Year-End Favorites

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 11 a.m.

b'Sharifah and Jenn discuss a SF/F sales surge in 2021, some Star Wars news, a few books published late this year that they love, and more.\\n\\nFollow 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 content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.\\n\\nNews\\n\\nCharlie Jane Anders on Trans Speculative Fiction and Rethinking \\u2018Hope\\u2019 [Autostraddle]\\n\\nAmandla Stenberg coming to Star Wars! [Tor.com]\\n\\nSFF up 50% in 2021 [Penguin Random House]\\n\\nViacomCBS + Wattpad team-up [Book Riot]\\n\\nA dive into Nintendo\\u2019s early days [Kotaku]\\n\\nBooks Discussed\\n\\nRedemptor by Jordan Ifueko\\n\\nFar From the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson (cw: use of racial slurs, incl. N word, by a secondary character)\\n\\nPayback\\u2019s A Witch by Lana Harper\\n\\nIron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (cw: rape mentioned, suicidal ideation, physical and emotional abuse, alcoholism, torture)\\n\\nComfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente (cw: domestic violence)\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'