Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties
Dec. 10th, 2025 02:13 pm
Magical Kitties Save the Day, the all-ages introductory storytelling game from Atlas Games.
Bundle of Holding: Magical Kitties
To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)
Dec. 10th, 2025 08:54 am
Could safety from the global pandemic be found in desperate flight towards a land of banditry and violence?
To The Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (Translated by Soje)
Links (Interesting) for 2025-12-10 (just 15 days to Christmas!)
Dec. 10th, 2025 12:51 pm- 1. Who wants some Indian rap-metal about cooking?
- (tags:food music video HeavyMetal )
- 2. A short summary of the Sandie Peggie V. Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton employment tribunal judgment
- (tags:transgender law UK GoodNews )
- 3. Did Nano Banana Pro Kill Photography or Just Photo Editing?
- (tags:ai photography video )
- 4. Clinic Closures Force More Rural Americans To Rely On Horse Who Stomps Twice When Patient Has Cancer
- (tags:USA healthcare horses cancer satire )
- 5. Study: Leaving Religion May Make You More Liberal
- (tags:politics liberal religion psychology )
- 6. UK issues sanctions against Russia amid accusations of information warfare
- (tags:uk russia disinformation )
- 7. Prenatal phenol exposure linked to child behaviour
- (tags:pollution behaviour children )
- 8. US to ask tourists for five-year social media history before entry
- (tags:socialmedia usa OhForFucksSake )
Interesting Links for 09-12-2025
Dec. 9th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Tribunal dismisses Sandie Peggie's claims against trans doctor (but finds NHS Fife did harass her)
- (tags:transgender LGBT law UK NHS GoodNews )
- 2. "The Matilda Effect": How Pioneering Women Scientists Have Been Written Out of Science History
- (tags:science women history patriarchy )
- 3. SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
- (tags:immune_system Pandemic doom heart )
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Dec. 9th, 2025 06:35 am
A depowered witch discovers she is just one zany scheme away from regaining her power... provided her estranged mentor does not intervene. Which of course he will.
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Dec. 8th, 2025 02:53 pm
The third array of recent standalone tabletop roleplaying games using the Forged in the Dark rules system based on John Harper's Blades in the Dark from One Seven Design Studio.
Bundle of Holding: Forged 3
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Dec. 8th, 2025 02:08 pm
Did you miss these books the first time around? Good news!
Five Freshly Reprinted SFF Books and Series
Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Dec. 8th, 2025 10:20 am
Six works new to me: four fantasy, one horror, and one SF (also ttrpg). Four are arguably series.
Books Received, November 29 — December 5
Which of these look interesting?
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 5 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 6 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
3 (11.5%)
New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 7 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2025)
2 (7.7%)
Black River Ruby by Jean Cottle (January 2026)
7 (26.9%)
The Flowers of Algorab by Nils Karlén, Kosta Kostulas, and Martin Grip (January 2026)
8 (30.8%)
Headlights by C J Leede (June 2026)
4 (15.4%)
Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)
Cats!
21 (80.8%)
Interesting Links for 08-12-2025
Dec. 8th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. mRNA Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality over 4 years
- (tags:death health vaccine pandemic )
- 2. All the ways Russia is waging 'grey war' on the UK - from drones to local agents
- (tags:russia war uk )
- 3. Saving Japan's exceptionally rare 'snow monsters'
- (tags:Japan snow monsters )
- 4. Is anyone surprised that US tech billionaires want to fund fascist city states?
- (tags:fascism technology USA )
- 5. Vintage Photographs of People Reading Newspapers Before the Invention of That Grossly Antisocial Device: The Smartphone
- (tags:photos newspapers reading society history )
- 6. Impacts of working from home on mental health tracked in study of 16,000 Australians
- (tags:australia work homes mentalhealth )
Well, this was weird
Dec. 7th, 2025 10:18 pmSpace Skimmer by David Gerrold
Dec. 7th, 2025 08:51 am
Who killed the empire? More importantly, what does it take to get men to process their emotions?
Space Skimmer by David Gerrold
Interesting Links for 07-12-2025
Dec. 7th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Tides are weirder than you think
- (tags:tides gravity moon sun mathematics history )
- 2. Zuckerberg Basically Giving Up on Metaverse... After Renaming Entire Company "Meta"
- (tags:Facebook VirtualReality )
- 3. Reminder that the UK just had independent ADHD investigation which found it was under diagnosed and under supported.
