Five Stories About Surviving and Adapting on Mars
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Strategies range from paraterraforming to radical cybernetic transformation...
Five Stories About Surviving and Adapting on Mars
The Silicon Man by Charles Platt
Mar. 26th, 2026 08:53 amjames_davis_nicoll
An all-too diligent FBI agent must be silenced... but there's no reason he cannot serve SCIENCE! as well.
The Silicon Man by Charles Platt
Parade by Hiromi Kawakami
Mar. 25th, 2026 09:46 amjames_davis_nicoll
Tsukiko entertains her former high school teacher with an extraordinary tale.
Parade by Hiromi Kawakami
Five Stories About the Dangerous Business of Truth-Telling
Mar. 24th, 2026 11:30 amjames_davis_nicoll
Telling the truth can make you unpopular... or put you into real peril.
Five Stories About the Dangerous Business of Truth-Telling
How to Build a Planet by Poul Anderson & Stephen L. Gillett
Mar. 24th, 2026 08:57 amjames_davis_nicoll
A brief guide to creating plausible planets.
How to Build a Planet by Poul Anderson & Stephen L. Gillett
Bundle of Holding: Scion Origin
Mar. 23rd, 2026 03:02 pmjames_davis_nicoll
The 2024 Second Edition of Onyx Path Publishing's Scion, the tabletop roleplaying game about the children of gods discovering their birthright in the modern world.
Bundle of Holding: Scion Origin
Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
Mar. 22nd, 2026 08:48 amjames_davis_nicoll
One determined man struggles to save humanity from the mutant scheme to avert doomsday.
Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
Books Received, March 14 — March 20
Mar. 21st, 2026 08:56 amjames_davis_nicoll
13 books new to me, and save for one mystery, all fantasy. Man, fantasy is just eating SF's lunch. Not that that will be reflected in what I actually review.
Books Received, March 14 — March 20
Poll #34393 Books Received, March 14 — March 20
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Which of these look interesting?
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The Siren by Tomi Adeyemi (October 2026)
8 (20.0%)
Twined Fates: Tangled Hearts, Book Three by K. Bromberg (October 2026)
0 (0.0%)
Light of the Song by Joyce Ch’Ng (September 2025)
8 (20.0%)
The First Flame by Lily Berlin Dodd (November 2026)
1 (2.5%)
A Destiny So Cruel by Amanda Foody & C. L. Herman (November 2026)
1 (2.5%)
Find Me Where It Ends by Cassandra Khaw (October 2026)
12 (30.0%)
Bad Company by Sara Paretsky (November 2026)
7 (17.5%)
The Kings’ List by Jade Presley (May 2026)
2 (5.0%)
My Unfamiliar by Mara Rutherford (December 2026)
8 (20.0%)
Ghosted by Talia Tucker (November 2026)
3 (7.5%)
The Mystic and the Missing Girl by Vikki Vansickle (September 2026)
6 (15.0%)
The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo (October 2026)
12 (30.0%)
Chosen Son by Adrienne Young (November 2026)
2 (5.0%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
32 (80.0%)
Four New Superhero RPGs to Watch Out For
Mar. 20th, 2026 10:22 amjames_davis_nicoll
If you love dice-rolling and superheroes, you're in for a treat...
Four New Superhero RPGs to Watch Out For
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed
Mar. 19th, 2026 09:05 amjames_davis_nicoll
John Maraintha wanted to rebuild his life. Instead, he was marooned on a backwater world in the middle of a first contact crisis.
What We Are Seeking by Cameron Reed
65
Mar. 18th, 2026 09:01 amjames_davis_nicoll
I lead an active life so I am sure I have the physique of a 64 year and 11 month-old.
The Proposal by Myung-Hoon Bae
Mar. 18th, 2026 08:51 amjames_davis_nicoll
Nobody is sure who the enemy is, where they come from, or what their goals are. Still, they are the enemy and it’s up to the United Earth Surface and the Allied Orbital Forces Command to show the enemy what’s what.
The Proposal by Myung-Hoon Bae
Bundle of Holding: Trail of Cthulhu MEGA
Mar. 16th, 2026 01:58 pmjames_davis_nicoll
A monstrously large horde of rulebooks, supplements, and sourcebooks for Trail of Cthulhu, the tabletop roleplaying game of eldritch Cthulhu Mythos investigations using the GUMSHOE System from Pelgrane Press.
Bundle of Holding: Trail of Cthulhu MEGA
