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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 4m

I'll be at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! "The Immortal Villain," Thursday at 7. Wizard's Tower launch party Saturday at 3 for Wiz Duo 3 with my and @aknighton.bsky.social's new novellas - also @julietemckenna.bsky.social's Green Man's Holiday & Chaz Brenchley's Of the Emperor's Kindness.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1h

I read this earlier in the year & it's really good. Go fill your Kindle with dramatic fantasy...

CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · 2h

My retelling of The Tinderbox -- Thief Mage, Beggar Mage -- is on kindle for 99p, if weird lush stuff about queer mages and clockwork magic and dragons is your jam:

www.amazon.co.uk/Thief-Mage-B...

Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle)

Buy Thief Mage, Beggar Mage (The Beggar Mage Cycle) by Hellisen, Cat (ISBN: 9781739685133) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 2h

Another graphic novel review up from me - The Power Fantasy continues to be just so goddamn /interesting/, because it takes its premises the right amount of seriously and gets properly invested in what they would mean morally and philosophically. I am so here for it.

Nerds of a Feather @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · 2h

Graphic Novel Review: The Power Fantasy vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard, Clayton Cowles and Rian Hughes

@chloroformtea.bsky.social has the review at the NOAF blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/10/grap...

Graphic Novel Review: The Power Fantasy vol. 2 by Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard, Clayton Cowles and Rian Hughes

The tensions increase in a stalemate between superpowers, as does the backstory and the drama of all kinds. The second trade volume of The ...

www.nerds-feather.com

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1h

Out today, the latest Tyrant Philosophers piece - book 3.5 in the series is a novella length offering about the life of Angilly, who we met in Days of Shattered Faith. You don’t need to have read that (or any of them) to read this.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2h

Lives of Bitter Rain by @aptshadow.bsky.social is out today!

A novella in the Tyrant Philosophers series, this book takes a deep dive into the character of Angilly and her past, and further explores the empire's reach, and the costs of living inside it...

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#SFF

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 4h

Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 3h

The noisy transphobic block got disaffiliated a couple of years back, & party policy boils down to "trans rights good, terfs bad". Zack spoke up on trans rights in his leadership campaign & victory speech (as did the people he stood against), so the colours are firmly nailed to the mast.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h

The answer to "how does [author] hold up?" is always "for whom?" Bester holds up fine to me, but I'm a 56-year-old white dude who has a vested interest in the genre. My take on his hold-uppedness will be different than, say, a 15-year-old BIPOC girl approaching science fiction for the first time.

Publius Maximus @publiusmaximus.bsky.social · 11h

How does Alfred Bester hold up?

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Katharine Kit Kerr @kitkerr.bsky.social · 7h

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 4h

I recently switched to Deezer, & I've been happy with that. Seems to function pretty much the same way, but the pittance they pay musicians is slightly larger, not funding arms research, etc. They also have a way to migrate your library over from Spotify.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 4h

Congratulations! That's awesome.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 4h

Today's writing is mostly finishing yesterday's writing - it was quite hard to research & write about companies when our internet was out for half the afternoon.

One of those "am I too reliant on the internet?" moments, & I'm going to try not to think about the answer.

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · 4h

#goodnews

Assaad Razzouk @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social · 1d

Good climate news this week
1 Global: Renewables generation surpasses coal for 1st time
2 Global: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries
3 Global: Solar and wind generation grew in 1st half by more than overall demand increased in the same period

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 16h

Controversial opinion but drugs like Ozempic should be regulated to be only used for health. People shouldn't be able to take them just to have visible abs.

Visible abs must remain as an outward signifier of a mind in turmoil. A mind that subjects itself to suffering for its ideal of vane beauty.

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Shellie Horst @millymollymo.bsky.social · 17h

Check out Andrew Knighton making the most of HumberSFF's splendid 'author corner' last night! Thank you so much for the entertaining readings from The Executioner's Blade @northodoxpress.bsky.social @aknighton.bsky.social + Forged for Destiny @orbitbooks.bsky.social Thanks everyone who came along!

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 23h

Scientists in China have developed a tough new bamboo-based plastic that biodegrades in 50 days. The new material matches the strength of engineering plastics used in cars and appliances while retaining 90% of its durability after recycling. buff.ly/zXWVoIS
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Biodegradable plastic made from bamboo is strong and easy to recycle

Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars and appliances

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, that's even better! Now I have a new one for next time.

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Rachael Smith @rachaelsmith.bsky.social · 1d

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: we no longer need to say 'sitting' as we are actually always standing! Just on different body parts!

Oh also, the Kickstarter launches in ONE WEEK! Sign up to be notified as soon as it goes live here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli...

A 4-panel black and white comic

Panel 1)
Henry sitting on the floor
Henry: Mummy, what am I doing?

Panel 2)
Rachael: Uhhh...sitting on the floor?
Henry: NO!
Rachael: Oh!

Panel 3)
Henry looking excited
Henry: I am STANDING. On my BUM.

Panel 4)
Henry looking super proud
Rachael: Ohhh I see, I see! Wonderful!

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Today's writing is mostly emails, as I catch up after a week off, also some business writing, woot woot. The glamour of the writing life 😄

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 1d

Daily bunny no.3106 doesn't like the dark

A bunny descends into a dark basement with a flashlight, hoping to fix a fusebox or breaker box. It is a rainy evening, and presumably the power has gone out. A bat hanging from a pipe greets the bunny.

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The Abominable Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 1d

This, by crikey. I was just talking about multi-camera TV the other day, and how, yes, it can be stagy, but it's fast to shoot, produces better performances, and if you lean into sets and trust to the viewer's suspension of disbelief, it's cheaper, and that means more drama and more risk-taking.

Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 1d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I travel to this part of the country, I end up singing Road to Hell, but changing the words so it's Train to Hull. I am easily entertained.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Had a great time at Humber SFF this evening - lovely bunch of people, interesting questions, and I do enjoy talking about books. Now waiting for a succession of late trains home with far fewer copies of my books than I set out with.

Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 14d

I'm heading down to Beverley in a couple of weeks to talk to the Humber SFF group about my books. If you're in the area & like big fantasy stories about dragons, murder, & characters kicking against the system, then please come along.

Author photo of Andrew Knighton next to the cover for his novel The Executioner's Blade, featuring a grey-haired woman wielding a sword in front of a dragon. Between them, details for an event:
Humber SFF
Andrew Knighton
Sunday October 12 from 6.30pm
Upstairs @ Monk's Walk Inn, Beverley

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 1d

Unpopular opinion: Billionaires are pyramid schemes foisted on the public by disconnected from reality, growth obsessed stock markets, VCs & 1%ers.

Nobody's business is worth more than the land value of the planet. But they can scam real fortunes out of govs etc if they claim that. That's the goal.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a spider does.
Off to Humber on the train
To talk about books again.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!

A Spiderman travel mug, a notebook, and a Kobo e-reader on a seatback table.

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 2d

This is today! If you're in the Humber area, come hang out with a bunch of lovely sff people & listen to me talk about books, murder, dragons, & more.

Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 14d

I'm heading down to Beverley in a couple of weeks to talk to the Humber SFF group about my books. If you're in the area & like big fantasy stories about dragons, murder, & characters kicking against the system, then please come along.

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