Emma Mieko Candon - THE ARCHIVE UNDYING out now!
@emcandon.bsky.social
THE ARCHIVE UNDYING (June, 2023)
Wrote a Star War (RONIN, 2021)
escaped academic 4 mediocre robot
she/they
Wrote a Star War (RONIN, 2021)
escaped academic 4 mediocre robot
she/they
I've had my head in the sand re: book stuff almost since pub -- so I am grateful, and humbled, and shaken to be able to say that THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is a finalist in the spec fic category of the Lammys.
I would also like to direct folks to read fellow finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's essay below:
I would also like to direct folks to read fellow finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's essay below:
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category. I'm grateful for this unexpected and difficult joy. As a Lammy nominee—so very strange!—I have three painful things to say. I'll try to keep it short. vajra.me/2024/03/27/t...
The Saint of Bright Doors is a Lammy Award Finalist
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category.
vajra.me
March 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I've had my head in the sand re: book stuff almost since pub -- so I am grateful, and humbled, and shaken to be able to say that THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is a finalist in the spec fic category of the Lammys.
I would also like to direct folks to read fellow finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's essay below:
I would also like to direct folks to read fellow finalist Vajra Chandrasekera's essay below:
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THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category. I'm grateful for this unexpected and difficult joy. As a Lammy nominee—so very strange!—I have three painful things to say. I'll try to keep it short. vajra.me/2024/03/27/t...
The Saint of Bright Doors is a Lammy Award Finalist
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category.
vajra.me
March 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is a finalist for the Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category. I'm grateful for this unexpected and difficult joy. As a Lammy nominee—so very strange!—I have three painful things to say. I'll try to keep it short. vajra.me/2024/03/27/t...
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This is the best editorial on the Hugos mess I've read so far.
"But the attitude over the last month has been that we let the riffraff in, and look what happened. Now that we know that WE are the riffraff, our response should change accordingly."
"But the attitude over the last month has been that we let the riffraff in, and look what happened. Now that we know that WE are the riffraff, our response should change accordingly."
New blog post: some thoughts on how recent disclosures reveal that the Hugo scandal is something very different - and much worse- than what we thought, and about how the Worldcon membership can demand accountability.
The 2023 Hugo Awards: Somehow, It Got Worse
The last month has been a busy one in Hugo and Worldcon fandom. After the shock of the much-belated 2023 nominating stats, and their revelat...
wrongquestions.blogspot.com
February 20, 2024 at 6:17 PM
This is the best editorial on the Hugos mess I've read so far.
"But the attitude over the last month has been that we let the riffraff in, and look what happened. Now that we know that WE are the riffraff, our response should change accordingly."
"But the attitude over the last month has been that we let the riffraff in, and look what happened. Now that we know that WE are the riffraff, our response should change accordingly."
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So essentially the white censorship committee penalized Chinese fans for existing and discarded all of these votes as illegitimate, which instantly removed all the most popular Chinese writers from contention and allowed for a US-dominated year in standard fashion. They did TWO levels of censorship.
February 16, 2024 at 2:57 AM
So essentially the white censorship committee penalized Chinese fans for existing and discarded all of these votes as illegitimate, which instantly removed all the most popular Chinese writers from contention and allowed for a US-dominated year in standard fashion. They did TWO levels of censorship.
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If you:
1) Are mad about Hugos
2) Have five dollars you could spare - seriously, five (many don't, but if you do)
3) Please put it here
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
1) Are mad about Hugos
2) Have five dollars you could spare - seriously, five (many don't, but if you do)
3) Please put it here
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
support, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards usually cost about $3000 a year to operate.
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
February 16, 2024 at 3:55 AM
If you:
1) Are mad about Hugos
2) Have five dollars you could spare - seriously, five (many don't, but if you do)
3) Please put it here
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
1) Are mad about Hugos
2) Have five dollars you could spare - seriously, five (many don't, but if you do)
3) Please put it here
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
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For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards.
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
February 15, 2024 at 2:01 AM
For the last few weeks I've been working with Chris Barkley @cmzhang42.bsky.social of @file770.bsky.social on a report about censorship in the 2023 Hugo Awards.
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
Leaked emails and files indicate authors and works deemed “not eligible” for the awards were removed due to political considerations. 1/3
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You know the situation is especially bad when CNN actually names Israel as the perpetrator of violence
The situation on the ground in Rafah looks increasingly catastrophic www.cnn.com/2024/02/12/m...
Israeli airstrikes kill more than 100 in Rafah as international alarm mounts over anticipated ground offensive | CNN
Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as “extremely intense” Israeli airstrikes and shelling pounded multiple locations in Rafah overnight Monday, according to the Palestine Red Cresc...
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2024 at 4:12 PM
You know the situation is especially bad when CNN actually names Israel as the perpetrator of violence
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I want to be clear that when I say this it isn’t just vibes. CNN’s reporting on Israel & Palestine has been deeply scrutinized by other journalists, as in this Jan 4 piece by the Intercept.
theintercept.com/2024/01/04/c...
theintercept.com/2024/01/04/c...
![Screenshot reads as follows:
One member of CNN’s staff who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity for fear of professional reprisal said that the internal review policy has had a demonstrable impact on coverage of the Gaza war. “Every single Israel-Palestine-related line for reporting must seek approval from the [Jerusalem] bureau — or, when the bureau is not staffed, from a select few handpicked by the bureau and senior management — from which lines are most often edited with a very specific nuance” that favors Israeli narratives.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ipsmmz4ms4a36d2bvymnzujg/bafkreih5ylszycgk565maxxoll4kluctzribj7ohcsi6rq72y4qdhcn2mi@jpeg)
February 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
I want to be clear that when I say this it isn’t just vibes. CNN’s reporting on Israel & Palestine has been deeply scrutinized by other journalists, as in this Jan 4 piece by the Intercept.
theintercept.com/2024/01/04/c...
theintercept.com/2024/01/04/c...
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Exactly this point. One of the things that I'm working on right now is the very idea of a "digital public square" as a powerful, albeit ahistorical, myth that drives everything from platform design to the cultural norms of social media to the ways that users take up the affordances of the platform.
December 3, 2023 at 2:30 AM
Exactly this point. One of the things that I'm working on right now is the very idea of a "digital public square" as a powerful, albeit ahistorical, myth that drives everything from platform design to the cultural norms of social media to the ways that users take up the affordances of the platform.
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Wow, KICKASS rec list! I'm honored for THE WATER OUTLAWS to share it w/ @emcandon.bsky.social @vajra.me @samitbasu.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @older.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social &more!!
www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerd...
www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerd...
Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List: Part 1
Welcome to the Nerds of a Feather 2024 Hugo Award Recommendation List. As in previous years, this is a 4-part list covering things our write...
www.nerds-feather.com
January 29, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Wow, KICKASS rec list! I'm honored for THE WATER OUTLAWS to share it w/ @emcandon.bsky.social @vajra.me @samitbasu.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @older.bsky.social @brentclambert.bsky.social @valerievaldes.bsky.social &more!!
www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerd...
www.nerds-feather.com/2024/01/nerd...
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Bringing up the award run by QWOC when the white folks are fucking up feels an awful lot what happens in every other industry when WOC are uplifted and expected to clean up white people’s messes. LD and Suzan deserve better than that. The Ignytes are tremendous enough all on their own.
January 23, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Bringing up the award run by QWOC when the white folks are fucking up feels an awful lot what happens in every other industry when WOC are uplifted and expected to clean up white people’s messes. LD and Suzan deserve better than that. The Ignytes are tremendous enough all on their own.
For real tho, the Ignytes have consistently been my personal favorite list for every year they've been running.
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
Home, The Ignyte Awards
WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
January 23, 2024 at 2:07 AM
For real tho, the Ignytes have consistently been my personal favorite list for every year they've been running.
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Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
Home, The Ignyte Awards
WELCOME TO THE IGNYTE AWARDS The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and...
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com
January 23, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Hi! So I'm L, I do a lot in SFF and one of those things I do is run the Ignyte Awards. We're a spec lit award centering the perspectives/contributions of BIPOC in genre. We came about because existing legacy institutions sustain(ed) practices disrespectful or exclusionary of marginalized creators.
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What I don't get is, why be such an asshole to folks with predictable and understandable questions? Like, you can totally stick to the script without being a condescending ass about it. Why does condescending assery seem like the way to go?
January 22, 2024 at 9:50 PM
What I don't get is, why be such an asshole to folks with predictable and understandable questions? Like, you can totally stick to the script without being a condescending ass about it. Why does condescending assery seem like the way to go?
1. OHHH?? WHOOOA. AAAAH.
2. Congrats to all my fellows on the list!!! I've read so many of these books, and they have brought me SUCH delight!
3. a punchline. they've misspelled my name, but specifically the white name. i can live with that.
