Ed Morland
@edmorland.bsky.social
Mostly lurking but enjoy the sudden bursts of sport, SFF, board games or far more likely reposted content. (he/him)
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It is LESS than a MONTH until nominations open for this year's prize! So excited to have this incredible quintet of folks selecting this year's winner.
We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
Nicola Griffith
Mat Johnson
Fonda Lee
Darcie Little Badger
Peter Rock
Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It is LESS than a MONTH until nominations open for this year's prize! So excited to have this incredible quintet of folks selecting this year's winner.
It's been a good post day. Though as ever still 2025 novellas I'd like to get to as 2026 ones arrive on the scene.
It’s been a very long day, but I did at least come home to exciting novella post.
February 2, 2026 at 8:54 PM
It's been a good post day. Though as ever still 2025 novellas I'd like to get to as 2026 ones arrive on the scene.
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54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries
Here are 54 books by women from each of Africa’s 54 countries.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
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30 - Maro Itoje is set to start on the bench for England in a
Six Nations match for the first time since his debut in 2016; he's played the full 80 minutes in 43 of his 44 matches in the Championship since then, including the last 30 in a row - a Men's 6N record. Impact.
Six Nations match for the first time since his debut in 2016; he's played the full 80 minutes in 43 of his 44 matches in the Championship since then, including the last 30 in a row - a Men's 6N record. Impact.
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
30 - Maro Itoje is set to start on the bench for England in a
Six Nations match for the first time since his debut in 2016; he's played the full 80 minutes in 43 of his 44 matches in the Championship since then, including the last 30 in a row - a Men's 6N record. Impact.
Six Nations match for the first time since his debut in 2016; he's played the full 80 minutes in 43 of his 44 matches in the Championship since then, including the last 30 in a row - a Men's 6N record. Impact.
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Lots of good SF books (and books about speculative fiction & related topics) coming out this spring: check out our latest call for reviews & essays!
Calls for Reviews & Essays: 2026
The Ancillary Review of Books publishes reviews and essays with an emphasis on utopian impulses and systemic injustices. ARB seeks to build a community of radical thinkers writing about amazing, sp…
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February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Lots of good SF books (and books about speculative fiction & related topics) coming out this spring: check out our latest call for reviews & essays!
Off for a day of boardgaming and what's in my bag you ask?
It's a day ending in y so a slightly overcomplicated game I won't manage enough plays of for the depth it promises and a whole bunch of tricktakers it is.
It's a day ending in y so a slightly overcomplicated game I won't manage enough plays of for the depth it promises and a whole bunch of tricktakers it is.
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Off for a day of boardgaming and what's in my bag you ask?
It's a day ending in y so a slightly overcomplicated game I won't manage enough plays of for the depth it promises and a whole bunch of tricktakers it is.
It's a day ending in y so a slightly overcomplicated game I won't manage enough plays of for the depth it promises and a whole bunch of tricktakers it is.
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of criticism recs, review recs, and book recs! It’s recs all the way down. 📚🪐💙
Intergalactic Mixtape #38
Hey! This week there are essays about the future of science fiction, how to define science fiction, and some criticism. I did not acquire any books because I...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of criticism recs, review recs, and book recs! It’s recs all the way down. 📚🪐💙
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Octothorpe 152 is here! We read your letters before discussing @brisbanein28.bsky.social’s neat new logo and the latest Eastercon’s financial report. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/152-slap-t...
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Octothorpe 152 is here! We read your letters before discussing @brisbanein28.bsky.social’s neat new logo and the latest Eastercon’s financial report. Listen here! octothorpe.podbean.com/e/152-slap-t...
A good thread.
Relatedly, I enjoyed the introduction to my copy of The Lais of Marie de France breaking down the important structural and thematic differences between the genres of Lai and (medieval) Romance.
Two genres that if we think of them now, both get shoved into the box of "Arthurian shit"
Relatedly, I enjoyed the introduction to my copy of The Lais of Marie de France breaking down the important structural and thematic differences between the genres of Lai and (medieval) Romance.
Two genres that if we think of them now, both get shoved into the box of "Arthurian shit"
Literary genres-- inasmuch as they "are" anything at all-- are not absolute categories. They come and go as times change.
Often, particularly good and particularly thoughtful versions of genres outlive the aesthetic context that they were created in, and then get mistakenly labelled sui generis.
Often, particularly good and particularly thoughtful versions of genres outlive the aesthetic context that they were created in, and then get mistakenly labelled sui generis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A good thread.
Relatedly, I enjoyed the introduction to my copy of The Lais of Marie de France breaking down the important structural and thematic differences between the genres of Lai and (medieval) Romance.
