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Jo Walton
@bluejo.bsky.social
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Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
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Noah's longship ark

BnF MS Latin 8865; Lambertus de Sancto Audomaro , Liber Floridus; 13th century; f.51 @gallicabnf.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Tomorrow through Monday, all print books on our site will be on sale, 25-50% off!

Your support of a small press that employs real folks & never uses AI for anything will not only make a great gift but give a nice middle finger to billionaires
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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This fantastic news and deserves to be noticed.
adapalmer.bsky.social Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 1d
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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The power of ordering from an indie bookstore!
alyssaharad.bsky.social Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 2d
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Update:
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Life here is full of tomorrows.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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this is so beautiful and so heartbreaking
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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It is the worst holiday I have ever had.
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Microsoft Logo w/ the Four Humors written on individual blocks of the window. Orange is Sanguine Green is Melancholic Blue is Phlegmatic Yellow is Choleric
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Cosin's LIbrary, University of Durham
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Cosin's LIbrary, University of Durham - lots of deep rich wood. Round table with antique chairs in foreground, walls lined with old volumes, portrait medallions above shelves, balcony visible
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Another in my series of libraries
Codrington Library, Oxford
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Codrington Library, Oxford, high-ceiled room, white plaster ceiling, large windows, two levels of high wooden bookshelves, geometric-patterned floor, statue
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
bluejo.bsky.social
Just four days left in the Goodreads giveaway for Trace Elements! Sign up for a chance to win a copy! Also, why not pre-order it now from your favourite place to buy books, so you can be surprised and delighted to get it when it comes out on March 24th, 2026!

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Book giveaway for Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy by Jo Walton Nov 10-Dec 01, 2025
Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Nov 10-Dec 01, 2025. From two of the most acclaimed writers in the field today, a groun...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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RE: https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/115617011280729476

Whenever I listen to Ada Palmer I come away with more hope than I went in with.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Tachyon Press are having a year end sale for the rest of 2025, 30% off sitewide with the code YEAREND30 tachyonpublications.com including wonderful books by Theodora Goss, Patricia McKillip, Jane Yolen, me, Peter Beagle, Michael Swanwick, James Morrow, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Nancy Kress, etc
Home - Tachyon Publications
Tachyon Publications, founded in 1995, is an award-winning publisher of smart science fiction, fantasy, horror, and more. We're saving the world, one good book at a time.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Here’s a wonderful trilogy of unclassifiable SF alternate history what-if-the-Greek-gods-were-real-and-plonked-a-bunch-of-Plato-fans-from-different-points-in-history-onto-Thera-with-a-team-of-robots-to-see-if-the-Republic-was-a-good-idea-or-not novels.

That’s really all I know about Plato, sorry! 😊
Book cover of the Thessaly trilogy by Jo Walton.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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Slightly off topic, but Sunlit Uplands is a wonderful title.

The cover of Everybody's Perfect is gorgeous and intriguing - I'd pick it up in the store even if I hadn't heard of the author.
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Every new Jo Walton novel is An Event that reminds me of times I stayed up all night for a book or movie release when I was more able to stay up for such things. I don't read a *lot* of contemporary fiction – my expertise ends around 1970 – but Walton is the most addictive writer I have ever read.
bluejo.bsky.social Jo Walton @bluejo.bsky.social · 4d
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
A person in a Venetian mask is holding up another mask, there are other masks around, and the Rialto bridge in the background. The overall colour tones are purples. This picture is improved by having my name in big gold letters and the title "Everybody's Perfect".
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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I got to read an early copy of 'Everybody's Perfect,' and it's wonderful. Like nothing I've ever read before.
bluejo.bsky.social Jo Walton @bluejo.bsky.social · 4d
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
A person in a Venetian mask is holding up another mask, there are other masks around, and the Rialto bridge in the background. The overall colour tones are purples. This picture is improved by having my name in big gold letters and the title "Everybody's Perfect".
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I love this cover
bluejo.bsky.social Jo Walton @bluejo.bsky.social · 4d
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
A person in a Venetian mask is holding up another mask, there are other masks around, and the Rialto bridge in the background. The overall colour tones are purples. This picture is improved by having my name in big gold letters and the title "Everybody's Perfect".
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Fifty percent off all books and ebooks from PM Press with the code GIFT pmpress.org/index.php?l=... includes Marge Piercy, Terry Bisson, Nicola Griffith, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Vandana Singh, etc and Ann Vandermeer's brilliant SF anthology Sisters of the Revolution pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
bluejo.bsky.social
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
A person in a Venetian mask is holding up another mask, there are other masks around, and the Rialto bridge in the background. The overall colour tones are purples. This picture is improved by having my name in big gold letters and the title "Everybody's Perfect".
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Nothing beats this from Australia’s Morning Bulletin 🤣
Screenshot of a page: Correction THERE was an error printed in a story titled Pigs float down the Dawson" on Page 11 of yesterday's Bully. The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were floating down the Dawson River™ What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and pigs", not "30,000 pigs": The Morning Bulletin would like to apologise for this error, which was also reprinted in today's Rural Weekly CQ before the mistake was known.
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM