Michael Klaas Book Talk
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This profile is strictly for books and related topics.
My main is @MichaelKlaas.com and my photography feed is @photos.MichaelKlaas.com.
My main is @MichaelKlaas.com and my photography feed is @photos.MichaelKlaas.com.
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Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have "disdain" for AI but it could be sold if clearly labelled.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
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Are you in Portland? Come check us out at @powells.bsky.social downtown on Thursday night at 7!
On Thursday, I will be in conversation with my friend @shaneburley.bsky.social at @powells.bsky.social in Portland at 7 pm PT. I hope my Portland friends can join us! www.powells.com/events/kelly...
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Are you in Portland? Come check us out at @powells.bsky.social downtown on Thursday night at 7!
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
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World Fantasy Awards Winners
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
locusmag.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
World Fantasy Awards Winners
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@powells.bsky.social is fully stocked with my books, including the out-of-print Must-see Birds of the PNW! I’m excited to be here for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s book event.
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
@powells.bsky.social is fully stocked with my books, including the out-of-print Must-see Birds of the PNW! I’m excited to be here for @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social’s book event.
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I wrote about Dan Brown’s new book, the perils of intellectual snobbery, and why I’m no longer hiding my copy of “The Secret of Secrets” in a paper bag.
In Defense of Dan Brown
Brown's new book doesn't offer award-winning literary prose. But intellectual snobbery and review elitism is foolish in an era of growing cultural ignorance and counterproductive political sneering.
www.forkingpaths.co
September 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wrote about Dan Brown’s new book, the perils of intellectual snobbery, and why I’m no longer hiding my copy of “The Secret of Secrets” in a paper bag.
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it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...
It's official: My next book is about Battlestar Galactica!
Long ago, the gods decided my fate, and I have embraced it: I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica!
I made it official at the Creation convention that took place in New Jersey this past weeken...
www.moryan.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
it's HAPPENING! I've revealed the subject of my next book and it's YES of course, it's a deep dive into #BattlestarGalactica! For that news and a few thoughts on the #BSG convention that just took place, read this! 💚🔥 www.moryan.com/its-official...
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So, I want to say a couple things about this book SUNWARD, by @willalex.bsky.social, which comes out in a few days. (If you pre-order it right now, it will be waiting for you when it drops!)
September 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
So, I want to say a couple things about this book SUNWARD, by @willalex.bsky.social, which comes out in a few days. (If you pre-order it right now, it will be waiting for you when it drops!)
❝The Empire is huge. ...A massive colossus, …and yet it is prone to wounds, infections, fevers, and ill humors. But its strangest feature is that the more its citizens feel it is broken, the more broken it actually becomes.❞
- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (2024)
- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (2024)
September 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
❝The Empire is huge. ...A massive colossus, …and yet it is prone to wounds, infections, fevers, and ill humors. But its strangest feature is that the more its citizens feel it is broken, the more broken it actually becomes.❞
- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (2024)
- Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup (2024)
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My new book, A House Between Sea and Sky, is an Amazon First Reads pick for September! If you're a Prime member, you can acquire it for free; other people can get it for $1.99!
So, what's it about? Well...
amzn.to/4lb2R73
[promo link]
So, what's it about? Well...
amzn.to/4lb2R73
[promo link]
September 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My new book, A House Between Sea and Sky, is an Amazon First Reads pick for September! If you're a Prime member, you can acquire it for free; other people can get it for $1.99!
So, what's it about? Well...
amzn.to/4lb2R73
[promo link]
So, what's it about? Well...
amzn.to/4lb2R73
[promo link]
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I’ve been asked many times if I would ever write a follow up to my novella, “Buffalo Soldier.” Well, I finally did. It’s called “Soul Rebel” and it is coming out in the next issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (edited by the legendary Sheree Renee Thomas)!
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’ve been asked many times if I would ever write a follow up to my novella, “Buffalo Soldier.” Well, I finally did. It’s called “Soul Rebel” and it is coming out in the next issue of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION (edited by the legendary Sheree Renee Thomas)!
