Lance Robinson
@lancerobinsonwriter.com
I write humble SF stories of humble characters thrust into extraordinary situations, and grand epic tales of heroes at the horizon of wonder.
The 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 3 is out. I really appreciate the extended introduction, which gives an overview of key events of the year in the world of Canadian spec fiction and the universe generally. Shout out to @ourmankoto.bsky.social
🪐📚 #canadianspeculativefiction
🪐📚 #canadianspeculativefiction
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘭. 3 is out. I really appreciate the extended introduction, which gives an overview of key events of the year in the world of Canadian spec fiction and the universe generally. Shout out to @ourmankoto.bsky.social
🪐📚 #canadianspeculativefiction
🪐📚 #canadianspeculativefiction
Who's your favorite Jedi. (Wrong answers only.)
October 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Who's your favorite Jedi. (Wrong answers only.)
The new issue of Analog includes my latest story, “One Step Away.” A bit of meteorology, a bit of AI, a bit of impostor syndrome, and a big dose of hope for our future.
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#sciencefiction #hopepunk #ai #unsecuritycouncil @analogsf.bsky.social🪐📚
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#sciencefiction #hopepunk #ai #unsecuritycouncil @analogsf.bsky.social🪐📚
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The new issue of Analog includes my latest story, “One Step Away.” A bit of meteorology, a bit of AI, a bit of impostor syndrome, and a big dose of hope for our future.
lancerobinsonwriter.com/index.html#n....
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#sciencefiction #hopepunk #ai #unsecuritycouncil @analogsf.bsky.social🪐📚
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#sciencefiction #hopepunk #ai #unsecuritycouncil @analogsf.bsky.social🪐📚
Please tell me this device will include a mini tractor beam that can do chiropractic adjustments on my C1 and C2 vertebrae, and that it will be invented in 2025. I’ve got a wicked tension headache.
#startrek #chiropractic #galaxyclassheadache
#startrek #chiropractic #galaxyclassheadache
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Please tell me this device will include a mini tractor beam that can do chiropractic adjustments on my C1 and C2 vertebrae, and that it will be invented in 2025. I’ve got a wicked tension headache.
#startrek #chiropractic #galaxyclassheadache
#startrek #chiropractic #galaxyclassheadache
As a hobbyist woodworker, today I found myself wishing for more #sciencefiction that features woodworking. I need to reread The Lathe of Heaven. I briefly mused about writing a sequel. Based on my woodworking skills, it would be titled The Jack Plane with a Dull Blade of Heaven.
#UrsulaKLeGuin
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#UrsulaKLeGuin
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August 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
As a hobbyist woodworker, today I found myself wishing for more #sciencefiction that features woodworking. I need to reread The Lathe of Heaven. I briefly mused about writing a sequel. Based on my woodworking skills, it would be titled The Jack Plane with a Dull Blade of Heaven.
#UrsulaKLeGuin
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#UrsulaKLeGuin
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If you see this, post a sword. ⚔️
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If you see this, post a sword. ⚔️
The fanzine Riverside Quarterly (1964-1993) has a place in my heart. Shortlisted for the Hugo 3 times. Mostly literary criticism, but also had poetry and fiction. Contributors included Algis Budrys, Philip José Farmer, Ursula Le Guin, and, in 1990, me with my first short story publication.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The fanzine Riverside Quarterly (1964-1993) has a place in my heart. Shortlisted for the Hugo 3 times. Mostly literary criticism, but also had poetry and fiction. Contributors included Algis Budrys, Philip José Farmer, Ursula Le Guin, and, in 1990, me with my first short story publication.
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Science fiction you read/saw as a child that left an impression.
𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. I was too young to see it in theaters in 1972, but a few years later it was broadcast on network TV. I cried when Bruce Dern's robot Louie died.
#silentrunning #sciencefictionmovies
#ScienceFictionWithHeart
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𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. I was too young to see it in theaters in 1972, but a few years later it was broadcast on network TV. I cried when Bruce Dern's robot Louie died.
