SciFiScavenger
@scifiscavenger.bsky.social
I'm Jon, I have a YouTube channel focused on collecting, reading and chatting about science fiction books old and new. I plan to do the same on here.
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Just read LAKE OF DARKNESS by Adam Roberts.
Two ships orbit a black hole & a mysterious voice turns one captain into a murderer.
This is a fantastic book about utopian societies, faith & the physics of black holes.
Deep, creepy & intellectually thrilling.
Superb stuff!
@adamroberts.bsky.social
Two ships orbit a black hole & a mysterious voice turns one captain into a murderer.
This is a fantastic book about utopian societies, faith & the physics of black holes.
Deep, creepy & intellectually thrilling.
Superb stuff!
@adamroberts.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Just read LAKE OF DARKNESS by Adam Roberts.
Two ships orbit a black hole & a mysterious voice turns one captain into a murderer.
This is a fantastic book about utopian societies, faith & the physics of black holes.
Deep, creepy & intellectually thrilling.
Superb stuff!
@adamroberts.bsky.social
Two ships orbit a black hole & a mysterious voice turns one captain into a murderer.
This is a fantastic book about utopian societies, faith & the physics of black holes.
Deep, creepy & intellectually thrilling.
Superb stuff!
@adamroberts.bsky.social
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HYPERION ART REVEAL 🚨
Feast your eyes upon the Board Art and Illustrated Endpapers for Endymion, Book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos.
All artwork is by the incredibly talented Raymond Swanland 🔥
Feast your eyes upon the Board Art and Illustrated Endpapers for Endymion, Book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos.
All artwork is by the incredibly talented Raymond Swanland 🔥
January 6, 2026 at 12:02 PM
HYPERION ART REVEAL 🚨
Feast your eyes upon the Board Art and Illustrated Endpapers for Endymion, Book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos.
All artwork is by the incredibly talented Raymond Swanland 🔥
Feast your eyes upon the Board Art and Illustrated Endpapers for Endymion, Book 3 in the Hyperion Cantos.
All artwork is by the incredibly talented Raymond Swanland 🔥
Half way in. McDonald always builds a compellingly alive world and this vision of the Queen of Cities, Istanbul, is no different, a heady blend of ancient & futuristic. I am intrigued to see how he pulls the separate threads together into whole cloth. So far so good.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #nowreading
This up next I think. Haven't read one of his I didn't like and some of them I've really loved.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
January 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Half way in. McDonald always builds a compellingly alive world and this vision of the Queen of Cities, Istanbul, is no different, a heady blend of ancient & futuristic. I am intrigued to see how he pulls the separate threads together into whole cloth. So far so good.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #nowreading
It's not a war, it's a special military operation. Heard that somewhere before...
The police, of course, are famous for using aircraft carriers to arrest suspects
UN Ambassador Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
It's not a war, it's a special military operation. Heard that somewhere before...
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NewCon Press's roster for 2026 is looking pretty good.
Ian Whates
This is by no means complete and titles will doubtless be delayed while others will be added to the schedule, but here's a taste of how 2026 is shaping up for NewCon Press, with Geoff Ryman, Liz...
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January 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
NewCon Press's roster for 2026 is looking pretty good.
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A closer look at my favourite reads of 2025, the cream of the crop, the ones that stuck. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #wrapup
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
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My Top 20 Sci-Fi reads of 2025 - The Ones That Stuck
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January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
A closer look at my favourite reads of 2025, the cream of the crop, the ones that stuck. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #wrapup
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
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There is currently a discussion here about end-of-the-year lists, particularly those listing what a reader/reviewer did NOT like. I want to address the topic in a general sense, without tagging anyone in, in the hopes that some folks might come away with their day a little less distraught. 🧵
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
There is currently a discussion here about end-of-the-year lists, particularly those listing what a reader/reviewer did NOT like. I want to address the topic in a general sense, without tagging anyone in, in the hopes that some folks might come away with their day a little less distraught. 🧵
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Just acquired: the 1978 UK hardcover of Robert Asprin's first novel The Cold Cash War (1977), reputedly a precursor to cyberpunk.
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Just acquired: the 1978 UK hardcover of Robert Asprin's first novel The Cold Cash War (1977), reputedly a precursor to cyberpunk.
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Today on the blog: A look back at when science fiction got started, and some of the frustrating gaps in my collection.
Science Fiction: The Missing Years
Science Fiction is nothing new. Brian Aldiss put the starting point at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, while Adam Roberts pushed the date back earlier to Paradise Lost by John Milton. If you squ…
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January 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Today on the blog: A look back at when science fiction got started, and some of the frustrating gaps in my collection.
A closer look at my favourite reads of 2025, the cream of the crop, the ones that stuck. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #wrapup
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
My Top 20 Sci-Fi reads of 2025 - The Ones That Stuck
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
A closer look at my favourite reads of 2025, the cream of the crop, the ones that stuck. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #wrapup
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
youtu.be/qFXP69jydtI
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My 2025-reads, a thread:
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January 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My 2025-reads, a thread:
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My planned TBR for January. We'll see how I get on, might not make it through everything. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #tbr
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
My planned TBR for January. We'll see how I get on, might not make it through everything. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #tbr
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More moon related cover reveal action (though a different moon).
