Aliette de Bodard
@aliettedebodard.com
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile:
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
ICYMI: new covers for Dominion of the Fallen in the US!
New editions with introductions by @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, plus bonus short stories
Preorder now and save your receipt, there will be a preorder bonus.
New editions with introductions by @aptshadow.bsky.social and @kateelliottsff.bsky.social, plus bonus short stories
Preorder now and save your receipt, there will be a preorder bonus.
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Folks, don't listen to the folks that tell you AI will take away your busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Folks, don't listen to the folks that tell you AI will take away your busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
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A custom Super Metroid–inspired terrarium 🌿
Samus explores an overgrown Chozo ruin built with live moss, miniature plants, and layered terrain to echo the vertical gameplay of the original game.
#Metroid #SuperMetroid #Terrarium #LivingArt #GamingArt #CustomBuild
Samus explores an overgrown Chozo ruin built with live moss, miniature plants, and layered terrain to echo the vertical gameplay of the original game.
#Metroid #SuperMetroid #Terrarium #LivingArt #GamingArt #CustomBuild
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 AM
A custom Super Metroid–inspired terrarium 🌿
Samus explores an overgrown Chozo ruin built with live moss, miniature plants, and layered terrain to echo the vertical gameplay of the original game.
#Metroid #SuperMetroid #Terrarium #LivingArt #GamingArt #CustomBuild
Samus explores an overgrown Chozo ruin built with live moss, miniature plants, and layered terrain to echo the vertical gameplay of the original game.
#Metroid #SuperMetroid #Terrarium #LivingArt #GamingArt #CustomBuild
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Meanwhile, over at Tumblr: revisiting the great cat memes of the past... www.tumblr.com/dduane/80653...
Reblog by @dduane · 23 images
💬 36 🔁 32260 ❤️ 35274 · im going to post old cat images now · ceiling cat
monorail cat
long cat
the OG can i haz cheezburger cat
the lesser known graphix cat
invisible bike cat
my planet ne…
www.tumblr.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Meanwhile, over at Tumblr: revisiting the great cat memes of the past... www.tumblr.com/dduane/80653...
La couv est trop trop belle, je crois que je vais craquer même si j'ai déjà le livre
Réédition de ma novella La Vieille Anglaise et le continent, novella à laquelle je dois pratiquement ma carrière littéraire <3
A paraître le 26 mai, chez ActuSF :)
A paraître le 26 mai, chez ActuSF :)
January 24, 2026 at 8:07 AM
La couv est trop trop belle, je crois que je vais craquer même si j'ai déjà le livre
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This is a gorgeous essay.
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…
lithub.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
This is a gorgeous essay.
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
“So much of politics is taking action but not getting what you want.”
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This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes?
We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.
www.londoncentric.media
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 AM
This is one of the strangest and most screwed-up stories I’ve worked on. www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...
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Oui, c’est abject.
Mais arrêter & placer des mômes en rétention car ils sont étrangers, la France fait cela aussi.
Elle a même été condamnée 12 fois (!) par la CEDH pour cela.
Et aujourd’hui encore, elle continue de le faire à Mayotte.
L’inhumanité contre les étrangers n’est pas qu’américaine.
Mais arrêter & placer des mômes en rétention car ils sont étrangers, la France fait cela aussi.
Elle a même été condamnée 12 fois (!) par la CEDH pour cela.
Et aujourd’hui encore, elle continue de le faire à Mayotte.
L’inhumanité contre les étrangers n’est pas qu’américaine.
ICE, la très contestée police de l’immigration, arrête et place en détention un enfant de 5 ans, à Minneapolis
ICE, la très contestée police de l’immigration, arrête et place en détention un enfant de 5 ans, à Minneapolis
Le vice-président américain, J. D. Vance, s’est rendu à Minneapolis pour rencontrer des agents de l’ICE et « faire baisser la température » alors que la contestation s’intensifie, deux semaines après la mort de Renee Good.
www.lemonde.fr
January 24, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Oui, c’est abject.
Mais arrêter & placer des mômes en rétention car ils sont étrangers, la France fait cela aussi.
Elle a même été condamnée 12 fois (!) par la CEDH pour cela.
Et aujourd’hui encore, elle continue de le faire à Mayotte.
L’inhumanité contre les étrangers n’est pas qu’américaine.
Mais arrêter & placer des mômes en rétention car ils sont étrangers, la France fait cela aussi.
Elle a même été condamnée 12 fois (!) par la CEDH pour cela.
Et aujourd’hui encore, elle continue de le faire à Mayotte.
L’inhumanité contre les étrangers n’est pas qu’américaine.
Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer.
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Here are a few simple links.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell
Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Thread: John has been having a bunch of health issues and now has rib fractures that will require time and rest
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
Please consider chipping in
Also buying all his books because they're fabulous and he's such a kind and amazing person
This has been a very weird week which started with massive exhausting things and has ended on such a weird high note
Not going to complain though
Not going to complain though
January 23, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This has been a very weird week which started with massive exhausting things and has ended on such a weird high note
Not going to complain though
Not going to complain though
K1 is having a sleepover with best friend and they're having important conversations
(Sounds like it's mostly about maths lol)
(Sounds like it's mostly about maths lol)
January 23, 2026 at 10:14 PM
K1 is having a sleepover with best friend and they're having important conversations
(Sounds like it's mostly about maths lol)
(Sounds like it's mostly about maths lol)
Pleased to announce that you can also get the ebook if you buy a copy of any of the uk editions, fill the form
This is for NEW buys only so only from Dec 2025 onwards.
