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Mar. 20th, 2024 02:18 pm
The January 2021 John Carter of Mars Bundle featuring the John Carter of Mars tabletop roleplaying game from Modiphius Entertainment based on the Martian planetary romances of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Bundle of Holding: John Carter of Mars (repeat from 2021)
A hard working but old fashioned witch and a modern but lazy witch struggle to survive in a world that no longer has use for them.
Witch Life in a Micro Room, volume 1 by Akitaka
Five Works of Old-School Romantasy
Mar. 19th, 2024 12:10 pm
Astonishing revelation overturns known history: women wrote SFF long before 2023.
Five Works of Old-School Romantasy
Algorithm by Jean Mark Gawron
Mar. 19th, 2024 09:12 am
Of what use is galactic might and cunning against Earth's art community?
Algorithm by Jean Mark Gawron
13 big d20 System monster sourcebooks from Goodman Games.
Bundle of Holding: Goodman d20 Monster Guides
Watched Black Adam
Mar. 18th, 2024 11:11 amWatched Black Adam. Can't help but suspect things would have gone better if the JSA had led with something other than "TETH ADAM, SUBMIT OR DIE."
How does Hawkman reconcile heroes never kill with working for Amanda Waller?
I kept wondering how many people got stepped on by Atom Smasher or killed by debris from Cyclone's whirlwind. Off-handedly killing a crap ton of Kahndaqis while lecturing Teth Adam about being too homicidal would fit in with Adriana's complaints about how the JSA treats Kahndaq.
From Teth Adam's perspective, he's had superpowers for a few days, during which he got punted into an alien and mostly hostile culture. His learning curve isn't terrible in that context.
How does Hawkman reconcile heroes never kill with working for Amanda Waller?
I kept wondering how many people got stepped on by Atom Smasher or killed by debris from Cyclone's whirlwind. Off-handedly killing a crap ton of Kahndaqis while lecturing Teth Adam about being too homicidal would fit in with Adriana's complaints about how the JSA treats Kahndaq.
From Teth Adam's perspective, he's had superpowers for a few days, during which he got punted into an alien and mostly hostile culture. His learning curve isn't terrible in that context.
Happy 63rd Birthday to me
Mar. 18th, 2024 10:17 amThe plan is not to work today, although that might have me bouncing off the walls by noon.
Nebula Finalists 1975
Mar. 18th, 2024 09:00 amPoll #30937 Nebula Finalists 1975
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
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The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
32 (100.0%)
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
14 (43.8%)
334 by Thomas M. Disch
8 (25.0%)
The Godwhale by T. J. Bass
8 (25.0%)
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
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Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg
10 (45.5%)
A Song for Lya by George R. R. Martin
20 (90.9%)
On the Street of the Serpents or, The Assassination of Chairman Mao, As Effected by the Author in Seville, Spain, in the Spring of 1992, a Year of No Certain Historicity by Michael Bishop
1 (4.5%)
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
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If the Stars Are Gods by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
9 (64.3%)
The Rest Is Silence by Charles L. Grant
1 (7.1%)
Twilla by Tom Reamy
9 (64.3%)
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
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The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin
18 (72.0%)
The Engine at Heartspring's Center by Roger Zelazny
12 (48.0%)
After King Kong Fell by Philip José Farmer
7 (28.0%)
Which 1975 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
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Sleeper by Woody Allen
23 (88.5%)
Frankenstein: The True Story by Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood
6 (23.1%)
The Fantastic Planet by Steve Hayes and René Laloux and Roland Topor and Stefan Wul
12 (46.2%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, and underline for never heard of it.
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
334 by Thomas M. Disch
The Godwhale by T. J. Bass
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novellas Have You Read?
Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg
A Song for Lya by George R. R. Martin
On the Street of the Serpents or, The Assassination of Chairman Mao, As Effected by the Author in Seville, Spain, in the Spring of 1992, a Year of No Certain Historicity by Michael Bishop
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Novelettes Have You Read?
If the Stars Are Gods by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
The Rest Is Silence by Charles L. Grant
Twilla by Tom Reamy
Which 1975 Nebula Finalist Short Stories Have You Read?
The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Engine at Heartspring's Center by Roger Zelazny
After King Kong Fell by Philip José Farmer
Which 1975 Nebula Dramatic Presentation Have You Seen?
Sleeper by Woody Allen
Frankenstein: The True Story by Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood
The Fantastic Planet by Steve Hayes and René Laloux and Roland Topor and Stefan Wul
The Mindwarpers by Eric Frank Russell
Mar. 17th, 2024 09:17 am
Can master metallurgist Richard Bransome keep his job, now that the corpse of the woman he murdered has been discovered?
The Mindwarpers by Eric Frank Russell
Exceedingly vague campaign seed
Mar. 16th, 2024 11:32 amSecondary world fantasy, in which all the PCs are basically decent folks despite having pursued traditionally disreputable careers: there's a necromancer, an assassin, a censor, and so on... What would be good choices for superficially ominious careers with surprisingly beneficial applications?
(The necromancer does estate work and the censor spent their career chasing down copies of Read This Book to Trigger the Apocalpyse)
(The necromancer does estate work and the censor spent their career chasing down copies of Read This Book to Trigger the Apocalpyse)
Books Received, March 9 — March 15
Mar. 16th, 2024 09:40 am
Books Received, March 9 — March 15
Eleven works new to me.
Poll #30928 Books Received, March 9 — March 15
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 52
Which of these look interesting?
View Answers
Glass Houses by Madeline Ashby (August 2024)
16 (30.8%)
I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle (May 2024)
38 (73.1%)
In the Belly of the Whale by Michael Flynn (May 2024)
10 (19.2%)
Swordcrossed by Freya Marske (October 2024)
17 (32.7%)
Desperation Reef by T. Jefferson Parker (July 2024)
2 (3.8%)
Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado (August 2024)
14 (26.9%)
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis (August 2024)
14 (26.9%)
Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse (June 2024)
18 (34.6%)
The Fall of Waterstone by Lilith Saintcrow (June 2024)
13 (25.0%)
Ares by L. Neil Smith (June 2024)
2 (3.8%)
The Fire Within Them by Matthew Ward (June 2024)
0 (0.0%)
Some other option (See comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats
36 (69.2%)
In which I wax nostalgic for the magical time when mass-market paperbacks ruled the shelves.
Four Things I Miss From the Golden Age of Paperbacks
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Mar. 15th, 2024 06:38 am
An expert (but unpaid) tracker is forced to use her talents to search for her missing mother.
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Two insomniac teens are abandoned by their supposed chaperone. How ever will they fill the time?
Insomniacs After School, volume 5 by Makoto Ojiro
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) wins Infinity Award.
"The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."
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"The SFWA Board voted to create the Infinity Award to posthumously honor acclaimed creators who passed away before they could be considered for a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."
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