This week, Jenn discusses favorite books from the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Watchmen, awards shortlists, The Green Knight, and favorite Latinx science fiction and fantasy authors.

This week, Sharifah discusses science fiction and fantasy that confronts slavery.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the new Doctor, CGI influencers, horror fashion, genre-blending science fiction and fantasy, and more.

This week, Jenn discusses mind-bending science fiction and fantasy.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Christopher Tolkien’s legacy, adaptation updates for The Watch and Snowpiercer, speculative poetry, and more.

This week, Sharifah recommends historical science fiction and fantasy.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Hugo nominations, updates on screen adaptations, their most anticipated science fiction and fantasy sequels of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by Novel Gazing, Book Riot’s new literary fiction podcast and Flatiron Books, publishers of The Night Country by Melissa Albert. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Hugo nominations are open! Snow Crash TV series updates A Willow series is happening. ‘Shadow And Bone’: Netflix Series Adds Seven To Cast BOOKS DISCUSSED Critical Point by SL Huang (Cas Russell #3) April 28, 2020 The Worst Of All Possible Worlds by Alex White (The Salvagers #3) July 28, 2020 Stormsong by CL Polk (The Kingston Cycle #2) Feb 11, 2020 (tw: PTSD, violence towards women and children) The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (The Masquerade #3) June 9, 2020 (tw: previous books had institutionalized homophobia, assualt/rape, torture, violence, war crimes) Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, June 2, 2020 Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland, February 4, 2020 Shadowshaper Legacy by DJ Older, January 7, 2020 Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire, January 7, 2020 We Unleash The Merciless Storm by Tehlor Kay Mejia, February 25, 2020 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy stories that include a romance. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Dracula, PAX Unplugged, the Wonder Woman trailer, their most anticipated sci-fi and fantasy of 2020, and more. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, LMBPN Publishing, and Anyone by Charles Soule, and by Harper Perennial. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS Steven Moffat on Dracula’s Sexuality Follow-up: Jenn has further thoughts on The Mandalorian PAX Unplugged Report! Tea Dragon Society & Aquicorn Cove by Katie O’Neill, Dune, Star Trek Catan Hasbro Announces New Baby Yoda Collectibles (crochet’d Child) Wonder Woman trailer BOOKS DISCUSSED Vagabonds by Hao Jingfang, transl. by Ken Liu (April 14 2020) The Down Days by Ilze Hugo (May 5 2020) The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by KS Villoso (February 18 2020) The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (March 17 2020) Docile by K.M. Szpara (March 3 2020) Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (January 21 2020) The City We Became by NK Jemisin (March 24 2020) – short story: The City Born Great Wicked as You Wish by Rin Chupeco (March 3 2020) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sharifah discusses nostalgic science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED: The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn discuss The Mandalorian and other Star Wars news, a slate of award winners, and sci-fi/fantasy stories with mysteries. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi, with Fierce Reads, and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, publisher of The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! NEWS The Mandalorian is on Disney+ (05:40 – 10:20, skip to avoid spoilers) ALL the Star Wars cookware, including Le Creuset 2019 World Fantasy Winners Nommo Award winners British Fantasy Awards winners BOOKS DISCUSSED The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (tw: disordered eating, self-harm, hazing) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (tw: blood & body horror) The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Jenn discusses short science fiction and fantasy, to help you meet your 2019 reading goals. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The End of the Sentence by Kat Howard and Maria Dahvana Headley Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year. This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy) Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: https://bookriot.com/2016/06/10/why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/) Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Severance by Ling Ma The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence) Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture) Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse) The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sharifah recommends science fiction and fantasy audiobooks for road trips, especially those long holiday drives! This episode is sponsored by LMBPN Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses science fiction and fantasy comfort reads. This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s new subscription service offering tailored book recommendations for readers of all stripes. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED The Passage by Justin Cronin Huntress by Malinda Lo See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses fashion in science fiction and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by Bezkamp by Samuel Sattin and Jen Hickman. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Persona (The Persona Sequence) by Genevieve Valentine The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sharifah discusses her favorite backlist books featuring spooky houses. This episode is sponsored by Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! BOOKS DISCUSSED Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Good House by Tananarive Due See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses discovering backlist by new favorite authors. This episode is sponsored by Recommended. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! 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) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.