible.I really enjoyed[book:A Master of Djinn|52504334..."
I usually save tor.com and other online fiction to Instapaper https://www.instapaper.com/ so I can read them on my phone or ipad. A similar service is called Pocket https://getpocket.com/
Both services work well to avoid reading on my computer.
Oh no! She was so young. RIP
2022 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists announced.https://locusmag.com/2022/05/2022-loc...
Among the many good books nominated are several S&L picks:
Fantasy novel: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
First novel: A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark and Machinehood by S.B. Divya
Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "A new anthology including a new Dresden Files story is out now! Heroic Hearts
Link to the audible page, 'cause that's what I'm getting.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Heroic-Hea......"
Heroic Hearts, a collection of short stories edited by Jim Butcher and Kerrie Hughes came out last week, and this week, Jim Butcher posted a preview of the book on his website. The preview includes his contribution to the collection, "Little Things", a tale of Toot-Toot and Mister, and "The Dark Ship" by Anne Bishop.
https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/202...‽
Hmmm... The preview stories seem to be gone now. Unless I've gone mad and imagined reading "Little Things". Sorry.
How come Tom didn't read his poetry during the podcast?
This month's Tor.com eBook Club free selection is a bundle of three novellas:https://ebookclub.tor.com
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome by John Scalzi
An Unnatural Life by Erin K. Wagner
Why These Books?
Written across a span of ten years, all three of these titles imagine a future for humanity that is deeply interwoven with mechanical lifeforms, disembodied intelligences, and people who embody multiple states of being. None of these books was written with awareness of the others, and yet all three stories communicate with each other in fascinating ways.
Unfortunately, US and Canada only. Not sure if it's enforced.
Download before 11:59 PM ET, May 6th, 2022
20 Artists’ Visions of Alice in Wonderland From the Last 155 YearsCuriouser and Curiouser!
https://lithub.com/20-artists-visions...
Ian (RebelGeek) wrote: "It's not SFF, but I just caught up on Slow Horses on Apple TV. I'm not sure I want to read the books, but I'm really enjoying the show so far. British spy stuff with Gary Oldman!"The first book in the series Slow Horses by Mick Herron was on sale a few weeks ago so I bought and read it. I enjoyed the story but I haven't decided if I want to continue reading the series, which has 7 titles with one more on the way https://www.goodreads.com/series/1013...
The book has the right vibes to make an entertaining tv show
Goodreads has an interesting list of alternate history novels, including this month's pick.https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2...
The UK has developed Dragonfire, a 50KW military laser for attacking drones, mortars or missiles in flight. 100KW lasers are now under development by many nations.Does the future belong to the ray gun?
https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/sta...
The beginning of the thread
https://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/sta...
I checked the Sword & Laser store. No book club laser death ray yet.
The term "ray gun" was first used by Victor Rousseau in 1917, in his dystopian novel The Messiah of the Cylinderhttps://twitter.com/PulpLibrarian/sta...
New from Flying Dog Brewery in Maryland, 451 Juicy IPA, a medium bodied imperial celebrating the human spirit’s innate thirst for knowledge, ideas, growth, and freedom. The name and artwork on the bottle refer to Farenheit 451, the 1953 dystopian novel about censorship by Ray Bradbury.Flying Dog 451 Juicy IPA reminds us that banning books sucks
https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/...
I figured Veronica would discuss an Iceland Worldcon with Tom, so when I saw another tweet by Mary Robinette the next day, pointing out that she posted on April Fool's, I sent a tweet to @SwordandLaser asking if they had been Rikrolsoned, because I was. I missed the next livestream podcast where Iceland was discussed. Stuff happens on Twitter.
The Icelandic April 1 tweet by Veronica replying to Mary Robinettehttps://twitter.com/Veronica/status/1...
Trike wrote: "Re: IcelandVeronica and Mark are clearly experiencing a hyperlocalized Mandela effect."
Yes, it's also known as Twitter
One more: God's War by Kameron Hurley. This book is set on another planet, but falls in the category of Middle Eastern milieu. It's the first book in a series with a bounty hunter main character that Hurley continues to write about in her short fiction.
You might also try Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed"In the midst of this brewing rebellion a series of brutal supernatural murders strikes at the heart of the Kingdoms. It is up to a handful of heroes to learn the truth behind these killings"
Emily St. John Mandel and HBO MAX in the news‘Station Eleven’s Emily St. John Mandel & Patrick Somerville Team For ‘The Glass Hotel’ & ‘Sea of Tranquility’ Series Adaptations In Work At HBO Max
https://deadline.com/2022/04/emily-st...
Sea of Tranquility is SF
Dick or Dune?
