Douglas A. Van Belle
@dougvanbelle.bsky.social
New Zealand Science Fiction author and Senior Lecturer in Media and the Politics of Crisis, My Latest Novel, A World Adrift, is now available from Wordfire Press in the U.S.
https://wordfirepress.com/books/a-world-adrift/
https://wordfirepress.com/books/a-world-adrift/
Suddenly, this has become my favourite quote from Johnny Dangerously.
youtu.be/mEfpwAL9VQw
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Fargin Iceholes
YouTube video by Alan Petersen
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Suddenly, this has become my favourite quote from Johnny Dangerously.
youtu.be/mEfpwAL9VQw
youtu.be/mEfpwAL9VQw
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Episode 4 of the kids' podcast just dropped! I'm writing Ep 7 for them right now
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September 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Episode 4 of the kids' podcast just dropped! I'm writing Ep 7 for them right now
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My poster at the Penn State SETI symposium
August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My poster at the Penn State SETI symposium
Reposted by Douglas A. Van Belle
Pics from our first day of #WorldCon! @dougvanbelle.bsky.social and I did some panel pinch-hitting with "Finding Exoplanets and Extreme Solar Systems", and then two interviews for our "Life in a Universe Full of Exoplanets" podcast with Larry Niven and Rebecca Demarest
August 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Pics from our first day of #WorldCon! @dougvanbelle.bsky.social and I did some panel pinch-hitting with "Finding Exoplanets and Extreme Solar Systems", and then two interviews for our "Life in a Universe Full of Exoplanets" podcast with Larry Niven and Rebecca Demarest
Worldcon 2025. This is the most magnificent convention space I have ever seen
August 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Worldcon 2025. This is the most magnificent convention space I have ever seen
For those of you with kids at WorldCon, I'll be bringing some copies of my young reader's book, which is almost impossible to get outside of New Zealand, to my Autograph Session on Friday 10:30-11:30. Free for kids.
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For those of you with kids at WorldCon, I'll be bringing some copies of my young reader's book, which is almost impossible to get outside of New Zealand, to my Autograph Session on Friday 10:30-11:30. Free for kids.
Everyone needs to look up the symptoms for late-stage congestive heart failure.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317...
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317...
Congestive heart failure: Stages 1–4 symptoms and causes
Systolic congestive heart failure makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood through the body. Learn more here.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Everyone needs to look up the symptoms for late-stage congestive heart failure.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317...
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317...
The best part is that plate tectonics move us farther from the US every day.
July 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The best part is that plate tectonics move us farther from the US every day.
I don't just write about serial killers
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I also write about space ships.
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I also write about space ships.
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't just write about serial killers
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I also write about space ships.
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I also write about space ships.
I will be a busy boy at WorldCon #2
Fri 10:30am-11:30am
Autographs
Fri 1:30pm-2:30pm
What A Disaster: Disaster movies in pop culture
Fri 6:00pm-8:30pm
Life in a Universe Full of Planets
Sat 9:00am-10:00am
Dystopias: Science Fiction as a Warning
Sat 4:30pm-5:30pm
The History of the Future
Fri 10:30am-11:30am
Autographs
Fri 1:30pm-2:30pm
What A Disaster: Disaster movies in pop culture
Fri 6:00pm-8:30pm
Life in a Universe Full of Planets
Sat 9:00am-10:00am
Dystopias: Science Fiction as a Warning
Sat 4:30pm-5:30pm
The History of the Future
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I will be a busy boy at WorldCon #2
Fri 10:30am-11:30am
Autographs
Fri 1:30pm-2:30pm
What A Disaster: Disaster movies in pop culture
Fri 6:00pm-8:30pm
Life in a Universe Full of Planets
Sat 9:00am-10:00am
Dystopias: Science Fiction as a Warning
Sat 4:30pm-5:30pm
The History of the Future
Fri 10:30am-11:30am
Autographs
Fri 1:30pm-2:30pm
What A Disaster: Disaster movies in pop culture
Fri 6:00pm-8:30pm
Life in a Universe Full of Planets
Sat 9:00am-10:00am
Dystopias: Science Fiction as a Warning
Sat 4:30pm-5:30pm
The History of the Future
I will be a busy boy at Worldcon this year #1
Wed 12:00pm-1:00pm
Table Talks 3
Wed 3:30pm-4:00pm
Disentangling the reciprocal information flows between scientist and science fiction authors
Thu 9:00am-10:00am
Does A Novel Need a Blueprint?
