And it’s on Game Pass, so if you subscribe you can try it at no extra cost!

It’s already started because Australia.

Liked it so much I wrote *more* about it. open.substack.com/pub/editer/p...

The Unfollow feature (covered in the series) is your friend there! If you don't want to unfriend them, you can unfollow them to avoid their ignorance showing up in your feed. They can still write dumb responses to YOUR posts, but those I just delete without responding, so it just wastes their time.

I haven’t found anyone else from the old crew here yet!

@scalzi.com , I wrote up a tutorial yesterday, showing folks how they can access the friends feed, which will eliminate toxic “suggested” posts.

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Wait. You created this account HOW long before this episode aired? Are you a time traveler?

Loved it start to finish. I hope you find a way to come back to Trek. And to bring your amazing LD team with you. Thanks for the laughs and tears! And for making me feel like I was watching friends getting each other’s backs.

Agent Ransack. Super fast and powerful search app.

Oh, and I just discovered that Travis Baldree is here, and he's working on a third book in the series! Follow him at @travisbaldree.bsky.social

I also listened to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir with Cassie during a road trip, having read the Kindle version when it was released. Ray Porter’s narration makes the audiobook a joy, and I highly recommend experiencing it in book or audiobook form before the movie comes out.

Honorary Mentions:
Not Until We Are Lost, book 5 in the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor. It’s currently only available on Audible, narrated by the superb Ray Porter, so I didn’t include it in the Top 5. Snarky nerd reborn as the brain of a spaceship and it just gets crazier from there.

Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
It’s Gaiman, so you know it’s going to be good. Set in the American Gods universe, but doesn’t require you to have read that book. I actually liked this more than I did American Gods – witty, sometimes frustrating, and always enjoyable. It’s on Kindle Unlimited, too.

A Prayer for the Crown-Sky – Becky Chambers
2024 was a year of sequels. This second “Monk and Robot” book is short and delightful and a wonderfully optimistic read.

Bookshops and Bonedust – Travis Baldree
Like the first book, this prequel to “Legends and Lattes” is an engaging story with wonderful characters. If you enjoy audiobooks, Baldree is a professional narrator and it’s a treat to hear the voices as the author imagined them. Highly recommend both books.

Babel – R.F. Kuang
Along with the engaging, if sometimes frustrating, main storyline, the book’s fascinating exploration of linguistics and translation makes it worth reading. It’s maddening that the China Worldcon controversy robbed this of a Hugo nomination.