2022. That was A Year for sure. (Can I have a do-over?)
Go about and read Radikale Zärtlichkeit by Şeyda Kurt, for it is important; and A Prayer For The Crown Shy by Becky Chambers, for it is warm and fuzzy; and Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, for it does not stop hitting you in the face; and the Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells for one of the best protagonists.
Watch Severance, for it is both utterly weird and utterly disturbing; and Everything Everywhere All At Once, for it is A Lot; and Ted Lasso, for it is warm and fuzzy and says some very important things; and all of Knives Out, for it is great.
If you listen to Podcasts, listen to Bad Women, for it tells important stories; and Maintenance Phase, to yell at your podcatcher about a lot of health-and-wellness-topics; and How To Fuck Up An Airport, to yell at your podcatcher about BER; and Articles of Interest, to learn about the history of clothing and styles.
Be good. Do good. And please, please talk more with each other.
The Company Town
Hardy Green
The Rapture of the Nerds
Charles Stross, Cory Doctorow
Finder
Carla Speed McNeil
Ports of Call (Ports of Call I)
Jack Vance
Lurulu (Ports of Call II)
Jack Vance
Neon Leviathan
T.R. Napper
We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020
C.L. Clark
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (Our Lady of Endless World II)