Bogi Takács / SONG OF SPORES out NOW!
@bogiperson.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
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Suddenly a database! All the intersex #ownvoices books | Bogi Reads the World
www.bogireadstheworld.com
#IntersexAwarenessDay was on Shabbat... so this is me belatedly letting you know about some of my intersex book resources!
Intersex books BY intersex authors:
www.bogireadstheworld.com/intersex-own...
All the books (any topic) by Black intersex authors:
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
Intersex books BY intersex authors:
www.bogireadstheworld.com/intersex-own...
All the books (any topic) by Black intersex authors:
www.bogireadstheworld.com/a-list-of-bo...
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Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
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2025 award eligibility post! | Bogi Takács
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January 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
2025 award eligibility post! | Bogi Takács
Get more from Bogi Takács on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Here is my award eligibility for 2025! Now in a tidier version and one that hopefully has everything: stories, poems, a book, some miscellanea...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
www.patreon.com/posts/2025-a...
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2025 award eligibility post! | Bogi Takács
Get more from Bogi Takács on Patreon
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January 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Thank you for doing this! Here’s mine, if you’d be so kind: www.sylviealthoff.com/blog/2025-aw...
2025 Awards Season Eligibility — Sylvie Althoff
I’ve had six published stories in 2025! If you’ve enjoyed reading them, keep them in mind when submitting for this year’s awards season.
www.sylviealthoff.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Thank you for doing this! Here’s mine, if you’d be so kind: www.sylviealthoff.com/blog/2025-aw...
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Browse our list of most anticipated 2026 titles in translation, spanning across 13 countries and ten different languages. You’re sure to find a new book to add to the top of your TBR. Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Browse our list of most anticipated 2026 titles in translation, spanning across 13 countries and ten different languages. You’re sure to find a new book to add to the top of your TBR. Read here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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MY DREADFUL BODY by Egana Djabbarova (tr. @lizoksbooks.bsky.social , @newvesselpress.bsky.social) is Education Fellow Emma Deshpande’s pick: bookshop.org/p/books/my-d...
My Dreadful Body
Check out My Dreadful Body - <p><span><b>"Gripping, vivid . . . plainspoken and elegiac. I've never read anything like it."—Claire Oshetsky, author of<i> Poor Deer</i></b></span></p><p><span>A…
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January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
MY DREADFUL BODY by Egana Djabbarova (tr. @lizoksbooks.bsky.social , @newvesselpress.bsky.social) is Education Fellow Emma Deshpande’s pick: bookshop.org/p/books/my-d...
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I wish this had been my first read of 2026; instead, it's my second). What a lovely, lovely memoir. Out 7 Jan.
Thanks for the DRC, @laurencerand.com 💛
Thanks for the DRC, @laurencerand.com 💛
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I wish this had been my first read of 2026; instead, it's my second). What a lovely, lovely memoir. Out 7 Jan.
Thanks for the DRC, @laurencerand.com 💛
Thanks for the DRC, @laurencerand.com 💛
Me: Dear students, please do not use "AI"
Literally everything I open on the university computer connected to the projector in the classroom: "TIME TO USE AI!!!!"
😭
Literally everything I open on the university computer connected to the projector in the classroom: "TIME TO USE AI!!!!"
😭
Microslop is willing to cannibalize one of the most recognizable product names in the world in an effort to force people to engage with their “AI” assistant.
This is going to confuse the hell out of people and be a bigger debacle than HBO / MAX.
This is going to confuse the hell out of people and be a bigger debacle than HBO / MAX.
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Me: Dear students, please do not use "AI"
Literally everything I open on the university computer connected to the projector in the classroom: "TIME TO USE AI!!!!"
😭
Literally everything I open on the university computer connected to the projector in the classroom: "TIME TO USE AI!!!!"
😭
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okay open call, if you have an SFF romance coming out in 2026, and it's not grindingly heteropatriarchal in outlook and values, please tell me about it! I'm compiling my reading lists!
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
okay open call, if you have an SFF romance coming out in 2026, and it's not grindingly heteropatriarchal in outlook and values, please tell me about it! I'm compiling my reading lists!
