A. K. Blue
@akblue.bsky.social
A.K. Blue writes science fiction and fantasy. See Resilience and 99% Chance of Magic. https://goodreads.com/en/book/show/50125100-99-chance-of-magic She/Her.
Reminds me of the city from Just Imagine.
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reminds me of the city from Just Imagine.
This is a sci-fi cliche that didn't impress me back then enough to remember, but now it hit me hard because for the first time this is something that's real, that's touching my life, because of our fascist government. Anyway, that's the edition I read then, here's the edition I'm reading now.
September 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a sci-fi cliche that didn't impress me back then enough to remember, but now it hit me hard because for the first time this is something that's real, that's touching my life, because of our fascist government. Anyway, that's the edition I read then, here's the edition I'm reading now.
I'm reading a minor Philip K. Dick novel, Dr. Futurity, that I read in high school as half of an Ace Double. I remember liking it okay, though I'd forgotten everything except a few images. I'm up to page 34, and we're in a society ruled by eugenics, where it's illegal to treat the sick or injured.
September 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I'm reading a minor Philip K. Dick novel, Dr. Futurity, that I read in high school as half of an Ace Double. I remember liking it okay, though I'd forgotten everything except a few images. I'm up to page 34, and we're in a society ruled by eugenics, where it's illegal to treat the sick or injured.
The early '70s reprint digests from Ultimate publishing used the original cover art from the pulps. This cover, by the way, illustrates another Zorome story.
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The early '70s reprint digests from Ultimate publishing used the original cover art from the pulps. This cover, by the way, illustrates another Zorome story.
For a couple of years in the early '70s, E E Smith's Skylark and Lensman series had what I thought were beautiful watercolor (I think) art by Jack Gaughan, part of what attracted me to this series from the late 1920s.
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
For a couple of years in the early '70s, E E Smith's Skylark and Lensman series had what I thought were beautiful watercolor (I think) art by Jack Gaughan, part of what attracted me to this series from the late 1920s.
Here's the early '70s paperback of The Black Star Passes by John W Campbell, an early '30s superscience story, the precursor of space operas.
August 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Here's the early '70s paperback of The Black Star Passes by John W Campbell, an early '30s superscience story, the precursor of space operas.
Here's the '60s cover for Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton, a collection of stories that date from 1928 and 1929.
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Here's the '60s cover for Crashing Suns by Edmond Hamilton, a collection of stories that date from 1928 and 1929.
I thought I'd add some pictures to my thread about reading retro sci-fi as a kid in the early '70s. Here's one of the Ace Books collections of the Zorome stories.
August 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I thought I'd add some pictures to my thread about reading retro sci-fi as a kid in the early '70s. Here's one of the Ace Books collections of the Zorome stories.
This is who runs this account.
August 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is who runs this account.
Octopus novel: bad
Octopus anime: reigns supreme
Octopus anime: reigns supreme
July 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Octopus novel: bad
Octopus anime: reigns supreme
Octopus anime: reigns supreme
Blinky is what cats think vacuum cleaners are.
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Blinky is what cats think vacuum cleaners are.
The average American has three friends.
May 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The average American has three friends.
The best thing about a Youtuber starting a new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood reaction series is that it isn't very long before they reach THAT episode. #FMAB
November 15, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The best thing about a Youtuber starting a new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood reaction series is that it isn't very long before they reach THAT episode. #FMAB
So I'm reading a vintage sci-fi paperback, Planets for Sale, based on short stories from 1943 to 1946 by Edna Mayne Hull (and here co-credited to her better-known husband, A E Van Vogt) and not only does it have a blockchain, called the Registered Circuit, it has particles called "gravitons."
September 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM
So I'm reading a vintage sci-fi paperback, Planets for Sale, based on short stories from 1943 to 1946 by Edna Mayne Hull (and here co-credited to her better-known husband, A E Van Vogt) and not only does it have a blockchain, called the Registered Circuit, it has particles called "gravitons."
I expected to be a little lower, to be honest.
September 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I expected to be a little lower, to be honest.
Post the cover of a book written by a woman prior to, oh, let's say 1990.
February 26, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Post the cover of a book written by a woman prior to, oh, let's say 1990.
Editor, publisher, agent, writer.
November 28, 2023 at 3:00 AM
Editor, publisher, agent, writer.