Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties
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Magical Kitties Save the Day, the all-ages introductory storytelling game from Atlas Games.
Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties
To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)
Dec. 10th, 2025 08:54 amjames_davis_nicoll
Could safety from the global pandemic be found in desperate flight towards a land of banditry and violence?
To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Dec. 9th, 2025 06:35 amjames_davis_nicoll
A depowered witch discovers she is just one zany scheme away from regaining her power... provided her estranged mentor does not intervene. Which of course he will.
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Dec. 8th, 2025 02:53 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The third array of recent standalone tabletop roleplaying games using the Forged in the Dark rules system based on John Harper's Blades in the Dark from One Seven Design Studio.
Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Dec. 8th, 2025 02:08 pmjames_davis_nicoll
Did you miss these books the first time around? Good news!
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:20 amjames_davis_nicoll
Six works new to me: four fantasy, one horror, and one SF (also ttrpg). Four are arguably series.
Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Poll #33929 Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 26
Which of these look interesting?
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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 5 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 6 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 7 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
2 (7.7%)
Black River Ruby by Jean Cottle (January 2026)
7 (26.9%)
The Flowers of Algorab by Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas, and Martin Grip (January 2026)
8 (30.8%)
Headlights by C J Leede (June 2026)
4 (15.4%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
21 (80.8%)
Well, this was weird
Dec. 7th, 2025 10:18 pmjames_davis_nicollAnother unconscious person on public transit. This guy just seemed to be terribly tired, but when he slumped over, he knocked his stuff on the floor. Several times. I kept putting his stuff back, and mentioned him to the drive on my way out.
Space Skimmer by David Gerrold
Dec. 7th, 2025 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Who killed the empire? More importantly, what does it take to get men to process their emotions?
Space Skimmer by David Gerrold
(no subject)
Dec. 6th, 2025 09:18 amjames_davis_nicoll
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968; aged 21), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968; aged 21), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960; aged 29), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964; aged 25), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966; aged 23), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961; aged 28), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968; aged 21), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969; aged 20), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958; aged 31), nursing student
A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo
Dec. 4th, 2025 08:55 amjames_davis_nicoll
Cleric Chih's quest to record the tragic history of a famine succeeds all too well.
A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo
Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number
Dec. 3rd, 2025 02:25 pmjames_davis_nicoll
This new Worlds Without Number Bundle presents Worlds Without Number, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of far-future sword-and-sorcery adventure from acclaimed designer Kevin Crawford of Sine Nomine Publishing.
Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number
Bambi (Bambi, volume 1) by Felix Salten (Translated by Jack Zipes)
Dec. 3rd, 2025 08:53 amjames_davis_nicoll
A study of the carefree life of an animal at the bottom of the food chain.
Bambi (Bambi, volume 1) by Felix Salten (Translated by Jack Zipes)
Bundle of Holding: SR5 Missions (repeat from 2024)
Dec. 2nd, 2025 01:20 pmjames_davis_nicoll
Shadowrun 5th Edition scenarios and campaign sourcebooks.
Bundle of Holding: SR5 Missions (repeat from 2024)
Things I Wish I’d Known When Starting a Book Collection
Dec. 2nd, 2025 10:02 amjames_davis_nicoll
Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)
Things I Wish I’d Known When Starting a Book Collection
Chanur’s Venture (Chanur, volume 2) by C J Cherryh
Dec. 2nd, 2025 09:35 amjames_davis_nicoll
Having saved hapless human Tully from the kif, hani star captain Pyanfar Chanur is faced with the consequences of saving hapless human Tully from the kif.
Chanur’s Venture (Chanur, volume 2) by C J Cherryh
Clarke Award Finalists 2024
Dec. 1st, 2025 10:59 amjames_davis_nicoll2024: Scutigera coleoptrata become established in the UK, a Trident missile suffers performance anxiety during a test and refuses to leave its sub, and Labour sweeps to victory in the General Election, with surprising little effect on the subsequent frequency of cruel and vindictive legislation.
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2024 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Poll #33896 Clarke Award Finalists 2024
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 29
Which 2024 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
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In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
1 (3.4%)
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
1 (3.4%)
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
2 (6.9%)
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
28 (96.6%)
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
12 (41.4%)
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
2 (6.9%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2024 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
December 2025 Patreon Boost
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