Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне

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Not necessarily with both of them in the same movie :) "Le Grand Blond," "Le Jouet," "La Course à l'échalote" (the opening in the bank cracks me up every time), "Le Coup Du Parapluie," "Cyrano" ... And yeah, I love "Les Compères"!

My only regret is that I only have a very basic knowledge of French, picked up as a kid from movies starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu :) I think of the novella as an alternate-reality version of the novel's first half--the events are mostly the same and mostly in the same order.

Now and then, we remember Wordle exists ...

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🫶 Thank you so much, dear Becca!!

The book cover, featuring a terrifying tower, seagulls, and a person and their feed. Colors are shades of purple.

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov is worth the read! A 2x Nebula Award finalist, the true pleasure of reading this tale is the main character's contemplations of betraying orders, warfaring countries, and shifting memories and reflection, symbolized in the mimic tower legend.

Thanks so much for reading! For those who haven’t yet, that story is “Through the Machine.” Find it via this link or the Nebula Reading List: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/thro...

You’re amazing and wonderful!

"It's over, Anakin!"

A fact that feels like something straight out of an alternate reality: turns out that before Star Wars, Hayden “Anakin Skywalker” Christensen starred in a TV show called … Higher Ground.

I'm happy and honored :)

If you like political intrigue, science fantasy that veers into the weird, mind-bending metaphysics, and especially if you like dogs, pick up and devour @barsukov.com's Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory. (Arachnophobes may wish to skip a scene.)

It will take some time for CEOs to finally read the room. After that, it’s a straight path to the bubble bursting. Too much investment and too much talk about something that can mimic human speech patterns and is, at best, a consulting tool and at worst, a hallucinogenic shroom.

To say I'm overjoyed is to say nothing at all! Thank you, Ariana!!
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Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov Reviewed by Ariana Weldon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yaro was super kind enough to give a physical ARC of Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory when we met, and I repaid that by not being home properly for months so I coul…

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by @barsukov.com

"Yaro deserves enormous praise for his smooth writing style and I think this was one of the most illustrating moments of his skill."

Read @justairythings.bsky.social's full review
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@barsukov.com I just finished your book, and I must say I really liked it. I can see why it is a Nebula nominee this year, the way it plays with memory, with reality and illusion, with dreams and nightmares.
I will be definitely reading your next book.

Dear Shadora, thank you so much!! I can't tell you how much it means to me! Terribly sorry for the late reply--I was taking a break from social media this week ...

The cover of Armed in Her Fashion by Kate Heartfield, designed by Erik Mohr, is black with a red effigy of a female knight. This is the same book as The Chatelaine -- it's an earlier version.

The cover of The Chatelaine by Kate Heartfield, designed by Andrew Davis, is blue with gold decoration, a sword, a woman, roses. It is an edited version of Armed in Her Fashion and includes an added prologue.

Two people have written to me this week saying "I've been looking all over for Armed in Her Fashion but can't find it, pls help" and (a) so glad for word of mouth! (b) less glad to have confirmation that title changes are confusing 😭 The Chatelaine = edited reissue of the same book, for the record!

I started yesterday "Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory" by @barsukov.com. I only managed 28 pages as I was really tired, but I am intrigued and like it so far. I want to know what everyone is hiding about/within the tower and what is this all about...

So excited for you to be reading it! There are two towers, and I promise you'll get all the answers ...

Our 3rd Nebula nominee is a surreal mix of “Waiting for the Barbarians” and “The Matrix”—an interesting combination, to say the least 🎆🎇 The most complex nominated novel (thus far), @barsukov.com has produced a fascinating antiwar allegory that will inspire and confound equally. #booksky

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Memoirs are written by people terrified of their mortality, for people contemplating their mortality.

One of the best podcasts I’ve ever been on!

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This year’s Nebula Awards will be presented June 7th. This is the list of nominees for Best Novel. My project for May is to read them all and let you know what’s a hit, what’s a miss, and who I think might win. Follow along! #booksky @huxleyandhiro.bsky.social @captainbluehen.bsky.social

Nikolai Yezhov being removed after he was purged, except he's Musk and Trump's Stalin.

Merci beaucoup, Emmanuel!

Hope so too :D

#RealHarryPotter: Your own wand from Ollivanders (™) will cost you 20k & 3 years to make; rich parents buy in advance, kids from poor families rent basic models. Black market is rampant; plastic wands that “look like real wood” tend to explode. Hogwarts allows them b/c otherwise, nobody would study.