- (tags:UK ADHD healthcare NHS )
- 4. Trans Holocaust History
- (tags:history LGBT transgender holocaust Germany Nazis )
- 5. America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
- (tags:USA politics racism Europe )
- 6. Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image
- (tags:trains ai fraud photos )
(no subject)
Dec. 6th, 2025 09:18 am
Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968; aged 21), civil engineering student
Hélène Colgan (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Nathalie Croteau (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Barbara Daigneault (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968; aged 21), chemical engineering student
Maud Haviernick (born 1960; aged 29), materials engineering student
Maryse Laganière (born 1964; aged 25), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department
Maryse Leclair (born 1966; aged 23), materials engineering student
Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967; aged 22), mechanical engineering student
Sonia Pelletier (born 1961; aged 28), mechanical engineering student
Michèle Richard (born 1968; aged 21), materials engineering student
Annie St-Arneault (born 1966; aged 23), mechanical engineering student
Annie Turcotte (born 1969; aged 20), materials engineering student
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958; aged 31), nursing student
Interesting Links for 06-12-2025
Dec. 6th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Netflix announces deal to buy Warner Bros. and HBO
- (tags:WarnerBrothers HBO netflix )
- 2. Did Rachel Reeves mislead the public ahead of the Budget?
- (tags:budget UK FactCheck politics )
- 3. Visualising Klotski (fantastic 3d visualisations of possibilities)
- (tags:video game viaSwampers visualisation )
- 4. 'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery
- (tags:muppets mysteries video satire )
- 5. Wall Street races to protect itself from AI bubble
- (tags:AI investment insurance )
- 6. Original version of Star Wars Returns to Theaters for 50th Anniversary
- (tags:StarWars movies )
- 7. Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
- (tags:LGBT bigotry transgender gaming women )
- 8. Adenosine as the metabolic common path of rapid antidepressant action: The coffee paradox
- (tags:depression )
- 9. The USA is officially removing itself from positive engagement in world affairs.
- (tags:USA politics diplomacy NATO )
- 10. Edinburgh confirms Visitor Levy affordable housing spend
- (tags:Edinburgh housing GoodNews )
A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo
Dec. 4th, 2025 08:55 am
Cleric Chih's quest to record the tragic history of a famine succeeds all too well.
A Mouthful of Dust (Singing Hills, volume 6) by Nghi Vo
Interesting Links for 04-12-2025
Dec. 4th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
- (tags:law UK )
- 2. Drunk raccoon found passed out on liquor store floor after breaking in
- (tags:alcohol animals )
- 3. Arguments about simulated universes
- (tags:simulation philosophy argument funny comic )
- 4. Americans being ignorant about other countries
- (tags:countries USA ignorance funny )
- 5. Sasha the Christmas tiger
- (tags:tiger Christmas )
Life with two kids: Christmas monitoring
Dec. 4th, 2025 07:31 am(Sophia is on her own account, but for technical reasons Gideon can't be yet.)
Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number
Dec. 3rd, 2025 02:25 pm
This new Worlds Without Number Bundle presents Worlds Without Number, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of far-future sword-and-sorcery adventure from acclaimed designer Kevin Crawford of Sine Nomine Publishing.
Bundle of Holding: Worlds Without Number
Bambi (Bambi, volume 1) by Felix Salten (Translated by Jack Zipes)
Dec. 3rd, 2025 08:53 am
A study of the carefree life of an animal at the bottom of the food chain.
Bambi (Bambi, volume 1) by Felix Salten (Translated by Jack Zipes)
Interesting Links for 03-12-2025
Dec. 3rd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Humble Comic Bundle: Image Comics in the '10s (175 trade paperbacks, many of them awesome, for cheap)
- (tags:comics charity )
- 2. Gaelic and Scots gain official status on St Andrew's Day
- (tags:Scotland language )
- 3. Shingles vaccination caused a 29.5% reduction in deaths due to dementia
- (tags:dementia vaccine )
- 4. The real reasons why courts have a massive backlog
- (tags:UK law austerity organisation OhForFucksSake )
- 5. HBO Max's 'Mad Men' Vomit Scene Proves 'Remastered' Doesn't Mean 'Better'
- (tags:TV resolution fail )
Bundle of Holding: SR5 Missions (repeat from 2024)
Dec. 2nd, 2025 01:20 pm
Shadowrun 5th Edition scenarios and campaign sourcebooks.
Bundle of Holding: SR5 Missions (repeat from 2024)
Things I Wish I’d Known When Starting a Book Collection
Dec. 2nd, 2025 10:02 am
Handy advice for overly enthusiastic bookworms (you know who you are)
Things I Wish I’d Known When Starting a Book Collection
Chanur’s Venture (Chanur, volume 2) by C J Cherryh
Dec. 2nd, 2025 09:35 am
Having saved hapless human Tully from the kif, hani star captain Pyanfar Chanur is faced with the consequences of saving hapless human Tully from the kif.
