Liz Busby
@lizbusby.bsky.social
reader, critic, creative writer, and podcaster; talks about speculative fiction and Mormonism, and often about the relationship between them
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Liz Busby
@lizbusby.bsky.social
· Jul 31
A little project I've been working... I hope you'll join me.
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
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Arise, arise, Writers of Dissertations!
Fell chapters awake: sections and subsections!
Words shall be shaken, citations be splintered,
a keyboard-day, a thesis day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Doctorhood!
Fell chapters awake: sections and subsections!
Words shall be shaken, citations be splintered,
a keyboard-day, a thesis day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Doctorhood!
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Arise, arise, Writers of Dissertations!
Fell chapters awake: sections and subsections!
Words shall be shaken, citations be splintered,
a keyboard-day, a thesis day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Doctorhood!
Fell chapters awake: sections and subsections!
Words shall be shaken, citations be splintered,
a keyboard-day, a thesis day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Doctorhood!
Reposted by Liz Busby
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Let me get this straight. Your lab has bred a dragon?"
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
"A wyvern, director. It has two legs, two wings, whereas a-"
"Which flies, breathes fire, and is intelligent?"
"About as intelligent as a border collie."
"So, intelligent. Why?"
"You asked us to invent measures to take down small drones."
Had a great time at the playtest today--what a strange religious world we live in!
I have one playtester spot left if anyone wants to join! Or just stop by. Sheraton lobby by the bar. 4pm. #aarsbl25
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Had a great time at the playtest today--what a strange religious world we live in!
I'm finally reading Hyperion in preparation for listening to a paper at #AARSBL2025. Guys, I knew this novel was based on the Canterbury Tales format, but nobody told me just how absolutely bonkers it is. Just finished the priest's tale, and what the absolute heck?! More later.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm finally reading Hyperion in preparation for listening to a paper at #AARSBL2025. Guys, I knew this novel was based on the Canterbury Tales format, but nobody told me just how absolutely bonkers it is. Just finished the priest's tale, and what the absolute heck?! More later.
Getting around to posting what I've been up to and what I've been reading. Someday I'll be able to both live and blog at the same time, right?
lizbusby.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
lizbusby.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
What I Read: August-October 2025
In which I begin, arguably, too many new endeavors
lizbusby.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Getting around to posting what I've been up to and what I've been reading. Someday I'll be able to both live and blog at the same time, right?
lizbusby.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
lizbusby.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
Join us on episode 1 of the Storming Journey, where we talk about dispensations, kin-making, and the three Nephites. Oh, also some Stormlight Archive in there as well.
Available wherever fine podcasts are sold.
Available wherever fine podcasts are sold.
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us on episode 1 of the Storming Journey, where we talk about dispensations, kin-making, and the three Nephites. Oh, also some Stormlight Archive in there as well.
Available wherever fine podcasts are sold.
Available wherever fine podcasts are sold.
First real episode posts tomorrow! You have been warned....
There will be spoilers...
Have you read up through Wind and Truth yet? Hope you have for episode 1, dropping tomorrow! 🙈
Have you read up through Wind and Truth yet? Hope you have for episode 1, dropping tomorrow! 🙈
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
First real episode posts tomorrow! You have been warned....
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All stories I post are artisanally conceived and composed by myself, from carefully selected particles, verbs, nouns, and other ethically sourced words.
No AI systems have been involved in the writing, though they might appear as characters. **
All stories I post are artisanally conceived and composed by myself, from carefully selected particles, verbs, nouns, and other ethically sourced words.
No AI systems have been involved in the writing, though they might appear as characters. **
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
** This account is neither a magazine nor a bot.
All stories I post are artisanally conceived and composed by myself, from carefully selected particles, verbs, nouns, and other ethically sourced words.
No AI systems have been involved in the writing, though they might appear as characters. **
All stories I post are artisanally conceived and composed by myself, from carefully selected particles, verbs, nouns, and other ethically sourced words.
No AI systems have been involved in the writing, though they might appear as characters. **
Get in, people! We're going on a storming journey.
A new storm is rolling in — join us for our Storming Journey, beginning Wednesday, October 22. #stormingjourney #stormlightarchive #sacredreading #newpodcast
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Get in, people! We're going on a storming journey.
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Our September newsblotter is out! Less than a week remains to get in your submissions for issue 1. Check out the updates to our guidelines, plus interesting reads, kickstarters, a fantasy art exhibit, and other new outlets for your short stories!
open.substack.com/pub/furtherl...
open.substack.com/pub/furtherl...
September 2025 Newsblotter
News and events about LDS speculative fiction
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Our September newsblotter is out! Less than a week remains to get in your submissions for issue 1. Check out the updates to our guidelines, plus interesting reads, kickstarters, a fantasy art exhibit, and other new outlets for your short stories!
open.substack.com/pub/furtherl...
open.substack.com/pub/furtherl...
Not sure but this might be heresy.
There's a new couch in the church foyer and it's not even flower print. Are we entering a new era?
September 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Not sure but this might be heresy.
Promise?
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Promise?
I felt torn about adding this book to my TBR. On the one hand, the concept is right up my alley. On the other hand, I have had serious issues with every Kuang book I've read. Sounds like the issues have gotten worse, which is sad because PhD students visit Hell is such an awesome premise.
