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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 3h

We should all be as woke as woke can be. Great books!

Also, just a duology? No others planned?

SB Divya @sbdivya.bsky.social · 1d

US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology (Meru + Loka) is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5 and enjoy some “woke as woke can be” #spaceopera and far future #sciencefiction.

(Yes, that is an actual review that someone left for MERU, and it still brings me great joy. 😂)

starry backdrop with book covers for MERU and LOKA in the foreground, along with text below that says US Kindle readers: The Alloy Era duology is on sale for the month of October. Get both for less than $5! and a white rectangle above showing a one-star Amazon review with the heading “Woke as woke can be”

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 11h

I read Vanessa Fogg's novelette The Lilies of Dawn in 2016 but did not review it then. I should have, because it is very good.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The Lilies of Dawn

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 2d

Vanessa Fogg's first story collection comes out next month. It is excellent. Highly recommended.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The House of Illusionists, and Other Stories by Vanessa Fogg

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 3d

I got a very early arc of Vanessa Fogg's story collection The House of Illusionists, and have been reading a story in between other books for a few months. I went back and re-read the first 8, then 1 or 2 a day since then. 2 more to go, hope to finish tonight. It publishes 3 Nov.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 5d

I'm sure it will be of no consequence to the employees at the large AAFES distribution center in my town. Or at Fort Cavazos about 40 miles away.

Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 5d

It's not a problem for me even if I never listen to the playlist.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 5d

I hope this is not the last we see of Reid and Henryk, but I will read whatever Premee writes. I suggest you do the same. The link is for the 3rd novella, but you can scroll up for comments on the previous 2 stories.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed + We Speak Through the Mountain + The First Thousand Trees

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 6d

Transmentation|Transience by Darkly Lem, a shared pseudonym for 5 authors, one of whom is Cadwell Turnbull, whose recently completed Convergence Saga is also mind-blowing.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 7d

I have been reading an advance review copy of a story collection due out Nov. 3. Once again I will set it aside to start the latest from @premeemohamed.com , The First Thousand Trees, which I got in the mail today from Bookshop, just one day after its release. Yay me! Yay Bookshop! Yay Premee!

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 9d

Sorry, but I am behind, having only read the first 12 plus a few of the short stories. I will eventually get to it though.

Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 10d

What's your sign?

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 10d

I've had an arc of Vanessa Fogg's House of Illusionists for a while, and had read almost half, but set it aside for other things. Now going back to the beginning for another read. It comes out 3 Nov.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 10d

In 2025 finding a reviewer who just nearly reads just exclusively male authors is really a sign more work is needed - guys open up your shelves to the bigger pile of great books out there

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 11d

The InCryptid books are basically adventures, not the type to analyze for literary merit, so this is once again mainly a synopsis, with the bare minimum of spoilers.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The InCryptid Series by Seanan McGuire, Part 2

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 14d

Phil Ochs' The Crucifixion. 8 minutes, 45 seconds

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 16d

In spite of being confused throughout the trilogy, I enjoyed it and recommend for other readers up for a challenge. The link is for the third book, but you can scroll up the page to read my comments on the previous two.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The Convergence Saga by Cadwell Turnbull (No Gods, No Monsters, We Are The Crisis, A Ruin Great and Free)

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 17d

INFOMOCRACY!

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 17d

There was a book I read in 2016 as a field organizer. I am struggling to remember it now but it was about how we reached the endpoint of politics since data and science has solved all its mysteries.

And since then, my life has experience has taught me over and over again this is very not true.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 17d

Nothing of any worth has been published in the genre since the very first, and indisputably greatest of all. Frankenstein. Everything since has been pure drivel.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 17d

I am hoping to finish A Ruin, Great and Free today, the conclusion of Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence Saga.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 18d

The Hot Rock

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 18d

Fringe

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 18d

Name a TV Show with more than 3 Seasons.

Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 19d

So, so many, but I will never stop mentioning and recommending Malka Older's Centenal Cycle: Infomocracy, Null States, and State Tectonics.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 20d

They'll teach you in the classroom that it cannot happen here, but it has happened here.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 20d

If you lit up the occasional candle, you're allowed the occasional curse.

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · 20d

Quote a line from a Song.

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Galen Strickland @templetongate.bsky.social · 21d

I use the word confused quite a bit in these reviews, but don't think that means I didn't like the books. I made slight edits to the original review from 4 years ago + added comments on the second book of Cadwell Turnbull's Convergence Saga.

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Templeton Gate 3.0 - Literature - The Convergence Saga by Cadwell Turnbull (No Gods, No Monsters, We Are The Crisis, A Ruin Great and Free)

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