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UK Sci-fi author. DMs are closed - sorry. ๐ Judgement out April 15th, 2026. ๐ www.rikohare.com
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It's here! Judgement is out now โ available in paperback, hardback and ebook. An orbital habitat. A fanatical cult. A deadly conspiracy. If you read it, I'd love to hear what you think.
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www.rikohare.com/novels
3 months ago
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The July newsletter drops later today with updates on my current project. Don't miss out on the latest info and get a free short story too. ๐๐๐ช
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www.rikohare.com/free
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Ticket Baby โ Free Sci-Fi Short Story by Rik O'Hare
A free short story set in the world of Judgement. Read "Ticket Baby," the night that made Martal Strand โ then join Rik O'Hare's newsletter.
https://www.rikohare.com/free
about 20 hours ago
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Nick Snape ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ช๐
about 21 hours ago
as the feedback on Mercyโs Gate continues to come in, Iโve started on Guardianโs Gate in earnest, determined to avoid the middle book syndrome that can happen with a trilogy. Each has to feel like a complete episode, the reader satisfied, while moving the story on.
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Thanks for those likes & reposts
@taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social
much appreciated
1 day ago
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Woohoo, my first royalty payment came through today. That's a nice feeling. Off to buy a new car... a really, really, REALLY cheap one ๐
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2 days ago
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High Strangeness
5 days ago
H.G Wells got the atomic bomb right. World government, rational politics, and human nature? Not so much. Even the greatest futurists are shaped by the hopes and assumptions of their own time. Predicting technology is hard. Predicting people is even harder.
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author
2 days ago
#SciFiReads
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Announcing the 2026 Excellence in Childrenโs and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists
Core presents the 2024 Excellence in Childrenโs and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists. The lists are composed of notable childrenโs and young adult science fiction published between November 2...
https://www.ala.org/news/2026/06/announcing-2026-excellence-childrens-and-young-adult-science-fiction-notable-lists
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CB
3 days ago
I mean, cโmon.
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add a skeleton here at some point
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Nick Snape ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ช๐
2 days ago
Mercyโs Gate is getting excellent feedback so far from the beta readers. Book2, Guardianโs Gate stands at 7k with the opening scene a real power driver for the book. Mercyโs Gate is at a special preorder price of 0.99 until
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2 days ago
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Steve Brock
2 days ago
It cannot be understated the amount of humiliation that Black physicians endured in their communities - being honored and sought after in a society where value is based on skin color alone. @NicoleFCarr @HarperCollins
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#StevosNovelIdeas
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Chief Engineer Martal Strand keeps the air breathable for the last of humanity - sealed in a spinning habitat orbiting a dead Earth, guarding half a billion embryos until the world can take them back. Then he uncovers something he shouldn't.
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2 days ago
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P.G. Sundling
3 days ago
Cory Doctorow has a distilled take on AI and the internet. He expresses a lot of wisdom in the interview. A highly recommended read. The future feels only minutes away, chasing me.
#ai
#internet
#sci-fi
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots
Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-strike-at-its-roots
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George Harris
4 days ago
Route 10 is new for the Second Edition. We moved to the west of the city and found many places too good to miss.
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Taggart Rehnn ๐จ๐ฆ๐
2 months ago
If you like scifi & vampire books with non-stop action & dry humour, my novels are on Amazon
www.amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn
& KOBO
www.kobo.com/ca/en/search...
Please check my site
taggartrehnn.com
for updates.
#SFF
#vampires
#darkfantasy
#thriller
#adventure
#writingcommunity
#horror
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John Turiano
about 1 month ago
A time travel trilogy and a psychological thriller. Take your pick and try something new.
www.amazon.com/stores/autho...
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Author M. Pax
2 months ago
The Rifters: The Complete Series Special Editions 42 universes. One rift. Exclusive editions, new novels, and a Kickstarter you donโt want to miss.
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#bookworms
#booklovers
#booknerd
#readingcommunity
#Kickstarter
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Want to know why Martal Strand is the man he is at the start of Judgement? Sign up to my monthly newsletter and get the free, exclusive short story that shows you.
www.rikohare.com/free
#scifi
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Ticket Baby โ Free Sci-Fi Short Story by Rik O'Hare
A free short story set in the world of Judgement. Read "Ticket Baby," the night that made Martal Strand โ then join Rik O'Hare's newsletter.
https://www.rikohare.com/free
4 days ago
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If you've read Judgement and haven't left a review yet โ even a line or two makes a real difference for an indie debut.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZVYYMNS
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4 days ago
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John W Egan
4 months ago
To alter history, one must know it. And so, I research more than I write. Here is some of what I am reading as I shape the 6th century climate catastrophe in my next book of the Roman Sky series, Empireโs Frost.
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HMH Murray
3 months ago
"Polla is gleefully morally gray...Murrayโs animated prose is an unmitigated delight... A leisurely paced but absorbing introduction to a futuristic series thatโs bound to shine." -- ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ
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Guy Hee Author ๐จ๐ฆ
4 months ago
The Shogun has Fallen: Blazing Sword Book 2. Ebooks and paperbacks are available on Amazon, and audiobooks are available on Spotify, Google Play, and Kobo.
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#writers
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E.W. Doc Parris
8 days ago
Don't buy my books on Prime Day, please. Hold off until July 1st and you will be rewarded.
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Tempest Teapot โ ๐ ๐ธ
12 months ago
A bastard gentrywoman, Kahyla protects her siblings against assassins, demon-eaten mages, and rivals intent on the throne. She faces a DEMONโS BARGAIN where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
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Silver Falcon
about 1 month ago
My short story collection "Dragon Tales" is ready to go out in its final form! It includes the short stories, griffin-annotated field guide, full character list, glossary: 33,000 words in all, FOR FREE! At the risk of sounding like an infomercial! ๐โจ
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P.G. Sundling
over 1 year ago
I finished the 2nd edition of my award-winning novel, The Internet President: None of the Above. Let me know if you'd like to read it before publication. Aliens watch over the election before doomsday. A non-politician changes their name to None of the Above and runs for president.
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Tim Hardie
5 days ago
Hall of Bones has been stuck on 199 ratings on Goodreads for far too long! If you've read the book and enjoyed it perhaps you could help me get to 200? And if you've not read it and Viking-inspired fantasy appeals, perhaps pick it up and give it a try?
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Ronda Warren- Author
6 days ago
Check out one of my book reviews from Good reads of A crow's Legacy
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
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A Crow's Legacy
Alistar is a dystopian city overrun by a drug called Prโฆ
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Rob Bignell, Science Fiction Author
5 days ago
#SciFiReads
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The Novel Behind 2026โs Best Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Taking Over the World 5 Years Later
The Project Hail Mary novel written by Andy Weir is officially the most-read novel of 2026, according to Goodreads.
https://collider.com/project-hail-mary-novel-andy-weir-biggest-sci-fi-novel-2026/
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WriteStats
5 days ago
Publishers do not need to own every channel. But they do need to own more of the reader relationship. That is why apps, communities, newsletters, and direct sales are becoming strategically important.
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John Turiano
5 days ago
"Turiano takes familiar thriller elements and transforms them into something far more unsettling than ever imagined." -Reader Views
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJ11LT4F
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#paranormalthriller
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@smartreads.bsky.social
Many thanks for those likes and reposts, much appreciated
5 days ago
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Gareth L. Powell
5 days ago
Two absolute classics, Blade Runner and The Thing were both released on the same day in US cinemas: 25 June 1982. And both are definitely in my list of all-time favourites.
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Two and a half months post-launch. The book's out there, being read by people I'll never meet. That's scarily brilliant.
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6 days ago
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If you want to get background info on what I'm writing next, sign up to the newsletter.
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7 days ago
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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy
9 days ago
Good morning
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! Don't forget to dig out your best sunscreen if you're venturing out this week...
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Burning Sun
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932 words of the wip done today and introduced a new character. You ever written someone you'd really to meet... and then punch in the face :) ;)
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9 days ago
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One thing readers keep coming back to in Judgement is that they didn't expect to understand the antagonist's position. That was always the plan but it took a while to pull off. ๐๐
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9 days ago
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To anyone in the UK who saw my post about wanting better weather to be able to sit in the garden and read. My sincere apologies.
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10 days ago
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Father's Day. Good excuse to take the day off.
11 days ago
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Writing observation: Kill your darlings, they say. The scenes I was most reluctant to cut were almost always the ones that needed to go. But, once I accept they're not pulling their weight - they're in a shallow grave by midnight.
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12 days ago
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My final test for a scene I've written is to read it out loud. If I can easily narrate it without stumbling, then I reckon it's pretty much ready. Anyone else do this?
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16 days ago
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Iain Aire
18 days ago
SciFi film competition.
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Future Vision XPRIZE
A global competition with $3.5M+ in prize funding, challenging creators anywhere on Earth to imagine hopeful, technology-forward futures worth building toward.
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Judgement has 200,000 people living inside a rotating habitat in space. Half a billion embryos, frozen and waiting. The story starts when a chief engineer finds out someone wants to bring it all down. Out now.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZVYYMNS
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18 days ago
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Spotlight Indie
19 days ago
Who's ready to write? We're back with a live write-a-long, hosted by the marvellous Alex S.Bradshaw this weekend, join us this Sunday for a fun, no pressure writing sprint session. Link to follow!
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...further to my last post. Mission accomplished ๐๐
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19 days ago
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CB
19 days ago
I had a blast drafting the synopsis for the new
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novel. But editing! Synopses are all about telling, so... "As the battle rages" replaced "Railgun shells cannon into hulls, a riot of missiles blazing through the dark as ships ignite into ephemeral stars."
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The Expanse: Rocinante Spaceship in Action
Alt: The Expanse: Rocinante Spaceship in Action
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The Whimsical Muse
22 days ago
People don't summon ghosts together by candlelight in ominous Victorian mansions anymore, and honestly, I think thatโs a shame.
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Hopefully seen the last of the rain for a while. I'd really like to just be able to sit in the garden and read a book.
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19 days ago
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Guido Eekhaut
21 days ago
A thought... About AI:
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If you're an Adrian Tchaikovsky reader and haven't tried Judgement yet โ morally complex characters, big ideas, a world built to reward attention.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DZVYYMNS
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