james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-23 02:19 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Old Gods of Appalachia

An all-new Bundle featuring the Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game, the tabletop game of eldritch horror from Monte Cook Games based on Steve Shell and Cam Collins' Old Gods of Appalachia anthology podcast.
Bundle of Holding: Old Gods of Appalachia
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-23 09:02 am
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A Torrent of Faces by James Blish & Norman L. Knight

In honour of Blish's Prometheus nomination, Blish and Knight's classic fascist utopia!
A Torrent of Faces by James Blish & Norman L. Knight
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-22 02:45 pm
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Bundle of Holding: DIE the RPG

The DIE roleplaying game designed by the Image comic's creators, Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans, plus three volumes of adventures for an unbeatable bargain price!
Bundle of Holding: DIE the RPG
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-21 04:13 pm
Assume the existence of superpowered teens
Can they use their abilities in the course of their mandatory voluntary community service? Or maybe, the question is, how to use them without running into the bar on endangering other people or themselves?
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-21 11:02 am
I was today years old
When I discovered Olivia Newton-John's father took Rudolf Hess into custody during World War II.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-21 09:40 am
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This Week's SF news
It turns out if you really want to raise the profile of your writers' union, all you need to do is announce LLM-generated works are eligible for awards, as long as they are not entirely LLM-generated.
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-21 08:53 am
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The Compleat Enchanter (Incomplete Enchanter, volume 1) by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt

Harold Shea seeks escape from mundane life in tales of myth and magic.
The Compleat Enchanter (Incomplete Enchanter, volume 1) by L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-19 06:42 am
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Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold (Abeni’s Song, volume 2) by P. Djèlí Clark

In which history long forgotten is recovered.
Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold (Abeni’s Song, volume 2) by P. Djèlí Clark
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-18 08:46 am
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-17 02:08 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Tales of the Valiant

The tabletop fantasy roleplaying game from Kobold Press of high adventure in a Labyrinth of infinite worlds, and more.
Bundle of Holding: Tales of the Valiant
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-17 10:56 am
Micah Aaron Tajone Kalap Obituary
Micah was a co-worker at the theatre. He was the sort of person who becomes a front of house manager by age 18.
Micah Aaron Tajone Kalap Obituary
As it happens, the bridge nearest the funeral home was just torn down. As a result, access looks like this...

(Buses are even worse)
Micah Aaron Tajone Kalap Obituary
As it happens, the bridge nearest the funeral home was just torn down. As a result, access looks like this...

(Buses are even worse)
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-17 09:11 am
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Princess Jellyfish, volume 1 by Akiko Higashimura

Can a community of otaku save their apartment building from gentrification? Should a community of otaku save their apartment building from gentrification?
Princess Jellyfish, volume 1 by Akiko Higashimura
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-16 02:12 pm
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Five Books About Conversing With Animals
How great would it be to talk with animals, through magic or technology or… whatever?
Five Books About Conversing With Animals
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-16 08:51 am
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james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-15 02:02 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Traveller Explorations (from 2022) & Traveller Ancients

The TRAVELLER 2022 UPDATE corebook, ALIENS guides, sector sourcebooks, and more.
Bundle of Holding: Traveller Explorations (from 2022)

A high-power 800-page adventure for Mongoose Traveller that uncovers the greatest mysteries of Charted Space
Bundle of Holding: Traveller Ancients
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james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-15 09:33 am
Clarke Award Finalists 2025
2025: Scientists are astonished when the largest ever dinosaur fossil trackway does not lead into the House of Lords, Tate Britain breaks with English tradition by returning looted art, and in a shocking break from centuries of Catholic precedent, the new Pope is a Cubs fan.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2025 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Extremophile by Ian Green
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf
Poll #33961 Clarke Award Finalists 2025
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26
Which 2025 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
View Answers
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
1 (3.8%)
Extremophile by Ian Green
0 (0.0%)
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
1 (3.8%)
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
17 (65.4%)
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
15 (57.7%)
Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf
0 (0.0%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2025 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Extremophile by Ian Green
Private Rites by Julia Armfield
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock by Maud Woolf
james_davis_nicoll (
james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-12-14 09:05 am
200 Significant Science Fiction Books by Women, 1984–2001, by David G. Hartwell
I was a bit surprised to come across this as Hartwell wasn't really the go-to editor where women's SF was concerned. An interesting snapshot of SF in a sixteen-year period. The end is the fall of the American republic. Not sure what was significant about 1984.
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