Ian Tregillis

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The first novel in @itregillis.bsky.social’s Alchemy Wars series is also on sale this month in the UK! THE MECHANICAL, only 99p…

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The eBook edition of BITTER SEEDS, the first book in @itregillis.bsky.social’s highly-acclaimed Milkweed series, is only 99p this month in the UK!

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I was just thinking about you! It's been far too long! I hope all is well in your corner of the world, friend!

I don't know offhand if there are publications beyond his thesis, so this might not fit what you're looking for, but the actor Peter Weller (ROBOCOP, BUCKAROO BONZAI) has a Ph.D. in art history.

Thank you so very much! You've brightened my day immeasurably. Thank you for picking up my book in the first place. I'm happy you enjoyed it.

I didn't do it for the attention & frankly don't want it. I very naively thought it'd be a cute little thing that almost nobody saw or cared about. I shun the spotlight, but also hate seeing some of the more unkind speculation about GRRM this has spurred in some corners. He did warn me.

Meh, the world doesn't owe me anything. Also I'm not a journalist of any stripe, so I don't know the standard practices-- only that a few others did get in touch (not all). But thank you very much for the kind words about the Clakkers books. Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed them. 🙏

George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper “I couldn’t help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon.”…

I've always enjoyed @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social's great work at AT & Gizmodo and I know I'll continue to do so! Still, I wish the venue drawing the most attention to our paper had contacted the 1st/corresponding author, as some others did. A 5-minute convo might've been helpful.
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Ergodic Lagrangian dynamics in a superhero universe Editor's Note: Looking for a new way to engage your students' imagination, encourage their exploration and curiosity around open-ended physics research question

Given literally everything else happening in the world right now, I naively thought this kooky physics paper I wrote would be a cute little thing noticed by just a handful of people. In retrospect, I suppose the embargoed press release should have tipped me off.
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I empathize, deeply! I'm usually gone 6:30a to ~6:45p and it drains me. But I rarely do it 5 days in a row, usually only 4. And sometimes I can WFH "thanks" to the legacy of covid.

I call those days "weekdays" and I hate them.

You're telling me

that Margo Martindale

and Wayne Knight

were once partners

on a team of character actors who moonlit as private investigators

to supplement film/tv income by busting bad guys with their acting skills

and this has never been adapted into the longest-running show on NBC?

Aw, thanks! Btw I hope you didn't feel disappointed all those years ago with the tuckerization you very generously paid for in support of a ZNB kickstarter. I decided to make you a luthier even though you did not list it among your interests.

Such an amazing book!

This is also the point where I am obligated to second-hand namedrop that my mom knew Bob Dylan when he was Bob Zimmerman in high school.

OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.

'I can't make money without breaking the law and therefore you should let me break the law' is one helluva flex. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor . ALT: a group of soldiers are standing in a row wearing helmets and armor .

🚨Settings->Siri->Apps->(pick an app)->UNCHECK LEARN FROM THIS APP🚫.🚨

Congratulations, now A.I. won't be learning from your apps without your permission on your iPhone. Took me a bit with a gazillion apps, but easy to do.

The best cybertruck description I've read is that it looks like a can of energy drink became sentient, watched Starship Troopers, understood none of the subtext, and then set out to design a vehicle that a 7th-grade boy would want to draw on his notebooks alongside ninja throwing stars and shit.

I mean, it's not exactly a lost masterpiece or anything, lol. But I will say I poured myself into it (knowing full well it was sort of a futile effort).

While I'm at it, I'll add that it featured the most diverse cast of characters in any my novels, incl. one of my favorites I've ever written. I also personally felt it contained some of my best writing craft to date.

A fantastical secret history spanning millennia, adding a magical undercurrent to historical events within living memory w/o contradicting any facts. VERY deeply researched, to the extent I gave new information to historians. My most complex & ambitious work. Also my agent's most rejected novel.

I wrote a book that the world will never see, featuring a Babylonian Semiramis

The most I hope for is a few hours of moderately entertaining diversion

Well, gosh. You've made my week.

Thank you!

Aww, thanks! Hope you enjoy it.

Not wizards but in my novel Something More Than Night the laws of physics are a Mantle of Ontological Consistency that arises when the spheres of influence of multiple angels, each with a preferred definition of realty, overlap. The Big Bang happened when the Voice of God forced them into proximity.

Well, gosh-- that is illustrious company. Thank you! I find it difficult (damn near impossible, tbh) to revisit those books and that world. Partially for the usual writerly reasons, knowing I'm better now than I was back then. But mostly because fuck Nazis.

It's a dubious honor. But thank you for the kind words about Milkweed!

Since you liked the Rosicrucian easter eggs, you might get a kick out of hearing that the working title of the second book was "The Rosy Cross." 😀

I feel so profoundly honored to have written something that was so meaningful to you at such a difficult time. Readers like you are what give the books depth and meaning and value--not me! I crossed my fingers the story would find an audience, wherever those readers might be.