Happy Tuesday, shipmates! It’s Alex, with your new releases for the first Tuesday of May and some links to check out. And–two days late, but happy May Day. Solidarity forever! Stay safe out there, space pirates, unite with your fellow workers, and I’ll see you on Friday!
Let’s make the world a better place, together. Here’s somewhere to start: NDN Collective and Jane’s Due Process
New Releases
Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire
Melanie is fragile and dying and seemingly destined to die; Harry doesn’t want to believe that destiny exists because it means he will lose the person who means the most to him in the world. But destiny has a very different plan for them both, a road that–if they can make it through alive–will lead them to a possible lifetime together.
The Immortal King Rao by Vauhini Vara
King Rao was the precocious child of Dalit coconut farmers, who rose to become the most powerful tech CEO in the world–and then the leader of a global, corporate government. His daughter Athena must reckon with his legacy in a world still run by the Board of Corporations–in a very literal sense, as he has insisted on giving her access to his memories. With climate change ravaging the world, Athena must commit a radical act of communion if she’s to convince the Shareholders to save the planet.
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Architects have returned after eighty years of peace, consuming entire planets and wreaking havoc across the galaxy–because this time, they have found a way to circumvent the Originator relics that once kept worlds safe. The Human Colonies, threatened with extinction, are casting about for any solution, looking for allies and arguing amongst themselves. An Intermediary named Idris, who would just like to run from his past, may be the one to save humanity–if he finds a weapon strong enough to do it.
An Unreliable Magic: A Hundred Names for Magic by Rin Chupeco
Tala and Alex might have survived their brush with the Snow Queen, but she’s still out there, and she’ll be back to attack them again. The friends have a chance to make this confrontation on their own terms… but the world around them is only getting messier even before the Snow Queen returns.
Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz
Angus has tried to get his life back on the straight and narrow as he eagerly awaits the birth of his first child… but then he gets murdered by a man who’s in love with his wife, Gracie. Freshly dead, he finds himself in the afterlife despite never having believed in much of anything until now. And the afterlife is getting very crowded, thanks to a pandemic. But Angus still has a chance to reconnect to Gracie–and maybe get revenge.
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News and Views
Hey there’s a trailer and some more info on the Parable of the Sower opera!
In other theater news, the Royal Shakespeare Company is staging My Neighbor Totoro!
Q&A with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
Alma Katsu on why she finally wrote a main character who shares her ethnicity
Unsurprisingly, there’s an adaptation of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes coming
The #DisneyMustPay Task Force has released a new open letter to Disney
LeVar Burton will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the new children’s Emmys
The Women of Marvel podcast is back
On Book Riot
Post-Cyberpunk Books You Should Add to Your TBR
Enter to win an ARC of The Darkening by Sunya Mara!
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.