Helena Trooperman Author

5 Novums for Generating Awesome SF Story Ideas Science fiction stories typically arise from a novum, a scientifically plausible concept that is a “reality” in the tale. The novum might be an mechanical device like robot servants, artificial int…

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A graphic showing a blurred blue, pink, and purple background. In the top left and bottom right corners are crystal sun motifs. The bottom left corner says "akairondragon.ca". The text in the middle reads "A GREAT SCI-FI BOOK I'd like to recommend Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L Clove. This chonker scifi story has phenomenal worldbuilding and I enjoyed reading it very much." The mockup is of Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L Clove, which has a purple and blue cover with bold white lettering on it.

SciFi September prompts by @jennelikejennay.bsky.social‬ There are 30 prompts. The prompt for today (September 30) reads "A sci-fi book you've read with great worldbuilding".

A GREAT SCI-FI BOOK

I'd like to recommend Skylark in the Fog by @helynalc.bsky.social. This chonker scifi story has phenomenal worldbuilding and I enjoyed reading it very much.

#SciFiSeptember 📚💙 🪐📚

Book cover for Frankie Takes a Bow, a futuristic cityscape under a bubble with dark-star space above

The capital wants a smile. She brought a spine. 🚀 New Frankie novel! #booksky 🪐📚💙 Cozy space opera with heart, humor, and high-society chaos

Good luck!!!

Updated book tour schedule! This is the final version, and you can get times and addresses on my website:
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#cafaelatte #booktour #fantasybooks

Book Cover for Soldier of Fortune by Kathleen McClure A man in a trench coat walks with hands in pockets, a small dragon flying after him. He appears to be in an old fashioned city with ornamental street lamps and cobblestone streets. The image is framed in a cutout of a man in profile, again with trench coat and tiny dragon, from the chest up.

Soldier of Fortune by Kathleen McClure

This one's very action orientated, with the little shoulder dragon being helpful for defence. Set in a far future where Earth antiques like plastic bottles are collected by the rich, Gideon's been freed from jail and is working to clear

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Cover for "We drink the thunderstorm" by JD Rivers, a short story. dark stormy clouds, lightning going down. The background is black and gray, then there is a circle with mainly purple colors highlighting the lightning striking down. A few power lines can be seen as black stripes. The cover is made by the author. The picture is taken from Unplash by NOAA

🐺 werewolf ex
🪄 wizard on the run
🗡️ a dead body
😱 teleportation gone wrong
🧵 soul bond
😍 second chance romance

A story about second chances and forgiveness, and who the true monsters are.

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For decades, a spiteful war for the ownership of Earth has raged across our galaxy. When a perilous grasp for victory results in disaster, fighter pilot Nashtara and her crew are propelled deep into uncharted space aboard an aged cargo ship, trapped with the enemy—the hated Venyex.
#Scifibooks 💙📚

Funny! I’m trying to write. My cat likes to be on my page. 😝

A hand holding up a paperback edition of Philip José Farmer’s “Dayworld” against a clear blue sky. A yellow bookmark pokes out of the top of the book. The book is held up in the air behind a ginger and white cat that is stood on my chest in the hammock, butt up to my face.

🐈 Cat butt in the face in a spot of lunchtime #HammockTime as #TheGuestCat makes biscuits on my chest 😊

I’m trying to read Philip José Farmer’s “Dayworld” at the moment.

🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

Heart of Thunder by Raahem Alvi Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

The August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com has been a banger!!! The story below, and the one posted in the thread below, are stellar and definitely deserving of a read.

#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #sciencefiction #SciFisky #sf

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Only Rogue Actions: Galactic Bonds, Book 5 Amazon.com: Only Rogue Actions: Galactic Bonds, Book 5 (Audible Audio Edition): Jennifer Estep, Lauren Fortgang, James Fouhey, Audible Studios: Books

#MondayMorningMailbag Q: Will there be an audiobook for ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS?

A: Yep, and it will be released Oct. 14, the same day as the ebooks and print. Woot!

ONLY ROGUE ACTIONS AUDIOBOOKS: Narrated by Lauren Fortgang and James Fouhey: 📙⚔️✨
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When I was 7, my dad took me camping. It poured the whole trip, so we stayed in the tent while he read Sphere by Michael Crichton out loud.

It was exciting, scary, and strange. My love of spec. fiction was hatched from that Sphere.

#SpecFic #HorrorCommunity

Book cover for John Scalzi’s An Election featuring an alien looking skyline with a red X through the o in election

An Election by John Scalzi

Absolutely entertaining throughout its short page count, An Election is the humorous tale of the local city council race in a district filled with alien constitutes and the struggle of one average human candidate.

