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IndieAuthors.Social News<p>New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | April 15</p><p>Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors&nbsp;Ken Lozito, Michael Stephen Fuchs, Fred Hughes,&nbsp;and more. If Fantasy is what your library…<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-april-15/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/new-science-fic</span><span class="invisible">tion-and-fantasy-books-april-15/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WeeklyReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyReleases</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | April 8</p><p>Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors&nbsp;M.R. Forbes, Michael Simon, Constantin Step,&nbsp;and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs,…<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-april-8/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/new-science-fic</span><span class="invisible">tion-and-fantasy-books-april-8/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WeeklyReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyReleases</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Books to Read if You Liked The Atlas Six</p><p>Books to Read if You Liked The Atlas Six If The Atlas Six pulled you into its world of secret societies, magical academia, and morally gray characters, you’re not alone. With its twisty plotting, intellectual intrigue, and brooding cast, it’s the kind of book that leaves you wanting more the...<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/books-to-read-if-you-liked-the-atlas-six/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/books-to-read-i</span><span class="invisible">f-you-liked-the-atlas-six/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/BookstoReadifYouLike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookstoReadifYouLike</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | April 1</p><p>Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors&nbsp;Glynn Stewart, M.H. Johnson, Jaxon Reed,&nbsp;and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs,…<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-april-1/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/new-science-fic</span><span class="invisible">tion-and-fantasy-books-april-1/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WeeklyReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyReleases</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Worlds Beyond: This Week’s Must-Read Fantasy &amp; Sci-Fi Releases</p><p>Worlds Beyond: This Week’s Must-Read Fantasy &amp; Sci-Fi Releases Ready to escape the ordinary? This week’s lineup of fantasy and science fiction transports readers across galaxies, into ancient realms, and through portals to the unknown. Whether you’re chasing…<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/worlds-beyond-this-weeks-must-read-fantasy-sci-fi-releases/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/worlds-beyond-t</span><span class="invisible">his-weeks-must-read-fantasy-sci-fi-releases/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/BookstoReadifYouLike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookstoReadifYouLike</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books | March 25</p><p>Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors&nbsp;J.N. Chaney, Joshua Dalzelle, Greig Beck,&nbsp;and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs,…<br><a href="https://www.newinbooks.com/new-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books-march-25/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newinbooks.com/new-science-fic</span><span class="invisible">tion-and-fantasy-books-march-25/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WeeklyReleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeeklyReleases</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Seattle Worldcon 2025<p>Three works of short science fiction/fantasy from France (in English translation) appeared in the pages of <i>The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction</i> in 1962: Henri Damonti’s “The Notary and the Conspiracy,” Charles and Nathalie Henneberg’s “Moon Fishers,” and Suzanne Malaval’s “The Devil’s God-Daughter.” All three were translated by Damon Knight, who was responsible for bringing several French-language speculative pieces into English during the 1960s and 70s.</p><p>Since I <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/01/03/fantastic-fiction-nathalie-hennebergs-forays-into-the-strange/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">already talked about Nathalie Henneberg</a> in a previous post, let’s begin with her piece “Moon Fishers.” Written with her husband Charles, “Moon Fishers” is a sensual, lavish story, like <i>The Green Gods</i>. Here, the Hennebergs explore a clash between the past and aliens/alien technology. Set in the year 2500, “Moon Fishers” features a test pilot, Hugh, who is sent into ancient Egypt via a machine constructed in the Paratime Research Laboratory. As the professor in charge of the project explains before Hugh climbs in, time travel should no longer be thought of as a physical form of travel, but one that is based in the perceiver’s brain—basically, the traveler doesn’t actually go anywhere but can travel to other times, somehow. Once Hugh “arrives” in ancient Egypt, though, things go a bit off the rails: we get soul-swapping and aliens and ancient Egyptian pharaohs (like <i>Stargate</i>). Hugh winds up trapped in the past and the body of Pharaoh Amenophis, which was somehow predestined (?). And all this is squeezed into just 20 pages.</p><p>Next, in Damonti’s “The Notary and the Conspiracy,” notary Monsieur Duplessis joins a secret club that lets him lead a parallel life in 15th-century Florence, though the plagues and conspiracies that he encounters there turn out to be more dangerous than he had anticipated. Like “Moon Fishers,” “The Notary” asks us what we would do if we had the ability to travel back to the past and interact with/change the people and events we encounter.