Kate Rauner, Sci-Fi Author
@kate-scifi-author.bsky.social
I explore other worlds, writing science fiction & fantasy. Loved science all my life & scifi too. Find me at favorite online bookstores - Amazon, Apple, B&N and more! https://books2read.com/Kate-Rauner #scifibooklover #sciencefiction #scifi
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Colonizing the solar system and beyond. Realistic science fiction and a bit of fantasy. Join the adventure - easy links to Kate's eBooks and Print 🚀 #scifibook #sciencefiction kateraunerauthor.wordpress.com
Looking for a documentary? The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See. Watch for free on YouTube (with ads.) You Tube confirmed my age before I could watch! First time that ever happened. Can't imagine why - seemed suitable for all ages to me. #UFO #UAP #documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09k...
The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See
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January 1, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Looking for a documentary? The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See. Watch for free on YouTube (with ads.) You Tube confirmed my age before I could watch! First time that ever happened. Can't imagine why - seemed suitable for all ages to me. #UFO #UAP #documentary www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09k...
Scifi Horror & Military/Space Marines are very popular. Also Scifi Romance (but then, all Romance categories are big.) Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey protagonist is almost a requirement. Grimdark has spread - violent amoral dystopian. But the universe is bigger, and I've been reading hopepunk.
From 2025 to 2026 – Is This a Trend in Science Fiction?
Kate says... Scifi Horror and Military/Space Marines are very popular, and also Scifi Romance (but then, all Romance categories are big.) Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey concept of the protagonist is almost a requirement. Grimdark has spread - violent amoral dystopian. But the universe is bigger, and I've been reading hopepunk. The aesthetic of hopepunk is generally agreed to incorporate a mood of gentleness or softness and a sense of self-awareness of weaponized optimism, with a worldview that fighting for positive social systems is a worthwhile fight.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Scifi Horror & Military/Space Marines are very popular. Also Scifi Romance (but then, all Romance categories are big.) Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey protagonist is almost a requirement. Grimdark has spread - violent amoral dystopian. But the universe is bigger, and I've been reading hopepunk.
Don't trust government? Well, who does? Looking for a first-hand source? Old folks remember life before vaccines. Find some of their stories here grandparentsforvaccines.com/our-stories/ #vaccine #grandparent #familysky
Our Stories - Grandparents for Vaccines
Listen to the voices of grandparents who bring to life an era when childhood diseases…
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December 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Don't trust government? Well, who does? Looking for a first-hand source? Old folks remember life before vaccines. Find some of their stories here grandparentsforvaccines.com/our-stories/ #vaccine #grandparent #familysky
Any retailers here? When your ad pops up over the article I'm reading, I'm tolerant. When I tap the little X to close it and instead am taken to your sales page, I'm truly annoyed 😠 I will never buy anything from you. Not then, not ever. Tell the platform you advertise on to Stop It.
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Any retailers here? When your ad pops up over the article I'm reading, I'm tolerant. When I tap the little X to close it and instead am taken to your sales page, I'm truly annoyed 😠 I will never buy anything from you. Not then, not ever. Tell the platform you advertise on to Stop It.
Santa can inspire us: 'Nicholas secretly provided dowries for 3 impoverished girls whose father was unable to afford their marriages. By giving anonymously (traditionally under cover of night), he became a lasting model of discreet charity.' Daniel N. Gullotta on the medieval legend 🎅
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Santa can inspire us: 'Nicholas secretly provided dowries for 3 impoverished girls whose father was unable to afford their marriages. By giving anonymously (traditionally under cover of night), he became a lasting model of discreet charity.' Daniel N. Gullotta on the medieval legend 🎅
Happy Holidays #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Happy Holidays #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays
What did Jesus look like? Does it matter? #MerryChristmas #History #HistoricalJesus
Christianity passed through the Roman Empire. How we imagine the physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was one element influenced along the way. The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not…
Christianity passed through the Roman Empire. How we imagine the physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was one element influenced along the way. The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not…
What did Jesus look like? Does it matter? #MerryChristmas #History #HistoricalJesus
Christianity passed through the Roman Empire. How we imagine the physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was one element influenced along the way. The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not accurate, but it is a powerful brand. A man with long hair parted in the middle and a long beard – often with fair skin, light brown hair and blue eyes – has become the widely accepted likeness.
