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The Kindle edition sale on "8" continues! Need some convincing? Check out this review from fellow speculative-fiction author Tony Travis:<a href="https://www.tonytravis.com/post/tony-s-review-of-8-tales-of-the-big-men-from-the-nod-wells-timelines" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.tonytravis.com/post/tony-s-review-of-8-tales-of-the-big-men-from-the-nod-wells-timelines">https://www.tonytravis.com/post/tony-s-review-of-8-tales-of-the-big-men-from-the-nod-wells-timelines</a>Offer ends July 22!US: <a href="https://amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J" rel="nofollow">https://amazon.com/dp/B0D26NHT3J</a>UK: <a href="https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J" rel="nofollow">https://amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D26NHT3J</a>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookdeal/" rel="tag">#bookdeal</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

An excerpt from Tony Travis' 4-star review of Michael Shotter's book "8: Tales of The Big Men from The Nod/Wells Timelines"

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My newest book is a fantasy short story collection. Contents include whimsy, gargoyles, heroic aunties, brave doggos, & evil bureaucrats who always lose. <a href="https://books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow">https://books2read.com/RelicsFromATravelingShow</a> Reviewers like it. You might, too!In ebook & print, also on Hoopla, Libby, and Biblioboard, therefore available on request from your local public library in print OR ebook. (In the US, anyhow) <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/timetoredomypinnedpost/" rel="tag">#TimeToRedoMyPinnedPost</a>

a paperback copy of Relics From a Traveling Show by K. M. Herkes stands on a raised dais against a light blue background. To the right are two 5 star reviews. The first reads. "Perfect. No notes. It's one of those that each one is your favorite, and then you read the next one and now it's your favorite." The second reads, "A collection of genius writing across many genres. I have seldom come across a collection of short stories I enjoyed so much, with such variety."
The image on the cover of the book is a painting of a figure in a green and blue traveling cloak, shown from the rear, seated at a desk gazing out an arched window at a carnival tent bathed in sunset light. The figure has short brown hair, and they are petting the ears of a dog sitting beside them. The dog's mouth is open in a happy doggy grin. An eldritch lamp decorates the desk, beside a binder labeled "DPS Orientation Guide." At the left stands a tall bookshelf filled with artifacts, books, and knickknacks. A bonsai tree sits on the windowsill, and a pair of sinister glowing eyes lurk in the shadows behind the chair.

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Synthetic planet - omicron classvoxel world built and rendered in Avoyd editor <a href="https://www.avoyd.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.avoyd.com</a><a href="/tags/avoyd/" rel="tag">#Avoyd</a> <a href="/tags/rendering/" rel="tag">#Rendering</a> <a href="/tags/voxel/" rel="tag">#Voxel</a> <a href="/tags/voxelart/" rel="tag">#VoxelArt</a> <a href="/tags/3dart/" rel="tag">#3DArt</a> <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#Planet</a> <a href="/tags/spaceart/" rel="tag">#SpaceArt</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifiart/" rel="tag">#SciFiArt</a> <a href="/tags/screenshotsaturday/" rel="tag">#ScreenshotSaturday</a> <a href="/tags/mastoart/" rel="tag">#MastoArt</a>

A small purple planet with a light blue ocean and a thin green atmosphere is lit from under forming a small crescent against a pitch black background.
Artificial lights dot the dark side along coastal lines, roads and cities.

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On my reading blog, I review Platform Decay by Martha Wells. The latest Murderbot Diaries book is a wild ride to rescue some important people. <a href="https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/platform-decay-by-martha-wells-review.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/platform-decay-by-martha-wells-review.html">https://susannashore.blogspot.com/2026/05/platform-decay-by-martha-wells-review.html</a><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

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Laid-back in orbit, they found their minds. They found their minds were very clean and clear. Clear crystals in swarms outside were their fireflies and larks. Larks they were in lift-off, swallows in soaring…—Edwin Morgan, “A Home in Space” from CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)<a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a>, 20 July, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon<a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/">https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781784109967/centenary-selected-poems/</a><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/moonlanding/" rel="tag">#MoonLanding</a> <a href="/tags/moonlandingday/" rel="tag">#MoonLandingDay</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/astronauts/" rel="tag">#astronauts</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/scifipoem/" rel="tag">#scifipoem</a> <a href="/tags/scifipoetry/" rel="tag">#scifipoetry</a>

