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New Adventures in Space Opera edited by Jonathan Strahan

While the stories in this collection aren't totally new they are just about totally stellar - and even the ones that weren't were interesting in one way or another. I gave the collection as a whole an A grade because so many in it were just so good.

My personal favorites were "Metal Like Blood in the Dark" by T. Kingfisher, "A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime" by Charlie Jane Anders, "The Good Heretic" by Becky Chambers and "Planetstuck" by Sam J. Miller.

You'll have favorites too. Promise!

Happy book birthday to NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA, the new anthology from World Fantasy Award award-winning Jonathan Strahan - Tachyon Publications Lauded by Publishers Weekly as “a gift for sci-fi lovers” and by Weightless State as “a great edition to any shelf for those who love scifi,” NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA, edited by World Fantasy, Aurealis, Atheling, and Ditmar Award award-winning Jonathan Strahan, is now available from all...

Peter S. Beagle is a 2024 World Fantasy Award Finalist - Tachyon Publications The finalists for the 2024 World Fantasy Awards were announced. THE ESSENTIAL PETER S. BEAGLE (Volumes I and II) was nominated as were anthologies (from other publishers) from editors John Joseph Adams, Ellen Datlow, and Jonathan Strahan. Congratulations to all the finalists. Best Novel Best Novella...

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With the help of the fine folks at GoodReads we’re giving away a copy of NEW ADVENTURES IN SPACE OPERA, edited by World Fantasy, Aurealis, Atheling, and Ditmar Award award-winning Jonathan Strahan.

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Table of Contents
“Introduction: From the New Space Opera to Here . . . ,” by Jonathan Strahan
“Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance,” by Tobias S. Buckell
“Extracurricular Activities,” by Yoon Ha Lee
“All the Colors You Thought Were Kings,” by Arkady Martine
“Belladonna Nights,” by Alastair Reynolds
“Metal Like Blood in the Dark,” by T. Kingfisher
“A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime,” by Charlie Jane Anders
“Immersion,” by Aliette de Bodard
“Morrigan in the Sunglare,” by Seth Dickinson
“The Old Dispensation,” by Lavie Tidhar
“A Good Heretic,” by Becky Chambers
“A Voyage to Queensthroat,” by Anya Johanna DeNiro
“The Justified,” by Ann Leckie
“Planetstuck,” by Sam J. Miller
“The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir,” by Karin Tidbeck

Pleased to be editing yet another debut author for Tachyon Publications: Martin Cahill's AUDITION FOR THE FOX is a romp about the revolutionary power of stories, people's hearts, and middling poetry (you're gonna have to read it to get it!).

This one's fun because there are interstitial stories between the main narrative parts that flesh out the cosmology of the world. I also love it when I can tell an author "your book, we must fatten it up, so answer all these questions "

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💛Book Tour & Review🧡

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In the School of Assassins, Stone Orphan waits for a first assignment. After their first kill, they will graduate and attain the coveted cloth of bone. But instead of a commission, Stone Orphan gets an inquisitive linguist, Ulín. Ulín has heard the Orphan Star’s song of despair, mirroring her own, and drawing her to the School of Assassins. But Ulín is far more interested in learning Stone Orphan’s language than deciding whom she wishes to kill.

Unable to contain their curiosity, Stone Orphan offers to exchange stories with Ulín to help her decide the fate of three men. By turns, Stone Orphan and Ulín narrate tales of love, suffering, exile, and self-determination, and two wounded souls find hope in each other through the radical act of listening.

Thoughts

This read was so wonderful. The characters being assassins and it's multiple POVs. People being distinctly non binary and POC. There's just so much to chew on through Yoke of Stars, it leaves no crumbs. Without a doubt will be picking up more books from this author.

The Best of Joe Lansdale was my gateway drug to the work of the Champion Mojo Storyteller. I've gone from there to reading more of his novels and short stories and I've even started collecting his books. This collection is right up there with "The Best of" collection, and I had a blast with it!

A few of these stories I've read in other collections and as stand alone tales in ebook form. But the new-to-me stories here were honestly....delightful!

It's delightful when Smokey the Bear goes awry. It's kind of funny to read about two guys at a drive in movie with one date. (Sure it's pretty damn icky, but you gotta admit, it's funny too. Is there a word for vomiting while laughing?)

In DIRT DEVILS a group of gangsters stop for gas and an elderly man comes out to help them.
"He looked as if he had once been wadded and was now starting to slowly unfold. His hair was as white as the sand and floated when he walked."

Can you picture him? Delightful!

I'll tell you BILLIE SUE did a terrible thing when she left her man. But he's thinking about forgiving her. (Here is another tale where I'm laughing and ewwwwing at the same time.

I very much enjoyed rereading The Projectionist, which I previously read in a terrific anthology based on the artwork of Edward Hopper.

Now don't get me wrong, here you will find brutal crimes and murders, criss-crossers, dirty cheats and wanna-be mobsters. There's blood and gore and s*x and beatings. Like I said: Delightful!

These are my thoughts on only a few of these stories. All based on crime and crimes gone wrong. Each tale is preceded by a tidbit from Lansdale himself and I loved those peeks behind the scenes. Whenever he speaks about his process, he makes it sound so natural and easy, but I know it's not for most people. With him, it seems effortless and over the last decade or so he and his effortless storytelling have turned me into a huge fan.

Highly recommended! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Happy, happy book birthday to R.B. Lemberg and Yoke of Stars! https://tachyonpublications.com/product/yoke-of-stars/

Win a copy of YOKE OF STARS, the new Birdverse book by Nebula Award finalist R. B. Lemberg

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"Haunting, nuanced, and hopeful, Yoke of Stars is essential reading. Lemberg refuses to look away from the hurt we can do to one another, while reminding us that through listening, labor, and mutual support, we can reject patterns of harm and cultivate something better. In these hard times, Yoke of Stars feels as necessary as air, as water, as kindness."
- Izzy Wasserstein, author of These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart

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