When life gives you a lemon...

Prošli ste kroz prošli čitateljski izazov i zaključili da ste s njim gotovi do ljeta? Želite drugačiji izazov, nešto što čita manje ljudi? Onda je ova domaćica za vas - Cro Bingo! sfera.hr/2026/sferina... #DrustboSFera

Što mislite o malom čitateljskom izazovu za 2026? E pa, #DrustvoSFera vas izaziva na čitanje! Kliknite na link za detalje o SFerinom Čitateljskom Bingu i kombinaciji 25 polja koje treba popuniti! sfera.hr/2026/sferin-...

Lipa pamti, i mi pamtimo Lipu. On 30 April 1944, in only a few hours, Lipa turned into an arena of inhumanity: - a total of 269 people killed - 96 children killed - 87 houses set ablaze - 85 outbuildings also set ablaze.

Interview with me about Murderbot and the upcoming Platform Decay at www.space.com/entertainmen...

The Great Wheels of Publication beginning to turn (my god, it's been a while! had forgotten all this stuff!) Couple of dates for the diary, anyway. If you're in London and fancy a signed copy of No Man's Land -

Some things are too serious for my silly little thoughts on it, so please don't misunderstand my silence as acquiescence. I'm not going to stop posting the usual daft stuff. It's not because I don't care. It's because sometimes I need a moment not to.

I haz committed podcast 👇

Danas u SFeri predavanje Aleksandra Žiljaka o Hayaou Miyazakiju! Više Žiljakovih eseja i predavanja o filmu možete pronaći u njegovoj knjizi Zvijezde u noći sf.hangar7.hr/portfolio/zv... #ProgramSFere

Ok so if you're still using Spotify I highly suggest you stop (Personally I use Qobuz for streaming convenience but buy the mp3 from bandcamp if possible and from retailers if not) Bandcamp has a strong anti ai policy and is committed to artists

Long awaiting sequel: How to Knit Your Dragon!

I started my seminar Ancient Celtic language two days ago with over 20 participants from literally around the world. If someone still wants to join, this is your chance: because some participants couldn't make it, I will repeat the first session in the coming days. More info below.

More details on Vodun Day... vodundays.bj/en/

Ok, Ok... (adds onto the top of To Be Read pile)

Even more exciting, our guests of honour this year are no other than @cemurphy.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social! Here's your chance to meet them. octocon.com/octocon-gues... .

#PrigramSFere u siječnju! 🀄 🎲 6. 1. Igre na ploči 💡 🔍 13. 1. Pokaži i Kaži 🎌 ✈️ 20. 1. Utorak za Miyazakija: predavanje "Ghibli - Sredozemni vjetar nad Japanom" 📖 🤖 27. 1. Book Club – Sierra Greer: Annie Bot sfera.hr/2026/program... #DruštvoSFera

This is what we were talking about! 💕

Come on guys, can't you just let us celebrate Professor's birthday in peace? Is nothing sacred? (Obviously,not, d'oh...) Go read a book, see a movie, read some appendixes! Or do a hobbit thing and have some ale or cake in remembrance of good old JRR! #Tolkien #JRR

Kad smo već kod rođendana... Znate li tko slavi 50 rođendan ove godine? <wink><wink><nudge><nudge>

Happy New Year, and all best for International science fiction day! (Happy birthday Mr. Asimov!)

It is good thing holidays are upon us so we have time to catch up with all the interesting podcasts!

Once again, an amazing fantasy bundle by @aptshadow.bsky.social here. What a deal.

Let's read some new authors!

Kaće novi #Parsek? Evo ga! U 150. broju možete čitati stripove mladih snaga parsek.sfera.hr/2025/12/pars...

Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera. This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw. But it's not very far off.

#ŽivotSamoUtorkom & Grinchovanje! #ProgramSFere u prosincu ✒️ 🛠️. 2.12. Literarna radionica 🎭 🛠️ 9.12. Scenska radionica 🦥 🖖 16.12. Slobodni utorak 🎄🎁 23.12. Grinchovo 🀄 🍰 30.12. Igre na ploči i razmjena kolača sfera.hr/2025/program...

reading at airport gate and deffo recommend this essay

That scene with the Death Star rising over Scarif in Rogue One, except this time it's Saturn's icy moon Mimas

Sjećate li se fanzina _*SFemir*_? E pa urednik Jurica Palijan je počeo slagati njegovu arhivu i dizati ga online! Za sada su tu prva tri broja, a u planu je i podizanje svih 27 brojeva! paralelnisfemir.eu

An ogre knocked - carefully - on the witch's door. She looked up at the hulking figure. "Can I help you?" "Do you know where giants live?" "Haven't been any here for centuries. Why?" The ogre blushed. "I... It's stupid, but... I want to be the small spoon." "Hm. I have a shrinking portion."

My name is pope leo XIV, you killed our father, prepare to die.

"Forgive me, Father, for I have si—" WHACK

So, we did a thing yesterday www.youtube.com/live/mhf0ZWm... Thanks, StarfortUA! #DrustvoSFera

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions. The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity? An image forms in the machine. A classroom. No trousers.

There is a story of a widow woman & her daughters, Snow White & Rose Red, the most darling little girls who had ever lived. This is not—quite—that story. BONE & BLOOD is out in March 2026! #booksky #preorders #fairytales #retoldfairytales #fantasy www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...

Every spec fic take on the British: oh they all want to run about looking like medieval knights Me: nonsense Actual British futurism:

Jučerašnji #SFerinBookClub Michel Nieva, "Dengue Boy"! #DrustvoSFera #ZivotSamoUtorkim

So, this is where the Selkie stories come from!

It's gonna be a Baudelairian Jihad after all.

Considering earlier works of proto-science fiction (see, at least, Lucian of Samostata), we could argue the "invented" part, but it is always great to find out about authors and works ahead of their time! One wonders how many similar books are lost to time or hidden on some bookshelf...

Also congrats to @yumewrites.bsky.social, @bingewriting.bsky.social, @nnedi.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social, among several others, for their placement in the first round! It's good to be among friends and such fine writers.

And we'll have a piece of chocolate with every episode!

We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but... The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us. "Fear is the mind killer" "Fear is a path to the Dark Side" etc. Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty. But beware...

#Parsek, Paradokalno sekularno glasilo SFere izlazi već 50 godina i svakog trenutka (dobro, tjedna) očekujemo jubilarni 150 broj. U međuvremenu, arhivirali smo stare brojeve i u zadnjem valu prebacili prvih 28 brojeva u pdf. Što se zbivalo u SFeri tih ranih dana? parsek.sfera.hr/2025/11/para...

#ŽivotSamoUtorkom u studenom! (ilitiga #ProgramSFere) 🛸🇮🇹 4.11. Putopis: Lucca Comics & Games 📝🛠️ 11.11. Literarna radionica 🀄🎲 18.11. Igre na ploči 📚🦟 25.11. BookClub - DengueBoy 🎨🧬 3.-11.11. Festival prvih 📚📚 11.-16.11. Interliber 🕹️🎮 14.-16.11. Zagreb Games Week sfera.hr/2025/program...