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Bundle of Holding: Hearts of Wulin



This new Hearts of Wulin Bundle presents Hearts of Wulin, the tabletop roleplaying game of Chinese wuxia action melodrama from Age of Ravens Games.

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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-14 10:27 am
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Clarke Award Finalists 2005

2005: The Ulster Volunteer Force struggles to grasp the meaning of the term “ceasefire”, Britain is astonished by the unlikely coincidence that every known WWI veteran is over 100 years of age, and in what some experts hope is a sign Britain has begun to emerge from chaos after the retreat of the Roman Empire, Dr Who is revived.

Poll #33355 Clarke Award Finalists 2005
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Which 2005 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

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Iron Council by China Miéville
10 (32.3%)

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
10 (32.3%)

Market Forces by Richard Morgan
5 (16.1%)

River of Gods by Ian McDonald
9 (29.0%)

The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
13 (41.9%)

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
10 (32.3%)



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Which 2005 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Iron Council by China Miéville
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Market Forces by Richard Morgan
River of Gods by Ian McDonald
The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-13 08:50 am
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-12 12:02 pm
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Huh

This is probably in no way significant, but it just occurred to me to check to see where WorldCon was the years I was nominated:

2010: Melbourne, Australia
2011: Reno, USA
2019: Dublin, Ireland
2020: Wellington, New Zealand
2024: Glasgow, Scotland

(I was nowhere near the ballot in 2009, Montreal)

At a guess, those are years where vote totals were a bit lower?

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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-12 08:47 am
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Books Received, July 5 — July 11



Four books new to me.Two are SF, one is fantasy, one is a mix of both. I don't see anything unambiguously labelled as series works.

Books Received, July 5 — July 11

Poll #33350 Books Received, July 5 — July 11
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Secrets, Spells, and Chocolate by Marisa Churchill (December 2025)
14 (35.9%)

Spread Me by Sarah Gailey (September 2025)
14 (35.9%)

The Forest on the Edge of Time by Jasmin Kirkbride (February 2026)
14 (35.9%)

The Universe Box by Michael Swanwick (February 2026)
18 (46.2%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.6%)

Cats!
31 (79.5%)

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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2025-07-11 10:37 pm
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Oh, cat

Caught Yellface with her WHOLE HEAD inside the Fritos bag.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-11 10:43 pm
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RPG checklist

Specifically Fabula Ultima

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The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe



New Dawn requires only that people conform without exception or face memory erasure and worse. Yet, a minority insists on being individuals.

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-10 11:09 pm
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-10 08:53 am
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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow



Desperate to pay her brother Jasper's way out of Muhlenberg County, Opal accepts a job at an infamously cursed mansion.

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-09 03:46 pm
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Bundle of Holding: Pyramid 2



The latter half of Pyramid's ten-year run, the issues published from November 2013 to December 2018, sixty-two issues in all.

Bundle of Holding: Pyramid 2
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Kowloon Generic Romance, volume 1 by Jun Mayuzuki (Translated by Amanda Haley)



In a city with over a million people per square kilometre, real estate firms will never lack for clients. Good news for the employees of the Wong Loi Realty Company!


Kowloon Generic Romance, volume 1 by Jun Mayuzuki (Translated by Amanda Haley)
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-07-08 10:49 pm
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Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 ([personal profile] azurelunatic) wrote2025-07-08 02:58 pm
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July has already been busy

Susan visited!

Thorn didn't get carjacked by a Bigfoot.
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The Squares of the City by John Brunner



Arrogant traffic analyst Boyd Hakluyt is just a pawn in the struggle for Ciudad de Vados' future.

The Squares of the City by John Brunner
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Bundle of Holding: GURPS 4E Essentials (from 2022) & Pyramid 1



Everything you need for your own GURPS 4E tabletop roleplaying campaign.

Bundle of Holding: GURPS 4E Essentials (from 2022)




Volume 3 (Nov 2008 - Dec 2018) of Pyramid, the Steve Jackson Games magazine for tabletop roleplaying gamers. Sixty issues and more!

Bundle of Holding: Pyramid 1
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Five Dangerously Impatient Heirs and Successors



Why wait around for the throne or the cash when murder can deliver it immediately?

Five Dangerously Impatient Heirs and Successors
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Clarke Award Finalists 2004

2004: Labour spares no effort to liberate Britons from human rights, UKIP's electoral successes surely do not reflect fundamental flaws in the British psyche, and London voters are heartbroken to discover the Livingstone who was just elected mayor isn’t the Livingstone who co-wrote the Fighting Fantasy books.

Poll #33332 Clarke Award Finalists 2004
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Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
21 (50.0%)

Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
5 (11.9%)

Darwin's Children by Greg Bear
16 (38.1%)

Maul by Tricia Sullivan
5 (11.9%)

Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones
3 (7.1%)

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
20 (47.6%)



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Which 2004 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Coalescent by Stephen Baxter
Darwin's Children by Greg Bear
Maul by Tricia Sullivan
Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
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