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RE: https://mas.to/@nnedi/116675932991239833

Yoo hoo, @bookstodon! I highly recommend both of these books by one of my favorite authors! #bookstodon #books #SciFi #ScienceFiction

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A la recherche de recommandations !

Je suis à la recherche de livres de l'imaginaire écrit-es par des femmes et non-binaires d'origine iranienne et/ou se passant dans un univers inspiré par la Perse.

Notamment pour avoir de quoi lire lors d'une randonnée de plusieurs jours avec pas mal de temps pour se poser.

En Français ou Anglais. Par contre, je ne lis par le Farsi.

#sciencefiction #fantasy #fantastique #SFFF #mastobook

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Just starting out: need a reading order for #TerryPratchett.

I've read Tiffany Aching, but I keep eyeing his other stuff & not really sure where to start.

#ScienceFiction #SciFi

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Fresh newsletter incoming in one week! Want to catch up on past missives? Trawl the archive to sample the mini-essays or book and game recs, then sign up to get a free ebook delivered hot and ready!

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My newest audio dispatch, "For The One Who Has Everything", is up on Patreon and AVAILABLE TO ALL! Consider it a free sample of what you get with a Neo-Human pledge. Enjoy, and don't forget to share if you liked it!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/for-one-who-has-159531571

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I've finished: Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta

I've seen others treat Mad Sisters of Esi as a fantasy novel.

I read it as a Sci-Fi novel where the technology is indistinguishable from myth. A story of a multiverse with elder tech that can build and break worlds.

A novel about the power of storytelling with the mad love of sisters at its core.

A universal novel with a distinct Indian flavor.

I made the mistake of trying too hard to keep track of the characters and make sense of the meandering story line across time and space, leading to frustration.

I suggest just going with it, things will make more sense by the end.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9296f25a-d06e-492d-8f23-883dcd6a2a3d

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#SFF #ScienceFiction #india #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

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Grant Dickie on 10 things he learned at CYMERA 2026, Scotland’s festival of science fiction, fantasy, & horror writing – not including that Sarah Mughal Rana has a dagger collection or that Marvellous Michael Anson would love someone to write a book where every character dies.

https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/10-things-i-learned-from-2026s-cymera-festival/

#Scottish #literature #sciencefiction #scifi #SFF #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction #writing #writingtips

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A Review of The Parched Lands: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-the-parched-lands/

#BookReview #Books #ScienceFiction

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Book cover for The Parched Lands by N.A. Ratnayake. Image on cover is a black and white photo of several people sitting in an airport waiting room. There is not enough light in the room to make out their individual features, just to see the silhouette of their tired, slumped-over bodies against the massive windows behind them.

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For the month of May I wrote a total of 17178 words of 65616 total words on the year so far, plus spent 3 hours 15 minutes revising/editing
#specpo #fantasy #sciencefiction #horror #poetry

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Review: And Side by Side They Wander by Molly Tanzer
@DrEddieClark has our review at the NOAF blog today:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/06/review-and-side-by-side-they-wander-by.html

#books #review #sciencefiction #sf #bookstodon @bookstodon

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I've got a new PATRON-EXCLUSIVE audio dispatch up on Patreon! Part 1 of "Conversion", my cyberpunk take on the old "what if you could take a pill to make you not queer" thought experiment, is available for a pledge of as little as $5USD!

https://www.patreon.com/xauriel/posts/conversion-pt-1-172313060

#ScienceFiction #SciFi #Queer #Trans #Cyberpunk

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My short story "In My Own Image" has been selected for this year's Winter of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology! It's a speculative biblical retelling from the perspective of a very flawed creator. Follow the Kickstarter page if you want to be notified on launch!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scifiandfantasy/a-winter-of-sci-fi-and-fantasy-vol-2-short-story-anthology

#ScienceFiction #SciFi

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I've finished: Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky

What an incredible ride.

Building on the foundation set by the first three novels in the Children of Time series, Children of Strife can concentrate on the pivotal moments of Tchaikovsky's uplift universe.

The story follows a terraforming project from Avrana Kern's generation, a desperate colony ship from the ruins of old earth and a rescue mission from the Panspecific society set up by the sentient beings we know and love.

Children of Strife highlights the difference between earth's colonization project from the beginning of Children of Time, led by egomaniacal psychopaths with the egalitarian alternative established by the end of Children of Ruin / Memory.

