Finished reading Ann Leckie's "Translation State."
https://amzn.to/49EStia
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Though decidedly more cerebral / personal / social / political / familial than I expected, it was also rather interesting / smart / engaging...
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi

Started reading Charif Shanahan's "Trace Evidence: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3KWMACP
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Is shaping up to be as impactful as his first book of #poems (which is saying something).
#books #reading #poetry

Finished reading Forrest Hamer's "Call & Response: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3J8heI5
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Really dig this guy's #poems. Moving, thought provoking, unique.
#books #reading #poetry

In my new interview with author Nir Yaniv, he discusses how pondering an interesting "What if...?" scenario led to his new satirical military science fiction novel "The Good Soldier."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-good-soldier-nir-yaniv/
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#NirYaniv #NirYanivInterview #NirYanivTheGoodSoldier #NirYanivTheGoodSoldierInte rview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #MilitarySciFi #MilitaryScienceFiction #MilSciFi #Satire #Satirical

Started reading Yasmina Reza's "Plays 1."
https://amzn.to/47w6Ti9
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Started with her play "Art," a play about art that's (obviously) not about art.
#books #reading #drama

Finished reading Tobi Ogundiran's #ShortStory collection, "Jackal, Jackal."
https://amzn.to/3PVyrbP
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An excellent, and uniquely inventive collection of #ShortStories.
#Books #Reading #Fantasy #DarkFantasy #SecondaryWorldFantasy #HighFantasy

Started reading Ann Leckie's "Translation State."
https://amzn.to/49EStia
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Seems like this is going to be as smart and inventive as her previous "Imperial Radch" novels.
#books #reading #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera

Read Snorri Kristjansson's "Blood Toll" tonight.
https://amzn.to/48hTQlR
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Prefer my Viking tales to have at least some #fantasy flavor, but as these things go, this was still rather exciting in a brutal murder kind of way.
#books #reading

Started reading Forrest Hamer's "Call & Response: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3J8heI5
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Second book of his I've read; is so far as impressive as the first.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading R.W.W. Greene's "Earth Retrograde: The First Planets, Book II."
https://amzn.to/3SsDXEd
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Really, really dug this #AltHistory #ScienceFiction story, especially how it added some '70s sci-fi vibes to its strong '50s #SciFi feel.
#books #reading

Finished reading Niina Pollari's "Dead Horse: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3N5uM8a
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Man, this was one seriously strong collection of #poetry. Really hope she has more than just the two books.
#books #reading #poems

Of all the fears looming over our heads, none looms so large, or so abstractly, as a possible war with China. But what if that war got...weird. In my exclusive Q&A with editor Sean Patrick Hazlett, he discusses the new #AltHistory #SciFi #Fantasy #Horror #ShortStory anthology "Weird World War: China."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-weird-world-war-china-editor-sean-patrick-hazlett/
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#SeanPatrickHazlett #SeanPatrickHazlettInterview #SeanPatrickHazlettWeirdWorldWarChina #ShortStories #ScienceFiction #Weird

In my new Q&A with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, co-editor of "The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction 2022," he explains why he and his co-editors took a broad approach to this sci-fi / fantasy / horror short story anthology: "Because unity is what I believe Africans need most."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-years-best-african-speculative-fiction-2022-co-editor-oghenechovwe-donald-ekpeki/
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#OghenechovweDonaldEkpeki #TheYearsBestAfricanSpeculativeFiction2022 #ShortStory #ShortStories #Sci-Fi #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Afrofuturism #Afropantheology

They say the third time is the charm...something the adventurous duo of Indrajit Twang and Fix are hoping to be true in D.J. Butler's new sword & sorcery fantasy novel, "Among The Gray Lords." To find out more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-among-the-gray-lords-author-d-j-butler/
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#DJButler #DJButlerInterview #DJButlerAmongTheGrayLords #DJButlerAmongTheGrayLordsInterview #DJButlerTalesOfIndrajitAndFix #DJButlerIndrajitAndFix #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries #SwordAndSorcery

Started reading R.W.W. Greene's "Earth Retrograde: The First Planets, Book II."
https://amzn.to/3SsDXEd
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Woah, big time jump from the end of the first book, but I'm still enticed by this #AltHistory / '50s #SciFi story.
#books #reading #BookTwitter #ScienceFiction

Finished reading R.W.W. Greene's "Mercury Rising: The First Planets, Book I."
https://amzn.to/3OvoKgI
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Really, really dug this spry, clever #AltHistory / '50s #SciFi adventure take. Now for the second book of this duology.
#books #reading #BookTwitter #ScienceFiction

Started reading Niina Pollari's "Dead Horse: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3N5uM8a
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This starts off very strong.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading James Longenbach's "Forever: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3PC4Faq
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Bittersweet how this, his final collection (R.I.P.), is also one of his best.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Started reading R.W.W. Greene's "Mercury Rising: The First Planets, Book I."
https://amzn.to/3OvoKgI
📖🚀👽
So far I'm getting some interesting "Goodfellas" as a '50s #AltHistory #SciFi movie vibes.
#books #reading #BookTwitter #ScienceFiction

Read Alan Garner's "Treacle Walker" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3RRw6OB
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A rather engaging and esoteric fable-esque fantasy tale.
#books #reading