Today's AI spam: "I recently came across your book, and what caught my attention was [mention something specific about the book — its story, subject, characters, message, or unique idea]."

Yo Bluesky, help me out: I have it in my memory that the BBC used to store old reels and recordings in a London underground ghost station. Did I dream this?? Can't find a single mention online.

*me, being dragged away by the security guard screaming* Soylent Pink IS Blobby

vajra's books are so fuckin good - hyped for this

Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 2d ago

This is not yet Officially Announced (the artist is hard at work on the cover!) but looks like it's already up for ebook/hardcover preorder in the US, so—this is a secret not-announcement that you totally did not hear from me! Out next July, my third novel. I was never here

if i was forced to choose between only reading AI books or only reading books by or about mr beast for the rest of my life i would simply gouge out my eyes

Rose Ruane@regretteruane.bsky.social · 2d ago

Love to relentlessly worry and despair over whether my writing is sufficiently good or worthwhile, in a world where this million dollar diarrhoea exists

damn, Furious was brilliant

BTW - Havelock Harper #1 and #2 can be read in any order! I do think The Killing of a Chestnut Tree is an excellent introduction, but if you like butterflies... 🦋

Oliver K. Langmead@oliverklangmead.bsky.social · last wk.

COVER REVEAL! Behold - the cover of The Chrysalis Conundrum, the sequel to The Killing of a Chestnut Tree, coming June 29, 2027 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social ! AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE. ANOTHER DAY'S WORK FOR HAVELOCK HARPER More over here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Behold the cover of The Chrysalis Conundrum by @oliverklangmead.bsky.social, the sequel to The Killing of a Chestnut Tree! Coming June 29, 2027. AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE. ANOTHER DAY'S WORK FOR HAVELOCK HARPER. Illustration: Harry Goldhawk Design: @shreyagupta.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL! Behold - the cover of The Chrysalis Conundrum, the sequel to The Killing of a Chestnut Tree, coming June 29, 2027 from @tordotcompub.bsky.social ! AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE. ANOTHER DAY'S WORK FOR HAVELOCK HARPER More over here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I actually don’t believe in overconsumption when it comes to books. In an age where they are literally destroying books I think it’s so important to have physical media. Buy all the books. Build your library up. Buying books will never be a bad decision.

Interesting that this says "The greatest *fantasy* novel since Dune" which just goes to show genre is mutable especially over time.

My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-

can somebody get a copy of this to the king please

The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social · 2w ago

This time last week we announced our 40th anniversary winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year… WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E.J.Swift / @catamaroon.bsky.social 🐺 Buy the winner now! uk.bookshop.org/shop/clarkea...

I'm afraid I'm gonna be absolutely insufferable about The Killing of a Chestnut Tree because it's the first book in a new gentleman detective fantasy mystery series and I loved writing it so much that I want to write more books with the same characters! 🌳 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Jen Donohue@authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 2w ago

EVERYBODY SHOULD ALWAYS BE MENTIONING THEIR BOOKS

Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self

Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media

After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.

willself1.substack.com

I'm afraid I'm gonna be absolutely insufferable about The Killing of a Chestnut Tree because it's the first book in a new gentleman detective fantasy mystery series and I loved writing it so much that I want to write more books with the same characters! 🌳 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Jen Donohue@authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 2w ago

EVERYBODY SHOULD ALWAYS BE MENTIONING THEIR BOOKS

Today's rare book is a bit more unusual - a signed 1st ed of @themountaingoats.bsky.social 's Wolf in White Van. I've been enjoying Darnielle's work for a while now, but I'm still thinking about this one weeks later. Just an extraordinary piece of work.

It feels very British to use the same system you'd use to warn the nation about an imminent nuclear strike to ask everyone to please stop using disposable barbecues for a bit

Essential reading - a well-deserved win!

The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social · 3w ago

✨ Our 40th anniversary winner! ✨ When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social 🐺 An “ambitious study in the power of long-term hope in the face of climate breakdown” 🌍 If you haven't read it already, this is the book you need right now 👉 uk.bookshop.org/a/14057/9781...

We’re delighted to share that WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E.J. Swift, and published by Arcadia, is the 40th winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.

🌑

11 years ago, during the last major solar eclipse over the UK, my debut - a novel-length science fiction noir poem about a world with a dark sun - was launched. The publisher closed doors a few years ago, and Dark Star has been out of print for a while now, but I'm still super, super proud of it.

CITY OF ALL SEASONS I am a fan of fancy author photos, so I roped Aliya into getting a picture of us both together for City! Photo by Barry Douglas, makeup by Kat Jamieson

They turned the friggin' frogs gay. Buy one now at store.theonion.com.

What a find! A UK 1st edition of Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly in excellent condition, via Oxfam. I absolutely love that they chose to put the opening paragraph on the cover. A belated treat for City of All Seasons being nominated for the PKD award!

Loved this novella when I read an advance copy! Can't wait to get my hands on the real thing.

Oliver K. Langmead@oliverklangmead.bsky.social · last mo.

So stoked by the Libraryjournal review of The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. Can't wait for Havelock and Sebastian to be out in the world! 🌳 Full review is here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-k... @tordotcompub.bsky.social

So stoked by the Libraryjournal review of The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. Can't wait for Havelock and Sebastian to be out in the world! 🌳 Full review is here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-k... @tordotcompub.bsky.social

So stoked by the Libraryjournal review of The Killing of a Chestnut Tree. Can't wait for Havelock and Sebastian to be out in the world! 🌳 Full review is here: www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-k... @tordotcompub.bsky.social

I enjoyed Nolan's ODYSSEY quite a bit, and found it more moving than expected. I also read Wilson's critique and found that both enjoyable and insightful. It's not even really a bad review -- it's an incisive dissection from the POV of someone whose knives have long been sharpened on the material.