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Kathryn Adams

Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie.
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Binary System Podcast #331 – Lore Olympus and The Sandman Episode 3

…and she was one of those women where you wake up the next morning and your TV and your stereo and your bag of magic sand is gone. So Kathryn has finally watched another episode of The Sandman (Elizabeth: I’ve watched a bunch more.) (Kathryn: Yeah, thanks, I know that.) so this week we’re going

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Review: The Half Life of Valery K

I seem to have made a real habit of reading a Natasha Pulley novel during a big summer vacation. So it’s not a huge surprise that our trip to Yosemite National Park this year matched up almost perfectly with the release of Pulley’s latest novel, The Half Life of Valery K. And this book was

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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk and Robot 2)

I never need an excuse to read one of Becky Chambers’s stories, with her whimsical world-building and unique brand of optimistic science-fiction. But after the first book in her Monk and Robot series won the Hugo award for Best Novella, it seems like a particularly good time to read the sequel. So let’s dive back

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Binary System Podcast #329: WTNV #213 “Murals”

It’s no secret that the Binary System Podcast team is always finding moments that would be perfect for fan art (we do love us some fan art). This week’s episode felt like the Welcome To Night Vale writers were throwing down multiple challenges to fan artists. Listen in as we recap the City Council’s latest

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Review: A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables #2)

Alix E. Harrow returns us to the world of Fractured Fables with a new adventure for the fairy tale troubleshooter and former Sleeping Beauty. When we last saw Zinnia Grey she’d been given, well, not a cure for the genetic disease that was supposed to kill her by her 21st birthday, but definitely a stay

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Binary System Podcast – Special text-only edition!

ElizabethHeh, it’s so tempting to start this the way all the episodes start KathrynYep, with you saying “Recording” and me saying “Recording!” ElizabethThree, two, one.. Kathrynthree, two, one… Hi everyone, this is Kathryn Adams! ElizabethAnd Elizabeth Wallace! And you’re listening to no hang on it doesn’t work… KathrynHee ElizabethWelcome to the special text-only edition of

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Review: 2022 Hugo Award Finalists – The Short Stories

I saved the short stories for last this year, hoping for a little light summer reading to wrap up the Hugo Award reviews. Things didn’t quite work out as planned, because there’s a surprising amount of death in this year’s finalists. Also transformation, and working through grief, and an in-depth study of a folk song,

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Binary System Podcast #325 Lore Olympus 205 and 206

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The Binary System Podcast team is taking it easy this week, talking about finishing up the most recent season of Star Trek: Picard (meh), and a couple of upcoming books we’re looking forward to, and a little about the SDCC photo

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