Edward Ashton
@edashtonwriting.bsky.social
Author of Mickey7, Mal Goes to War, and Three Days in April, among other things. I also make maple syrup.
Did Futurama just do a parody of my book???
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Did Futurama just do a parody of my book???
My youngest son was just named to Audible's top ten list for F&SF 2025 :-)
This is a super fun book, and Barrie Kreinik did an incredible job with the narration. If you haven't yet, you really ought to give it a listen.
This is a super fun book, and Barrie Kreinik did an incredible job with the narration. If you haven't yet, you really ought to give it a listen.
November 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My youngest son was just named to Audible's top ten list for F&SF 2025 :-)
This is a super fun book, and Barrie Kreinik did an incredible job with the narration. If you haven't yet, you really ought to give it a listen.
This is a super fun book, and Barrie Kreinik did an incredible job with the narration. If you haven't yet, you really ought to give it a listen.
Just watched the first episode of Pluribus on Apple TV. So this is CHILDHOOD'S END, right?
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Just watched the first episode of Pluribus on Apple TV. So this is CHILDHOOD'S END, right?
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Great to see that MICKEY17, Bong Joon-Ho's adaptation of @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's novel MICKEY7, has made @theguardian.com 's list of the 7 best films to watch on TV this week!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hRWsMU
Buy the book: https://geni.us/Mickey7
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hRWsMU
Buy the book: https://geni.us/Mickey7
Mickey 17 to Belén: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Mark Ruffalo and Robert Pattinson star in Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to the Oscar-laden Parasite, while Belén is the moving true story of a woman’s fight against a legal injustice that looks set to swee...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great to see that MICKEY17, Bong Joon-Ho's adaptation of @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's novel MICKEY7, has made @theguardian.com 's list of the 7 best films to watch on TV this week!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hRWsMU
Buy the book: https://geni.us/Mickey7
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4hRWsMU
Buy the book: https://geni.us/Mickey7
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ICYMI: I wrote a review for Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social.
With a fast-moving story and socially conscious themes, it's a fun, meaningful book, and it's easy to see why Bong Joon-Ho chose to adapt it. 📚💙
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With a fast-moving story and socially conscious themes, it's a fun, meaningful book, and it's easy to see why Bong Joon-Ho chose to adapt it. 📚💙
medium.com/@lawardornd/...
Should You Read: Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
Mickey7 is a sci-fi drama-slash-thriller by Edward Ashton.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
ICYMI: I wrote a review for Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social.
With a fast-moving story and socially conscious themes, it's a fun, meaningful book, and it's easy to see why Bong Joon-Ho chose to adapt it. 📚💙
medium.com/@lawardornd/...
With a fast-moving story and socially conscious themes, it's a fun, meaningful book, and it's easy to see why Bong Joon-Ho chose to adapt it. 📚💙
medium.com/@lawardornd/...
If you happen to be at the Lake Placid Film Festival right now, be sure to stop by my session on Adaptation at noon. It's gonna be a hoot. 😇
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you happen to be at the Lake Placid Film Festival right now, be sure to stop by my session on Adaptation at noon. It's gonna be a hoot. 😇
Just watched "The Long Walk." They stuck to the book pretty closely for the first 90% and then changed up the ending, which is probably the optimal approach for most Stephen King books IMO. Highly recommended.
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Just watched "The Long Walk." They stuck to the book pretty closely for the first 90% and then changed up the ending, which is probably the optimal approach for most Stephen King books IMO. Highly recommended.
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Review: The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton
The Fourth Consort has got to be one of the most bizarre novels I have ever read, and I went into this book expecting some quirky twists. A lot is happening in this singular book, starting with interspecies politics and ending with the strangest love…
The Fourth Consort has got to be one of the most bizarre novels I have ever read, and I went into this book expecting some quirky twists. A lot is happening in this singular book, starting with interspecies politics and ending with the strangest love…
Review: The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton
The Fourth Consort has got to be one of the most bizarre novels I have ever read, and I went into this book expecting some quirky twists. A lot is happening in this singular book, starting with interspecies politics and ending with the strangest love triangle you’ll ever see. (Probably.)
