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A copy of Legacy of Ash

Matthew Wars reading an excerpt from Legacy of Ash as SRFC's Adam looks on

Next author, Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social ) with his Legacy trilogy, reading from Legacy of Ash.

@allgoodbookshop.co.uk @srfantasyclub.bsky.social

Copy of Halcyon Years

Alastair Reynolds reading an excerpt from his book, while Magnus of SRFC looks on.

First up is Alastair Reynolds, with his book Halcyon Years, a sci-fi noir featuring Yuri Gagarin.

@srfantasyclub.bsky.social @allgoodbookshop.co.uk @thetowerofstars.bsky.social

Sorry, Alt for the photo:

Copies of Legacy of Light, Legacy of Ash, Legacy of Steel by Matthew Ward, and Halcyon Years by Alastair Reynolds

Back at the November session @srfantasyclub.bsky.social at the Star of Kings pub in Kings Cross to sell books for @allgoodbookshop.co.uk

This month's authors are Alastair Reynolds and Matthew Ward ( @thetowerofstars.bsky.social )

William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill - Wikipedia

Check out Lord Sempill. Passed information to the Japanese regularly, but was never prosecuted by the UK government even after they found out. (He was indeed at Eton.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

William Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill - Wikipedia

Not "would've" - did!

Check out Lord Sempill. Passed information to the Japanese regularly, but was never prosecuted by the UK government even after they found out. (He was indeed at Eton.)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

Well, Rassilon was played by Timothy Dalton, to be fair

Sorry, complete political illiteracy from me there - the Nationals are the Aus RW?

I see! Yes, I had read about it - didn't know the name of the place though. Thanks.

And biker gangs may have won contracts for the security of the place? Tories gonna Tory, I suppose.

Ah - to clarify, I'm British, so I'm afraid I don't know the reference. I know I'm being nosy, but I just wanted to understand the context

The News Agents is a great case study of centrism because they actively describe how the sausage is made and yet none of their audience say 'Wait - what the fuck do you mean you ran a story because some Labour spad told you to?'

What's fascinating here is that as she rhymes off the list of gender critical people at Newsnight pursuing an explicitly gender critical agenda, in the context of a discussion of ideological capture at the BBC, she doesn't recognise that she was part of the ideological capture of the BBC by GCs.

Shocking.

If you’re discussing the rise of a global fascist movement that is now strongly exerting itself domestically and you’re *still* wittering about the speech tyranny of the kids and the baleful influence of Stonewall, then that’s pretty wacky, folks! It looks unserious and self-indulgent at very best!

Apologies - have googled Nairu, but all I get back is something to do with inflation and unemployment.

May I ask what Nairu means in this context, please?

NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’ Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust

We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite

This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

If BBC News's rivals who are today damning it for bias were held to similar standards, most of them would be shut down on the spot.

"wrongly stated". Lied. The word you're looking for is 'lied'

The MEN has been a fucking disaster for years. Glad to see some repercussions for once.

Here's a detailed letter from a R* developer, because people started to believe Rockstars incredulously lazy lie of "oh hey 30 people aaaall acted bad at the same time"
THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO HAD A BABY. THEY FIRED SOMEONE WHO IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. One 🦆ing months before christmas!

Every single day, the BBC’s coverage of Palestine is systematically racist - against Palestinians. Every day, at present, what is happening to the bodies of a few dead Israelis is considered newsworthy while the actual ongoing killing (and torture, and ethnic cleansing) of many Palestinians is not.

Join us on Mon 24th Nov as we assemble outside Haringey's Full Council meeting to demand:

Dignity Not Debt. Bailiffs Out of Haringey! #BootTheBailiffs

No worries at all - enjoy!

I only read the article, so I might pick up the book at some point.

I didn't know Barnes & Noble did stuff like that. Cool.

Sounds like a solid strategy. I should use that myself. Need to renew my library membership, it's been some time (I tend to rely almost exclusively on bookshops for books)

I should definitely get back on there. I've been on a bit of a drive to have more of my stuff on recorded media instead of streaming, in defiance of a society that wants us all to have our lives for rent and own nothing

But you are absolutely right. Borrowed DVDs are an excellent suggestion. Thanks!

I'm kicking myself for having given away all my ST box sets. They were in awesome themed cases too.

No, but, in light of you not actually knowing, your attempted method of reasoning is very respectable indeed.

Nice try!

He did, but this isn't quite that.

Would you care to try a guess?

You're very welcome!