This week, Patrick and Tracy welcome Cat Rambo, author of YOU SEXY THING.

About YOU SEXY THING: TwiceFar station is at the edge of the known universe, and that’s just how Niko Larson, former Admiral in the Grand Military of the Hive Mind, likes it.

Retired and finally free of the continual war of conquest, Niko and the remnants of her former unit are content to spend the rest of their days working at the restaurant they built together, The Last Chance.

But, some wars can’t ever be escaped, and unlike the Hive Mind, some enemies aren’t content to let old soldiers go. Niko and her crew are forced onto a sentient ship convinced that it is being stolen and must survive the machinations of a sadistic pirate king if they even hope to keep the dream of The Last Chance alive.

About Cat Rambo: Cat Rambo lives, writes, and edits in the Pacific Northwest. Their work has appeared in such places as Asimov’s, Weird Tales, and Strange Horizons. They were the fiction editor of award-winning Fantasy Magazine and appeared on the World Fantasy Award ballot in 2012 for that work. Their story “Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain” was a 2012 Nebula Award finalist.

Rambo has over 250 short stories published and has been shortlisted for the Nebula, Compton Crook, and World Fantasy Award. In 2020, their novelette CARPE GLITTER won the Nebula Award. In 2021, they published fantasy novel EXILES OF TABAT (Wordfire Press) and space opera YOU SEXY THING (Tor Macmillan)

A frequent volunteer with the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, they are a former two-term President. They run popular online writing school The Rambo Academy for Wayward Writers.

This week’s picks:

• Cat: Esper Genesis (TableTop RPG)
• Tracy: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
• Patrick: Queens (ABC/Hulu)

Links:

• Cat Rambo on Twitter
• Tracy Townsend on Twitter
• Patrick Hester on Twitter
• The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

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