Finished reading Valerie Valdes' "Prime Deceptions."
https://amzn.to/3EvqbI3
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As exciting, clever, and feisty as the first book of this trilogy. And now, the conclusion...
#books #reading #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #SciFiBooks

Started reading Kate Baer's "And Yet: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3Hd9tQE
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Really digging how she says a lot with so few words / lines ... and what she's saying.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Watched 15-20 minutes of #Velma before I got bored and put on Archer instead. Ah well.

Finished reading Cassie Donish's "Beautyberry."
https://amzn.to/3CAgmIC
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A bit too short, but still an impressive collection; her second of two.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Started reading Cassie Donish's "Beautyberry."
https://amzn.to/3CAgmIC
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I can already tell this is going to be as good as her previous collection.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

While the old game is, well, old, and the new one is still M.I.A., fans of "The Division" series can keep hope alive by reading Thomas Parrott's new novel, "Tom Clancy’s The Division: Compromised” ... and the Q&A he and I did about it.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-tom-clancys-the-division-compromised-author-thomas-parrott/
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#ThomasParrott #ThomasParrottInterview #ThomasParrottTomClancysTheDivisionCompromised #ThomasParrottTomClancysTheDivisionCompromisedInterview #ThomasParrottTheDivisionCompromised #VideoGames

Finished reading Sheri-D Wilson's "Between Lovers: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3vKE94U
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Yet another impressive collection of #poems from someone who already has a bunch.
#books #reading #poetry

In my new interview with author Ginger Smith, she discusses her new semi-romantic, somewhat military, sci-fi space opera novel "The Rush's Echo," the companion to 2020's "The Rush's Edge.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-rushs-echo-author-ginger-smith/
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#GingerSmith #GingerSmithInterview #GingerSmithTheRushsEcho #GingerSmithTheRushsEchoInterview #GingerSmithTheRushsEdge #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #Books #reading

I really wish people would read this exclusive interview I did with writer/artist Deena Mohamed about her new graphic novel "Shubeik Lubeik," which is about a world where you can buy wishes...but maybe shouldn't.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-shubeik-lubeik-author-artist-deena-mohamed/
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#DeenaMohamed #DeenaMohamedInterview #DeenaMohamedShubeikLubeik #DeenaMohamedShubeikLubeikInterview #ShubeikLubeik #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #ComicBook #GraphicNovel

In my new interview with author Mary Baader Kaley, she discusses how her pandemic-inspired post-apocalytpic sci-fi novel "Burrowed" was not inspired by Covid, but instead by previous pandemics.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-burrowed-author-mary-baader-kaley/
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#MaryBaaderKaley #MaryBaaderKaleyInterview #MaryBaaderKaleyBurrowed #MaryBaaderKaleyBurrowedInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #dystopian

Started reading Valerie Valdes' "Chilling Effect"
https://amzn.to/3uckr19
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Seems like this novel — and the trilogy it's kicking off — is exactly the kind of #snarky #SciFi #SpaceOpera I love.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks

Finished reading Philip K. Dick's "Humpty Dumpty In Oakland."
https://amzn.to/3X1NvVv
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One of his lesser works for sure, but still good in how it was both Dick-ish and not.
#books #reading

Read the #ShortStory collection "Star Wars: The High Republic: Starlight Stories" tonght.
https://amzn.to/3PI4ARW
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Wish there were more #ShortStories in it, but the ones they did include were good.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy

Started reading Sheri-D Wilson's "Between Lovers: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3vKE94U
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Been looking for a copy of this book for years; reading the first 15 pages made it worth the struggle.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading the time travel military #SciFi short story anthology "Time Troopers"
https://amzn.to/3r16dz0
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Not only a rather solid collection, but nicely varied as well.
#books #reading #SciFi #ScienceFiction @BaenBooks

Finished reading Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3iFIeEn
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A very impressive collection, especially when he got into the heavy shit.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

With "Lair Of The Crystal Fang," writer S.A. Sidor is leading his third trip to the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired world of the board game "Arkham Horror." To learn more about his cosmic horror novel, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-arkham-horror-lair-of-the-crystal-fang-author-s-a-sidor/
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#SASidor #SASidorInterview #SASidorArkhamHorrorLairOfTheCrystalFang #SASidorArkhamHorrorLairOfTheCrystalFangInterview #SASidorLairOfTheCrystalFang #SASidorLairOfTheCrystalFangInterview #CosmicHorror #HPLovecraft #ArkhamHorror

Started reading Philip K. Dick's "Humpty Dumpty In Oakland."
https://amzn.to/3X1NvVv
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Not your typical Philip K. Dick book (or, rather, not stereotypical), but still somewhat Dick-ensian in its #noir-ness.
#books #reading

Read Danai Gurira's play "The Convert" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3F7zYpU
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As enlightening and thought-provoking as, well, her other two plays.
#books #reading

Started reading Charif Shanahan's "Into Each Room We Enter Without Knowing: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3iFIeEn
📖🖋
Some really good #poems in the first 19 pages...
#books #reading #poetry