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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · 4d

garish though it may be, the cover artwork for baen books is the best in all of publishing, SF or otherwise.

i’ll take a lurid, nonsensical cover over a focus grouped-to-death pastel smear any day!

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · 5d

WEIRD WORLD WAR III, edited by sean patrick hazlett and published by @baenbooks.bsky.social, is rife with stories that blend alternate history with horror.

“the price” by david drake, “bleak night at bad rock” by @nmamatas.bsky.social, and “second front” by @johnlangan.bsky.social are all superb.

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · 5d

“a colder war” is anthologized in NEW CTHULHU: THE RECENT WEIRD, edited by paula guran, which has a bunch of
great lovecraftian stories. (available as a DRM-free e-book from @weightlessbooks.bsky.social!)

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · 8d

will there be an e-book version as well?

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Aug 29

while listening to the latest episode of @coodestreet.bsky.social, i was overjoyed to hear @garykwolfe.bsky.social and @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social dip into a discussion on lucius shepard and his output of marvelous novellas. to me, his work is unparalleled in fantastika literature.

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · May 8

speculative fiction’s heart of darkness thumps louder every time @subpress.bsky.social resurrects the work of lucius shepard.

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · May 5

now i can get MOVE UNDER GROUND and PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT for twenty-percent off! that’s one bitchin’ combo!

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Apr 17

robert reed’s “good mountain” is one of the greatest novellas i’ve ever read. it’s a far-future road trip story heavy on enwonderment and melancholy. bittersweet brilliance!

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Mar 23

new urbanski! how is it?

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Mar 11

“the future is all that we can change — and thank heaven we can! — for the present has obvious shortcomings.”
-robert a. heinlein, “science fiction: its nature, faults and virtues”

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Feb 20

hey, happy birthday!

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Feb 20

a science fiction analogue: “believe what you will, people always do, and they like the odd and scandalous and fantastic better than the real.”
—carol emshwiller, “the prince of mules”

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 24

the stories in carol emshwiller’s I LIVE WITH YOU are beautifully wrought, wholly unpredictable, and entirely original. my whole-hearted thanks to @tachyonpub.bsky.social for introducing me to an essential voice in SF.

I LIVE WITH YOU by carol emshwiller, displayed on a kobo nia, purchased as a DRM-free e-book through tachyon publications.

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 23

in my opinion, baen books publishes the best themed anthologies in all of SF publishing. hank davis’ encyclopedic knowledge of SF short fiction is unparalleled. great review by paul di filippo, per usual.

Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · Jan 18

Depth Charge, edited by Hank Davis & Jamie Ibson: Review by Paul Di Filippo locusmag.com/2025/01...

Depth Charge, edited by Hank Davis & Jamie Ibson: Review by Paul Di Filippo

Depth Charge, edited by Hank Davis & Jamie Ibson (Baen 978-1982193829, trade paperback, 288pp, $18.00) December 2024 Not so very long ago, the fantastika publishing ecology held open a niche fo…

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 23

alibris is revelatory, thank you!

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 10

STORYTELLER is an absolute treasure. kate wilhelm interweaves the history of the clarion writers’ workshop with lessons and bits of wisdom for the aspiring writer. i declare this book is a must-have for all SF enthusiasts.

STORYTELLER by kate wilhelm, displayed on a kobo nia, purchased as a DRM-free e-book through weightless books.

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 10

subterranean press has been doing remarkable work as the caretaker of shepard’s legacy. i’m looking forward to reading your full review in locus.

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 9

STORY SPOTLIGHT: “the assassin, or being the loved one” by carol emshwiller, appearing in I LIVE WITH YOU.

an achingly tender tale of war and its aftermath, interspersed with bits of wonder and beauty. emshwiller writes like no other.

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Jan 4

i am currently reading four DRM-free e-books on my kobo nia: david drake’s GRIMMER THAN HELL (baen books), kate wilhelm’s STORYTELLER (small beer press), carol emshwiller’s I LIVE WITH YOU (tachyon publications), and the drake/flint/baen-edited THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (baen books). all superb!

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 25

a reminder: eight brian hodge works — five novels, three short story collections — are available as DRM-free e-books through the online e-book retailer smashwords. hodge is an unsung master of horror and dark fiction, and slings some of the lushest prose you will find this side of hell.

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 20

“wherever you go, human nature and human hearts are the same.”
-tom godwin, “the cold equations”

“is anything ever really destroyed, human beings being what they are?”
-carol emshwiller, “the library”

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 7

can’t wait! subterranean press?

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dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 7

WEIRD WORLD WAR III is an achievement in modern fantastika publishing. where else can one find an anthology bookended by stories from military SF luminary david drake and cosmic horror master john langan?

WEIRD WORLD WAR III edited by sean patrick hazlett, displayed on a kobo nia, purchased as a DRM-free e-book through baen books.

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 7

THE GODEL OPERATION is a far-future phantasmagoric joyride through our solar system that thrills and delights. james l. cambias’ “enwonderment”-inducing billion worlds is now one of my favorite science fictional universes.

THE GODEL OPERATION by james l. cambias, displayed on a kobo nia, purchased as a DRM-free e-book through baen books.

dan tachon @dantachon.bsky.social · Dec 7

nice! is this coming out through CAEZIK?

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