Tyler Roney
@tylerroney.bsky.social
Southeast Asia regional editor with Dialogue Earth based in Bangkok. ME with Coconuts and BK Magazine. Photos of stuff, things, and critters.
My 50 books of the year.
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
My 50 books of the year.
Moral of the book: Eating people is a sign something is wrong with you. Also, bees. It's about time someone said it. Don't know why, but this one gave me inklings of Michael Moorcock in style. Very cool read from @caitlinstarling.com.
www.amazon.com/Starving-Sai...
www.amazon.com/Starving-Sai...
October 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Moral of the book: Eating people is a sign something is wrong with you. Also, bees. It's about time someone said it. Don't know why, but this one gave me inklings of Michael Moorcock in style. Very cool read from @caitlinstarling.com.
www.amazon.com/Starving-Sai...
www.amazon.com/Starving-Sai...
Yes! A new Adrian Tchaikovsky book! I better finish my current Adrian Tchaikovsky book and remember to pre-order that one book from Adrian Tchaikovsky.
@aptshadow.bsky.social, take a day off, dude. You're making us all look bad.
@aptshadow.bsky.social, take a day off, dude. You're making us all look bad.
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Yes! A new Adrian Tchaikovsky book! I better finish my current Adrian Tchaikovsky book and remember to pre-order that one book from Adrian Tchaikovsky.
@aptshadow.bsky.social, take a day off, dude. You're making us all look bad.
@aptshadow.bsky.social, take a day off, dude. You're making us all look bad.
No one told me that @tkingfisher.com did another Sworn Soldier book, this time in my home state of West Virginia. I goddamn love these books and I'll buy every single one until one of us is dead, and I hope I go first because Pratchett really screwed me on that. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
October 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
No one told me that @tkingfisher.com did another Sworn Soldier book, this time in my home state of West Virginia. I goddamn love these books and I'll buy every single one until one of us is dead, and I hope I go first because Pratchett really screwed me on that. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
Attention, Pierce Brown has an Ice Cube in 'Friday' joke in the third book of the Red Rising series. That is all.
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Attention, Pierce Brown has an Ice Cube in 'Friday' joke in the third book of the Red Rising series. That is all.
Sometimes sentences punch you in the gut for no reason. "She sang a song with no words to herself as she dug a hole." Bleak but beautiful sci-fi from Nnedi Okorafor.
@nnedi.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sometimes sentences punch you in the gut for no reason. "She sang a song with no words to herself as she dug a hole." Bleak but beautiful sci-fi from Nnedi Okorafor.
@nnedi.bsky.social
@nnedi.bsky.social
I made a banjo, despite not having any power tools, or knowing anything about hand tools, or knowing...how to make a banjo.
April 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I made a banjo, despite not having any power tools, or knowing anything about hand tools, or knowing...how to make a banjo.
None of you told me about Michael Moorcock. Hm? Do you feel good about that? A story about Lucifer sending a damned 16th century soldier to find the Holy Grail who ends up learning humanist morals? Didn't think I needed to know? Hm? Nothing to say for yourself? Just going to sit there? Fine.
March 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
None of you told me about Michael Moorcock. Hm? Do you feel good about that? A story about Lucifer sending a damned 16th century soldier to find the Holy Grail who ends up learning humanist morals? Didn't think I needed to know? Hm? Nothing to say for yourself? Just going to sit there? Fine.
The first was hard sci-fi spiders, the second a zombie space horror with octopuses, and this one's a bleak interplanetary fairy tale with birds. I'm guessing the next one is time traveling noir thriller with capybaras.
Way to keep it fresh @aptshadow.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Children-Mem...
Way to keep it fresh @aptshadow.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Children-Mem...
February 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The first was hard sci-fi spiders, the second a zombie space horror with octopuses, and this one's a bleak interplanetary fairy tale with birds. I'm guessing the next one is time traveling noir thriller with capybaras.
Way to keep it fresh @aptshadow.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Children-Mem...
Way to keep it fresh @aptshadow.bsky.social.
www.amazon.com/Children-Mem...
Hot damn. I don't think I've ever read a book that understands hate so well - proper hate. Not internet hate. Real hate. Remember kids, pacifism kills. Not sure if that's the moral, but I'm angry these days. Props to @premeemohamed.com for another banger.
www.amazon.com/Siege-Burnin...
www.amazon.com/Siege-Burnin...
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Hot damn. I don't think I've ever read a book that understands hate so well - proper hate. Not internet hate. Real hate. Remember kids, pacifism kills. Not sure if that's the moral, but I'm angry these days. Props to @premeemohamed.com for another banger.
www.amazon.com/Siege-Burnin...
www.amazon.com/Siege-Burnin...
Neil in some pretty bad company here.
January 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Neil in some pretty bad company here.
Book review: Dead babies glow, dragons float, get pregnant, and if you’re on a boat you're gay. 5 / 5 corpselights.
Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social
Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Book review: Dead babies glow, dragons float, get pregnant, and if you’re on a boat you're gay. 5 / 5 corpselights.
Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social
Bone Ships by @rjbarker.bsky.social
Robots up the holler. This new book from @erinkwagner.bsky.social is an important reminder that science and the future happen everwhere. As someone from West Virginia whose kin was killed by a chemical company, I can tell you for certain it matters.
December 26, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Robots up the holler. This new book from @erinkwagner.bsky.social is an important reminder that science and the future happen everwhere. As someone from West Virginia whose kin was killed by a chemical company, I can tell you for certain it matters.
This is how you write a book: big sex frog, demon in a little hat, ghost jail, leg monster, bug tongues, fish tequila. It's not that hard.
Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. 5/5 tablethi.
Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. 5/5 tablethi.
December 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM
This is how you write a book: big sex frog, demon in a little hat, ghost jail, leg monster, bug tongues, fish tequila. It's not that hard.
Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. 5/5 tablethi.
Days of Shattered Faith by @aptshadow.bsky.social. 5/5 tablethi.
Best Political Fiction of the Year: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (2024) by @jasonkpargin.bsky.social
I’m frankly mad at how helpful this book was for my mental health. I don’t always agree with him. But it’s hard to argue. I mean, it’s winning sci-fi awards for no reason.
I’m frankly mad at how helpful this book was for my mental health. I don’t always agree with him. But it’s hard to argue. I mean, it’s winning sci-fi awards for no reason.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Political Fiction of the Year: I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom (2024) by @jasonkpargin.bsky.social
I’m frankly mad at how helpful this book was for my mental health. I don’t always agree with him. But it’s hard to argue. I mean, it’s winning sci-fi awards for no reason.
I’m frankly mad at how helpful this book was for my mental health. I don’t always agree with him. But it’s hard to argue. I mean, it’s winning sci-fi awards for no reason.
Best Genre Comedy Book of the Year: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (2024) by @djangowexler.bsky.social
Terry Pratchett is STILL pretending to be dead, so I need comedy fantasy. This one is a profanity-laced tale of a fantasy world Groundhog Day that gives the orcs the front seat.
Terry Pratchett is STILL pretending to be dead, so I need comedy fantasy. This one is a profanity-laced tale of a fantasy world Groundhog Day that gives the orcs the front seat.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Genre Comedy Book of the Year: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (2024) by @djangowexler.bsky.social
Terry Pratchett is STILL pretending to be dead, so I need comedy fantasy. This one is a profanity-laced tale of a fantasy world Groundhog Day that gives the orcs the front seat.
Terry Pratchett is STILL pretending to be dead, so I need comedy fantasy. This one is a profanity-laced tale of a fantasy world Groundhog Day that gives the orcs the front seat.
Best Comedy Book of the Year: The Stranger Times (2021) by @caimhmc.bsky.social
A tabloid supernatural newspaper with a Christian assistant, green assistant editor, and some delightfully strange reporters uncover a supernatural conspiracy. If you like Black Books and cosmic horror, do it.
A tabloid supernatural newspaper with a Christian assistant, green assistant editor, and some delightfully strange reporters uncover a supernatural conspiracy. If you like Black Books and cosmic horror, do it.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Comedy Book of the Year: The Stranger Times (2021) by @caimhmc.bsky.social
A tabloid supernatural newspaper with a Christian assistant, green assistant editor, and some delightfully strange reporters uncover a supernatural conspiracy. If you like Black Books and cosmic horror, do it.
A tabloid supernatural newspaper with a Christian assistant, green assistant editor, and some delightfully strange reporters uncover a supernatural conspiracy. If you like Black Books and cosmic horror, do it.
Best Book of Short Stories: Glory Days (2024) by Simon Rich
This silly book from Simon Rich really got me. Namely, he had a story about Mario (yes, that Mario) having a midlife crisis. I laughed my hole off but then things got too real.
This silly book from Simon Rich really got me. Namely, he had a story about Mario (yes, that Mario) having a midlife crisis. I laughed my hole off but then things got too real.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Book of Short Stories: Glory Days (2024) by Simon Rich
This silly book from Simon Rich really got me. Namely, he had a story about Mario (yes, that Mario) having a midlife crisis. I laughed my hole off but then things got too real.
This silly book from Simon Rich really got me. Namely, he had a story about Mario (yes, that Mario) having a midlife crisis. I laughed my hole off but then things got too real.
Best Horror Book: Fever House (2023) and Devil by Name (2024) by @keithrosson.bsky.social
I’m loath to call them horror, because there are elements of modern fantasy, noir, and, well, zombies. It’s the type where you say, “He’s too good to be writing something like this and I hope he never stops.”
I’m loath to call them horror, because there are elements of modern fantasy, noir, and, well, zombies. It’s the type where you say, “He’s too good to be writing something like this and I hope he never stops.”
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Horror Book: Fever House (2023) and Devil by Name (2024) by @keithrosson.bsky.social
I’m loath to call them horror, because there are elements of modern fantasy, noir, and, well, zombies. It’s the type where you say, “He’s too good to be writing something like this and I hope he never stops.”
I’m loath to call them horror, because there are elements of modern fantasy, noir, and, well, zombies. It’s the type where you say, “He’s too good to be writing something like this and I hope he never stops.”
