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CONVERSATION: Time Travel, Part II — Thoughts on Outlander and Book Recommendations

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Our conversation on time travel continues with a question from Sirius about Outlander and our list of book recommendations and books to avoid. -Janine   Outlander   Sirius: Outlander (because I had to ask) – what are your takes on it and do you like how time travel was implemented ... more >

CONVERSATION: Time Travel Questions

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Sirius had some questions for us—and you—about time travel stories. This discussion will run in two parts, with today’s focusing on the questions below and Monday’s reserved for discussing Outlander and for our book recommendations. -Janine Sirius: So this is one of my favorite topics in SFF. I have been ... more >

Black silhouette picture of a woman wearing a high ponytail and a man with short hair standing back to back. Their torsos are a starfield with a spaceship moving in it and and in the background is a further silhouette of the same couple together except this time her hair is down and they're standing facing the sky, his arm around her, accompanied by an animal the shape of a small fox

REVIEW: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

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Dear Jessie Mihalik, The DA reviewers had a conversation post recently about the enemies to lovers trope and whether we liked it or not, when and why. I’m generally not a fan of the trope in contemporary romance but it works well in SFF because the stakes are often believably ... more >

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REVIEW: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

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Spoiler alert: There are probably spoilers. I’ve tried to keep them mild. Read at your own risk. CW: discussion of sexual assault (non-graphic), graphic violence Dear Diana Gabaldon, The long-awaited book 9 of the Outlander series is a doorstopper (like most of the earlier books). Ordinarily it would be supremely ... more >

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REVIEW: Witch Please by Ann Aguirre

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Dear Ann Aguirre, When I saw the cover of Witch Please I had to request it – it put me in mind of “Bewitched” which I remember from my childhood when it was constantly on repeat in the evenings on TV. In some respects, there are some similarities in fact ... more >

Review: Bodyguard (The Bodyguards #1) by Dassy Bernhard

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How was he supposed to know that the real-life chairman looked like an actor playing one on TV? When bodyguard Tang Jun-young saves his clients, a world-famous K-pop boyband, from being kidnapped by stopping the getaway van with his own body, he’s worried that his secret—well, one of them—will be ... more >

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