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The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
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ICE, out now, is a Trans-Siberian odyssey into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. Here translator Ursula Phillips reveals the journey to bring Jacek Dukaj's novel to an English readership: https://bit.ly/4qT5DR9
Ursula Phillips translator | Ice by Jacek Dukaj
Ursula Phillips is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK. Here, she revea...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson out now - very strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle ebook ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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westlandbooks.bsky.social
Listen to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social talk to @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social about Between Worlds and the realm of Indian SFF.

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Between Worlds: Gautam Bhatia Talks Evolution & Future of Indian Sci-Fi Fantasy
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
Thanks to @writersdigest.bsky.social for letting me explore the differences between my publishing copywriter day job & writing my first novel, #Exo. Spoiler: it's not just word count.
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Shifting From Publishing Copywriter to Published Novelist
Author Colin Brush shares how he went from writing reductive copy for novels to expanding copy into a novel.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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You can still get a copy of the limited special edition of THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS from Inkstone btw! Signed, numbered, sprayed edges and other fancy touches. Excellent gift for the bookish people in your life (if I do say so so myself) inkstonebooks.com/product/sain...
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera - Limited Edition - Inkstone Books
Signed & Numbered First Edition of The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, with sprayed edges and case foiling.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Book review: Project Hanuman, by Stewart Hotston ( published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social )
@skiffyandfanty.com hosts the review by @pematson.bsky.social
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Book review: Project Hanuman, by Stewart Hotston
It’s a book full of anxiety, dread, and suspense, but also a thoughtful exploration of war, negotiation, and potential ways of being.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Happy book birthday! 🍾
stewarthotston.com Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 3d
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.

#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
Thanks to reading twins Alexis and Anna for the solid review of Exo. The end of the world really isn't long now . . .
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Review: Exo by Colin Brush
Alexis: Exo comes out on November 18th, 2025! A debut sci-fi mystery set on an abandoned future Earth, featuring a twisty mystery straight out of a John le Carré novel, a group of larger-than-life …
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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ianzpotter.bsky.social
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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britfantasysoc.bsky.social
The BFS and Waterstones Covent Gdn is excited to bring you Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy Religion on Thursday 13th November at 6pm.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfswatgod

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A background of grey with a gothic scrollwork on it, announcing that Marve Anson, Anna Smith Spark, Stewart Hotston and Will Wiles will be conversing with Alexandra Beaumont at a British Fantasy Society event in Waterstones Covent Garden on 13th November at 6pm. The authors are pictured by their book covers.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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nancyamazon.bsky.social
Super late to the party on this one, but loving it - by @byzantienne.bsky.social - just stunning world building, the level of detail in language and names is breathtaking.
Cover design for A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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“WHY WOULD ANYONE LOOK INSIDE AN ALIEN EGG??” this is why:
November 18, 2024 at 8:35 PM
clarkeaward.bsky.social
Shortlisted for the 2019 Clarke Award too!
wiswell.bsky.social John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 5d
Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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tadethompson.bsky.social
Seconded.
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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wiswell.bsky.social
Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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maxgladstone.bsky.social
UK folks, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is a monthly Kindle deal for November: just 99p! Often this sort of deal leads to price-matching at other online retailers, too. Happy reading!
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side
A sharp, funny and engaging autobiography from one of the towering literary figures of our age
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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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😱 - "Yes! Hell yes!"
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
clarkeaward.bsky.social
Picador unveils China Miéville’s new novel, 20 years in the making
Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
Has life today been enshittified? Cory Doctorow's new book explores
Enshittification is a term coined by Cory Doctorow in 2022. In his new book, Doctorow lays out how tech companies have made our lives progressively worse, finds Matthew Sparkes
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November 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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startswithabang.bsky.social
Why aliens might not “speak physics” the same way we do

If an alien species achieved interstellar communication or even interstellar travel, can we assume they've developed the same laws of physics as us?

Maybe not, and here's why.
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Why aliens might not "speak physics" the same way we do
Physicist Daniel Whiteson challenges the notion that all intelligent species would eventually uncover the same laws of nature. Do you agree?
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October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
Some blurbs hint (1/2) Originally published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social the @michaeljbooks.bsky.social edition of Lauren Beukes' @clarkeaward.bsky.social winning Zoo City features the original cover & blurb. The book's big weird involves criminals being magically attached to animal familiars ...
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes and Lemur Blurbs: Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheque, she's forced to take on her least favourite kind of job - missing persons. Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions reside. Instead it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives - including her own.
October 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
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Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann. Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Had a fantastically effusive message from "Dinah Arnold Literary" who use a gmail address and do not otherwise seem to exist, praising a recent book in quite extraordinarily purple prose and setting out a detailed "campaign strategy" to market it. Assume AI generated, but it's
October 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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titanbooks.bsky.social
WRETCH by @ericlarocca.bsky.social is currently 25% off in the Waterstones 2026 Pre-Order Promotion! #WPreorder

Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17.

https://bit.ly/WSpreorder
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM