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HELLO WORLD! Come check out our technology-themed latest issue, Binary, for a whole bunch of sexy queer love stories that will have your processor humming.
The whole issue is live and free (as always) to read at
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The whole issue is live and free (as always) to read at
www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/issue...
August 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
HELLO WORLD! Come check out our technology-themed latest issue, Binary, for a whole bunch of sexy queer love stories that will have your processor humming.
The whole issue is live and free (as always) to read at
www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/issue...
The whole issue is live and free (as always) to read at
www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/issue...
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On "woke language": yes, most of these terms aren't things Dems actually say but are a way for centrists and the GOP to attack them.
But also: many are terms intended to extend dignity and recognition to folks who our language excludes or cannot speak of. I'm not ready to concede the value of that.
But also: many are terms intended to extend dignity and recognition to folks who our language excludes or cannot speak of. I'm not ready to concede the value of that.
August 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
On "woke language": yes, most of these terms aren't things Dems actually say but are a way for centrists and the GOP to attack them.
But also: many are terms intended to extend dignity and recognition to folks who our language excludes or cannot speak of. I'm not ready to concede the value of that.
But also: many are terms intended to extend dignity and recognition to folks who our language excludes or cannot speak of. I'm not ready to concede the value of that.
A beautiful example of this: Damion Searls’ analysis of a sentence by Robert Walser, from his own translation. He takes a sentence and opens up a world, unveiling the magic in its imagery, syntax, and rhythm.
“The large lake resembled a child who is completely silent because asleep and dreaming.”
“The large lake resembled a child who is completely silent because asleep and dreaming.”
August 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A beautiful example of this: Damion Searls’ analysis of a sentence by Robert Walser, from his own translation. He takes a sentence and opens up a world, unveiling the magic in its imagery, syntax, and rhythm.
“The large lake resembled a child who is completely silent because asleep and dreaming.”
“The large lake resembled a child who is completely silent because asleep and dreaming.”
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It's time to get caught up in our new issue! Come enjoy all the webs, weavings, cycles, and callbacks of our April issue, Quantum Entanglement! www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/bang-...
Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Always smutty, always free, and always all kinds of queer!
Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Always smutty, always free, and always all kinds of queer!
April 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's time to get caught up in our new issue! Come enjoy all the webs, weavings, cycles, and callbacks of our April issue, Quantum Entanglement! www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/bang-...
Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Always smutty, always free, and always all kinds of queer!
Shousetsu Bang*Bang: Always smutty, always free, and always all kinds of queer!
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I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀
LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF
LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF
April 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀
LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF
LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF
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Start (or finish) your work week off right with our new issue, Nine to Five! Our office-romance-themed collection is packed with sexy queer tales that are anything but your usual Monday grind.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Start (or finish) your work week off right with our new issue, Nine to Five! Our office-romance-themed collection is packed with sexy queer tales that are anything but your usual Monday grind.
Get it all for free at www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/front...
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💙📚 A selection of some of my favorite reads this year. First, the fiction:
January 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
💙📚 A selection of some of my favorite reads this year. First, the fiction:
I’ve been meaning to read this for a while and I’m glad I finally found some time during the strange lull before the new year.
Reading Imajica has affirmed my intention to be more selective in my reading for 2025—which includes less chasing after new releases, more reading from the backlist. 💙📚
Reading Imajica has affirmed my intention to be more selective in my reading for 2025—which includes less chasing after new releases, more reading from the backlist. 💙📚
December 31, 2024 at 8:59 PM
I’ve been meaning to read this for a while and I’m glad I finally found some time during the strange lull before the new year.
Reading Imajica has affirmed my intention to be more selective in my reading for 2025—which includes less chasing after new releases, more reading from the backlist. 💙📚
Reading Imajica has affirmed my intention to be more selective in my reading for 2025—which includes less chasing after new releases, more reading from the backlist. 💙📚
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Say good-bye (and good riddance) to 2024 in the best way possible -- with tons of free queer smutty romance! Come join us for our year-ending theme-free big bang at www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/front...
December 30, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Say good-bye (and good riddance) to 2024 in the best way possible -- with tons of free queer smutty romance! Come join us for our year-ending theme-free big bang at www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/front...
