A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway]

Bookmail – March 13, 2026 Happy bookmail day! Here’s what came in recently.

It's Friday the 13th, baby, but don't fret. I've got a little luck for you today: new bookmail!
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"But I don't know what to nomi—" Let me stop you there. We built an entire resource for this! It's free and operates as both a rec list and a second brain for remembering stuff you read/watched/played a year ago. #HugoAwards

that's kinda the whole point of the whole degree.

and those skills i learned? they're still something i'm using in my fiction writing, in my reading of news/posts/blogs, in the way i engage with the world.

how much of a coward are you, that you are afraid to learn, to give the data the time it is owed?

disappointing.

it took my 3.5 years to finish my doctorate, but fuck, at least i can stand by my dissertation and say that i wrote it. i can say that my participants' interviews were given the time of day. i respected the data and the theory, and myself when i wrote that manuscript.

by the time they're done their 8 weeks of analysis (on a good year), the researcher can not only pull themes out of their data but also explain how they play with one another and how they relate to broader social structures, and why, why ALL OF THIS MATTERS.

good (and i say this deliberately) qualitative analysis is *always* a co-construction. it is a *team* effort between the data and the researcher. the researcher adopts a theoretical lens and analyses the data through it. they interpret the data. they sit with it. they rip their hair out.

*sigh*

fuck it.

when students start doing qual studies, their results section often includes a sentence that reads something like "the themes emerged". this would be the point where my doctoral supervisor would scream "this is not a magical school novel, themes do not magically emerge from data!"

Your Hugo Nominating ballot can make a difference.

There are a total of 7718 people with the right to cast a nominating ballot in the 2026 Hugo Awards.

As of this morning, 1293 of those people have cast a nominating ballot in at least one category.

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Suzan, are you not?!

savoured this book like a bottle of fine wine (consumed the whole thing alone, in my room, in a single evening).

Ai is neither intelligent nor artificial.
Behind it is a mount of human labor. Stolen, underpaid, exploited human labor

wait. wait. everyone hold on. i've solved it

Hyperspace of Words | Renan Bernardo | Substack The Hyperspace of Words is a newsletter focused on spotlighting science fiction, fantasy, and horror artists. It is managed by Renan Bernardo. Click to read Hyperspace of Words, by Renan Bernardo, a S...

A nice moment to remember that I have a newsletter. It's now focused on spotlighting SFF authors. I already had @tkrex.bsky.social, @cornellwriter.bsky.social, and @thesuiway.bsky.social as guests!

BTW, the next one has been involved with the discovery of alien life! 🐙👽

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you are in for a TREAT

A beautifully written book!

congratulations!!

the writing is just *magical*. every sentence is music to my ears!

can't believe it took me this long to start reading Notes from a Regicide by Isaac R. Fellman, but damn, y'all aren't nearly feral enough about this book.

Toronto’s snow mountains: towering peaks that refuse to melt and leave a toxic trail Reaching up to 100ft, these massive piles contain tonnes of salt that keep roads clear but pose environmental and health risks

Interesting piece on the mountains of snow, salt and other assorted awful piling up in Toronto, since the storm. And the environmental risks of the mountains.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

within certain academic fields especially, i see how with hiring freezes, people might put away their ethics and just go "at least it's money" and yes, it's removing future jobs for them, but if no one else is hiring. it's just awful through and through

i see the editing ones as well. a few specifically targeted at writers.... ugh.... i'm so tired

The Iron Garden Sutra Check out The Iron Garden Sutra - <b><i>Klara and the Sun</i> meets S. A. Barnes&rsquo;s <i>Dead Silence</i> with a touch of Becky Chambers&rsquo; <i>A Psalm for the Wild-Built </i>in Nebula Award-win...

Another huge favorite this month, 'The Iron Garden Sutra' by @thesuiway.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

thanks so much for reading!!

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

If you want to help nature and climate in your region, or have science knowledge to contribute, see our draft report at naturerecord.org A bit of background here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

i am getting an overwhelming amount of job suggestions on LinkedIn specifically targeted at me because of the PhD. honestly, if you have a PhD and you're actively applying for these jobs, the fuck?

me, reading all of this: thank you thank you thank you grants thank you thank you i will do anything for you just please keep existing i will sell my soul.

Cover reveal day!

I'm thrilled to announce my new novel coming from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social, SHE ISN'T HERSELF TONIGHT

Alien abductions, a break-up from hell, and what we become when our worst enemies are ourselves.

Light your skies, October 27th 🛸

www.simonandschuster.com/books/She-Is...

148 LIBRARIES!!! 🥳

that's so sweet 🥹. i think for the littles, it makes reading look "cool" and "grownup" so they want to do it extra-hard