Hot and sunny #parkrun today, went to #trelai for their 250th event. I was #nowlistening to B52s on the way, their great self titled debut #5debutalbumsSF2 and as the 2 and 5 balloons kept turning around in the breeze to look like 52 thought it appropriate to listen while running too! #runsky

This was exceptional. Unequivocally horrific though & a story that’s (as they say) not for the squeamish. Christopher Priest‘s early Grand Guignol masterpiece. In counterpoint, his afterword includes an anecdote about discussing a film version with Amicus, which ends up being absolutely hilarious!

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Finished Alfred Bester 'The Demolished Man' very enjoyable, great story, look forward to reading some more from him. Next #nowreading is another author new to me James White, a short story collection 'Futures Past'. #booksky #SF

Longer slow run done early this morning, just over 8k, would have been longer but bumped into my wife finishing her walk so joined in! #runsky

This is wild. 93% of the renewable electricity generation added to the Irish grid over that last decade now powers data centers, rather than reducing fossil fuel use. Data centers have pretty much annihilated the health and climate benefits those renewables could have provided.

They came from Planet Claire to take my top vote for #5DebutAlbumsSF2 … and if they make it through, my choice for the whole shebang.

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Considering the talent on the pitch this has been a terrible match to watch. #PORESP Hopefully that's CR7 on the plane home now.

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Is this what orange monster and Gianni are drinking? Hope Belgium smashes it tonight. #FIFAcorruption

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#5DebutAlbumsSF2 I think it's kinda obvious where my no. 1 vote will go, but the remaining four spots certainly are going to be interesting to fill. REM, B52s, Audioslave, Dire Straits, PJ Harvey, the Doors, Jeff Buckley, the strokes, and Franz Ferdinand all in the running currently.

#5DebutAlbumsSF2 A debut album so breathtakingly assured it expanded the borders of electronica, ambient and techno practically overnight. A seminal masterpiece that will still be played a hundred years from now, it would be a crime if this didn't make the finals… #musicsky #nowplaying #vinyl

Free signups are open for my art blog newsletter! 70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io Subscribers will get a bunch of alien waterfalls in their inbox tomorrow. Tell your friends! Sneak peek here, with art by Chris Foss, Michael Böhme, Marco Patrito, and Roger Dean.

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HOME SICK unboxing goes wrong 🫣 @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Just so your aware I have already booked a small corner of Hell for the comic book artist Christopher Priest for persistently fucking up any searches I do.

Not a good omen, Mexican winner in Today's #TourdeFrance stage.

Quick Sunday morning read, Bester and cup of tea. Enjoying both, nice to read something quite dialogue heavy for a change. #booksky #SF

if america is only 250 years old then explain dinosaurs? bet you didnt think about that, idiot.

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A #booksky #bookhaul delivery over last few days, Picked up 8/10 of the Gollancz 50s, for just £17, all VG. A HB signed copy of Arkady Martine 'A desolation called peace' #SF

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GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on Humphrey Smith, pubs for young 'uns, and a Sussex village where the beer scene is booming gently. boakandbailey.com/2026/07/news...

Went back to base #parkrun today at #pontypridd ok run but off my best pre calf injury pace , #runsky

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A cover of Christopher Priest's 'Futur intérieur' (A Dream of Wessex), artist - Benjamin Carre. 2 covers of Les extrêmes (The Extremes) , artists - Benjamin Carre and Bastien Lecouffe Deharme. #SF

This is why physical media is still so important.

Another goal for Spains Ozymandias #ESPAUT #SF

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A sneak peek of our upcoming 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸!! Yes, later this year I will be publishing the story of the guide. Memoirs, mistakes, trials and surprises, the richest cultural experiences on the continent and my top bar recommendations after 10 years of The European Bar Guide! Watch this space🔎

Hi folks, new video 🎬! I respond to the comments on my Culture ranking video, one of my most viewed videos. I look at your top 3 as tallied from the comments, and take another look at my previous number one. Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theculture youtu.be/6I6JWnsPA94

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Glad I'm not a world class footballer, being expected to stand up and sing fuckin Oasis shite #ENGCON

Thanks, SCOTUS!

#booksky #Shannara #Shannarathon Well, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting, some GR reviews are scathing, and it does have a YA feel about it, but did find it quite engaging and a page turner, even if it was quite a simple premise throughout. Onto 'A Knight of the Word'.

#booksky pick up yesterday, Chris Beckett's 'Two Tribes', an in depth analysis of the Frankie Goes To Hollywood sublime 2nd single. #FGTH #RageHard #SF

Book 100: Titus Groan/Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake The perfect bookend to my list, this pick should not surprise anyone who followed the trend of my choices Combining the best of Gothic, Weird & Surrealism with memorable characters, for me it sits atop the very pinnacle of literature #booksky 🪐📚💙

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