Our Simulated Selves
A mind-bending quantum thriller about simulated realitiโฆ
Read Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null as a judge in team #SpaceGirls for #SPSFC5
This is an unequivocal YES from me to move forward to be read by our whole team. Iโve completed it and you can read my review on Goodreads
#SPSFC #Self-publishedSci-fi #๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ #Booksky ๐๐๐ช
#pukapuka ๐๐ณ๐ฟ
31.01.2026 01:20 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
In todayโs NZ Herald
28.01.2026 18:46 โ ๐ 87 ๐ 44 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 3
A graphic saying "Win me!"
Showing the covet for A Good Day to Die by GR Matthews
You have no allies.
You are already bleeding, though you are not sure why.
Rawlins is nearby, and he is absolutely not here to help you.
To survive even ten minutes, you may take one completely ridiculous weapon.
Not useful.
Not sensible.
Just delightfully stupid.
Comment your answer to win this;
28.01.2026 19:17 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A graphic saying "Win Me!" And showing the covet for the audiobook omnibus of Corin Hayes by GR Matthews
The pressure is crushing.
Your suit is beeping in a way that feels personal.
Corin Hayes is present, grumpy, sarcastic, and already halfway through a drink.
You are offered one coping mechanism to get through the day.
Comment with your absurd coping mechanism to win a UK/US audible code!
28.01.2026 19:19 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A graphic saying "Win Me!" Showing the covet of The Silencing of the north by GR Matthews
Winter is coming.
The Empire is marching on the clans.
Everyone looks tired, armed, and deeply unimpressed by your existence.
You are offered one role to justify why you should not be immediately sent to die in the snow.
Comment your choice of role to win this!
28.01.2026 19:21 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social is doing a giveaway on the amazing books by author G.R. Matthews @grmatthews.bsky.social as his sequel to Seven Deaths of Empire releases TOMORROW!! Be in to win these excellent books
#BookGiveaway #NewRelease #GRMatthews #Booksky๐๐ #pukapuka ๐๐ณ๐ฟ
28.01.2026 20:20 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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26.01.2026 23:31 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Earth Sucks
Itโs the apocalypse. And Feng has a knack for pissing pโฆ
I read Earth Sucks by Heather Chambers as a judge 4 team #SpaceGirls in #SPSFC5. Whilst it's a No to moving on, this was an enjoyable read, with some comic relief scattered throughout. I do recommend giving this book a read.
#SPSFC #Self-publishedSci-fi #Aliens #dystopia #Booksky๐๐๐ช #pukapuka๐๐ณ๐ฟ
26.01.2026 23:30 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Afterburn
Kara is an outcast. A freak. A non-telepath. The only pโฆ
Read Afterburn by D Andrews as a judge in team #SpaceGirls for #SPSFC5 I'd already read this due to personal interest and I'm personally giving this a Yes to move forward.
#SPSFC #Self-published #Sci-fi๐ช๐ #discrimination #gaslighting #Booksky๐๐ #pukapuka๐ณ๐ฟ๐
Pic shows a fiery silhouette in a bubble
26.01.2026 21:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Cartoon. Title: PARLIAMENT RETURNS UNDER SHADOW OF DEADLY WEATHER
in this image we have the Beehive. Parliament of New Zealand being battered by waves and rising sea levels. At the top the National flag is broken and in tatters.
Luxon is hanging out his office window shouting, "it's too soon to talk about this..." and a woman in a bath tub with oars shouts really loudly back "IF NOT NOW WHEN?!"
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
There's been loud voices in the media saying it's too soon to talk about the impacts of climate change... ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ?
#ClimateChange #PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Caricature #Luxon
26.01.2026 20:17 โ ๐ 106 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 9 ๐ 4
Ashen Light
John Allenbeck hates his job. Most days, it feels like โฆ
As part of team #SpaceGirls, I read Ashen Light by Ian Young for #SPSFC5 I personally am giving this a Yes to be read in full by whole team. RTC
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
#SPSFC #Self-published #Scifi๐ช #Automata๐ค #crime๐ #Spaceships๐ฐ๐#Booksky๐๐ #pukapuka๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ
21.01.2026 22:19 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The image shows a scene in oranges and yellows of a city of dark towers being blown apart by a rising phoenix whose wings spread across the entire sky. In the foreground is the silhouette of a man in long coat with his arms outspread welcoming the phoenix even as flames lick up around his feet.
Introducing Fantasy-Faction's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off ( #SPFBO) team! (@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social @kitvaria.bsky.social @karenlucia.bsky.social @devildauta.bsky.social @kitauthor.com @stillmellow.bsky.social @stacey-unchecked.bsky.social)
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#booksky
08.01.2026 13:36 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Blades Forged (Empire of Knives #1)
Praise for Blades Forged โExtremely, extremely darkโฆ tโฆ
Looking for a new Grimdark book to to read? I highly recommend P D Ashton's debut novel, Blades Forged www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
(It was almost a 5 star read for me)
#Fantasy #Grimdark #debut #self-published #MilitaryFantasy
17.12.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why it will soon cost more for disabled people to travel
Disability advocate Blake Forbes says the Government is severing a โlifelineโ for some disabled Kiwis, after it confirmed prices would increase.