#silentrunning #sciencefictionmovies
#ScienceFictionWithHeart
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July 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Science fiction you read/saw as a child that left an impression.
𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. I was too young to see it in theaters in 1972, but a few years later it was broadcast on network TV. I cried when Bruce Dern's robot Louie died.
#silentrunning #sciencefictionmovies
#ScienceFictionWithHeart
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𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. I was too young to see it in theaters in 1972, but a few years later it was broadcast on network TV. I cried when Bruce Dern's robot Louie died.
#silentrunning #sciencefictionmovies
#ScienceFictionWithHeart
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For another 17 days, my short story collection #ChasingNewSuns is part of a #speculativefiction e-book bundle from Arc Manor.
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
July 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
For another 17 days, my short story collection #ChasingNewSuns is part of a #speculativefiction e-book bundle from Arc Manor.
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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@robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social, @markleslie.bsky.social.
#iwritespecfic #wotfbundle
I’m now writing the one scene of my WIP that’s set in #Saskatchewan, trying to capture how its landscape shaped me. The fact that it’s set 14,000 years in the future doesn’t stop it from making me feel homesick.
#iwritespecfic #hopepunk
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July 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I’m now writing the one scene of my WIP that’s set in #Saskatchewan, trying to capture how its landscape shaped me. The fact that it’s set 14,000 years in the future doesn’t stop it from making me feel homesick.
#iwritespecfic #hopepunk
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Enjoying the Local Author Showcase at the Indigo bookstore in #ThunderBay.
July 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Enjoying the Local Author Showcase at the Indigo bookstore in #ThunderBay.
I hired a new editor. His intuition and skill are amazing, but he’s kind of a whiny brat.
“I don't like the passive voice. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.”
“I don't like the passive voice. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.”
July 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I hired a new editor. His intuition and skill are amazing, but he’s kind of a whiny brat.
“I don't like the passive voice. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.”
“I don't like the passive voice. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.”
I love finding a book of mine “out in the wild”. This is my collection Chasing New Suns at Chapters-Indigo in #ReginaSK.
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#chasingnewsuns #iwritespecfic #shortstories
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#chasingnewsuns #iwritespecfic #shortstories
July 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I love finding a book of mine “out in the wild”. This is my collection Chasing New Suns at Chapters-Indigo in #ReginaSK.
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#chasingnewsuns #iwritespecfic #shortstories
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#chasingnewsuns #iwritespecfic #shortstories
I’ve hired a new editor.
“You all know me. You know how I earn a livin'. I'll edit this bird for ya, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad story! Not like goin' down to Congress and editing a political speech. This story has run-on sentences that’ll swallow you whole.”
“You all know me. You know how I earn a livin'. I'll edit this bird for ya, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad story! Not like goin' down to Congress and editing a political speech. This story has run-on sentences that’ll swallow you whole.”
July 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’ve hired a new editor.
“You all know me. You know how I earn a livin'. I'll edit this bird for ya, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad story! Not like goin' down to Congress and editing a political speech. This story has run-on sentences that’ll swallow you whole.”
“You all know me. You know how I earn a livin'. I'll edit this bird for ya, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad story! Not like goin' down to Congress and editing a political speech. This story has run-on sentences that’ll swallow you whole.”
Greek Canadians on the Canadian prairies then went on to perfect pizza, culminating in Western Pizza's "all dressed".
June 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Greek Canadians on the Canadian prairies then went on to perfect pizza, culminating in Western Pizza's "all dressed".
In the intro to #WotF41, Jody Lynn Nye advises: write something “you know is missing from the literature.”
Not quite missing, but amidst a deluge of apocalypses, there’s not nearly enough stories that are honest about the shittiness of our world and yet still find an honest light of hope.
#hopepunk
Not quite missing, but amidst a deluge of apocalypses, there’s not nearly enough stories that are honest about the shittiness of our world and yet still find an honest light of hope.
#hopepunk
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Technologies like the Atykthera Mechanism (~150 BCE) inspire speculation: what might humanity have achieved by now, if only…?
