Book 14 of 2026 Northwest of Earth by C.L. Moore Pulp era SF short stories - a bit bloated w/lengthy tension building, but interesting plots & Northwest is a great character Book 5 of #50BookPause Purchase date: Nov. 2025 #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

SciFi Geek family portrait? Nope, that bunch is too good looking🤣 Dean Ormston & Dave Stewart (colors) from Black Hammer Library Edition Vol. 2! These double-page spreads in the oversize library edition are a treasure to take in! This series continues to deliver! #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky

That was a challenging process!! What a great year of stories from @clarkesworldmagazine.com So many great authors and artists to choose from. If you haven't go vote! If you haven't read the stories, make sure to go read finalists stories and help support them by sharing!! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky

Book 13 of 2026 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 8 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka What a great series! Want to fall in love with robots? Then this is the series for you. Complex, but loaded with emotion! #MangaSky #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 12 of 2026 The World of Black Hammer, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire & Co Wow, exceed my expectations! The Dr. Andromeda issues reminded me of Sale/Loeb's Daredevil Yellow. Def. worth a read! A few pics in comments #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Two more books from before I started the #50BookPause arrived!! Excited for both! An autographed copy of Pollen from a Future Harvest by @derekkunsken.bsky.social And my 2nd of 4 preorders from 2026: The Universe Box by @michaelswanwick.bsky.social #BookSky 📚🪐💙 #books #SciFiSky #haul #bookhaul

Continuing my Strangers in Paradise reread & wanted to share some of @terrymooreart.bsky.social art. His inked pages remind me of the best of the Hernandez brothers on Love & Rockets. Not to mention the sensuality he imbues Francine & Katchoo with! Seriously beautiful work #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚

Book 11 of 2026 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 7 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka Can't wait to see how it finishes & not wanting it to end...the mental anguish of a reader immersed in a great tale! #MangaSky #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

January 2026 @thestorygraph.com wrap-up!!! Prose, manga, comics - a great start to reading in 2026!!! Perhaps the greatest accomplishment this month was going 31 days without a book purchase for the #50BookPause #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky #sf #comicsky #storygraph #manga

I don't normally post photos of completed jigsaw puzzles, but this one is beautiful w/all the colors & details. I normally have a puzzle going at all times - sometimes it may be weeks between working on it, but it's a great activity to relax to w/music...and often an adult beverage😁 #puzzle #jigsaw

Starting a reread of one of my fav series of all time - @terrymooreart.bsky.social Strangers in Paradise. I'll be joining a livestream discussion next month (Feb) - the first of 3 streams discussing the series in its entirety. Funny, moving, gorgeous art - a real gem! #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚

Book 10 of 2026 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 6 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka Really excited to see how this finishes! Love the layers & complexity. Urasawa gets you to feel for the robots. #MangaSky #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Kinuko Y. Craft's 1990 cover art for 'The Malacia Tapestry,' by Brian Aldiss

Book 9 of 2026 Black Hammer: Library Edition, Vol. 1 by @jefflemire171.bsky.social I was picking this up in singles in 2016 & also purchased the Library Editions from @darkhorse.com ....so definitely worth it! #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 8 of 2026 Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link These are some of the most creative short stories I've read & truly represent "speculative fiction" in the best light. Book 4 of #50BookPause Purchase date: Dec. 2024 #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 7 of 2026 Being Dharma: The Essence of the Buddha's Teachings by Ajahn Chah I always have 1 #contemplative book going & this is a good one! Book 3 of #50BookPause Purchase date: Dec. 2023 #BookSky 💙📚 #booksreadin2026 #Spiritual #Dharma #Buddhism www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 6 of 2026 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 5 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka Amazing future tech, robots with emotions, & tulips? So many unexpected twists. 3 volumes left! #MangaSky #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#ComicSky #Comics

Trio Tuesday! Jason Moran – Thanksgiving At The Vanguard Jason Moran - Piano Tarus Mateen - Bass Nasheet Waits - Drums Recorded Live at the Village Vanguard (NYC) on 26-27 November 2016 Original Release Date November 2020 #TrioTuesday #VinylSky #Vinyl #JazzSky #NowSpinning