The NZ Govt has announced that it will be reducing support for the Total Mobility scheme that subsidises travel for some disabled people
That money being taken from disabled people is 25% of the tax rebates that were introduced for a tobacco company
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
16.12.2025 16:48 โ ๐ 50 ๐ 34 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 7
FFS! Luxon just said "We've got rid of emergency housing." without even realising he was saying the quiet bit out loud.๐ฉ๐ฅ
#OneTermGovernment
#nzpol
16.12.2025 02:13 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
As a friend put it, "hi, welcome to METH - Ministry Environment, Transport, Housing" (also because Meth use is another thing that gotten 'higher' under this gvt)
16.12.2025 04:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I seldom watch TV these days, instead I donate to platforms to save me the horror. I hadn't realised how much of a Jennie-May Maiki had become ๐คข๐คฎ
14.12.2025 23:03 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'm the opposite - too much ๐. This weekend I got sunburnt on the bits of skin I missed with sunblock. I was only outside for 20 mins at 10am!!
14.12.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Luxonโs reply on last nightโs TVNZ interview with Maliki Sherman to her question on whether he would be at Waitangi in 2026.
โWaitangi ? Itโs all drama, soap box stuff.โ
Fuยขking racist POS
#nzpol
14.12.2025 20:27 โ ๐ 59 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 3
Book cover for Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike. It shows a burning bank note with an Orc in the centre
Fantasy-Fantasy-Faction's @fantasyfaction.bsky.social final review in the #SPFBO Champions League is for Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike. This comes in 6th place in our ratings. fantasy-faction.com/2025/spfbo-1...
#SPFBO #Self-published #Fantasy #Booksky๐๐ #pukapuka ๐๐ณ๐ฟ
14.12.2025 17:48 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We've got an election next year so fingers crossed many of them get voted out. Gvt making stupid choices annd now hurting their own. We have MMP so its a coalition of 3 political parties that are racist, evangelical Christian and arse benders for their donors.
13.12.2025 20:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Sadly NZ's current gvt are all Trump toadies & the leader of our biggest "left" wing party has become way too centrist. We've recently got a fucking FBI office in our Capital. Thereโs no way they'd kick the US out of 5-eyes
13.12.2025 20:04 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Meanwhile Luxon gets a $8500 pay rise this year.. #nzpol
12.12.2025 01:42 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 3
Artificial Selection: A Near-Future Science Fiction Mysโฆ
From the WINNER of the Green Stories Prize. What do yโฆ
I read 100% of Artificial Selection by Marianne Pickles as a judge in #TeamSpaceGirls for #SPSFC5 Giving this a Y to go forward. See my review at www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
#SPSFC #Self-published #Sci-fi ๐ช๐ #Mystery ๐ #Booksky๐๐ #Pukapuka๐๐ณ๐ฟ
11.12.2025 20:33 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pay gap reporting needed: advocates
New Zealand women start working for nothing from this week. Although the countryโs gender pay gap improved this year, campaigners say there is much...
โNew Zealand women start working for nothing from this week.โ
โfor every $1 earned by a Pakeha man, a Pacific woman would earn 79c, a Maori woman 82c, an Asian woman 84c and a Pakehฤ woman 93c.โ
โThis would be the week all women started working for nothing for four weeks.โ
#nzpol
30.11.2025 16:41 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 2
Animus Paradox (Digital Extremities, #2)
There's a thief on the loose. The Tigres excel at tippiโฆ
Read Animus Paradox by Adam Basset as a judge for #SPSFC5. I enjoyed this & before I knew it, I'd read the whole book. Check out my initial thoughts here www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
#SPSFC #TeamSpaceGirls #Self-published #Sci-fi ๐ช๐
#Booksky ๐๐ #pukapuka ๐๐ณ๐ฟ
08.12.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Beyond the Last Station: A dystopian novel of love, rebโฆ
What if freedom isnโt a place โ but a passage between wโฆ
Read 20% as a judge for #SPSFC5 (team Space Girls). This is my initial thoughts and is not a reflection on the views of other team members.
This will be a No from me. My initial thoughts can be found here
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
07.12.2025 04:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Oh, and my flatmate is currently reading these for the first time (even though they've been in the lounge bookcase for yonks) - he's reading book 2 at this very moment
07.12.2025 01:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Love this series & luckily with the author being Australian, I got signed copies sent to NZ without astronomical postage
07.12.2025 00:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ "sigh"
07.12.2025 00:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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