Christopher L. Bennett
@clbennettauthor.bsky.social
Author of prose & audio science fiction, both original (including the Arachne/Troubleshooter prose series & Tangent Knights audiobook trilogy) and tie-in (Star Trek and Marvel Comics).
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX begins ramping up into its big season-ending arc, but unfortunately does so in an extremely dull fashion. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low, low prices!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 20: “Bad Seed” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX begins ramping up into its big season-ending arc, but unfortunately does so in an extremely dull fashion. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low, low prices!
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Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books
Footprints in the Stars | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)Beyond the CradleTo follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before, first we must find them.…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books
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Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books
Footprints in the Stars | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)Beyond the CradleTo follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before, first we must find them.…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books
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Listen to a Graphic Audio sample from Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/wfXtM5Q When Cory is accidentally empowered with the most advanced armor system yet, Morgan tries to renew her bond with her daughter and train her to be a hero, a decision she may come to regret.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Listen to a Graphic Audio sample from Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/wfXtM5Q When Cory is accidentally empowered with the most advanced armor system yet, Morgan tries to renew her bond with her daughter and train her to be a hero, a decision she may come to regret.
I've now completed uploading my full Patreon #review series for STARHUNTER REDUX (Tuesdays) and ROBOCOP (Fridays), so I'm covered for exactly the next 6 months. My timing was better than I expected, since both series will end in the same week!
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've now completed uploading my full Patreon #review series for STARHUNTER REDUX (Tuesdays) and ROBOCOP (Fridays), so I'm covered for exactly the next 6 months. My timing was better than I expected, since both series will end in the same week!
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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50% Off this Original Superhero Trilogy! Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/VLALdBw. In the year 2046, on the artificial-island arcology of New Avalon, Corazón “Cory” Kagami is a bright but impulsive college student who follows her passions, resisting the will of her mothe.
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
50% Off this Original Superhero Trilogy! Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/VLALdBw. In the year 2046, on the artificial-island arcology of New Avalon, Corazón “Cory” Kagami is a bright but impulsive college student who follows her passions, resisting the will of her mothe.
In my #Patreon rewatch, #Robocop plays Ghost of Christmas Present (in April) and ends up under siege by land pirates in the first half of a loose 2-parter. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Rewatching ROBOCOP: THE SERIES (1994): Episode 4: “Officer Missing” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In my #Patreon rewatch, #Robocop plays Ghost of Christmas Present (in April) and ends up under siege by land pirates in the first half of a loose 2-parter. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Campus changes
Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the…
Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the…
Campus changes
Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the demolition and replacement of the deteriorating 1930s extension of the 1917 Old Chemistry building.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Campus changes
Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the…
Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the…
“Aleyara’s Flight” worldbuilding notes on my Patreon!
I've just posted a new entry in my Patreon's Behind the Scenes tier for the first time in a while. As a supplement to the release of "Aleyara's Flight" in the current issue of Analog, I've posted a series of excerpts from my worldbuilding notes…
I've just posted a new entry in my Patreon's Behind the Scenes tier for the first time in a while. As a supplement to the release of "Aleyara's Flight" in the current issue of Analog, I've posted a series of excerpts from my worldbuilding notes…
“Aleyara’s Flight” worldbuilding notes on my Patreon!
I've just posted a new entry in my Patreon's Behind the Scenes tier for the first time in a while. As a supplement to the release of "Aleyara's Flight" in the current issue of Analog, I've posted a series of excerpts from my worldbuilding notes about the Nilyoru, the ground-dwelling Biauru culture introduced in "Flight." As with my earlier notes…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Aleyara’s Flight” worldbuilding notes on my Patreon!
I've just posted a new entry in my Patreon's Behind the Scenes tier for the first time in a while. As a supplement to the release of "Aleyara's Flight" in the current issue of Analog, I've posted a series of excerpts from my worldbuilding notes…
I've just posted a new entry in my Patreon's Behind the Scenes tier for the first time in a while. As a supplement to the release of "Aleyara's Flight" in the current issue of Analog, I've posted a series of excerpts from my worldbuilding notes…
On STARHUNTER REDUX, Percy's teenage rebellion escalates to using party drugs and setting up an unauthorized shipboard machine gun nest, giving me serious doubts about her mental health. My #Patreon has #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 19: “Bad Girls” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
On STARHUNTER REDUX, Percy's teenage rebellion escalates to using party drugs and setting up an unauthorized shipboard machine gun nest, giving me serious doubts about her mental health. My #Patreon has #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices!
