No. It's not about catching up. It's about supporting authors. It's about whim and passion. It's a menu of choices. It's a resource. A library will provide solace when you need an evening read. I say this as someone with between 2-3k unread books. hah.

Barry B. Longyear (1942-2025) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Kevin Eugene Johnson, 1984; R, John Rush, 1980 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Philip Wylie (1902-1971) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1956; R, uncredited, 1964 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Artist David Pelham (1938-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1972; R, 1977 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

An evening read on the porch. #history #books

I love SF article banner art! This one by John Giunto in Astonishing Stories (February 1943) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Uncredited interior art for Frederik Pohl's "Earth, Farewell!" in Astonishing Stories (February 1943) (written as James MacCreigh) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Artist Bruce Pennington (1944-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1969; R, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Artist Alex Schomburg (1905-1998) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1961; R, 1963 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

Colin Andrew's cover art detail for the 1978 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Carson of Venus (1939) #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Me! I am one of those academics and you can be one too!

Dreamsnake is one of my all-time favourite science fiction novels

Lovely art for a wonderful novel: sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/03/25/b...

William Tenn (1920-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Richard Powers, 1956; R, Stephen Miller, 1968 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Richard Adams (1920-2016) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Martin White, 1974; R, Pauline Baynes, 1973 #scifi #sciencefiction #fantasy #books

Richard Cowper (1926-2002) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Uncredited, 1979; R, Jim Burns, 1973 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Kris Neville (1925-1980) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Hannes Bok, 1950; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1951 #scifi #sciencefiction

Richard McKenna (1913-1964) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Angus McKie, 1976; R, Ed Valigursky, 1958 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Geoff Ryman (1951-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Ian Miller, 1984; R, Paul Rickwood, 1987 #scifi #sciencefiction

Colin Andrew's cover art detail from the 1st edition of Poul Anderson's collection The Earth Book of Stormgate One (1980) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Gene Wolfe (1931-2019) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Peter Jones, 1986; R, Ron Walotsky, 1994 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

New history purchase! #history #books

Still need to read what is probably one the most radically experimental novels of the New Wave movement.

Artist Gordon C. Davies (1923-1994) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, 1952; R, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

New purchases! Aldous Huxley, Joyce Thompson, John Collier, and an anthology of stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Cover citations, my initial thoughts, discussion, contents, etc. sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/05/03/u... #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Completed my review for the inaugural issue (out late May) of @rachelcordasco.bsky.social 's new magazine on SFF in translation -- Small Planet. Exciting! I chose a book that desperately needs a reprint. Copies are scarce and prohibitively expensive.

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Severance Twin Peaks Black Adder Monty Python's Flying Circus Lost Fargo The Bridge The Office Battlestar Galactica Babylon 5 Star Trek: Voyager Andor (1st season) The Killing Star Trek: The Next Generation

New utopian SF esoterica for the collection! #scifi #sciencefiction #books

M. Isip's interior art for Robert Moore Williams' "Johnny Had a Gun" in Astounding Science-Fiction (December 1942) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Kolliker's interior art for A. E. van Vogt's The Weapon Shop in Astounding Science-Fiction (December 1942) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Edmund Cooper (1926-1982) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, David Bergen, 1978; R, Chris Foss, 1974 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Jack Williamson (1908-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Jack Gaughan, 1967; R, Enric, 1971 #scifi #sciencefiction #book

This is the last new book by Swann I'll ever read, because I have now read everything: the sixteen novels and the two collections. So, behold, my short essay on Swann's second and final story collection, WHERE IS THE BIRD OF FIRE? (1970).

THE BIG QUESTION (2007) Acrylic on Canvas - 60” X 48” I’ve done a number of paintings that have taken symbolic cues from letter forms. EYE is one example (eye = “I”). 1/4 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/bi...

James Cawthorn's interior art for David I. Masson's "The Transfinite Choice" in New Worlds (August 1966) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

Charles Schneeman's interior art for John W. Campbell, Jr.'s "Cloak of Aesir" in Astounding Science-Fiction (March 1939) #scifi #sciencefiction #art

A top-notch anthology. My review: sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/01/01/b...

"A movie you've seen more than six times." Literally none. Maybe a few 3 or 3 times. I lived in rural Virginia with access to hundreds and hundreds of acres of forest. I explored the woods.

Recent history purchase! This one is a deeply personal to me. As a PhD student I helped lead discussions and grade for Judith A. Allen's course American Sexual Histories. She was a fantastic mentor. I hadn't realized she passed away in 2024. #history #books

Always love seeing Pangborn reviewed -- he's a great voice. Davy (1964) remains one of my all-time favorites (review on site).

"Loneliness is the great curse that hangs over a writer." Philip K. Dick in "Will the Atomic Bomb Ever Be Perfected, and if so, What Becomes of Robert Heinlein?" in Lighthouse (Oct. 1966). #scifi #sciencefiction

Marta Randall (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Chris Moore, 1979; R, Vincent Di Fate, 1976 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Charles Platt (1945-) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Doug Beekman, 1977; R, Tony Roberts, 1978 #scifi #books #sciencefiction

Czech author and artist Luděk Pešek (1919-1999) was born on this day. Wrote two SF novels in Czech. They were published in German before receiving English translations. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Charles Lilly, 1975; R, Jane R. Wattenberg, 1980 #scifi #sciencefiction

Editor and author H. L. Gold (1914-1996) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Mel Hunter, 1954; R, Graves Gladney, 1939 #scifi #sciencefiction

A. E. van Vogt (1912-2000) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Richard Powers, 1955; R, Bart Forbes, 1977 #scifi #sciencefiction #books

Damien Broderick (1944-2025) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, Carl Lundgren, 1980; R, Michael Garland, 1982 #scifi #sciencefiction #books #Australia

Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was born on this day. Speculative fiction bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... L, uncredited, 1947; R, 1969 #scifi #sciencefiction #dystopia #books #literature

My college senior thesis (for a B.A. in History with Honors) was on the reception history of medieval Nero legends.