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Lauren Beukes' playlist for The Shining Girls.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ka...
I don't know why the playlist title now says "The Sad Passions" instead of "The Shining Girls", which is what it used to say. The playlist was discussed online back in 2013:
https://largeheartedboy.com/blog/arch...
A book for next month hasn't been chosen. A discussion is under way on discord and here. I suggested Beukes' latest book Bridge during the podcast.
Here's a year-end list for the eyes from LitHub:The 138 Best Book Covers of 2023
https://lithub.com/the-138-best-book-...
I only recognized a few titles. One of them was Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, the follow-up to S&L pick Ninth House.
YTD: 80/100Sword: 16/25
Laser: 16/25
Comics: 35/25
Who had December 2 for Trike's 10001st post?
It's been ten days since Trike posted his ten-thousandth comment. Will he ever comment again? Has anyone started a pool to pick the day and category of Trike post #10001?
Sword & Laser Bread
terpkristin wrote: "Definitely. I also think Scalzi has reflected that in his early books, he realized after they were done that he was overusing those “said”s."Scalzi said...
https://twitter.com/scalzi/status/133...
A Study in Cyborgs looks interesting. I've read a lot of Holmesian science fiction and horror over the years, but mostly in short stories. I even tracked down copies of "The Holmesian Federation", a Star Trek fanzine with Holmes/Trek fan fiction. They all have a vibe that I enjoy. Older's contribution fits right in to this canon and I'm looking forward to reading the next installment.I ran across this article on Holmes and science fiction. The author discusses some of the recent Holmesian science fiction like Sherlock Holmes in Orbit.
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/brit...
New from StoryBundle:The Radical SF Bundle - Curated by Nick Mamatas
https://storybundle.com/radical
For $5 or more, you'll get the basic bundle of four books in .epub format—WORLDWIDE.
Big Girl by Meg Elison
Unity by Elly Bangs
Burn by James Patrick Kelly
The Best of Michael Moorcock by Michael Moorcock
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $20, you get all four of the regular books, plus eight more books for a total of 12, with a StoryBundle Exclusive!
Talk Like a Man by Nisi Shawl
RUIN by Cara Hoffman
You Might Sleep by Nick Mamatas (StoryBundle Exclusive)
The First Law of Thermodynamics by James Patrick Kelly
Utopias of the Third Kind by Vandana Singh
Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson
Pirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling
I Live With You by Carol Emshwiller
Confessions of an Audiobook Addicthttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/cul...
Disclaimer: I don't read audiobooks very often.
FYI: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
SLOW HORSES RETURNSThe wait is finally over! The new season of Slow Horses has been announced, coming to Apple TV+ on 1st December 2023.
Season 3 will be based on the third novel in the Slough House series, Real Tigers, and follows the slow horses as they navigate a criminal conspiracy within MI5.
The Man Who Invented FantasyAll those wizards, ogres, and barely-clad elf queens in the bookstore? You have Lester del Rey to thank.
An article by Dan Sinykin
https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/les...
Maybe one of terpkristin's cats grabbed the K-wire and ran.
Trike wrote: "Untethered Sky is magnificent. As of now it is the front runner for my favorite book of the year.My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
The Kindle edition of Untethered Sky is on sale for $2.99 right now.
https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Sky...
Trike wrote: "Mark wrote: "Blood GnatDeath Dagger
Giant Killer"
What are these from?"
From the LA Times Syndicate Star Trek newspaper strip, "The Wristwatch Plantation" 3/1/1982-7/17/1982 by Larry Niven and Sharman DiVono
They are the three Kzinti ships that tangled with Kirk and the Enterprise.
