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Keith Stevenson
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Scottish/ Australian SF author. The End Times of Markusz Zielinski. The Lenticular Series. Horizon. Here for a chat but no DMs please.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Review 📚🪐
In which the Australian writer and publisher turns from the enjoyable space opera of his Lenticular books to harder science fiction, portraying the mad scramble to save a last outpost of life from a collapsing universe. Once again, Stevenson provides a living culture, enough details of the factions and entities to make the world believable without bogging down in details. Indeed, there’s not much room for minutiae, as the story unfolds apace, the conflict driven by a political agenda of greed, ego and self-interest. The titular Markusz, a mathematician who may just be able to save what’s left if given the chance, has the clever foil of a ‘ghost’ of his dead wife as well as a strong supporting cast to contextualise the science clearly enough to allow the reader to follow along. And then there’s the question of the strange haven deep within the planet itself, and the mysterious connection to the force devouring the universe. It’s a blast.
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Any #ScienceFiction writers in Wollongong/ Sydney interested in this? I'll be going!
www.aip.org.au/PID2025
Our Topic in 2025 - Future Space Technologies Space and space industries are a growing industrial segment in Australia. The nation possesses increasing numbers of companies with "space heritage" (launched something!) and with globally competitive technology. Space is an industry that instantly captures the imagination, but is also provides practical, inexpensive, routine benefits that we all use (potentially unknowingly) every single day. Our topic has been chosen especially to align with local strengths in space technologies to attract delegates from further afield. This forum is co-organised with the CSIRO and sponsored by iAccelerate Session 1: Succeeding in Space We'll hear from people and organisations who have succeeded in translating a great idea into space - be it a physical item or a service. What have been their challenges, celebrations and lessons learned? How can people get support in new space ventures? Session 2: Microelectronics for Space This session will focus on the local expertise of UoW and ANSTO on the effects of radiation in space - on materials, people and microelectronics. Several local teams are characterising the Single Event Effects of cosmic radiation and particles on microelectronics, for example. About the Physics in Industry Day: The annual Physics in Industry Days has been an initiative to bring together researchers, industry, service providers, decision makers, educators and the general public to connect and learn around a chosen topic - either an industry sector or an area of science with significant industrial or national impact in the future. It is intended to be an informal gathering with interesting and informative speakers pitched at a level to engage with an informed general audience.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Fuck. Off.
Trump accuses Ukrainian leaders of having 'zero gratitude' Trump sat in the Oval Office with a blurred background Image source,Andrew Harnik/Getty Images US President Donald Trump accuses Ukraine of having "zero gratitude" over US efforts to end the war.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Today I switched from idly musing about my next novel to actively noodling out plot, characters and worldbuilding. #amwriting 🪐📚
Cover for Domesday Book by Keith Stevenson (not final cover art).
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The End Times of Markusz Zielinski seems to be popular in Germany ♥️🇩🇪
Cover for The End Times of Markusz Zielinski
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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"Space Opera done right. Intelligent, thrilling with heart." - Trent Jamieson, award-winning author of The Stone Road.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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#LastFourMovies #FilmSky
Weapons, Black Bag, All The President's Men, The Salt Path.
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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New patch. @2000ad.bsky.social
A patch for HSD (Habitat Security Division) for Odette Habitat from the 2000ad strip Brink by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Book number 5 ready for the brag wall. 📚🪐
Keith Stevenson holding a framed, enlarged cover for The End Times of Markusz Zielinski.
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Just to put this in context...
From the BBC re Prince Andrew: Contemporary historian Anthony Seldon says the removal of Prince Andrew’s titles is a "decisive moment" for the Royal Family. The last time a dukedom was taken away from a senior royal was more than 100 years ago, he tells the BBC News channel. That was in 1919, when Prince Charles Edward – one of Queen Victoria’s grandsons – lost the title of Duke of Albany for fighting on the German side during World War One, Seldon says. "Looking historically, this is a very, very significant step," says Seldon.
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Get Traitor's Gathering (a Lenticular Series prequel story) and over 60 other SF, Paranormal and Fantasy books free in the Woo-Hoo Halloween Giveaway 📚🪐 - storyoriginapp.com/to/rEXJZQ2
Woo-Hoo Halloween Giveaways Oct 12 - Nov 12 Cover of Traitor's Gathering a Lenticular Prequel Story by Keith Stevenson
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Four albums that made me. And I still listen to.
Album cover: Go2 by XTC Album cover: Duke by Genesis Album cover: Sparkle in The Rain by Simple Minds. Album cover: The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby.
October 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Read the first 4 chapters... 📚🪐
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A universe filled with the strange blooms of Teel-Attar radiation and the words, "Read the first 4 chapters". The cover to The End Times of Markusz Zielinski - a star field slowly being eaten by blooms of Teel-Attar radiation with the tagline, "A dying universe. The last planet. A brilliant mathematician." And the title The End Times of Markusz Zielinski and the author Keith Stevenson.
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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This feels very apropos for my latest book. 📚🪐
Cover for The End Times of Markusz Zielinski.
October 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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A big thank you to fellow author Jason Nahrung for a brilliant review. #EndTimesMZ
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Original review at jasonnahrung.com/2025/10/01/r...
