Finished listening to The Incandescent by @emilytesh.net this evening. It was loads of fun with a good number of surprises and heart felt moments. One of my favorites of 2025. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I recently started reading Dead Hand Rule by @maxgladstone.bsky.social and then suddenly on page 89 Max appears to channel Douglas Adams while talking about coffee shops. I got a good laugh there.

Just finished listening to another enlightening episode of Eating the Fantastic. A great conversation between @scottedelman.bsky.social and @donsimpson1713.bsky.social

Proud to be the 41st backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Art of Steve Rude 2026 — Inside the Nexus Studio! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Just read "Daddy Mention and the Monday Skull" by @andyduncansf.bsky.social from his An Agent of Utopia collection. Actually I read along with Andy performing the first 5 pages at about 02:15:00 of Ep 85 of Eating the Fantastic and then read the rest. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

I just finished listening to this ultimate "behind the scenes" of a story discussion between @scottedelman.bsky.social and @andyduncansf.bsky.social which features two readings from the story to start off the podcast. “Criswell Predicts!” I'll listen to more discussions between the two of them.

Almost halfway through @alixeharrow.bsky.social 's The Everlasting. I really should not be surprised how good this is, but it keeps on getting better. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Listened to/read "The Doorkeepers" by @atgreenblatt.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 68. Another fascinating concept in a great story with intriguing characters. There is a lot in this story and it merits a reread. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Hey, and the podcast has the @atgreenblatt.bsky.social story! Looking forward to that.

Here is your @wiswell.bsky.social Wearing the Lion reminder photos of the day. At the @usbotanicgarden.bsky.social

Read "To Speak in Silence" by @maryrobinettekowal.com from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 67 while donating blood today. This was a great choice for this as it brought a big smile to my face throughout. A delightful story. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/to-s...

Just listened to/read "The Teleporting Disaster Fairy" by @rati.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 67. Just an amazing almost "perfect" short story. Disasters, unexplained phenomena, perseverance, hope. It could be a beautiful Twilight Zone ep. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

I just finished listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social talk with @naomikritzer.bsky.social on Eating the Fantastic. I have to say that Scott and Naomi are at the top of their discussion game. This is a definite highlight from this year of the podcast. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

I just backed The Lost Art of Don Simpson! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/don...

Just listened to (and read) @sarahpinsker.bsky.social 's magical new story "The Millay Illusion" read by @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 67. You are immersed in the past of traveling magic shows that fool the audience www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Just finished listening to A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett, performed by Andrew Fallaize. This is the second in his Shadow of the Leviathan series started with The Tainted Cup. It is another great fantasy mystery filled with great characters. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735559...

I bought The Invisible Parade a number of weeks ago, but decided to wait for today to read it. It would have been my mother's 90th birthday today. Thanks Leigh and @johnpicacio.bsky.social A beautiful and meaningful book.

I decided to listen the story a second time while driving today. There is so much in it that I do think it was better the second time around. A great story. "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66

Just finished listening to A Philosophy of Thieves by @franwilde.bsky.social I did not plan on finishing it this quickly, but was swept away. It was loads of fun with loads of fascinating characters. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/781353...

Just finished listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social 's interview with @johnpicacio.bsky.social in Seattle. It is another fascinating interview with loads of new insights especially about the creation of The Invisible Parade. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Listened to/read "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66 read by @mrmightyink.bsky.social A really powerful story which I think will benefit from listening to (or reading) a second time. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

I just listened to this great interview. I didn't get a chance to meet @foxesandroses.bsky.social in Seattle and so it was great to hear her here. I'll have to see if I can view any of her panels from the Seattle Worldcon when I get the time.

The Destruction of NASA’s Mission” Whistleblowers reveal OMB’s Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil... #NASA #IAC #IAC2025

I did a lot of driving this weekend and it was enough to finish listening to @marthawells.com 's Witch King. I enjoyed the parallel storytelling from the past and present with events in each timeline reinforcing those in the other. Looking forward to Queen Demon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_K...

It looks like the government is abandoning the space program. "People are being warned that as many as 4,000 of the 5,500 JPL employees could be gone by 15 October 2025" nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...

It took longer than expected to get my hands on this wonder by @johnpicacio.bsky.social and Leigh Bardugo. Got the last one on the shelf

The amazing @scottedelman.bsky.social is wandering around @capclave.bsky.social at the moment

Proud to be the 68th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Looks like loads of fun!

Listened to "The Caravan" by @anamariacurtis.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66. Very interesting story that left me hungry for more about this world and the characters. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

Finished listening to this year's @thehugoawards.bsky.social winning novel The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. That was very enjoyable and I do plan on getting his next book in the series in the coming months. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tai...

2 parts of Resting Hercules statue. Makes me think of @wiswell.bsky.social Wearing the Lion. 16th century piece vying a Ciechanawuecki Master in the Harvard Art Galleries

Read @naomikritzer.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social winning novelette “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” from @asimovssfmag.bsky.social while on the plane to Boston today. A great story and not what I expected from the "chilling vision" blurb before the story.

Sat with @johntilden.net on the plane flight to Seattle and @andyduncansf.bsky.social on the way back.

Just read/listened to "The Garden" by Emma Törzs from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 65 read by @hollygodarkly.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy A really fascinating story with some mysterious things going on. A lot more in this world than meets the eye. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

This weekend I listened to the @goonpod.bsky.social discussing Dr. Strangelove. There were lots of good points in the discussion and I watched the movie tonight with those in mind. It had been quite a few years since I last watched it, but it still resonates.

Just finished listening to @wiswell.bsky.social 's Wearing the Lion. There are two narrators in the audiobook - one for Hera (Elizabeth Klett) and one for Heracles (Christian Black). Even if you think you know all about Heracles, there are plenty of surprises and twists. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

This morning I was listening to an early @goonpod.bsky.social discussing Down Among the Z Men. I search and saw that it was on Tubi and just finished watching it. A nice bit of silly stuff from 1952. Good the see The Goons acting in a movie.

Posting this as a convenient place to reference - my Seattle Worldcon schedule: There’s More to British Sci-Fi than Doctor Who and Red Dwarf Wednesday Aug 13th, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm The Doctor Is In: The Current State of Doctor Who Sunday Aug 17th, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Just when you think it can't get worse for NASA, it does. nasawatch.com/ask-the-admi...

Listened to @atgreenblatt.bsky.social 's "In the Shells of Broken Things" from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 225, read by Kate Baker. Another great and moving story. "Take a sad song and make it better" comes to mind. clarkesworldmagazine.com/greenblatt_0...

I bought @annleckie.com 's Lake of Souls collection last night from libro.fm and listened to the @thehugoawards.bsky.social nominated title story while driving to the Orioles game and back. It was completely unexpected and quite surprising. Very nice. libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

Decided to listen to @sarahpinsker.bsky.social 's "Signs of Life" from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 59 again to see if it was as great as I remembered from a year ago. Yes, it is. One of my favorites from 2024. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/sign...

Just finished listening to the @thehugoawards.bsky.social best novella nominee The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler. Managed to borrow it from Libby via a local library. It was quite good, but unsettling, which was part of the point. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Listened to "The Diner at the Intersection of Duty and Despair" by @johnchu.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 65 and I need to listen to it again. Lots going on. He has an amazing interview with @michaeldthomas.bsky.social in the podcast. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

Finished "What Feasts at Night" by @tkingfisher.com today. I hadn't read the previous Sworn Soldier story, but plan to do so one of these days. Had no idea what to expect and it was quite a wild story. Glad I finished it during the day. us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

This is the first article I could find relaying the news that Jim Shooter had passed. @scottedelman.bsky.social do you have an Eating the Fantastic with him? comicbookclublive.com/2025/06/30/j...

VERY IMPORTANT! We have updated the YouTube link for the 2025 Locus Awards: www.youtube.com/live... You can find it on our YouTube channel under the "Live" tab as well. LINK IN BIO!

Just finished reading Sofia Samatar’s The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain. Very cool story which gives you a lot to think about. www.sofiasamatar.com/books/the-pr...