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The two "Talking to the Sun" books were published in the 2020s. That's the common theme.

Now I have a catch all of books I read as a teen, books from the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2020s.

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A Chivalry and Rising Sun Bundle featuring the 5th edition Chivalry and Sorcery TTRPG along with the 2021 version of the Land of the Rising Sun campaign setting.

Bundle of Holding: Chivalry and Rising Sun (from 2024)

Recent historical sourcebooks, fantasy gazeteers, and full-length campaign adventures for 5th Edition Chivalry and Sorcery (Not to be confused with other TTRPGs currently in their 5th edition).

Bundle of Holding: C&S New Lands

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France 1940: an elderly British man struggles to transport an ever-growing number of children--and a kitten!--out of the war-zone and far from the tender mercies of the Luftwaffe, the Heer, and the Gestapo.

Pied Piper by Nevil Shute

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Scarcely a month goes by when I don’t receive an email, phone call, or manuscript from someone, more often than not a retired engineer, who has their own theory of relativity. These people have read something about Einstein’s theory of relativity, noticed that something about it doesn’t accord with their own intuition, decided that therefore Einstein must be wrong, and come up with their own theory which they are convinced must be right. It is certainly true that there are aspects of relativity that are counterintuitive, not only to retired engineers but also to many physicists. Therefore if one’s own intuition were to be the final arbiter of correctness of a theory, that would be good reason to reject relativity. But of course science doesn’t work that way: the final arbiter for correctness of a theory is experimental evidence. So if a counterintuitive theory is supported by the evidence, one should retrain ones intuition to think in the ways required by the theory.

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Ten books new to me. Eight fantasy (of which three are rpgs), one science fiction, and one non-fiction. At least three are series.

Books Received, June 6 — June 12

Poll #34725 Books Received, June 6 — June 12

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 38

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Which of these look interesting?

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When Life Gives You Corpses by Lene D. Buttner (March 2027)
12 (31.6%)

A Storm of Dragons and Sorcery by Jeaniene Frost (March 2027)
4 (10.5%)

Tribes in the Dark by Wil Hutton, Logan Rollins, et al with art by Ghislain Barbe and Juan Ochoa (June 2026)
4 (10.5%)

The Seventh Banisher by A. K. Larkwood (March 2027)
12 (31.6%)

Anji in Shadow by Evan Leikam (January 2027)
6 (15.8%)

The Playful Lem by Stanislaw Lem (July 2026)
19 (50.0%)

Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Gamemaster’s Guide by Dominic McDowall and Pádraig Murphy et al (June 2026)
2 (5.3%)

Warhammer: the Old World Roleplaying Game, Player’s Guide by Dominic McDowall and Pádraig Murphy et al (June 2026)
2 (5.3%)

A Song of Sugar Sparrows by Seanan McGuire (January 2027)
18 (47.4%)

The Thinking Animal: What Other Minds Reveal About Our Own by Nichola Raihani (February 2027)
20 (52.6%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.6%)

Cats!
26 (68.4%)

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Generic Asian Man Willis Wu dreams of becoming Kung Fu Guy. If he's not careful, he might become Dead Asian Guy instead.

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

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Worldcon in Memoriam reports:
"Author Jane Yolen (b.1939) died on June 11. She wrote books and novels for all ages, including Briar Rose, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, and The Devil’s Arithmetic. Yolen won 2 Nebulas, a World Fantasy and was named Grand Master by SFPA, SFWA and World Fantasy. She served as SFWA President."

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Surely, issues like traffic jams, speeding, and road rage can be solved through these creative strategies...

Safer Driving Through Science Fiction

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Ada Palmer & Jo Walton converse about Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Ada Palmer & Jo Walton

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Jump-start your tabletop fantasy roleplaying campaign with the hundreds of pages of system-neutral tools and tables in this all-new Dungeononomicon Bundle from Raging Swan Press.

Bundle of Holding: Dungeononomicon

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Two things stand between Kim Wooram and victory: rival contestants and institutional misogyny so entrenched women aren't allowed to compete at all. For the first, Wooram has exemplary skills. For the second, a cunning plan.

Project V by Park Seolyeon

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If so, would anyone like to be me for the purposes of accepting the Hugo should I win?

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Ship's gunner Ejoq Dosantos waives prudence for one quick off-ship errand that proves neither quick, nor easy, and quite possibly not survivable.

Street Candles (Stardrifter, volume 2) by David Collins-Rivera

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After a long career of publishing gorgeous limited editions, collections, art books, and novellas, publisher Bill Schafer has shared the news that Subterranean Press will be permanently closing in the coming years.

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A quarter century ago, I wrote my very first paid SF review. The book wasn't great but I got paid to read it!

The Precipice (Asteroid Wars) by Ben Bova

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Digital science fiction and fantasy graphic albums from comics publisher Top Cow Productions.

Bundle of Holding: Top Cow

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I have a review category called Talking to the Sun". Created in Jan 2026. Two reviews. No documentation. I can't work out what the common element was.

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The Young People discuss Leiber's take on sword and sorcery.

Young People Read Old Science Fiction Stories Edited By Cele Goldsmith: Fritz Leiber’s 1959 Lean Times in Lankhmar

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What an unusual design.

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Scoundrel “Slippery Jim” DiGriz AKA the Stainless Steel Rat, so cunning he has two criminal nicknames, has never been outwitted, outmanoeuvred, captured or executed.

Until now.

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry Harrison

Hal O'Brien

Slipping on the fatal floor.

Reading

Ah!

Bundle of Holding: Chivalry and Rising Sun (from 2024) & C&S New Lands

Pied Piper by Nevil Shute

Relativity for Retired Engineers by David Garfinkle

Books Received, June 6 — June 12

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

Jane Yolen (1939 - 2026)

Safer Driving Through Science Fiction

Trace Elements by Ada Palmer & Jo Walton

Bundle of Holding: Dungeononomicon

Project V by Park Seolyeon

Is anyone here already planning on being at this year's Worldcon?

Street Candles (Stardrifter, volume 2) by David Collins-Rivera

Fuck

Happy 25th

Bundle of Holding: Top Cow

Huh

Young People Read Old Science Fiction Stories Edited By Cele Goldsmith: Lean Times in Lankhmar

Huh

The Stainless Steel Rat (The Stainless Steel Rat, volume 1) by Harry Harrison

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