Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ
@andrewliptak.com
Writer, historian, cosplayer, Vermonter. Author of Cosplay: A History.
Newsletter: https://www.andrewliptak.com
Newsletter: https://www.andrewliptak.com
I love that Lego has brought back and reimagined some of these older sets.
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I love that Lego has brought back and reimagined some of these older sets.
Book 57 of 2025: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social. Intriguing examination of right-wing culture and how science fiction can figure into it, either by design or by willful misinterpretation.
December 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Book 57 of 2025: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by @jordanscarroll.bsky.social. Intriguing examination of right-wing culture and how science fiction can figure into it, either by design or by willful misinterpretation.
Book 56 of 2025: Fox Trot: Pass the Loot by @billamend.bsky.social. I picked up a stack of these collections this fall, and I’ve been enjoying working my way through them from the beginning. This was a fun one, and I’m always happy to see how well they’ve held up.
December 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Book 56 of 2025: Fox Trot: Pass the Loot by @billamend.bsky.social. I picked up a stack of these collections this fall, and I’ve been enjoying working my way through them from the beginning. This was a fun one, and I’m always happy to see how well they’ve held up.
@aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Time
@brianstaveley.bsky.social’s Unhewn Throne
@byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire / Desolation Called Peace
@karinlow.bsky.social’s Warchild
@annleckie.com’s Ancillary Justice
@brianstaveley.bsky.social’s Unhewn Throne
@byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire / Desolation Called Peace
@karinlow.bsky.social’s Warchild
@annleckie.com’s Ancillary Justice
OK, less contentious post:
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
You've been placed in charge of a movie studio, and have an unlimited budget to adapt any work of your choosing that has never been made into a live-action TV series or film. What are you picking?
For me: PC Hodgell's Kencyrath Cycle and there's no close second
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
@aptshadow.bsky.social’s Children of Time
@brianstaveley.bsky.social’s Unhewn Throne
@byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire / Desolation Called Peace
@karinlow.bsky.social’s Warchild
@annleckie.com’s Ancillary Justice
@brianstaveley.bsky.social’s Unhewn Throne
@byzantienne.bsky.social’s Memory Called Empire / Desolation Called Peace
@karinlow.bsky.social’s Warchild
@annleckie.com’s Ancillary Justice
Book 55 of 2025: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson. This was an interesting little book: a deep dive into a key sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It’s a neat exercise.
December 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Book 55 of 2025: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written by Walter Isaacson. This was an interesting little book: a deep dive into a key sentence of the Declaration of Independence. It’s a neat exercise.
Book 54 of 2025: Runes of Engagement by @daveklecha.bsky.social and @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social. Exactly as the title suggests: marines dropped into a fantasy world. It’s light, pilot, and a lot of fun.
December 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Book 54 of 2025: Runes of Engagement by @daveklecha.bsky.social and @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social. Exactly as the title suggests: marines dropped into a fantasy world. It’s light, pilot, and a lot of fun.
That’s no moon.
#CASSINI ORBITER #SATURN MISSION
Target: #Tethys
Time: 2005-10-13
Body Center Distance (km): 644184.003
Distance to Ring Intercept (km): 714451.634
Camera Narrow Angle Filter: Ir1 Grn Uv3
Finest Observed Resolution (km/pixel): 3.85615
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
Target: #Tethys
Time: 2005-10-13
Body Center Distance (km): 644184.003
Distance to Ring Intercept (km): 714451.634
Camera Narrow Angle Filter: Ir1 Grn Uv3
Finest Observed Resolution (km/pixel): 3.85615
opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...
NASA/JPL/j. Roger
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
That’s no moon.
This right here. @vermonthistory.org has 50,000 items in our library (that's just the items, not individual pages), and another 30,000 in our artifact collection. It's a *huge* task to digitize all of this.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This right here. @vermonthistory.org has 50,000 items in our library (that's just the items, not individual pages), and another 30,000 in our artifact collection. It's a *huge* task to digitize all of this.
Split Fiction hit all the right buttons for me: it's a video game about genre writers, IP and corporate malfeasance, wacky stories, and some really fun gameplay.
www.andrewliptak.com/split-fictio...
www.andrewliptak.com/split-fictio...
Storytelling machine
Hazelight's co-op game Split Fiction is a real delight
www.andrewliptak.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Split Fiction hit all the right buttons for me: it's a video game about genre writers, IP and corporate malfeasance, wacky stories, and some really fun gameplay.
www.andrewliptak.com/split-fictio...
www.andrewliptak.com/split-fictio...
Can anyone recommend a good day planner? I’m looking for something with decent paper, daily entries (a week per two pages?), stiff / hard cover?
December 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Can anyone recommend a good day planner? I’m looking for something with decent paper, daily entries (a week per two pages?), stiff / hard cover?
Well, this is obnoxious: techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
techcrunch.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well, this is obnoxious: techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/f...
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@alixeharrow.bsky.social's latest novel The Everlasting is a powerful read about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated.
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Origin stories
Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting is a powerful book about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated
www.andrewliptak.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@alixeharrow.bsky.social's latest novel The Everlasting is a powerful read about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated.
