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Today I learned about Stephenson 2-18, possibly the largest observed star, which could fit 5-10 billion of our suns into itself. Its photosphere would possibly reach the asteroid belt. Our universe is so big.

Rereading “Embers of War” by @garethlpowell.bsky.social. It is an excellent military SF/space opera story that has stuck with me since I first read it. And it’s time to reread and read the sequels.

It feels weird when you start to realize that some books you considered classics have been dropped from libraries and become harder and harder to find.

What if I told you that Dungeon Crawler Carl is merely one example of entire, massive subgenre that might *gasp* even have other books in it?

What if I told you that the best strategy for Balatro is either high card or pair almost every time?

@naomikritzer.bsky.social it was delightful to meet you (briefly) at Worldcon! Loved the excerpt you read from your upcoming work, Obstetrix.

Why don’t grownups do sleepovers with groups of friends? Like have the gang over for a game night and wrap it up with watching LOTR while you fall asleep.

We -really- need Star Wars books expanding on the characters of Andor. Like, all of them. I’d read the hell outta those books.

All right Bluesky, here’s a specific to you list of 10 reasons to read The Eidyn Saga, even if you don’t think you like fantasy (because people keep telling me they loved it even though they don’t usually read fantasy): 1/ The whole series is a metaphor for current politics and society. 1/6

“Fundamentalism” by James Barr was published in 1977, but its insights into fundamentalism and conservative evangelicalism feel incredibly fresh and relevant to this day. It’s essential reading.

It's always weird to find out that a novel that was canonical in your reading development is virtually unknown.

Of all the things at risk the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest

I somehow forgot that Demon Hunter’s new album just dropped. Know what I’m listening to on repeat for a while now.

When a book is compared to Redwall I just immediately read it.

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS! Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot. Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

@nicolaz.bsky.social we met at Worldcon at your signing and I mentioned I’ve been in a book club that might be reading Slow River. You said you would be interested in a video chat or something. How do I contact you to see if we can make it work? Excited to (re)read another of your works.

Tackle Derrick Henry challenge. Challenge level: impossible.

@sethhaddon.bsky.social I'm slotting "Volatile Memory" in for my Hugo nominations, but I don't know its word count so I can put it in Novel or Novella. Do you happen to know the word count for it so I can know which category it's eligible for?

@cyborgsellout.bsky.social got one of your prints at Worldcon! I love it.

Finished *Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow* for the local book club. It was absolutely phenomenal. The art, the storytelling technique, the main characters—all 10/10. this is a new favorite graphic novel. Not -the- favorite, but among them.

I've watched several of these, and in each one they take the stern expressions of the founding fathers and transform them completely into little know-it-all smirks.

Subscribing to many SFF magazines to try to feel connected to that community now that Worldcon is over

One argument I don’t often see against young earth creationism, specifically related to a global flood, is that almost all the plants would have died from some combination of water pressure, being soaked for that long, or having salt water soaking them. What did the animals spread out and eat?

Hold up. Trigun is no longer on Hulu? But my rewatch…

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Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

Miles O'Brien fan club assemble.

The idea for the nose art came from the DS9 Technical Manual by Herman Zimmerman, Rick Sternbach and Doug Drexler. They hired a real military artist, Johnny Hawk, to come up with some ideas for the Defiant Development Project. Here's the patch, which has since become an iconic piece of Trek merch.

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

All this talk about sci-fi dying and I was just at Worldcon hearing about worldwide sci-fi, seeing tons of new, old, indie, and trad authors, etc publishing in the genre, seeing sci-fi get 3/6 nominations for best novel, and I’m sitting here like.

WHO GIVES YOU LIFE? PATER AETERNUS. WHO GIVES YOU PURPOSE? PATER AETERNUS. WHO GIVES YOU JOY? PATER AETERNUS. Thrilled to share the North American cover for The Infinite State, published by Tor Books on August 04, 2026 –preorder now: bit.ly/4mCbh7T (Details of UK/other editions to follow!)

Re-watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and it is still sooooo good.

Trigun still slaps.

I've read an absolutely absurd amount of sci-fi/fantasy, including many, many excellent works. I've read every Hugo-nominated novel. I'm more than halfway doing the same for the Nebulas. That said, I still cannot and will probably never comprehend anyone liking Kurt Vonnegut's work.

Do I obnoxiously comment “This is AI” on every post people share on Facebook thinking it’s real? Yes, I do.

I know it’s considered rude to speak ill of the dead so in celebration of his life’s work, here’s a chart from Dr. James Dobson that helped generations of parents figure out the exact right number of times to hit their kids with a belt.

Have I cast all other priorities aside for Bestelle? I have. The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky 1st chapter demo is out now. #TrailsInTheSky

Time to dive back into my reading for the @manyrealmssff.bsky.social contest! We're a bit behind, but getting back on track. Up next? "The First Feast" by @edpool.bsky.social !

Catching up on my short fiction categories by reading my latest Analog, Uncanny, and other SFF mags. Short fiction is so fun!

Looking at the full Hugo Awards results. What a fun year! Please try to vote in every category, if you’re a voter! Fan categories matter immensely. Editors matter incredibly! I love this fandom. #HugoAwards #Worldcon #Worldcon2025

From a writer group post someone sent me: "...the attitude now is so exclusive and unwelcoming for those of us who are either pro-AI or use AI" GOOD JOB, EVERYONE, KEEP MAKING THEM FEEL UNWELCOMED, YOUR SHAME IS WORKING. 🥰

We'll update the Hugo Awards website later today, but the detailed results of the 2025 Hugo Awards are posted to the @seattlein2025.org website: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw...

I bought a brand new copy of “Dying Inside” by Robert Silverberg in order to get it signed at Worldcon. I did get it signed, but the binding is so poor that the signed page is already falling from the book. Alas. At least I managed to meet him! #Worldcon

Winning a Hugo is my dream. I’m going to be posting some long, personal stuff here so please feel free to ignore.

You have NO IDEA how hard it has been keeping quiet about this. So friends, AT LAST, THE NEXT BOOK IS ANNOUNCED! (I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.) reactormag.com/book-announc...

Practical projects: One (1) Dyson Sphere with a radius of approximately one light year. Absurd impossibility: everyone has one (1) house.

Let's be generous, here, and assume that by the solar system Altman wants to put the sphere outside the orbit of Neptune, and we'll just exclude the kuiper belt entirely. That would be a sphere with a diameter of 6 billion miles. Let's assume that it has the thickness of an eggshell: .3mm thick.

@therisingtithes.bsky.social absolutely loved your poetry intro at the Hugos. Thank you so much and for your wisdom.