For THE WASHINGTON POST, Lavie Tidhar recommends both R. B. Lemberg’s THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES and Kimberly Unger’s NUCLEATION in A gift guide for the fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror books in your life. (Both titles, along with all the rest of the 2020 titles, are currently 20% off with free media mail shipping on the Tachyon site)

THE FOUR PROFOUND WEAVES by R.B. Lemberg — a haunting literary fantasy about the fluidity of gender and much else — comes in a handy paperback.

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And for the science fiction fans, here’s a trio of debuts worth checking out: Micaiah Johnson’s tale of parallel universes, “The Space Between Worlds”; Essa Hansen’s space opera “Nophek Gloss”; and Kimberly Unger’s First Contact novel NUCLEATION, all showing that new voices continue to expand the genre.