Ann Leckie
@annleckie.com
Author of the award-winning Ancillary Justice. Lives in St Louis.
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i know it's trite but: most science fiction is not trying to predict the future.
i keep seeing people stumbling over this. "well, it wouldn't be plausible to have--" okay but maybe the author wasn't trying for "plausible." usually they aren't.
what other goals might the author have had?
i keep seeing people stumbling over this. "well, it wouldn't be plausible to have--" okay but maybe the author wasn't trying for "plausible." usually they aren't.
what other goals might the author have had?
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
i know it's trite but: most science fiction is not trying to predict the future.
i keep seeing people stumbling over this. "well, it wouldn't be plausible to have--" okay but maybe the author wasn't trying for "plausible." usually they aren't.
what other goals might the author have had?
i keep seeing people stumbling over this. "well, it wouldn't be plausible to have--" okay but maybe the author wasn't trying for "plausible." usually they aren't.
what other goals might the author have had?
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
I read this, unsurprisingly it's really really good!
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The Subtle Art of Folding Space got a starred review from Library Journal!
"Chu finds a delightful and poignant intersection between the multiverse, family dysfunction, and dim sum in his debut novel."
The Subtle Art of Folding Space got a starred review from Library Journal!
"Chu finds a delightful and poignant intersection between the multiverse, family dysfunction, and dim sum in his debut novel."
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I read this, unsurprisingly it's really really good!
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I thought the book was stunning! It's brilliantly and defiantly queer.
WHAT WE ARE SEEKING got a starred review in Library Journal! A perceptive one, too. Bujold's ETHAN OF ATHOS is definitely a book I thought about while writing it
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I thought the book was stunning! It's brilliantly and defiantly queer.
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The garum zipper pouch!
The last Pasts Imperfect of 2025 is out! The incomparable @toriflee.bsky.social has our annual ancient world gift guide. Then, saving Sudan's cultural heritage, cats in Ancient China, Indigenous canoe-making, ancient disability, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more!
Pasts Imperfect (12.4.25)
This week, the one and only Tori Lee returns with her annual ancient world gift guide. Then, racing to preserve Sudan's cultural heritage, a new study on domestic cats assesses the leopard cats of anc...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The garum zipper pouch!
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FINALLY.
The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in Eastern Market on Wednesday, nearly 15 years after someone proposed it in a viral social media post.
Detroit finally has a RoboCop statue - Detroit Metro Times
Nearly 15 years later, Detroit finally has its statue of RoboCop. The bronze statue depicting the eponymous cybernetic star of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 set-in-Detroit sci-fi satire was installed in East...
www.metrotimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
FINALLY.
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Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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genuinely surprised at what a small following Jennifer Laughran's tumblr has. she's a senior agent at Andrea Brown and has a permanently open Q&A for authors. an amazing resource and opportunity! an incredibly generous one, too.
www.tumblr.com/literaticat
www.tumblr.com/literaticat
@literaticat · Ask the Agent:
I'm Jennifer Laughran. I'm a Senior Agent at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, representing great authors and illustrators of children's and YA books. I'm also a life-long bookseller and sloth fan. As...
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December 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
genuinely surprised at what a small following Jennifer Laughran's tumblr has. she's a senior agent at Andrea Brown and has a permanently open Q&A for authors. an amazing resource and opportunity! an incredibly generous one, too.
www.tumblr.com/literaticat
www.tumblr.com/literaticat
I love ILL. It is the bestest ever.
A couple weeks ago we got a lovely note from someone on the other side of the country thanking us profusely for ILLing a book to them. Curious, we looked up the book they borrowed.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
It would have cost $1,200 for them to purchase it.
ILL is one of the things I love most about libraries.
Requested a book through ILL over break. It arrived today. Libraries man.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I love ILL. It is the bestest ever.
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If we're talking about the alleged rampant scourge of non-disabled "cheaters," it's worth noting that extended time has a huge impact on test scores for disabled students, but only nominal impact on test scores for non-disabled students.
So if someone "doesn't need it?" Let them have it anyway
So if someone "doesn't need it?" Let them have it anyway
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If we're talking about the alleged rampant scourge of non-disabled "cheaters," it's worth noting that extended time has a huge impact on test scores for disabled students, but only nominal impact on test scores for non-disabled students.
So if someone "doesn't need it?" Let them have it anyway
So if someone "doesn't need it?" Let them have it anyway
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"Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation," an absolutely amazing story about having an affair with your professor who might be a Naga, is finally available for free online.
