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SFF TikTok (or “What About Dune?”)

Sharifah and guest Vanessa discuss news including an Afrofuturist Netflix series, the discovery of a possibly habitable planet, The Fifth Season RPG, and talk about SFF TikTok and Reels.

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News

Netflix’s new Afrofuturist series [Rolling Stone]

A possibly habitable planet [IFLScience]

Sphere‘s 25th anniversary and new series [Space.com]

The Fifth Season RPG [Backerkit]

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur now streaming [Disney+ Informer]

Video Recommendations

Tomes and Textiles, plus this vid, and this vid (mentioned)

cultofbooks (mentioned)

jemilabereadin (mentioned)

torithatnerd (mentioned)

Dreareads (mentioned)

pagemelt

Danzibooks

latearareads

theroomiesdigest

bookofthegay

darrelyeo

madisontican