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Kevin A. Barnes 🔭
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Writer | Interactive Storyteller | Online Artisan | Science Geek

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BREAKING: Imperial-remnant pirate Vane has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo!
Pirate Vane from the Star Wars TV series “The Mandalorian” and “Skeleton Crew.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Hello, #Bookvember!
I'm a reader and writer who can't imagine life without books. We had a grade school teacher who read to us at the end of each day, which led me (almost immediately) to the library to find other books I could read. Writing followed when I realized I could share my own stories.
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 1: Introduce yourself and share how you came to be a reader/writer. What is your reader/writer origin story? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This question brings back some great memories of the 1970s and 1980s when Milwaukee’s Oriental Theatre would show a different double feature almost every night.
Printed movie calendar for Milwaukee’s Oriental Theatre. The calendar covers a November and December span of one year in the early 1980s. (Sorry – I don’t remember the specific year.)
July 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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You’ve inherited a movie theatre, what’s your first double feature?

Rear Window (1954) and Wings of Desire (1987).
Poster for the Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window. Poster for the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire.
July 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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This is where I post from
Historic Marker for “Near Here.”
July 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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WisCon 2025 was a blast! Great panels / roundtables /workshops, two amazing Guests of Honor (Andrea Hairston and Naomi Kritzer), the Otherwise Award winners, and enough ideas to keep me going for months.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this year's WisCon a success!
This image shows the WisCon logo with the dates May 23-26,2025 appearing below the logo.
May 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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I'm currently attending WisCon 2025. If you're attending, stop over and say "Hi."
Event poster for WisCon 2025. WisCon, a feminist science fiction and fantasy convention, including: - Panels - Roundtables - Workshops - Art Show - and more! This year's Guests of Honor are Andrea Hairston and Naomi Kritzer. WisCon 2025 is fully online and runs May 23 through May 25. Registration is $25 (or pay what you can). Visit https://wiscon2025.sched.com to register. Want to get involved? Email personnel@sf3.org The WisCon poster design has an indigo background and cartoonish images such an ice cream sandwich, goggles, space gloves, and a pocket watch.
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I was at The Who’s Milwaukee 1982 show…would love to see (and hear!) an official recording of that concert.
Image of concert ticket from The Who’s December 7, 1982 show in Milwaukee.
February 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image from the business book “Imagination Engineering.”
January 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image from “The Godwulf Manuscript” by Robert B. Parker.
January 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image from the novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams.
January 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by George Orwell.
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the novel “The Secret of Phantom Lake” by William Arden and part of the YA mystery series “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators.”
December 31, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.
December 30, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover of the Larry Niven short story collection “Neutron Star” (August 1975 Ballantine Books edition). Cover illustration by noted science fiction illustrator Rick Sternbach.
December 29, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the novel Loonglow by Helen Eisenbach.
December 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the novel A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.
December 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the book “Man and Space” from the LIFE Science Library series.
December 26, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the novel God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert.
December 25, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the novel Dune by Frank Herbert.
December 24, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein.
December 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the book Getting Things Done by David Allen.
December 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image for the science fiction novel The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke.
December 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the book “Watch the Skies! A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth” by Curtis Peebles.
December 20, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

#BookSky
#Books
#20DayBookChallenge
Cover image of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
December 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM