Kevin Phyland

I have a new tale online at AntipodeanSF…

www.antisf.com.au/the-stories/...

Enjoy!

Highlights etc...

Roger Zelazny Barbara Bartholomew James Gunn Eric Vinicoff Marcia Martin Glen M. Bever Robert Silverberg Ernest Taves James Tiptree Jr. Ian R. MacLeod Michael Alexander @johnlangan.bsky.social‬ Albert E. Cowdrey Richard Bowes Ken Altabef Joan Slonczewski

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Jun 1975
GALAXY Mar 1971
F&SF Jul/Aug 2010
A DOOR INTO OCEAN - Joan Slonczewski (1986)
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC - Terry Pratchett (1986)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @fandsf J. R. Pierce A. Bertram Chandler Barry Malzberg

blue sky earthquake list!

What is "fish & amp chips"? It looks like someone screwed up somewhere in the signmaking process and included the HTML code for ampersand: "fish & chips"

Tom Lehrer, Influential Song Satirist With a Cult Following, Dead at 97 Tom Lehrer, the song satirist whose darkly comic lyrics gained a cult following decades after he stopped making music, has died at the age of 97.

While saddened by his passing I will always smile and think hard about his body of work.

Vale Tom Lehrer.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Lisa Tuttle George R. R. Martin Michael Sutch W. Macfarlane Algis Budrys Spider Robinson Stephen Tall A. E. van Vogt John Rankine Michael G. Coney Ben Bova Ursula K. LeGuin Matthew Jarpe @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social‬ Ian Watson Timothy Zahn

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG May 1975
GALAXY Feb 1971
ASIMOV’S Mar 2002
CONQUERORS’ LEGACY - Timothy Zahn (1996)
THE DELUGE DRIVERS - Alan Dean Foster (1987)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @asimovssfmag.bsky.social‬ Dan Morgan

Ender’s Game anybody?

Russian authorities have involved children in the design and testing of drones for the country’s war in Ukraine through competitions that begin with video games and end up with the most talented students headhunted by defence companies, an investigation has found.

Ozzy.
Gone.
Legend.
😔

Astronomers observe the biggest booms since the Big Bang – Physics World "Extreme nuclear transients" from tidally disrupted heavy stars release more energy than 100 supernovae

physicsworld.com/a/astronomer...

Highlights.
@unlikelyworlds.bsky.social‬ Alecs Baird Thomas Sullivan Harry Harrison Gordon R. Dickson @davidbrin.bsky.social‬ Gregory Benford @annodracula.bsky.social‬ Stephen Baxter @gregegansf.bsky.social‬ @michaellibling.bsky.social‬ Fred Chappell Aaron Schutz Alex Irvine Robert Onopa Dale Bailey

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Apr 1975
INTERZONE #023 Summer 1988
F&SF May/Jun 2010
LINE WAR - Neal Asher (2008)
DOORWAYS IN THE SAND - Roger Zelazny (1976)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @nealasher.bsky.social‬

I also found the comments on the article instructive. Pigeonholing themselves neatly.

Who Goes MAGA? With apologies to Dorothy Thompson, whose 1941 essay in Harper’s, “Who Goes Nazi?” remains a worthwhile read on the cultural archetypes of who is drawn to fascism, and who would never go down such …

Must-read article on who is susceptible to MAGA memes. Try not to be one…

www.techdirt.com/2025/07/08/w...

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Rich Larson @fetaplace.bsky.social‬ @savantefolle.bsky.social‬ @rreedsf.bsky.social‬ @stephenrcase.bsky.social‬ Michael Cassutt Barry Malzberg Ewing Edgar @zanzjan.bsky.social‬ William Tuning Sonya Dorman Harry Harrison Gordon Dickson Hayford Peirce John Brunner Drusilla Campbell

What I’ve read in the last week:

ASIMOV’S Jul/Aug 2025
AMAZING Jun 1974
ANALOG Mar 1975
THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT - Charlie Jane Anders (2019)
ROLLING THUNDER - John Varley (2008)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @asimovssfmag.bsky.social‬ @charliejane.bsky.social‬ J. W. Schutz

Allowed me in using my passkey.

epub at the moment but I buy both versions

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David Gerrold @dergullen.bsky.social‬ @shiwritesprose.bsky.social‬ @matthewclaxton.bsky.social‬ James Dick Joseph Weber Sean Monaghan @JayWerkheiser @frankwu.bsky.social‬ John Brunner Charles Stross Geoffrey A. Landis @ceciliatan.com‬ Liz Williams Steven Utley Allen M. Steele

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Jul/Aug 2025
AMAZING Apr 1974
ASIMOV’S Feb 2002
SHADOW OF THE SWAN - M. K. Wren (1981)
GALACTIC POT-HEALER - Philip K. Dick (1969)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @asimovssfmag.bsky.social‬ Ted White Sandy Meschkow

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Harry Harrison Gordon R. Dickson @wilsonspin.bsky.social‬ Bob Buckley Stephen Robinett Keith Laumer @pamsargent.bsky.social‬ David Redd Gregory Benford Grant Carrington Robert F. Young Albert E. Cowdrey Tim Sullivan Richard Bowes Bruce McAllister @aptshadow.bsky.social

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Feb 1975
AMAZING Feb 1974
F&SF Mar/Apr 2010
CHILDREN OF TIME - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2015)
FLIGHT OF EXILES - Ben Bova (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @fandsf Dale Randles Jr. Dennis Danvers Michael Reaves

PSA | Apparently this image is so dangerous it will get you automatically deported on arrival in the USA.
It is therefore imperative that you do not - I repeat DO NOT - distribute it as widely as possible.

One of my stories gets the voice treatment on radio…

2nvr.org.au/playlist/bli...

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Larry Niven Joe Haldeman Katherine MacLean Alfred Bester Hayden Howard T. J. Bass R. A. Lafferty Michael G. Coney Gerard Rejskind Keith Laumer Sterling E. Lanier Lee Harding @rreedsf.bsky.social‬ @abraham.bsky.social‬ James van Pelt Steven Utley Esther M. Friesner Robert Silverberg

What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Jan 1975
WORLDS OF IF Jan/Feb 1971
ASIMOV’S Jan 2002
DARK AS DAY - Charles Sheffield (2002)
TOTAL ECLIPSE - John Brunner (1974)

@analogsf.bsky.social‬ @asimovssfmag.bsky.social‬

Kevin Michael Phyland Medal Top 40 - YouTube

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