@aptshadow.bsky.social Finished and enjoyed Green City Wars. I'd like more of Jeffism should you be writing anything else in that setting.

#UKSFFBookBargains Kingdom Come, which is JG Ballard's final work. A very significant author and I've not read this one. www.amazon.co.uk/Kingdom-Come... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

@effjayem.bsky.social

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Dear @blizzard.com I definitely had a Battle net account in the first week of UK WoW. You really shouldn't need me to risk my passport details to prove I'm over 18.

A couple of #UKSFFBookBargains in daily deals. Odyssey by Stephen Fry is up again, 99p, so good they made a film of it. www.amazon.co.uk/Odyssey-Step...

As I said the other day, there are more Audible offers than their daft website is prepared to show me. Quite why this is sensible escapes me. #UKSFFBookBargains The Collapsing Empire by @scalzi.com is the first book of a fun series. £3.99. kind of sweary. www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Colla...

The Collapsing Empire

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. 2018 Locus Award, Best Science Fiction Novel Our universe is ruled by physics, and faster-than-light travel is not possible - until the discovery of The Flo...

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@lukecharters.bsky.social could we just try not being evil?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

This just came up as an Amazon recommendation for me, dunno if it's a monthly deal? Robert Jackson Bennett - Vigilance - 99p www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HF38H6W

#UKSFFBookBargains I had missed this one.

TheAfterwords@theafterwords.bsky.social · 4d ago

UK #DEAL ALERT! Calling all one clickers because SWORDCROSSED @freyamarske.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle UK for a limited time only! amzn.to/4hHuTro #Swordcrossed #ad #amazonuk

The Golden Age Of Children's TV is currently an un-whopping ninety nine pence on Kindle! I really am quite proud of it and I think you'll enjoy it, especially at this price. If you've already ready it, why not share the link? Hint Hint. www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Age-C...

Audible #UKSFFBookBargains seems somewhat swamped by Horus Heresy books (if that floats your boat, joy to you) and a few gems under £5. The Tainted Cup is flat out great. £3.99 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Taint...

The Tainted Cup

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. A peculiar crime. A brilliant investigator. A mystery of epic proportions. In an opulent mansion at the borders of the Empire, an Imperial officer lies dea...

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New month, new #UKSFFBookBargains time. Very good, if very bleak, The Road by Cormac McCarthy www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Pulitze... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

#UKSFFBookBargains Before the new monthly offers, a couple of daily deals. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown, book 4 in a popular series which doesn't much speak to me. But I know others like it and it's not often reduced. www.amazon.co.uk/Iron-Gold-ex... Not reduced on Kobo

#UKSFFBookBargains reminder. Lots of good books, and even more indifferent ones, reduced for the month of July, which had only 14 hours to go. If there's anything here you fancy, snap it up now. Should all be available on Kobo as well. It's just easier to find things on the Big River.

NickPheas@nickpheas.bsky.social · last mo.

#UKSFFBookBargains, a first of the month 🧵 What can we know by Ian McEwan who probably doesn't want it called science fiction. Don't set your books in 2119 and have they address the long term impacts of modern day worries then. £1.99. www.amazon.co.uk/What-We-Can-...

Explore the worlds of Basic Roleplaying with our latest @humblebundle.com offer: $155 value for only $18! This bundle of 14 titles includes core rule books and titles from our Basic Roleplaying, Age of Vikings, and Rivers of London #TTRPGs. Supporting the World Wildlife Fund #WWF!

Humble RPG Bundle: From Rivers to Fjords - Explore the Worlds of Basic Roleplaying by Chaosium

Worlds of adventure await in this bundle of roleplaying ebooks from Chaosium! Pay what you want and support the World Wildlife Fund!

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Listened again to @nataliehaynes.bsky.social standing up for #TheOdyssey and, well, what a brilliant retelling! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics - Series 8 - Homer: The Odyssey - BBC Sounds

Natalie retells Homer's epic story of homecoming, adventure and passion.

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Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · last wk.

Odysseus is, per Natalie Haynes, possibly the only man in all of Greek myth to turn down immortality here.

There is more rejoicing in heaven etc. etc.

Russ Jones@russincheshire.bsky.social · last wk.

Joseph Fourier described the greenhouse effect in 1824. That's 202 years of denial. And suddenly, the Telegraph has decided science is right after all. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

I don't understand ebay prices these days. After Kindleborking I find myself wanting a new one. Newest model costs £105 from the Evil Amazon, but I don't want to reward them. I find a Kindle seller offering a five year old one for £195. What is the point of even listing that?

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

@margueritekenner.bsky.social @alasdairstuart.com Re: Trees. It depends a lot on how much space you've got of course. But if you've room, consider putting a quince in. Meech's Prolific produces plenty of fruit, which can be used to make the most delicious jelly. Very low maintenance.

Pretty a perfect album from the 1990s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains (never having heard a full album by any of them).

Richard Whittaker@rmwhittaker.bsky.social · last wk.

Post a perfect album from the 1990s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice In Chains. Paw should have been huge. Wily, compassionate, sludgy Kansas alt-rock, and their first single was about why shark fishing is bad.

BookBub shows me a #UKSFFBookBargains No Life Of Their Own, volume 5 of Clifford Simak short fiction. Not read much Simak, but enjoyed what I have. £1.99. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... www.amazon.co.uk/No-Life-Thei...

No Life of Their Own ebook by Clifford D. Simak - Rakuten Kobo

Read "No Life of Their Own And Other Stories" by Clifford D. Simak available from Rakuten Kobo. Twelve classic tales of the unknown from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Way Station . Clif...

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@bigfinish.bsky.social any news on getting the android app downloading again?

Happy birthday Dark Horse! Time to celebrate with The Dark Horse 40th Anniversary Bundle Presented by IGN! - Hellboy Omnibus Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction - Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts - Grendel Omnibus Vol. 1: Hunter Rose - and more! Supports @heroinitiative.bsky.social | https://bit.ly/4bEHojG

How do libraries in London work? Does one join 'London Libraries' or does each borough council maintain it's own library service, with all of them as bitter rivals?

Daily Doctor Who rewatch has now reached The Krotons, which I fear will not be quite as good as The Invasion. Looks like they're back in the same quarry that The Dominators was shot in.

Film publicity photos all look the same... (After @privateeyenews.bsky.social)

Two posts in one day?! Who are we?😈 People who want to share good deals on good books, that's who! Whether you're a horror, sci-fi, romantasy, or epic fantasy lover, Waterstones has you covered. Use code SUMMER26 to get 25% off some of our hottest new releases 🔥 linktr.ee/AngryRobotBo... #WPreorder

#UKSFFBookBargains Audible have Wool by Hugh Howey for £2.99, today only. First, and best of the trilogy that gave us the Silo TV series. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B00AWSSYP...

Wool

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. NOW THE NO.1 DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF AppleTV+, SILO.In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exis...

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I don't understand modern hyper masculinity.

AskAubry 🦝 🐆@ask-aubry.com · 3w ago

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested by the US Marshalls. Feeling like this is to extradition arrest for the UK.