Speculative fiction on kbin

SceNtriC, Polish
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Jeśli lubiliście "Trylogię Husycką", to tutaj też się odnajdziecie, bo choć tereny inne (Niemcy zamiast Śląska), to klimat i czasy podobne (reformacja, inkwizycja), a także trochę magii i humoru (aczkolwiek tego ostatniego mniej niż u Sapkowskiego). Zaskakująco kameralna książka jak na możliwości, które autorowi dał rys historyczny, ale może też dlatego czyta się to dobrze, choć lepiej pod koniec niż na początku. Warto sprawdzić.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/psy-pana/opinia/82590279

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kairoschimera, French
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Salut à toi arpenteur !
La section JDR 🎲 de mon site est enfin en ligne ! Tu peux y découvrir mon jeu de rôle, Chroniques Chimériques, et plonger dans l'univers sombre et fantastique de mes œuvres.
Tu trouveras dans cette section tout ce dont tu auras besoin pour créer ton personnage et même quelques bonus. N'hésite pas à me faire part de tes retours et de tes idées pour améliorer encore l'expérience de jeu. Rends-toi sur https://kairoschimera.jimdo.com/jdr pour en savoir plus !
Rejoins-moi dans cette aventure épique et découvre les Chroniques Chimériques

ergative,
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Hey, Mastodon, I'm halfway through book four of Libba Bray's 'Diviners' quartet, and it is really good! Just super-solid, well-plotted, well-paced 1920s magical flappers who have to save the world from ghosts. The ensemble cast is effortlessly diverse, and the mood does a brilliant job of capturing that breathless optimism of 1920s America without losing sight of all the darkness lurking underneath it all. A tiny bit purple at times, but super-good.

@bookstodon

willaful,
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@ergative I enjoyed that series very much. I particularly remember her metaphor (from the author's note) of America as a haunted house.

@bookstodon

triptych,
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I have a few novels I've written in the past - It would mean a lot to me if you checked em out! https://www.inkitt.com/triptych

upmultimedia,
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@triptych Which one do you a) think I should start with and b) needs a bit of love (eg a review)?

HeliaXyana,
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Freya has no idea how many times she stepped into her two-year-old self to reset reality.

This made me wonder: Do your characters know and remember all their time travel adventures?

HeliaXyana,
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@anderlandbooks

Ah, interesting situation. Backwards, forwards or both?

anderlandbooks,
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@HeliaXyana backwards only nor now...

SceNtriC, Polish
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Książka fantasy jak najbardziej godna z polecenia, z dobrymi zwrotami akcji, a przede wszystkim umiejętnym wytłumaczeniem pochodzenia magii oraz scenami przemocy, które rzeczywiście przez styl opisu budzą w człowieku pewne emocje. Natomiast to pierwszy tom, który wyraźnie zawiesza wiele wątków z myślą "no weź, przecież i tak kupisz drugą część". Może i kupię, ale zmuszony być do tego nie lubię.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/dar-anomalii-ksiega-1/opinia/82525599

@ksiazki

StelliformPress,
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What's everyone reading coming up on this long weekend? I've got two books on the go as I often do! I'm enjoying both of these very much. Premee Mohamed's THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS just came out two weeks ago, and Sydney Hegele's debut novel BIRD SUIT comes in in May. Thanks to Invisible Publishing for the advance copy!

JaeAuthor,
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This week's Sapphic Book Bingo post features sapphic speculative fiction, which is a broad and diverse category, so I included 20 instead of 15 recommended books.

Most of them are sapphic paranormal romances, fantasy, or romantasy novels, but there are also some sci-fi romances, dark fantasy, and horror in the mix.

Check them out on my blog: https://jae-fiction.com/sapphic-speculative-fiction/

#lgbtqbooks #queerbooks #sapphicbooks #paranormalromance #fantasy #romantasy #pnr #specfic #speculativefiction

SFRuminations,
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Michael Whelan's cover art detail for the 1st edition of Amazons!, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1979)

Taffer,
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@SFRuminations did you know @MichaelWhelan is in the fediverse? I love his art!

SFRuminations,
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@Taffer Yup.

SceNtriC, Polish
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Stanowski już zrobił swoją orkę, wiec przyszła pora na mnie, choć tak naprawdę ta ksią... to opowiadanie nie zasługuje na orkę. Jest po prostu rozczarowaniem ze względu na kierunek fabularny oraz wydanie. Stylistycznie i klimatycznie trzyma poziom pierwszej części i mam nadzieję, że pełnoprawny drugi tom (jeśli powstanie) będzie bliższy pierwszemu niż... tego.

Pełna opinia: https://lubimyczytac.pl/ksiazka/tajemnice-cierniowego-dworu/opinia/82457208

@ksiazki

SceNtriC,
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@rdarmila @ksiazki Nie do końca mogę się zdecydować, o co pytasz, ale jeśli chodzi o nawiązania do powieści "Jangada", to nie, nie widzę żadnych :)

rdarmila,
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@SceNtriC @ksiazki Young Adult czy to jest, czyli czy powieść dla młodych dorosłych? Wiem, że to Twoje guilty pleasure

SJHoodlet,
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Today is the day! The Way of the Wielder is officially out! 🎉

If you like darker shades of fantasy with strong romantic subplots ❤️, elemental magic 💦, and espionage 🗡️, this novel is for you!

For more info (including a sneak peak at chapter one), you can check out my recent newsletter: https://sarahjhoodlet.beehiiv.com/p/the-way-of-the-wielder-preorder

Or, if you’re already hooked, you can buy it on Amazon now: https://a.co/d/eQVT7Io

Firlefanz,
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@SJHoodlet

Congratulations!

Happy Release Day, and happy book birthday!

Wishing you all the best, most of all lots of readers, of course!

🍾

oarditi,
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Just arrived for me at the library, from Forest Hill in Lewisham.

@bookstodon

StefanieH,
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@oarditi @bookstodon Enjoy! It's really good!

Tinido, German
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Reading a high stakes-fantasy trilogy over the last weeks has my nerves really wrecked. I need something cozy now. Any sugestion?

Nach der High Stakes-Fantasy-Trilogie brauch ich jetzt echt was cozies. Habt Ihr Vorschläge?

@bookstodon @lesekreis

ArthurCopeland4,
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@Tinido @bookstodon @lesekreis
Travis Baldree’s low-stakes cozy fantasy: “Legends & Lattes” and “Bookshops & Bonedust” if you haven’t already.

And I’m another vote for Malka Older’s recent duo.

Jennifer,

@ArthurCopeland4 @Tinido @bookstodon @lesekreis I second Legends and Lattes, it's delightful! I have started the Glass Library series and it's also low stakes fantasy about a librarian in a world where magic exists. I'm enjoying it!

SJHoodlet,
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Went to mail a few copies of The Way of the Wielder today.

As I was writing the personalized notes for each, the worker was eyeing the book's cover.

"Is this your book?" she asked when I gave her my name for the mailing labels.

"It is! It comes out tomorrow."

She read the blurb. "Do you mind if I get a photo of it? I'm going to tell my daughter and nieces about it. They love romantic fantasy novels."

No, good lady. No, I do not mind at all. 🤩

Firlefanz,
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@SJHoodlet

How awesome! And that's a clever request.

journeypress,
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The island world of Lorran thrives and suffers under the despotic Stars. Which Star is the most beneficent? Jane Beauclerk weaves a magical/scientifical duet with "We Serve the Star of Freedom" and "Lord Moon"—reprinted at last in...

https://journeypress.com/titles/rediscovery-science-fiction-by-women/#volume-3

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Marie_Ranquet, French
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Je suis partie du boulot en oubliant ma liseuse dans mon bureau 😭😭😭
Je suis partie pour 1h15 de métro sans rien 😭😭😭

En plus j'en étais aux dernières pages de Assassin's Quest, c'est horrible de suspense 😬

jamesenge,
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Happy Downfall-of-Sauron Day! Remember: “Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.”

brainwane,
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Today, again, I reread the very short story my spouse @leonardr wrote https://www.crummy.com/2022/12/16/0 after I asked him to write a sweet story about a robot oven.

https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-94b-when-there-is-sugar-by-leonard-richardson/ “When There is Sugar” has a decommissioned military meet a human baker who misses his son.

The ending always makes me tear up.

More of Leonard's writing: https://www.crummy.com/writing/

brainwane,
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Today I read a news story and watched a 1-minute video about the new world record for the longest baguette

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68962680

that gave me an idea for a sequel to Leonard's short story "When There Is Sugar", because both stories involve mobile ovens of kind of the same shape

18+ ranjit,
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@brainwane @leonardr after watching the video and seeing that it's the oven that moves (not the baguette), it made me happy to imagine the oven from the story stumping along slowly on its three legs! (They don't have a 140m long table so all the kids in the village are recruited to hold up the baguette, with oven mitts of course)

MisWiredKE,

The time has come for the chosen to awaken to their destiny. In Awakening, follow the journey of Roxane as she goes from an awkward human to a woman who holds the destiny of the gods in her hands.
Thanks to @hiisikoloart for the amazing cover art.
https://books2read.com/dwawakening

SJHoodlet,
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Alright friends, mark your calendars...

I'm happy to announce that The Way of the Wielder will be published next Tuesday, March 26, 2024! 🤗

It's available for preorder on Amazon now, or you can order the paperback next week, if you prefer. I'll post again on Tuesday, as a reminder. 😊

For more information—including a link to my newsletter, where I have a sneak peek at chapter one—check out my latest blog post!

https://sarahjhoodlet.com/blog/preorder-the-way-of-the-wielder-now/

le_friwi_56,
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fan. Can the fediverse suggest another read of the same genre? Merci

tokensane,
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@le_friwi_56 You might like Lois McMaster Bujold's "World of the Five Gods" series.

ElisesWritings,
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Please excuse me while I engage in some rare self promo. With book 3 of my epic YA Fantasy trilogy out April 16, books 1 & 2 are on sale till then (1.99 & 2.99 US/ UK/EURO, or 3.99 & 4.99 AUD/CAN).

When assassins come to call,
Your parents are abducted,
& cracks in peace run deep,
When you're FAR from home,
Where monsters roam,
Heir Ruarnon & lost 🇦🇺Linh make or break themselves
—as catalysts for peace.

https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilogy/

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oarditi,
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I’ve just finished this very enjoyable, pan-historical garden fantasy (is garden fantasy a genre? It is now!), ‘Threading the Labyrinth’ by Tiffani Angus.

@bookstodon

Narshada,
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@oarditi @bookstodon I’ll bet. We need to see if we can convince Tiff to join Masto…

anita,
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@oarditi @bookstodon garden fantasy absolutely is!! I’m a story gardener cultivating blossoms into insights on culture, explorer-writer intertwining ancient wisdom and modern curiosities all gleaned from my real garden!!! My only problem is after 17 years of writing like this I’m still better at research than fantasy, and have settled now into creative realism. One of these days they’ll metamorph into irresistible fantasy magical realism at very least 😂

s_arnier, French
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leonardbertos,
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@s_arnier ça joue !

HeliaXyana,
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8 What food does your MC associate with home?

For Freya, it's pumpkin soup. Home is where a giant bubbling cauldron of soup is available throughout the day.

She loves the pumpkin soup because they grow all ingredients in the garden themselves. After a summer of tending the plants together, cooking them up feels meaningful and unifying. To Freya, a good soup feels akin to a warm embrace from the inside out.

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@HeliaXyana alexa, find me some pumpkin soup on doordash!

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