Thu 3:00pm-4:00pm
What is Science Fiction Good For?
Wed 12:00pm-1:00pm
Table Talks 3
Wed 3:30pm-4:00pm
Disentangling the reciprocal information flows between scientist and science fiction authors
Thu 9:00am-10:00am
Does A Novel Need a Blueprint?
Thu 3:00pm-4:00pm
What is Science Fiction Good For?
July 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I will be a busy boy at Worldcon this year #1
Wed 12:00pm-1:00pm
Table Talks 3
Wed 3:30pm-4:00pm
Disentangling the reciprocal information flows between scientist and science fiction authors
Thu 9:00am-10:00am
Does A Novel Need a Blueprint?
Thu 3:00pm-4:00pm
What is Science Fiction Good For?
Wed 12:00pm-1:00pm
Table Talks 3
Wed 3:30pm-4:00pm
Disentangling the reciprocal information flows between scientist and science fiction authors
Thu 9:00am-10:00am
Does A Novel Need a Blueprint?
Thu 3:00pm-4:00pm
What is Science Fiction Good For?
Reposted by Douglas A. Van Belle
My brother @dougvanbelle.bsky.social just be shipping swords to me in the international post…
June 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My brother @dougvanbelle.bsky.social just be shipping swords to me in the international post…
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just FYI for anyone wondering if the Exoplanet images being posted are AI. Here are the best, highest-resolution images to date. 9 pixels.
June 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just FYI for anyone wondering if the Exoplanet images being posted are AI. Here are the best, highest-resolution images to date. 9 pixels.
The Dezombinator 750 EH
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Dezombinator 750 EH
My office manager
June 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My office manager
Pretty damn chuffed to announce that I have officially been appointed as the Academic Track Convenor for the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in LA.
www.lacon.org
www.lacon.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pretty damn chuffed to announce that I have officially been appointed as the Academic Track Convenor for the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in LA.
www.lacon.org
www.lacon.org
I sent out emails to all the people on the academic track today. If you were expecting one and didn't receive one, check the good old spam folder and if not there, email me.
Doug
Doug
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I sent out emails to all the people on the academic track today. If you were expecting one and didn't receive one, check the good old spam folder and if not there, email me.
Doug
Doug
Reposted by Douglas A. Van Belle
Measles is EXTREMELY infectious, so if you have been in these locations of interest I urge you to call healthline NOW.
For the rest of us - please update your measles vaccination asap - those who cannot get vaccinated rely on us to keep them safe.
For the rest of us - please update your measles vaccination asap - those who cannot get vaccinated rely on us to keep them safe.
PS: if you think you might have been a 'close contact' call Healthline on 0800 611 116 urgently.
Don't wait for public health folks to contact you, there's no way they will be able to track everyone in that supermarket in a 2hr period or on all those ferry sailings
info.health.nz/conditions-t...
Don't wait for public health folks to contact you, there's no way they will be able to track everyone in that supermarket in a 2hr period or on all those ferry sailings
info.health.nz/conditions-t...
Measles: Locations of interest in Aotearoa New Zealand
info.health.nz
May 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Measles is EXTREMELY infectious, so if you have been in these locations of interest I urge you to call healthline NOW.
For the rest of us - please update your measles vaccination asap - those who cannot get vaccinated rely on us to keep them safe.
For the rest of us - please update your measles vaccination asap - those who cannot get vaccinated rely on us to keep them safe.