Best Non-narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year: The Language of the Night (1972) by @ursulakleguin.bsky.social
Essays from Ursula Le Guin about writing. If you need more convincing than that, can't help you. I became a fantasy guy this year, and this book taught me the sheet music.
Essays from Ursula Le Guin about writing. If you need more convincing than that, can't help you. I became a fantasy guy this year, and this book taught me the sheet music.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best Non-narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year: The Language of the Night (1972) by @ursulakleguin.bsky.social
Essays from Ursula Le Guin about writing. If you need more convincing than that, can't help you. I became a fantasy guy this year, and this book taught me the sheet music.
Essays from Ursula Le Guin about writing. If you need more convincing than that, can't help you. I became a fantasy guy this year, and this book taught me the sheet music.
Literary Novel of the Year: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) by James McBride
My book club didn’t like it, and are all wrong. I didn’t really read a lot of literary fiction this year, so when I picked it up I started feeling feelings about my childhood and my family and relationships. Gross.
My book club didn’t like it, and are all wrong. I didn’t really read a lot of literary fiction this year, so when I picked it up I started feeling feelings about my childhood and my family and relationships. Gross.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Literary Novel of the Year: Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) by James McBride
My book club didn’t like it, and are all wrong. I didn’t really read a lot of literary fiction this year, so when I picked it up I started feeling feelings about my childhood and my family and relationships. Gross.
My book club didn’t like it, and are all wrong. I didn’t really read a lot of literary fiction this year, so when I picked it up I started feeling feelings about my childhood and my family and relationships. Gross.
Best New Author Discovery: @premeemohamed.com
I fell upon her collection of No One Will Come Back for Us short stories and was hooked. I moved onto the Annual Migration of Clouds books and then on to the standalone Butcher of the Forest. She's the future of sci-fi and fantasy and funny on Bluesky.
I fell upon her collection of No One Will Come Back for Us short stories and was hooked. I moved onto the Annual Migration of Clouds books and then on to the standalone Butcher of the Forest. She's the future of sci-fi and fantasy and funny on Bluesky.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Best New Author Discovery: @premeemohamed.com
I fell upon her collection of No One Will Come Back for Us short stories and was hooked. I moved onto the Annual Migration of Clouds books and then on to the standalone Butcher of the Forest. She's the future of sci-fi and fantasy and funny on Bluesky.
I fell upon her collection of No One Will Come Back for Us short stories and was hooked. I moved onto the Annual Migration of Clouds books and then on to the standalone Butcher of the Forest. She's the future of sci-fi and fantasy and funny on Bluesky.
History Book of the Year: Endurance (1959) by Alfred Lansing
I know I’m getting old because when I see a book about a big ‘ol wooden boat I buy it. I’d call them all heroes but they had to shoot the dogs for food and I’m still pretty sore about that.
I know I’m getting old because when I see a book about a big ‘ol wooden boat I buy it. I’d call them all heroes but they had to shoot the dogs for food and I’m still pretty sore about that.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
History Book of the Year: Endurance (1959) by Alfred Lansing
I know I’m getting old because when I see a book about a big ‘ol wooden boat I buy it. I’d call them all heroes but they had to shoot the dogs for food and I’m still pretty sore about that.
I know I’m getting old because when I see a book about a big ‘ol wooden boat I buy it. I’d call them all heroes but they had to shoot the dogs for food and I’m still pretty sore about that.
Fantasy Book of the Year (non-Buehlman): What Feasts at Night (2024) by @tkingfisher.com
Buehlman aside, T. Kingfisher has been fantasy catnip for me for the last two years. Short, meaty, and I guess I need to start thinking about some home ghost defense. More of this universe, please, forever.
Buehlman aside, T. Kingfisher has been fantasy catnip for me for the last two years. Short, meaty, and I guess I need to start thinking about some home ghost defense. More of this universe, please, forever.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Fantasy Book of the Year (non-Buehlman): What Feasts at Night (2024) by @tkingfisher.com
Buehlman aside, T. Kingfisher has been fantasy catnip for me for the last two years. Short, meaty, and I guess I need to start thinking about some home ghost defense. More of this universe, please, forever.
Buehlman aside, T. Kingfisher has been fantasy catnip for me for the last two years. Short, meaty, and I guess I need to start thinking about some home ghost defense. More of this universe, please, forever.
Sci-fi Book of the Year: Children of Ruin (2019) by @aptshadow.bsky.social
I'm behind in the series, but ever wonder how octopuses would fly a spaceship? There are zombies(ish), dancing turtles, and a form of life I still dream about sometimes and wake up in a sweat.
I'm behind in the series, but ever wonder how octopuses would fly a spaceship? There are zombies(ish), dancing turtles, and a form of life I still dream about sometimes and wake up in a sweat.
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Sci-fi Book of the Year: Children of Ruin (2019) by @aptshadow.bsky.social
I'm behind in the series, but ever wonder how octopuses would fly a spaceship? There are zombies(ish), dancing turtles, and a form of life I still dream about sometimes and wake up in a sweat.
I'm behind in the series, but ever wonder how octopuses would fly a spaceship? There are zombies(ish), dancing turtles, and a form of life I still dream about sometimes and wake up in a sweat.