Back in April when the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards were announced, your Frumious Consorters talked about what we liked in the nominations, what we were excited to find out more about, and what we hoped to actually read. Curious to discover how things turned out and what the Consortium thought? Read on! Doug: …
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Aug 18 2026
Flame Con 2026!
On Sunday, I went to Flame Con! An annual convention in New York City, Flame Con is run by Geeks OUT, a nonprofit “dedicated to making the fan community more fun, inclusive and safe for geeks who are queer.” With the focus on LGBTQ+ creators and fans, the fandoms range from anime to videogames, to …
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Aug 11 2026
New and upcoming books by authors we love!
The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, by Leslye Penelope, is out today! This August and September are both terrific months for hotly anticipated authors, with Daggerbound, T. Kingfisher’s sequel to Swordheart, coming out on August 25; Wickhills by Premee Mohamed coming out on September 8; and Velvet Knife continuing the Stevie Bell series by Maureen …
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Jun 23 2026
The Emergency Playbook by Amy Edelman and Chris Begley
The Emergency Playbook: A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation is out today! It combines practical to-do lists for before, during and after disasters, with big-picture context for how disasters often play out. The authors, Amy Edelman and Chris Begley, present all this information in an enjoyable, easy-reading format. I learned a lot from it: I …
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Jun 17 2026
Recent Researched Comics for Grown-ups
Some lovely graphic works for adult readership have come out this Spring, each based on fact to various degrees. Tillie Walden’s Charity and Sylvia came out this week from Drawn & Quarterly; last month gave us Opioids and Organs by Arizona O’Neill; and in March, the collected volume of Death to Pachuco by Henry Barajas …
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Jun 10 2026
Murder Summer!
Here in the northern hemisphere, as temperatures get hotter and hotter, and vacations get (hopefully) more and more imminent, don’t we all just want to relax with a cold beverage and a book in which people die at the hand of another? It can’t just be me. Luckily, publishers know we want this, and there …
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May 18 2026
Hugo Awards 2026 Chat
Here at The Frumious Consortium, we are always excited to scrutinize the list of Hugo Finalists! Doug: I’ve read one of the Best Novel finalists! And one in Novella! And I think I tried to read one in Best Short Story. I’ve forgotten whether I bounced or just suffered tab overload and closed that one …
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May 05 2026
Intense graphic novels for your new adult needs!
Galaxy: As the World Falls Down by Jadzia Axelrod came out today! It’s probably my favorite graphic novel of the year so far, and I encourage you to let it ease you into a season of intense New Adult graphic novels of various genres. Galaxy: As the World Falls Down is a sequel to Galaxy: The …
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Apr 21 2026
More Spring Speculative Fiction by Beloved Authors!
The Genie Game by Jordan Ifueko comes out today! It’s extremely exciting to have the start of a new middle grade series from this beloved author. Joining it this Spring, we also have The Somewhat Wicked Witch of Brigandale, a cozy new standalone from C.M. Waggoner, and A Long and Speaking Silence, a new installment in …
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Mar 19 2026
Upcoming Tor Books by Beloved Authors
While I enjoy discovering a “stunning debut” novel as much as the next reviewer, I also find it very exciting to anticipate new books by authors I already love. On the assumption that you ALSO find this very exciting, I’m delighted to share these four upcoming books from Tor – all by established, beloved authors! …
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Al Singh
Doug Merrill
Doreen Sheridan
Emily Lauer
John Pitzel
Lars N. Goldschlager
Laura Eilers
Professor X
Robert Maedgen
Sylvere Ap Leanan
The Shire