Sharifah and Jenn discuss their most anticipated series books of 2021, further details about Amazon\u2019s Lord of the Rings, Nalo Hopkinson\u2019s SFWA Grand Master award, and more.\n\nSubscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here.The show can also be found on Stitcher here.\n\nTo get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter!\n\nThis post contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, Book Riot may earn a commission.\n\nNews\n\nNew details and speculation about the Amazon LOTR series [Tor.com]\n\nClimate disaster fiction as comforting [BBC Culture]\n\nEXTREMELY FRANK interview with Terry Brooks about finishing Shannara [SYFY Wire]\n\nNalo Hopkinson named SFWA Grand Master [Locus] and interview [CBC]\n\nBooks Discussed\n\nSoulstar by CL Polk (Feb 16, Book 3 in The Kingston Cycle)\n\nThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (June 8, Book 1)\xa0\n\nThe Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (April 20, Wayfarers Book 4)\n\nEscaping Exodus: Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden (Feb 23, Exodus Book 2)\n\nFugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (April 27, Murderbot Book 6)\n\nThe Conductors by Nicole Glover (March 2, Murder and Magic, Book 1)\n\nThe Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Feb 9, Deathless, Book 1)\n\nRise of the Red Hand by Olivia Chadha (Jan 19, The Mechanists, Book 1)\n\nA Master of Djinn by P. Dj\xe8l\xed Clark (May 11, Fatma el-Sha\u2019arawi Book 3)\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices