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QUICK BURNS
Tamahome: Amazon has a wheel of Time guide in case you're lost
Mark: Here's an interesting new graphic novel The History of Science Fiction: A Graphic Novel Adventure by Xavier Dollo with art by Djibril Morissette-Phan
Trike: The Barnes & Noble Speculative Fiction Book of the Year is Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune, the author of The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Jan: Ridley Scott has revealed that both an Alien and a Blade Runner live action series are in the works.
Mark: The audiobook of Aftermath by LeVar Burton, read by the author, has been nominated for a Grammy: Best Spoken Word Album (Category #58)
Have any other SF&F tales have been nominated for a Grammy?
Seth: Best-of lists are starting to be thick on the ground, but I thought this one was worth linking here. Picked by notable authors (Lavie Tidhar and Silvia Moreno-Garcia) and including some books I hadn't heard of before.
Buzz
Leviathan Falls, the 9th and final novel in The Expanse just dropped!!
(Running and jumping around the house with my arms flapping over my head and a crazed look on my face while shouting 'woo hoo!!'...)
Mark
Jade Legacy, the 3rd and final novel in the Green Bone Saga just dropped!!
See previous post for "running jumping flapping crazed shouting"
BARE YOUR SWORD
@hmmeade: @ReadingGPodcast is a great one for book lovers. And @swordandlaser is a great sci/fi/fantasy book podcast. @metamilkpod is a wonderful "life's big questions" kind of podcast. @officeladiespod is fun if you are a "Office" fan.
@tt_linse @swordandlaser I've loved you for a long time, but now I'm totally invested and it's torture between episodes! You're toying with me! "
Ruth: I love the verbal picture of me as the leader of a plucky band of rebels, going against the tyranny of the official October book pick! Also, I love the concept of a “300-page novella.” Kind of like a three-course snack, or a forty-mile marathon. That’s Tad Williams for you I guess" "Jenny: I think in the past when an alt-pick has been unofficial it was referred to as a "rogue read." So Ruth is the ROGUE leader of a plucky band of rebels, obviously."
BOOK OF THE MONTH DISCUSSION
Kick Off
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
WRAP UP
Aurora Rising/The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
HarryB in Discord: I've been reading Revelation Space all out of order, but I still love it all. I am one of those people who don't mind reading things out of order, and for many books, (no criticism here) the genre is predictable enough that I can understand what's going on (Reynolds, less so, but not less enjoyable - I revel in all his inventions). I had read the sequel to Aurora Rising, Elysium Fire, back in 2019. I'm not sure I've even got the feeling of "oh now I understand" feeling after reading Aurora Rising / The Prefect -- it's all such a crazy quilt you just flow with it. I wonder if anyone else has been reading out of order, and what's your experience. Chasm City has been on my TBR list, but I'm wondering if I should listen to one of those Internet 'reading order' lists?
Tamahome: Reynolds himself says the books are a "mosaic" not a "series".
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