Douglas A. Van Belle
@dougvanbelle.bsky.social
New Zealand Science Fiction author and Senior Lecturer in Media and the Politics of Crisis, My Latest Novel, A World Adrift, is now available from Wordfire Press in the U.S.
https://wordfirepress.com/books/a-world-adrift/
https://wordfirepress.com/books/a-world-adrift/
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
As we count down to Festivus, I feel compelled to remind you that the gods of capitalism will know if you've ordered the book and will posthumously judge you.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
As we count down to Festivus, I feel compelled to remind you that the gods of capitalism will know if you've ordered the book and will posthumously judge you.
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World Con 2026, Academic Track, Call for Papers is now Live.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
World Con 2026, Academic Track, Call for Papers is now Live.
Please do share.
@scalzi.com @davidbrin.bsky.social @robertjsawyer.com @georgetakei.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social @fringedoctor.bsky.social @comrademorden.bsky.social @catrambo.bsky.social@leemurraywriter.bsky.social
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wordfirepress.com/products/a-w... It's December in New Zealand, so here is the must have for all your Festivus shopping. Buy one for everyone and bribe your way out of the feats of strength!
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
wordfirepress.com/products/a-w... It's December in New Zealand, so here is the must have for all your Festivus shopping. Buy one for everyone and bribe your way out of the feats of strength!
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Hey Chuck, my kids are big fans and would be over the moon if you gave their radio drama podcast a listen. It's a whole new genre, Customer Service Dystopian Satire. Cheers. Doug
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September 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hey Chuck, my kids are big fans and would be over the moon if you gave their radio drama podcast a listen. It's a whole new genre, Customer Service Dystopian Satire. Cheers. Doug
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Episode 4 of the kids' podcast just dropped! I'm writing Ep 7 for them right now
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September 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Episode 4 of the kids' podcast just dropped! I'm writing Ep 7 for them right now
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My poster at the Penn State SETI symposium
August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
My poster at the Penn State SETI symposium
Worldcon 2025. This is the most magnificent convention space I have ever seen
August 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Worldcon 2025. This is the most magnificent convention space I have ever seen
For those of you with kids at WorldCon, I'll be bringing some copies of my young reader's book, which is almost impossible to get outside of New Zealand, to my Autograph Session on Friday 10:30-11:30. Free for kids.
July 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
For those of you with kids at WorldCon, I'll be bringing some copies of my young reader's book, which is almost impossible to get outside of New Zealand, to my Autograph Session on Friday 10:30-11:30. Free for kids.
The best part is that plate tectonics move us farther from the US every day.
July 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The best part is that plate tectonics move us farther from the US every day.
June 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just FYI for anyone wondering if the Exoplanet images being posted are AI. Here are the best, highest-resolution images to date. 9 pixels.
June 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just FYI for anyone wondering if the Exoplanet images being posted are AI. Here are the best, highest-resolution images to date. 9 pixels.
The Dezombinator 750 EH
June 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Dezombinator 750 EH
My office manager
June 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My office manager
Pretty damn chuffed to announce that I have officially been appointed as the Academic Track Convenor for the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in LA.
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May 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pretty damn chuffed to announce that I have officially been appointed as the Academic Track Convenor for the 2026 World Science Fiction Convention in LA.
www.lacon.org
www.lacon.org
I sent out emails to all the people on the academic track today. If you were expecting one and didn't receive one, check the good old spam folder and if not there, email me.
Doug
Doug
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I sent out emails to all the people on the academic track today. If you were expecting one and didn't receive one, check the good old spam folder and if not there, email me.
Doug
Doug
Welcome to Bad Bunny Blue-Bury'um, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Possum Corpse Citrus, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dead Possum Orchards, the world-wide leader in sustainable necro-culture farming.
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Welcome to Bad Bunny Blue-Bury'um, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Possum Corpse Citrus, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dead Possum Orchards, the world-wide leader in sustainable necro-culture farming.
The average American has three friends.
The above average American has these three friends.
The above average American has these three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The average American has three friends.
The above average American has these three friends.
The above average American has these three friends.
I would like to thank the Trumpster student who so thoughtfully took the time to send me a lengthy email explaining why and how FDR was a failure as a president. I feel so enlightened and at your insistence, I will surely correct that for the next edition.
April 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I would like to thank the Trumpster student who so thoughtfully took the time to send me a lengthy email explaining why and how FDR was a failure as a president. I feel so enlightened and at your insistence, I will surely correct that for the next edition.