Bundle of Holding: Mystery Flesh Pit
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Welcome, visitor, to Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG, the Cypher System tabletop roleplaying game rulebook from Ganza Gaming about the Permian Basin Superorganism.
Bundle of Holding: Mystery Flesh Pit
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh
Oct. 7th, 2025 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Union technocrats had a plan for Gehenna, a plan that failed to take into account local conditions.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna by C J Cherryh
Clarke Award Finalists 2017
Oct. 6th, 2025 12:12 pmjames_davis_nicollWhich 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
6 (9.8%)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
42 (68.9%)
After Atlas by Emma Newman
10 (16.4%)
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
9 (14.8%)
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
47 (77.0%)
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
4 (6.6%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2017 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
After Atlas by Emma Newman
Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan
Destinies, February-March 1980 (Destinies, # 6) edited by Jim Baen
Oct. 5th, 2025 08:59 amjames_davis_nicoll
Pacifist Dorsai, space forts, duelling reviews, a rant about that mean Mr. Einstein and more in this issue of Destinies.
Destinies, February-March 1980 (Destinies, # 6) edited by Jim Baen
Books Received, September 27 — October 3
Oct. 4th, 2025 09:04 amjames_davis_nicoll
Twelve books new to me. Four fantasies, one horror, one non-fiction, and six (!) science fiction works, of which at least four are series instalments.
Books Received, September 27 — October 3
Which of these look interesting?
Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent (December 2025)
4 (6.9%)
Enchanting the Fae Queen by Stephanie Burgis (January 2026)
9 (15.5%)
The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang (April 2026)
22 (37.9%)
We Burned So Bright by T. J. Klune (April 2026)
21 (36.2%)
We Could Be Anyone by Anna-Marie McLemore (May 2026)
8 (13.8%)
These Godly Lies by Rachelle Raeta (July 2026)
4 (6.9%)
The New Prometheans: Faith, Science, and the Supernatural
16 (27.6%)
Every Exquisite Thing by Laura Steven (July 2026)
5 (8.6%)
The Infinite State by Richard Swan (August 2026)
7 (12.1%)
Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky (June 2026)
25 (43.1%)
Moss’d in Space by Rebecca Thorne (July 2026)
20 (34.5%)
Platform Decay by Martha Wells (May 2026)
43 (74.1%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
40 (69.0%)
An Unlikely Coven (Green Witch Cycle, volume 1) By AM Kvita
Oct. 3rd, 2025 09:10 amjames_davis_nicoll
Forgotten again by her family, Joan Greenwood discovers that this time her witch-kin had a legitimate excuse: a potentially existential threat to Greenwood power and privilege.
An Unlikely Coven (Green Witch Cycle, volume 1) by AM Kvita
Probe (Search, # 1) by Leslie Stevens & Russ Mayberry
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:36 amjames_davis_nicoll
A field agent armed with privacy-violating technology searches for Nazi loot--stolen diamonds--on behalf of a South African diamond cartel.
Probe (Search, # 1) by Leslie Stevens & Russ Mayberry
Last night's dream
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:28 amjames_davis_nicoll
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey„ volume 1 by Akiko Higashimura
Oct. 1st, 2025 09:55 amjames_davis_nicoll
Akiko's plan to become Japan's foremost manga artist is manifestly reasonable, so why will reality not cooperate?
Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey„ volume 1 by Akiko Higashimura
September 2025 in Review
Sep. 30th, 2025 12:22 pmjames_davis_nicoll
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 9 by men (43%), 1 by non-binary authors (5%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
The chart is breaking formatting. Need to fix or remove it. I do like charts, though.
September 2025 in Review
Elegy for Angels and Dogs /The Graveyard Heart by Williams and Zelazny
Sep. 30th, 2025 08:45 amjames_davis_nicoll
Two stories about beautiful people partying their way through time.
Elegy for Angels and Dogs /The Graveyard Heart (Tor SF Double, volume 24) By Walter Jon Williams & Roger Zelazny
