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LibraryThing @librarything.com · 16h

On this day, in 1892, "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" was published. Although the stories it contained had appeared before in magazines, this marked their debut in book format. Are you a #SherlockHolmes fan? What have you read? #💙📚 #Booksky

An image with fix book covers of different editions of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes."

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 1d

My unhinged literary opinion is that you should buy all my small press and indie pub friends books.

ALL.

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 2d

Stayed in a ‘designer boutique’ hotel in Portugal the other month with the same arrangement. Designed by a psychopath

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Jill Berry @jillberry102.bsky.social · 3d

News from @rexburke.bsky.social: "W.F. Howes, the UK's largest audiobook publisher, has acquired the right to my Sci-Fi rom-com-mystery, 'Third Loch From the Sun'. The book sounds to be in great hands, & should be available worldwide on all audio platforms by Christmas." Good luck, Rex!

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Assaph Mehr 📚⚔️🕵️👻🏺🏛️🤖 @assaph.bsky.social · 4d

Realistic Indiana Jones movies 🏺😁

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

🚨NEW BOX-SET!
The complete Odyssey Earth series – over 1,000 pages of feelgood, found-family space adventure
'Funny, wholesome & uplifting, a laugh-out-loud romp in outer space' @bookspotlight.bsky.social

Pre-order at only £4.99/$5.99 - mybook.to/OdysseyEarth
Out 4 November
#BookSky #SciFi 💙📚🪐

Box set image of the Odyssey Earth series by Rex Burke, with caption - I'm in love with the Odyssey Earth series

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 4d

Hello, Predator: Badlands trailer. You are very much in my wheelhouse and I look forward to making your full acquaintance
#predator #movie #trailer #scifi #horror

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations!

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks! It's nice to see it out there

Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

🚨NEW BOX-SET!
The complete Odyssey Earth series – over 1,000 pages of feelgood, found-family space adventure
'Funny, wholesome & uplifting, a laugh-out-loud romp in outer space' @bookspotlight.bsky.social

Pre-order at only £4.99/$5.99 - mybook.to/OdysseyEarth
Out 4 November
#BookSky #SciFi 💙📚🪐

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

I really like this view

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

You've just got to do that hard thing – keep writing!

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

Don’t sweat it! First SciFi book published at age 61 - six out now and counting!

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

1000 pages of SciFi baby! Can't complain at that price, surely

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 5d

I'm going to put my Odyssey Earth eBook box-set on pre-order for £4.99/$5.99 - does that sound like a deal? Raise the price after publication. There are a LOT of #SciFi box-sets out there for 0.99, so I don't know - it seems like a tough gig to sell them at any price that isn't crazily low

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

Cool, good point

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

OK, thanks!

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

Box-set readers, lend me your ears...
Books 2 & 3 in my SciFi trilogy have catch-up intros, in case you've forgotten what happened previously. I don't need those in the box set, right? Or wrong? Guess I can't assume everyone is reading straight through 1200 pages of fabulous SF?
#SciFi #reader

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

Can confirm – rattling good read, with a kick-ass librarian doing the sleuthing
#BookSky 💙📚

Dave Dobson @davedobson.bsky.social · 6d

My latest is off to a good start on Goodreads.

Review from Goodreads:
Five stars
I spent every idle moment reading this book...it is one of those "impossible to put down".
The story is simply told, and every bit of it so carefully packaged it pulls you in and won't let go. The editing was superb...no misspellings, no extraneous punctuation.
The main character is true to life, sympathetic, as we said in literature class. It is rare to find such a riveting read!

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 6d

You say cloud, I say inter-dimensional war-beast. Start running

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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 6d

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2029UT 8 October 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

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Antifa termagant @abductedcow.bsky.social · 6d

I feel this amazing news is getting somewhat drowned out by all the noise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

www.bbc.co.uk

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 🎃 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Feel good scifi with a touch of Red Dwarf humour. I highly recommend his trilogy of Orphan Planet, Twin Landing and Star Bound

Treat yourself. Or don’t, but it’s your loss

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 7d

So, this is happening... anyone interested in a complete feelgood SciFi series with bonus short story? Coming very soon to a retailer near you
#SciFi #boxset #newrelease

3D box-set image of the Odyssey Earth series by Rex Burke, featuring three books

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 7d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 7d

Going for the David Attenborough Blue Planet-feelgood SciFi crossover crowd, obviously

Rex Burke is SciFiRex @rexburke.bsky.social · 7d

So, this is happening... anyone interested in a complete feelgood SciFi series with bonus short story? Coming very soon to a retailer near you
#SciFi #boxset #newrelease

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