A Home in Space
Edwin Morgan

Laid-back in orbit, they found their minds.
They found their minds were very clean and clear.
Clear crystals in swarms outside were their fireflies and larks.
Larks they were in lift-off, swallows in soaring.
Soaring metal is flight and nest together.
Together they must hatch.
Hatches let the welders out.
Out went the whitesuit riggers with frames as light as air.
Air was millions under lock and key.
Key-ins had computers wild on Saturday nights.
Nights, days, months, years they lived in space.
Space shone black in their eyes.
Eyes, hands, food-tubes, screens, lenses, keys were one.
One night – or day – or month – or year – they all –
all gathered at the panel and agreed –
agreed to cut communication with –
with the earth base – and it must be said they were –
were cool and clear as they dismantled the station and –
and gave their capsule such power that –
that they launched themselves outwards –
outwards in an impeccable trajectory, that band –
that band of tranquil defiers, not to plant any –
any home with roots but to keep a –
a voyaging generation voyaging, and as far –
as far as there would ever be a home in space –
space that needs time and time that needs life.

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Ebook and paperback: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon" rel="nofollow">https://books2read.com/TheNextHorizon</a>Amelia and The Book of Newts are in conflict. She wants to explore her feelings. It wants to explore space, taking back the gift for mathematics and piloting it gave her. She’s left unable to plot a direct course home. She’s desperate to see the man she loves, lest she lose him forever and The Book is in her way…<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefantasy/" rel="tag">#sciencefantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a>

(Left) The cover of The Next Horizon, by Owen Tyme.

The black silhouette of a man and woman embracing. They stand atop the dark side of a planet or moon in space, which has a slim crescent along the right side. The background is the stars of space, but some have been highlighted with a heart shape that surrounds the couple. Everything is in shades of blue.

(Right) Deep space, displaying the edge of an orange and blue gaseous cloud from a nebula, while most of the stars appear golden in color. Floating in space is a square, red leather book with the image of a newt stamped on the cover. Over the top of everything is the following text:

“You can back down and cooperate, right now, or Marta will hit you so hard, you should reach a tenth the speed of light…”

“No one will ever find you again, but even if someone does, there’s no way they’ll have the capacity to safely slow you down, before you’re gone to them!”

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

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<a href="/tags/travel/" rel="tag">#Travel</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="/tags/cruise/" rel="tag">#Cruise</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/badmovies/" rel="tag">#BadMovies</a> <a href="/tags/rugbyleague/" rel="tag">#RugbyLeague</a> <a href="/tags/nfl/" rel="tag">#NFL</a> <a href="/tags/patriots/" rel="tag">#Patriots</a> <a href="/tags/mst3k/" rel="tag">#MST3K</a> <a href="/tags/architecture/" rel="tag">#Architecture</a> <a href="/tags/brutalism/" rel="tag">#Brutalism</a> <a href="/tags/artdeco/" rel="tag">#ArtDeco</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/astronomy/" rel="tag">#Astronomy</a> <a href="/tags/archaeology/" rel="tag">#Archaeology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/portsmouth/" rel="tag">#Portsmouth</a> Ignore this post. I need to pin my bio hashtags in a post because the bio links frustratingly break out of the advanced web view in this Mastodon build and they're my shortcut way of browsing posts. Hoping they fix this in a later build.

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As the Kindle edition sale on "8" comes to its end, a big thanks to everyone who participated, and a little reminder that there's a lot more to explore in The Nod/Wells Timelines speculative-fiction universe!<a href="http://michaelshotter.com" rel="nofollow">http://michaelshotter.com</a>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thriller/" rel="tag">#thriller</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/reads/" rel="tag">#reads</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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Fast food for thought. New worlds, cool cats, and fresh ideas—follow Inkican for fun sci-fi stories and friendly vibes. Change the world by changing yourself- one story at a time.<a href="https://inkican.com/emergency-reality-shelter" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inkican.com/emergency-reality-shelter">https://inkican.com/emergency-reality-shelter</a><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#Scifi</a> <a href="/tags/gsbcw/" rel="tag">#GSBCW</a> <a href="/tags/scificommunity/" rel="tag">#scificommunity</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a>

An inflatable emergency shelter labeled 'Emergency Reality Shelter' - This haven of quirky and offbeat independent scifi stories lets me take narrative risks and avoid conventional sci-fi tropes.

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Great article on post-Jules Verne French science fiction that I had never heard of before.<a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality">https://aeon.co/essays/how-french-merveilleux-scientifique-fiction-reframed-reality</a>

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Chapter 15 of Princess of Kurg is available to read on <a href="/tags/royalroad/" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city</a>Aurora Rosegrass, Queen of Queens, looks back on the day Minerva died, when her successor challenged her for her title...<a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#sff</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fairies/" rel="tag">#fairies</a> <a href="/tags/webseries/" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

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My latest read: "The Forgotten War" by Adam Hulse - Author - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're a fan of multi-genre speculative fiction, this is a book you won't soon forget!<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7790752183" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7790752183">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7790752183</a>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/alternatehistory/" rel="tag">#alternatehistory</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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As you might expect, when Ronald McGillvray and I created The Post Mortem Report over three years ago, one of our goals was to inform readers about us and our work as authors but we also like to have fun, something I think comes across nicely in our latest trailer for the show. 🙂<a href="https://youtu.be/5DBGUaoM7Rc" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/5DBGUaoM7Rc</a>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi @horrorbooks <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/authorcast/" rel="tag">#authorcast</a> <a href="/tags/trailer/" rel="tag">#trailer</a> <a href="/tags/teaser/" rel="tag">#teaser</a> <a href="/tags/sample/" rel="tag">#sample</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/booktube/" rel="tag">#booktube</a> <a href="/tags/authortube/" rel="tag">#authortube</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a>

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Thousands of years from now... humans have long since left a depleted Earth, and much of what we know about it is forgotten or confused.But the arts are thriving, and two drama graduates find something unexpected when they make a pit stop to find parts to fix their tea machine...An Unscheduled Stop: a short story inspired by Orford Ness <a href="https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/">https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/</a><a href="/tags/shortstory/" rel="tag">#ShortStory</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/hopepunk/" rel="tag">#Hopepunk</a>

A view of the shingle fields at Orford Ness, including two derelict concrete buildings in the distance and two hares between them and the camera

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Here's the THU-THU 🐘 <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> / <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartycalendar/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyCalendar</a> 📅for JULY 17-24, 2025Stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay home with watch parties😎📺🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ <a href="http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties</a> ⏰ All times US Eastern<a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/westerns/" rel="tag">#Westerns</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/mysteries/" rel="tag">#Mysteries</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#Action</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cinemastodon/" rel="tag">#CineMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartyalert/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyAlert</a> 💐 THANK YOU FELLOW HOSTS 😎 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MatthewTitus88</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@MirrorAyako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MirrorAyako</a> <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Taweret</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lilymarswrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lilymarswrites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@analgesicsleep</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AnnOMalley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnnOMalley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpepper22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@greenpepper22</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/@theotherbrook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theotherbrook</a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hyde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rsmon77" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rsmon77</a> <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@bunnyhero" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bunnyhero</a>

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Here's the weekly THU-THU 🐘 <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> / <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartycalendar/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyCalendar</a> 📅for JUNE 26-JULY 3, 2025🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ <a href="http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties</a> 🕰️ All times EasternNOTE: <a href="/tags/fugitivetv63/" rel="tag">#FugitiveTV63</a> is <a href="/tags/elleryqueen75/" rel="tag">#ElleryQueen75</a> this weekend<a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/westerns/" rel="tag">#Westerns</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/mysteries/" rel="tag">#Mysteries</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#Action</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cinemastodon/" rel="tag">#CineMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartyalert/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyAlert</a> 💐 THX FELLOW HOSTS <a href="https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MatthewTitus88</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@MirrorAyako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MirrorAyako</a> <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Taweret</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lilymarswrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lilymarswrites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@analgesicsleep</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AnnOMalley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnnOMalley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpepper22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@greenpepper22</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/@theotherbrook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theotherbrook</a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hyde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rsmon77" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rsmon77</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@LisaMarieBowman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LisaMarieBowman</a>

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finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/7XJROmBNujm2wzcedzSCdv" rel="nofollow">Sleeping Giants</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 by Sylvain Neuval.An alien artifact triggers a race to harness its immense power. Told mostly via interview transcripts, which kinda works (I liked how the interviewer gradually becomes more of a protagonist, and more invested in the interviewees) but doesn't do justice to the action sequences. Smoking Man X-Files vibes.<a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/sff/" rel="tag">#SFF</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WildWoila</a> <a href="https://wyrms.de/user/wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wildwoila@wyrms.de</a>

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Transmission <a href="/tags/28/" rel="tag">#28</a> – From the Head of Sericulture Transmission from: Briony Ash, Head of Sericulture, Luxembourg Base, Copernicus D Crater, Moon Earth Received Time: 12 June 2045, 10:13:49 UTThe latest report from Project Abeona, a small group of poets living off-world in a speculative future(Transmission <a href="/tags/28/" rel="tag">#28</a> by Pippa Goldschmidt)<a href="https://projectabeonapoetry.substack.com/p/transmission-28-from-the-head-of" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projectabeonapoetry.substack.com/p/transmission-28-from-the-head-of">https://projectabeonapoetry.substack.com/p/transmission-28-from-the-head-of</a><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/prosepoem/" rel="tag">#prosepoem</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/speculativefiction/" rel="tag">#speculativefiction</a>

