Roderick Leeuwenhart
@leeuwenhart.bsky.social
🚀 Dutch SF author writing about NL / East Asia | Star Body, The Gentlemen XVII | Harland Award & Galaxy Award winner | he/him | Newtype | rep'd by SBK Literary Agency
Website: www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl
Website: www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl
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It took me a week to catch my breath and write this expansive report on Star Body winning the Galaxy Award (🏆) and Galaxycon 2025 itself!
Plus thoughts on the continuity from 2023 Chengdu Worldcon and what last week meant for Chinese SF fandom! 🐼🚀
www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl/star-body-wi...
Plus thoughts on the continuity from 2023 Chengdu Worldcon and what last week meant for Chinese SF fandom! 🐼🚀
www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl/star-body-wi...
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I'm ALIVE and MOVED and REJUVENATED so my energy will be focused on this
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I'm ALIVE and MOVED and REJUVENATED so my energy will be focused on this
Reposted by Roderick Leeuwenhart
Candlesnuff fungus, rising up like a ghostly apparition from the rainforest floor and waving its limbs.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Candlesnuff fungus, rising up like a ghostly apparition from the rainforest floor and waving its limbs.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
Reposted by Roderick Leeuwenhart
I have a near-future thriller coming out next June about an obstetrician who gets kidnapped by a cult!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I have a near-future thriller coming out next June about an obstetrician who gets kidnapped by a cult!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
I like the pope
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I like the pope
I firmly believe a big part of this weird art/business we are in is knowing how to place yourself in a situation where you are most likely to get lucky. You can't force luck, but you can definitely ensure you're maximally positioned to receive it.
Some close friends to be get a little frustrated in my tendency to priortise luck in my own career, as they know how I work. I try to explain that work just is buying a lottery ticket. It's necessary, but certainly not sufficient. I know many folks who've worked as hard but the dice have been cruel.
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I firmly believe a big part of this weird art/business we are in is knowing how to place yourself in a situation where you are most likely to get lucky. You can't force luck, but you can definitely ensure you're maximally positioned to receive it.
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Coming next week! I'm grateful that I can finally share this very personal story of grief and swamps.
Transformed by a fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
December 3rd. "All That Means or Mourns," by @r-emrys.bsky.social
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Coming next week! I'm grateful that I can finally share this very personal story of grief and swamps.
Fifteen years from now (hopefully sooner), we'll react to gasoline cars spewing exhaust fumes in our neighborhoods the same way we think of smoking in trains: "Why did we ever allow such a revolting and unhealthy thing?!"
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Fifteen years from now (hopefully sooner), we'll react to gasoline cars spewing exhaust fumes in our neighborhoods the same way we think of smoking in trains: "Why did we ever allow such a revolting and unhealthy thing?!"
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
…
Shit, I might be dead already.
…
Shit, I might be dead already.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
…
Shit, I might be dead already.
…
Shit, I might be dead already.
I'm immune to anti-trans fearmongering because I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show at an impressionable age and have wanted to be an unconventional conventionist since.
a group of people are dancing on a red carpet with the words let 's do the time warp again written on the bottom
Alt: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, showing a line of unconventional conventionists dancing
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I'm immune to anti-trans fearmongering because I saw the Rocky Horror Picture Show at an impressionable age and have wanted to be an unconventional conventionist since.
I spent two weeks racking my brain to find a way to make a short story work and today hit on a solution so glaringly obvious it had been staring me in the face all this time. Excuse me while I shoot myself into the sun.
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I spent two weeks racking my brain to find a way to make a short story work and today hit on a solution so glaringly obvious it had been staring me in the face all this time. Excuse me while I shoot myself into the sun.
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
This is so lovely 🍄
Detailed Explanation on Instagram: "This is a mushroom playing in the wild in some woods in Tintwistle near Manchester. The attached sensors measure bio-electrical fluctuations in the mushroom. The fl...
UK scientists have pushed the boundaries of creativity and technology by equipping a mushroom with bionic arms to play a synth melody. This innovative project highlights the fascinating world of plant...
www.instagram.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is so lovely 🍄
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Important educational evening in our home.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Important educational evening in our home.
I've been completely trapped on the sofa for an hour now while Orbit's dozing on my lap. Please send groceries.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've been completely trapped on the sofa for an hour now while Orbit's dozing on my lap. Please send groceries.
