#speclist Meet my new assistant, folks. I'm sure I will have to give more attention to my writing from now on.

#speclist I had some friends over for dinner:

Another victory for MAGA:

María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize. Anyone but him !

Belgian police arrested a couple of kids who were working on an amateur explosive device (not even finished), wanting to target the prime minister (why?). And all of a sudden this is world news.

O, so Bruce Sterling is around here as well. Hi, Bruce. Interviewed you somewhere in (I think) Eindhoven, two decades ago.

New continent calmly rising from the sea, somewhere in the middle of the aptly named Atlantic Ocean, and how this would disrupt our current geopolitical status (not) quo. I'm adding a weird TikTok activist, and some artifacts not from our world. Might turn into a novella, if I'm not careful.

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

One does feel like that, with social media, does one not?

Difficult decisions to be made...

Age-old wisdom, but still wisdom:

#writingandbooks #writingcommunity A reality check (not mine):

#writingandbooks #writingcommunity "Shadow Ticket is first of all a very funny book." www.bookforum.com/print/3202/i...

#speclist I wonder what China Miéville is up too these days... And why I have to wait for his next book (the one with KR was a disaster, in my very humble opinion).

It took a bit of figuring out, but I managed train tickets from London to Brighton at £16 return. Eurostar however is a tad more expensive. Yes, I always plan in advance...

Probably the only non-defeated knights...

A puzzle a day to keep your mind active...

This seems a much greater danger than Trump:

US history as seen by an American...

Only published two books this year, in Dutch (and a number of shorter fiction). But there are the two 'noir' novels in the US, so all in all not a bad year... Please, leave a nice comment on Amazon and elsewhere, and help this suffering author.

#specfic Gonna give his story collection another go... One of the most creative speculative fiction writers of the last decades. Rank him with M. John Harrison.

Yeah, this happens to me too...

Story edited and mailed to publisher. Now for something else:

And what is happening in the UK?

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

But, on a more serious note, this is what's in store for us (or which is actually already happening).

#writingandbooks #writingcommunity #speclist #authors&writing While writing and editing a couple of short stories, I need some entertainment, as I'm sure you do...

#authors&writing #speclist #writingcommunity #writingandbooks WIP is being interrupted by jotting down extensive notes for a spy/crime novel that I want to write (next year). The idea is to do another book like 'Absinthe', which is until now my most successful novel.

Any reason to visit your bookshop will do...

You are warned !

It Still Is Genocide!!!!

*produces wide grin*

#writingandbooks #writingcommunity #speclist Wine? This simple list will help to appreciate.

#writingandbooks #writingcommunity #speclist Uncle Ray said it, so it must be important:

Time is a bitch...

I'm in a bit of trouble, since I'd like to check several options...

Seems like a wise decision...

Difficult to get a plain coffee today.

The main message is clear:

Books delivered through the mail...

Books bought secondhand today...

Why don't you leave a comment (preferably after having bought the book), like on Amazon?

Deleuze does not need to be understood. He must be read, and enjoyed, and there is certainly a 'meaning' in what he wrote, but first and foremost comes the enjoyment of reading his books, hearing his voice.

And a good scientific night to you!

I knew it! I frigging knew it!

This goes on and on... There's no end to the insanity...

Picked up this copy at Oxfam for €2, and it seems it is a first edition (1972).