This is for NEW buys only so only from Dec 2025 onwards.
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Pleased to announce that you can also get the ebook if you buy a copy of any of the uk editions, fill the form
This is for NEW buys only so only from Dec 2025 onwards.
This is for NEW buys only so only from Dec 2025 onwards.
The only snake-ish is Morningstar and quite frankly in Dominion of the Fallen he's not so much a snake as a dragon--raw power and a tendency to brute force any problems
The title reminds me of Vonda's Of Mist, & Grass, & Sand, but the cover itself doesn't. Unless you wanted to sneak some snakes in... 😄
January 23, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The only snake-ish is Morningstar and quite frankly in Dominion of the Fallen he's not so much a snake as a dragon--raw power and a tendency to brute force any problems
K1 would like to say that he contributed to the color choices on the title
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
K1 would like to say that he contributed to the color choices on the title
ICYMI!
(Patreon and newsletter forthcoming. Low energy so doing one thing at a time)
(Patreon and newsletter forthcoming. Low energy so doing one thing at a time)
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
ICYMI!
(Patreon and newsletter forthcoming. Low energy so doing one thing at a time)
(Patreon and newsletter forthcoming. Low energy so doing one thing at a time)
Every western brand is doing a lunar new year special thing and I don't know how to process that
(When I was growing up celebrating Tết was weird and shameful. Now it's like mainstream)
(I'd rather it'd be mainstream! Just. Feelings. Not bitterness but a weird kind of regret mingled with relief)
(When I was growing up celebrating Tết was weird and shameful. Now it's like mainstream)
(I'd rather it'd be mainstream! Just. Feelings. Not bitterness but a weird kind of regret mingled with relief)
January 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Every western brand is doing a lunar new year special thing and I don't know how to process that
(When I was growing up celebrating Tết was weird and shameful. Now it's like mainstream)
(I'd rather it'd be mainstream! Just. Feelings. Not bitterness but a weird kind of regret mingled with relief)
(When I was growing up celebrating Tết was weird and shameful. Now it's like mainstream)
(I'd rather it'd be mainstream! Just. Feelings. Not bitterness but a weird kind of regret mingled with relief)
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When @neonhemlock.bsky.social solicited me for this anthology I was like, this is what I was BORN to write. Throw some $ their way if you wanna read my wildly self indulgent Dorothy Sayers pastiche IN SPACE. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
What Elegant Stars
Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.
www.kickstarter.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 PM
When @neonhemlock.bsky.social solicited me for this anthology I was like, this is what I was BORN to write. Throw some $ their way if you wanna read my wildly self indulgent Dorothy Sayers pastiche IN SPACE. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...
Been a week of rollercoaster here and I'm looking forward to collapsing
Not going to happen for a few hours though
Not going to happen for a few hours though
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Been a week of rollercoaster here and I'm looking forward to collapsing
Not going to happen for a few hours though
Not going to happen for a few hours though
Yessss
Parce que, parfois, nos députés font les choses correctement, il faut aussi dire quand c'est bien. Un peu de bon sens ne fait pas de mal, en ces temps troublés.
La « présomption de légitime défense » pour les forces de l’ordre échoue à être adoptée à l’Assemblée nationale, malgré le soutien du gouvernement
January 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Yessss
Oooh
That cover!!!
That cover!!!
Speaking of Voices…
… my collection, The Voices of Martyrs, has been re-issued! Featuring a new cover by Ali and Damon Taziyah. These short stories are a mix of history, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi.
… my collection, The Voices of Martyrs, has been re-issued! Featuring a new cover by Ali and Damon Taziyah. These short stories are a mix of history, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi.
January 23, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Oooh
That cover!!!
That cover!!!
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I read The Everlasting. I did not have a good time. I wrote about why I think it's a deeply, deeply problematic novel here. I'm pretty nervous about posting this because my response is very emotional and quite specifically mine but there it is.
A review of the deeply problematic, The Everlasting
I wrote this review because I feel like I live in a time where we have to draw attention to narratives that abuse our sentiments about right and wrong, that use sleight of hand to have us accept da…
stewarthotston.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I read The Everlasting. I did not have a good time. I wrote about why I think it's a deeply, deeply problematic novel here. I'm pretty nervous about posting this because my response is very emotional and quite specifically mine but there it is.
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Absolutely fabulous essay, well worth a read
(I envy Tolkien who kept tinkering with his myths again and again! I don't har such fortitude)
(I envy Tolkien who kept tinkering with his myths again and again! I don't har such fortitude)
OR x2!
For a limited time (ie til BSFA voting closes), read Nick's essay here for free:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/galadriel
The Roberts and Nolan essays:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays
#BSFA #tolkien
For a limited time (ie til BSFA voting closes), read Nick's essay here for free:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/galadriel
The Roberts and Nolan essays:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays
#BSFA #tolkien
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Absolutely fabulous essay, well worth a read
(I envy Tolkien who kept tinkering with his myths again and again! I don't har such fortitude)
(I envy Tolkien who kept tinkering with his myths again and again! I don't har such fortitude)
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Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 23, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
Apparently I can't write without mistakes: this is exclusive to the US edition preorder
I'm currently enquiring on ways to get the ebook if you're in Europe
I'm currently enquiring on ways to get the ebook if you're in Europe
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Apparently I can't write without mistakes: this is exclusive to the US edition preorder
I'm currently enquiring on ways to get the ebook if you're in Europe
I'm currently enquiring on ways to get the ebook if you're in Europe