66.5 Backlist to the Future Picks Audiobooks Fo...
Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
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Shapeshifters
Sharifah and guest Liberty discuss their favorite tropes and shapeshifters in science fiction and fantasy.
This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, the audiobook of The Name of All Things by Jenn Lyons, now available from Macmillan Audio, and the audiobook of Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade, coming soon from Macmillan Audio.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Chilling Effect by by Valerie Valdes
Sleeping Giant by Sylvain Neuvel
Wayward Children series by Seanan Mcguire
Sidekick Squad series by CB Lee
Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
Crooked by Austin Grossman
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
Once and Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Wild Seed by Octavia B
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
Serpentine by Cindy Pon
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49 min
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65.5: Backlist to the Future with Comfort Reads
This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Valerie Valdes on Recommended
Ocean Light by Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling #17, Psy-Changeling Trinity #2)
Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews (Kate Daniels #7)
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12 min
229
Under (Or On) The Sea
Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Kingkiller Chronices TV adaptation, a documentary about Margaret Atwood, ocean-themed science fiction and fantasy, and more.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Penguin Random House Audio, and Wednesday Books.
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NEWS
Follow-up: Tiptree Award renamed
Kingkiller Chronicles TV adaptation is up for grabs
Margaret Atwood documentary out in November
Magicians comic, including Lev Grossman, also out in November
Harry Potter Subscription Service
BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes (Nov 5 2019)
The Deep – clipping.
The Deepest Blue by Sarah Beth Durst
Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
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46 min
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64.5: Backlist to the Future On The Road
This week, Sharifah discusses traveling in science fiction and fantasy.
This episode is sponsored by The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz, new from Algonquin Young Readers.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Huntress by Malinda Lo
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10 min
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Second Books In Series
Sharifah and Jenn discuss a must-read panel recap from NYCC, casting news, the creation of a new award, second books in series, and more.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s Blind Date with a Book, Rebel by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads and Penguin Teen.
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NEWS
Shadow and Bone Casting Update
The Craft reboot casting
This week’s recommended read: Recap from NYCC panel on mental health in SFF and horror
New series from MR Carey
New award for BAME writers
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Binary (Revolution) by Stephanie Saulter
The Dragon Republic by RF Kuang (tw: graphic violence, assault, rape, genocide, torture, addiction, self-harm)
Not Your Villain by C.B. Lee
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
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56 min
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63.5: Backlist To The Future But Make It Fashion
This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy.
This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
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11 min
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African SF/F
Sharifah and Jenn discuss further awards news, including the gender breakdown of Hugo winners, African SF/F, and more.
This episode is sponsored by our Mystery/Thriller Giveaway, the audiobook edition of The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz, and Loki: Where Mischief Lies, written by Mackenzi Lee, read by Oliver Wyman.
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NEWS
Follow-up: The Tiptree Award is getting renamed after all.
Follow-up: Elsa Sjunneson-Henry is the first blind woman to win a Hugo.
Gender and the Hugo Awards, by the Numbers (and companion Twitter thread)
Fonda Lee to write for Marvel!
The Watch Update: non-binary rep!
BOOKS DISCUSSED
“The Broken Nose” by Mame Diene (read it on Omenana)
“What If I Fall” by Anne Dafeta (read it on Omenana)
“Skinned” by Lesley Nneka Arimah (read it on McSweeney’s)
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
“Tatashe” by Cassandra Mark and Tobe Max Ezeogu
Shuri by Nnedi Okorafor and Leonardo Romero
Shuri novel announcement!
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43 min
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62.5: Backlist to the Future with Creepy Abodes
This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses.
This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Good House by Tananarive Due
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10 min
235
Award Winners
Sharifah and Jenn discuss the renaming of awards, The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, other award-winners, and more.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Mystery/Thriller giveaway, Finale by Stephanie Garber, and Recommended.
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NEWS
Earthsea Books TV deal!
Daniel Henney cast in WoT!
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood already in development at Hulu. (Further news about the embargo here.)
