Happy Sunday Womble. A bit under the weather here, but having a gentle day and indulging in another #ScifiMonth2025 reread with the Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

With you all the way here (except Saturday Night which is on my very much want to watch list)

My next read is a Uruguayan dystopian novel about a woman trying to survive an ecological crisis: Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías

‘Explain this to your dad, pal’

What’s not to love about a Folio edition :D great top ten!

Seconded! This duology is just so rich and textured. May have to reread it now :)

Ahhhh always a favourite. My first favourite Culture novel, and yes - that cover art is A Choice

Indeed!

I’ve spent today finishing The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch. I’ve enjoyed revisiting the Gentleman Bastards (as always) but excited to pick up a new-to-me SF audio read next. Off to scare myself with Cold Eternity by SA Barnes next.

Still enjoying Ancillary Justice as my (ocular?) read.

Day 10: the friends we made on the way - damn right your co-captains would like to take this excuse to say a huge LOVE YOU to our crew past and present who’ve celebrated #ScifiMonth with us over the years 💖🚀

Scansion? Metre, even. I should go to bed 🫠

(May still be, I’ve not used insta for a few years!)

Spine poetry was an old Instagram tag way back

It is intended as a free-form poem made out of book titles, yes. There’s a narrative thread (in my head, heh), but no rhyming or scansion - partly because poetry is 100% not my skillset and partly because I’m working with book titles on my shelf.

Might’ve helped if I’d added punctuation

I’m sorry it doesn’t work for you

<solidarity fist bump>

How was The Running Man? The trailer looked a lot of fun