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Michael Pryor

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YA fantasy writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Co-publisher of Aurealis, Australia's longest running spec fic magazine. Podcast host. Gadabout.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Nov 13

What’s true? What’s not? Michael Pryor and George Ivanoff present three remarkable stories to each other. Two stories are true, but one is totally made up. Subscribe and listen to Michael and George as they try to fool each other into believing absolute nonsense.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 21h

The first rose of the season. Friesia, a happy, bright yellow - not gold - with a spicy, strong scent.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 3d

Trompe LOL: an internet image you have to look at a few times before you realise it's funny.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 4d

It grieves me that kibosh has no purpose other than putting it on something.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 5d

Finishing a first draft is like looking at a whole lot of clay, straw and water and saying, 'Yup, nearly finished that mud brick home I've always dreamed of.'

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 6d

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder: 'No plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.'
Just about any plotter author: No novel plan ever survives around about chapter three when characters start doing things of their own accord.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 8d

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 8d

Episode 1 of Season 2 of the 'It's True - or Is it?' podcast has just been released. Six stories about food, four of which are true, but two are totally bogus. Which is which?
Get it wherever you get your podcasts or find all episodes here: itstrueorisit.podbean.com

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 12d

Aurealis has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten Australian classic speculative fiction. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia’s literary history.
aurealis.com.au/store/classi...

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 15d

Happy World Cassowary Day everyone! Best wishes to our favourite dangerous bird!
cassowaryconservation.org/event/world-...

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 17d

Here's a young Sean Connery reading a book.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 18d

Bibliotrivia: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien used to read extracts from the works of novelist Amanda McKittrick Ros to see who could last the longest without laughing.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 22d

Aurealis - a ten issue subscription for less than $4 per issue. Go to www.aurealis.com.au and sign on!

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 19d

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Jimmy Spence’s moody and evocative illustration for 'The Sound Your Soul Makes When It's Happy' by Markus Wessel.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 19d

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Joel Bisaillon’s superb illustration for 'Goes the Way of the Seabird' by Mia Kelly.

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 19d

Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Hannah Dunn’s perfect illustration for 'Farmhouse of the Lost and Found' by Ramez Yoakeim.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 19d

A few years ago, I got to sit and work in the Librarian's chair in the centre of the majestic domed Reading Room in the majestic State Library of Victoria.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22d

“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.

“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 22d

Season 2 of the entertaining 'It's True - or Is it?' podcast is coming soon, and here's a tantalising two minute preview!
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-6thss...
Join George Ivanoff and me as we try to fool each other - and you - with extraordinary stories!

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Aurealis Magazine @aurealisfsf.bsky.social · 22d

Aurealis #184, our latest issue, is chockers with fascinating genre related non-fiction: ‘Alienated Labour in The Substance and Mickey 17’ by Ani White, ‘The God Pan and English Fantasy’ by Emmet O'Cuana and an exclusive interview with SF legend Alan Dean Foster, conducted by Trevor Howis!

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 24d

John Cleese's father shared a house in India with PG Wodehouse's brother.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 24d

Coming Soon! Season 2 of…
IT’S TRUE-- OR IS IT?
itstrueorisit.podbean.com

The It’s True - or Is it? Podcast | Michael Pryor and George Ivanoff

What’s true? What’s not? In each episode Michael Pryor and George Ivanoff present three remarkable stories to each other. Two stories are true, but one is totally made up. Subscribe to the podcast and...

itstrueorisit.podbean.com

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · 24d

Salvador Dali walking an anteater in Paris, 1969. Now, that's surreal.

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Sep 9

Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Sep 8

A print from a woodblock,
With the power to shock -
That's a Doré.

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Michael Pryor @michaeljpryor.bsky.social · Sep 7

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