I finished Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst earlier this month, a sumptuously elegant novel that is also bleak in a way that resonates deeply with this historical moment. (1/2)
December 1, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I finished Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst earlier this month, a sumptuously elegant novel that is also bleak in a way that resonates deeply with this historical moment. (1/2)
I love @amalelmohtar.com's observations on storytelling in Minsoo Kang's novel. The emphasis on "show not tell" in fiction writing can be flattening and can sometimes preclude the rich array of possibilities available in text 💙📚
New column up at @nytimes.com today, covering Minsoo Kang's THE MELANCHOLY OF UNTOLD HISTORY, Margaret Killjoy's THE SAPLING CAGE, & James S. A. Corey's THE MERCY OF GODS. Here's a gift link.
Murderous Emperors, Plagues, Killer Lobsters: New Speculative Fiction
Recent books by Minsoo Kang, Margaret Killjoy and James S.A. Corey.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I love @amalelmohtar.com's observations on storytelling in Minsoo Kang's novel. The emphasis on "show not tell" in fiction writing can be flattening and can sometimes preclude the rich array of possibilities available in text 💙📚
Thread.
Some media recommendations below, to which I'd also add the novel Human Acts by Han Kang (recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) 💙📚
Some media recommendations below, to which I'd also add the novel Human Acts by Han Kang (recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) 💙📚
part of what got south korea out under the thumb of authoritarian dictatorships and to real elections (1987) and free and fair ones (1992) were large, mass protests and demonstrations.
which is such an anodyne way of describing what happened. it makes it sound bloodless.
it wasn't.
which is such an anodyne way of describing what happened. it makes it sound bloodless.
it wasn't.
my country elected a fascist 10 years ago and he's now arguably the most unpopular pm we've ever had and we still can't get rid of him because once a fascist gets into power, typically you do not get them out without a whole lot of mass violence. Don't be like us.
November 5, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Thread.
Some media recommendations below, to which I'd also add the novel Human Acts by Han Kang (recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) 💙📚
Some media recommendations below, to which I'd also add the novel Human Acts by Han Kang (recent winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature) 💙📚
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Say its name three times and it appears: our terrifyingly sexy October issue, Hauntology! Whether you're looking for some chilling thrills or just some ghost-flavored snuggles, you can get started on your very own Gay Halloween right now at www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/front...
October 28, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Say its name three times and it appears: our terrifyingly sexy October issue, Hauntology! Whether you're looking for some chilling thrills or just some ghost-flavored snuggles, you can get started on your very own Gay Halloween right now at www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/front...
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The experience I'm about to share is not "grr kids these days" nor "I'm tougher than these chumps" but rather "I'm genuinely sad kids are missing out on deep reading"
Where I went to college (the first three yrs), we had slightly shorter fall/spring terms and a one month January term (aka J term)--
Where I went to college (the first three yrs), we had slightly shorter fall/spring terms and a one month January term (aka J term)--
Recently, I tweeted about how in 90s/00s it was common to be assigned a book to read in 1 or 2 weeks.
Many younger people replied they'd NEVER been assigned that much reading even while getting graduate degrees. Others said they hadn't been assigned entire books AT ALL in h.s....only excerpts.
Many younger people replied they'd NEVER been assigned that much reading even while getting graduate degrees. Others said they hadn't been assigned entire books AT ALL in h.s....only excerpts.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
www.theatlantic.com
October 3, 2024 at 1:13 AM
The experience I'm about to share is not "grr kids these days" nor "I'm tougher than these chumps" but rather "I'm genuinely sad kids are missing out on deep reading"
Where I went to college (the first three yrs), we had slightly shorter fall/spring terms and a one month January term (aka J term)--
Where I went to college (the first three yrs), we had slightly shorter fall/spring terms and a one month January term (aka J term)--
Books I enjoyed from September, including vibrant anticolonial fantasy, lyrical meditations on writing, a postmodern blend of history and myth, and a provocative dissection of cultural trends privileging flow and immersion. 💙📚
October 1, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Books I enjoyed from September, including vibrant anticolonial fantasy, lyrical meditations on writing, a postmodern blend of history and myth, and a provocative dissection of cultural trends privileging flow and immersion. 💙📚
Reminds me of something Toni Morrison once said:
"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
September 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Reminds me of something Toni Morrison once said:
"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
"All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was."
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opened up to where i left off on this le guin book & immediately had to highlight this entire passage bc this is still an issue in so many books
September 19, 2024 at 4:07 AM
opened up to where i left off on this le guin book & immediately had to highlight this entire passage bc this is still an issue in so many books
Brilliant essay from @jolwalton.bsky.social which takes contemporary science fiction to task for the ways it has failed to meet the challenge of critically appraising the role of machine learning in society. 1/ 💙📚
sfrareview.org/2024/01/26/m...
sfrareview.org/2024/01/26/m...
Machine Learning in Contemporary Science Fiction
⮌ SFRA Review, vol. 54 no. 1 Features download Machine Learning in Contemporary Science Fiction Jo Lindsay Walton “To suggest that we democratize AI to reduce asymmetries of power is a little like arg...
sfrareview.org
September 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Brilliant essay from @jolwalton.bsky.social which takes contemporary science fiction to task for the ways it has failed to meet the challenge of critically appraising the role of machine learning in society. 1/ 💙📚
sfrareview.org/2024/01/26/m...
sfrareview.org/2024/01/26/m...
Penzeys is great! FYI I'm seeing some recommendations for the Spice House since they're from the same family, but they are NOT the same. The Spice House is conservative & does not have a good relationship with Penzeys.
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
September 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Penzeys is great! FYI I'm seeing some recommendations for the Spice House since they're from the same family, but they are NOT the same. The Spice House is conservative & does not have a good relationship with Penzeys.
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...
One of the horniest novels about grief I have ever read. This beautifully queer book came at a time in my life when I really needed it and genuinely rekindled my love for reading 💙📚
That time of year again: the fall semester has kicked off, but it’s still triple-digits hot outside and the air is heavy. May I suggest a re-read?
PS: right around this point in Summer Sons, Andrew’s climbing into Sam’s bed after his (genre-typical!) fucked up deer experience.
PS: right around this point in Summer Sons, Andrew’s climbing into Sam’s bed after his (genre-typical!) fucked up deer experience.
September 2, 2024 at 2:37 PM
One of the horniest novels about grief I have ever read. This beautifully queer book came at a time in my life when I really needed it and genuinely rekindled my love for reading 💙📚
My favorites from August! I loved all of these, although it's been a while since a book has stressed me out as much as Navola did (complimentary) 💙📚
September 1, 2024 at 11:36 PM
My favorites from August! I loved all of these, although it's been a while since a book has stressed me out as much as Navola did (complimentary) 💙📚
Nicked by M.T. Anderson is at once a queer romance, a bumbling heist story, and a meditation on power & divinity. Set in the medieval Mediterranean, it's the story of a monk (a "holy fool") and a disreputable yet rakish relic hunter and their attempt to "liberate" the bones of St. Nicholas. (1/2) 💙📚
August 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Nicked by M.T. Anderson is at once a queer romance, a bumbling heist story, and a meditation on power & divinity. Set in the medieval Mediterranean, it's the story of a monk (a "holy fool") and a disreputable yet rakish relic hunter and their attempt to "liberate" the bones of St. Nicholas. (1/2) 💙📚
@edyong209.bsky.social is a phenomenal science writer and his newsletter is always a treat.
Here he does a close reading of one of his opening paragraphs. It's an illuminating analysis that exposes the craft behind good writing, the intentionality that goes into every sentence. 💙📚
Here he does a close reading of one of his opening paragraphs. It's an illuminating analysis that exposes the craft behind good writing, the intentionality that goes into every sentence. 💙📚
August 29, 2024 at 3:14 AM
@edyong209.bsky.social is a phenomenal science writer and his newsletter is always a treat.
Here he does a close reading of one of his opening paragraphs. It's an illuminating analysis that exposes the craft behind good writing, the intentionality that goes into every sentence. 💙📚
Here he does a close reading of one of his opening paragraphs. It's an illuminating analysis that exposes the craft behind good writing, the intentionality that goes into every sentence. 💙📚
I loved Rakesfall, by @vajra.me: a phantasmagoric exploration of the struggle against injustice in every timeline, every universe, every mythopoeic form. 💙📚
Also, (slight spoilers for a book that cannot really be spoiled in the next post)—
Also, (slight spoilers for a book that cannot really be spoiled in the next post)—
August 26, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I loved Rakesfall, by @vajra.me: a phantasmagoric exploration of the struggle against injustice in every timeline, every universe, every mythopoeic form. 💙📚
Also, (slight spoilers for a book that cannot really be spoiled in the next post)—
Also, (slight spoilers for a book that cannot really be spoiled in the next post)—
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August 26, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Bask in the steamy rainbow glow of Neon Lights, our newest issue! Now you can enjoy all its sexy love stories and fanciful nightlife adventures -- for free! -- at
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