It is a clear indictment of today's tech billionaire class and their aspirations to become humanities gods and saviors.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/02e4e6a8-1005-4fc0-bc4e-4c263d823b82

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#ScienceFiction #uplift #AdrianTchaikovsky #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBook

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish
Series Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion

Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince try to change history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will they kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?

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(Left) The cover of The Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish

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I've finished: And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

On one hand this is a very straight forward story, murdered prostitute takes revenge on the privileged assholes that exploited and killed her.

But this is not her story, it is Jewel's story and she hasn't been freed by death and is still caught in the system, making hard choices, dealing with consequences.

I think I like Premee Mohamed's sci-fi better then her fantasy, and here she plays with a cyberpunk world, placing an exploited women at it's center.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6bcb2553-323d-4d79-8771-8a2dc136f442

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#ScienceFiction #CyberPunk #novella #feminism #amReading #bookstodon #AudioBooks

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50% off @ #Smashwords : https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1821081

The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…

@bookstodon #author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #sff #sciencefantasy #scifi #actionadventure #fiction #books

(Left) The cover of Legacy of Newts, by Owen Tyme.

In the background dawn, as seen from space, above a blue world.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out. The interior of the line drawing has been filled with the image of a spiral galaxy in red, orange and yellow, with a blue color that shades to white at the center, which lines up with the newt's head. The galaxy almost looks like fire.

(Right) The background is a blue and orange nebula, with the following text over it:

“You gotta be real strong, real bright, real quick, or real lucky to survive drawing *attention*. Which are you?”

“I’m quick, Amelia is bright, Marta is strong and all three of us have been lucky, after a fashion: if we didn’t have bad luck, then I suppose we wouldn’t have any luck at all.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts

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📚 Automatic Noodle by: Annalee Newitz

You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Fra...

https://bookblabla.com/book/automatic-noodle

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You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.

But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.

An instant USA Today and indie bestseller!

Indie Next pick | Library Reads pick | Most Anticipated at Electric Lit, Ms. Magazine, Gizmodo, Autostraddle, Book Riot, IGN, New Scientist, Reactor, and more

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Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the Second Half of 2026: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-most-anticipated-books-releasing-in-the-second-half-of-2026/

#Books #AmReading #TopTenTuesday #TBR #Nonfiction #ScienceFiction

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Book cover for As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers. Image on cover shows two Earths floating through outer space, one green and blue like ours and a second one on top that is purple and pink.

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ook cover for Building 903 by Lois Lowry. Image on cover shows a drawing of a child standing in the light-filled doorway to a library filled with shadows and books.

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.

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(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon
Series Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion

On a world thought to have no moon, its sudden appearance inspires wonder and terror. Research links the full moon and catastrophe, revealing the existence of ‘Harbingers of Doom’, creatures that harvest souls. Can everyone survive or will they be reaped like wheat?

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(Left) The cover of dark moon, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

In the foreground, a redheaded witch and a dark haired wizard fight back to back, holding some rather large pistols. The witch is in a black dress and the wizard is in a black robe with golden decorations. Both looked a bit purple, due to the lighting. The witch's hair blows on the wind and she wears a necklace of bone beads.

Behind them, there's dust, mist and fog lit by twilight as a moon rises, framing their heads. Objects that look like shooting stars fall from the moon and there's a few visible impacts.

(Right) A white moon, on a background of the stars of space, with the following quote over the top of it:

“Idiot! You’ve likely killed us both, leaving us stuck out in the open like this.”

“We’ve got incoming. I know you’re angry and I suppose you’ve got every right to be, but we need to defend ourselves.”

“ ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’, for now, and then we decide what to do about the conflict between us.”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TymeDarkMoon

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A sample page from chapter 5 of Dark Moon.

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Book Promotion: Sci-Fi & #Fantasy books on Kindle Unlimited

A collection of 60 #books for you to read free on KU. Read my #spaceopera

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Grain Issue 53.3, featuring my 15-minutes-into-the-future story "Eye of the Beholder", is now available! I had great fun at the launch reading, and there are a ton of extremely talented Saskatchewan writers inside, so go ahead and check it out!

https://grainmagazine.ca/shop-and-support/current-issue

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Writing Science Fiction from Scotland – Ken MacLeod
19 June, Glasgow – free

Award-winning science-fiction author Ken MacLeod discusses his career & how he became a major figure in the world of SF.

His work has been widely translated & ranges from near-future dystopia to far-flung space opera, drawing on his first-hand knowledge of biological science, information technology, & political activism.

https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/writing-science-fiction-from-scotland-ken-macleod

#Scottish #literature #scifi #sciencefiction