SciFiScavenger
@scifiscavenger.bsky.social
I'm Jon, I have a YouTube channel focused on collecting, reading and chatting about science fiction books old and new. I plan to do the same on here.
https://youtube.com/@scifiscavenger
https://youtube.com/@scifiscavenger
Anyone else borrow this over and over from the library in the 80s? I was transfixed. 40 years later I've treated myself to a copy for old time's sake. Stableford later set 6 novels in this future history setting which I now have a full set of too. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Anyone else borrow this over and over from the library in the 80s? I was transfixed. 40 years later I've treated myself to a copy for old time's sake. Stableford later set 6 novels in this future history setting which I now have a full set of too. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting
In case you missed it, and with a fresh thumbnail, here's a look at 100 Years of Space Opera as its popularity rises, falls and rises anew. Check it out 👀!
🚀🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
🚀🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Your ULTIMATE Guide to the FIRST 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
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November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In case you missed it, and with a fresh thumbnail, here's a look at 100 Years of Space Opera as its popularity rises, falls and rises anew. Check it out 👀!
🚀🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
🚀🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
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The Best Book of 2025 No One Read Award, meanwhile, goes to...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Best Book of 2025 No One Read Award, meanwhile, goes to...
I'm half way in, making rapid progress. More xenobiology than I was anticipating, perhaps not surprising on reflection given the author's background as a botanist/biologist. I'm enjoying Dorthy Yoshida as a character and the glimpses given to the geopolitics of the prior century or three. 👍🪐📚💙
This next in actual book, 1988 debut novel from @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social. A Brazilian-inflected Federation has several planets and is fighting a war against a mysterious enemy. Dorthy Yoshida has been sent to investigate a mystery. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I'm half way in, making rapid progress. More xenobiology than I was anticipating, perhaps not surprising on reflection given the author's background as a botanist/biologist. I'm enjoying Dorthy Yoshida as a character and the glimpses given to the geopolitics of the prior century or three. 👍🪐📚💙
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This next in actual book, 1988 debut novel from @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social. A Brazilian-inflected Federation has several planets and is fighting a war against a mysterious enemy. Dorthy Yoshida has been sent to investigate a mystery. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This next in actual book, 1988 debut novel from @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social. A Brazilian-inflected Federation has several planets and is fighting a war against a mysterious enemy. Dorthy Yoshida has been sent to investigate a mystery. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
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I ummed and erred over whether to fork out for the signed limited edition, or get the exact same book unsigned for 15 quid less. In the end I figured go big or go home. 🤷♂️ Available for pre-order now. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #newbooks
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Hindsights [Hardcover] Eric Brown & Keith Brooke
A COLLECTION by Eric Brown Keith Brooke CATEGORY Science Fiction PUBLICATION DATE December 2026 FOREWORD Keith Brooke COVER ART Ben Baldwin PAGES 176
pspublishing.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I ummed and erred over whether to fork out for the signed limited edition, or get the exact same book unsigned for 15 quid less. In the end I figured go big or go home. 🤷♂️ Available for pre-order now. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #newbooks
pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h...
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Brand new arrivals. I really enjoyed Mike Carey's other books set in the same Pandominion universe. Also, for how long will Alastair be referred to as a "mastersinger of the space opera"? That quote has been on his books for best part of 25 years! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookhaul
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Brand new arrivals. I really enjoyed Mike Carey's other books set in the same Pandominion universe. Also, for how long will Alastair be referred to as a "mastersinger of the space opera"? That quote has been on his books for best part of 25 years! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookhaul
I ummed and erred over whether to fork out for the signed limited edition, or get the exact same book unsigned for 15 quid less. In the end I figured go big or go home. 🤷♂️ Available for pre-order now. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #newbooks
pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h...
pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h...
Hindsights [Hardcover] Eric Brown & Keith Brooke
A COLLECTION by Eric Brown Keith Brooke CATEGORY Science Fiction PUBLICATION DATE December 2026 FOREWORD Keith Brooke COVER ART Ben Baldwin PAGES 176
pspublishing.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I ummed and erred over whether to fork out for the signed limited edition, or get the exact same book unsigned for 15 quid less. In the end I figured go big or go home. 🤷♂️ Available for pre-order now. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #newbooks
pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h...
pspublishing.co.uk/hindsights-h...
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Lucky enough to have been able to read this ahead of publication (Feb 26). It is extraordinary, one of his very best works.
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lucky enough to have been able to read this ahead of publication (Feb 26). It is extraordinary, one of his very best works.
