Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
Novelist, scriptwriter, journalist, incompetent guitarist. I span the genres.
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Eddie Robson
@eddierobson.bsky.social
· Feb 6
ANNOUNCEMENT! My next novel, The Heist Of Hollow London, will be published by Tor on 30 September 2025.
One of the world's largest corporations collapses. During the sale of its assets, five clone workers are bought to steal a large sum of money stashed an obscure facility in a near-abandoned city.
One of the world's largest corporations collapses. During the sale of its assets, five clone workers are bought to steal a large sum of money stashed an obscure facility in a near-abandoned city.
Not even reacting to a headline here, reacting to HALF a headline. Why would there even be a headline declaring Jessie Buckley is British. Why would that be news.
Dear God. Nobody is saying she’s British here. We really need to calm down on this. 1/2
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Not even reacting to a headline here, reacting to HALF a headline. Why would there even be a headline declaring Jessie Buckley is British. Why would that be news.
It's just infinitely easier to do in a visual medium, and you get a bigger audience for it there too.
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It's just infinitely easier to do in a visual medium, and you get a bigger audience for it there too.
Oh there's no way he was paid. At most, he might have got sent some free stuff.
January 7, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Oh there's no way he was paid. At most, he might have got sent some free stuff.
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It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated
Professor Darren Michael has reportedly been reinstated and given $50,000 after being fired over posts about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The post Professor Fired for Charlie Kirk Post Gets $500,000 From School, Is Reinstated first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
It's good to use the resources at hand to fight because sometimes you win. Also, I keep thinking of the period after this man was killed and how a group of people tried to impose a new social reality. It didn't work. This too is a lesson.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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That whole room is deranged. Who looks at a room with those proportions and thinks "yes, this is a TV room". Asking people at the other end of the sofa what's happening on their side of the screen.
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
That whole room is deranged. Who looks at a room with those proportions and thinks "yes, this is a TV room". Asking people at the other end of the sofa what's happening on their side of the screen.
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Please stop posting stuff I don’t like. In the future try to do posts that I would enjoy
January 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Please stop posting stuff I don’t like. In the future try to do posts that I would enjoy
It's quite mad there have been whole phases of the show where they all but forgot this. Between 1967 and 1982 there are like five stories set in Earth's history. There are two which seem to be, but it's a fake-out. There are maybe four or five where time travel is actually part of the plot?
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It's quite mad there have been whole phases of the show where they all but forgot this. Between 1967 and 1982 there are like five stories set in Earth's history. There are two which seem to be, but it's a fake-out. There are maybe four or five where time travel is actually part of the plot?
It's been noted that the other fictional character to constantly namecheck brand names is Patrick Bateman, and I don't think Dean & Deluca were paying Bret Easton Ellis to mention how he was using their table salt.
January 7, 2026 at 12:39 PM
It's been noted that the other fictional character to constantly namecheck brand names is Patrick Bateman, and I don't think Dean & Deluca were paying Bret Easton Ellis to mention how he was using their table salt.
I saw this in another response - apparently this was to allow them to take advantage of lower mail rates for magazines!
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I saw this in another response - apparently this was to allow them to take advantage of lower mail rates for magazines!
My last couple of books have been sent in the near-ish future anyway, and like a lot of SF writers I'm wary of "Pan Am in Blade Runner" syndrome. Visions of the future always date, but they date faster if they contain brands that no longer exist.
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
My last couple of books have been sent in the near-ish future anyway, and like a lot of SF writers I'm wary of "Pan Am in Blade Runner" syndrome. Visions of the future always date, but they date faster if they contain brands that no longer exist.
I'd probably specify, say, a Coke because someone would naturally say that and if you say things like "cola" it all sounds a bit sticky-backed plastic, like you're avoiding the brand. But even then, if a character's drinking his fourth Coke of the book I'd start to find it weird.
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I'd probably specify, say, a Coke because someone would naturally say that and if you say things like "cola" it all sounds a bit sticky-backed plastic, like you're avoiding the brand. But even then, if a character's drinking his fourth Coke of the book I'd start to find it weird.
