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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 9h

It's launch day for the US edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM!

What is the future for human art in the age of AI? What kind of AI is actually helpful? These are some of the questions driving this techno-thriller.

Get it from wherever you prefer to get your books.

@sagapressbooks.bsky.social

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

Yeah, same with my profile.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

Yeah. I think what I’m getting at is x hours of work volunteers drop into a project for y population which equals z reward. It’s a recipe for burnout if z is serving a really small, specific population, and it’s one of those things that can be super useful until you remove a support and it collapses

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

Hm.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

+ you’re essentially making your job harder for yourself. This is why I sort of side-eye io9 when their book lists balloon into 100+ books per list. A small fraction of their readers will go through the full list.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

I guess I’m not sure what problem you’re trying to solve. There’s no shortage of ways to look at what’s coming up in the year ahead, and honestly, if you somehow make an excel sheet with a listing of every book coming out in a calendar year, it’s information overload and

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 21h

I mean, that’s what blogs and journalists do: emphasize the *rad* part of them. Just look at lists that io9, Tor, LitHub, and others put together: most of us link to product pages for orders, and it’s easy to just preorder then and there.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

ISFDB is volunteer run, for example, and their product lists are sometimes lacking: they don’t go out as far as they used to, which makes me think whoever was doing it before *died* and they’re just sort of making up for it now.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

The other issue with a centralized list is that it’s always going to have some editorial element to it, and it’ll not only never be complete, it’ll rely on volunteers to comb through endless product pages to put together and it’s pretty mind-numbing work if you aren’t used to it.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

This is why blogs (and ahem, newsletters) with monthly roundups are good: they’re curating their lists and if they’re *good* at it, they’re searching for stuff that you might not ordinarily find.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

But here’s the problem: sorting things by genre is a fruitless task: nobody agrees on what belongs in a genre. It’s why a book like Orbital can snag the Booker Prize and nobody in SFF land has heard of it. Or a publisher doesn’t want to classify their book as genre because it could impact sales.

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

Another good way to search is @barnesandnoble.com’s SF/F section: www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/scie...

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Books, Coming Soon

Explore our list of Science Fiction & Fantasy Books at Barnes & Noble®. Get your order fast and stress free with our pick-up in store options.

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 22h

This exists: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/fc.cgi

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 23h

Yeah…

Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 1d

Yup.

db (metallidan) @daninabox.com · 1d

This WSJ article bums me out. I know the tourists can be...a lot, but shit man, we need them. We've got to find better ways to support foliage season, and local residents who need it on the town level. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ne...

New Englanders Are Fed Up With Leaf-Peeping Tourists Ruining Their Fall

Locals are pushing for road closures and parking restrictions, while general stores peddle figurines that make fun of leaf-peeping tourists.

www.wsj.com

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 1d

Inseparable.

Two black dogs snuggling together on a couch

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 2d

Please don’t actually step into someone else’s skin to cosplay. Accuracy is great and all, but there *are* limits.

Montreal WorldCon 2027 @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social · 2d

There’s just something magical about stepping into someone else’s skin. Cosplay allows you to do that without the legal, social, and ethical repercussions of a skin suit. Whether you’re a beginner, or a seasoned pro, there are panels that can expand your knowledge at Montréal 2027 Worldcon.

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Phil Szostak @philszostak.bsky.social · 3d

Pre-order your copy of @ABRAMSbooks’ The Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) today! Featuring artwork from all 24 episodes, plus extensive interviews with creator Tony Gilroy, star Diego Luna, Emmy-winning production designer Luke Hull, and many more! (May 19, 2026)

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 3d

I liked the first and second Tron films (need to see 3 soon), but I always feel like they leave so much on the table. They need to hire a philosopher or someone to help consult on the scripts and story to think over the implications of what’s there so that it goes beyond glowy neon lights.

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 3d

I'm perplexed at watching pundits in the trades struggling to explain Tron Ares' disappointing opening.

Was it covid? Do people just not like science fiction? etc. etc.

The main reason is pretty obvious: Tron isn't a popular franchise. Nobody's interested in nostalgia for a failed 1980s project.

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