authors and books are like an MLM . . . i need you to buy my books so i can buy some other author's books so they can buy another author's books and so on
but it's like, an honorable ponzi scheme
@edenrobins.bsky.social
Author of REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE & WHEN FRANNY STANDS UP & soon: DON'T CROSS MO ELLERY (as 1/2 of Birdie Horne) | http://monkeythumbs.com | Also: amateur deep-sea scientist and (former) crossing guard
authors and books are like an MLM . . . i need you to buy my books so i can buy some other author's books so they can buy another author's books and so on
but it's like, an honorable ponzi scheme
Before my Patreon prices increase next month, I warmly welcome you to join my February live-streaming classes tier at the current rate. @edenrobins.bsky.social is teaching about Failing on Purpose. maryrobinettekowal.com/events/patre... We are often taught that failure is an unfortunate... (1/2)
16.02.2026 23:08 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Never thought I'd spend so much of my time on this planet reassuring computers that I'm not a robot
13.02.2026 13:56 β π 120 π 21 π¬ 1 π 2Living under capitalism is like being forced to play a board game you dislike where the rules are boring, unfair and nonsensical but which the winners, who started with an advantage, keep explaining are excellent, and if you try improve the game youβre βcheatingβ but if you stop playing youβll die
10.02.2026 12:27 β π 463 π 121 π¬ 13 π 5Just finished On the Calculation of Volume, Book III by Solvej Balle and am rending clothes/gnashing teeth that Book IV doesn't come out until April.
Very excited to start Brother Bronte by Fernando A. Flores next!
Just close your eyes and think of Empire!
21.01.2026 17:41 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Update: first kid is wearing a Scream mask, both kids have signs, presumably meeting someone? Zero adults located
19.01.2026 03:27 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I don't know if it's just due to delirium from being at the airport for 4 hours, but it appears a young kid is helping another young kid put on a giant inflatable dragon costume with no adults in sight
19.01.2026 03:25 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 2 π 1Digging into the phenomenology of cheeseburgers is the sort of thing that keeps me coming back to the internet, despite everything
19.01.2026 00:37 β π 35 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0This remains one of my favorite reviews. Thank you!!
18.12.2025 18:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover of Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
First up, a book I read all the way back in January, and which came out in 2024. I am so glad it made the LeGuin shortlist, because until that point, I was distressed how little I'd seen it being discussed for how /interesting/ it is. It is Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins.
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18.12.2025 14:59 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover of "Remember You Will Die" by Eden Robins. Blurry background of a landscape image with the title in reversing typeface framing the forward version.
Remember You Will Die by @edenrobins.bsky.social is an alternate history sci-fi told entirely in obituaries. I can't remember when I've read something so original while also taking big formal risks. A triumph.
05.12.2025 16:09 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0Eeeee thank you
05.12.2025 16:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Friggin loved this book
05.12.2025 16:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You were the one who told me about this! I'm reading now!
05.12.2025 16:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0SO good
05.12.2025 16:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.
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20.11.2025 03:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A screen grab from Google Play with the cover of Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins as "Our most outstanding sci-fi read of 2025" with the text review: "This book is a stunning achievement in fiction unlike any novel you've ever read before (seriously). This story is told through a series of obituaries that, when connected, create a masterpiece that covers themes of A.I., environmentalism, queer identity, and grief. If the unique form of storytelling isn't enough to hook you, the eccentric cast of characters will definitely do the trick."
Well! This was a nice surprise!! Remember You Will Die is Google Play's favorite sci-fi read of 2025! play.google.com/store/books/...
18.11.2025 20:03 β π 25 π 3 π¬ 3 π 1this is so real
14.11.2025 20:08 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Yay! Send me your address, even though I could prob just walk it over ;)
04.11.2025 23:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank YOU!
02.11.2025 23:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cover for Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
Hi Gabino! Thanks as always. Popping in again with my novel-in-obituaries REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE because it's spooky season and who doesn't want to think about death, the future of humanity, and the ways we try to care for each other through art and rebellion?? bookshop.org/p/books/reme...
31.10.2025 18:27 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Damn, I don't live near alleys anymore. Maybe at the dump?
31.10.2025 18:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"There is nothing inherently liberatory in the imagination,but it must be made so." Please watch the Ursula K. Le Guin prize acceptance speech from @vajra.me and read his work, and support the Sameer Project.
22.10.2025 15:46 β π 38 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover
Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.
Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!
Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared PechaΔek; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.
On Tuesday, October 21stβUrsula's birthdayβwe'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.
The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
Fascism is such a fundamental attack on wonder and the human imagination and I think everyone should have the opportunity to let their imagination wonder as it wanders β doesnβt matter what you do for a living. Your mind matters! Your relationship with the universe is meaningful!
15.10.2025 03:26 β π 228 π 65 π¬ 1 π 4Holy cow! An honor π€ππ€
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