John W Campbell award renamed Astounding Award.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells, 2017 Kitchies Golden Tentacle
“They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete, Tiptree Award 2018; information about the naming of the Tiptree Award here
Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway, 2012 Kitschies Red Tentacle Award
“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, 2019
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40 min
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61.5: Backlist by Current Favorites
This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Element of Fire by Martha Wells (tw: child abuse, emotional abuse)
Fledgling by Octavia Butler
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (tw: rape, a dog dies)
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10 min
237
The Blade Trilogy Rewatch
Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo Award Winners, casting news around adaptations, and the Blade movie trilogy.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Circe by Madeline Miller, and Astronuts by Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg.
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NEWS
2019 Hugo Award Winners announced!
Practical Magic Prequel!
Wheel of Time Casting!
BLADE
Wesley Snipes is on board with new casting.
Talon of God by Wesley Snipes (here’s a review)
Blade, directed by Stephen Norrington (1998)
Blade II, directed by Guillermo del Toro (2002)
Blade: Trinity, directed by David S. Goyer (2004)
Patton Oswalt interview, including Blade: Trinity
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43 min
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60.5: Backlist to the Future, Now With More Ani...
This week, Sharifah discusses favorite animal characters.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Half World by Hiromi Goto
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Old Kingdom Series by Garth Nix
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu
Monstress by Marjorie Liu
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11 min
239
Non-Human Narrators
Sharifah and Jenn discuss tabletop RPG and TV adaptations, a new Seanan McGuire series, nonhuman narrators, and more.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang, and Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton.
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NEWS DISCUSSED
The Broken Earth by NK Jemisin is going to be a tabletop RPG!
Lev Grossman is writing a Space Opera TV series with the Russo Bros.
New Seanan McGuire series coming in 2020!
Charlie Jane Anders will write for Y The Last Man TV Show.
BOOKS
Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #2) (tw: harm to children)
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: self-harm, sexual assault, suicide, child death)
Pet by Awkaeke Emezi
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
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38 min
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59.5: Backlist to the Future, With Vampires
This week, Jenn discusses unusual vampires.
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BOOKS DISCUSSED:
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (tw: harm to children)
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (tw: victim blaming, racism)
Fledgling by Octavia Butler (tw: pedophilia, coercion)
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16 min
241
Let The Games Begin
Sharifah and Jenn discuss awards shortlists, the Blade reboot, a Hitchhikers TV announcement, and books with games and tournaments.
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NEWS
Awards Updates: 2019 World Fantasy Award Finalists; Tade Thompson wins Arthur C. Clarke Award; British Fantasy Awards shortlist
How Japanese RPGs Inspired A New Generation Of Fantasy Authors
Hitchhikers TV series in development
Mahershala Ali will be the new Blade!
BOOKS DISCUSSED
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
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41 min
242
58.5: Backlist to the Future
This week, Sharifah talks about music in SFF.
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DISCUSSED:
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
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13 min
243
Audio Dramas and Fiction Podcasts
Sharifah and Jenn discuss Sandman and Harry Potter TV show announcements, Locus Award winners, fiction podcasts and more.
This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading and The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele.
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NEWS
Sandman is getting a Netflix show.
All hail the 2019 Locus Award Winners!
Harry Potter TV Show In Development At Warner Bros.
We’ve got some “facts” about the GoT prequel show.
BOOKS DISCUSSED
Mission to Zyxx
Kalila Stormfire’s Economical Magick Services
Night Vale Presents Adventures in New America
The Drabblecast
Podcastle
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45 min
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57.5: Backlist to the Future
In this first installment of Backlist to the Future, Jenn discusses books about non-gloomy futures.
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Discussed:
Our *punk genres show
The Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers
Earth by David Brin
“Non-Zero Probabilities” by NK Jemisin (How Long Til Black Future Month?)
Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, edited by Jetse de Vries
A People’s Future of the United States, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams
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12 min
245
Clones, Twins, and Doppelgangers
Sharifah and Jenn discuss Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the Hunger Games prequel, clones, twins, and doppelgangers, and more!
This episode is sponsored by Unassigned Reading, Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau, and Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep.
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News:
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is out!
A Brave New World adaptation is in the works
Hunger Games prequel coming!
