Guest Column: Short & Sweet — Jewish Stories

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I’m Jewish and I love seeing that part of my identity reflected in SFF. Like many Jews I have kind of quirky relationship to my Jewish identity. But despite my fairly unconventional approach to Judaism I do find it an important source of meaning. So of course I love stories that play with and expound upon Jewish traditions. ( Read more... )

Giveaway: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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If you've escaped hearing about one of Tor's most buzzed about releases, congratulations. Gideon the Ninth was being heavily promoted at the beginning of the year, and people with ARCs who loved it were not subtle about how much they loved it. Tor pushed it heavily—there's some serious marketing behind the book—with lots of attention to the cover art, sneak peeks at the opening chapters, and most notably, a first edition print run with pitch black page edges, making Gideon the Ninth not only the most hyped SFF book of the year, but also one of the most noticeable physical objects to emerge from a mainstream SFF publishing company this year—that art. ( Read more... )

Our Favourite Media of August 2019

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Each month, we look back over the media we loved in the previous month, from books to film to video games and more.

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