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Sharifah and Jenn discuss adaptation news for The Stand and Underground Railroad, cyborgs, a gorgeous Afrofantasy MMO/RPG, and some favorite books from this Fall.\n\nThis episode is sponsored by Book Riot\u2019s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead, the audiobook edition of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab, and Saga Press, publishers of speculative fiction like Stephen Graham Jones\u2019 THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, Rebecca Roanhorse\u2019s BLACK SUN, 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\nNews\n\nFirst look at Underground Railroad adaptation [Slashfilm]\n\n\u201cThe Stand\u201d Air Date Set [Tor.com]\n\nSpecialized polymers bring us one step closer to cyborgs [Inverse]\n\nAfrofantasy MMO / RPG: The Wagadu Chronicles [Kickstarter]\n\nBooks Discussed\n\nHench by Natalie Zina Walschots (content warnings: body horror, medical trauma, PTSD, panic attacks) \u2013 \u201cIf Doctor Doom Were Your Boyfriend\u201d [Tor.com]\n\nPrime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes\n\nEach of Us A Desert by Mark Oshiro (content warnings: abusive parent, graphic violence)\n\nThe Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (tw: physical abuse)\n\nA Deadly Education by Naomi Novik\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices