We at eSpec Books publication wish you all a wonderful new year. Thank you for all your support, and be assured the new year will bring more amazing steampunk, urban fantasy, military sci-fi, science fiction, cryptids, and other worlds of wonder. especbooks.square.site

We at eSpec Books publication wish you all a wonderful new year. Thank you for all your support, and be assured the new year will bring more amazing steampunk, urban fantasy, military sci-fi, science fiction, cryptids, and other worlds of wonder. especbooks.square.site

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Looking back on 2025: Some progress, some setbacks 2025 has been another pretty slow year for me in terms of getting stuff published. My short story collection Aleyara's Descent and Other Stories was finally released in July, a year later than hoped, and my second Aleyara story, "Aleyara's…

December 30, 2025

On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX season 2 continues to improve, telling an imperfect but effective story about bringing down a human trafficking and forced gene-modding operation. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

It's 71 degrees in Cincinnati on December 28, the peak of an unseasonably warm week, so I went out for a walk in a light jacket. At one point I passed a storefront PA playing "White Christmas." Wishful thinking! (Although we're in for highs in the 30s next week & could have a white-ish New Year's.)

I hope my new followers will check out my Patreon page at www.patreon.com/c/christophe..., which includes exclusive fiction and behind-the-scenes content as well as classic TV reviews, and which is currently my only regular source of income, so I'd really like to gain more patrons.

Welcome to all the new followers I'm picking up thanks to my good friend @davidmack.pro posting a STAR TREK Pros starter pack. There's a lot more to my writing than Trek, though, and you can learn more about all of my published works on my homepage at christopherlbennett.wordpress.com.

I hear rumors of a lot of new folks joining Bluesky recently. If you’re a new Bluesky user and want to follow STAR TREK professionals of all kinds — actors, writers, producers, artists, artisans, execs, podcasters, and more — this is the Starter Pack for you! #LLAP go.bsky.app/Gt9LRwa

I continue to be shocked by magazines and writers that continue to use generative AI. Even if you think it looks good (it doesn’t), or you’ve convinced yourself it’s ethical and non-exploitative (it isn’t), the environmental cost is so ridiculously high it should be a non-starter.

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

On #Patreon, it's an underwhelming #Robocop episode about the criminal abuse of a face-changing technology, and Robo's family gets dragged into it for the third week in a row. My Patreon features #classictv #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

On #Patreon, season 2 of STARHUNTER REDUX continues to be a vast improvement on season 1 -- far from brilliant, but competent and effective at developing its new characters. My Patreon features #classictv #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

December 21, 2025

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On #Patreon, ROBOCOP: THE SERIES does a muddled satire of a predatory welfare system, and #Robocop's family gets caught up in it yet again. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and #sciencefiction stories for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

On #Patreon, the season 2 premiere of STARHUNTER REDUX retools the show with a timeline jump, a mostly new cast, and continuity changes, but is immediately a massive improvement over season 1. My Patreon has #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

David needs folks to lend a hand. https://www.gofundme.com/f/david-gerrolds-health-and-leukemia-fundraiser?lang=en_GB&ts=1765731124&fbclid=IwdGRjcAOs_FtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6KKiZ2rx4-CeehknGhy0m7jAsLfQXTijNNB--x4dSYOZovtFMCTh0YuSl10w_aem_bDanHCEMaHX8JsZvYYD7Jg

Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is, in fact, a tortology

On my #Robocop rewatch, RoboCop's son is imperiled as OCP outsources crimefighting to a vigilante gang, in an episode that echoes plot elements from the movie sequels. My #Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

New Patreon story: “The Demon in the Depths” For the first time in a while, I have a new story to offer on my Patreon's Original Fiction tier. "The Demon in the Depths" can be read by all subscribers at the $3 level or above, or purchased individually for $3 (which is the lowest amount Patreon…

December 10, 2025

On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX's generally tedious first season mercifully reaches its end, with a finale that manages to be fairly decent. My Patreon features #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction stories for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — THE FINAL RECKONING (2025) Review (Spoilers) Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning concludes the story begun in Dead Reckoning, which I reviewed in February 2024. The first movie was released as Dead Reckoning Part One with the assumption that this would be Part Two, but…

December 6, 2025

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If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.

In my #Patreon rewatch, #Robocop discovers that a childhood friend has been caught up in a deadly military conspiracy, as the writers start figuring out how to write RoboCop better. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews & #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...

"A different treatment of the relationship between humans and aliens. Arachne’s Exile is a fun, exciting read." Don Sakers, Analog: Arachne’s Exile especbooks.square.site/product/arac... #FirstContact #sciencefiction @clbennettauthor.bsky.social

The eSpec Books Author Reading Series presents Christopher L. Bennett reading an excerpt from his novel, Arachne’s Crime www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLGs... via @YouTube #FirstContact #AlienEncounter #ScienceFiction @clbennettauthor.bsky.social

Aleyara’s Descent brings a multiverse of aliens, monsters, time travelers, and heroes to life with plausibility and sensitivity. especbooks.square.site/product/aley... @clbennett.bsky.social #fantasy #sciencefiction

On #Patreon, part 2 of STARHUNTER's season 1 finale arc is one of the season's strongest episodes, as Dante is finally reunited with his son and the season arcs come to a head. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews & #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2025. Ranking of Stories follows

4) Aleyara’s Flight by @clbennettauthor.bsky.social : Aleyara, leader of science in hostile world, tries to convince leaders of the importance and soundness of science principles. Unfortunately, only despotic leaders listen. Slow start but great end.

Why don't we like "AI?" You try to put it into everything in nonsensical ways. It doesn't work the way you claim it will. You don't pay for the work you use to generate it. Your intent is labor reduction without a contributory return. You know it's unpopular so you try to hide it. You lie about it.

On #Patreon, Ann Turkel guest stars as #Robocop takes on black market organ traffickers in a strong conclusion to a loose 2-episode arc. My Patreon features #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX begins ramping up into its big season-ending arc, but unfortunately does so in an extremely dull fashion. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low, low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/watchi...

Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books

Don Sakers of Analog Magazine says of Footprints in the Stars: “A sweet collection [...] with, in my opinion, one of the most striking SF covers I’ve seen in many a year [...] There’s something here to delight any SF reader.” especbooks.square.site/product/foot... #scifi #sciencefiction #Books

Listen to a Graphic Audio sample from Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/wfXtM5Q When Cory is accidentally empowered with the most advanced armor system yet, Morgan tries to renew her bond with her daughter and train her to be a hero, a decision she may come to regret.

I've now completed uploading my full Patreon #review series for STARHUNTER REDUX (Tuesdays) and ROBOCOP (Fridays), so I'm covered for exactly the next 6 months. My timing was better than I expected, since both series will end in the same week!

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

50% Off this Original Superhero Trilogy! Tangent Knights By Christopher L. Bennett. https://loom.ly/VLALdBw. In the year 2046, on the artificial-island arcology of New Avalon, Corazón “Cory” Kagami is a bright but impulsive college student who follows her passions, resisting the will of her mothe.

In my #Patreon rewatch, #Robocop plays Ghost of Christmas Present (in April) and ends up under siege by land pirates in the first half of a loose 2-parter. My Patreon has #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for low prices! www.patreon.com/posts/rewatc...

Campus changes Back at the end of 2023, I mentioned that my favorite quiet thinking spot from my days at the University of Cincinnati, a small enclosed courtyard that I always called "the Alcove" because I didn't know the correct term for it at the time, had been torn down as part of the…