I fear that 2200 years from now, people will look back on our time and say, “Good God, we could have colonized Alpha Centauri by now.”
Seems we’re in the stupidest timeline
I fear that 2200 years from now, people will look back on our time and say, “Good God, we could have colonized Alpha Centauri by now.”
Seems we’re in the stupidest timeline
June 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Technologies like the Atykthera Mechanism (~150 BCE) inspire speculation: what might humanity have achieved by now, if only…?
I fear that 2200 years from now, people will look back on our time and say, “Good God, we could have colonized Alpha Centauri by now.”
Seems we’re in the stupidest timeline
I fear that 2200 years from now, people will look back on our time and say, “Good God, we could have colonized Alpha Centauri by now.”
Seems we’re in the stupidest timeline
Arc Manor has assembled a speculative fiction book bundle that includes #ChasingNewSuns. I’m honored to be invited to be part of this bundle along with friends like @robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social and others.
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www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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#iwritespecfic
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www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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#iwritespecfic
June 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Arc Manor has assembled a speculative fiction book bundle that includes #ChasingNewSuns. I’m honored to be invited to be part of this bundle along with friends like @robertjsawyer.com, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, @davidhankins.bsky.social and others.
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www.arcmanorbooks.com/bundle
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Is this better? "Command wants us to fight like machines; they want us to make cold, calculated decisions."
May 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Is this better? "Command wants us to fight like machines; they want us to make cold, calculated decisions."
Happy Mother's Day!
She may not be perfect, but she's trying her best.
She may not be perfect, but she's trying her best.
May 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Happy Mother's Day!
She may not be perfect, but she's trying her best.
She may not be perfect, but she's trying her best.
You know you're getting old when start to identify with Relic more than Nick or Jesse. (If you're a Canadian of my generation, you know.)
#Beachcombers
#Beachcombers
May 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
You know you're getting old when start to identify with Relic more than Nick or Jesse. (If you're a Canadian of my generation, you know.)
#Beachcombers
#Beachcombers
Every Canadian has only three friends.
May 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Every Canadian has only three friends.
I'm proud to have another short story published in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨!
“Interconnections and Porous Boundaries” explores impostor syndrome, human interconnectedness, and the awe-inspiring complexity of the natural ecosystems that sustain us.
lancerobinsonwriter.com#analog2025-0...
@analogsf.bsky.social
“Interconnections and Porous Boundaries” explores impostor syndrome, human interconnectedness, and the awe-inspiring complexity of the natural ecosystems that sustain us.
lancerobinsonwriter.com#analog2025-0...
@analogsf.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm proud to have another short story published in 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨!
“Interconnections and Porous Boundaries” explores impostor syndrome, human interconnectedness, and the awe-inspiring complexity of the natural ecosystems that sustain us.
lancerobinsonwriter.com#analog2025-0...
@analogsf.bsky.social
“Interconnections and Porous Boundaries” explores impostor syndrome, human interconnectedness, and the awe-inspiring complexity of the natural ecosystems that sustain us.
lancerobinsonwriter.com#analog2025-0...
@analogsf.bsky.social
I am seeing a disturbing level of click-baity social media posts, profiles, and paid advertisements purporting to be genuine news organizations. Among them are profiles on Facebook and Twitter/X pretending to be CBC.
#disinformation #CanadianElection
#disinformation #CanadianElection
March 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I am seeing a disturbing level of click-baity social media posts, profiles, and paid advertisements purporting to be genuine news organizations. Among them are profiles on Facebook and Twitter/X pretending to be CBC.
#disinformation #CanadianElection
#disinformation #CanadianElection
I’m looking forward to the Stratford Book Fair in Stratford, Ontario next week!
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#stratfordontario #stratfordbookfair #sciencefiction #chasingnewsuns
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#stratfordontario #stratfordbookfair #sciencefiction #chasingnewsuns
March 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m looking forward to the Stratford Book Fair in Stratford, Ontario next week!
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#stratfordontario #stratfordbookfair #sciencefiction #chasingnewsuns
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