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Speaking of awards, here is my award eligibility thread for work published in 2025, with emphasis on poetry.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
January 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Speaking of awards, here is my award eligibility thread for work published in 2025, with emphasis on poetry.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
In 2026, Nebula and maybe(?) the Hugo will have a poetry category. That's awesome. Speculative poetry is amazing. There's also the Rhysling, and Ignyte I think.
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*looks at the news*
Um, if anyone wants to read a queer book from Greenland, I recommend Last Night in Nuuk!
I wrote about it on Goodreads a while ago -
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Um, if anyone wants to read a queer book from Greenland, I recommend Last Night in Nuuk!
I wrote about it on Goodreads a while ago -
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Bogi Takács's review of Last Night in Nuuk
Contemporary queer fiction set in Greenland by a Greenlandic Indigenous author. I liked it - the anger, the uneasy fit with the world, the dynamism that pushes against conventional narrative framings....
www.goodreads.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
*looks at the news*
Um, if anyone wants to read a queer book from Greenland, I recommend Last Night in Nuuk!
I wrote about it on Goodreads a while ago -
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Um, if anyone wants to read a queer book from Greenland, I recommend Last Night in Nuuk!
I wrote about it on Goodreads a while ago -
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Oh this looks up my alley!
Right. I have at least ONE THING to look forward to in the second half of this year (I heard @everinamaxwell.bsky.social mention this last year at Eastercon and I was sold even then):
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
torpublishinggroup.com/call-me-trai...
Call Me Traitor
torpublishinggroup.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Oh this looks up my alley!
Shooting at City Hall, I think the entire town is thinking is it That Guy, I know nothing. 😬 I hope everyone is safe, the news says the situation has been controlled:
lawrencekstimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
lawrencekstimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
Developing story: Lawrence City Hall closed after ‘altercation’
Developing story: Lawrence City Hall will be closed Monday following an "altercation," according to Lawrence police.
lawrencekstimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Shooting at City Hall, I think the entire town is thinking is it That Guy, I know nothing. 😬 I hope everyone is safe, the news says the situation has been controlled:
lawrencekstimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
lawrencekstimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
I was wondering if anyone was making a list of these because there are so many coming up! And yes:
2026 has the potential to be an even better year for detective games than last year, which had at least 46 releases! I made a thread here for upcoming games I am aware of. If I have played the Demo or Playtested it, I will describe the games a bit, as well as when they state their release dates.
January 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I was wondering if anyone was making a list of these because there are so many coming up! And yes:
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Last call for the Steam winter sale! My thread of 50 cool indie games.
Ahahaha my time has come!!! Let's do this!!!
I'm a bit pressed for time rn, so I'll probably do a couple now, and the rest over the weekend (G-d willing).
A lot of puzzle / thinky games, narrative-focused, queer stuff will follow (not every game is all of these, but some definitely are!)
I'm a bit pressed for time rn, so I'll probably do a couple now, and the rest over the weekend (G-d willing).
A lot of puzzle / thinky games, narrative-focused, queer stuff will follow (not every game is all of these, but some definitely are!)
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Last call for the Steam winter sale! My thread of 50 cool indie games.
Last call for the Steam winter sale! My thread of 50 cool indie games.
Ahahaha my time has come!!! Let's do this!!!
I'm a bit pressed for time rn, so I'll probably do a couple now, and the rest over the weekend (G-d willing).
A lot of puzzle / thinky games, narrative-focused, queer stuff will follow (not every game is all of these, but some definitely are!)
I'm a bit pressed for time rn, so I'll probably do a couple now, and the rest over the weekend (G-d willing).
A lot of puzzle / thinky games, narrative-focused, queer stuff will follow (not every game is all of these, but some definitely are!)
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
January 5, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Last call for the Steam winter sale! My thread of 50 cool indie games.
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Over the past 20 years, I find myself performing less and less colposcopy and LEEP procedures. These procedures are literally becoming extinct because of the HPV vaccine!!!
Never been so happy to be obsolete.
Never been so happy to be obsolete.
Also very cool: a study from 2024 found that in Scottish women fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine in 2008, *no* cases of cervical cancer have been found. Not a single one. 100% success rate.
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Over the past 20 years, I find myself performing less and less colposcopy and LEEP procedures. These procedures are literally becoming extinct because of the HPV vaccine!!!
Never been so happy to be obsolete.
Never been so happy to be obsolete.
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re: the discussion about negative reviews and "worst-off" lists which crops up from time to time, I want to tell you a story.
Back in the days of yore I sold my first story, "Geddarien," to Fantasy Magazine.
Back in the days of yore I sold my first story, "Geddarien," to Fantasy Magazine.
January 4, 2026 at 9:31 PM
re: the discussion about negative reviews and "worst-off" lists which crops up from time to time, I want to tell you a story.
Back in the days of yore I sold my first story, "Geddarien," to Fantasy Magazine.
Back in the days of yore I sold my first story, "Geddarien," to Fantasy Magazine.
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I was wondering if I knew of any game developers from Venezuela, and José Hernández, the developer of Sokobond Express, is from Caracas!
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
An interview with José Hernández, creator of Sokobond Express · Thinky Games
We sat down with José Hernández to get a glimpse into the making of his chemistry-on-rails puzzle game, Sokobond Express.
thinkygames.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I was wondering if I knew of any game developers from Venezuela, and José Hernández, the developer of Sokobond Express, is from Caracas!
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
I was wondering if I knew of any game developers from Venezuela, and José Hernández, the developer of Sokobond Express, is from Caracas!
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
An interview with José Hernández, creator of Sokobond Express · Thinky Games
We sat down with José Hernández to get a glimpse into the making of his chemistry-on-rails puzzle game, Sokobond Express.
thinkygames.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I was wondering if I knew of any game developers from Venezuela, and José Hernández, the developer of Sokobond Express, is from Caracas!
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
Itch: josehzz.itch.io
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/...
Cool interview: thinkygames.com/features/an-...
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For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
January 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well:
go.bsky.app/8daQmpX
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Starting a thread of some of the books I'm reading this year. First book of 2026 is...
1. The Starseekers by Nicole Glover - SF/mystery/fantasy genre blend, alt history, MC doing the magical version of Hidden Figures
1. The Starseekers by Nicole Glover - SF/mystery/fantasy genre blend, alt history, MC doing the magical version of Hidden Figures
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Starting a thread of some of the books I'm reading this year. First book of 2026 is...
1. The Starseekers by Nicole Glover - SF/mystery/fantasy genre blend, alt history, MC doing the magical version of Hidden Figures
1. The Starseekers by Nicole Glover - SF/mystery/fantasy genre blend, alt history, MC doing the magical version of Hidden Figures
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the idealism of the superhero is that someone, given incredible power and not held accountable by anything except their own moral code, will choose to do good things and help people. because that is, honestly, what most people do when given power and held accountable only by their own moral code
People ask me why do you like superheroes. Aren’t you a little old for all that?
Well what if we had someone like Superman show up on the scene about now? I love superheroes because they represent the best in us and an opportunity with superpowers to make a positive change in a broken world.
Well what if we had someone like Superman show up on the scene about now? I love superheroes because they represent the best in us and an opportunity with superpowers to make a positive change in a broken world.
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
the idealism of the superhero is that someone, given incredible power and not held accountable by anything except their own moral code, will choose to do good things and help people. because that is, honestly, what most people do when given power and held accountable only by their own moral code
Is this real, I am not seeing it elsewhere...?
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Is this real, I am not seeing it elsewhere...?
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Even though I myself thought at first that Stalker was too slow, now if someone says that I bristle
(the slowness is a feature - it's needed)
And how much easier it is to defend something that's considered a classic, a work with books written about it, than something new and/or obscure
(the slowness is a feature - it's needed)
And how much easier it is to defend something that's considered a classic, a work with books written about it, than something new and/or obscure
January 2, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Even though I myself thought at first that Stalker was too slow, now if someone says that I bristle
(the slowness is a feature - it's needed)
And how much easier it is to defend something that's considered a classic, a work with books written about it, than something new and/or obscure
(the slowness is a feature - it's needed)
And how much easier it is to defend something that's considered a classic, a work with books written about it, than something new and/or obscure