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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 1d

Please do!!

Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 1d

Not my wallet, victimised by @aptshadow.bsky.social today. What a gorgeous hardback this is! Can’t wait to blaze through it.

A hardcover copy if Lives of Bitter Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 2d

Ian Green’s Extremophile is seriously punk, and deserves to be widely read. If you haven’t picked it up yet, do!

I got the audiobook and loved it to pieces.

Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 2d

I've decided that whilst critical success is lovely, I'd like to sell some books.

If you liked EXTREMOPHILE, recommend it to a pal! (If your pal is fucking COOL and not a narc)

Eco-terrorism biohacking body horror, smart shit with dumb characters. Your new favourite book

Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · Oct 30

'A visceral, doesn't-give-a-damn biopunk thriller that treats the "punk" part of that subgenre not as mere window-dressing but as an antifascist shriek... vital and urgent SF that reaches places realist writing never could' ― @interzone.press

If you like cool shit get this 🕶️

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 8d

A short'n'sweet review of Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo, a science-fiction novella of the close future...An interesting read, that.

My thoughts:
filipmagnuswrites.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/f...

Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo: A Low-Key Work of Science Fiction | Book Review

I received a copy of this novella from NetGalley some time ago – apologies to Tor for taking this long to review it. Lee Mandelo’s Feed Them Silence is a low-key work of science fiction…

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Fabledfox 🦊 @fabledfoxart.bsky.social · 11d

Art vs Artist

Huge woodland spirit wearing a wooden mask. They are standing on a spring and looking down at a small human.

Photo of dark haired woman with fox ears drawn over the photo.

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 12d

Mieko Kawakami's All the Lovers in the Night speaks to the part of the human that yearns for connection. It illustrates, too, the difficulty of reaching out and making those connections, especially in the aftermath of deep and abiding trauma.

Find my review here:
wp.me/p8LkPa-35x

A thumbnail of my post showcasing the cover of All the Lovers in the Night

Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 12d

An excellent review of The Lords of the Summer Season by @wsbookclub.bsky.social. Bizarre is just another word for fun in my vocabulary, so: gimme!

wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2025/10/02/b...

Book Review: The Lords of the Summer Season: A Psychedelic Fantasy by Peter W. Blaisdell

Bradan grew up in Camelot and grew famous during the Summer of Love. He’s nearly immortal, a talented musician, but only a mediocre magician.That’s unfortunate because he’ll need more than pretty l…

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 13d

So for this year's somewhat abbreviated Oktobersketch I'm experimenting with group scenes, one per week. Here are some stalwart defenders of some small European nation circa 1800(?). Group first then the individual originals.

a group of uniformed animals with muskets, wearing red and blue uniforms including tasselled caps and old fashioned long coats, rallying around a flag.

A uniformed mantis with a sabre and a flag.

A uniformed giant anteater aiming a musket.

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 14d

Absolutely appalling.

Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 14d

I had the worst lunch. Honestly.

Maybe @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social could cover the rise in the far right, in racist attacks and, you know, the effect on millions of British people instead of platforming them every night

I'd settle for @theguardian.com doing even basic coverage of racism in the UK

Today I sat next to racists planning openly planning to murder people in a cafe

How have we come to a place where racists can openly talk about murdering people in public with no consequence?

stewarthotston.com

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 14d

I just backed Apex Magazine (@apexmag.bsky.social) 2026 on Kickstarter, and you should, too, because they're great!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

Apex Magazine 2026

An award-winning digital literary magazine of science fiction, dark fantasy, and horror.

www.kickstarter.com

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 20d

I forgot to mention - the latest Wyrd Science is out. Look at that cover. You should order all the copies, and then if there's no copies left, fight over the copies. It's the best RPG zine in the world, sez I*

Wyrd Science Vol.1 / Issue 7 [Print]

PLEASE NOTE - THIS ISSUE WILL SHIP IN EARLY/MID SEPTEMBER, ANYTHING ORDERED AT THE SAME TIME WILL BE SENT OUT TOGETHER PLEASE PLEASE NOTE - IF YOU WANT A SUBSCRIPTION, AND TO SAVE 10% ON THE COVER PRI...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 16d

Coming soonish from Subterranean Press - the first collection of my short fiction in about a decade - here's the cover (by @alisonsampson.bsky.social ) and table of contents for your delectation.

Book cover showing the glass bubble of a space helmet with a woman's face and hand reflected in it, and ants crawling over it.

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Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller @byzantienne.bsky.social · 17d

christ on tiny little crackers, climateworld, we've got to ask people to do good things that they can do, and which help them, rather than asking them to volunteer for an emotionally devastating existential-threat experience without exits into action

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 17d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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CTPhipps @ctphipps.bsky.social · 23d

THE BOOKS THAT MADE US - Where I discuss the fantastic GARRET PI series by Glen Cook. Noir detective in fantasyland. beforewegoblog.com/the-books-th... #books #fantasy #urbanfantasy @beforewegoblog.bsky.social @bethtabler.bsky.social

The Books that made Us – Garrett PI by Glen Cook

Glen Cook is primarily known for his Black Company series and that's something that I have a horrifying confession to make as a grimdark stan: I could never rea

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 23d

Piranesi turned out to be such a special read, y’all. If you, like me, haven’t yet picked it up, you should.

Here’s why:
filipmagnuswrites.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/p...

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 26d

The novels in the series have become my go-to works to offer as standalone works for readers too frightened of lengthy series commitments. Certainly the “accessible” angle is a huge draw.

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 27d

@lukeplunkett.com has been playing Endless Legend 2, and it's bumming him out:

aftermath.site/endless-legend...

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 27d

If final, sequel series when? (I really love the Tyrant Philosophers haha.)

But really, best of luck with it!

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · 27d

Not surprised to read this, as all the prior Tyrant-Philosopher books come together brilliantly from the reader’s perspective.

Might this book be the long-awaited-for return to Ilmar?

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Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 27d

If you spent even one second of the last decade indulging the free speech claims made by the American right in earnest, I genuinely think you're lacking in intelligence. I do not think you have what it takes to deliver sound commentary on American politics.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 28d

Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.

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Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.social · Sep 15

And I, a Bulgarian, somehow missed this 😫 hope you enjoyed your time in Bulgaria and make a return sometime!

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Sep 15

"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."

No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.

Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · Sep 3

Fascinating (and spot on) little essay on Service Model and how it relates to the real world.

Nick Foster @weknow0.bsky.social · Sep 3

My take on @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Service Model. So what should be the goal? Because the reason Service Model will stay with me for some time to come is that it shows us what happens if we don’t have one weknow0.co.uk/?p=2573

If we don’t have a goal, the means take over – We Know Zero

weknow0.co.uk

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