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SF/F For The Holidays

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Sharifah and Jenn recommend their favorite science fiction and fantasy for holiday gift-giving this year.

This episode is sponsored by Extraneous, Tor Books, and Supernova by Marissa Meyer, with Fierce Reads.

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Books Discussed

The King’s Peace by Jo Walton (tw: rape, unwanted pregnancy)

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (Post: /why-every-heart-a-doorway-made-me-cry-happy-tears/)

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Severance by Ling Ma

The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: self harm, family violence)

Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (tw: violence related to slavery, including sexual assault and torture)

Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

The Outside by Ada Hoffmann (tw: body horror, torture)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

PET by Akwaeke Emezi (tw: pedophilia/child abuse)

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

The Murders of Molly Southbourne and The Survival of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson