S&L Podcast - #499 - Hugs for Your Ears
/We decided to take a break from the usual format and recommend some BIPOC and LGBTQIA authors. Plus, we kick off The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in case you need some comic relief.
WHAT ARE WE NOMMING?
Tom: Broccoli Alfredo Pasta
Veronica: Whiskey again because YOLO
Special Edition: Highlighting BIPOC and LGBTQIA Authors
JasonReads:
”A Psalm for the Wild-Built and A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers”
crochetchrisie📚:
”I recommend C. L. Polk.”
Ricardo:
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (a sequel came out recently)
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (graphic novel)
Iain Bertram:
Charlie Jane Anders and Annalee Newitz, Charles Stross.
ScottM:
"Deeply loved Micaiah Johnson's The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall.
The Blood Gift duology by N. E. Davenport was also really good (and probably something those who like Fourth Wing would enjoy).
Night's Edge by Liz Kerin.
For queer SF/superhero romance, I love Molly J. Bragg's Heart of Heroes series starting with Scatter."
Mark:
"We read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, but her spouse, Vivian Shaw, is also an author.
She has an urban fantasy series set in London that's entertaining."
Goodreads Link
Chris K.:
"TJ Klune, Gail Carriger, and Alice Oseman, author of the Heartstopper graphic novels."
crochetchrisie📚:
"V. E. Schwab is notable, same with Seanan McGuire."
Dwango:
"Shelly Parker-Chan with She Who Became the Sun."
Tassie Dave:
"We read Terra Nullius back in 2021, which was by an Aussie Indigenous transgender woman, Claire G. Coleman."
SeréTW:
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
Other notable authors:
Nalo Hopkinson (The Salt Roads and many others)
Nnedi Okorafor (Binti, Akata Warrior, and more)
The incomparable N. K. Jemisin
Rivers Solomon (An Unkindness of Ghosts, which we previously read)
Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone, on my TBR forever!)
P. Djèlí Clark (A Master of Djinn - our 155th selection!)
Marlon James (Black Leopard, Red Wolf)
BOOK KICKOFF
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Bookshop Link
Amazon Link
Patreon Book Briefing:
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