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#SFFSaturday THE DASTARDLY MISS LIZZIE by Viola Carr "My love for the Electric Empire series is immeasurable, and the newest installment is now out! Get reunited with forensic scientist Dr. Eliza Jekyll and her deliciously diabolical other half, Lizzie Hyde. It's an exciting, action-packed caper through a supernatural Edwardian London. Good luck trying to stay one step ahead of this dueling "duo" as they race to catch a murderer!" - Kelly #sffsat #sff #thedastardlymisslizzie #violacarr #electricempire #edwardian #supernatural #london #jekyllandhyde #stafffav #bookrecommendations #sciencefiction #fantasy (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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#SFFSaturday A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT by Becky Chambers "I loved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet so much. Where its predecessor was more vignette, this sequel is more focused on two specific characters, Lovey and Pepper. Identity is a strong theme that more that one of the characters struggles with. I love that even in space, even hundreds of years from now, with all our technological advances we still struggle with who we are." - Karena #sff #saturday #sciencefiction #aclosedandcommonorbit #beckychambers #space #technology #identity #serices #scifi #bookrecommendations #stafffav #sffsat (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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#SFFResist "You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere." #SFFSaturday #sff #resist #revolution #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi #betherevolution #sffsat #bookrecommendations #whatareyoureadingnow (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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#BlackHistoryMonth Octavia E. Butler and her novel KINDRED "I owe all of my conceptions about the limitless world of science fiction, horror, and psychological thrillers to Octavia Butler. I feel indebted to her in a thousand way. I believe the only way I could ever pay her back for her gift is to increase the readership of her seminal work, Kindred. A modern-day woman, Dana, is catapulted into the Antebellum South to save a boy, Rufus, from drowning. Dana is repeatedly brought back in time to save Rufus, and each stint grows longer and more dangerous. Dana begins to question why she must continually save Rufus, drawing connections between his fate and hers that stem from a legacy of injustice that has stained the American psyche. An eerie, though-provoking thriller you'll definitely want to discuss with others." - Louise #blackhistory #blackauthors #octaviaebutler #kindred #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #ushistory #afrofuturism #sffsat #thriller #psychological #timetravel #antebellumsouth #stafffav #bookrecommendations #whatareyoureadingthismonth (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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#SFFSaturday Karena and a.c. couldn't be more excited for PHANTOM PAINS, the sequel to the staff favorite debut BORDERLINE, just released this week by Mishell Baker "Uraban fantasy hasn't really been done in this way before. This is a female protagonist that is not like any other protagonist. I'm looking forward to seeing where she's taking us this time." - Karena "Mishell Baker is going to not only keep delivering fantastic stories and world building, but also unique characters we don't see in urban fantasy - or anywhere. I'm tempted to call Millie things like a badass and bold, but that isn't it. She's just deeply fractured and complex like all human beings are. While also being a badass. She's a double-amputee with borderline personality disorder, but doesn't let that hold her back. We don't get that in urban fantasy - or anywhere. To see someone as funny and angry as she is from the anterior - I want to know more about the story, but every exchange makes me want to know more about her." - a.c. #sff #saturday #bookrecommendations #urbanfantasy #mishellbaker #borderline #phantompains #fantasy #worldbuilding #uniquecharacters #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #amputee #badass #bold #funny #stafffav #sffsat (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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It's fall now, with leaves on the ground (even in California), misty mornings, and a hint of a chill at night. Time to wrap up with something, dare we say...atmospheric? Our staff has some suggestions... #sffsat #blokesincloaks #fallreading #sffsaturday #fantasy #bookrecommendations #blokes #cloaks #dudeswearingcloaks #cloaksinfantasy #accuratecovers #seasonalreading #whatareyoureadingthisfall (at Bookshop Santa Cruz)

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#SFFSat #sfffolkandfairytales

Folk Tales and Fairy Tales have never gone away. For many, they've just acquired more details.

Some might be adapted into forms of novels, graphic novels, short stories. Some might be dressed up in new clothes. There are new tales each day, new folk heroes, and new stories that touch on the magic of Faerie, it's wonder and it's danger.

This month, we explore and recommend some of our favorite books in the Science Fiction and Fantasy section - and beyond - that have tapped into the power of these stories - our offering of Folk and Fairy Tales to get you through the last of winter, and into the transformation of spring.

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#ScienceFiction #Fantasy Saturday 80

Hello #sffsat peeps! Welcome to my temporary new venue while my Blogger blog undergoes extensive renovations. I just couldn't miss out on sffsat's 4th birthday. So, I'm going to share the opening to my scifi romance novella Tethered, recently re-released with a brand new cover - so recently, in fact, that it's still uploading at retailers just now. Say hello to a very irritated Tyree of the Su... 

Tyree spun on her heels, her long hair lashing around her as she faced the council. "You want me to be a what?" 

Thirteen elderly Inc-Su met her scream of outrage with angry stares. The last syllable echoed around the chamber. If sound could penetrate metaglass, it would have scattered the saurian lowri gliding past the panoramic windows on membranous wings. 

Tyree swore G'vorek, one of her former mentors, winked at her, and her irritation eased a fraction at his silent support. Some of the other council members shifted in their hover seats as she cast her gaze over them. Several scowled. Beyond the oval table and the council members, clouds drifted past the window obscuring the slender sky towers of Refuge, a serene background that conflicted with the turmoil suddenly seething in her chest. 

"I didn't think the phrase 'co-delegate' would be considered such an offensive term even by you, Tyree," Great Mother M'roc said. 

Tyree latched her attention onto the matriarch. Unlike the majority of the Inc-Su, M'roc had a generous, matronly figure and caramel-colored skin. Dark braids tinted with gray framed her broad face. There was a saying among the Inc-Su, twisted from the old Terran phrase—as solid as M'roc. Unbending, reliable, consistent, and strong. 

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