Still happy with my televisual appearance on a culture talk show two weeks ago, where I spoke about SF and winning the Galaxy Award. Here's the clip 🎞
RTV Oost CultuurCafe 2025 11 05 Roderick Leeuwenhart Sterrenlichaam
YouTube video by Roderick Leeuwenhart
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November 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Still happy with my televisual appearance on a culture talk show two weeks ago, where I spoke about SF and winning the Galaxy Award. Here's the clip 🎞
Dutch SFF organization NCSF published my spotlight report on Chinese science fiction in their quarterly magazine "HSF" 🐼
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Dutch SFF organization NCSF published my spotlight report on Chinese science fiction in their quarterly magazine "HSF" 🐼
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Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys me
Als long as ther ys you
#bowie #wherarewenow
Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys me
Als long as ther ys you
#bowie #wherarewenow
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys me
Als long as ther ys you
#bowie #wherarewenow
Als long as ther ys sonne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys rayne
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys fyre
Als long as ther ys me
Als long as ther ys you
#bowie #wherarewenow
I encountered a STRANGE and DISTURBING INDIVIDUAL in Chongqing who tried to STEAL my Galaxy Award! 😡😡😎
#ChineseTrump #Ryan #Chongqing #GalaxyAward #StarBody
#ChineseTrump #Ryan #Chongqing #GalaxyAward #StarBody
Chinese Trump tries to steal Galaxy Award
YouTube video by Roderick Leeuwenhart
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I encountered a STRANGE and DISTURBING INDIVIDUAL in Chongqing who tried to STEAL my Galaxy Award! 😡😡😎
#ChineseTrump #Ryan #Chongqing #GalaxyAward #StarBody
#ChineseTrump #Ryan #Chongqing #GalaxyAward #StarBody
I can't be the only one who mutes ads on Spotify or changes channels when they come up to avoid filling my brain with sludge, right?
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I can't be the only one who mutes ads on Spotify or changes channels when they come up to avoid filling my brain with sludge, right?
No audience in the world ever thought "James Bond" was a fixed continuity. There are nods to past events, recurring characters and themes, but a new actor will very easily be accepted as a new timeline, a new thing. Craig's death doesn't have to be reckoned with or mentioned in the slightest.
EXCLUSIVE: James Bond Writers Reveal Twist That Has Left New Creators With 'Huge Headache' When It Comes to Resurrecting the Super-Spy for Amazon
Bond writers are now racking their brain, trying to move forward with the franchise after the last film's wild twist.
radaronline.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No audience in the world ever thought "James Bond" was a fixed continuity. There are nods to past events, recurring characters and themes, but a new actor will very easily be accepted as a new timeline, a new thing. Craig's death doesn't have to be reckoned with or mentioned in the slightest.
Reading for the first time SF classic Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, the 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko with this arresting cover, and I might as well quit writing.
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Reading for the first time SF classic Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, the 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko with this arresting cover, and I might as well quit writing.
Misty morning commute by rail in Deventer.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Misty morning commute by rail in Deventer.
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Another exclusive clip from 'EARTH MUST DIE'
After accidentally doing a murder, VValak finds himself needing to outsmart a little good cop/ bad cop routine with @alexhorne.bsky.social and @benstarr.bsky.social
Wishlist, please! It all really helps us out!
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After accidentally doing a murder, VValak finds himself needing to outsmart a little good cop/ bad cop routine with @alexhorne.bsky.social and @benstarr.bsky.social
Wishlist, please! It all really helps us out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Another exclusive clip from 'EARTH MUST DIE'
After accidentally doing a murder, VValak finds himself needing to outsmart a little good cop/ bad cop routine with @alexhorne.bsky.social and @benstarr.bsky.social
Wishlist, please! It all really helps us out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
After accidentally doing a murder, VValak finds himself needing to outsmart a little good cop/ bad cop routine with @alexhorne.bsky.social and @benstarr.bsky.social
Wishlist, please! It all really helps us out!
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Can't believe I missed this two weeks ago: this luxurious article on File 770 about the Galaxy Awards. Awesome!
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Can't believe I missed this two weeks ago: this luxurious article on File 770 about the Galaxy Awards. Awesome!