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Monkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’En (Translated by Julie Lovell)

A fantastic quest may be a semi-divine repeat offender's chance for redemption.

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Sunfall by C J Cherryh

The ancient sun is cooling but human drama persists.

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Bundle of Holding: Fragged Empire 2E

The 2024 revised edition of Fragged Empire: fifteen thousand years in the future, humanity has gone extinct, but eight engineered species rule the wonders that remain.

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September 2025 Patreon Boost

Like Sisyphus' rock, September has returned!

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August 2025 in Review

I didn't win any awards in August but I did review 22 more works. James Nicoll Reviews is now 34 reviews away from its 3000th review.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/post/august-2025-in-review

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Always the Black Knight by Lee Hoffman

Marooned on a backwater planet, a down-on-his-luck actor sets out to transform his new home. Will he survive success?

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Books Received, August 23 — August 30

Six works new to me. Three fantasy, three SF, four are series (at least in a sense) and the other two appear to be stand-alone. Lots of TTRPG material.

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Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

Two sisters quest up a climate-change-and-blight ravaged coast and across the seas to find their missing sister.

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Four SF Book Series Adapted Into Roleplaying Games

From Ringworld to the Laundry Files

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Bundle of Holding: Hostile Hot Zones

Recent supplements for the HOSTILE tabletop roleplaying game

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Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

First contact on the lightless surface of an alien moon.

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Sinopticon by Xueting Christine Ni

A celebration of Chinese science fiction.

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Facets by Walter Jon Williams

A collection of speculative fiction stories from Walter Jon WIlliams.

https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/hard-times-be-over

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Bundle of Holding: Hostile (from 2022) Hostile, the deep-space alien horror rpg from Zozer Games.

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Stories of Suspense by Mary E. MacEwen

A diverting assortment of spooky stories selected by an editor about whom I could discover almost nothing.

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Books Received, August 15 — August 22

Five books new to me: three fantasy, one mystery, and one science fiction. Two are series, and the other three may be stand-alone.

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Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

Sibling obsession and alienation shape whole cultures.