My terrible confession

Nov. 4th, 2025 11:14 am
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Because both shows feature a red-haired teenaged girl with a monosyllabic name and a troubled relationship with their family, my brain merged the continuities of Son of a Critch and Stranger Things.

Voyager in Night by C J Cherryh

Nov. 4th, 2025 08:43 am
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A trading voyage leads to first contact and a delightful process of mutual discovery.

Voyager in Night by C J Cherryh

Annoyed

Nov. 3rd, 2025 09:54 pm
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Tried to move my dinner time in just two days, ate too late, crashed my blood sugar, and had to cancel gaming.

(It's not diabetes. It's just that I am incredibly intolerant to eating late)
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This is a bundle of the game Monarchies of Mau, about intelligent "uplifted" cats in a post-human world, from Onyx Path Publishing. It's compatible with an earlier game, Pugmire, about intelligent dogs, which I don't know at all, and includes Squeaks in the Dark, a compatible RPG about intelligent rats. All appear to be based on the OGL rules, e.g. D&D.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Monarchies

  

This isn't actually a genre that interests me much, but it looks like you're getting a fair amount for your money, and if you're interested it's probably worth a look.

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Modern humans are fine, but what if we had a bit more variety in our stories?

Five Ways Science Fiction Can Expand Beyond Homo sapiens

Achtung! Cthulhu

Nov. 2nd, 2025 09:54 pm
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My character discovered that using his acting skills to look like a dangerous opponent kind of backfires if it gets the full attention of something that is a dangerous opponent.

This went over well

Nov. 2nd, 2025 03:58 pm
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In case the image does not load or someone cannot read it: it is a Bluesky post reading "I firmly believe the Jays would have won had Diefenbaker not cancelled the Avro Arrow."

There are 7 reposts, 2 quotes, and 48 likes.
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Was Fred Halpern the boy space hero the papers believed him or the headstrong fool his teachers saw?

Moon of Mutiny (Jim Stanley, volume 3) by Lester del Rey

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You too can be one of the legions of James Nicoll Review supporters, financing my slow but steady advance towards review aleph null!

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Five works new to me: two horror, one and a half science fiction, one half fantasy, and one TTRPG that's hard to classify. Two could be said to be series works.

Books Received, October 25 — October 31



Poll #33785 Books Received, October 25 — October 31
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 42


Which of these upcoming books looks interesting?

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Dreamland by Olivie Blake (August 2026)
12 (28.6%)

Make Me Better by Sarah Gailey (May 2026)
15 (35.7%)

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three edited by Stephen Kotowych (October 2025)
17 (40.5%)

Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler (March 2026)
17 (40.5%)

Outgunned Adventure by Riccardo​“Rico” Sirignano & Simone Formicola, with art by Daniela Giubellini (October 2024)
9 (21.4%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.4%)

Cats!
31 (73.8%)

October 2025 in Review

Oct. 31st, 2025 09:05 am
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James Nicoll Reviews saw its 3000th review on the 17th.

23 works reviewed. 12.5 by women (54%), 10 by men (43%), 0.5 by non-binary authors (2%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 10.5 by POC (46%).

More stats and a big chart here.

The Fairy of Ku-She by M. Lucie Chin

Oct. 30th, 2025 08:49 am
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A fairy's efforts to recover stolen arcane tools via illicit means produce spectacular calamity.

The Fairy of Ku-She by M. Lucie Chin
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This is an all-new bundle of games, sourcebooks and adventures based on the Cthulhu Mythos from a variety of authors and publishers, the seventh Bundle Of Holding annual collection of this type.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Tentacles7

 

Like all of these bundles it's a mixed bag, hopefully containing something for everyone that likes the background. Since multiple games systems are represented here some adaption may be needed - for example, if you're playing the original Call of Cthulhu game some adventures will need conversion from "old school revival" D&D-like rules. There's some systemless background material, such as a book on cults, but this is more diverse than a lot of these bundles and more work is likely to be needed to get the maximum bang for your buck.

Not sure if this is the last horror offering before Halloween, but it seems likely. We should know what comes next before long...

Bundle of Holding: Tentacles 7

Oct. 29th, 2025 02:14 pm
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The seventh all-new library of Sanity-shattering tabletop roleplaying ebooks inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos.

Bundle of Holding: Tentacles 7
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What dark purpose compels a girl and her android companion to wander post-apocalyptic Japan?

Touring After the Apocalypse, volume 6 by Sakae Saito

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