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December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What did Jesus look like? Does it matter? #MerryChristmas #History #HistoricalJesus
Christianity passed through the Roman Empire. How we imagine the physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was one element influenced along the way. The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not…
Christianity passed through the Roman Empire. How we imagine the physical appearance of Jesus of Nazareth was one element influenced along the way. The Jesus we’ve inherited from centuries of Christian art is not…
Unique Scifi Based on an Art Book – Tales from the Loop by Simon Stalenhag
Kate says... Low-key short stories that are both mundane and utterly fantastic. An Amazon Prime Video series based on amazing artwork and childhood fantasies that may be memories. Not your typical science fiction. Scifi can…
Kate says... Low-key short stories that are both mundane and utterly fantastic. An Amazon Prime Video series based on amazing artwork and childhood fantasies that may be memories. Not your typical science fiction. Scifi can…
Unique Scifi Based on an Art Book – Tales from the Loop by Simon Stalenhag
Kate says... Low-key short stories that are both mundane and utterly fantastic. An Amazon Prime Video series based on amazing artwork and childhood fantasies that may be memories. Not your typical science fiction. Scifi can be more than monsters that want to eat us and interplanetary wars. I ran across this collection of images using familiar rural and small town backdrops populated by futuristic technology.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Unique Scifi Based on an Art Book – Tales from the Loop by Simon Stalenhag
Kate says... Low-key short stories that are both mundane and utterly fantastic. An Amazon Prime Video series based on amazing artwork and childhood fantasies that may be memories. Not your typical science fiction. Scifi can…
Kate says... Low-key short stories that are both mundane and utterly fantastic. An Amazon Prime Video series based on amazing artwork and childhood fantasies that may be memories. Not your typical science fiction. Scifi can…
Weather is variable in the mountains of Southwest New Mexico. Yesterday I went hiking in short sleeves. But we sometimes get a white Xmas. Here's a picture from one of those wintry winters ❄️ #MerryChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Weather is variable in the mountains of Southwest New Mexico. Yesterday I went hiking in short sleeves. But we sometimes get a white Xmas. Here's a picture from one of those wintry winters ❄️ #MerryChristmas
Forbidden Planet holds up well today, and is one of my favorites. #sciencefiction #scifimovie
Leslie Nielsen's First Starring Role Was An Oscar-Nominated Sci-Fi That Changed Cinema buff.ly/M6Vivt2
Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the 1950s movie Forbidden Planet, still highly regarded today with 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
#ScienceFiction '#SciFi #Film #Movies
Here's an interesting behind-the-scenes look at the 1950s movie Forbidden Planet, still highly regarded today with 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
#ScienceFiction '#SciFi #Film #Movies
Leslie Nielsen's First Starring Role Was An Oscar-Nominated Sci-Fi That Changed Cinema
It was almost 70 years ago.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Forbidden Planet holds up well today, and is one of my favorites. #sciencefiction #scifimovie
Xmas trees merely puzzled Pooka - she never touched tree or ornaments, even though I always placed the tree against her favorite window. She's gone now, but never forgotten #caturday
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Xmas trees merely puzzled Pooka - she never touched tree or ornaments, even though I always placed the tree against her favorite window. She's gone now, but never forgotten #caturday
Science fiction is more than intergalactic wars & aliens that want to eat us. This sounds interesting. A narrative art book - paintings in book form with texts - also an Amazon Prime Video - how do you make a video from art? Tenderness in a time-bending lab www.amazon.com/Tales-From-T... #scifiart
Tales From The Loop
Tales From The Loop [Stålenhag, Simon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tales From The Loop
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December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Science fiction is more than intergalactic wars & aliens that want to eat us. This sounds interesting. A narrative art book - paintings in book form with texts - also an Amazon Prime Video - how do you make a video from art? Tenderness in a time-bending lab www.amazon.com/Tales-From-T... #scifiart
Sure, humans can survive in space, but can their lives be worth living? Can space be aspirational, human, & beautiful? With research to improve life on Earth? Here are designs that don't look like old Space Age. The space garden fascinates me. www.aureliainstitute.org/space-garden... #space #orbit
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Sure, humans can survive in space, but can their lives be worth living? Can space be aspirational, human, & beautiful? With research to improve life on Earth? Here are designs that don't look like old Space Age. The space garden fascinates me. www.aureliainstitute.org/space-garden... #space #orbit
NASA's JPL says Saturn's moon Titan may hold water ice &slush deep underground &there could be life. I sent a colony to Titan in scifi, but they use the surface oceans of liquid methane. Weird deadly world. With no way back to Earth, can they survive? books2read.com/TitanColony #NASA #scifibook
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NASA's JPL says Saturn's moon Titan may hold water ice &slush deep underground &there could be life. I sent a colony to Titan in scifi, but they use the surface oceans of liquid methane. Weird deadly world. With no way back to Earth, can they survive? books2read.com/TitanColony #NASA #scifibook
Just saw this: ignorance on fire can accomplish more than knowledge on ice.
