First up, a book I read all the way back in January, and which came out in 2024. I am so glad it made the LeGuin shortlist, because until that point, I was distressed how little I'd seen it being discussed for how /interesting/ it is. It is Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins.

Remember You Will Die by @edenrobins.bsky.social is an alternate history sci-fi told entirely in obituaries. I can't remember when I've read something so original while also taking big formal risks. A triumph.

"Eligible to New York City-based artists with children under the age of three, awardees will receive a grant for $25,000 to be used for childcare expenses with the provider of their choice." www.artistsandmothers.org/grant - Applications due by Jan 2.

Well! This was a nice surprise!! Remember You Will Die is Google Play's favorite sci-fi read of 2025! play.google.com/store/books/...

this is so real

"There is nothing inherently liberatory in the imagination,but it must be made so." Please watch the Ursula K. Le Guin prize acceptance speech from @vajra.me and read his work, and support the Sameer Project.

Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall! Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.

On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT. The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...

Fascism is such a fundamental attack on wonder and the human imagination and I think everyone should have the opportunity to let their imagination wonder as it wanders — doesn’t matter what you do for a living. Your mind matters! Your relationship with the universe is meaningful!

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure. Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing. 3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes. You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

It remains an absolute thrill to be short-listed for this award. I'm making my way through the whole list and these books are IN-CRE-DI-BL-E

We're gearing up for the 1-year anniversary of Remember You Will Die and the audiobook is 70% off until 11/1! Fill your ears with death, art, and weirdness for a temporarily reduced price here: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

Ireland! Please take me back! Allow those with Irish great grandparents to come back! Thank you for your attention to this matter!

I don't know who this "Birdie Horne" is but she sounds very talented and attractive and like she knows a lot about being a crossing guard

🛑It's COVER REVEAL TIME!!!!🛑 Check out this beaut by secret identity @birdiehorne.bsky.social! Thanks to William Morrow and Amanda Hudson for capturing Mo at her absolute Mo-iest. Coming your way 6/9/26, and available for pre-order now! www.harpercollins.com/products/don...

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.

On a winning reading streak this month: Notes from a Regicide by @isaac-fellman.bsky.social - languid, queer, gloriously strange Rakesfall by @vajra.me - Allow me to be the 1st to say this book rules In the middle of Beings by @ilanaslightly.bsky.social - love it so much I brought it on vacation

It is I! A googly-eyed sock who believes our great power is that the future remains uncertain

"The notion that maybe technology constitutes a source of problems and grievances and people might be looked on as a source of solutions has very rarely entered public policy or even public consciousness." -- Ursula Franklin should be required reading right now.

It is I! A googly-eyed sock who believes our great power is that the future remains uncertain

I found out about it AFTER it got nominated for the LeGuin, but this is a quietly incredible book. Non-linear narrative with bold formal choices. Alternate histories, fascinating futures including the relationships people form with AI. Gorgeous style and a really different approach to sci-fi.

"The notion that maybe technology constitutes a source of problems and grievances and people might be looked on as a source of solutions has very rarely entered public policy or even public consciousness." -- Ursula Franklin should be required reading right now.

As a writer, painter, and former record-store manager, I want to underline every word @bencollins.bsky.social said here. We are fucking human beings who do amazing things. We should absolutely glory in that and not become cogs in somebody's efficiency machine or let ourselves be stripped for parts.

Never not humbling to be a writer

Cannot tell you how unbelievable it feels to be on this shortlist, and in holy cow such amazing company!!!

Not gonna lie, I giggle every time my mustache photo is in a lineup with other author photos

A huge congratulations to @edenrobins.bsky.social who made it this list! Always love it when talented friends get their talent recognized. I was right about REMEMBER YOU WILL DIE and you should go out now and buy ten copies.

Such a fantastic shortlist! Felicidades to all with a special note for my literary comrade and amigo @edenrobins.bsky.social ✊🏽

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

JUST ANNOUNCED! Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins is on the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Shortlist 🎉🎉🎉

The 2025 shortlist: Rakesfall, Vajra Chandrasekera Archangels of Funk, Andrea Hairston Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson The Sapling Cage, Margaret Killjoy The West Passage, Jared Pechaček Remember You Will Die, Eden Robins The City in Glass, Nghi Vo North Continent Ribbon, Ursula Whitcher

Huge and happy congrats to this brilliant ensemble of finalists! @yarntheory.bsky.social @edenrobins.bsky.social @nghivo.bsky.social @andreahairston.bsky.social @margaret.bsky.social @vajra.me @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social @nalohop.bsky.social

Cannot tell you how unbelievable it feels to be on this shortlist, and in holy cow such amazing company!!!

as of this reading, the allegedly anti Jew muslim candidate has been repeatedly calling for his release and the alleged saviour of NYC Jews Andrew Cuomo hasn't said shit

Do you need some deathly books for summer (or any other time of the year)? I got you covered.

🖤💀🖤💀🖤 Officially calling Remember You Will Die your next o-BEACH-uary read

NEW today, beloveds! Five Deathly Reads for Summer by @mariahaskins.com featuring M.R. Carey, @daviddemchuk.com, @corinneleighclark.bsky.social, @sgj.bsky.social, @edenrobins.bsky.social, @nassos.bsky.social, and BONUS @cheriepriest.com, @rfkuang.bsky.social psychopomp.com/five-deathly...

🖤💀🖤💀🖤 Officially calling Remember You Will Die your next o-BEACH-uary read

Thei are goinge to put AI yn a toastere and it will tell lyes about bread

YES YES YES Thank you @megapolisomancy.bsky.social "Is it a stretch to rejoice in the fact that [weird fiction’s] elision of boundaries defies fascism’s hysterical insistence on clean lines and demarcations? Probably. I’m thinking it anyway." ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...

Eeeee so excited to step into official Masshole-dom by having Remember You Will Die on the longlist for the Massachusetts Book Awards... in some VERY intimidating company 🤯