There are instances I might want to specify - it tells you something about someone if they drive a Porsche rather than a Ford Focus - but most things, it doesn't make enough difference. No-one cares if your TV is LG or your laptop is a Dell or your toothpaste is Crest, it'd seem weird to mention it.
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
There are instances I might want to specify - it tells you something about someone if they drive a Porsche rather than a Ford Focus - but most things, it doesn't make enough difference. No-one cares if your TV is LG or your laptop is a Dell or your toothpaste is Crest, it'd seem weird to mention it.
Yeah. It's hard to mention a brand more than once without it clunking - if it illustrates a point about a character, it only needs to be said once - and if a brand paid to be featured they'd want to be namechecked more than once.
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Yeah. It's hard to mention a brand more than once without it clunking - if it illustrates a point about a character, it only needs to be said once - and if a brand paid to be featured they'd want to be namechecked more than once.
I had the exact same thought. I'm not saying it's never happened but I really don't think it's a thing. Most novels don't sell enough to make it worthwhile, and it's very hard to mention a brand name more than once in a novel without it clunking.
January 7, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I had the exact same thought. I'm not saying it's never happened but I really don't think it's a thing. Most novels don't sell enough to make it worthwhile, and it's very hard to mention a brand name more than once in a novel without it clunking.
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caveated that I am absolutely sure someone could find an individual exception, but the OP says "plenty."
this feels a lot like the weird "authors are loaded" crowd that estimate midlist authors' "net worth" in the millions.
this feels a lot like the weird "authors are loaded" crowd that estimate midlist authors' "net worth" in the millions.
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
caveated that I am absolutely sure someone could find an individual exception, but the OP says "plenty."
this feels a lot like the weird "authors are loaded" crowd that estimate midlist authors' "net worth" in the millions.
this feels a lot like the weird "authors are loaded" crowd that estimate midlist authors' "net worth" in the millions.
I saw that and I thought "I don't think that's true but maybe I'm being naive"
January 7, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I saw that and I thought "I don't think that's true but maybe I'm being naive"
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this (OP, not the quote post) is... mental. brands are not paying authors for product placement. no-one who doesn't regularly appear in the top-ten lists would be worth the brands' time, and the best-selling writers don't need the money.
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 11:24 AM
this (OP, not the quote post) is... mental. brands are not paying authors for product placement. no-one who doesn't regularly appear in the top-ten lists would be worth the brands' time, and the best-selling writers don't need the money.
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Most bisexual stereotypes are pretty cis focused so it's kinda funny as a bi trans woman your bi awakening experience is likely some form of "aww crap, men too huh?"
January 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Most bisexual stereotypes are pretty cis focused so it's kinda funny as a bi trans woman your bi awakening experience is likely some form of "aww crap, men too huh?"
@nicolabryant.bsky.social Hello! Can I DM you with a research question please?
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM
@nicolabryant.bsky.social Hello! Can I DM you with a research question please?
The simple way around this is to simply read unpopular authors. No brands are paying me good money for product placement, I assure you.
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The simple way around this is to simply read unpopular authors. No brands are paying me good money for product placement, I assure you.
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‘The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. Should have gone to Radio Rentals!’
reading moby-dick and getting brainwashed by Big Spermaceti
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
‘The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. Should have gone to Radio Rentals!’
I take your point but the difference is I would notice if there was no cover design. If a book has no epigraph I'm not searching through the pages going "Where's the epigraph?? OMG there ISN'T ONE???"
January 7, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I take your point but the difference is I would notice if there was no cover design. If a book has no epigraph I'm not searching through the pages going "Where's the epigraph?? OMG there ISN'T ONE???"
I do generally read them but my reaction is usually "ok". I feel like they're much more meaningful for the author than for anyone reading.
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
I do generally read them but my reaction is usually "ok". I feel like they're much more meaningful for the author than for anyone reading.
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When I was 23, I saw a bunch of really cute velvet furniture on the side of the road, totally nice. Took it in and a year later a friend’s new gf came to my house and it turns out I’d stolen her entire living room while she was moving.
January 6, 2026 at 11:22 PM
When I was 23, I saw a bunch of really cute velvet furniture on the side of the road, totally nice. Took it in and a year later a friend’s new gf came to my house and it turns out I’d stolen her entire living room while she was moving.