After finishing The Everlasting yesterday I settled in with some classic SF & a nitro stout. Did u know a nitro stout goes w/any genre AND......classic SF goes good w/any beer 😉 Now reading C.L. Moore's "Northwest of Earth" #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky #books #SF #NowReading

Book 5 of 2026 The Everlasting by @alixeharrow.bsky.social Best fantasy (also lit. fiction) I've read since Jemison's The Broken Earth Trilogy. It's early, but this is easily one of the best books I'll read all year! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #FantasySky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

One of my last book hauls before the 2026 #50BookPause I'm still waiting on one other book from Dec. order. 2026 preorder #1 of 4: Blessed is the Rot by @sherisingerling.bsky.social December 2025 order: There Is No Antimemetics Division by @qntm.org #BookSky 📚🪐💙 #books #SciFiSky #haul #bookhaul

One of the four books I pre-ordered for 2026! Releasing next month (Feb.) from @tachyonpub.bsky.social I love short stories & collections are a favorite!! If you're also a fan it's important to support the new releases & let publishers know there is an audience for them. #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky

Revisiting Black Hammer after 10 years & I forgot how great Dean Ormston's art is and the perfect compliment to @jefflemire171.bsky.social writing. I love this take on the Golden & Silver Age of superheroes! #ComicSky #Comics

Embarked yesterday on this celebrated collection. The first tale, ‘Tower of Babylon’, is an absolute masterpiece, centred on the construction of a colossal tower in the ancient city designed to break through the ‘vault of heaven’. An exceptional debut - no wonder it scooped a Nebula Award in 1990.

Book 4 of 2026 God's Junk Drawer by Peter Clines Wildly imaginative & cloaked in mysteries & twists this had me feeling themes from The Land of the Lost/Stand By Me. Book 2 of #50BookPause Purchase date: Dec. 2025 #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

I'm starting a reread of the wonderful Black Hammer series from @jefflemire171.bsky.social & Dean Ormston These @darkhorse.com oversized hardcover Library Editions are the best way to enjoy this series. Hard to believe this series started a decade ago! One of Lemire's greatest! #ComicSky #Comics

Coode Street 715: The one we recorded in between recording the other ones Gary and Jonathan talk about new books, short story collections, reading old favourites and plans for the new year. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-cunft...

Finished off 3 books yesterday so diving into the short story collection "Stranger Things Happen" by Kelly Link. A genre bending collection of SF, horror, fantasy, & magical realism. Another one from my shelves that will count towards my #50BookPause #Books #BookSky 💙📚🪐

Book 3 of 2026 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 4 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka A lot of loose threads from the first 3 vols. start coming together. Great series - love the robots & discourse around them #MangaSky #ComicSky #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 2 of 2026 Absolute Fourth World by Jack Kirby Vol. 2 Kirby's output, imagination, & art are truly incredible! For those interested in comic history, this is a must read due to the essays included. #ComicSky #JackKirby #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book 1 of 2026 Clarkesworld Issue 231, December 2025 by Neil Clarke My favs include works by: @michellezj.bsky.social @annewilkins.bsky.social Madeleine Vigneron Book 1 of #50BookPause Purchase date: Dec. 2025 #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2026 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Pencils by Jack Kirby from the Absolute Fourth World Vol. 2 The extras section (artwork, essays, & stories) in this volume is excellent. There's a wonderful story by Marv Wolfman about meeting Kirby @ his home which really demonstrates why Kirby is "The King" #ComicSky #Comics #JackKirby #DCcomics

Next up today, Earl Hines – Live At The Village Vanguard Earl Hines - Piano Gene Ramey - Bass Eddie Locke - Drums Budd Johnson - Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone Recorded June 29th and 30th, 1965 in New York City Original Release Year 1988 #VinylSky #Vinyl #JazzSky #NowSpinning

Trio Tuesday! New Jazz Conceptions is the debut album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in two sessions during September 1956 along with Teddy Kotick on bass & Paul Motian on drums Original Release Date February 1957 #TrioTuesday #VinylSky #Vinyl #JazzSky #NowSpinning

Looking for an engaging short story read? Checkout "The Cold Burn" from @annewilkins.bsky.social This should be a contender for end of year awards. A short story where the world feels fleshed out & left me both fulfilled as a reader & also wanting to explore more! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #SciFisky #sf

2026 Reading Goals: Curate my personal library w/a focus on curation over adding/collecting To achieve that goal I'm focusing on: #50BookPause I plan to read 50 books from my shelves (or Kindle) & then I can purchase up to 5 books. (1/3...) #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #SciFisky #goals #readinggoals #2026goals

My 2025 Top 5: 1. Jerusalem by Alan Moore 2. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 3. A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller Jr 4. Waterblack by @alexpheby.bsky.social 5. Sword & Citadel by Gene Wolfe #booksky 💙📚

Looking to start 2026 off w/a wonderful short story, look no further than @michellezj.bsky.social "Imperfect Simulations" from @clarkesworldmagazine.com Left me wanting more! As always, u can read for free w/link below, but if u can, please support Clarkesworld! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #SciFisky #sf

2025 #storygraph Reading Challenges/Goals Besides books & pages read goals, I had 3 other goals for 2025. I completed 2 & missed 1 (see comments) Happiest to complete my goal of reading all 12 issues of @clarkesworldmagazine.com #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #booksreadin2025 #SciFisky #goals #readinggoals

2025 #storygraph Wrap-up: An overview of my 2025 reading year! Can't complain as I beat my goals set for books read (70) & pages (25k). I'll share some specific 2025 goals & my goals for 2026 in a different post. Happy 2026! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #booksreadin2025 #SciFisky #sf #comicsky #storygraph

December @thestorygraph.com wrap-up!!! Any month that ends with a 4.23 avg. rating is a good month of reading!! 11 books helped along by 3 volumes of manga (Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka) And that's it for 2025! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #books #booksreadin2025 #SciFisky #sf #comicsky #storygraph #manga

Book 88 of 2025 Clarkesworld Issue 224, May 2025 by Neil Clarke Fav from this issue (& one of the best of the year) "The Library of the Apocalypse" by Rati Mehrotra Other favs by Angela Liu, Alex T. Singer & Wole Talabi #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2025 #SciFisky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

2025 Top 5 Reads (no particular order/no rereads): Changelog - Rich Larson House of Sun - A. Reynolds Lake of Darkness - @adamroberts.bsky.social Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea - @sarahpinsker.bsky.social My Favorite Thing is Monsters - Emil Ferris (1/3...) #BookSky 📚🪐💙 #SciFiSky

Day 5 of #BacklogReadathon Wrap-up Read 189 pages. Completed Pluto Vol. 3, started Vol. 4 & also made headway in both Clarkesworld & God's Junk Drawer Total readathon pages: 714 FINAL DAY - plan to complete Clarkesworld & spend time with God's Junk Drawer #BookSky 📚🪐💙 #books #SciFiSky

Book 87 of 2025 PLUTO: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 3 by Naoki Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka Robots, murder, dog-bots, wars, future tech & discourse on how humans/robots may (or may not) co-exist! Fantastic! #BookSky 💙📚🪐 #booksreadin2025 #SciFisky #MangaSky #manga #ComicSky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco Monk's third solo album, recorded in 1959. Perfect complement to snow falling outside & #manga reading inside. #VinylSky #Vinyl #JazzSky #NowSpinning

Trio Tuesday! Vijay Iyer Trio - Break Stuff Vijay Iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social - Piano Stephan Crumb - Double Bass Marcus Gilmore - Drums Recorded June 2014, Avatar Studios, New York Original Release Date January 2015 #TrioTuesday #VinylSky #Vinyl #JazzSky #NowSpinning

Day 4 of #BacklogReadathon Wrap-up Read 135 pages. Completed The Windup Girl & started the new Peter Clines, God's Junk Drawer Total readathon pages: 525 Today's plan: Clarkesworld, Pluto Vol. 3 (w/some jazz), & God's Junk Drawer. Also, avoid adult responsibilities! #BookSky 📚🪐💙 #books #SciFiSky

The form is now available whenever folks decide they are done with #BacklogReadathon and want to share what they read! We’ll tally all the responses in the end and proudly display them on the site. www.backlogreadathon.com/current#form