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Happy Friday, shipmates! It’s Alex, hoping if you’re from the US you managed to survive a lot of family togetherness and a deluge of carb-laden sides–and if you’re not in the US, I sure hope you survived your work week and are powering through to the weekend! Since this is the official-ish start of the holiday gift-purchasing season, this will be a slightly different newsletter. We’re going to check out some SFF literature-adjacent merch!
Let’s make the world a better place, together. Here’s somewhere to start: NDN Collective and Jane’s Due Process
You know I’m going to start off with an item of Octavia E. Butler merch. How could I not?
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This is a really cool print with a couple verses from The Book of the Living in The Parable of the Sower illustrated. A big part of the beauty of those books is the philosophy she lays out in them. $25
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Iron Widow is such a new book, I didn’t honestly expect to find anything inspired by it. But now I must have this pin that quotes one of the book’s many memorable lines. $12
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If you’re a fan of These Violent Delights, there’s a quote sweatshirt for you. (And I’m impressed I was able to find it among all of the Shakespeare merchandise.) $26
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These bookmarks with quotes from Raybearer are freaking gorgeous, and you can never have too many bookmarks. Honestly, this seller has a lot of great bookmarks. $3
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This is a nifty necklace with one of my favorite quotes from Dune on it. I really like the simplicity of it. $66
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This headband is so adorable, I cannot. It’s got fan art of the main characters from Cemetery Boys on it. You can also get it as a scrunchie! $10
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I’m a sucker for bookends, even if I’m running out of space to put them. The number of SFF references on this set is just impressive! $69
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Elise Matthesen is a ubiquitous presence at science fiction literary conventions and has supplied more than a few authors with jewelry for the Hugo or Nebula Award ceremonies. Her whole Etsy store is dazzling, but this pendant is one of my favorites: Where the Dragons Went. $175
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See you, space pirates. If you’d like to know more about my secret plans to dominate the seas and skies, you can catch me over at my personal site.