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More details later but it seems the group is essentially Don Quixote in the form of a Brettonian knight's bastard who has completely bought into chivalric ideals despite the fact no true knight considers him worthy to have such ideals, and an assortment of hangers-on who see him as a meal ticket.

Which is to say, the group is centred on someone who will seek out adventure.

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Based on the photometry and orbital properties, the planet candidate could have a temperature of 225 K, a radius of 1-1.1 and a mass between 90-150 , consistent with RV limits.

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Climate change provides a tribal leader a pretext to dispatch his least favourite tribe members on an ill-fated expedition from which none will return.

The Integral Trees (Integral Trees, volume 1) by Larry Niven

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Manga tech startup Orange Inc. (not to be confused with the animation studio Orange) raised ¥2.92 billion (~$19.5 million) in 2024 to enable a capacity for Japanese-to-English “localization” of up to 500 manga volumes per month via its app emaqi. Among its investors? Shogakukan, publisher of the manga magazine Shonen Sunday, which recently launched NOVELOUS, a light novel reader app powered by AI translations. Shogakukan is also a co-owner of VIZ Media, which has recently come under fire.

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so much winning

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Fight With Spirit, the sports drama tabletop roleplaying game from Storybrewers Roleplaying (Good Society).

Bundle of Holding: Fight With Spirit

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With her brother/husband Seti off crushing Egypt's enemies, future Pharaoh Hatshepsut expands her power at home by freeing slaves, alienating priests, and inconveniencing a homicidal concubine. Results are mixed.

Blue Eye of Horus, volume 2 by Chie Inudou

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In which the bill for an audacious gambit in the previous volume is presented.

The Tree of Swords and Jewels (Ealdwood, volume 2) by C J Cherryh

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All nine episodes of Star Cops.

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THE EXPANSE RPG and MODERN AGE corebooks + many supplements

Bundle of Holding: The Expanse & Modern AGE (from 2020)

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Living as I do in Ontario, a province run for and by assholes, the Civic Holiday is an "optional" holiday that employers may either observe or spend beating their employees with a stick no thicker than Andre the Giant's thumb.

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2008: Norovirus is a smash hit with three million-plus Britons, an avoidable market collapse relieves boredom, and Boris Johnson’s election as mayor of London surely is not a harbinger of dark days to come.

Poll #33463 Clarke Award Finalists 2008

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 23

View Respondents

Which 2008 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

Black Man by Richard Morgan
10 (43.5%)

The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
7 (30.4%)

The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
10 (43.5%)

The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter
0 (0.0%)

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
4 (17.4%)

The Red Men by Matthew De Abaitua
1 (4.3%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2008 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Black Man by Richard Morgan
The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
The H-Bomb Girl by Stephen Baxter
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
The Red Men by Matthew De Abaitua

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Holmes and Dracula team up to save London.

The Holmes-Dracula File (Dracula Chronicles, volume 2) by Fred Saberhagen

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Poll #33455 Books Received, July 26 to July 31

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 50

View Respondents

Which of these look interesting?

The Laundry Roleplaying Game: Operative’s Handbook by by David F Chapman, Calum Collins, Christopher Colston, Alister Davison, Michael Duxbury, Warren Frey, Gareth Hanrahan, and Elaine Lithgow et al (Q4, 2025)
22 (44.0%)

The Laundry Roleplaying Game: Supervisor’s Guide by Anthony Boyd, Greg Buchanan, David F Chapman, Calum Collins, Christopher Colston, Alister Davison, Michael Duxbury, Warren Frey, Gareth Hanrahan, Derek Johnston, and Elaine Lithgow et al (Q4, 2025)
22 (44.0%)

You do know at least one person in the group needs both books, right?
26 (52.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (4.0%)

Cats!
44 (88.0%)

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Just two items this week (although maybe two halves of one thing). Both cosmic horror, both part of (or related to) a series.

Books Received, July 26 to July 31

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You too can financially support James Nicoll Reviews!

August 2025 James Nicoll Reviews Patreon Boost

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Many people spend their lives wondering if there's a point to their existence. Vuong and her clone sisters have a purpose. With a little investigation, they might find out what it is.

Empath by Hoa Pham

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...or at least, sending them away. Sometimes for good.

Five Books About Sending the Kids to Camp

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Four thousand years in the future, nations contend for dominance of a desolate world.

Heavy Gear, 2nd edition by Philippe R. Boulle, Jean Carrières, Élie Charest, Jean Marcil, Guy-Francis Vella & Marc A. Vézina et al

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23 works reviewed. 12 by women (52%), 10 by men (43%),1 by non-binary authors (4%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 11 by POC (48%).

July 2025 in Review

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