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Just saw this: ignorance on fire can accomplish more than knowledge on ice.
Mass shootings are rare in Australia. Firearm regulations (buyback program &tight licensing) keep mass shootings at about 1 per year. America suffers 400–650 mass shootings &over 46,000 gun violence deaths each year (per Your Local Epidemiologist) way beyond population difference #gun #violence
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Geminid meteors were great last night - late moon rise gave me a dark sky - enjoyed standing outside before bedtime &also had a great view through a south facing window about 2 am. Lost count of how many meteors I saw :) #Meteor #Geminids #Meteorshower #Astronomy 🔭
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Geminid meteors were great last night - late moon rise gave me a dark sky - enjoyed standing outside before bedtime &also had a great view through a south facing window about 2 am. Lost count of how many meteors I saw :) #Meteor #Geminids #Meteorshower #Astronomy 🔭
I read this: "Three quarters of all stable elements are represented in components of each smartphone. These elements are necessary for highly specialized materials that enable touch screens, displays, batteries, speakers, microphones &cameras." Wow, a lot of stuff must come together #smartphone
December 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I read this: "Three quarters of all stable elements are represented in components of each smartphone. These elements are necessary for highly specialized materials that enable touch screens, displays, batteries, speakers, microphones &cameras." Wow, a lot of stuff must come together #smartphone
Alien refugees search for a new home, and Earth is the only planet their ancient sleeper-ship can reach. They need a champion. I enjoyed the evolving characters &could really put myself into this story set "today" #scifibook #bookreview
Aliens That Are Not Invaders? Dialing Earth, Interstellar Refugees Part 1 by Daniel Ellrick
Kate says... Alien refugees search for a new home, and Earth is the only planet their ancient sleeper-ship can reach. They need a champion to convince war-like humans to share their world. I love who they choose: a doctoral candidate working as a telescope technician in Hawaii. She seems likely to be overwhelmed, but won't tackle the job alone. I enjoyed the evolving characters who come to her aid.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Alien refugees search for a new home, and Earth is the only planet their ancient sleeper-ship can reach. They need a champion. I enjoyed the evolving characters &could really put myself into this story set "today" #scifibook #bookreview
Flurry of nasty scams aimed at authors this year. Indie, small press, and trad-pubbed authors are targets. From annerallen.com/2025/11/upda... at least six different scams come in the current barrage of flattering emails. Never give anyone who contacts you your Amazon password! #author
Update on those flattering AI book marketing scams
Those AI book marketing scams are proliferating like Tribbles. Here are the new variations authors are getting now.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Flurry of nasty scams aimed at authors this year. Indie, small press, and trad-pubbed authors are targets. From annerallen.com/2025/11/upda... at least six different scams come in the current barrage of flattering emails. Never give anyone who contacts you your Amazon password! #author
That looks like a cover in a classic style. #BookSky #sciencefiction
This year, @titanbooks.bsky.social published my novel FUTURE’S EDGE and my career-spanning short story collection WHO WILL YOU SAVE?
In March, they’ll be joined by my 22nd book, the novel JITTERBUG.
You can now order all three from your favourite book seller, or click here: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
In March, they’ll be joined by my 22nd book, the novel JITTERBUG.
You can now order all three from your favourite book seller, or click here: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
That looks like a cover in a classic style. #BookSky #sciencefiction
Immigrants bring new ideas, weird food, different languages & that's unsettling. But there's more to learn. They boost the economy, lower crime rates, pay taxes. Popular or trending, esp in information silos, aren't always facts. What are the myths? skeptoid.com/episodes/983 #immigration
Immigration Myths - Skeptoid
Many of our preconceived notions about immigrants likely bear very little resemblance to the facts.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Immigrants bring new ideas, weird food, different languages & that's unsettling. But there's more to learn. They boost the economy, lower crime rates, pay taxes. Popular or trending, esp in information silos, aren't always facts. What are the myths? skeptoid.com/episodes/983 #immigration
One winter, the local wild turkeys visited my bird feeder, so I took this picture. None of them appeared on my Thanksgiving table - domestic turkeys get that fate. Happy Holiday! #HappyThanksgiving #birdwatching
November 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
One winter, the local wild turkeys visited my bird feeder, so I took this picture. None of them appeared on my Thanksgiving table - domestic turkeys get that fate. Happy Holiday! #HappyThanksgiving #birdwatching
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