</p><p>However, Suzanne Malaval’s “The Devil’s God-Daughter” is an allegorical tale, unlike the first two stories discussed in this article. Here, a girl named Fanche is the youngest in a family of eight children, and she cannot find a godparent in the entire town. Noticing this problem, the devil steps in to offer his services. Though her mother protests, Fanche’s father accepts the devil’s proposal, and the girl is eventually kidnapped by the devil and dragged into hell. In order to escape, Fanche has to solve a few riddles. The devil’s wife, who is jealous of Fanche, gives her all of the answers, allowing her to go free. When Fanche escapes, she notices that it’s raining—much like for the saying that rain is the effect of the devil beating his wife.</p><p>The French SFT in the pages of <i>F&amp;SF</i> in 1962 is strange and wonderfully varied, possibly helping the magazine attract readers interested in learning more about the speculative fiction being written beyond their own borders.</p><p><a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/02/21/french-sft-in-fsf-1962/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://seattlein2025.org/2025/02/21/french-sft-in-fsf-1962/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/charles-henneberg/" target="_blank">#CharlesHenneberg</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/damon-knight/" target="_blank">#DamonKnight</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/fantasy-and-science-fiction/" target="_blank">#FantasyAndScienceFiction</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/henri-damonti/" target="_blank">#HenriDamonti</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/nathalie-henneberg/" target="_blank">#NathalieHenneberg</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://seattlein2025.org/tag/suzanne-malaval/" target="_blank">#SuzanneMalaval</a></p>
Seattle Worldcon 2025<p>French SFT in F&amp;SF, 1962: Three works of short science fiction/fantasy from France (in English translation) appeared in the pages of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1962: Henri Damonti’s “The Notary and the Conspiracy,” Charles and Nathalie Henneberg’s “Moon Fishers,” and Suzanne Malaval’s… (<a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/CharlesHenneberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesHenneberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/DamonKnight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DamonKnight</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/HenriDamonti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HenriDamonti</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/NathalieHenneberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NathalieHenneberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.seattle.wa.us/tags/SuzanneMalaval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuzanneMalaval</span></a>)</p><p>Full post: <a href="https://seattlein2025.org/2025/02/21/french-sft-in-fsf-1962/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">seattlein2025.org/2025/02/21/f</span><span class="invisible">rench-sft-in-fsf-1962/</span></a></p>
Alberto Chimal<p>Mi cumpleaños, ayer, culminó con varias sorpresas, una tras otra.<br>Pensé que la última sería el <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/retrato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrato</span></a> familiar (y con <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/gatitos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gatitos</span></a>) que me regaló <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zirk.us/@raxxie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>raxxie</span></a></span>; entonces llegó el aviso de que se me concede el <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/PremioFILEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PremioFILEM</span></a> de este año, que en ocasiones anteriores han ganado <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/RosaMontero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RosaMontero</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/CristinaRiveraGarza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CristinaRiveraGarza</span></a> o <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/DavidHuerta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidHuerta</span></a>; y despuesito la aparición de un <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/cuento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuento</span></a> mío, en inglés, en la revista <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/FantasyAndScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyAndScienceFiction</span></a>.<br>¡Son muchísimas emociones para un solo día!<br>🌟😱🌟<br>Muchas gracias.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personal</span></a></p>
Paracyclops<p>The Nov/Dec 23 edition of Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction had some cracking stories. I loved the cover story, ‘The Many Different Kinds of Love’, and ‘Pluto and Tavis D Work the Door’ in particular.</p><p>Unusually there were a couple of quite poorly written stories, but mostly the standard was as high as ever.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyandsciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyandsciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fandsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fandsf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/horrorfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horrorfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sffh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sffh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sffh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sffh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortfiction</span></a></p>
Lyndall Ley<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> Divergent by Veronica Roth <a href="https://aus.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DystopianScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DystopianScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FantasyandScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FantasyandScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Paracyclops<p>No short story magazines turn up for months, then two at the same time! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasyandsciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasyandsciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortstories</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interzone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interzone</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@InterzoneMag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>InterzoneMag</span></a></span></p>
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