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It's official. The books that I wrote arrived. I am an author y'all. I AM AN AUTHOR. A childhood dream I never thought could happen is happening!!!!!! 🥹
In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com!
#booksky #blacksky
In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com!
#booksky #blacksky
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's official. The books that I wrote arrived. I am an author y'all. I AM AN AUTHOR. A childhood dream I never thought could happen is happening!!!!!! 🥹
In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com!
#booksky #blacksky
In 15 days, #TheDoubleTax is coming to a doorstep, bookstore, and library near you. Please pre-order by 9/16: annagifty.com!
#booksky #blacksky
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It's my birthday next week! So Barnes & Noble put the special purple edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In up for 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-yo...
Someone You Can Build a Nest In (B&N Exclusive Edition)|BN Exclusive
**Nebula Award Winner***Featuring all-new exclusive material for the trade paperback: an author's note, reading group guide, and teaser for Wearing the Lion!*“This unusual queer romance is a...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's my birthday next week! So Barnes & Noble put the special purple edition of Someone You Can Build A Nest In up for 25% off: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-yo...
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Started reading @moudhy.bsky.social’s book Between Two Rivers and the premise and arrangement of the book - which I will not spoil here as that is a wonderful surprise in and of itself - is absolutely wonderful.
August 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Started reading @moudhy.bsky.social’s book Between Two Rivers and the premise and arrangement of the book - which I will not spoil here as that is a wonderful surprise in and of itself - is absolutely wonderful.
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WATCH: President Obama added Chris Hayes' book, "The Sirens' Call" to his 2025 Summer reading list.
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
WATCH: President Obama added Chris Hayes' book, "The Sirens' Call" to his 2025 Summer reading list.
For the curious, he means Twilight of the Elites.
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For the curious, he means Twilight of the Elites.
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If you missed the live recording of the Murderbot interview episode at WorldCon, you can watch it here:
Didn't make it to Worldcon this year? No worries, our LIVE #Murderbot episode with @marthawells.com is now free for everyone!
And don't miss the special message the show's cast sent, which we had the privilege to share with her & an audience of fans 👀
📺 bit.ly/4lRpBIq
🎙️ bit.ly/3HC8z33
#worldcon2025
And don't miss the special message the show's cast sent, which we had the privilege to share with her & an audience of fans 👀
📺 bit.ly/4lRpBIq
🎙️ bit.ly/3HC8z33
#worldcon2025
August 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
If you missed the live recording of the Murderbot interview episode at WorldCon, you can watch it here:
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August 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
❝I had discovered in the past couple of years that the more dire your own personal crisis, the less impressive the bureaucratic office that fixes it will be.❞
- Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance (2024)
- Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance (2024)
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 AM
❝I had discovered in the past couple of years that the more dire your own personal crisis, the less impressive the bureaucratic office that fixes it will be.❞
- Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance (2024)
- Jo Piazza, The Sicilian Inheritance (2024)
#BookSky Hit me with a great quote from a book or other piece of writing you read this week!
Clever, funny, thoughtful... Whatever strikes your fancy.
Clever, funny, thoughtful... Whatever strikes your fancy.
August 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
#BookSky Hit me with a great quote from a book or other piece of writing you read this week!
Clever, funny, thoughtful... Whatever strikes your fancy.
Clever, funny, thoughtful... Whatever strikes your fancy.
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
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Arguably the biggest story happening in the world right now and also the most hopeful. #WITHPod
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
'Here Comes The Sun' with Bill McKibben
Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 08/26/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Arguably the biggest story happening in the world right now and also the most hopeful. #WITHPod
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Thrilled to see my book DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY as NPR's "Book of the Day" today: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb : NPR's Book of the Day
It’s been 80 years since the United States detonated atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. Garrett Graff’s new book The Devil Reached Toward the Sky is an or...
www.npr.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thrilled to see my book DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY as NPR's "Book of the Day" today: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...