Ian Green
@ianthegreen.bsky.social
SFF author; EXTREMOPHILE & THE ROTSTORM trilogy out now with HoZ books/Ad Astra; PhD in epigenetics; ᛉᚷᛏᚫ; www.ianthegreen.com; https://geni.us/extremophile
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Ian Green
@ianthegreen.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Extremophile
Pre-order now:
geni.us
'A visceral, doesn't-give-a-damn biopunk thriller that treats the "punk" part of that subgenre not as mere window-dressing but as an antifascist shriek... vital and urgent SF that reaches places realist writing never could' ― @interzone.press
If you like cool shit get this 🕶️
geni.us/extremophile
If you like cool shit get this 🕶️
geni.us/extremophile
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My 18yo's group Pop Ltd are supporting @dominiehooper.bsky.social at her gig in Morecambe tonight. Still tickets left if you're free: moremusic.org.uk/whats-on/dom...
Dominie Hooper | More Music
A music and education charity based at the Hothouse in Morecambe
moremusic.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 AM
My 18yo's group Pop Ltd are supporting @dominiehooper.bsky.social at her gig in Morecambe tonight. Still tickets left if you're free: moremusic.org.uk/whats-on/dom...
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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.
strangehorizons.com
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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Recent Read: Extremophile by Ian Green
My largest complaint is I wanted more of what’s been offered: of the despicable villains and the body horror they wreak; crunchy world building and a greater exploration of biohackers and body modifications.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac5e... #booksky
My largest complaint is I wanted more of what’s been offered: of the despicable villains and the body horror they wreak; crunchy world building and a greater exploration of biohackers and body modifications.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac5e... #booksky
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Recent Read: Extremophile by Ian Green
My largest complaint is I wanted more of what’s been offered: of the despicable villains and the body horror they wreak; crunchy world building and a greater exploration of biohackers and body modifications.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac5e... #booksky
My largest complaint is I wanted more of what’s been offered: of the despicable villains and the body horror they wreak; crunchy world building and a greater exploration of biohackers and body modifications.
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac5e... #booksky
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Horrific appetites and mysterious magic counterpoint the complexity and tenderness of people trying to do their best. A world that combines the fading of Earthsea with vibrant beauty and verdancy of South East Asia, Saltswept by Kataline Watt is a delight.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Horrific appetites and mysterious magic counterpoint the complexity and tenderness of people trying to do their best. A world that combines the fading of Earthsea with vibrant beauty and verdancy of South East Asia, Saltswept by Kataline Watt is a delight.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
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Could you read the second book without reading THE LAST BLADE PRIEST?
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!
"I haven't been as surprised and enthralled by a fantasy series in years."
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Could you read the second book without reading THE LAST BLADE PRIEST?
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
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The Last Blade Priest by @willwiles.bsky.social?
Don't listen to us listen to Ian Green, Clarke Award-shortlisted author of Extremophile and purveyor of Rotstorm excellence.
Don't listen to us listen to Ian Green, Clarke Award-shortlisted author of Extremophile and purveyor of Rotstorm excellence.
I'm reading book 2 THE DEAD MAN'S EMPIRE right now and it is great- the first book THE LAST BLADE PRIEST is one of my favourite fantasy novels of the last few years, utterly original, some of the imagery has been etched indelibly on my brain in a way few books manage 🐦
@willwiles.bsky.social
@willwiles.bsky.social
"I haven't been as surprised and enthralled by a fantasy series in years."
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM
The Last Blade Priest by @willwiles.bsky.social?
Don't listen to us listen to Ian Green, Clarke Award-shortlisted author of Extremophile and purveyor of Rotstorm excellence.
Don't listen to us listen to Ian Green, Clarke Award-shortlisted author of Extremophile and purveyor of Rotstorm excellence.
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The Dead Man's Empire by W.P. Wiles?
Don't listen to us, listen to Patrick, Carnegie Award-winning author of (the sublime) A Monster Calls and Chaos Walking trilogy.
