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This profile is strictly for books and related topics. My main is @MichaelKlaas.com and my photography feed is @photos.MichaelKlaas.com.

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World Fantasy Awards Winners The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 โ€“ November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement โ€ฆ

World Fantasy Awards Winners

02.11.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
An assortment of books on a wooden shelf by Sarah Swanson. There are six copies of one that is green with orange letters reading: Cascade Range.

An assortment of books on a wooden shelf by Sarah Swanson. There are six copies of one that is green with orange letters reading: Cascade Range.

@powells.bsky.social is fully stocked with my books, including the out-of-print Must-see Birds of the PNW! Iโ€™m excited to be here for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.socialโ€™s book event.

25.10.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Defense of Dan Brown Brown's new book doesn't offer award-winning literary prose. But intellectual snobbery and review elitism is foolish in an era of growing cultural ignorance and counterproductive political sneering.

I wrote about Dan Brownโ€™s new book, the perils of intellectual snobbery, and why Iโ€™m no longer hiding my copy of โ€œThe Secret of Secretsโ€ in a paper bag.

26.09.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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It's official: My next book is about Battlestar Galactica! Long ago, the gods decided my fate, and I have embraced it: Iโ€™m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica! I made it official at the Creation convention that took place in New Jersey this past weeken...

it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ”ฅ www.moryan.com/its-official...

22.09.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1352    ๐Ÿ” 177    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 92
Cover for the book SUNWARD by William Alexander: a sun in eclipse shines out in the darkness between the surfaces of a moon and a red planet

Cover for the book SUNWARD by William Alexander: a sun in eclipse shines out in the darkness between the surfaces of a moon and a red planet

So, I want to say a couple things about this book SUNWARD, by @willalex.bsky.social, which comes out in a few days. (If you pre-order it right now, it will be waiting for you when it drops!)

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13.09.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โThe Empire is huge. ...A massive colossus, โ€ฆand yet it is prone to wounds, infections, fevers, and ill humors. But its strangest feature is that the more its citizens feel it is broken, the more broken it actually becomes.โž
- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (2024)

13.09.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A book cover for A House Between Sea and Sky is central on a dark blue background. Arrows point from text blocks to the book, describing that it features the most anxious & lovable murder house you'll ever meet, that it's cozy fantasy with a literary feel, it is set in 1926 Carmel-by-the-Sea in California, and that it's a found family tale about a grieving woman, a secret-riven Hollywood star, & an abandoned witch's hut. Also, the novel includes book club discussion questions.

A book cover for A House Between Sea and Sky is central on a dark blue background. Arrows point from text blocks to the book, describing that it features the most anxious & lovable murder house you'll ever meet, that it's cozy fantasy with a literary feel, it is set in 1926 Carmel-by-the-Sea in California, and that it's a found family tale about a grieving woman, a secret-riven Hollywood star, & an abandoned witch's hut. Also, the novel includes book club discussion questions.

My new book, A House Between Sea and Sky, is an Amazon First Reads pick for September! If you're a Prime member, you can acquire it for free; other people can get it for $1.99!

So, what's it about? Well...

amzn.to/4lb2R73
[promo link]

01.09.2025 21:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Iโ€™ve been asked many times if I would ever write a follow up to my novella, โ€œBuffalo Soldier.โ€ Well, I finally did. Itโ€™s called โ€œSoul Rebelโ€ and it is coming out in the next issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (edited by the legendary Sheree Renee Thomas)!

01.09.2025 13:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 151    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
ANNA THE AUTHOR WITH THE BOOKS SHE WROTE AND SOME COLORFUL FLOWERS

ANNA THE AUTHOR WITH THE BOOKS SHE WROTE AND SOME COLORFUL FLOWERS

It's official. The books that I wrote arrived. I am an author y'all. I AM AN AUTHOR. A childhood dream I never thought could happen is happening!!!!!! ๐Ÿฅน

In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com!

#booksky #blacksky

01.09.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6575    ๐Ÿ” 486    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 287    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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Someone You Can Build a Nest In (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive **Nebula Award Winner***Featuring all-new exclusive material for the trade paperback: an author's note, reading group guide, and teaser for Wearing the Lion!*“This unusual queer romance is a...

It's my birthday next week! So Barnes & Noble put the special purple edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In up for 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-yo...

30.08.2025 18:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Cover of Between Two Rivers, Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, by Moudhy Al-Rashid

Cover of Between Two Rivers, Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, by Moudhy Al-Rashid

Started reading @moudhy.bsky.socialโ€™s book Between Two Rivers and the premise and arrangement of the book - which I will not spoil here as that is a wonderful surprise in and of itself - is absolutely wonderful.

30.08.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WATCH: President Obama added Chris Hayes' book, "The Sirens' Call" to his 2025 Summer reading list.

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For the curious, he means Twilight of the Elites.

30.08.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you missed the live recording of the Murderbot interview episode at WorldCon, you can watch it here:

29.08.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734476...

29.08.2025 23:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 198    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

One of those rare cases where I like the book and film equally. They're both different takes on the same story and scratch a different itch for me thematically.
In fact... Contact may be due for a re-read. ๐Ÿค”

29.08.2025 04:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โI had discovered in the past couple of years that the more dire your own personal crisis, the less impressive the bureaucratic office that fixes it will be.โž
- Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance (2024)

29.08.2025 03:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

#BookSky Hit me with a great quote from a book or other piece of writing you read this week!
Clever, funny, thoughtful... Whatever strikes your fancy.

29.08.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR Fall in love with Martha Wellsโ€™ The Murderbot Diaries seriesโ€”the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptationโ€”and help support World Central Kitchen.

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky

www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

24.08.2025 02:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1642    ๐Ÿ” 1111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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'Here Comes The Sun' with Bill McKibben Podcast Episode ยท Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast ยท 08/26/2025 ยท 54m

Arguably the biggest story happening in the world right now and also the most hopeful. #WITHPod

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

26.08.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 647    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38
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Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb : NPR's Book of the Day Itโ€™s been 80 years since the United States detonated atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. Garrett Graffโ€™s new book The Devil Reached Toward the Sky is an or...

Thrilled to see my book DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY as NPR's "Book of the Day" today: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

28.08.2025 21:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

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