We are thrilled, delighted, gobsmacked, bamboozled and amazed that Transmentation | Transience won the Manly Wade Wellman Award! Thanks so much to the jury for this incredible honor.
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Five authors in an impeccably-tailored trenchcoat (Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, Cadwell Turnbull, and M. Darusha Wehm). Manly Wade Wellman Award Winner they/them https://www.darklylem.com/ https://books2read.com/transmentation-1
skiffyandfanty.com/u... At the blog, Daniel (@reading1000lives.bsky.social )reviews Transmentation-Transgression, the second Multiverse novel from the writing team of Darkly Lem ( @darklylem.com)
We are thrilled to see Transmentation | Transience on the shortlist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award among such excellent company!
Announcing the shortlist for the 2026 Manly Wade Wellman Award
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Such a great review of Book 2 in @darklylem.com's Formation Saga trilogy! And great news if you haven't read Book 1 yet: it's trade paperback release day for Transmentation | Transience.
Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 3mo agoTransmentation | Transgression by Darkly Lem: Review by Jake Casella Brookins
Ooh, folks are posting about wanting beautiful colourful SFF covers? Awesome.
Reminder that Transmentation | Transience (Book 1 of @darklylem.com's trilogy) is eligible in the novel category. Other reminders: don't forget the fan award categories and brand new poetry category. And nominate what you love! Don't feel like you need to have read everything.
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 5mo agoYour Hugo Nominating ballot can make a difference. There are a total of 7718 people with the right to cast a nominating ballot in the 2026 Hugo Awards. As of this morning, 1293 of those people have cast a nominating ballot in at least one category. www.lacon.org/hugos/
Today is the day! The second book in our series, Transmentation | Transgression, is out now. Alexandra Pierce at Locus said, "This series is doing bold and clever new things with many-worlds narratives and anyone with an interest in such ideas needs to be reading it."
Transmentation Transgression: Or, a Spark on the Eve of the Five Hundred Year Burn
Or, a Spark on the Eve of the Five Hundred Year Burn
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'Tis the season! If you're a nominator I would love for you to consider Transmentation | Transience by @darklylem.com. Eligible in the Novel category. 1/2
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 6mo agoNominations are now open for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Emails are going out to eligible nominators (those who became a member of LAcon V by January 31, 2026, or were a member of the Seattle Worldcon 2025) about how to set up their LAcon V virtual convention account.
We are thrilled and delighted to see Transmentation | Transience on the Locus Recommended Reading List along with so much other excellent work!
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
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We are absolutely delighted to see Transmentation | Transience in the Novel category on the BSFA longlist!
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The B&N pre-order sale is on, which includes Book 2 of the Formation Saga, Transmentation | Transgression (hardcover and paperback). 1/2
Transmentation Transgression: Or, a Spark on the Eve of the Five Hundred Year Burn|Hardcover
From bestselling authors Darkly Lem comes the next explosive installment in their gripping, genre-defying Formation Saga.A shocking death. A dangerous alliance. The worlds’ order on the verge of...
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*checks watch* Oh, look, it's B&N pre-order sale time! Included in the sale is Transmentation | Transgression, book 2 of the Formation Saga by @darklylem.com
Transmentation Transgression: Or, a Spark on the Eve of the Five Hundred Year Burn |Hardcover
From bestselling authors Darkly Lem comes the next explosive installment in their gripping, genre-defying Formation Saga.A shocking death. A dangerous alliance. The worlds’ order on the verge of...
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Fellow audiobook fans: looks like @darklylem.com's first book Transmentation | Transience is cheap as chips on chirp, at least in some regions. A multiversal political thriller with deep thoughts about identity and power, gloriously narrated by Dion Graham.
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An AudioFile Golden Voice shines in this “wondrously innovative” 2025 release with “masterful world-building” (Publishers Weekly)! Across countless worlds, rival interdimensional societies shape the f...
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Please welcome the amazing writing team @darklylem.com to Career Authors as they share #tips on how to #collaborate in #publishing!! #writingcommunity #writingtips @blackstonepub.bsky.social careerauthors.com/5-tips-for-w...
5 Tips for Writing Collaboratively • Career Authors
By Darkly Lem Writing is usually a solitary activity, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Working with other writers on a collaborative project can be extremely rewarding, but it helps to have a few g...
