Grand Moff Duke, PhD Esq.ππ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Grand Moff Duke, PhD Esq.ππ on XSF/F/H writer/editor/podcaster @skiffyandfanty. The Joy Factory. Prof. of English #digirhet #scifi. Linktree for Patreon etc. Twitch: https://t.co/pcox3yV4rX

La Tercera
Gina ApostolHere's a really interesting interview with Gina Apostol on her novel, La Tercera. Very curious about this book now, and I might try to pick it up via an airport bookstore if I'm lucky to find it there on my way home! Link via Electric Lit. #books https://t.co/kAiPzEBp8a
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The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives
NaoΓse Mac SweeneyLooking forward to checking out this episode of Smarty Pants in The American Scholar with NaoΓse Mac Sweeney about her new history book, The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives. I'm very curious about Sweeney's approach here. #history #books https://t.co/hOpqRO1ukr
Hardcover, 2023
$34.00Member price:$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Peter Rabbit
Beatrix PotterWell, this is interesting! There's a new piece in The Conversation by Emily Zobel Marshall which looks at some of the evidence that Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit books were influenced by the Brer Rabbit tales. Lots of teasing out of threads here! #books https://t.co/NUaK7s7fr4
Board Book, 2008
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Victory City
Salman RushdieThis is an odd review approach Salman Rushdie's body of work (and the politics within them). Technically specifically on Victory City, but really an almost brutal criticism of the direction of Rushdie's writing. I'm not sure how I feel about it. #books https://t.co/miw9HTDIf6
Paperback, 2024
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Empire
George S. SchuylerThe folks at @publicbooks have a fascinating piece on George Schuyler's Black Empire which might be of interest to y'all. Same author of the satire, Black No More! #sciencefiction https://t.co/cw5unmZ7th
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Gift of the Master Artists
Ben OkriRather enjoyed reading this piece from @TheBookerPrizes on Ben Okri's The Famished Road (and its creation). Presently reading Okri's The Last Gift of the Master Artists, which dropped last month (it's very interesting, and y'all should read it). https://t.co/MDnv5Ikry0
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Escape from a Leper Colony: A Novella and Stories
Tiphanie YaniqueThree works of Caribbean #sciencefiction #fantasy that you should read: --Philia, Eros, Storge, AgΓ‘pe, Pragma by R.S.A. Garcia --The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste --How to Escape from a Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique You're welcome. Go and read.
Paperback, 2010
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Don't Fear the Reaper
Stephen Graham JonesExcellent interview in @esquire on @sgj72's Don't Fear the Reaper and his approach to the final girl story. We are much excited about this book! #horror #books https://t.co/WCfOdTukej
Paperback, 2023
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters
Bill SchellyThis could be a really interesting book from Fantagraphics! James Warren, Empire of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, and Famous Monsters by Bill Schelly. #Horror scholars should take note. #academia #books https://t.co/muoZCv7Qzu
Paperback, 2023
$24.99Member price:$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Gods, No Monsters
Cadwell TurnbullVery much looking forward to one day teaching Cadwell Turnbull's No Gods, No Monsters alongside a Buckel, a Hopkinson, a Lord, a Garcia, an O'Brien, and more. One day, y'all. :D #books
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book