Coming on the 12th of May 2026 the new novel from Jeff Noon, award-winning author of Vurt and the Nyquist novels.
A new Noon is a cosmic event.
Coming on the 12th of May 2026 the new novel from Jeff Noon, award-winning author of Vurt and the Nyquist novels.
A new Noon is a cosmic event.
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
More moon related cover reveal action (though a different moon).
Coming on the 12th of May 2026 the new novel from Jeff Noon, award-winning author of Vurt and the Nyquist novels.
A new Noon is a cosmic event.
Coming on the 12th of May 2026 the new novel from Jeff Noon, award-winning author of Vurt and the Nyquist novels.
A new Noon is a cosmic event.
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Saturation Point by @aptshadow.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Saturation Point
Saturation Point eBook : Tchaikovsky, Adrian: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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January 3, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Saturation Point by @aptshadow.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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This up next I think. Haven't read one of his I didn't like and some of them I've really loved.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
January 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This up next I think. Haven't read one of his I didn't like and some of them I've really loved.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
Just finished this and it was very lovely. A classic Wellsian tale in many respects, told with Brown's customary charm. Must read more of his work. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
January 2, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Just finished this and it was very lovely. A classic Wellsian tale in many respects, told with Brown's customary charm. Must read more of his work. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
Went to town to return stuff. Accidentally bought books. It happens. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookhaul
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Went to town to return stuff. Accidentally bought books. It happens. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookhaul
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Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Hieronymus Bosch and Heinrich Kley, 1959; R, Robert E. Schulz, 1958
#scifi #sciencefiction #horror #books
L, Hieronymus Bosch and Heinrich Kley, 1959; R, Robert E. Schulz, 1958
#scifi #sciencefiction #horror #books
January 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Hieronymus Bosch and Heinrich Kley, 1959; R, Robert E. Schulz, 1958
#scifi #sciencefiction #horror #books
L, Hieronymus Bosch and Heinrich Kley, 1959; R, Robert E. Schulz, 1958
#scifi #sciencefiction #horror #books
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My top books of 2025 encompass science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and alternate history. See the list: jweberle.com/2026/01/01/a... #Booksky #reading
Alternate Histories, Imaginary Futures, and Everything in Between
My top books of 2025 The year 2025 was an especially literary one for me. In addition to publishing four pieces of short fiction, I got really into reading ebooks from the library. In total, I read…
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January 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My top books of 2025 encompass science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, and alternate history. See the list: jweberle.com/2026/01/01/a... #Booksky #reading
This next, a book 10 years in the writing. I've enjoyed what I've read of Eric Brown so far, looking forward to this one. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
This next, a book 10 years in the writing. I've enjoyed what I've read of Eric Brown so far, looking forward to this one. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
I was enjoying this, fun things like zero-G cats, a ship called "One Potato, Two Potato", a gas giant called "Big Bird", a plucky band of futuristic colonists fleeing their relentless foes. Then. THEN, a huge, top-notch, sci-fi flip the table, WTF final 20%. Splendid. 🪐📚
Back off into space next with this novella from the author of the excellent Fractured Europe and Aftermath books, among others.
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I was enjoying this, fun things like zero-G cats, a ship called "One Potato, Two Potato", a gas giant called "Big Bird", a plucky band of futuristic colonists fleeing their relentless foes. Then. THEN, a huge, top-notch, sci-fi flip the table, WTF final 20%. Splendid. 🪐📚
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🎲 The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social is vastly better read than I am, but I got a surprise when his Dice of Destiny picked three books (four if I include a phantom one I cannot find!) that I actually own 😯
*Almost* tempted to readalong with these myself! 🥹
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
*Almost* tempted to readalong with these myself! 🥹
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
December 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🎲 The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social is vastly better read than I am, but I got a surprise when his Dice of Destiny picked three books (four if I include a phantom one I cannot find!) that I actually own 😯
*Almost* tempted to readalong with these myself! 🥹
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
*Almost* tempted to readalong with these myself! 🥹
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
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S. P. Somtow (1952-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Gary Ciccarelli, 1986; R, Wayne Barlowe, 1983
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
L, Gary Ciccarelli, 1986; R, Wayne Barlowe, 1983
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
December 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
S. P. Somtow (1952-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Gary Ciccarelli, 1986; R, Wayne Barlowe, 1983
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
L, Gary Ciccarelli, 1986; R, Wayne Barlowe, 1983
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
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I had plans to wrap up The Snow Queen as my final book of 2025 but I couldn't stay awake long enough, so it becomes the first completed read of 2026. This was entertaining but certainly dated and overlong. I can see why it has its place in people's memories. I will leave the series at one book.
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I had plans to wrap up The Snow Queen as my final book of 2025 but I couldn't stay awake long enough, so it becomes the first completed read of 2026. This was entertaining but certainly dated and overlong. I can see why it has its place in people's memories. I will leave the series at one book.
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Thank you, @mariahaskins.com, for the nice mention of my novelette "What Am I This Time?" in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social, a digital copy of which just arrived. Why not head over to @kaleidotrope.bsky.social and read my story yourself right now? kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
January 1, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Thank you, @mariahaskins.com, for the nice mention of my novelette "What Am I This Time?" in the January issue of @locusmag.bsky.social, a digital copy of which just arrived. Why not head over to @kaleidotrope.bsky.social and read my story yourself right now? kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...