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"Immensely fun, it’s also immensely clever in its redeployment and reconfiguration of familiar science-fictional devices, and has a set of deep questions and concerns gnawing at its fantastic scenery." What a great review!
Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Jake Casella Brookins
Transmentation | Transience, Darkly Lem (Blackstone 9798212185998, $28.99, 382pp, hc) March 2025. Cover by Kathryn English. It’s uniquely refreshing to encounter a novel that genuinely breathes ne…
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If you have been looking forward to reading our multiversal political thriller Transmentation | Transience, the first book in the Formation Saga, now is a great time. The ebook is on sale at most stores for a couple of bucks!
The great folks over at Night Beats had a chat with us about @manyworldsforum.bsky.social and Transmentation | Transience. Check it out!
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Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Zilla: Transmentation | Transience is a novel of a science fiction multiverse t…
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Nerds of a Feather@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · last yr.Book Review Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem A rich, wide-angle look at a multiversal society and those who would seek to support, change, and undermine it Our prolific @princejvstin.com has the review at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/04/book...
Alexandra Pierce reviews TRANSMENTATION | TRANSIENCE by @DarklyLem (@darklylem.com): “Tangled, explosive, sly, intricate, infuriating: and magnificent. This is a shared world to keep an eye on, and a trilogy that is sure to challenge and delight.” locusmag.com/2025/03...
Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce
Transmentation | Transience, Darkly Lem (Blackstone 979-8-21218-599-8, $28.99, 400pp, hc) March 2025. Cover by Kathryn English. I came to this novel with no knowledge of what I was going into. I ha…
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It's #podcast time, y'all! Multiversal politics, plot armored captains, & flying whales, oh my! We're delighted to talk to @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social @craigabyte.bsky.social about Transmentation | Transience (via @darklylem.com)! Podcast: skiffyandfanty.com/p... YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=...
Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce locusmag.com/2025/03...
Transmentation | Transience by Darkly Lem: Review by Alexandra Pierce
Transmentation | Transience, Darkly Lem (Blackstone 979-8-21218-599-8, $28.99, 400pp, hc) March 2025. Cover by Kathryn English. I came to this novel with no knowledge of what I was going into. I ha…
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Authors this round include: @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, @mattdinniman.bsky.social, @vermontgmg.bsky.social, @sgj.bsky.social, @adamkotsko.bsky.social, @maryrobinettekowal.com, @ursulakleguin.com, @darklylem.com, @scalzi.com, @oliviawaite.com and more! transfer-orbit.ghost.io/sci-fi-fanta...
21 new sci-fi and fantasy books to read in March 2025
New novels from John Scalzi, Mary Robinette Kowal, Matt Dinniman, Garrett M. Graff, and plenty more for you to check out
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This doesn't happen often: I have a new short story out! This one stars a couple of characters who've appeared in Many Worlds stories before and who are also in Transmentation | Transience by @darklylem.com which will be out in THREE DAYS.
Artful Felicitations — Many Worlds
“Are you awake?” Beinir’s voice was low, but Shara could feel him prodding her from the hammock slung below her own. “That better not be the butt of that comically oversized energy weapo...
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#ARC of the month is: Transmentation Transcience by @darklylem.com ! Thank you @blackstonepub.bsky.social for the ARC #arc #book #books #sciencefiction #reading #BookSky
Check it out: the Barnes & Noble 25% off pre-order sale is on now, which make this a great deal!
Transmentation Transience: Or, an Accession to the People's Council for Nine Thousand Worlds |Hardcover
From bestselling authors Darkly Lem comes Transmentation | Transience, the first book in a sweeping multiverse of adventure and intrigue, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and The Expanse serie...
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Available soon at all reputable central cluster book purveyors.
Transmentation Transience: Or, an Accession to the People’s Council for Nine Thousand Worlds by Darkly Lem
This wondrously innovative debut from Lem, the pen name for collaborators Josh Eure, Craig Lincoln, Ben Murphy, Cadwell Turnbull...
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We have a new story up for your reading and listening pleasure! "The Notes They Lost" by Rafeeat Aliyu can be found here: www.manyworldsforum.com/season-three...
The Notes They Lost — Many Worlds
I loved you silently so perhaps it was kismet that the melodies we created together opened portals. With you I witnessed many new worlds—musical voyages trapped in slim records, angelic choristers in ...
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