Billy's Books 90: Noor

Noor, by Nnedi Okorafor, is an Africanfuturist novel. It's a short novel, perhpas a novella. A quick read, anyways, and compelling science fiction.

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Billy's Books 89: The Bright Sword

The Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman, is a novel set in the Arthurian era. Magic happens, swords clank, personalities vary. Watch me struggle with my new braces, as they catch my lips while I speak.

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Billy's Books 88: Mace Windu: The Glass Abyss

The Glass Abyss, by Steven Barnes, is the first Star Wars book I know of that features Mace Windu as the main character. It is not a kid's book, in my opinion. The bad guys do some pretty bad murder.

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Doctor Special: When The Satellites Drop (Live at home)

Here's a video from last year that fell through the cracks. This is Doctor Special, running though our set in our practice space.

Billys' Books 87: Axiom's End

Axiom's End is the first science fiction novel in a series by Lindsay Ellis. It was recommended to me by Billy Youngblood, who is our guest today. As a bonus, Billy also gives us insight into the new Francis Ford Coppola movie Megalopolis, which we both saw the day before.

Here's a little alien exchange that could come from many books and stories, over generations:
[I require insurance you won't betray me.]
[I require incentive not to betray you.]

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Billy's Books 86: Born With Teeth

Born With Teeth tells Kate Mulgrew's stories of her acting career. One of the main themes is "Family vs. Career", especially intense with one of her husbands. She talks about Star Trek a bit, but maybe not as much as you'd think. She has a wry, ironic sense of humor, especially in somey rough spots.

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Captain Janeway's influence on today's society: