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Susan Forest

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Ursula K LeGuin, Lois McMaster Bujold, Guy Gavriel Kay

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Susan Forest grew up in a family of mountaineers and skiers, and she loves adventure. She also loves the big ideas found in SF/F, and finds fast-paced adventure stories a great place to explore how individuals grapple with complex moral decisions. Aurora Award winners, Bursts of Fire and Flights of Marigold, first books in her Addicted to Heaven series, confront issues of addiction in an epic fantasy world of intrigue and betrayal.

Susan is also an award-winning fiction editor, has published over 25 short stories (Analog, Asimov's, BCS, & more), and has appeared at many international writing conventions. She loves travel and has been known to dictate novels from the back of her husband's motorcycle. http://speculative-fiction.ca/
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Immunity to Strange Tales

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Book Review: Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time, by Barry Sonnenfeld


Memoir, 4+/5

Barry Sonnenfeld, Hollywood cinematographer and director, regales the reader with hilarious back-stage stories about films and actors most of us have seen. Thoroughly entertaining.

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Court Gentry, loner assassin at the top of his game, is determined to turn the tables on those using threats against an innocent child as bait to lure him in. Again, this is exactly my kind of book: fast paced and exciting!
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The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
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Thrust into the dangerous streets of 1700 London by the murder of his master, apothecary's assistant, Christopher, must use puzzles his master left him to solve the crime. Packed with great characters, authentic detail and a fast-paced plot, this boo ...more
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Struggling white novelist, June, steals a dead Chinese-American's unseen draft novel and publishes is as her own, with ripples upon ripples of fallout. This fast-paced, gripping novel critiques the publishing industry and social media, and as an auth ...more
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How Fascism Works by Jason F. Stanley
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With a chapter on each of the ten pillars of fascist politics (including propaganda, anti-intellectualism, victimhood, and law and order), How Fascism Works provides insight into the interconnectedness of fascist ideology and tactics. Although many o ...more
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They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
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Imagine a world in which individuals learn of their impending death on midnight of the day they will die. Mateo and Rufus, both eighteen, receive this call and find each other through the Last Friends App. Their lives are changed over the 24 hours of ...more
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
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Gideon, cavalier, and Harrow, bone witch, are an unlikely pair to beat out the other eight houses and solve the puzzles set by the Emperor to become his immortal servants of the Resurrection. But it is this interesting interpersonal dynamic—as well a ...more
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Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis
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The authors explain how technology can save humankind from climate change, pollution, food shortage, depleted resources—virtually every problem we face. Although I don't believe our governments have the political will to pull off the feats described, ...more
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Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
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An eye-opening look at how what seem to be simple issues of writing craft have deeply embedded colonialist assumptions. A must-read for writers.
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Which August New Release would you like to read in September?

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Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews
Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
(Hidden Legacy, #4)
 
  3 votes, 75.0%

Wishful Thinking (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying) Book 1) by Helen Harper
Wishful Thinking (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World by Helen Harper
(How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying) #1)
 
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From the Grave (The Arcana Chronicles, #6) by Kresley Cole
From the Grave by Kresley Cole
(The Arcana Chronicles, #6)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Blood Truth (Black Dagger Legacy, #4) by J.R. Ward
Blood Truth by J.R. Ward
(Black Dagger Legacy, #4)
 
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Reticence (Custard Protocol, #4) by Gail Carriger
Reticence by Gail Carriger
(Custard Protocol, #4)
 
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Bursts of Fire (Addicted to Heaven, #1) by Susan Forest
Bursts of Fire by Susan Forest
(Addicted to Heaven, #1)
 
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The Demon World (The Smoke Thieves, #2) by Sally Green
The Demon World by Sally Green
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Death of Darkness (Immortal Guardians, #9) by Dianne Duvall
Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
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