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When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My mistake has been trying to explain what "fascism" is to people who don't care what it is.
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
So I'm going to try something else. Let's do this as a practical thought exercise.
If America *were* fascist *today* - what would you have to do differently in your daily life? /1
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The Arachne’s AI unwittingly destroys a deep-space habitat of the Chirrn, and her crew commits themselves to a lifetime of penance as restitution. But a brutal act of vengeance forces them into exile in a distant part of the galaxy. Read Arachne’s Exile amzn.to/3pJOf13
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Arachne’s AI unwittingly destroys a deep-space habitat of the Chirrn, and her crew commits themselves to a lifetime of penance as restitution. But a brutal act of vengeance forces them into exile in a distant part of the galaxy. Read Arachne’s Exile amzn.to/3pJOf13
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The Arachne’s AI unwittingly destroys a deep-space habitat of the Chirrn, and her crew commits themselves to a lifetime of penance as restitution. But a brutal act of vengeance forces them into exile in a distant part of the galaxy. Read Arachne’s Exile amzn.to/3pJOf13
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Arachne’s AI unwittingly destroys a deep-space habitat of the Chirrn, and her crew commits themselves to a lifetime of penance as restitution. But a brutal act of vengeance forces them into exile in a distant part of the galaxy. Read Arachne’s Exile amzn.to/3pJOf13
On #Patreon, #Robocop: THE SERIES brings back one (or two?) of its pilot villains in a mediocre episode that should've probably come later, but handles RoboCop himself fairly well. My Patreon features #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Rewatching ROBOCOP: THE SERIES (1994): Episode 3: “Trouble in Delta City” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
On #Patreon, #Robocop: THE SERIES brings back one (or two?) of its pilot villains in a mediocre episode that should've probably come later, but handles RoboCop himself fairly well. My Patreon features #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...
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Highlights etc...
@clbennettauthor.bsky.social A. C. Koch Joyce & Stanley Schmidt Lilian Garratt-Smithson @marissalingen.bsky.social @lancerobinsonwriter.com C. L. Schact David Ebenbach James L. Cambias Robert Chilson @rreedsf.bsky.social Steven Saylor @kjkabza.bsky.social Michael Alexander
@clbennettauthor.bsky.social A. C. Koch Joyce & Stanley Schmidt Lilian Garratt-Smithson @marissalingen.bsky.social @lancerobinsonwriter.com C. L. Schact David Ebenbach James L. Cambias Robert Chilson @rreedsf.bsky.social Steven Saylor @kjkabza.bsky.social Michael Alexander
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Highlights etc...
@clbennettauthor.bsky.social A. C. Koch Joyce & Stanley Schmidt Lilian Garratt-Smithson @marissalingen.bsky.social @lancerobinsonwriter.com C. L. Schact David Ebenbach James L. Cambias Robert Chilson @rreedsf.bsky.social Steven Saylor @kjkabza.bsky.social Michael Alexander
@clbennettauthor.bsky.social A. C. Koch Joyce & Stanley Schmidt Lilian Garratt-Smithson @marissalingen.bsky.social @lancerobinsonwriter.com C. L. Schact David Ebenbach James L. Cambias Robert Chilson @rreedsf.bsky.social Steven Saylor @kjkabza.bsky.social Michael Alexander
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Cannot recommend highly enough @graphicaudio.bsky.social! Yeah, more expensive than traditional audiobooks, but these are full-on S-Tier audio drama productions of novels! Complete voice casts, music, sound effects, and edited appropriately to the format. Personally recommend the Stormlight Archive
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cannot recommend highly enough @graphicaudio.bsky.social! Yeah, more expensive than traditional audiobooks, but these are full-on S-Tier audio drama productions of novels! Complete voice casts, music, sound effects, and edited appropriately to the format. Personally recommend the Stormlight Archive
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Christopher L. Bennett gives readers an extensive history of the Biauru, the alien species he introduced readers to in 2023 and continues the story of in his latest Analog story, "Aleyara's Flight," from our Nov/Dec issue
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In an Alien Past: The History Behind “Aleyara’s Flight”
by Christopher L. Bennett In this special blog post, delve into the worldbuilding behind the Biauru, Christopher L. Bennett’s alien species that features in some of his newest work for Analog…
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November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Christopher L. Bennett gives readers an extensive history of the Biauru, the alien species he introduced readers to in 2023 and continues the story of in his latest Analog story, "Aleyara's Flight," from our Nov/Dec issue
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“Aleyara’s Flight” history essay now up on the Analog Companion!
