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Like the show on which it's based, David Mack's new novel "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Ring Of Fire" is a #SciFi #SpaceOpera adventure. But as he reveals in this exclusive Q&A, "Fire" was actually inspired by a real incident involving the CIA and Howard Hughes.
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Started reading Thomas Ha's "Uncertain Sons And Other Stories."
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First story, "Window Boy," was as odd as the cover art ... which is exactly what I was hoping for.
#books #ShortStory #ShortStories #Weird #WeirdHorror #Horror #ScienceFiction #SciFi @thomasha.bsky.social #BookSky
Finished reading Alfred Corn's "The Returns: Collected Poems."
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Started far stronger than it ended, and was hit and miss throughout anyway, so...
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky
With "A Ruin, Great And Free," author Cadwell Turnbull has concluded his monstrous "Convergence Saga" trilogy. In this exclusive interview, Turnbull discusses what inspired and influenced both this contemporary #fantasy series and this final installment.
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Started reading John Scalzi's "The Shattering Peace."
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Is typically Scalzi, which is a good thing because typical Scalzi is entertaining, clever, and gripping, especially his #SciFi #SpaceOpera books.
#Books #reading #ScienceFiction @scalzi.com
@torbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
Finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Lords Of Uncreation: The Final Architecture: Book Three."
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I think this epic #SciFi #SpaceOpera series is my favorite Tchaikovsky story ... so far.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction @aptshadow.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Finished reading Rae Armantrout's "Money Shot: Poems."
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Yet another solid collection of #poetry. Damn, she's good.
#books #reading #poems #BookSky
And now, a reason to appreciate higher education: In this exclusive interview with poet brittny ray crowell about "Cord Swell," her first #poetry collection, we talk about how it was originally written ... as her dissertation.
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In my exclusive interview with author Mark Waddell about his contemporary fantasy / dark comedy / queer fantasy novel "Colin Gets Promoted And Dooms The World," says the main character works for the world's oldest and most sinister company. No, not that one.
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With the #fantasy novella "A Mouthful Of Dust," author Nghi Vo is once again letting us travel with Cleric Chih and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant. But as Vo explains in this exclusive interview, this trip was actually written "ages ago."
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Five years after releasing the titular #horror novella, author Brian Asman has rereleased "Man, F*ck This House," which has a reworked version of the novella, plus six #ShortStories. To find out why, and more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Rae Armantrout's "Money Shot: Poems."
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you confuse / the image of a fungus / with the image of a dick / in my poem / (understandable)
Sold!
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky
Finished reading Tsitsi Ella Jaji's "Beating The Graves: Poems."
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Had too many in which she got clever with the structure, but the rest were mostly good.
#books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky
Started reading the #fantasy #ShortStory anthology "Swords & Larceny."
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So...a collection of heist stories set in fantasy realms. I dig it.
#books #reading #ShortStories @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
ICYMI, last night, Raymond, Mac, and I had a long talk about #MarvelZombies for the new episode of "RPAD TV 3000." What we liked, what we didn't, why it made it oddly hungry...
(Oh, and spoilers abound)
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The #cyberpunk #SciFi first-person shooter #MetalEden" feels like a modern version of an old school #VideoGame, with all the fast run & gun action that implies. Here's the link to my review of this cool shooter.
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Started reading Tsitsi Ella Jaji's "Beating The Graves: Poems."
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Very interesitng so far, especially the more conversational pieces.
#books #reading #poems #poetry
With "The First Thousand Trees," author Premee Mohamed has completed the post-apocalyptic #CliFi #horror #SciFi trilogy she launched with "The Annual Migration Of Clouds." To learn more about this story and this series, check out this exclusive interview.
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Started reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Lords Of Uncreation: The Final Architecture: Book Three."
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Super excited to see how this epic #SciFi #SpaceOpera series ends.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction @aptshadow.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Read "Chasers" by Mariah Darling and Eve Harms tonight.
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This #transgressive #Splatterpunk novella was all kinds of fucked up, but also super good.
#books #reading #BookSky
Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Arabic Poems."
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Certainly got better as it went along. Enough that I'm going to read other collections in this series soon.
#books #reading #poems @everymanslibrary.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky
ICYMI, here is the link to my review of #GhostOfYลtei, an epic and engaging third-person, open world, hack & slash action / adventure #VideoGame that's one of the year's best.
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During the pandemic, some people read the classics. Author Seamus Sullivan went a different route; he wrote a sequel to one. Here's the link to our exclusive interview about "Daedalus Is Dead," his dark #fantasy continuation of the myth of Deadalus and Icarus.
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I played a little of it this summer and it was super fun.
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Finished reading A.C. Haskins' "Blood And Fate."
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Very entertaining and wild #UrbanFantasy story. Curious to see where he takes it next.
#Books #Reading #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries #UrbanFantasyBookSeries @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky
It my pleasure. Thank you for taking the time to do it.
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In the future, human clones may do jobs naturally born people don't want to do. But in Eddie Rob's new new #SciFi crime novel "The Heist Of Hollow London," he has clones doing a job most of us couldn't do. To learn what, check out this exclusive interview.
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In this exclusive interview about "Chasm," her new collection of #ShortStories and #poems, author Addison Herron-Wheeler says, "It is so important these days for #queer and femme folks to find community and solidarity and to read stories that make us feel seen."
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Some people get their best ideas when they go for a walk. But in my exclusive interview with author Philip Fracassi, he explains how the hell a nice stroll led him to write a thriller / mystery novel called "The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre."
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#AlienRogueIncursionPartOneEvolvedEdition falls somewhere between a #SciFi first-person shooter and a survival #horror game...but it's all "Alien." Here's the link to my review of the VR-free version of #AlienRogueIncursion.
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