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Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
This next in actual book, 1988 debut novel from @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social. A Brazilian-inflected Federation has several planets and is fighting a war against a mysterious enemy. Dorthy Yoshida has been sent to investigate a mystery. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This next in actual book, 1988 debut novel from @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social. A Brazilian-inflected Federation has several planets and is fighting a war against a mysterious enemy. Dorthy Yoshida has been sent to investigate a mystery. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
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Jon does great videos on great scifi literature, and occasionally my dross 🤣
If you're into scifi this is well worth your time!
If you're into scifi this is well worth your time!
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Jon does great videos on great scifi literature, and occasionally my dross 🤣
If you're into scifi this is well worth your time!
If you're into scifi this is well worth your time!
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Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Haven't watched it yet, but I will have to find you, come over there and talk very sternly to you if Banks and Reynolds don't get a mention in this one!
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Haven't watched it yet, but I will have to find you, come over there and talk very sternly to you if Banks and Reynolds don't get a mention in this one!
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📺 It’s #SpaceOpera innit. And it’s a big one from the @scifiscavenger.bsky.social, clocking in at a wholesome 55minutes 😮
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📺 It’s #SpaceOpera innit. And it’s a big one from the @scifiscavenger.bsky.social, clocking in at a wholesome 55minutes 😮
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Think I’ll go make my dinner before settling in with a 📝 for all the recs from one of my favourite crevices of the genre 🤓
🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #BookTube 📺
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Ultimate guide to the first 100 Years of Space Opera!
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Shh, don't tell anyone, this is my favourite corner of the science fiction cupboard. I take a spin through a whole CENTURY of space opera from the gaudy to the deadly serious. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #spaceopera
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
youtu.be/oMjIcY4OpRQ
Up next on audio book, the 7th and final part of Sun Eater. Didn't love the 6th book, so let's hope we finish on a high. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading #spaceopera
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Up next on audio book, the 7th and final part of Sun Eater. Didn't love the 6th book, so let's hope we finish on a high. 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading #spaceopera
Charity shop nostalgia score, very tidy copy of a book I loved when I were a lad, my old copy is long gone. This was to be a cheap, easy to make sequel if Star Wars ep IV didn't do as well as hoped. 🪐📚💙 #starwars #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Charity shop nostalgia score, very tidy copy of a book I loved when I were a lad, my old copy is long gone. This was to be a cheap, easy to make sequel if Star Wars ep IV didn't do as well as hoped. 🪐📚💙 #starwars #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting
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Hey Presto! I did manage to finish one book this week and I chat about it here, plus the usual stuff. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theprestige
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
I Finally Read The Prestige — WOW! | Christopher Priest | Weekly Sci-fi Update November 21st 2025
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
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November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hey Presto! I did manage to finish one book this week and I chat about it here, plus the usual stuff. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theprestige
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
Hey Presto! I did manage to finish one book this week and I chat about it here, plus the usual stuff. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theprestige
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
I Finally Read The Prestige — WOW! | Christopher Priest | Weekly Sci-fi Update November 21st 2025
YouTube video by SciFiScavenger
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hey Presto! I did manage to finish one book this week and I chat about it here, plus the usual stuff. Check it out 👀! 🪐📚💙 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #theprestige
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
youtu.be/9pEXFbR67Yk
I have read almost bugger all this week. Bugger. All. This cannot be allowed to stand. 🪐📚💙
a cartoon of south park characters with the caption we are not just gonna stand for this
Alt: a cartoon of south park characters with the caption we are not just gonna stand for this
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November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have read almost bugger all this week. Bugger. All. This cannot be allowed to stand. 🪐📚💙
Yassss! Been trying to find a nice copy of this in hb for months. Most of the hb went to libraries it seems, so unsullied copies hard to come by. Tracked 1 down finally in the US. I think I now have a full set of @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social books in HB (there are a few pb original too). 🪐📚💙
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yassss! Been trying to find a nice copy of this in hb for months. Most of the hb went to libraries it seems, so unsullied copies hard to come by. Tracked 1 down finally in the US. I think I now have a full set of @unlikelyworlds.bsky.social books in HB (there are a few pb original too). 🪐📚💙
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Does human wetware compute?
The computers that run on human brain cells
Move over silicon: scientists want to use neurons to make powerful computers with minuscule energy needs.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Does human wetware compute?
Sneak preview of Sunday's epic space opera history vid. Very pleased with it, even if i do say so myself. 🪐📚💙 #spaceopera #sciencefiction #booktube #scifibooks
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sneak preview of Sunday's epic space opera history vid. Very pleased with it, even if i do say so myself. 🪐📚💙 #spaceopera #sciencefiction #booktube #scifibooks
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"Change is the universal in our lives, and the truth is, change is neither good or bad - it is just different." SF and fantasy writer Greg Bear (1951 - 2022) passed away three years ago today.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"Change is the universal in our lives, and the truth is, change is neither good or bad - it is just different." SF and fantasy writer Greg Bear (1951 - 2022) passed away three years ago today.