2. Congrats to all my fellows on the list!!! I've read so many of these books, and they have brought me SUCH delight!
3. a punchline. they've misspelled my name, but specifically the white name. i can live with that.
THE WATER OUTLAWS is BSFA longlisted!
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
January 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
1. OHHH?? WHOOOA. AAAAH.
2. Congrats to all my fellows on the list!!! I've read so many of these books, and they have brought me SUCH delight!
3. a punchline. they've misspelled my name, but specifically the white name. i can live with that.
2. Congrats to all my fellows on the list!!! I've read so many of these books, and they have brought me SUCH delight!
3. a punchline. they've misspelled my name, but specifically the white name. i can live with that.
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THE WATER OUTLAWS is BSFA longlisted!
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
January 20, 2024 at 12:34 AM
THE WATER OUTLAWS is BSFA longlisted!
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
High five and congrats to the other Best Novel authors, esp @older.bsky.social @mvmelcer.com @wtalabi.bsky.social @emcandon.bsky.social @meganeokeefe.bsky.social @vajra.me @kateheartfield.com @suyidavies.com @rfkuang.bsky.social !!
cc: @tordotcom.bsky.social
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The Sunday Morning Transport charges forward into 2024 with the first of four free stories, this one from Nibedita Sen (@hernibsen.bsky.social), a story to light up your new year. Read it for free and enjoy the archives as well!
Agni
For the first free-to-read story of the year, Nibedita Sen brings us a brilliant, dangerous world, complex power dynamics, and characters we can’t stop thinking about. ~ Julian and Fran, January 7, ...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
January 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The Sunday Morning Transport charges forward into 2024 with the first of four free stories, this one from Nibedita Sen (@hernibsen.bsky.social), a story to light up your new year. Read it for free and enjoy the archives as well!
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New Year’s Eve ONLY —
THE WATER OUTLAWS ebook is $2.99!!!!
🗡 Genderdiverse bandits.
🌟 A female protagonist in her 40s.
🏮 Like a Hong Kong martial arts movie, but super, duper queer.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
THE WATER OUTLAWS ebook is $2.99!!!!
🗡 Genderdiverse bandits.
🌟 A female protagonist in her 40s.
🏮 Like a Hong Kong martial arts movie, but super, duper queer.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The Water Outlaws
A 2023 Pick for Vulture | The Washington Post | Publishers Weekly | Men's Health | IGN | Polygon | Goodreads | Amazon | Nerd Daily | WeAreBookish | Paste | B...
us.macmillan.com
December 31, 2023 at 5:28 AM
New Year’s Eve ONLY —
THE WATER OUTLAWS ebook is $2.99!!!!
🗡 Genderdiverse bandits.
🌟 A female protagonist in her 40s.
🏮 Like a Hong Kong martial arts movie, but super, duper queer.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
THE WATER OUTLAWS ebook is $2.99!!!!
🗡 Genderdiverse bandits.
🌟 A female protagonist in her 40s.
🏮 Like a Hong Kong martial arts movie, but super, duper queer.
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
GUESS WHOSE BOOK IS ON SALE -- 12/23 only tho!
as a reward for being a 2023 Amazon Editor pick, THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is going for a hot $2.99! come for the terrifying divine robots and disaster queers! stay for the metaphysical dissection of identity! woooo!
www.amazon.com/Archive-Undy...
as a reward for being a 2023 Amazon Editor pick, THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is going for a hot $2.99! come for the terrifying divine robots and disaster queers! stay for the metaphysical dissection of identity! woooo!
www.amazon.com/Archive-Undy...
December 23, 2023 at 6:25 PM
GUESS WHOSE BOOK IS ON SALE -- 12/23 only tho!
as a reward for being a 2023 Amazon Editor pick, THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is going for a hot $2.99! come for the terrifying divine robots and disaster queers! stay for the metaphysical dissection of identity! woooo!
www.amazon.com/Archive-Undy...
as a reward for being a 2023 Amazon Editor pick, THE ARCHIVE UNDYING is going for a hot $2.99! come for the terrifying divine robots and disaster queers! stay for the metaphysical dissection of identity! woooo!
www.amazon.com/Archive-Undy...
