Most Anticipated SF/F of 2023: January – June
Sharifah and Jenn discuss the Renfield trailer, a new bookstore honoring Octavia Butler, their most anticipated books for January through June of 2023, and more!
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News Discussed
A new bookstore in Pasadena: Octavia’s Bookshelf [LAist]
Trailer for Renfield [Twitter]
Most Anticipated [The Mary Sue]
Wakanda Forever Streaming 2/1 [Twitter]
Books Discussed
Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi (2/14) – William Morrow
Lone Women by Victor LaValle (3/21) – One World
A Brief History of Living Forever by Jaroslav Kalfar (3/28) – Little Brown
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee (4/11) – Tordotcom
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro (Apr 18) – PRH
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Mar 7) – Tordotcom
Witch King by Martha Wells (May 30) – Tordotcom
Jenn’s Extended List
Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai (1/10)
Karma of the Sun by Brandon Ying Kit Boey (1/17)
Vampire Weekend by Mike Chen (1/31)
Everything Good Dies Here by Djuna, translated by Adrian Thieret (3/7)
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (3/28)
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway (5/16)
Translation State by Ann Leckie (6/6)