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation - The Dark Magazine
7 centimeters of my ring finger on my right hand. Sliced with a hot knife through gristle and tendon and bone, as though it were as soft as an ingot of butter. 2490 kiloliters of water had once ripped...
www.thedarkmagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Measurements Expressed as Units of Separation," an absolutely amazing story about having an affair with your professor who might be a Naga, is finally available for free online.
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
fucking love this story. everyone should read it. www.thedarkmagazine.com/measurements...
I mean, why care if someone takes a little longer for a test? IME the jobs that require speedy work & problem solving don't generally need college--I'm thinking, like, food servers and such. I guess doctors do, but otherwise? An extra 30 minutes isn't an issue.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I mean, why care if someone takes a little longer for a test? IME the jobs that require speedy work & problem solving don't generally need college--I'm thinking, like, food servers and such. I guess doctors do, but otherwise? An extra 30 minutes isn't an issue.
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I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I would rather have a world where we all trust each other and accept that a few people will take advantage of it than a world where folks have to perform disability constantly in order to get the help they need. Let kids have an extra 30 minutes on the test, jesus fucking christ
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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I can't wait for the Atlantic to talk about how those who don't need to work a job to pay for college are essentially getting extra time compared to those who do.
As someone who was among the former, I admit an extra 20 hrs/week to do the readings seems a bit more uneven than 30 minutes for a test
As someone who was among the former, I admit an extra 20 hrs/week to do the readings seems a bit more uneven than 30 minutes for a test
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I can't wait for the Atlantic to talk about how those who don't need to work a job to pay for college are essentially getting extra time compared to those who do.
As someone who was among the former, I admit an extra 20 hrs/week to do the readings seems a bit more uneven than 30 minutes for a test
As someone who was among the former, I admit an extra 20 hrs/week to do the readings seems a bit more uneven than 30 minutes for a test
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I buy this head canon honestly.
based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I buy this head canon honestly.
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The alleged quality of his prose does not mitigate his antisemitism or the flaws in his arguments and he shouldn’t be on the general recommendation lists of historians everyone should read.
Well I guess this is more of an opinion but I’m right.
Well I guess this is more of an opinion but I’m right.
it is one of my favorite days
Gibbon Tuesday
looking forward to all your gibbon facts
Gibbon Tuesday
looking forward to all your gibbon facts
December 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The alleged quality of his prose does not mitigate his antisemitism or the flaws in his arguments and he shouldn’t be on the general recommendation lists of historians everyone should read.
Well I guess this is more of an opinion but I’m right.
Well I guess this is more of an opinion but I’m right.
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Wait are we looking for a slogan for the politics of being fucking normal?
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way" isn't booked at the moment and covers the key points
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way" isn't booked at the moment and covers the key points
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wait are we looking for a slogan for the politics of being fucking normal?
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way" isn't booked at the moment and covers the key points
"Truth, Justice, and the American Way" isn't booked at the moment and covers the key points
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If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic:
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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Reminder: My short fiction up (free) at @reactorsff.bsky.social follows an older medic with scant resources who fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
Near future, solidarity, old MC, family, hanging on to hope #booksky #sff
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
Near future, solidarity, old MC, family, hanging on to hope #booksky #sff
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
Barnacle - Reactor
An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
reactormag.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Reminder: My short fiction up (free) at @reactorsff.bsky.social follows an older medic with scant resources who fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall.
Near future, solidarity, old MC, family, hanging on to hope #booksky #sff
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
Near future, solidarity, old MC, family, hanging on to hope #booksky #sff
reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...
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one of my favorite books
This is a book that simultaneously satirizes and revels in decadence, beauty, revolution and the self-serving delusions of the privileged. It's about the 60s, baby!
Wizards Vs. Lesbians: BONUS: BITING THE SUN
Rachel Swirsky joins us to discuss a book about a post-scarcity psychedelic utopia in which you remain a young hippie for centuries until you finally become complacent enough to be allowed the privile...
wizlez.libsyn.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
one of my favorite books
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This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this:
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
I can’t believe you idiots are still arguing with me about this. Idc what your job is paying you now, you still have to labor for your money. You’re working class.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this:
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hey, just got word that there's someone out there emailing people from annleckie05 at gmail, pretending to be me "reaching out" to people.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.
That is not me! If I email you out of the blue it will almost certainly come from annleckie.com, or possibly my personal email which doesn't contain my name.