Two genres that if we think of them now, both get shoved into the box of "Arthurian shit"
Relatedly, I enjoyed the introduction to my copy of The Lais of Marie de France breaking down the important structural and thematic differences between the genres of Lai and (medieval) Romance.
Two genres that if we think of them now, both get shoved into the box of "Arthurian shit"
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My essay in the @strangehorizons.bsky.social criticism special is up! I muse about genre, vibes and the difficulty of pinning things down in an ever-shifting landscape.
I promised ducks, quacking: well! @chloroformtea.bsky.social (not a duck) provides Thursday's essay on knowing genre when you see it.
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
Quacking Like A Genre
What is SF? Idk, vibes.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My essay in the @strangehorizons.bsky.social criticism special is up! I muse about genre, vibes and the difficulty of pinning things down in an ever-shifting landscape.
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Also today, the very welcome return of Phoenix Scholz, who writes at length about The Works of Vermin, the latest from Hiron Ennes (@tornightfire.bsky.social).
“The Works of Vermin is about trans euphoria.”
“The Works of Vermin is about trans euphoria.”
The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
When people start referring to other people as diposabley, who are the real vermin?
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January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Also today, the very welcome return of Phoenix Scholz, who writes at length about The Works of Vermin, the latest from Hiron Ennes (@tornightfire.bsky.social).
“The Works of Vermin is about trans euphoria.”
“The Works of Vermin is about trans euphoria.”
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I promised ducks, quacking: well! @chloroformtea.bsky.social (not a duck) provides Thursday's essay on knowing genre when you see it.
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
Quacking Like A Genre
What is SF? Idk, vibes.
strangehorizons.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I promised ducks, quacking: well! @chloroformtea.bsky.social (not a duck) provides Thursday's essay on knowing genre when you see it.
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
"We need a more expansive approach to any attempt at definition today. The genre can and plainly does sit alongside other genres which operate on different axes."
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France’s highest-profile board game prize, the As d’Or, has updated its rules for 2026 to ensure that artist names must appear on a game box in order for designs to be eligible for the award:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
France’s highest-profile board game prize, the As d’Or, has updated its rules for 2026 to ensure that artist names must appear on a game box in order for designs to be eligible for the award:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
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It is the release day for Attacking the Space!!
If you haven't pre-ordered you can now pick-up a copy in your local bookshop.
If you haven't pre-ordered you can now pick-up a copy in your local bookshop.
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 AM
It is the release day for Attacking the Space!!
If you haven't pre-ordered you can now pick-up a copy in your local bookshop.
If you haven't pre-ordered you can now pick-up a copy in your local bookshop.
Getting to the end of reading Dracula after what must be about 20 years and while I'm largely enjoying it, wow, there's things that teenage Ed either didn't note or managed to forget in the intervening time
Chief among them is could Bram Stoker perhaps stop attempting to write dialects phonetically
Chief among them is could Bram Stoker perhaps stop attempting to write dialects phonetically
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Getting to the end of reading Dracula after what must be about 20 years and while I'm largely enjoying it, wow, there's things that teenage Ed either didn't note or managed to forget in the intervening time
Chief among them is could Bram Stoker perhaps stop attempting to write dialects phonetically
Chief among them is could Bram Stoker perhaps stop attempting to write dialects phonetically
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This Thursday, 7pm on YouTube, come listen to me & @lyndseycroal.bsky.social talk about our new books! Earth & rain, ghosts & monsters, scifi & the fantastical. There will be readings. There will book chat. There will be authors lurking in the comments to answer your questions. Good times!
Join us on the 29th of January, on YouTube! With @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social !
Luna Novella Launch: #24-25
YouTube video by Luna Press Publishing
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January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This Thursday, 7pm on YouTube, come listen to me & @lyndseycroal.bsky.social talk about our new books! Earth & rain, ghosts & monsters, scifi & the fantastical. There will be readings. There will book chat. There will be authors lurking in the comments to answer your questions. Good times!
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It's that time of year (I know, because it's the exact same date I posted it on last year and the year before) so - eligibility post.
Would be thrilled if you were to consider me for your fan writing, review and criticism awards nominating needs. I have a post with handy dandy links and everything.
Would be thrilled if you were to consider me for your fan writing, review and criticism awards nominating needs. I have a post with handy dandy links and everything.
Eligibility Post – 2025 Edition
‘Tis the season once again, back on the awards rollercoaster, and back offering up my work from 2025 for your nomination consideration. In 2025 I wrote 43 reviews and 25 review-adjacent objec…
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January 27, 2026 at 10:09 PM
It's that time of year (I know, because it's the exact same date I posted it on last year and the year before) so - eligibility post.
