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Mark W. Tiedemann

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Writer, reader, amalgam of odd alloys and relevant irrelevancies. Author of Granger's Crossing, The Secantis Sequence, Gravity Box and Other Spaces, and various other things. www.marktiedemann.com

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Granger's Crossing: A Novel Amazon.com: Granger's Crossing: A Novel: 9781943075751: Tiedemann, Mark: Books

Still available. If I can break the ceiling, the sequel can go forward:

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Fidelity To The Future: William Gibson’s Neuromancer Of all genres, science fiction seems the most susceptible to anachronism. To β€œdating.” Stories written a decade or more ago can betray oddities to the contemporary reader that must, to greater of l…

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Morning Music: Earth Lift, Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, 2025

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Middle Interim Primary season has begun. Eight states have already held them and the numbers are beginning to come in. November is going to be significant, no matter what the outcome, because it may tell us somet…

An older post, from the first circus. I'm amazed and disappointed in how little has changed:

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Left Bank Books presents STL author & LBB Bookseller Emeritus, Mark W. Tiedemann
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Just a reminder, I published a novel a couple years back....

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Morning Music: It's All Around You, Tortoise, 2004

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Words Don’t Matter The message being put forward, especially by the Right, in the aftermath of the shootings in Arizona, is that it is absurd to blame the rhetoric of violence and hatred for the actions of anyone, le…

Something from the Before Time concerning matters relevant to the Now Time

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Mark W. Tiedemann on Reels

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Crazy Is As…. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, but bear with me.Β  A bit of confessional time. It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I’m an atheist.Β  To put it simply, I basica…

Another older post that I think may still be worth a look...

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Taking Cues I’d intended to give this a little more thought, but the events in Arizona have prompted a response now. In the last post, I opined about the atmosphere in the country generated by overheated…

Something from 2011 that, to my despair, remains all too trenchant.

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Reading Review, 2025, With Observations About the Future I read 55 books cover to cover in 2025. So many things got in the way, but also I read a handful of bricks, and my research reading was extensive. My count of cover to cover is exactly that, those …

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Highlights etc...

@markwt.bsky.social @dougfranklin.bsky.social @haydent.bsky.social Sean Monaghan Ian Baaske Benjamin Kinney Frank Ward Philip Brian Hall Rich Larson @geoffhart1962.bsky.social Joe Haldeman Ernest Taves Robert F. Young Alex Irvine Lucius Shepard Sally Gwylan Stephen Baxter

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3) Sin Eaters by @markwt.bsky.social : aliens arrive on Earth, establish diplomatic relations. Their kids are kidnapped, then freed. Aliens won’t press charges. Finest human minds struggle to understand why. Good exploration of guilt, atonement, motives

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2026 full speed ahead!

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Happy January 2nd.

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Reflecting on 2025: A Year of Change and New Adventures Reflect on 2025's memorable moments and travel adventures as we embrace new beginnings and set goals for a fulfilling 2026.

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Morning Music: Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968

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Wandering around at Kentuck Knob PA. One of many cool things we did this year.

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Destabilizing The Family This is an unscientific response to a ridiculous claim.Β  Rick Santorum, who wishes to be the next Bishop In Charge of America (or whatever prelate his church might recognize) recently made the clai…

From 2011 and aimed at a player no longer on stage, but I think much of this is still relevant.

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Morning Music: Talking Back To The Night, Steve Winwood, 1982

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A Few More From The Road From our recent roadtrip, a few more images.

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Morning Music: Digital Moonscapes, Wendy Carlos, 1984

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Blue Collar Trump Intellectuals on both sides of the political aisle are scratching their heads at the Trump phenomenon. They wonder how this guy, with all his crudity and his bluster and his fascistic diatribes, ca…

I wrote this before he "won" the first time. A refresher for those still baffled...

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