Renay⁷
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Intergalactic Mixtape #29
Hey! There’s lots of article recs this week, some film trailers I’m excited about, plus the usual collection of recent reviews. Also, CRITICAL NEWS: one of...
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
I may do nothing but read romance for the rest of the year.
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I may do nothing but read romance for the rest of the year.
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Luke says I need more books about cats
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Luke says I need more books about cats
Since the library is a topic of conversation, did you know you cam become a recurring donor to your local Friends of the Library, if your community has one? They're nonprofits that support your library with materials, programming, and events. :)
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Since the library is a topic of conversation, did you know you cam become a recurring donor to your local Friends of the Library, if your community has one? They're nonprofits that support your library with materials, programming, and events. :)
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Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
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I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
Ten years!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Today is the 10th anniversary of me launching There's Always Room For One More. TEN YEARS. I might rewatch Grosse Point Blank tonight, but first: come find out how our reading tastes compare as I share 40 favourites that are standing the test of time
10 years, man. 10 YEARS
Today is the tenth anniversary of me becoming a book blogger and launching There's Always Room For One More. TEN YEARS. There's a lot of Grosse Point Blank vibes today, without the assassinations. I copied across a lot of older reviews from LiveJournal and LibraryThing, but this is the big day for this blog. I'm surprised and delighted and proud to still be here, however inconsistently, and hugely grateful to my regular readers and bookfriends who have made this such a rewarding hobby.
onemore.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ten years!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
Played Commander with @bridgetmckinney.bsky.social and her partner and they were very nice and let me win. 😂 I learned A LOT, and it turns out I haven’t forgotten as much as I thought. NOW to start my work on a flying cat deck…
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Played Commander with @bridgetmckinney.bsky.social and her partner and they were very nice and let me win. 😂 I learned A LOT, and it turns out I haven’t forgotten as much as I thought. NOW to start my work on a flying cat deck…
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Bookstores would be able to stock more books if publishers stopped putting out 800 page trade tomes that could be edited down significantly and not formatted for book collectors. Anyway long live the MMPB.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Bookstores would be able to stock more books if publishers stopped putting out 800 page trade tomes that could be edited down significantly and not formatted for book collectors. Anyway long live the MMPB.
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Shop is open for a week! And US shipping is back 🥳
sleepimali-shop.com
Shares are super appreciated 💛💛
#EUShop #ArtShop #CuteArt #Shop
sleepimali-shop.com
Shares are super appreciated 💛💛
#EUShop #ArtShop #CuteArt #Shop
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Shop is open for a week! And US shipping is back 🥳
sleepimali-shop.com
Shares are super appreciated 💛💛
#EUShop #ArtShop #CuteArt #Shop
sleepimali-shop.com
Shares are super appreciated 💛💛
#EUShop #ArtShop #CuteArt #Shop
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#TheFullLid - 21st November 2025 - Happy Friday! We're talking Hanuman Project, from Friend of the Lid @stewarthotston.com , great art from the #transart hashtag, a link to a great translation project and some crime fighting magicians to heist us into the weekend.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#TheFullLid - 21st November 2025 - Happy Friday! We're talking Hanuman Project, from Friend of the Lid @stewarthotston.com , great art from the #transart hashtag, a link to a great translation project and some crime fighting magicians to heist us into the weekend.
mailchi.mp/1d89dfbc5e61...
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Book sale is ongoing! We’ve already thought of five ways to improve things for next year. 😂
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Book sale is ongoing! We’ve already thought of five ways to improve things for next year. 😂
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Very nice to see that my article from last week on Le Guin's Hainish stories is featured in this week's Intergalactic Mixtape roundup. Thanks @renay.bsky.social
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
Intergalactic Mixtape #29
Hey! There’s lots of article recs this week, some film trailers I’m excited about, plus the usual collection of recent reviews. Also, CRITICAL NEWS: one of...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Very nice to see that my article from last week on Le Guin's Hainish stories is featured in this week's Intergalactic Mixtape roundup. Thanks @renay.bsky.social
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
Intergalactic Mixtape #29
Hey! There’s lots of article recs this week, some film trailers I’m excited about, plus the usual collection of recent reviews. Also, CRITICAL NEWS: one of...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
Intergalactic Mixtape #29
Hey! There’s lots of article recs this week, some film trailers I’m excited about, plus the usual collection of recent reviews. Also, CRITICAL NEWS: one of...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live! I read some fab essays this week. Bring on ~reflection season~
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If you missed the book chat with @methelibrarian.bsky.social from the Ashland Public Library earlier tonight, you can find it below. We talked about Lilith's Brood, The Player of Games, Mirage, A Spark of White Fire, and The Wings Upon Her Back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
SciFi/Fantasy Book Recs with Kristen of the Fantasy Cafe 11.20.2025
YouTube video by Ashland Public Library MA
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November 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
If you missed the book chat with @methelibrarian.bsky.social from the Ashland Public Library earlier tonight, you can find it below. We talked about Lilith's Brood, The Player of Games, Mirage, A Spark of White Fire, and The Wings Upon Her Back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
Having anxiety dreams about the Friends of the Library book sale I’m managing this weekend because I was an overconfident fool who said, “we can definitely raise $1500 this year.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Having anxiety dreams about the Friends of the Library book sale I’m managing this weekend because I was an overconfident fool who said, “we can definitely raise $1500 this year.”
having a normal one, sitting here overcome with an Emotion about some machine intelligences created by Martha Wells 😭
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
having a normal one, sitting here overcome with an Emotion about some machine intelligences created by Martha Wells 😭
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I'll be sharing more sci-fi/fantasy book recommendations with the Ashland Public Library tomorrow evening! This virtual event is from 6:30-7:00PM ET on November 20.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/apl-fantasy-...
More info: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/apl-fantasy-...
More info: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
November Virtual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations Event | Fantasy Cafe
Information on joining the third quarterly virtual sci-fi/fantasy book recommendations event with the Ashland Public Library for November 2025.
www.fantasybookcafe.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I'll be sharing more sci-fi/fantasy book recommendations with the Ashland Public Library tomorrow evening! This virtual event is from 6:30-7:00PM ET on November 20.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/apl-fantasy-...
More info: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/apl-fantasy-...
More info: www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
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How am I supposed to be rested, centered, and working on my best self AND carrying this flamethrower at the same time.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
How am I supposed to be rested, centered, and working on my best self AND carrying this flamethrower at the same time.
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Absolutely egregious from the people who bought the three oldest magazines in SFF and are attempting to convert them into a giant funnel of monetizable IP
This postscript is so telling of what trying to negotiate with MRM is like. Massive respect for Scott in sticking to his principles and not allowing them to bully or gaslight him into signing. I'm disgusted that this is still happening to authors. No market is worth this.
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Absolutely egregious from the people who bought the three oldest magazines in SFF and are attempting to convert them into a giant funnel of monetizable IP
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New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New writers: DO NOT give away your subsidiary tv/film/merch/derivative rights for a $300 short.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Not even for legacy mag cred.
Readers: OMG TWO CAKES?!?!
"What if another author has the same idea as you? Don't you worry about it?"
Nope! Hell, knowing me, I will absolutely boost that author's book right alongside my own. Because there is no competition here, only community.
Nope! Hell, knowing me, I will absolutely boost that author's book right alongside my own. Because there is no competition here, only community.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Readers: OMG TWO CAKES?!?!
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I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott
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Intergalactic Mixtape is live. :)
Intergalactic Mixtape #28
Hey! It was a pretty quiet week as the year winds down, but I’ve slowly started making both my 2026 reading list and my 2019 reading list, which is part of...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Intergalactic Mixtape is live. :)