Sarah Guan

Editor

Erewhon Books

Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

Lia πŸŽ„ @lost_in_a_story

Someone needs to write this!!! pic.twitter.com/QNuqGOn1hq

#MSWL: THIS. Ohβ€”and the two boys, the girl, her puppy, & her cat are fighting facism on a futuristic space colony (since I'm an #SFF editor)

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#MSWL: a thorny, complex political #SFF novel featuring social upheaval and protagonists with an Obama-Biden relationship dynamic

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

Carly Silver @CarlyASilver

@KateElliottSFF let alone his historical, extrabiblical significance
Replying to @CarlyASilver

Now I want a pulls-no-punches historical fantasy about Nebuchadnezzar for the new yearβ€”would be fitting. #MSWL

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

dongwon @dongwon

Still thinking about when I get to drink some soju with my new gay space uncles. pic.twitter.com/0O9OFaW2UA
Replying to @dongwon

Umm... #MSWL? (Specifically, lit agent goes drinking w/ gay space uncles, is roped into questionable shenanigans, tries not to die)

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#mswl: #SFF sees many leaders who go out in a blaze of glory. Give me their long-suffering second-in-command who has to pick up the pieces.

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#SFF #MSWL: Give me civilizations faced with a sudden need to modernize, and how they negotiate the weight of centuries of history/tradition

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#SFF #MSWL: give me MCs who don't have/can't rely on natural talentβ€”who've had to work harder and smarter to earn what they've accomplished.

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#SFF #mswl Nerdy MCs! I'd love a scholar/archaeologist/scientist hero whose main goal isn't saving the world (even if they end up doing so).

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

Give me a #SFF society with a moral code materially different from ours, made believable through worldbuilding & character development #MSWL

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#SFF #MSWL: Give me the aftermath of revolution, the growing pains of a new world order. "Winning was easy, young man. Governing's harder."

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

#SFF #MSWL: Innovators who have to deal with the serious societal ramifications of their inventions (think Einstein and nuclear technology).

Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips
Sarah Guan
@Sarah_Guan
Editor
Works in the book trade: publisher & 2x Hugo Award-nominated editor of speculative fiction @erewhonbooks . @Stanford πŸŽ“, New Yorker, Earth citizen. (she/her)
159 MSWL
5 AskAgent
2 Tips

Best take on #HP Native appropriation controversy I've seen. I want the version @nkjemisin describes to exist. #MSWL nkjemisin.com/2016/03/it-cou…