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!

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-2tmfh...

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)

Extracurricular Activities - Reactor A space opera adventure set in a distant future where an undercover agent has to go behind enemy lines to recover a lost ship and a possible traitor.

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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The Language of Liars "Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...

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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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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 25

Today Jonathan for the final instalment of our Advent Calendar chats with E. J. Swift about what she's been reading, been writing, and would recommend!

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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 24

Today Gary and Jonathan chat with Ursula Vernon (T. Kingfisher) about what she's been reading, would recommend, and what she has coming out!

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4ii29...

The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 22
Today Jonathan and Gary chat with James S.A. Corey about writing, reading, the holiday season, and their new novel, The Faith of Beasts.

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The Coode Street Advent Calendar 2025 - Day 21

Today Gary and Jonathan talk to Francis Spufford about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, and his new novel, Nonesuch.

www.podbean.com/eas/pb-2c8t3...