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Review: The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton
The Fourth Consort has got to be one of the most bizarre novels I have ever read, and I went into this book expecting some quirky twists. A lot is happening in this singular book, starting with interspecies politics and ending with the strangest love…
The Fourth Consort has got to be one of the most bizarre novels I have ever read, and I went into this book expecting some quirky twists. A lot is happening in this singular book, starting with interspecies politics and ending with the strangest love…
For the first time ever, I'm trying to work on two different books at the same time. Not sure how this is gonna work out, but I will say that it's interesting to have two different sets of characters chasing each other around in my head.
October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For the first time ever, I'm trying to work on two different books at the same time. Not sure how this is gonna work out, but I will say that it's interesting to have two different sets of characters chasing each other around in my head.
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Hey everyone, can I ask a quick favor?
Some bureaucrats want me to make a "business plan" with plausible "evidence" that I have fans who may someday actually buy one of my "books".
Can you help me prove I have an audience by subscribing (for free!) to this nonsense?
www.patreon.com/cw/RobynBennis
Some bureaucrats want me to make a "business plan" with plausible "evidence" that I have fans who may someday actually buy one of my "books".
Can you help me prove I have an audience by subscribing (for free!) to this nonsense?
www.patreon.com/cw/RobynBennis
Robyn Bennis Doesn't Want Your Money, Actually | Patreon
SFF books & stuff
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October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Hey everyone, can I ask a quick favor?
Some bureaucrats want me to make a "business plan" with plausible "evidence" that I have fans who may someday actually buy one of my "books".
Can you help me prove I have an audience by subscribing (for free!) to this nonsense?
www.patreon.com/cw/RobynBennis
Some bureaucrats want me to make a "business plan" with plausible "evidence" that I have fans who may someday actually buy one of my "books".
Can you help me prove I have an audience by subscribing (for free!) to this nonsense?
www.patreon.com/cw/RobynBennis
If you happen to be in Perry next Sunday, please stop by and say hello :-)
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you happen to be in Perry next Sunday, please stop by and say hello :-)
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OUT NOW - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's THE FOURTH CONSORT!
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
October 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
OUT NOW - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's THE FOURTH CONSORT!
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
Just a reminder that I'll be at Lock City Books in Lockport today (10/4) from 11 - 2. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!
October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Just a reminder that I'll be at Lock City Books in Lockport today (10/4) from 11 - 2. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!
WNY friends: I'll be signing books this Saturday (10/4) from 10:30 - 2:00 at Lock City Books in Lockport. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
WNY friends: I'll be signing books this Saturday (10/4) from 10:30 - 2:00 at Lock City Books in Lockport. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!
Left my hotel in Bucharest 17 hours ago. Got another four at least before I see home. This part of travel, I do not love.
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Left my hotel in Bucharest 17 hours ago. Got another four at least before I see home. This part of travel, I do not love.
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@edashtonwriting.bsky.social's 2026 /After the fall/ gave me another @netgalley.bsky.social bingo. what a fun read!
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@edashtonwriting.bsky.social's 2026 /After the fall/ gave me another @netgalley.bsky.social bingo. what a fun read!
Just finished my last panel at #NOD2025 in Brasov, Romania. If any of my author friends out there have an opportunity to attend this meeting next year, you really ought to jump at it. This is a beautiful country and a well-run meeting, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to participate.
September 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Just finished my last panel at #NOD2025 in Brasov, Romania. If any of my author friends out there have an opportunity to attend this meeting next year, you really ought to jump at it. This is a beautiful country and a well-run meeting, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to participate.
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From 'Expendable' clones to snarky AI's, giant space snails to intergalactic negotiations, no one does darkly comic shenanigans quite like Sci-Fi sensation @edashtonwriting.bsky.social!
Meet MICKEY 7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT: All available in UK paperback now!
Meet MICKEY 7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT: All available in UK paperback now!
September 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
From 'Expendable' clones to snarky AI's, giant space snails to intergalactic negotiations, no one does darkly comic shenanigans quite like Sci-Fi sensation @edashtonwriting.bsky.social!