Would be thrilled if you were to consider me for your fan writing, review and criticism awards nominating needs. I have a post with handy dandy links and everything.
Would be thrilled if you were to consider me for your fan writing, review and criticism awards nominating needs. I have a post with handy dandy links and everything.
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I really enjoyed this book. A retelling that both does the original story justice and does something new with it. And wonderfully written on a sentence level.
It's a weird time to be trying to release a book in the US for the first time, but I guess we all need some medieval werewolves and queer yearning amidst The Horrors? Anyway, it's only a week until THE WOLF AND HIS KING comes out in North America, and the NA edition is VERY pretty:
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I really enjoyed this book. A retelling that both does the original story justice and does something new with it. And wonderfully written on a sentence level.
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📣 It's here: the 2026 @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special!
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
26 January 2026
Welcome to the annual Strange Horizons criticism special!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📣 It's here: the 2026 @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special!
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
💡 A whole week of critical insight, with a new essay and new review every day. A podcast, a roundtable, an *editorial*.
📚 The weird! Anthropology! Non-anglophone SFF! Plus thoughts on fantasy series, adaptations, film and more.
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I had heard rumours but now the klaxon is going off - new Kai Ashante Wilson! A novel! O frabjous day!
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I had heard rumours but now the klaxon is going off - new Kai Ashante Wilson! A novel! O frabjous day!
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The Snap! columns read a work of recent fiction against a work of recent crit, to achieve a broader view of both.
One of the BSFA noms is for the whole series. If I were recommending a vote I'd suggest that one - the real broader Snap! view is being achieved over time as well as in a single piece.
One of the BSFA noms is for the whole series. If I were recommending a vote I'd suggest that one - the real broader Snap! view is being achieved over time as well as in a single piece.
Snap! Criticism – Ancillary Review of Books
Posts about Snap! Criticism written by danhartland
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January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The Snap! columns read a work of recent fiction against a work of recent crit, to achieve a broader view of both.
One of the BSFA noms is for the whole series. If I were recommending a vote I'd suggest that one - the real broader Snap! view is being achieved over time as well as in a single piece.
One of the BSFA noms is for the whole series. If I were recommending a vote I'd suggest that one - the real broader Snap! view is being achieved over time as well as in a single piece.
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Grateful and surprised that my Snap! Criticism work is nominated 5 separate times on the BSFA Awards longlist, in a short nonfiction category bursting with great stuff (that's 17% of all the nominees in that category, you guys are wild).
A member and voting? Just interested in practical crit? A 🧵.
A member and voting? Just interested in practical crit? A 🧵.
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 24, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Grateful and surprised that my Snap! Criticism work is nominated 5 separate times on the BSFA Awards longlist, in a short nonfiction category bursting with great stuff (that's 17% of all the nominees in that category, you guys are wild).
A member and voting? Just interested in practical crit? A 🧵.
A member and voting? Just interested in practical crit? A 🧵.
It's been a while since I've read a review of a novel I previously didn't even know existed and, basically in an instant, gone "Well I guess I'm reading this book this year."
May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry review – a dazzling puzzle-box of a debut
The plight of a reluctant medieval king is glimpsed through scattered pieces of the past, in an ingenious novel that asks how much we can really know about history
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:16 AM
It's been a while since I've read a review of a novel I previously didn't even know existed and, basically in an instant, gone "Well I guess I'm reading this book this year."
Roseanna and I have been slacking at getting to all the Quins v Leicester matches recently, being my and her teams respectively, but looking forward to getting down to the Stoop today to experience rugby as god intended.
In the cold with a chance of rain.
In the cold with a chance of rain.
January 24, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Roseanna and I have been slacking at getting to all the Quins v Leicester matches recently, being my and her teams respectively, but looking forward to getting down to the Stoop today to experience rugby as god intended.
In the cold with a chance of rain.
In the cold with a chance of rain.
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🚨 As we enter the weekend, let it be known that the coming Monday is not just any Monday … it’s the annual @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special Monday.
Five essays! Five reviews! Poems! A roundtable, a podcast, a veritable trove of critical insight.
Also, ducks.
Be there!
Five essays! Five reviews! Poems! A roundtable, a podcast, a veritable trove of critical insight.
Also, ducks.
Be there!
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
🚨 As we enter the weekend, let it be known that the coming Monday is not just any Monday … it’s the annual @strangehorizons.bsky.social Criticism Special Monday.
Five essays! Five reviews! Poems! A roundtable, a podcast, a veritable trove of critical insight.
Also, ducks.
Be there!
Five essays! Five reviews! Poems! A roundtable, a podcast, a veritable trove of critical insight.
Also, ducks.
Be there!