Finished reading Anders Carlson-Wee's "Disease Of Kings: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3z5M5mi
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This was a super good collection of narrative #poems; gonna add his other books to my TBR pile ASAP.
#books #reading #poetry

Gonna tell my kids this was Led Zeppelin BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO LIE TO MY KIDS LIKE A MONSTER.

Under normal circumstances, I'd tell you to always ignore jerks. But in my exclusive interview with author Beth Revis about her sci-fi space opera novella "Full Speed To A Crash Landing," she says it was inspired by something some jerk said to her, so...
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-full-speed-to-a-crash-landing-author-beth-revis/
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#BethRevis #BethRevisInterview #BethRevisFullSpeedToACrashLanding #BethRevisFullSpeedToACrashLandingInterview #BethRevisHowToStealAGalaxy #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera

In Mattie Bukowski's science fiction space opera novel "Up The Entropic Hill," death isn't a problem anymore, which makes it that much worse when you lose someone you love. And in my exclusive interview with Bukowski, he talks about how this sends someone hitchhiking across the galaxy.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-up-the-entropic-hill-author-mattie-bukowski/
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#MattieBukowski #MattieBukowskiInterview #MattieBukowskiUpTheEntropicHill #MattieBukowskiUpTheEntropicHillInterview #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #SciFiBooks

In my new interview with author Aliette de Bodard, she explains why the complicated method of space travel in her character focused science fiction space opera novella "Navigational Entanglements" is so monstrous.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-navigational-entanglements-aliette-de-bodard/
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#AlietteDeBodard #AlietteDeBodardInterview #AlietteDeBodardNavigationalEntanglements #AlietteDeBodardNavigationalEntanglementsInterview #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiBooks #SpaceOpera

Started reading Alice James' "Grave Suspicions: The Lavington Windsor Mysteries."
https://amzn.to/3MaKBdN
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Seems like this is going to be as fun and flirty as the first two books in this #UrbanFantasy / #Romantasy series.
#books #reading #fantasy

Read Jean Genet's "The Balcony: A Play" tonight
https://amzn.to/3yCOViS
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Classic Genet ... with all the filthy insight that implies.
#books #reading #plays

Started reading Anders Carlson-Wee's "Disease Of Kings: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3z5M5mi
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I really like good narrative #poems, and this book starts with a bunch of them.
#books #reading #poetry

Some science fiction writers take the "science" part very seriously. But author Nathan Ballingrud not only didn't do that in his new novella "Crypt Of The Spider Moon," as he says in this exclusive interview, this pulpy lunar Gothic story isn't even sci-fi.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-crypt-of-the-moon-spider-author-nathan-ballingrud/
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#NathanBallingrud #NathanBallingrudInterview #NathanBallingrudCryptOfTheMoonSpider #NathanBallingrudCryptOfTheMoonSpiderInterview #NathanBallingrudLunarGothicTrilogy #Gothic #Fantasy #DarkFantasy

Finished reading S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station."
https://amzn.to/3WteElu
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While I will never take a space ship to another planet, this #SciFi #horror still freaked me the fuck out.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

The new "Star Wars" video game "Outlaws" is like Han Solo: a little bad but mostly good. But it's no "Jedi." Here's the link to my review of this third-person, open world action / adventure shooter / stealth action game.
https://paulsemel.com/star-wars-outlaws-review/
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#StarWarsOutlaws #StarWarsOutlawsReview #gaming #games #VideoGames #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWarsOutlawsXboxSeriesX #StarWarsOutlawsXboxSeriesS #StarWarsOutlawsPlayStation5 #StarWarsOutlawsPS5 #StarWarsOutlawsPC #StarWars

Started reading Octavia E. Butler's "Bloodchild And Other Stories."
https://amzn.to/4fuNmUH
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Only read the title story so far, but it was weird and good in a way I was not expecting.
#books #reading #ShortStory #ShortStories

Finished reading Kang Young-sook's "At Night He Lifts Weights: Stories."
https://amzn.to/4e0WbVE
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A mostly good bunch of clever #ShortStories, though I'm on the fence as to whether I feel the need to read any of her other #ShortStory collections.
#books #reading

Started reading S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station."
https://amzn.to/3WteElu
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Didn't get far, still in the "set-up" phase, but I can already feel myself tensing up...
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #horror

Finished reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."
https://amzn.to/4c7qFE6
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Last of the major Russian classics I wanted to read, and clearly a good one to end on.
#books #reading

Finished reading Phuong T. Vuong's "A Plucked Zither: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3xm0tX6
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My only complaint about this otherwise excellent collection is that it's too short.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

In Chase Gamwell's science fiction space opera novel "Aiko's Dive," the titular young adult learns she's the last human in a populated galaxy, and her looking for the reason "why" may make things worse. To learn more about this sci-fi novel, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-aikos-dive-author-chase-gamwell/
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#ChaseGamwell #ChaseGamwellInterview #ChaseGamwellAikosDive #ChaseGamwellAikosDiveInterview #ChaseGamwellAikosChoice #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #YoungAdult #YA

We all love dogs, and we all love otters, but a dog / otter hybrid with a taste for human flesh?!?

Thankfully, we don't have to love those, we just have to read about them in Sherri Cook Woosley's urban fantasy / horror novella "Mother's Instinct" ... and this exclusive interview about it.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-mothers-instinct-author-sherri-cook-woosley/
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#SherriCookWoosley #SherriCookWoosleyInterview #SherriCookWoosleyMothersInstinct #SherriCookWoosleyMothersInstinctInterview #Horror #UrbanFantasy #DobharChu

Started reading Phuong T. Vuong's "A Plucked Zither: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3xm0tX6
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Digging this, especially the #poems that are remembrances.
#books #reading #poetry

With "The Dragon In Winter," author Jonathan Maberry is bringing his "Kagen The Damned" series of swashbuckling fantasy novels to an end ... sort of. Best to let him explain it in this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-dragon-in-winter-author-jonathan-maberry/
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#JonathanMaberry #JonathanMaberryInterview #JonathanMaberryTheDragonInWinter #JonathanMaberryTheDragonInWinterInterview #JonathanMaberryKagenTheDamned #JonathanMaberrySonOfThePoisonRose #Fantasy