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Book 53 of 2025: Vermont Female Farmers by JuanCarlos González. This is a gorgeous photography book that showcases Vermont’s farm women and their stories. The photography is beautiful and it paints a picture of the connection these women have with the land.
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Book 53 of 2025: Vermont Female Farmers by JuanCarlos González. This is a gorgeous photography book that showcases Vermont’s farm women and their stories. The photography is beautiful and it paints a picture of the connection these women have with the land.
@alixeharrow.bsky.social's latest novel The Everlasting is a powerful read about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated.
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Origin stories
Alix E. Harrow's The Everlasting is a powerful book about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated
www.andrewliptak.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@alixeharrow.bsky.social's latest novel The Everlasting is a powerful read about a nation's origin story and how such narratives can be manipulated.
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Here's my review: www.andrewliptak.com/alix-harrow-...
Oh huh. Changing URLs seems to have broken the automatic fediverse posting that I had set up. If you followed @index.transfer-orbit.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy, uuuuhhhh. Sit tight?
Here's a heads up for Transfer Orbit stuff: the domain for my personal website was coming due, so I ended up shifting it over to Ghost. You can now find TO at www.andrewliptak.com.
Transfer Orbit Newsletter
A newsletter about science fiction, books, and the future
www.andrewliptak.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oh huh. Changing URLs seems to have broken the automatic fediverse posting that I had set up. If you followed @index.transfer-orbit.ghost.io.ap.brid.gy, uuuuhhhh. Sit tight?
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Well, this is depressing af. I will always have fond memories of grabbing the latest dragonlance, forgotten realms, dark sun, spelljammer, etc. They were almost always mass market paperbacks. So portable. So loved. So deeply missed.
Don't get old. They just take away the things you love.
Don't get old. They just take away the things you love.
The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
Stories for the masses
The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Well, this is depressing af. I will always have fond memories of grabbing the latest dragonlance, forgotten realms, dark sun, spelljammer, etc. They were almost always mass market paperbacks. So portable. So loved. So deeply missed.
Don't get old. They just take away the things you love.
Don't get old. They just take away the things you love.
This looks like a really cool book for Dune fans. It brings together the concept art for all three Dune films, and it's now funding on Kickstarter. www.andrewliptak.com/dune-the-sto...
The art of desert warfare
Dune: The Storyboards is now funding on Kickstarter
www.andrewliptak.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This looks like a really cool book for Dune fans. It brings together the concept art for all three Dune films, and it's now funding on Kickstarter. www.andrewliptak.com/dune-the-sto...
If you see this, repost with your favorite onscreen moment from SF, fantasy, or horror.
December 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If you see this, repost with your favorite onscreen moment from SF, fantasy, or horror.
If you see this, repost with your favourite onscreen moment from SF, Fantasy or Horror.
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
If you see this, repost with your favourite onscreen moment from SF, Fantasy or Horror.
Here's a heads up for Transfer Orbit stuff: the domain for my personal website was coming due, so I ended up shifting it over to Ghost. You can now find TO at www.andrewliptak.com.
Transfer Orbit Newsletter
A newsletter about science fiction, books, and the future
www.andrewliptak.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here's a heads up for Transfer Orbit stuff: the domain for my personal website was coming due, so I ended up shifting it over to Ghost. You can now find TO at www.andrewliptak.com.
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Mass market paperback is the ideal form of book.
The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
Stories for the masses
The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mass market paperback is the ideal form of book.
Andor and The Pitt. Both fantastic.
What were your favorite TV shows of the year? Sci-fi or not.
a close up of a man 's face with the words everything written below him
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words everything written below him
media.tenor.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Andor and The Pitt. Both fantastic.
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Allen Steele’s Coyote novels are back in print as of today! He experienced some issues with publishers and agents a while ago, and earlier this year announced he’d figured out how to get them back in circulation, via Open Road.
I spoke with Steele and wrote about their return here:
I spoke with Steele and wrote about their return here:
One of my favorite space operas is coming back to print
Long out of print, Allen M. Steele’s Coyote series is getting a rerelease
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Allen Steele’s Coyote novels are back in print as of today! He experienced some issues with publishers and agents a while ago, and earlier this year announced he’d figured out how to get them back in circulation, via Open Road.
I spoke with Steele and wrote about their return here:
I spoke with Steele and wrote about their return here:
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The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
Stories for the masses
The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
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Like idk 75%(maybe a little high but still) of the sci fi, horror, and fantasy greats we all celebrate and make shows about now are thanks to the mass market paperback format. This sucks
The era of the mass market paperback is coming to an end, and that’s not good thing for anyone.
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
I jotted down some thoughts about the history of the format and why its end isn’t a great sign for the publishing industry: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/mass-market-...
Stories for the masses
The Mass Market paperback format is ending with a whimper
transfer-orbit.ghost.io
December 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Like idk 75%(maybe a little high but still) of the sci fi, horror, and fantasy greats we all celebrate and make shows about now are thanks to the mass market paperback format. This sucks