The queerness of D&D.
Books Discussed
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Temper by Nicky Drayden
Murders of Molly Southborne by Tade Thompson
Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire
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45 min
246
Bonus: Game of Thrones Readalikes
Courtesy of the Get Booked podcast, Amanda and Jenn discuss comps for Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire! Please note: there are spoilers for GOT starting around the 30:00 mark.
This episode is sponsored by Audible, Rebel by Beverly Jenkins, and We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal.
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Books Discussed
Dune by Frank Herbert (tw torture, child abuse)
Jade City by Fonda Lee (tw: child abuse)
The Acacia Series (The War With the Mein #1) by David Anthony Durham (tw: child slavery)
The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit #1) by Yoon Ha Lee (tw: coercion, rape, body horror)
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey (tw: torture)
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (tw: torture, slavery)
SPOILERS FOR GOT 31:00-35:45
The Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera (tw: torture, homophobia)
The Poppy War by RF Kuang (tw: war crimes incl. rape, genocide, forced sterilization)
A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna
The Inheritance Trilogy by NK Jemisin
Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
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43 min
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#56: Feelin' Lucky, Punk?
Sharifah and Jenn discuss Vans’ new Harry Potter sneakers, Terry Pratchett and Orphan Black adaptations, and the punk subgenres of SF/F.
This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and Reentry by Peter Cawdron.
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News:
Episode 22: Steampunk
Terry Pratchett’s ‘The Amazing Maurice’ to Be Turned Into Animated Film.
Orphan Black returns as a serial, with Malka Older as showrunner!
Vans revealed their HP sneaker line (and the designers are obv Slytherin).
There will be a Dune TV series about the Bene Gesserit.
Books Discussed:
Solarpunk: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ullibari
Mythpunk: Unraveling by Karen Lord
Elfpunk: Blanket recommendation for Holly Black (The Darkest Part of the Forest; Tithe)
Post: What is it and 5 books to get started
Silkpunk: “The Snow of Jinyang” by Zhang Ran, translated by Ken Liu and Carmen Yiling Yan (The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu)
Post: Author Ken Liu Explains “Silkpunk” to Us
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43 min
248
#55: Military SF/F
Jenn and guest María Cristina García Lynch discuss the Nebula Award winners, the new Terminator and Star Trek installments, military sf/f, and more.
This episode is sponsored by All the Books, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, and Gather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp.
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News
Let’s talk about the Star Trek: Picard trailer.
Let’s also talk about Terminator: Dark Fate!
Hooray for Nebula Award winners!
Into the Spider-verse screenplay
The Shirley Jackson Award Finalists have been announced.
Books Discussed
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1) by Ann Leckie
The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter
Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu
The Cassandra by Sharma Shields
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett
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51 min
249
#54: Kids Books in SF/F
Sharifah and Jenn discuss Avengers, Vans’ new Harry Potter Collection, some book announcements, and favorite kidlit from SF/F.
This episode is sponsored by Audible, BookCon, and Exhalation by Ted Chiang.
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News
Here’s a sciencey look at The Snap from Avengers: Infinity War
NK Jemisin is writing a comic for DC!
Zen Cho is writing a new novella!
Vans Is Launching a Harry Potter Collaboration
Books
Interstellar Cinderella by Deborah Underwood
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Home, Tip voiced by Rihanna!)
The Storm Runner by JC Cervantes
Binky Adventure Series by Ashley Spires
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet #1) by Roshani Chokshi
Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) by Dana Simpson
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46 min
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#53: Pirates Ahoy!
Sharifah and Liberty discuss Game of Thrones, Western librarians, Peter Mayhew, and pirates in SF/F.
This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics and Netflix, and Finale by Stephanie Garber.
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News:
New Sarah Gailey book!
Peter Mayhew passes away
Double Netflix News:
Netflix’s first Arabic series will be a supernatural series!, and Netflix’s ‘Chambers’ is a New Gold Standard for Indigenous Representation in American Visual Media
Books:
Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler
Warchild by Karin Lowachee (tw: child abuse)
A Darker Shade of Magic/Shades of Magic Series by VE Schwab
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
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