Bundle of Holding: Defiant
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Be the master of your Domain with this new Defiant Bundle featuring Defiant, the Game Machinery tabletop roleplaying game of supernatural aristocrats ruling modern-day Holdings.
Bundle of Holding: Defiant
Clarke Award Finalists 1993
Apr. 14th, 2025 09:34 amjames_davis_nicollWhich 1993 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Body of Glass (variant of He, She and It) by Marge Piercy
7 (11.1%)
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
35 (55.6%)
Correspondence by Sue Thomas
0 (0.0%)
Destroying Angel by Richard Paul Russo
2 (3.2%)
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
47 (74.6%)
Hearts, Hands and Voices by Ian McDonald
4 (6.3%)
Lost Futures by Lisa Tuttle
2 (3.2%)
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
25 (39.7%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 1993 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Body of Glass (variant of He, She and It) by Marge Piercy
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Correspondence by Sue Thomas
Destroying Angel by Richard Paul Russo
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hearts, Hands and Voices by Ian McDonald
Lost Futures by Lisa Tuttle
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
The Blue Box is back!
Apr. 13th, 2025 06:17 pmselenakDoctor Who, ?.01.: First episode of Ncuti Gatwa's second season. When watching the correspondoning "DW Unleashed" episode, I was intrigued to learn they started to shoot this episode - and consequently the ensuing second season - on the day The Star Beast, the first of the Fourteen/Donna specials, was broadcast. Meaning they probably finished shooting the second Gatwa season before the first was broadcast. That's certainly one way to ensure your Tiimelord doesn't run away after one season...
Anyway: plot wise, it was standard DW fare, but it was an excellent introduction to the new Companion, Belinda Chandra. I wonder whether the fact she's a Nurse by profession has something to do with the NHS and its beleagured starte (especially since when RTD scripted this episode, the Tories were still lin power?). The episode did a good show, not tell job of highlighting what she's like, how she reacts in a crisis, and what she wants (and doesn't want). ( Spoilery Remarks ensue. )
Daredevil Reborn and Wheel of Time: are both delivering suspenseful episodes. One way these shows are so relaxing fo rme is because I like watching, but I'm not in love, which also means I'm not defensive and don't stress out when stumbling across complaints elsewhere
The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century by Philip Francis Nowlan & Dick Calkins
Apr. 13th, 2025 09:00 amjames_davis_nicoll
A 20th century American wakes in the bewildering 25th century.
The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century by Philip Francis Nowlan & Dick Calkins, edited by Robert C. Dille
Books Received, April 5 — April 11 Poll
Apr. 12th, 2025 11:29 amjames_davis_nicollWhich of these look interesting?
Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (November 2025)
31 (53.4%)
Woven From Clay by Jennifer Birch (August 2025)
15 (25.9%)
Thief of Night by Holly Black (September 2025)
10 (17.2%)
Pluto by Ben Bova & Les Johnson (November 2025)
9 (15.5%)
This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum (March 2026)
10 (17.2%)
Three Stories of Forgetting by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida (December 2025)
10 (17.2%)
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes (October 2025)
7 (12.1%)
The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi (September 2025)
9 (15.5%)
The Definitions by Matt Greene (December 2025)
2 (3.4%)
Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings (September 2025)
6 (10.3%)
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-Yi Lee (October 2025)
14 (24.1%)
Red City by Marie Lu (October 2025)
8 (13.8%)
The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez (September 2025)
10 (17.2%)
Silver and Lead by Seanan McGuire (September 2025)
13 (22.4%)
The Emergency by George Packer (November 2025)
2 (3.4%)
Making History by K. J. Parker (September 2025)
22 (37.9%)
The Last Wish of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson (November 2025)
4 (6.9%)
The Heist of Hollow London by Eddie Robson (September 2025)
10 (17.2%)
The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan (February 2026)
8 (13.8%)
Daedalus Is Dead by Seamus Sullivan (September 2025)
8 (13.8%)
Kill the Beast by Serra Swift (October 2025)
6 (10.3%)
Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky by Pari Thomson (June 2025)
5 (8.6%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
41 (70.7%)
Books Received, April 5 — April 11
Apr. 12th, 2025 10:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
22 works new to me: 15 fantasy, 2 mystery, 1 mainstream, 4 science fiction. I think. In some cases, genre was not clear. Only four are labelled as series, which seems very low.
Books Received, April 5 — April 11
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They Bloom At Night by Trang Thanh Tran
Apr. 11th, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
There is no mercy in Mercy, Louisiana, and for Nhung, no hope of escape, either.
They Bloom At Night by Trang Thanh Tran
Harvey
Apr. 11th, 2025 04:12 pmlizbeeHe was a terrible cat, and I miss him
Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury
Apr. 10th, 2025 09:04 amjames_davis_nicoll
Convicted and executed for an unspeakable crime, Eron Osa must now determine what he will do with the rest of his life.
Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury
Murderbot (AppleTV+ 2025)
Apr. 10th, 2025 08:33 amlizbeeWhich is absolutely an overreaction, so I'm sitting on my hands for now, but it has powerful "we have completely captured everything you imagined, except it's white, cis, male and incredibly cheap looking".
AppleTV+ generally produces quite decent-to-good sci-fi, so I assume this will be watchable, but so far it looks generic and boring.
Semi-related, but I did wind up creating a little newsletter where I talk about the TV I've been watching, with an option for other media as the mood strikes me. I have 16 subscribers! You could be the 17th!
Bundle of Holding: Between Clouds
Apr. 9th, 2025 02:02 pmjames_davis_nicoll
Between Clouds, the Year Zero biopunk tabletop roleplaying game about a found Family of misfits navigating the open skies atop their beloved flying beast.
Bundle of Holding: Between Clouds
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 2 by Sakae Saito
Apr. 9th, 2025 08:58 amjames_davis_nicoll
In which two young women delight in how nature has rebounded after the collapse of human civilization.
Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 2 by Sakae Saito