This morning I have a (rather long) review of Katabasis up at @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social. In many ways, it’s a book quite similar to Babel, but those differences (and degrees) really tell, and turn things that worked for me in one really much less successful in the other. You can read it here.
Book Review: Katabasis by R. F. Kuang
A core theme worth exploring, obscured by lacklustre storytelling and the inability to trust the audience even one tiny bit Before I get i...
www.nerds-feather.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I felt torn about adding this book to my TBR. On the one hand, the concept is right up my alley. On the other hand, I have had serious issues with every Kuang book I've read. Sounds like the issues have gotten worse, which is sad because PhD students visit Hell is such an awesome premise.
One of my favorite things about teaching at BYU is the chance to open class with a blessing on both learners and teachers.
timesandseasons.org/index.php/20...
timesandseasons.org/index.php/20...
Prayer at the Beginning of Class: My Experience at a Non-LDS University – Times & Seasons
timesandseasons.org
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
One of my favorite things about teaching at BYU is the chance to open class with a blessing on both learners and teachers.
timesandseasons.org/index.php/20...
timesandseasons.org/index.php/20...
Inspired by a recent John Scalzi post against recommending old books, some thoughts on gifted readers and the canon.
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open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
Gifted Kids and the Sci-Fi Canon Wars
On the purposes of reading old genre books
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Inspired by a recent John Scalzi post against recommending old books, some thoughts on gifted readers and the canon.
open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
Back from Japan with book reviews and news! Less reading than usual, but at least three of these are going on my all-time favorites list.
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Back from Japan with book reviews and news! Less reading than usual, but at least three of these are going on my all-time favorites list.
Excited to be presenting but a bit intimidated by the level of Tolkien knowledge on the program. I'm gonna learn a lot!
Today is the last day to register for this weekend's event! Come join us for a weekend of discussion about the women of Tolkien and other mythopoeic fantasy. Register now: mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
Mythopoeic Society - Online Midyear Seminar 2025
Janet Brennan Croft is an Associate University Librarian at the University of Northern Iowa. She is the author of the Mythopoeic Award winning War in the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien (Praeger 2004,…
mythsoc.org
August 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Excited to be presenting but a bit intimidated by the level of Tolkien knowledge on the program. I'm gonna learn a lot!
Reposted by Liz Busby
We're getting an A24 Mormon Horror Cinematic Universe, folks!
August 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We're getting an A24 Mormon Horror Cinematic Universe, folks!
A little project I've been working... I hope you'll join me.
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A little project I've been working... I hope you'll join me.
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
Links in the usual places, or check out www.furtherlightmag.com
Sometimes you write a story because you can't not write this story, even if there's little to no chance it will ever be published because it's so idiosyncratic.
And sometimes, a random opportunity comes along and they want said piece. And so nothing in writing is ever wasted. 🎉
And sometimes, a random opportunity comes along and they want said piece. And so nothing in writing is ever wasted. 🎉
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sometimes you write a story because you can't not write this story, even if there's little to no chance it will ever be published because it's so idiosyncratic.
And sometimes, a random opportunity comes along and they want said piece. And so nothing in writing is ever wasted. 🎉
And sometimes, a random opportunity comes along and they want said piece. And so nothing in writing is ever wasted. 🎉
A slightly spoiler-y post about religion in Brandon Sanderson's latest secret project.
"Patji represents a god who wants us to suffer opposition to help us grow, a Latter-day Saint idea best reflected in 2 Nephi 2 and its discussion of opposition in all things."
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"Patji represents a god who wants us to suffer opposition to help us grow, a Latter-day Saint idea best reflected in 2 Nephi 2 and its discussion of opposition in all things."
open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
July 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A slightly spoiler-y post about religion in Brandon Sanderson's latest secret project.
"Patji represents a god who wants us to suffer opposition to help us grow, a Latter-day Saint idea best reflected in 2 Nephi 2 and its discussion of opposition in all things."
open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
"Patji represents a god who wants us to suffer opposition to help us grow, a Latter-day Saint idea best reflected in 2 Nephi 2 and its discussion of opposition in all things."
open.substack.com/pub/lizbusby...
Reposted by Liz Busby
The AAR Religion and the Arts Award is presented to an artist, performer, critic, curator, or scholar who has made a recent significant contribution to the arts and religion. Send in your nominations by September 15, 2025: aarweb.org/award/religi...
July 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AAR Religion and the Arts Award is presented to an artist, performer, critic, curator, or scholar who has made a recent significant contribution to the arts and religion. Send in your nominations by September 15, 2025: aarweb.org/award/religi...
Well, I guess it's time for me to invest in some of the new shiny editions. This happened while reading aloud to my youngest last night. At least I now have an easy bookmark!
July 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Well, I guess it's time for me to invest in some of the new shiny editions. This happened while reading aloud to my youngest last night. At least I now have an easy bookmark!
Excited to be presenting here!
The paper list for OMS #4: More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy is now live and looks fantastic! Registration is still open, come join us August 2-3! mythsoc.org/oms/oms-04.htm
Mythopoeic Society - Online Midyear Seminar 2025
Online MidSummer Seminar 2025 More Perilous and Fair: Women and Gender in Mythopoeic Fantasy
mythsoc.org
June 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Excited to be presenting here!