Books Received, January 18 to January 24

8 books new to me: 5 fantasy, 1 horror, and 2 science fiction, of which 2 are series and 6 stand-alone.

Books Received, January 18 to January 24

Poll #32578 Books Received, January 18 to January 24

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Which of these look interesting?

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The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson (July 2025)
23 (51.1%)

Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez (July 2025)
9 (20.0%)

The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife by Premee Mohamed (August 2024)
14 (31.1%)

Oracle of Helinthia by MJ Pankey (May 2025)
4 (8.9%)

Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race (June 2025)
9 (20.0%)

Space Brooms! by A.G. Rodriguez (March 2025)
18 (40.0%)

Pearl City by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle (July 2025)
5 (11.1%)

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (January 2025)
18 (40.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.2%)

Cats!
32 (71.1%)

I understand that Dreamwidth users have no control over whether the poll software works
25 (55.6%)

Alas

It's time to have the same conversation about Seattle and US worldcons in general in Project 2025 America as we had about the Chengdu WorldCon.

WorldCon choices look a bit grim: this year, the US. Next year, the US. Montreal is the only bid I know of in 2027. Year after that, Brisbane or Kigali. Dublin is the sole bid for 2029, Edmonton sole bid in 2030, and fucking _Texas_ in 2031.

Montreal is nice enough but Edmonton is in Alberta, Canada's Texas, and their current premier is currently vying for membership in the Quisling club. Both are within filibuster range of the US.

Plus, that whole "Dave McCarty and pals decide to throw the votes out the window" thing from a year ago seems to have been memory-holed. If SMOFs would fuck with the Hugo in a misguided attempt to placate the Xi that lives in their brain, what will they do under Trump?

Culling book purchase links

Obviously, anything Amazon has to go. Did either Apple or B&N give Trump money?

(Did _Chapters?_ I wouldn't expect it)

I guess I will go back to just linking to the publisher.