And finally, THE SHATTERING PEACE is now finished, marking the OLD MAN'S WAR series as one of the most consistently enjoyable sf series. TSP works well as a standalone novel with its compelling mystery and world building, but why not multiply the goodness and read the whole series?

'Tis the season... (via @beowulf573.bsky.social)

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Incoming Book! "A heartfelt interplanetary epic of identity, longing...and space pirates who smuggle inappropriate stories." IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS by Ada Hoffmann, coming soon from @TachyonPub! More info: tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks

...Annnd finished! 👍👍 Two enthusiastic thumbs-up for the entire YARRICK series. Lots of fighting, lots of fun.

Incoming Book! "When a radical think tank clones America’s founding fathers, can they run America the way it used to be run?" FOUNDLING FATHERS by Meg Elison, coming soon from @TachyonPub! More info: tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks

THE END OF ALL THINGS is also a winner. Here, the problems to solve are predominantly ones of diplomacy, which may sound boring, but is far from it. The writing makes it completely engrossing.

"A thrilling dark academic tale of murder, obsession and ruthless ambition..." THE BURNING LIBRARY by Gilly Macmillan, available now from @HarperCollins More info: www.harpercollins.co... #IncomingBooks

Alexandra Pierce reviews THE YEAR’S TOP TALES OF SPACE AND TIME 5 edited by @infinivoxsf.bsky.social and calls it: “some of the best stories exploring aspects of space and time, as science fiction has always done.”

I fell behind on the OLD MAN'S WAR series, so I'm working my way to the newest release, THE SHATTERING PEACE. I'm currently reading through THE HUMAN DIVISION and am reminded of how enjoyable this series is.

And so it begins... This year's WARHAMMER omnibus reading project is YARRICK by David Annandale. I'm already more than halfway through IMPERIAL CREED and loving it. The writing is solid; immersive story, good characters, and a teriffic blend of action and political intrigue.

I finished reading A PERFECT MACHINE by Brett Savory last week. What a marvelous blend of fast-moving sci-fi action and the surreal.

Cool beans. PLUTO by Ben Bova and Les Johnson, the long-awaited 3rd volume in Bova's OUTER PLANETS TRILOGY & the final volume of the massive GRAND TOUR series depicting a human-settled solar system. Out now from @TorBooks! More info: us.macmillan.com/boo... #IncomingBooks

One of the regular features I run on Transfer Orbit is a roundup of the latest short fiction that's coming out month-to-month. It's updated twice a month: once in the beginning, and at the end, when magazines have published all their stories. Here's the newly-updated TOC for October 2025:

Ballad of the Bone Road comes out in 3 months and 1 day! I've already started gathering swag and I can't wait to welcome you all to the Peony Hotel!

Wanna go on a ride? HOLE IN THE SKY by Daniel H. Wilson is a fast-paced sci-fi thriller. For sf fans, it's an inventive first contact story. For everyone else, it's fun and accessible escape fiction. This could easily be a summer blockbuster film.

Incoming book! YOUR BEHAVIOR WILL BE MONITORED by Justin Feinstein, in which "an all too plausible near future in which emotionally intelligent AI go up against emotionally stunted humans." Coming soon from @TachyonPub! tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks

Incoming Book! RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES, the debut collection from Samantha Mills, coming soon from @TachyonPub! More Info: tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks

👍👍ONE YELLOW EYE by Leigh Radford is a terrific post-zombie-apocalypse novel about a scientist who cares for her undead husband. It's a heart-wrenching story that—to its strength—is less about traditional zombie tropes and more about love, loss and (never) letting go.

Interview: “All That We See Or Seem” Author Ken Liu paulsemel.com/exclusive-in...

Kickstart this: Apex Magazine 2026 More info: www.kickstarter.com/...

Hey, speculative fiction lovers… There's a new line of hardcover sf/f/h books called Penguin Speculative Fiction Special and they look spectacular. 🧵

New arrival! "An unforgettable heroine is faced with an unbelievable crime in this snarky, charming locked-room mystery that asks: would you rather be snowed-in with a ghost, or a murderer?" MURDER MOST HAUNTED by Emma Mason More info: www.harpercollins.co... #IncomingBooks

Last night, I finished THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE, a new collection out this week from @TachyonPub. What a great collection! Every single story was superb: engaging, skillfully told and a little bit weird. Lansdale is simply a masterful storyteller.

Incoming Book! THE SHATTERING PEACE (OLD MAN'S WAR BOOK #7) by John Scalzi! "The Consu, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met, are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war." More Info: us.macmillan.com/boo...#7) #IncomingBooks

Today is release day for Eliiot Peper's latest story, ENSORCELLED. It's a terrific one -sitting read ultimately about the power of storytelling. Check it out here: store.eliotpeper.com...

Incoming Book! OBSERVER by Robert Lanza & Nancy Kress! "A slick, modern, hard science fiction standalone medical thriller." More Info: torpublishinggroup.c... #IncomingBooks

Incoming Book! HOLE IN THE SKY by Daniel H. Wilson! "A riveting thriller in the most creative tradition of extraterrestrial fiction..." More Info: www.penguinrandomhou... #IncomingBooks

Incoming Book! ONE YELLOW EYE By Leigh Radford! More info: www.simonandschuster... #IncomingBooks

Always proud of what I have done. Artists: @yasuartstudio.bsky.social and Amorn Settithorn.

Happy October! 👻🦇🎃 I'm currently reading THE ESSENTIAL HORROR OF JOE R. LANSDALE, which is proving to be an outstanding collection of stories by a masterful storyteller.

Current read: NECROSCOPE V: DEADSPAWN

Currently reading...

Current read: AND THEN I WOKE UP by Malcolm Devlin

Incoming Book! "...an oozing, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds." CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED by Nathan Ballingrud, coming soon from @TorNightfire #IncomingBooks More info: us.macmillan.com/boo...#IncomingBooks

"While magic offers you everything, it asks everything of you in return." ENSORCELLED by Eliot Peper, coming soon! More info: eliotpeper.com/books... #IncomingBooks

There are currently 8 offerings + a bundle deal for Thrones & Bones on @shardtabletop.bsky.social , all for #TalesoftheValiant from @koboldpress.com. Check them out: marketplace.shardtabletop.com/m?pub=lazy%2...

Next up on the reading pile: THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE by Philip K. Dick. Another missing piece of my classic sf reading. I think I have a copy around here somewhere...

Currently reading DEVIL'S CALL by J. Danielle Dorn, a compelling mashup of witchcraft, western and revenge.

Current read: EIDOLON: THE AURIC HAMMER by Marc Collins. I love, love, love the Leszek Woźniak cover 😍.

Read smart, thought-provoking speculative fiction with the Tachyon 30th Anniversary Bundle www.humblebundle.com/books/tachyo...

Incoming Book! THE UNIVERSE BOX by Michael Swanwick, a new collection coming soon from @TachyonPub! Check it out here: tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks

Continuing my tour of Robert A. Heinlein's so-called "juvenile novels" with THE STAR BEAST.

Leigh & I are bringing #TheInvisibleParade to #HTown next month! See you soon, East TX! Plz spread the word to everyone who loves all things #Goth & #DíaDeMuertos: @bevvincent.bsky.social @jbarchivist.bsky.social @sfsignal.bsky.social + @bedrockcity.bsky.social (see you soon, Richard Evans). ✊🏽

Currently reading MASTERS OF THE HUNT, a Warhammer 40k omnibus. Lots of action and really fun so far.

The latest issue (#132) of @OnSpecMagazine, the Canadian magazine of the fantastic... More info: onspecmag.wpcomstagi...#132) #IncomingBooks

Finished! What starts as a casual, mainstream-ish read about a woman and mother working on a time machine turns, midway through, into a much more mind-bending story time travel readers crave. Recommended. 👍

Profile of the Clute Science Fiction Library at the Telluride Institute www.telluridenews.com/news/article...

Current read...

Incoming Book! LETTERS FROM AN IMAGINARY COUNTRY by Theodora Goss, coming soon from @TachyonPub Check it out here: tachyonpublications.... #IncomingBooks