Meet MICKEY 7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT: All available in UK paperback now!
Meet MICKEY 7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT: All available in UK paperback now!
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OUT NOW - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's THE FOURTH CONSORT!
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
OUT NOW - @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's THE FOURTH CONSORT!
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
A new, darkly comic, standalone, SciFi novel from from the author of #MICKEY7 - the book behind major new motion picture #mickey17, starring #robertpattinson and directed by #bongjoonho!
geni.us/4thconsort
Dying of the Light is one of my all-time favorite reads.
George R. R. Martin was born on this day in 1948. Before he fell into obscurity and was never heard from again, he wrote some science fiction, and I covered Dying of the Light (1977) Tuf Voyaging (1986) here.
A Thousand Worlds: Dying of the Light (1977) and Tuf Voyaging (1986) by George R.R. Martin
A look at the only two full-length works in the Thousand Worlds science fiction setting by the author of A Game of Thrones.
www.andyjohnson.xyz
September 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Dying of the Light is one of my all-time favorite reads.
Hey there friends. If you're planning to be in Romania next week (and honestly, who isn't?) please be sure to stop by the NOD festival in Brasov to say howdy. Vampires aside, it should be a good time.
September 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Hey there friends. If you're planning to be in Romania next week (and honestly, who isn't?) please be sure to stop by the NOD festival in Brasov to say howdy. Vampires aside, it should be a good time.
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A few familiar names on the shelf of Kinokuniya Books in Sapporo, Japan. The SFF English section is very small, so it was cool to see a range!
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A few familiar names on the shelf of Kinokuniya Books in Sapporo, Japan. The SFF English section is very small, so it was cool to see a range!
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Due to a warehouse problem around launch time, the Immeasurable Heaven won’t be stocked in any Waterstones for the foreseeable future.
I’ve compiled a headache-inducing pile of nice blurbs and would be so grateful if anyone who enjoyed my weird non-human book could reshare.
Thank you!
I’ve compiled a headache-inducing pile of nice blurbs and would be so grateful if anyone who enjoyed my weird non-human book could reshare.
Thank you!
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Due to a warehouse problem around launch time, the Immeasurable Heaven won’t be stocked in any Waterstones for the foreseeable future.
I’ve compiled a headache-inducing pile of nice blurbs and would be so grateful if anyone who enjoyed my weird non-human book could reshare.
Thank you!
I’ve compiled a headache-inducing pile of nice blurbs and would be so grateful if anyone who enjoyed my weird non-human book could reshare.
Thank you!
There are noises coming from my woods right now which are alarmingly similar to those of King Arthur and his men constructing their wooden rabbit outside the French castle in Holy Grail. I may need to fetch the cow.
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There are noises coming from my woods right now which are alarmingly similar to those of King Arthur and his men constructing their wooden rabbit outside the French castle in Holy Grail. I may need to fetch the cow.
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From Edward's journey seeing his novel turned into Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey17" to Spencer's experience as the first filmmaker to officially adapt Stephen King's "The Monkey", this enlightening and entertaining panel will share real-life stories about the world of book-to-film adaptations.
#LPFF2025
#LPFF2025
![Poster with the following language: From Page to Screen: The World of Film Adaptations Edward Ashton - Award Winning Author (Mickey7, The Fourth Consort, Antimatter Blues) Spencer Sherry - Director (The Monkey [2023], Las Hadas de la Sombra), Producer (Anomaly), Saratoga Arts Grants and Community Outreach Coordinator Adirondack Film & The Lake Placid Film Festival (October 30 - November 2)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ce7v4n7yd3wlvezdmmr6vnae/bafkreifztdbajcoyklpnnz5gzbbgle5lz7nen7upir2t3ynztji5u5x3ta@jpeg)
September 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
From Edward's journey seeing his novel turned into Bong Joon Ho's "Mickey17" to Spencer's experience as the first filmmaker to officially adapt Stephen King's "The Monkey", this enlightening and entertaining panel will share real-life stories about the world of book-to-film adaptations.
#LPFF2025
#LPFF2025