Joe Stech
@thinkweirder.com
Pronounced Stek. Publishes Think Weirder: The Year's Best Science Fiction Ideas
I just finished "Death of the Author" by @nnedi.bsky.social, and I LOVED it.
This book had an utterly unique combination of technology, family, the confluence of Nigerian and American culture, and writing life.
As a rock climber, I really enjoyed the side character "Hugo", who reminded me strongly
This book had an utterly unique combination of technology, family, the confluence of Nigerian and American culture, and writing life.
As a rock climber, I really enjoyed the side character "Hugo", who reminded me strongly
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I just finished "Death of the Author" by @nnedi.bsky.social, and I LOVED it.
This book had an utterly unique combination of technology, family, the confluence of Nigerian and American culture, and writing life.
As a rock climber, I really enjoyed the side character "Hugo", who reminded me strongly
This book had an utterly unique combination of technology, family, the confluence of Nigerian and American culture, and writing life.
As a rock climber, I really enjoyed the side character "Hugo", who reminded me strongly
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Readers' poll closes tomorrow!
Our readers' poll finalists were announced in the February issue.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_02_26/
Check out some great stories and art and vote for your favorite by February 15th!
(Directions and links to all the works are in that editorial.)
Editor's Desk: 2025 Readers' Poll Finalists by Neil Clarke
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Readers' poll closes tomorrow!
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sure whatever this novel about the mall is actually about american cultural imperialism and how cultural victory is achieved by the cancerous replication of your tropes across other cultures until everywhere on earth looks like you
February 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
sure whatever this novel about the mall is actually about american cultural imperialism and how cultural victory is achieved by the cancerous replication of your tropes across other cultures until everywhere on earth looks like you
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I have vowed that if I ever win a Hugo, I will get a tattoo.
If you like any of the works below, or just want to see me get ink, give me a nod on your ballot.
If you like any of the works below, or just want to see me get ink, give me a nod on your ballot.
Probably because @sfwa.org has just launched the revamped Nebula Recommended Reading List, a lot of people are posting or re-posting their eligibility posts.
Hold that bandwagon, I'm getting on.
adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/2...
Hold that bandwagon, I'm getting on.
adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/2...
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I have vowed that if I ever win a Hugo, I will get a tattoo.
If you like any of the works below, or just want to see me get ink, give me a nod on your ballot.
If you like any of the works below, or just want to see me get ink, give me a nod on your ballot.
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February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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I don't ONLY read science fiction (just mostly).
Here are some of my favorite books from 2025! Incredible reads by @aptshadow.bsky.social, Robert Jackson Bennett, Cory Doctorow, @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social, and @brandonsanderson.com
compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/favori...
Here are some of my favorite books from 2025! Incredible reads by @aptshadow.bsky.social, Robert Jackson Bennett, Cory Doctorow, @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social, and @brandonsanderson.com
compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/favori...
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I don't ONLY read science fiction (just mostly).
Here are some of my favorite books from 2025! Incredible reads by @aptshadow.bsky.social, Robert Jackson Bennett, Cory Doctorow, @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social, and @brandonsanderson.com
compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/favori...
Here are some of my favorite books from 2025! Incredible reads by @aptshadow.bsky.social, Robert Jackson Bennett, Cory Doctorow, @doriskgoodwin.bsky.social, and @brandonsanderson.com
compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/favori...
After finishing Echopraxia, this is the first thing I see in the "Notes and References" section:
"I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book."
Bravo, Peter Watts. Superbly played.
"I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book."
Bravo, Peter Watts. Superbly played.
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
After finishing Echopraxia, this is the first thing I see in the "Notes and References" section:
"I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book."
Bravo, Peter Watts. Superbly played.
"I am naked as I type this. I was naked writing the whole damn book."
Bravo, Peter Watts. Superbly played.
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My latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com story ‘Three Fortunes on Alcestis…’ is out today! It’s available to read for free online right here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/
It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/
It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.
February 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
My latest @clarkesworldmagazine.com story ‘Three Fortunes on Alcestis…’ is out today! It’s available to read for free online right here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/
It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.
clarkesworldmagazine.com/hall_02_26/
It’s about a tyrant and a soldier and a baby. With bonus fortune-telling and bonus bad-tempered alien goats.
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Oh hey, is there a new Morag and Seamus story out?
There is!
Check out a cozy post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Tam Lin here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26/
There is!
Check out a cozy post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Tam Lin here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26/
The Iron Piper by Fiona Moore
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
clarkesworldmagazine.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Oh hey, is there a new Morag and Seamus story out?
There is!
Check out a cozy post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Tam Lin here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26/
There is!
Check out a cozy post-apocalyptic take on the legend of Tam Lin here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/moore_02_26/
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I've noticed a microgenre shift in SF over the last year - or possibly just in the books I've come across. Specifically, a bit of a boom in big concept space opera books working in the Banks/Hamilton ideaspace. Meaning SF that simultaneously delivers a strong action storyline against a backdrop
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I've noticed a microgenre shift in SF over the last year - or possibly just in the books I've come across. Specifically, a bit of a boom in big concept space opera books working in the Banks/Hamilton ideaspace. Meaning SF that simultaneously delivers a strong action storyline against a backdrop
I feel that this is an appropriate first bluesky post: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/the-bu...
This is the level of seriousness you can expect from me going forward
This is the level of seriousness you can expect from me going forward
January 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I feel that this is an appropriate first bluesky post: compellingsciencefiction.com/posts/the-bu...
This is the level of seriousness you can expect from me going forward
This is the level of seriousness you can expect from me going forward