The Arthur C. Clarke Award
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
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There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
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If you'd like personalized copies of the Southern Reach this holiday season and you live in the US, I've got you covered! booksandtaps.com/shop/jeff-va...
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If you'd like personalized copies of the Southern Reach this holiday season and you live in the US, I've got you covered! booksandtaps.com/shop/jeff-va...
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Oh hey who would like a Gothic in space with a creepy spaceship that disappears children?
It's this way
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It's this way
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE SHIP by @aliettedebodard.com is on sale at the moment in the UK! Only £1.99…
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In the Shadow of the Ship ebook by Aliette de Bodard - Rakuten Kobo
Read "In the Shadow of the Ship" by Aliette de Bodard available from Rakuten Kobo. When she was sixteen, Khuyên left behind her family, the decaying sentient spaceship Nightjar, and the Tribute—the re...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Oh hey who would like a Gothic in space with a creepy spaceship that disappears children?
It's this way
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It's this way
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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anyway, I'm definitely not the first person to make the comparison, but I think I've figured out how the heptapod language first came about
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
anyway, I'm definitely not the first person to make the comparison, but I think I've figured out how the heptapod language first came about
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This is a cool take on the Alien mythos.
Recommended for fans of the franchise and other readers.
Recommended for fans of the franchise and other readers.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is a cool take on the Alien mythos.
Recommended for fans of the franchise and other readers.
Recommended for fans of the franchise and other readers.
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Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited #NovaScotia
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
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Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study
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A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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We are so pleased to announce that Ellie Gibson, award-winning comedian, video games journalist and one-half of the double act, Scummy Mummies, will be hosting our #FutureBook Awards on 1st December 🏆✨
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Find out more about the #FutureBook Awards here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/events/futur...
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We are so pleased to announce that Ellie Gibson, award-winning comedian, video games journalist and one-half of the double act, Scummy Mummies, will be hosting our #FutureBook Awards on 1st December 🏆✨
Find out more about the #FutureBook Awards here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/events/futur...
Find out more about the #FutureBook Awards here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/events/futur...
@johnhunter.bsky.social thank you Number 2 😉
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
@johnhunter.bsky.social thank you Number 2 😉
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November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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📡Signal Boost!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📡Signal Boost!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
There's still time to enter our quantum micro-fiction competition, closing Mon 8th Dec ⚛️
👉https://london.sciencegallery.com/sgl-events/stories-of-the-quantum-universe-micro-fiction-competition
We're looking for original works of micro-fiction between 300-500 words.
Good luck!
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Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Some Indigenous/First Nations science fiction, fantasy, and horror recs for your Wednesday!
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 15:
Don’t be a control freak. Give your characters agency. If they can surprise you, ambush you, knock you off balance, it means you’ve made them come to life. Follow them. See what they do.
Don’t be a control freak. Give your characters agency. If they can surprise you, ambush you, knock you off balance, it means you’ve made them come to life. Follow them. See what they do.
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 15:
Don’t be a control freak. Give your characters agency. If they can surprise you, ambush you, knock you off balance, it means you’ve made them come to life. Follow them. See what they do.
Don’t be a control freak. Give your characters agency. If they can surprise you, ambush you, knock you off balance, it means you’ve made them come to life. Follow them. See what they do.
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Thanks to @athenascalzi.com & @scalzi.com for the chance to talk about a Big Idea involving my novel Exo over at Whatever. It's all about writing adaptability and exploring different paths through the story woods. Because there's more than one way to tell a story.
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The Big Idea: Colin Brush
When writing a novel, a lot of people think of the process as sort of rigid. You have a specific story to tell and it needs to be an unchanging vision all the way through. Author Colin Brush, howev…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Thanks to @athenascalzi.com & @scalzi.com for the chance to talk about a Big Idea involving my novel Exo over at Whatever. It's all about writing adaptability and exploring different paths through the story woods. Because there's more than one way to tell a story.
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/20/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Thanks @bookstr.bsky.social for the featured review and commentary on my novel, Exo, out tomorrow . . .
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Conspiracies and Murder Abound in This Twisty New Sci-Fi Mystery
An octogenarian sleuth, an enigmatic child, and a lethal scheme that imperils them both. Meet your new favorite sci-fi mystery!
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November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thanks @bookstr.bsky.social for the featured review and commentary on my novel, Exo, out tomorrow . . .
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🍾 Happy Book Birthday to our friend @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
It's been a long journey, but thanks to @jberlyne.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @tonimargarita.bsky.social & Shannon Donnelly and all at @diversionbooks.bsky.social (not to mention @bookforward.bsky.social & @michelvrana.com ) for bringing Exo out into the world in style.
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🍾 Happy Book Birthday to our friend @colinthecopywriter.bsky.social
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Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
The Apologists by Tade Thompson (audio)
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Behold*! The audio version of my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS read by Kate Baker.
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
[*Or some archaism that means to listen. Heed? Hark? 🤷🏾♂️]
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ICE, out now, is a Trans-Siberian odyssey into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. Here translator Ursula Phillips reveals the journey to bring Jacek Dukaj's novel to an English readership: https://bit.ly/4qT5DR9
Ursula Phillips translator | Ice by Jacek Dukaj
Ursula Phillips is a translator of Polish literary and academic works and Honorary Research Associate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK. Here, she revea...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
ICE, out now, is a Trans-Siberian odyssey into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. Here translator Ursula Phillips reveals the journey to bring Jacek Dukaj's novel to an English readership: https://bit.ly/4qT5DR9
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New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson out now - very strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle ebook ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson out now - very strongly recommended! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
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Listen to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social talk to @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social about Between Worlds and the realm of Indian SFF.
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Between Worlds: Gautam Bhatia Talks Evolution & Future of Indian Sci-Fi Fantasy
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Listen to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social talk to @jbhattacharjirose.bsky.social about Between Worlds and the realm of Indian SFF.
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