As usual, the folks at Analog Science Fiction and Fact asked me to write an essay for their blog, The Astounding Analog Companion, to accompany my new novella "Aleyara's Flight." Rather than do the kind of Q&A piece I've generally…
As usual, the folks at Analog Science Fiction and Fact asked me to write an essay for their blog, The Astounding Analog Companion, to accompany my new novella "Aleyara's Flight." Rather than do the kind of Q&A piece I've generally…
“Aleyara’s Flight” history essay now up on the Analog Companion!
As usual, the folks at Analog Science Fiction and Fact asked me to write an essay for their blog, The Astounding Analog Companion, to accompany my new novella "Aleyara's Flight." Rather than do the kind of Q&A piece I've generally done before, it occurred to me to adapt some of my extensive history notes about Aleyara's species, the Biauru, and the world they inhabit, to give some extra insight into their world and culture.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Aleyara’s Flight” history essay now up on the Analog Companion!
As usual, the folks at Analog Science Fiction and Fact asked me to write an essay for their blog, The Astounding Analog Companion, to accompany my new novella "Aleyara's Flight." Rather than do the kind of Q&A piece I've generally…
As usual, the folks at Analog Science Fiction and Fact asked me to write an essay for their blog, The Astounding Analog Companion, to accompany my new novella "Aleyara's Flight." Rather than do the kind of Q&A piece I've generally…
On #Patreon, I cover both parts of a time-loopy STARHUNTER REDUX 2-parter, a bottle show even by the standards of a series with more bottles than a wine cellar. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 17-18: “A Twist in Time” & “Eat Sin” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On #Patreon, I cover both parts of a time-loopy STARHUNTER REDUX 2-parter, a bottle show even by the standards of a series with more bottles than a wine cellar. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices!
www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...
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You know they are out there, and you want to believe, don't you? Read Footprints in the Stars, an anthology of science fiction, a Tangent Online 2019 Recommended Read! especbooks.square.site/product/foot...
#scifi #sciencefiction
#scifi #sciencefiction
Footprints in the Stars | eSpec Books
(If you are placing a *digital-only* order, please use discount code NOSHIP to remove the shipping.)Beyond the CradleTo follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before, first we must find them.…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
You know they are out there, and you want to believe, don't you? Read Footprints in the Stars, an anthology of science fiction, a Tangent Online 2019 Recommended Read! especbooks.square.site/product/foot...
#scifi #sciencefiction
#scifi #sciencefiction
On #Patreon, I review both ROBOCOP: THE SERIES's 2nd episode and the Dark Horse Comics miniseries it adapted, in which RoboCop is framed for a murder it seems only he could have committed. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews & #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Rewatching ROBOCOP: THE SERIES (1994): Episode 2: “Prime Suspect” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett
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November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
On #Patreon, I review both ROBOCOP: THE SERIES's 2nd episode and the Dark Horse Comics miniseries it adapted, in which RoboCop is framed for a murder it seems only he could have committed. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews & #sciencefiction for low prices!
www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...
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Add the #ArachneOmnibus to your to-read list and get both #ArachnesCrime and #ArachnesExile in one convenient volume for hours of exciting science fiction reading www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... #FirstContact #AlienEncounter @clbennettauthor.bsky.social
The Arachne Omnibus (The Arachne #1-2)
What a Tangled Web… The crew of the interstellar colon…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Add the #ArachneOmnibus to your to-read list and get both #ArachnesCrime and #ArachnesExile in one convenient volume for hours of exciting science fiction reading www.goodreads.com/book/show/56... #FirstContact #AlienEncounter @clbennettauthor.bsky.social