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Pronounced Stek. Publishes Think Weirder: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas

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After finishing Echopraxia, this is the first thing I see in the "Notes and References" section:

"I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book."

Bravo, Peter Watts. Superbly played.

04.02.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been a member of a graphic novel book club for the last ten years, and I've never been more excited than for this release. This is better than when I got the group to read the Hugo-winning Lower Decks CYOA last year πŸ˜†

03.02.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com story β€˜Three Fortunes on Alcestis…’ is out today! It’s available to read for free online right here:

clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/

It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.

01.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Preview
The Iron Piper by Fiona Moore Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Oh hey, is there a new Morag and Seamus story out?

There is!

Check out a cozy post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Tam Lin here:

clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26/

02.02.2026 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've noticed a microgenre shift in SF over the last year - or possibly just in the books I've come across. Specifically, a bit of a boom in big concept space opera books working in the Banks/Hamilton ideaspace. Meaning SF that simultaneously delivers a strong action storyline against a backdrop

01.02.2026 19:35 β€” πŸ‘ 331    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10

I feel that this is an appropriate first bluesky post: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/the-bu...

This is the level of seriousness you can expect from me going forward

31.01.2026 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

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