#BookSky #Scalzi #SciFi 📚🪐

A graphic with a parchment paper type background with a ship, and spaceship like corners. Text" Fantasy and Sci Fi Reads with Kobo Plus" is on the right side with a rocket and dragon silhouette. Underneath the text are book covers for Vampires in Space Omnibus and The Elite and the Rogues Omnibus both by Niranjan

Check out these awesome fantasy and sci fi reads on Kobo Plus. I've 2 omnibus in this promotion! (Keep in mind, it redirects to a country according to your IP.)

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#booksky #queersky

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#scififri HARD
Technologist, citizen soldier, rising commerce star, Chrys returns to his backwater planet after a decade expecting a quiet family reunion . . .
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#scifibooks #romantasy #spaceopera

🤓 I do like a good stat, and @scifiscavenger.bsky.social raised an interesting one below 👇

So I looked up my own data on The #StoryGraph and determined that I am bang on a 5% reread rate for 2025 so far.

Likewise I have far too many books unread 🫣

⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

Time for a #writerslift

#ShamelessSelfpromoFriday

#AuthorsOfTwitter #share your #art #books #Blogs #comics #music #ttrpgs #poetry below & support each other!

#Writerscommunity #readingcommunity #BookBoost #BookRecommendations #AmWriting #WritersLife #booksky

The Voyage of the Kaus Media The Voyage of the Kaus Media - Kindle edition by Arispe, T. K., Arispe, T. K.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Voyage of the Kaus Media.

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If you're looking for a new read, why not check out my fantasy(-ish) novel The Voyage of the Kaus Media? It's a high-flying journey through a world of varied cultures and deep historical secrets! #fantasybooks #fantasy

Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs ARC Application Thanks for taking the time to check out this ARC of the Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs! Sign up for a chance to receive a free advance review copy. About the ARC Copper Skin, Oaken Lungs is about 50,000 w...

I have a release date for COPPER SKIN, OAKEN LUNGS in mind. A few things need to happen before I can commit to it, but it's coming up quick.

The book is kind of UNDER THE DOME x ANNIHILATION And I'm so excited to share it. 💙📚🪐

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The series is well worth buying for all scifi fans. Good fun, fantastic characters, fast paced, an excellent setting and action packed

Book 2 is the best for me, but some of the stuff in the third book was amazing

Hoping for more

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YouTube video by Sam Harrison - Fantasy Book Reviews & Discussions The self-pub sci-fi series everyone should read! | Weekly Reading Recap 19/9/25

In which is try and get everyone to read @jcmberne.bsky.social for the 76th time
youtu.be/qnxX5c6IGJ0 #booksky 🪐📚💙

7 books: Star Trek Enterprise: Tower of Babel, Star Trek Enterprise: Patterns of Interference, Star Trek Enterprise: Uncertain Logic, The Wounded Sky, The Entropy Effect, Uhura's Song, and The Vulcan Academy Murders

The first of a few book hauls for the month. #StarTrek centric today as I picked up some TOS novels & close to completing the 5 book Enterprise series Rise of the Federation (only missing book #4, Live by the Code).

#BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #sciencefiction #haul #bookhaul #sf

Present Past Future by Pierpaolo Rovero An oubliette, it's walls lined with books. Books lie in piles on the floor with one pile spiraling up toward the circle of light.

Fantastic Work by Andre Martins de Barros A bearded man with a monocle made of books. He reads with interest.

It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. —S.I. Hayakawa

#books #SpeculativeFiction #AmReading #FantasyBooks
#ReadersOfBluesky

Cover by Augusta Scarlett features a black woman in winter gear holding a futuristic rifle, pointed at the ground; she's looking down at a snowy landscape featuring mountains, distant spaceships, and an orbital elevator. The whole thing is in shades of blue, with purple in the title.

The newbie's going to have to learn fast and not die.

Former telepath Talia is struggling with trauma while embroiled in a perilous mission, and working to trust her new compatriots.

#spaceopera #specfic #sf #sapphicbooks #sapphic #QueerBooks 💙📚 🌈📚🪐#sapphicseptember

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The cover for the anthology We Will Rise Again.

I love a NetGalley approval!! Super excited for this anthology edited @older.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social. Thanks @sagapressbooks.bsky.social! I’ll be happily digging into this soon.
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Award-winning sci-fi author & microbiologist Joan Slonczewski joins me to talk Minds in Transit—where microbes, machines & imagination collide.

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#BookPodcastSeason4 #scifibooks #queerscifi

Yup!

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