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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 2d

New jokes is always good news!

Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 2d

A hearty congratulations! And once again I want to say how cool your reading/performance of the story was at Seattle Worldcon. I think the whole room was blown away.

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 2d

And for the first time listening to one of these Scott was eating with someone at a place that I've also eaten at. While in Seattle I also went to Jack's BBQ for a meal.

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished listening to @scottedelman.bsky.social 's interview with @johnpicacio.bsky.social in Seattle. It is another fascinating interview with loads of new insights especially about the creation of The Invisible Parade.
www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Tackle Texas BBQ with John Picacio on Episode 265 of Eating the Fantastic ‹ Scott Edelman

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 5d

And there is a great interview with Alaya Dawn Johnson by @michaeldthomas.bsky.social in the podcast. We learn how the story came about. Just fascinating.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

Uncanny Magazine Podcast 66B - Uncanny Magazine

Welcome to Episode 66B of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 66B you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: “The Shadow on the Nest” by Alaya Dawn Johnson, as read ...

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 5d

Listened to/read "The Shadow on the Nest" by Alaya Dawn Johnson in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66 read by @mrmightyink.bsky.social A really powerful story which I think will benefit from listening to (or reading) a second time. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The Shadow on the Nest - Uncanny Magazine

“…but what is it like, having a war criminal as your past life?” Sadie Salazar, Licensed Life Speaker, should have been professionally above the prurient interest lighting her hazel eyes, and much too...

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 15d

I just listened to this great interview. I didn't get a chance to meet @foxesandroses.bsky.social in Seattle and so it was great to hear her here. I'll have to see if I can view any of her panels from the Seattle Worldcon when I get the time.

Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 18d

Episode 264 of my Eating the Fantastic podcast is now live with guest @foxesandroses.bsky.social! Join us at the table and learn why she ended up as a fantasy writer rather than a comic book creator, how a pantser handles world building — and much more. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...

Eugenia Triantafyllou across the table from me holding a spoon with a soup dumpling up to her mouth with one hand while holding chopsticks in the other. Her hair is orange, and she's wearing a green T-shirt with the number 1990 on it in black lettering.

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NASAWATCH @nasawatch.bsky.social · 15d

The Destruction of NASA’s Mission” Whistleblowers reveal OMB’s Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil... #NASA #IAC #IAC2025

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 16d

I did a lot of driving this weekend and it was enough to finish listening to @marthawells.com 's Witch King.

I enjoyed the parallel storytelling from the past and present with events in each timeline reinforcing those in the other. Looking forward to Queen Demon.
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Witch King (novel) - Wikipedia

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 18d

It looks like the government is abandoning the space program. "People are being warned that as many as 4,000 of the 5,500 JPL employees could be gone by 15 October 2025" nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...

JPLers Get Layoff Update Letter

JPLers got this email this morning from JPL Human Resources

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 22d

It took longer than expected to get my hands on this wonder by @johnpicacio.bsky.social and Leigh Bardugo. Got the last one on the shelf

The Invisible Parade book by Leigh Bardugo and John Picacio

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 24d

The amazing @scottedelman.bsky.social is wandering around @capclave.bsky.social at the moment

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 12

A big new announcement soon?

Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 10

Getting an Error 404 on the extended extras link.

Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 9

Proud to be the 68th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Nexus V3: Return to Earth Studio Preview Edition

Pull Up a Chair in the Nexus Studio. We’re building the next Eisner-Winning Nexus story—script drafts inks, rough thumbnails, early lettering, margin scribbles and indecision included. If you love the...

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 9

Looks like loads of fun!

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · Sep 9

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 4

At least contacting Audible customer service just now they say to "contact the artist."

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 4

And there is an interview in the podcast by @michaeldthomas.bsky.social with @anamariacurtis.bsky.social telling us where this story came from.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unca...

Uncanny Magazine Podcast 66A - Uncanny Magazine

Welcome to Episode 66A of the award-winning Uncanny Magazine Podcast! In Episode 66A you will hear: Introduction: Michael Damian Thomas Story: The Caravan by AnaMaria Curtis, as read by Erika Ensign ...

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 4

Listened to "The Caravan" by @anamariacurtis.bsky.social from @uncannymagazine.bsky.social 66.
Very interesting story that left me hungry for more about this world and the characters.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The Caravan - Uncanny Magazine

The highway cut across the landscape like an old wound, a raised, scarred line on a scale we could not understand and therefore simply lived with. We could not climb the walls that held it up, could n...

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Sep 3

Finished listening to this year's @thehugoawards.bsky.social winning novel The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett. That was very enjoyable and I do plan on getting his next book in the series in the coming months.
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The Tainted Cup - Wikipedia

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Aug 29

Autocorrect changed c. 530 BCE.

Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Aug 29

Moments later I saw this Terrracotta piece from Costa. 530 BCE which has Herakles and the Nemean Lion on one side.

Herakles (in black) and the Nemean Lion (in black and orange) on orange background.

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Aug 29

Since I was traveling to a cruise 2 days later I was especially careful during Worldcon

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Aug 29

2 parts of Resting Hercules statue. Makes me think of @wiswell.bsky.social Wearing the Lion. 16th century piece vying a Ciechanawuecki Master in the Harvard Art Galleries

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · Aug 22

Asimov's still has a page with pdfs of Locus Award nominees including this story at
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Award Nominees - Asimov’s Science Fiction

Locus Award Nominees! Congratulations to the authors of our stories on the Locus Recommended Reading List. We’ve posted the tales here for your enjoyment. If yo

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