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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 3h

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Alex Hormann @hormannalex.bsky.social · 3h

I already knew I liked Children of Time. But ten years on, does it hold up as a modern classic?

BOOK REVIEW: Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Teaser Humanity is on its last legs. Fleeing a doomed Earth, the starship Gilgamesh carries its human cargo across the stars to a new world. But this world is not meant for us. On Kern’s Worl…

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Subterranean Press @subpress.bsky.social · 6h

We're delighted to tell you that copies of the PS Publishing signed limited edition of Firestarter by @stephenking.bsky.social are in our warehouse, ready to order and ship! subterraneanpress.com/newsorder-th...

Order the Signed Limited Edition of FIRESTARTER by Stephen King

We're delighted to tell you that copies of the PS Publishing signed limited edition of Firestarter by Stephen King are in our warehouse, ready to order and ship. ***  Firestarter f...

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 7h

I see no problem here. Perfectly normal. 😀

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 15h

At some point they'll realise they've cored out their organisation as they no longer have a pipeline of experienced staff, either internally or elsewhere.

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Classic SF with Andy Johnson @andyjohnson.xyz · 1d

This week's article will cover The Masks of Time (1968) by Robert Silverberg, but will likely be a bit late. In the meantime, catch up with last week's piece on the terrifying fascist dystopia Swastika Night (1937) by Katharine Burdekin.

Reign of evil: Swastika Night (1937) by Murray Constantine

An extraordinary and “exceptionally nightmarish” dystopian vision

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

This next in actual book, back to my usual scifi. My first read from Chris Moriarty, first of a trilogy, I gather. Space opera, cyber punky military sf mashup, that type o' thing. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

Finished. Enjoyed and recommended. Likeable characters, Patrick O'Brian vibes with added fantasy elements, very interesting secondary world details and tee'd up the next book so well I now feel compelled to read it. 🪐📚💙 #fantasy #nowreading #stillnotscifi

SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 3d

I'm about a third in. Very much enjoying the way Barker fills in the outlines of the world with minute, full colour details, almost with each passing sentence, the whole image coming gradually to life in front of my very eyes. 🪐📚💙 #fantasy #nowreading #notscifi

SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 4d

Might get struck down by the vengeful gods of scifi, but am risking all to read what I hear is a pretty good fantasy book next. First of a trilogy though, so the risk could well escalate.
🪐📚🐉⚓️
#fantasybooks #theboneships #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

I do, a Panther from 1979. Thanks though!

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

That's funny, I'm heading in the other direction (at least with the yellows), any time I find a vintage copy I ditch the SFMW.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

It's only about an hour and a half at Miller's Planet since Interstellar was released.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

Yes that's a good one. 👍🚀

SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

Just a flesh wound!

Quite Interesting @qi.com · 1d

Richard Norris Williams was advised to have his legs amputated after he survived the sinking of the Titanic, but he instead walked it off and won the Men’s Doubles Championships at Wimbledon in 1920.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d

Chinese scientists have created a oyster-inspired medical adhesive called Bone-02 that can bond shattered bones in just 3 minutes. Inspired by how oysters cling to rocks underwater, the glue forms a strong, biodegradable bond that replaces screws and plates. buff.ly/znJ2jxD
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China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

This is my next read on audiobook, not on my planned TBR this month. I continue my sporadic re-read of the Revelation Space books. Going in, I remember very little about it. 🪐📚 #hardsf #spaceopera #scifibooks #sciencefiction

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 1d

Way ahead of you...

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David William Sheridan @dwsheridan.bsky.social · 1d

#cats and #vampires

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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 2d

If this planet is basically a giant stress ball then @premeemohamed.com really has some questions to answer

www.space.com/astronomy/ex...

Strange 'puffy' alien world breaks every rule for how planets should behave

A low-density, puffy planet orbiting relatively far from a young star in a nearly perpendicular orbit. What's going on?

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 2d

Finished Creation Node. Revelations on the very edge of the solar system, a giant quasar, an...unexpected guest, existential threats, multiverse theory, factional politics, fusion drives, crew dynamics, omnipotent powers, difficult choices. Lots packed in! V good. #hardsf #nowreading #scifibooks

SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 10d

Up next on audiobook, recentish one from the Don of 🇬🇧 hard SF.
Meant to be a good one, let's see. Or rather listen. 🪐📚
#scifibooks #sciencefiction #hardsf #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 10d

Up next on audiobook, recentish one from the Don of 🇬🇧 hard SF.
Meant to be a good one, let's see. Or rather listen. 🪐📚
#scifibooks #sciencefiction #hardsf #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 2d

Finished Creation Node. Revelations on the very edge of the solar system, a giant quasar, an...unexpected guest, existential threats, multiverse theory, factional politics, fusion drives, crew dynamics, omnipotent powers, difficult choices. Lots packed in! V good. #hardsf #nowreading #scifibooks

SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 10d

Up next on audiobook, recentish one from the Don of 🇬🇧 hard SF.
Meant to be a good one, let's see. Or rather listen. 🪐📚
#scifibooks #sciencefiction #hardsf #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 2d

One from last year that I thought was good but underperformed. Here with a new thumbnail and title to see if it can tickle the algorithm. Why don't we see evidence of intelligent life in the galaxy? Check it out 👀!
🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #fermiparadox
youtu.be/JZbNe9yv2K4

AWESOME Sci-fi books that explain why we don't detect ALIENS! Answers to the Fermi Paradox.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 2d

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 2d

Life goals.

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 🎃 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Something slightly related that might interest you and one I bought on high recommendation. Presented by the European Astrobiology Institute

Life beyond us. An anthology of SFF stories and science essays

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