Books Received, April 6 — April 12

[james_davis_nicoll]

Upcoming speculative fiction and an abundance of TTRPG works from Free League Publishing and FrostByte Books.

Books Received, April 6 — April 12

Poll #31049 Books Received, April 6 — April 12

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53

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Which of these look interesting?

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Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan (July 2024)
27 (50.9%)

The Throne of Thorns I published by Free League Publishing (TBR)
1 (1.9%)

The World of Symbaroum published by Free League Publishing (TBR)
2 (3.8%)

Circles of Steel by Alex Greene (June 2020)
5 (9.4%)

The Triton Incident by Michael Larrimore (July 2019)
3 (5.7%)

Kelcie Murphy and the Race for the Reaper’s Key by Erika Lewis (September 2024)
4 (7.5%)

Reflux by Clarence Redd (May 2017)
2 (3.8%)

Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker (September 2024)
23 (43.4%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (1.9%)

Cats
37 (69.8%)

Comments

[patrick_morris_miller]

Did the blurb for Reflux get cut off? Seems the sentence wants a bit more.

[james_davis_nicoll]

(edited: I looked at the wrong entry)

I missed a closing period. Added now. The drivethru entry also included the following:

Contents Include:
- Scenario with investigative elements, social conflicts, puzzles and action
- The rules for Extended Conflicts are used at focus points in the story to increase tension without having to resort to violence
- Background on The Weaver setting, describing the major forces
- Several alien species and their cultures
- Stats and deckplans for a PC starship
- Map of the Ocath subsector
- Planetary maps of Anobe and Qioria
- Town maps of Anobe City and Yllm
- Location layouts: Cantina, Security Forces HQ and the Bone Caves
- New rules on communications, FTL travel and three new careers
- New equipment
- Organisation stats
- Suggestions on how to vary the difficulty level of the scenario
- 106 pages, 10 in colour
The main rulebook for M-SPACE is required to get the most out of this book, but the scenario is useful with any BRP-based game.

[petrea_mitchell]

The second week in a row that I haven't been interested in anything and I don't have anything current to recommend.

I think I might not have recommended What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank here yet, though. Informative, entertaining, and Canadian!

[leecetheartist]

I remember Sarah Rhees Brennan's funny retelling of the 2004 Troy movie. It was so funny! But, alas I don't think it's available any more, I think she took it down before The Demon's Lexicon came out.

[(Anonymous)]

Uneasy is the head that sits on the Throne of Thorns, or something like that, I'm imagining. Basically it sounds uncomfortable.

Robert Carnegie

[azurelunatic]

I have been following Sarah's career with delight ever since we were both screaming fangirls in the Star Wars prequels.

[bolindbergh]

Sarah Rees Brennan and/or Sarah Pinsker?

[james_davis_nicoll]

Que Sarah Sarah?

[azurelunatic]

Sarah Rees Brennan.

[wild_patience]

The Brennan and the Pinsker look interesting enough that I just pre-ordered them.

[izeinwinter]

Long live evil has such a gorgeous cover