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Remember bookify wrapped on twitter last year? Quoteskeet and pass it on. My top novels this year:
Light from Uncommon Stars by @rykaaoki.bsky.social
Witch King by @marthawells.bsky.social
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social
The Archive Undying by @emcandon.bsky.social
Light from Uncommon Stars by @rykaaoki.bsky.social
Witch King by @marthawells.bsky.social
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social
The Archive Undying by @emcandon.bsky.social
December 9, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Remember bookify wrapped on twitter last year? Quoteskeet and pass it on. My top novels this year:
Light from Uncommon Stars by @rykaaoki.bsky.social
Witch King by @marthawells.bsky.social
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social
The Archive Undying by @emcandon.bsky.social
Light from Uncommon Stars by @rykaaoki.bsky.social
Witch King by @marthawells.bsky.social
The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar by @indrapramitdas.bsky.social
The Archive Undying by @emcandon.bsky.social
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The paper where i talk about why absolutely everyone (okay almost everyone) is thinking about "AGI" the wrong way, & how if they every really want to think about or work toward "conscious machines", the first thing they have to do is stop treating marginalized people and the environment like garbage
ceur-ws.org
November 12, 2023 at 3:33 PM
The paper where i talk about why absolutely everyone (okay almost everyone) is thinking about "AGI" the wrong way, & how if they every really want to think about or work toward "conscious machines", the first thing they have to do is stop treating marginalized people and the environment like garbage
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Happy Bookday to my weird pandemic-inspired work from home horror novel. I wrote, edited, and promoted it in one of the most intense periods of my life, and it’s entirely surreal to see it in the wild.
Grab a copy if you like doppelgängers, disaster lesbians, and bad basements.
Grab a copy if you like doppelgängers, disaster lesbians, and bad basements.
October 10, 2023 at 4:01 PM
Happy Bookday to my weird pandemic-inspired work from home horror novel. I wrote, edited, and promoted it in one of the most intense periods of my life, and it’s entirely surreal to see it in the wild.
Grab a copy if you like doppelgängers, disaster lesbians, and bad basements.
Grab a copy if you like doppelgängers, disaster lesbians, and bad basements.
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hey y'all, it's another first Friday, which means it's Book Tour TIme over on trunkcast! tune in today to listen to @cstarling.bsky.social talk about her Excellent new book, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM!
www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-...
www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-...
Book Tour 32: Caitlin Starling – Last to Leave the Room | Tales from the Trunk
In this, the spookiest month, I’m delighted to welcome back to the podcast, Caitlin Starling! Caitlin reads us an excerpt from her terrific forthcoming novel, Last to Leave the Room, coming out Octo...
www.talesfromthetrunk.com
October 6, 2023 at 5:04 PM
hey y'all, it's another first Friday, which means it's Book Tour TIme over on trunkcast! tune in today to listen to @cstarling.bsky.social talk about her Excellent new book, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM!
www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-...
www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-...
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“He can’t help himself. When he sees pain, he reaches out to make it his own. Masochistic empathy: the archivist’s true calling.”
(I wanted fighting space robots, and instead @emcandon.bsky.social’s giving me a meditation on trauma’s recursions within + between persons AND fighting robots)
(I wanted fighting space robots, and instead @emcandon.bsky.social’s giving me a meditation on trauma’s recursions within + between persons AND fighting robots)
October 1, 2023 at 1:32 AM
“He can’t help himself. When he sees pain, he reaches out to make it his own. Masochistic empathy: the archivist’s true calling.”
(I wanted fighting space robots, and instead @emcandon.bsky.social’s giving me a meditation on trauma’s recursions within + between persons AND fighting robots)
(I wanted fighting space robots, and instead @emcandon.bsky.social’s giving me a meditation on trauma’s recursions within + between persons AND fighting robots)
This week on #FinishUrBookFall, I present to you the mood board for Veyadi, moodiest of board-erline anxious breakdown-havers
(YOU try being half of a resurrected AI divinity while the world debates going to war first with you or itself!! YOU do it! He will PAY you to do it!!)
(YOU try being half of a resurrected AI divinity while the world debates going to war first with you or itself!! YOU do it! He will PAY you to do it!!)
September 21, 2023 at 2:12 AM
This week on #FinishUrBookFall, I present to you the mood board for Veyadi, moodiest of board-erline anxious breakdown-havers
(YOU try being half of a resurrected AI divinity while the world debates going to war first with you or itself!! YOU do it! He will PAY you to do it!!)
(YOU try being half of a resurrected AI divinity while the world debates going to war first with you or itself!! YOU do it! He will PAY you to do it!!)