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It suddenly struck me the other day that generative AI used in government and media has a very Memoirs Found in a Bathtub quality about it. One of the premises of Lem's (amazing) novel is that paper disintegrates for unknown reasons, leaving very few hard records of anything. The book is a mock diary of a person who lived through the disorienting chaos that ensued. <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/stanislawlem/" rel="tag">#StanislawLem</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/cybernetics/" rel="tag">#cybernetics</a>

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Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12015.Feersum_Endjinn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/book/show/12015.Feersum_Endjinn">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12015.Feersum_Endjinn</a>1 of thi moust entataynink syfy reeds ov ol, hooj recomindayshn :)<a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/amreading/" rel="tag">#amreading</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/kindle/" rel="tag">#kindle</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/booktoot/" rel="tag">#booktoot</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/knihy/" rel="tag">#knihy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> @bookstodon @scifi @knihy

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My latest read: "Fleet of Knives" by Gareth L. Powell - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoyed "Embers of War" and like yourself some full-blown space opera action and adventure, this one's definitely worth a look!<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308</a>@bookstodon @specfic @scifi <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendation/" rel="tag">#bookrecommendation</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecommendations/" rel="tag">#bookrecommendations</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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Here's the THU-THU 🐘 <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> / <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartycalendar/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyCalendar</a> 📅for JULY 24-31, 2025🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ <a href="http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties</a> ⏰ All times US Eastern<a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/westerns/" rel="tag">#Westerns</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/mysteries/" rel="tag">#Mysteries</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#Action</a> <a href="/tags/comedy/" rel="tag">#Comedy</a> <a href="/tags/movies/" rel="tag">#Movies</a> <a href="/tags/filmmastodon/" rel="tag">#FilmMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cinemastodon/" rel="tag">#CineMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/watchpartyalert/" rel="tag">#WatchPartyAlert</a> 💐 THANK YOU FELLOW HOSTS 😎 <a href="https://mastodon.social/@MatthewTitus88" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MatthewTitus88</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/@MirrorAyako" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MirrorAyako</a> <a href="https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Taweret</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lilymarswrites" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lilymarswrites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@analgesicsleep</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AnnOMalley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AnnOMalley</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@greenpepper22" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@greenpepper22</a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/@theotherbrook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@theotherbrook</a> <a href="https://lazybear.social/@hyde" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hyde</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rsmon77" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rsmon77</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@LisaMarieBowman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LisaMarieBowman</a>

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You are walking at a nearby park when suddenly a beautiful being with pointy ears asked you question in a language that seems alien. What will be your first thought or yoyr first words?Tags: <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/elf/" rel="tag">#Elf</a> <a href="/tags/vulcan/" rel="tag">#Vulcan</a> <a href="/tags/warcraft/" rel="tag">#Warcraft</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#DnD</a> <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> <a href="/tags/lordoftherings/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="/tags/fae/" rel="tag">#Fae</a>

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You finished your lunch meeting and on your way back to your office when suddenly a handsome being with pointy ears asked you question in a language that sounds elvish and a voice that is soothing to your ears. What will be your first thought or your first words?Tags: <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="/tags/elf/" rel="tag">#Elf</a> <a href="/tags/vulcan/" rel="tag">#Vulcan</a> <a href="/tags/warcraft/" rel="tag">#Warcraft</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#DnD</a> <a href="/tags/startrek/" rel="tag">#StarTrek</a> <a href="/tags/lordoftherings/" rel="tag">#LordOfTheRings</a> <a href="/tags/fae/" rel="tag">#Fae</a>

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Here's a fun one I like to dust off from time to time: A playlist of all the songs mentioned in my epic sci-fi action/adventure novel "309." Which one is your favorite?<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44jn2ZtxT042lQqA2cyV6f?si=6cce850b89ed489d" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.spotify.com/playlist/44jn2ZtxT042lQqA2cyV6f?si=6cce850b89ed489d">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/44jn2ZtxT042lQqA2cyV6f?si=6cce850b89ed489d</a>@bookstodon @scifi @specfic <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/playlist/" rel="tag">#playlist</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/action/" rel="tag">#action</a> <a href="/tags/adventure/" rel="tag">#adventure</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/309book/" rel="tag">#309Book</a> <a href="/tags/nodwellstimelines/" rel="tag">#NodWellsTimelines</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a>

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