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Seven novels:
●●●◐○ The Inheritor's War {Behold: Humanity! 17} - Ralts Bloodthorne
●●●○○ The Librarian of Baker Street - Greg Kauffman-Starkey
●●●◐○ 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line {Ring of Fire} - Charles E. Gannon, Eric Flint
●●●○○ The Case of the Ritual Rapist {Miles Grant 16} - Jack Dearborn
●●●●○ Future of Another Timeline - Annalee Newitz
●●●○○ Death in the Dentist's Chair {Dr. Constantine 02} - Molly Thynne
●●●◐○ Operation Time Search - Andre Norton

One novella:
●●●◐○ Divide and Rule - L. Sprague de Camp

Three novelettes:
●●●◐○ The Feminine Metamorphosis - David H. Keller

●●●◐○ Frolic - Cammie Conte
●●●○○ An Unexpected Adventure - Martin Brant

Thirty short stories:
●●●◐○ The Thirsty God - Margaret St. Clair
●●○○○ Every Work Into Judgment - Kris Neville
●●●○○ What’s Inside of People - Matthew McDermott
●●○○○ Static - Alithnayn Abdulkareem
●●●●○ The Black Ewe - Fritz Leiber
●●○○○ If This Be Utopia… - Kris Neville
●●◐○○ Vessels - Michael Shotter
●●●○○ One Leg Is Enough - Kris Neville
●●●◐○ When the Last Gods Die - Fritz Leiber
●●●◐○ Revenge for Stan - Hannah Steenbock
●●●◐○ Going South: Forever - Ted Bun
●●●●○ Aesop's Elevator - William Alexander
●●○○○ Laatlammer - J.S. Louw
●●●○○ Vector - Margaret St. Clair
●●◐○○ Forty Shades of Green - Ted Bun
●●○○○ The Field Journal of Dr. Franklin Nod - Michael Shotter
●○○○○ Armando's Virtuous Crime - Najwa Binshatwan
●●●●○ I'm Looking for "Jeff" - Fritz Leiber
●●○○○ Pest Control - Will Forest
●●●○○ Piety - Margaret St. Clair
●●●●○ Interloper - Poul Anderson
●●●○○ Seeds of Futurity - Kris Neville
●●●◐○ The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles - Margaret St. Clair
●●●○○ 1632 and Beyond, Issue #1 (= 5 ss)
●●●●○ Zabrina Meets the Retro Club - Maddi Gonzalez
●●●●○ A Deskful of Girls - Fritz Leiber
●●○○○ The Gardener's Pitch - Michael Shotter
●●○○○ Roberta - Margaret St. Clair
●●●◐○ Appointment in Tomorrow - Fritz Leiber
●●●◐○ The Emperor's New Towel - Mel Cowan

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2025-12: 34 ss | 03 nvt | 01 nva | 07 nov
2025-11: 23 ss | 03 nvt | 05 nva | 10 nov
2025-10: 30 ss | 00 nvt | 02 nva | 13 nov
2025-09: 26 ss | 02 nvt | 00 nva | 13 nov

#Books and #stories for #DecemberReads.

Twelve novels:¹
●●●●○ Quant - Richard F Weyand {Colony 1}
●●●●◐ Arcadia - Richard F Weyand {Colony 2}
●●●●○ Galactic Survey - Richard F Weyand {Colony 3}
●●●●○ Silk Road - Richard F Weyand {Colony 4}
●●●●○ Lost Colony - Richard F Weyand {Colony 5}
●●●●○ Earth - Richard F Weyand {Colony 6}
●●●●○ The Nudist Family of Frolicking Farm - M.S. Rosen
●●●◐○ Hidden Things - P.Z. Walker {Emma Nelson 3}
●●●◐○ Off-World Hotel & Resort, Episode 1 - Dave Terruso
●●●○○ Off-World Hotel & Resort, Episode 2 - Dave Terruso
●◐○○○ Off-World Hotel & Resort, Episode 3 - Dave Terruso
●●○○○ The Unnamed Town - William H Nelson {Awakening Wars 2}

Zero novellas.

Three novelettes:
●●●●◐ The Venusian - Rog Phillips
●●●●◐ Extracurricular Activities - Yoon Ha Lee
●●●○○ The Siege of Tarr-Hostigos - John F Carr & Roland Green

Thirty-one short stories:
●●●●○ Legal Rites - Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl
●●●●○ The Wizard Trader War - John F Carr
●●●●○ A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime - Charlie Jane Anders
●●●●○ Lost Ego - Rog Phillips
●●●◐○ And All for One - Jerome Bixby
●●●◐○ Devil's Invention - Alfred Bester
●●●◐○ Firebrand! - A Bertram Chandler
●●●◐○ Forever and the Earth - Ray Bradbury
●●●◐○ Raindrop - Hal Clement
●●●◐○ Satellite Secret - Kris Neville
●●●◐○ Seven Came Back - Clifford D Simak
●●●◐○ The Old Martians - Rog Phillips
●●●◐○ The Perfect Weapon - Poul Anderson
●●●◐○ Time Stops Today - John Wyndham
●●●◐○ Meem - Margaret St Clair
●●●◐○ Deus Ex Machina - Francis G Rayer
●●●◐○ Land of Lost Content - Chad Oliver
●●●○○ All the Colors You Thought Were Kings - Arkady Martine
●●●○○ Battle of the Unborn - James Blish
●●●○○ Nobody Saw the Ship - Murray Leinster
●●●○○ Prison Bright, Prison Deep - Frank Belknap Long
●●●○○ The Moon Devils - John Wyndham
●●●○○ Your Funeral Is Waiting - Rog Phillips
●●●○○ Your Number is Up! - John Jakes
●●●○○ Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance - Tobias S Buckell
●●●○○ Dust Rag - Hal Clement
●●◐○○ Invisible Monsters - John Wyndham
●●◐○○ The Girl from Mars - Robert Bloch
●●○○○ Captain Peabody - Rog Phillips
●●○○○ Supernal Note - Rog Phillips
●◐○○○ Greed - L Ron Hubbard

2024-12: 31 ss | 03 nvt | 00 nva | 12 nov
2024-11: 39 ss | 05 nvt | 01 nva | 05 nov
2024-10: 26 ss | 03 nvt | 00 nva | 06 nov
2024-09: 23 ss | 03 nvt | 01 nva | 13 nov

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[1] A reply to this post repeats brief descriptions of the novels. For descriptions of the other tales, see the weekly posts. Most short stories this month come from various collections and anthologies:

The Paratime Wars - John F Carr
New Adventures in Space Opera - Jonathan Strahan, ed.

Edited by Christopher Broschell:
The Essential Rog Phillips
More of the Essential John Wyndham
Legends of Science Fiction, 1950 Edition (two volumes)

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#DecemberReads

THE URTH OF THE NEW SUN, Gene Wolfe
SKIPPING CHRISTMAS, John Grisham
THE BANE OF THE BLACK SWORD, Michael Moorcock
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE, Neil Gaiman
THE GORGON, Tanith Lee
YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME NOW, M. John Harrison
THE BOOK OF WONDER, Lord Dunsany
THIS IS ME, JACK VANCE!, Jack Vance
STORMBRINGER, Michael Moorcock

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