Fantasy Book Swap

Jim’s book (with Twilight-style cover); with Alison Moyet cover Ali’s bookStars and Sabers publishingFerengi “Human female”Murderbot trailerDave McKean’s websiteSF Said’s websiteAlfred Bester: The Stars my Destination There are two sequels to War of the Worlds: the straight to DVD adaptation and Stephen Baxter’s The Massacre of MankindMaterial Girls podcast episode discussing Romantasy Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles trailer. This is what the first couple of chapters of Phoenix is like. It

Ida’s choice: The Man whose Mother was a Pirate by Margaret Mahy Ali’s choice: The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall. The sequel has just been published: The Siren, the Song and the SpyIda had a different edition from mine Other books we mention in this episode: Fathomfolk by Eliza ChanThe Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon ChakrabortyThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenSarah Baartman, the Khoekhoe woman whose birth name may have been Ssehura, displayed in Europe as

Ep 39- Writeopolis v Fantasy Book Swap, but no dance-off In today’s episode, I am joined by Scott K.  Andrews and Kit Power from the Writeopolis podcast. We have a lovely chat, and then Fantasy Book Swap proper starts at 12 minutes in. Scott’s choice: The Devil on the Road by Robert Westall Ali’s choice: Unraveller by Frances Hardinge The Lodestar award finalists- scroll to the bottom of the page. My copy of The Devil in the Road. Note the cat’s eye, and the gibbet with the executed witch’s body

Firstly, huge apologies for the delay in this episode, which was recorded live at EasterCon, Levitation 2024. Life got in the way. Tade Thompson’s Bluesky: @tadethompson.bsky.social Tade’s award-winning novel Rosewater is the New Scientist’s July book club pick. Tade’s pick: The Masters of Solitude by Marvin Kaye and Parke Godwin. It’s out of print, but widely available second hand with absolutely dreadful covers like this and this, the Conan in Space one. Ali’s pick: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa