All new episodes hosted by Lyle Skains and @amycchambers.bsky.social, our second episode features guest Anna [email protected]

The talk I gave yesterday for the Literature and Science forum is now live on YouTube. I talk about Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo, the Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and @lancasteruni.bsky.social's Future of Human Reproduction project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...

That sounds fascinating! The intersection of sci-fi and medical humanities can offer profound insights. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." 🪐

I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us

Oh hey, since I was talking about cyberpunk earlier, I'm currently reading Cyperpunk Culture and Psychology: Seeing Through the Mirrorshades, by @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, and it's quite good. Insightful, fresh, and super readable, especially for a serious academic text. Do recommend.

Just noticed that the event I chaired a little while ago with Donna Haraway, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and Temi Oh for the @britishacademy.bsky.social about suspicious minds, trust and science fiction is now on youtube. youtu.be/mW2EZBgxzn0?...

I'm honoured to be taking part in the annual @uofgfantasy.bsky.social conference, @gifcon.bsky.social, with a keynote on queer pregnancy in fantastika. It's completely online next week, registration is still open #medicalhumanities #sciencefiction #cfp fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

@effjayem.bsky.social This is The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities that we were discussing, in case you're interested! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...

I just received my copy of The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, feat. a lengthy introduction my @drgavinmiller.bsky.social and I, and a chapter on pregnancy from me. #medicalhumanities #sf #sciencefiction #disabilitystudies

Such an absolute privilege to chair this evening's event at @britishacademy.bsky.social with an amazing panel comprised of Donna Haraway, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and Temi Oh, we talked about body horror, [traumatic] pregnancy, climate change, AI, translation, empathy and so much more.

Just a reminder that on Thursday I'll be hosting one of these events for @britishacademy.bsky.social - a discussion with THE Donna Haraway, THE @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and THE Temi Oh. In person tickets are sold out but you can still join online. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

Donna Haraway AND the fabulous @mariettarosetta.bsky.social talking SF and dystopia? This is going to be fantastic! @britishacademy.bsky.social

I'll be in London on March 6th talking with Prof Donna Haraway about #sciencefiction and trust, chaired by @grmorgan.bsky.social. Tickets irl/online and free @britishacademy.bsky.social #risk #uncertainty

NBCC member @casella.bsky.social talked to cyberpunk scholar @mariettarosetta.bsky.social about Adam Roberts' novel "The This" for the podcast @mealofthorns.bsky.social:

Had loads of fun talking about Adam Robert's zingy, zippy THE THIS with cyberpunk scholar @mariettarosetta.bsky.social. The most "SF is a way to talk about technology & the human condition" I've read in a long time; immensely funny, cleverer than I am. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/12/16/a...

THE THIS is a tremendously fun & clever novel, building on a lot of cyberpunk & SF ideas—I really enjoyed this talk with @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, digging into social media, loneliness, & much besides.

Cyberpunk and the long conversation of SF, "Nabokov in the walls", and hard-hitting questions like "is social media maybe slightly bad, actually": @mariettarosetta.bsky.social is on the pod to talk about Adam Roberts' novel THE THIS! ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/12/16/a...

Also, if you've been enjoying A Meal of Thorns, you can take a look at our upcoming episodes to read along! Got some real good ones coming up: @thelitcritguy.bsky.social on MELMOTH & @mariettarosetta.bsky.social on THE THIS are next, with more in the pipe: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/amealofthorns/

@plug103.bsky.social Hey Derek, this is the Lud-in-the-Mist blog I was telling you about, hopefully interesting for you! thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/hope-mirrlee...

Rest easy greedy little bear 💔 @louloureeed #paddington #thequeen #royalfamily #marmalade #rip

@curlywurlyyoung.bsky.social Welcome Laura! Hope you have fun here ☺️

London-based people: I won't make it to this, but I have an article in this special journal issue on 'Visceral Bodies' from Studies in the Maternal which is launching on Tuesday (26th): www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-vis... #miscarriage #sciencefiction #abortion #omphalocele #medicalhumanities #cnf

I knew this was going to be a dark year, which is why I started writing 'The Resistance', my column for Vector, the journal of the British Science Fiction Association. The idea is to show SFF as a practical & conceptual resource for resistance. Here, I focus on relationship between #SF & #Modernism.

Danish Marxism is now more popular than the Frankfurt school

A starter pack for my fellow weirdos (WIP) go.bsky.app/2q1gJva

Incredible use of the medium, you gotta click through and read the bios go.bsky.app/KDY26rh

My new book is out in the world! It advocates a new, regional way of thinking about Scottish literature and Romanticism. It’s been a labour of love that’s seen me through two babies and a global pandemic, can’t wait to hear what people take from it 🙏 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

[To pin] You can find my article on 'Reproductive Loss in the Anthropocene' here, where I read Paul McAuley's Austral and think about #miscarriage - or find it on my academia.edu page (link in bio). muse.jhu.edu/article/900282

Somebody asked me to talk about Adam Roberts yesterday, I trust they now regret it #sciencefiction #hegel #ai #hivemind #philosophy

Someone once told me Peter Sutcliffe's nickname at the trucking firm he worked was "Ripper", because he looked so much like the identikit the police released of the Yorkshire Ripper. I think about that all the time.

I used to have a pretty thorough list of SF scholars on twitter (albeit I let it lapse), thought I would try to recreate it on here but I'm sure that I'm missing many people: #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction #academia go.bsky.app/PTRrsRA

Alright, New Followers, brace yourselves for an extremely nerdy deep-dive into possibly the niche-iest of my niche drugs history obsessions: Red Dead Redemption 2's Cocaine Chewing Gum. Pour yourself a shot of bourbon & get comfortable for the Big Red Dead Cocaine Thread 1.

I have made a map of the entirety of Tolkien's Middle Earth. This is based on the limited canonical information available; the fact that Tolkien made it clear that Middle Earth is the same Earth we live on; & the way published maps of Middle Earth resemble the continental shelf. #Tolkien 📚

Here's a list of all the BlueSky "starter packs". Filter by keyword to find people and organisations in subject areas that interest you. blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... And here's my starter pack of plain-speaking voices in climate & nature. go.bsky.app/BGrM5Z8

#AcademicSky Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) Traumatic pregnancy & speculative fiction #sciencefiction #medhums 2) Nathan Fielder is our Samuel Beckett