Books Received, April 26 — May 3

[james_davis_nicoll]

Nine works new to me: seven novels, two texts. Of the novels, five are fantasy, one mainstream, one science fiction. The texts are non-fiction.

Books Received, April 26 — May 3

Poll #33068 Books Received, April 26 — May 3

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Which of these look interesting?

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This is Free Trader Beowulf: A System History of Traveller by Shannon Appelcline (2024)
22 (41.5%)

Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (September 2025)
12 (22.6%)

The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks (June 2025)
19 (35.8%)

The Ground That Devours Us by Kalla Harris (June 2025)
2 (3.8%)

The Robin on the Oak Throne by K. A. Linde (June 2025)
2 (3.8%)

The Blackfire Blade by James Logan (November 2025)
4 (7.5%)

The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer (November 2025)
8 (15.1%)

Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (March 2025)
36 (67.9%)

Bound By Stars by E. L. Starling (July 2025)
7 (13.2%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
32 (60.4%)

Comments

[bolindbergh]

Re the Brooks book: does the train across the wastelands have saws on it?

[jbwoodford]

Ada Palmer: more popular than cats! (For the moment, anyway--as I write this, "Inventing the Renaissance" has 23 votes, and "Cats!" has 20.)

[jreynolds197]

You know that a book is anticipated by many when it beats Cats!

[chrysostom]

Just read the Palmer. I definitely learned things; at times, though, it comes across a 700 page blog post.