Don't listen to us, listen to Patrick, Carnegie Award-winning author of (the sublime) A Monster Calls and Chaos Walking trilogy.
Last Blade Priest was a terrific fantasy book. Very much looking forward to the sequel.
Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
The Dead Man's Empire by W.P. Wiles?
Don't listen to us, listen to Patrick, Carnegie Award-winning author of (the sublime) A Monster Calls and Chaos Walking trilogy.
Don't listen to us, listen to Patrick, Carnegie Award-winning author of (the sublime) A Monster Calls and Chaos Walking trilogy.
Could you read the second book without reading THE LAST BLADE PRIEST?
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!
"I haven't been as surprised and enthralled by a fantasy series in years."
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Could you read the second book without reading THE LAST BLADE PRIEST?
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Sure, but why deny yourself. Yes you can watch a sunset without watching a sunrise. Do both, be happier. Ingest more good things. Your brain deserves it.
Reposted by Ian Green
Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!
"I haven't been as surprised and enthralled by a fantasy series in years."
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
January 27, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!
Horrific appetites and mysterious magic counterpoint the complexity and tenderness of people trying to do their best. A world that combines the fading of Earthsea with vibrant beauty and verdancy of South East Asia, Saltswept by Kataline Watt is a delight.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Horrific appetites and mysterious magic counterpoint the complexity and tenderness of people trying to do their best. A world that combines the fading of Earthsea with vibrant beauty and verdancy of South East Asia, Saltswept by Kataline Watt is a delight.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I'm reading book 2 THE DEAD MAN'S EMPIRE right now and it is great- the first book THE LAST BLADE PRIEST is one of my favourite fantasy novels of the last few years, utterly original, some of the imagery has been etched indelibly on my brain in a way few books manage 🐦
@willwiles.bsky.social
@willwiles.bsky.social
"I haven't been as surprised and enthralled by a fantasy series in years."
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
Francis Spufford
"Fantasy is rarely as smart, immersive or scintillant."
Adam Roberts
"Vivid, vital, humane."
Paul McAuley
"Epic in every sense...refreshing, subversive and wonderfully realised."
M.T. Hill
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 AM
I'm reading book 2 THE DEAD MAN'S EMPIRE right now and it is great- the first book THE LAST BLADE PRIEST is one of my favourite fantasy novels of the last few years, utterly original, some of the imagery has been etched indelibly on my brain in a way few books manage 🐦
@willwiles.bsky.social
@willwiles.bsky.social
Book people, I'm back in London for the next few years. So much more available for pretty much any/all fun stuff!
January 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Book people, I'm back in London for the next few years. So much more available for pretty much any/all fun stuff!
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when you see "we don't have the cool parts of cyberpunk", its about the reality that you're not a typical cyberpunk protagonist
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 PM
when you see "we don't have the cool parts of cyberpunk", its about the reality that you're not a typical cyberpunk protagonist
Preorder this, it's bloody weird and deeply funny and gross and cool
Thank you to @ianthegreen.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement of @neuvel.net 's THE MANY !
"Told with an absurdist's light touch even as it delves through the darkness."
April 2026. Preorder now: https://geni.us/themany
"Told with an absurdist's light touch even as it delves through the darkness."
April 2026. Preorder now: https://geni.us/themany
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Preorder this, it's bloody weird and deeply funny and gross and cool
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Thank you, kind sir. (I love this blurb.) @ianthegreen.bsky.social
Thank you to @ianthegreen.bsky.social for this fabulous endorsement of @neuvel.net 's THE MANY !
"Told with an absurdist's light touch even as it delves through the darkness."
April 2026. Preorder now: https://geni.us/themany
"Told with an absurdist's light touch even as it delves through the darkness."
