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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel

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A faithful continuation of H.G.Wells’ The War Of The Worlds 👽 by British author & composer H.E.Wilburson, in books & audiobooks featuring own music & sound effects. Friends call me H.E 📚🎧 Website https://www.martiandiaries.com

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · Jul 5

"Wow! Followed on seamlessly from the original and had me hooked! So intrigued now, I'm going to get the audiobook to hear the music... my new favourite 'follow-on.'"

More info on 3-part sequel to The War Of The Worlds, hear/read samples & buy links martiandiaries.com
#BookSky #Audiobooks

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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 1d

#APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) captured from Slovenia about a week ago.

Credit: Uroš Fink www.urosfink.com

www.star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a... 🔭🧪

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) with a tree in the foreground standing on some grassy ridge.

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Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 17d

My #spicy #scifi novel Ariana Takes Command is on Amazon.

www.amazon.com/Ariana-Takes...

It’s a sequel to Galactic Seductions, so here’s some of the characters in my blog post.

simonwolfeauthor.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/c...

It’s free to read if you have KU or $4.99 otherwise. #BookSky 💙📚🛸

Ariana Takes Command (Ariana Joins the Scouts - Full Length Novels Book 2)

Ariana Takes Command (Ariana Joins the Scouts - Full Length Novels Book 2) - Kindle edition by Wolfe, Simon. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ariana Takes Command (Ariana Joins the Scouts - Full Length Novels Book 2).

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 48m

#Horror #Apocalypse #BookSky #Readers 👻

Charles Welch - Horror Author @charleswelchauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Looking for an apocalypse / scary series? this one is for you!

No one was safe. They hunted everyone, young and old alike.

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 8h

@smartreads.bsky.social thanks for sharing 👽👽

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 10h

“An engaging and witty confection you won’t want to stop reading” (Amazon reviewer) 👽📚 #ScienceFiction #Comedy #BookSky

MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 1d

🛸Almost a Best-Seller in the “Alien-Bureaucrat” Category
A Comedy of Scientific Proportions
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#scifi #AlienBureaucrat #amazon #Wallops #NASA #KU
Mr Thursby
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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 12h

"I cheered when familiar characters appeared...extremely entertaining and well produced." 👽🎧

The Martian Diaries award-winning 3-part audio sequel to The War Of The Worlds, also in books & ebooks. Listen/read samples & see buy links here: martiandiaries.com

#BookSky #Audiobooks #Aliens

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 1d

"Mr. Stark possesses a remarkable gift worthy of saying, 'Masterclass!'"

Read Arcadia Falls
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FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audiobook

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Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 2d

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 12h

Intriguing real-world story might inspire you to write! ✨🚀🌖

Author J. Scott Coatsworth @jscottcoatsworth.bsky.social · 1d

WRITER FUEL: Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism.

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#WriterFuel #WritingIdeas #Ideas #Moon #Glassbeads #History

Writer Fuel: Scientists Finally Discover Origin of Little Glass Beads From the Moon

When Apollo astronauts first set foot on the lunar surface, they expected to find grey rocks and dust. What they didn't anticipate was discovering something that looked almost magical: tiny, brilliant...

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KuroKoneko Kamen @kurokonekokamen.bsky.social · 3d

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 12h

The search for alien life must heed this lesson from Stephen King buff.ly/VgCcOQ6

In 2025, Earth is the only planet where life is known to exist. Without a second example, “The Stand” has a vital lesson to teach us, says astrophysicist Ethan Siegal @bigthink.com

#SpaceExploration #Alien

The search for alien life must heed this lesson from Stephen King

In 2025, Earth remains the only planet where life is known to exist. Without a second example, "The Stand" has a vital lesson to teach us.

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 18h

Please help an author out by voting for his book cover in the next round 👇✨📚 #EpicFantasy #BookSky #DarkFantasy #CoverOfTheMonth

JP MacDougall @pangeanchronicles.bsky.social · 1d

Let's get The Bridge of Souls to the number 1 spot this week! Click on the link below and vote for The Pangean Chronicles: The Bridge of Souls... Make it the cover of the month!

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 18h

New sci-fi book set in space is out NOW! 👇✨🚀📚 #ScienceFicrion #SFF #BookSky #SpaceOpera

JonsArt 💙📚🚀🚗💙 @jonsart.bsky.social · 4d

💙📚🪐 Three years in the making,
AL CLARK-Gravity (Book Six) has finally gone Live. Available at most digital stores.

Pyper McGuire is a remote space station rat that knows her cage better than anyone. #SciFi #Series #Bluesky

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Clayton Graham @claytongrahamscifi.bsky.social · 1d

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

This comet looks like the Martian comet in my sequel to The War of the Worlds ☄️👽📚

Stuart Atkinson @stuartatkinson.bsky.social · 1d

Took more pics of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) this morning, and despite Kendal's ghastly light pollution, the bright moonlight & banks of proper Jack the Ripper fog rolling over Kendal again and again I guess this one isn't too bad... Seestar S50, October 13th 2025.

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 5d

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

These images show the first time we ever saw the worlds of our Solar System in close-up | BBC Sky at Night Magazine buff.ly/im6wbmd

Interesting article recalling first encounters with our planetary neighbours, and the ingenious science and engineering they required.

#Astronomy #Space #Mars #Moon

These images show the first time we ever saw the worlds of our Solar System in close-up | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The first close-up images of the planets and moons of our Solar System sent back by spacecraft and landers.

www.skyatnightmagazine.com

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

Superb value - just 99c for 3 linked sci-fi novellas! 👇👽🚀📚 #SFF #ScienceFiction #BookSky

Clayton Graham @claytongrahamscifi.bsky.social · 1d

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 1d

🧵
What is coming down from the left is the Moon, appearing so large because photographed through a telescopic lens.

The video, made during the 2018 full Milk Moon,
isn't time-lapse: this was really how fast the Moon was setting behind Mount Teide.

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20032...

🔭 🧪 #science

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

#ScienceFiction #SFF #Aliens #Audiobooks 👇📚👽🎧

Author Stephenson @authorstephenson.bsky.social · 2d

Described as 'bonkers' with twists. Start the trilogy with book one.

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dear, things are looking serious. Do take care, George.

The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 1d

“A rollicking good time travel” (Amazon reviewer) 👇✨📚 #Mystery #TimeTravel #BookSky

MK Alexander @smartreads.bsky.social · 2d

🕰 Murder, Mystery, History and Time Travel
2500 pages, a singular story, a million words.
Both playful and disturbing. Truly epic.
#mystery #history #timetravel #KindleUnlimited
📚💙 The Tractus Fynn Mysteries
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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 2d

“Much more than just another horror story!”

Read GAIA'S GAME
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Also on #audiobook

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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 3d

A whole minute of nothing but rocks.. on Mars, taken by the Curiosity Mars Rover.

This is what the surface of Mars really looks like.

#mars #nasa #curiosity #marsrover #science

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The Martian Diaries 👽 The War Of The Worlds Sequel @martiandiaries.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my word, that’s terrible news.

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