Chanur’s Venture (Chanur, volume 2) by C J Cherryh
Interesting Links for 02-12-2025
Dec. 2nd, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Cattle tuberculosis; badgers finally in the clear
- (tags:Badgers disease cows UK )
- 2. After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death
- (tags:games )
- 3. There are many more weight-loss drugs coming.
- (tags:weight medication )
- 4. Tales From The Multiverse (An animated short film by Tumblehead)
- (tags:video viaKenny funny dinosaurs religion creationism )
- 5. "We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers - here's what it reveals"
- (tags:war military history viaZornhau )
- 6. Large surge in Scottish flu cases as new strain takes hold
- (tags:scotland flu )
- 7. Sleeping Beauty Vs the Planet of the Insomniacs
- (tags:fairytale video sleep EpicWTF )
- 8. The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
- (tags:ai thinking doom )
Clarke Award Finalists 2024
Dec. 1st, 2025 10:59 amWhich 2024 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
1 (3.4%)
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
1 (3.4%)
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
2 (6.9%)
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
28 (96.6%)
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
12 (41.4%)
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
2 (6.9%)
Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.
Which 2024 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
In Ascension by Martin MacInnes
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
December 2025 Patreon Boost
Dec. 1st, 2025 08:59 am
Impress your friends and potential significant others! Join the legions of James Nicoll Reviews supporters! James Nicoll Reviews is the only SF review that promises to be pyroclastic flow-free!
December 2025 Patreon Boost
November 2025 in Review
Nov. 30th, 2025 10:29 am
21 works reviewed. 11 by women (52%), 10 by men (48%), 0 by non-binary authors (0%), 0 by authors whose gender is unknown (0%), and 8 by POC (38%).
Book by book, closer to aleph null.
November 2025 in Review
The Incredible Umbrella (Incredible Umbrella, volume 1) by Marvin Kaye
Nov. 30th, 2025 09:17 am
An academic's dismal prospects are transformed by a magical umbrella.
The Incredible Umbrella (Incredible Umbrella, volume 1) by Marvin Kaye
Interesting Links for 30-11-2025
Nov. 30th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast (is certainly a sentence describing events in the world)
- (tags:wtf headline psilocybin )
- 2. UN panel says Israel operating 'de facto policy of torture'
- (tags:torture UnitedNations israel palestine )
- 3. Bronze Age mega-settlement in Kazakhstan reveals advanced urban planning and metallurgy
- (tags:cities prehistory kazakhstan )
- 4. Exploring the link between religion and acceptance of homosexuality across different countries
- (tags:religion polls lgbt )
- 5. Scientists are finally studying women's bodies. This is what we're learning.
- (tags:women research patriarchy GoodNews )
Look! I remembered to post before December started this year!
Nov. 30th, 2025 02:42 amThe standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.
( The fine print and much more behind this cut! )
Thank you, in short, for being the best possible users any social media site could possibly ever hope for. I'm probably in danger of crossing the Sappiness Line if I haven't already, but you all make everything worth it.
On behalf of Mark, Jen, Robby, and our team of awesome volunteers, and to each and every one of you, whether you've been with us on this wild ride since the beginning or just signed up last week, I'm wishing you all a very happy set of end-of-year holidays, whichever ones you celebrate, and hoping for all of you that your 2026 is full of kindness, determination, empathy, and a hell of a lot more luck than we've all had lately. Let's go.
Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:58 am
Eight books new to me. Five fantasy, one horror, two science fiction, of which two are series and six may not be.
Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Which of these look interesting?
Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry (June 2026)
22 (34.9%)
The Franchise by Thomas Elrod (May 2026)
10 (15.9%)
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden (July 2026)
3 (4.8%)
Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer (June 2026)
31 (49.2%)
Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire (June 2026)
20 (31.7%)
Cursed Ever After by Andy C. Naranjo (June 2026)
7 (11.1%)
For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce (February 2026)
3 (4.8%)
The War Beyond by Andrea Stewart (November 2025)
10 (15.9%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (1.6%)
Cats!
45 (71.4%)
Interesting Links for 29-11-2025
Nov. 29th, 2025 12:00 pm- 1. Switzerland: Data Protection Officers Impose Broad Cloud Ban for Authorities
- (tags:Switzerland dataprotection cloud )
- 2. Credit Report Shows Meta Keeping $27 Billion Off Its Books Through Advanced Geometry
- (tags:satire law accounting Facebook true )
- 3. I think there's a teeny tiny error in the data here on the Bridget Jones movies
- (tags:movies mistake funny )
- 4. 'They don't have symptoms': CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
- (tags:immune_system disease GoodNews viaKenny )
- 5. How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America (The level at which the US measures poverty is wrong)
- (tags:usa poverty economics doom )
James and the Commute Home
Nov. 28th, 2025 09:19 am( Read more... )