April 2026. Preorder now: https://geni.us/themany
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Thank you, kind sir. (I love this blurb.) @ianthegreen.bsky.social
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Just finishing this & Extremophile is definitely one of my favourites of 2025 (sneaking into 2026! Due to a reading gap over the holidays... yeah how did that happen). Exhilarating story and hard-punch writing; I so enjoyed entering this world. Very highly recommended (and great cover too)
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Just finishing this & Extremophile is definitely one of my favourites of 2025 (sneaking into 2026! Due to a reading gap over the holidays... yeah how did that happen). Exhilarating story and hard-punch writing; I so enjoyed entering this world. Very highly recommended (and great cover too)
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It’s true, this is an absolute bangerrrr
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
It’s true, this is an absolute bangerrrr
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Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
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We're thrilled to welcome one the UK's most prolific authors @aptshadow.bsky.social to the Hive in an interview with our TO Munro on his latest sci-fi release SHROUD
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
We're thrilled to welcome one the UK's most prolific authors @aptshadow.bsky.social to the Hive in an interview with our TO Munro on his latest sci-fi release SHROUD
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
"at the end of the day it’s a business about writing for other human beings"
More: tinyurl.com/ymbjea6v
@torbooks.bsky.social
I have 11 ARCs to read, but my best friends just started reading Wheel of Time and want us all to read together
a woman is smiling in a dark room and the word obviously is next to her
ALT: a woman is smiling in a dark room and the word obviously is next to her
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
I have 11 ARCs to read, but my best friends just started reading Wheel of Time and want us all to read together
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Critically lauded, shortlisted for prizes- the book loved by the authors you love
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
EXTREMOPHILE is my biopunk ecoterrorist heist with body horror, climate collapse, community, hope, violence, fear.
Charlie just wants to play in her band and scam some easy money- nae luck, pal
amzn.eu/d/0naBJ9Y
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Internet, I ask for your help: can you share your favourite UK-based bookish bloggers/influencers who might be interested in reading a book about an intersex, bisexual protagonist set in a magic circus? Think The Night Circus set in a gaslight fantasy world.
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Internet, I ask for your help: can you share your favourite UK-based bookish bloggers/influencers who might be interested in reading a book about an intersex, bisexual protagonist set in a magic circus? Think The Night Circus set in a gaslight fantasy world.
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Have you got editorial and commissioning experience in science fiction and fantasy? Come work with us at Orbit!
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January 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Have you got editorial and commissioning experience in science fiction and fantasy? Come work with us at Orbit!
www.hachette.co.uk/landing-page...
www.hachette.co.uk/landing-page...
It is important to know that I wrote a whole trilogy of Knights vs UFO books, they are gorgeous, they are wonderful, and they are now also cheap.
They open with a swordfight in the shadow of a dead god and arcane lightning. Juntas, iguana-folk, animist wizards...
www.amazon.co.uk/Gauntlet-Fis...
They open with a swordfight in the shadow of a dead god and arcane lightning. Juntas, iguana-folk, animist wizards...
www.amazon.co.uk/Gauntlet-Fis...
January 14, 2026 at 1:44 PM
It is important to know that I wrote a whole trilogy of Knights vs UFO books, they are gorgeous, they are wonderful, and they are now also cheap.
They open with a swordfight in the shadow of a dead god and arcane lightning. Juntas, iguana-folk, animist wizards...
www.amazon.co.uk/Gauntlet-Fis...
They open with a swordfight in the shadow of a dead god and arcane lightning. Juntas, iguana-folk, animist wizards...
www.amazon.co.uk/Gauntlet-Fis...
I was just changing a bedsheet but have been pressganged into a crew of dino pirates, and told to hide under the mattress.
Our uniform is a tie around the head. Our only joy? Treasure.
Something is jumping on the mattress above me, but I will not fail my crew
Our uniform is a tie around the head. Our only joy? Treasure.
Something is jumping on the mattress above me, but I will not fail my crew
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I was just changing a bedsheet but have been pressganged into a crew of dino pirates, and told to hide under the mattress.
Our uniform is a tie around the head. Our only joy? Treasure.
Something is jumping on the mattress above me, but I will not fail my crew
Our uniform is a tie around the head. Our only joy? Treasure.
Something is jumping on the mattress above me, but I will not fail my crew