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Faction Paradox

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Novels & short stories set among the worlds of the Spiral Politic from Obverse Books. Imagine Doctor Who but the Doctor's not in it, and instead there's a shower of skull-mask wearing terrorists who keep messing with the history of the universe. Or don't.

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Stuart Douglas@stuartdouglas.com · 3w ago

Got an Updated Privacy notice email from ebay today. I had a look - and there's a chunk there about using your account to train AI. You can opt out. -> Click on the User Privacy Notice link in the email. -> Open Section 5 -> Click on Right to Object -> Make sure the toggle is off.

The opt out section from the EBay User Privacy notice, showing that I have opted out.
John Rivers@johnrivers.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cracking @blackarchive.co.uk from Brigid Cherry on Web Planet, a fave of mine, but unloved by a lot of fandom. This explores its position as experimental TV, use of puppetry and feminist theatre as well as its roots in environmentalism and WW2. Also you learn all about Roslyn de Winter. Recommended!

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Paul Simpson (SFB)@scifibulletin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Celebrate 10 years of The Black Archives @obversebooks.co.uk @stuartdouglas.com @rolinsond.bsky.social @blackarchive.co.uk @purserhallard.com @rubycosmos.bsky.social scifibulletin.com/2026/04/30/c...

Celebrating 10 years of The Black Archives

Obverse Books’ series of Doctor Who monographs, the Black Archive, celebrates 10 years of publication with a special tome looking at An Adventure in Space and Time.  ‘The following programme …

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Ian Greaves@greavesian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The BBC’s job is to “inform, educate, and entertain”? Let’s talk about the middle word. What follows is the story of what we found in an FOI request (per the Observer) about the Corporation killing off plans to launch an online catalogue and failing to deliver ‘learning for people of all ages’. 🧵

Gruntleigh T Ogron@gruntleigh.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Davros: Gruntleigh, there's been another theft from the Banana stores.... Me: Erm... D: ...and I've got a pretty good idea who did it.... Me: 😬 M.....me can expl- D: It's obviously the fault of IMMIGRANTS! Me: Phew! (Sometimes having a mad old racist for a boss is useful..) 😹

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Stuart Douglas@stuartdouglas.com · last yr.

Not sure what the worst thing I saw yesterday was - Michelle Mone whining that she's the real victim of her own apparent fraud, or this, where a man who looks to be in his 60s admits that he likes this teenage looking AI 'actress' because she's a virgin.

A screenshot from the Free Press website. Headline is 'My Favourite Actress is not Human' followed by subheader '...and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen this is one of your better chances'. Byline is Tyler Cowen. Features an image of AI model of a young girl, who looks about 16.
Obverse Books@obversebooks.co.uk · last yr.

Unfortunately, like many other small companies, we have had to put a hold on shipments to the United States, while the various couriers figure out what to do about the tariff situation. Hopefully, it won't last too long and we can start shipping to the States again.

Obverse Books@obversebooks.co.uk · last yr.

What would you all say to a shiny reprint of @purserhallard.com's genuinely seminal FP novel,' ...Of the City of the Saved'? All new layout, with new illustrations by Nick Hallard and new content? We've done 6 City anthologies - now it's time that the original, as you might say, joined Obverse!

Faction Paradox@factionparadox.bsky.social · last yr.

Looks like The Boulevard Volume 2 is now out of stock in the limited edition hardback (and may have been for a while - apologies for not noticing!) Paperback to follow in the near future! (And ROSE-COLOURED CROSSHAIRS, the new Spiral Politic novella, is rapidly selling out in hardback too!)