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Posts by Jonathan Strahan
Coode Street 721: On Ballard, biography and books
Jonathan and Gary discuss Nina Allan & Christopher Priest on J.G. Ballard, favorite books of the year so far, and more!
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Books for World SF Bundle 2025 • Broken Paradise by Eugen Bacon • The Last Pantheon by Tade Thompson and Nick Wood • ChloroPhilia by Cristina Jurado and translated by Sue Burke • The Map of Lost Places by Sheree Renée Thomas and Lesley Conner • New Adventures in Space Opera by Jonathan Strahan • Letters From an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss • Central Station by Lavie Tidhar • Interstellar MegaChef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan • Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna translated by Alex Shvartsman • The Grief Hole by Kaaron Warren • Cities Are Forests Waiting to Happen by Cécile Cristofari • Futures to Live By by Ana Sun • Veg-humans by Clelia Farris and translated by Rachel Cordasco • Ecoceanic by Tarun K. Saint and Francesco Verso • The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
The 2026 World SF Bundle is now LIVE!
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15 books from the likes of @lavietidhar.bsky.social @theodoragoss.bsky.social
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
For @storybundle.bsky.social, you decide what price you want to pay.
In support of @locusmag.bsky.social
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Coode Street 720: Alexandra Pierce, Ian Mond, and The Totally Temporary Book Club
A chat with Alexandra Pierce and Ian Mond about why we read books, why we talk about and review them, and three great new books from 2026 that we loved.
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If you are going to be at ICFA this weekend, please say Happy Birthday to @garykwolfe.bsky.social. It's his birthday next Tuesday, and it's a big one!
I think I want to know what it feels like to read that book. Everyone has an individual experience reading, but what was that experience like?
I honestly forgot this account existed.
Ships fly around each other in a chaotic action scene, shooting neon green lasers
A team of pilots is trained to fly ships in a war where it's become cheaper to send humans instead of machines...
Next week. "Cutting Corners" by @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social, only at Reactor!
Art by @pixelgarbage.bsky.social
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Coode Street 719
Gary and Jonathan talk about Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl, and genre expectations in story.
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I had not seen that. Cool!
Coode St 718: Michael Swanwick and The Universe Box
Jonathan and Gary chat with Michael Swanwick about his exciting new short story collection, The Universe Box and more!
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Hee hee! It worked!
Coode Street 717: Activism, reviewing, books to look forward to, and a little about the weather
Gary and Jonathan discuss anthologies as activism, reviewing and perspective, the weather, and some books to look forward to.
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Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report WICKHILLS By Premee Mohamed Imprint: Tor Nebula Award and World Fantasy Award winner Premee Mohamed's WICKHILLS, a spy thriller pitched as Cold War-era John le Carre meets Gormenghast, to Eli Goldman at Tor, with Jonathan Strahan editing, in a two- book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Michael Curry at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English). Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy January 28, 2026
OKAY GANG BUCKLE UP we are PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL for WICKHILLS
Thank you to @mkcurry.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social and @torbooks.bsky.social for making it happen!
Prepare for me to NOT SHUT UP ABOUT THIS MOTHERFUPPIN BOOK (when I am less busy)
We're crawling into the hallowed vaults of Reactor's short fiction; today, that means revisiting @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social's excellent space opera story "Extracurricular Activities," edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social!
Coode Street 716: Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan discuss dystopias, cozy fiction and other dilemmas on the latest episode of the podcast.
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💥 "devastating" - Rebecca Roanhorse
💥 "destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
💥 "f*king fantastic" - Samantha Mills
💥 "i AM NOT OKAY" - Mia Tsai
💥 "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
💥 "heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
💥 "brilliant" - Wole Talabi
💥 "SF at its best" - Kate Elliott
Alix Harrow is a special writer.
You're very kind, but... At least, hopefully, we're fun to listen to.
Well, something to listen to on your lunch break, at least :)
Let me talk to @garykwolfe.bsky.social about this one. Might be worth dragging Russell Letson into the chat.
Coode Street 715: The one we recorded in between recording the other ones
Gary and Jonathan talk about new books, short story collections, reading old favourites and plans for the new year.
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A robot wearing an orange robe holds a watermelon, standing before an idyllic cottage
An aging robot, on a journey to visit a friend, reflects on their adventures together.
Next Wednesday. "Joiner and Rust," a new story by @lavietidhar.bsky.social!
Art by James Gilleard
Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Thank you!
Happy birthday, sir!
Coode Street 714: The Year in Books
@JonathanStrahan & @garykwolfe are joined by James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Alex Pierce to discuss the year in books.
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