The End Times of Markusz Zielinski, by Keith Stevenson – a race to the end Novel Title: The End Times of Markusz Zielinski Author: Keith Stevenson Publisher: self-published @ https://www.keithstevenson.com/books/end-times/ In which the Australian writer and publisher turns from the enjoyable space opera of his Lenticular books to harder science fiction, portraying the mad scramble to save a last outpost of life from a collapsing universe. Once again, Stevenson provides a living culture, enough details of the factions and entities to make the world believable without bogging down in details. Indeed, there’s not much room for minutiae, as the story unfolds apace, the conflict driven by a political agenda of greed, ego and self-interest. The titular Markusz, a mathematician who may just be able to save what’s left if given the chance, has the clever foil of a ‘ghost’ of his dead wife as well as a strong supporting cast to contextualise the science clearly enough to allow the reader to follow along. And then there’s the question of the strange haven deep within the planet itself, and the mysterious connection to the force devouring the universe. It’s a blast.
October 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Just a couple of beach bums.
Me and Mack the bordoodle at the beach.
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Pro-science, pro-hope, pro-humanity.
#EndTimesMZ 📚🪐
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October 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Meet the cast of The End Times of Markusz Zielinski
(part 2) 📚🪐
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Hugo Denantes (Paul Giamati) - If Fontaneau is a threat hidden in plain sight, Denantes is just an obvious threat. Youngest son of the Great Paradisan Family of Denantes, he’s lucky to have escaped being disowned, his peccadillos and excesses are so disgusting. Instead, he’s been sent to represent the family business, Fabrika SA, as part of the Redout Project. This is probably a bad thing for everyone involved (and whatever remains of humanity). Elly Capalian (India Amarteifio) - When she was just nine years old, Elly’s parents were killed while peacefully protesting the destruction of significant historical Garian sites as part of the Redout Project redevelopment. She’s tried not to let hatred of incomers overwhelm her, but as a member of the Garian Separatists she’s killed more than a few of them. Marthe Firmin (Clare Perkins) - Mayor of the planet Garia, Firmin has seen her entire society sidelined by the initiation of the Redout Project and her people’s culture and public spaces knocked down and reshaped by an overwhelming torrent of incomers. She’s angry and resentful, but she’s biding her time. There is a disaster coming and her all-consuming focus is in making sure her people, above all the others languishing on Redout, are safest of all. Kelan Teel (Rhys Ifans) - A mediocre scientist – if you listen to Markusz – but at heart and according to Helena (who knows him best of all) – a political animal with all the survival instincts of a rat. Teel has been chief scientist of the CSTO Task Force on the Effect for the last eighteen years (mainly because no-one else wanted a job that seemed doomed to failure), but like any rat, he’s determined to carve out a niche to survive in, no matter where he ends up, and screw anyone else.
October 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Meet the cast of The End Times of Markusz Zielinski
(part 1) 📚🪐
See thread for purchase links
Markusz Zielinski (Tom Hiddleston) - A casual observer would opine that Markusz thinks a lot of himself. It’s an observation Markusz would agree with while pointing out that such high self-regard is entirely justified as he is not only a proven (and verified) mathematical genius but was instrumental in developing the only known method of saving the universe. The same observer would also note that Markusz loves his wife Helena deeply. Markusz would again agree. She makes him a better person. Helena Murchadh (Tuppence Middleton) - A brilliant applied mathematician, physicist and engineer, Helena rose quicky through the ranks of the M-Worlds Cooperative Sciences and Technology Organisation to become Chief Engineer for the CSTO Task Force on the Effect. Noted for her significant work in identifying the anisotropic nexus of Effect events, she also works closely with Markusz Zielinski, who she fell in love with, despite his ability to annoy the hell out of everyone else on the Task Force. She was the only one to see his potential and it was their collaboration which laid the foundations for the annulus. Sylfe Cachand (Clemence Poesy) - Sylfe, like her younger sister Yvette, was born through parthenogenesis. Her mother told her at an early age to, ‘respect herself and not be boring’. She’s determined not to be the stereotypical head of a Paradisan company (she heads up SolEng SA, which specialises in stellar engineering for M-Worlds), or a stereotypical anything for that matter. She has a deep understanding of stellar physics, a keen head for business and anyone who crosses her will live to regret it. But other than that, anything goes. The average and normal bores her – in herself as much as in others. Ernes Fontaneau (John Noble) - Patri of one of the oldest Great Paradisan Families, Fontaneau is a dangerous sociopath. Our same casual observer who had such a negative opinion of Markusz Zielinski, would instead by completely drawn in by Fontaneau’s apparent affable and warm demeanour. But our observer would be a fool – and in some degree of danger having let his guard down around this man. According to Sylfe, Fontaneau wouldn’t know a genuine emotion if it bit him. He is cold, calculating and more than a little dead inside. He may convince you a particular course of action is for the greater good, but really everything he does is for the furtherance of himself alone and if you happen to be in the way, well… it’s been nice knowing you.
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Shout out to the best TV drama you've never seen.
Think 'Better Call Saul' but Scottish.
Each season is impeccable.
Guilt season 1, 2 and 3
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Hope is punk rock. 🚀📚
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October 7, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Day 2 of #conflux19 in Canberra and we are ready to sell more books!

If you can't make it, see the coeur de lion online shop for instant downloads on ebooks and paperbacks. We ship everywhere ( zero tariffs guaranteed 😁) payhip.com/coeurdelion
Books for sale at the coeur de lion table at Conflux 19 in Canberra
October 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I just bought @fomalhaut451.bsky.social 's collection of SF whimsy and absurdism. Great title, great story list. 📚🚀
Cover of I Have No Legs and I Must Manspread Contents list
October 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Research by OpenAI confirms LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM