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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 1d

I like this book. (I like the paperback design, too.)

DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 1d

The winner of the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, Sargassa, is out in paperback! This is the first in a speculative trilogy that is equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution. Read this? Preorder Bloodtide, book 2, out next week!

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 1d

More important than how they dress is how they ruled on Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan (2015), which upheld the right of public sector employees to bargain collectively.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Just had my author copies of this beautiful book through. Definitely for the dedicated collectors but the art by @alexries.com (cover) and @simonroy.bsky.social (interior) is so beautiful.

Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 1d

Our first project with @aptshadow.bsky.social, an illustrated signed limited edition of his Hugo-nominated novel, Alien Clay, is in stock and shipping! Full details and snag yours here: subterraneanpress.com/newsadrian-t...

Adrian Tchaikovsky's ALIEN CLAY Shipping Now!

Our first project with Adrian Tchaikovsky, an illustrated signed limited edition of his Hugo-nominated novel, Alien Clay, is in stock and shipping. The aliens in this novel are unlike any you've seen ...

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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 1d

“For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he.” Thomas Rainborough

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 1d

No, it’s the black part of the 1938 German flag.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favourite things we’ve ever written.

Thanks again, Uncanny for inviting us to write it and helping make it really shine.

Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 5

New essay! "Precarious Employment in Precarious Futures" by Amanda Wakaruk and Olav Rokne! buff.ly/G7E5VM4

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 19d

We've now rewatched and blogged about 30 years worth of Hugo-shortlisted dramatic presentations.

Intro to our Rewatching The Hugos series: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/re-w...

Re-Watching The Hugos (Intro)

Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 17d

HERESY! NOT A SINGLE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE PAST SIX DECADES!

Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social · 17d

That was some delightfully pointed satire there. I’ve read those old authors, but I boggle at these people who don’t understand that there has been so much great, vital science fiction written in the last 60 years.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 23d

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Hogwarts"

New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 11d

Which is your favourite current TV show in which a resident of a gigantic nuclear bunker becomes disillusioned with the status quo, questions commonly accepted history, and by doing so uncovers a shadowy conspiracy?

Blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/09/bunk...

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 2d

There are many examples of science fiction that reads more as non-fiction essay -- Stanisław Lem comes to mind. His Master's Voice (1968) is a spectacular philosophical essay on first contact -- and also science fiction. There's space in SF for these types of variations...

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. On our list. Definitely a strong contender.

a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · Mar 15

Is it too early to start talking about what we're going to nominate at NEXT YEAR's Hugos? The ones in 2026?

#HugoAwards @laworldcon.bsky.social

The beginnings of our annual list: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...

Uncanny April 2025 - has the story 10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days

Cover of The Artistry of Magic by Helen De Cruz

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

It’s up! Me and Gabriel Gianordoli went deep on the great Emil Ferris and her terrific mystery/art books

Emil Ferris Pays Homage to Horror Comics With ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ (Gift Article)

In her two-volume classic, “My Favorite Thing Is Monsters,” Emil Ferris explores a girl’s journey to understand the world, and herself.

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Tech Dame Krissi 🔜 Goodsprings @xkrissix.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote my first published play on this exact laptop

An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

The machine from which I shitpost.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

The Zipdisk will never be obsolete. Nobody will ever need more storage than this puppy!

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

Very seriously. How far we’ve come.

My new laptop on the left. My old laptop on the right. 32 years of progress.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

Just backing up all the blogs on this Zipdisk.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

The machine from which I shitpost.

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 2d

I rented it on VHS from Roger’s Video in 1990 or so.

I remember not thinking very highly of it.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 3d

AI at its peak.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 4d

What people forget is why.

In the 1860s, Congress passed a bill to honour the Lewis & Clark expedition by putting Clark’s face on a bill. But they didn’t specify the first name.

The head of the treasury — whose name was Spencer Clark — willfully misinterpreted this and put his own face on a bill.

ProBon @probon.bsky.social · 4d

"1. A Living Person May Not Appear on U.S. Currency
Ever heard U.S. currency called “dead presidents?” To avoid the appearance of a monarchy... only... portraits of deceased individuals [are] on currency and coin. That tradition became law with an 1866 Act of Congress."
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7 Things You May Not Know About U.S. Currency - San Francisco Fed

Is the $1 note full of mystic symbolism? Can you name who's on the $50? This President’s Day, explore little-known facts about U.S. currency design and the presidents that grace our notes.

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 3d

Short Fiction Reviews: George H. Smith’s “The Last Days of L.A.” (1959) and “In the Imagicon” (1966) sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/10/04/s...

#scifi #sciencefiction

Paul Orban’s interior art for George H. Smith’s “The Last Days of L.A.” in If, ed. Damon Knight (February 1959)

Man's head superimposed over a city exploding after a nuclear bomb hit.

Cover for the February 1966 issue of Galaxy. An old man holds another mini-old man. A robot looks over his shoulder. In the background various humanoids push boxes while others drift by on carts.

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