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Constant reader, always looking for my next great read. Science fiction fan for 50+ years, but I read many genres and love to talk about books. Also unreasonably obsessed with birds. 🌲Located in green, damp, mossy Seattle (upper-left-corner USA)
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@ianthegreen.bsky.social finished Extremophile last night. I can give you no higher compliment than this: I've come away wanting to write like you do here. Brilliant stuff. Also sneaky reference to mordor and the arrival of the balrog? Everyone else: it's on the Clarke's for a reason. Go find it

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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

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Many of you read and shared my guide to Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers, with links to millions of free images in the Public Domain. Now, here's a follow up post with links to millions more. www.jordanacosta.co/p/more-free-...

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This always makes me laugh

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ICYMI like I did, the @locusmag.bsky.social 2025 fundraiser is happening now. Locus has been an important pillar in the SFF community, dating back to 1968. Help offset rising costs and maybe pick up some cool swag: www.indiegogo.com/projects/loc...

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📡 The Clarke Award Shortlist 2025! PRIVATE RITES by Julia Armfield THE MINISTRY OF TIME by Kaliane Bradley EXTREMOPHILE by Ian Green ANNIE BOT by Sierra Greer SERVICE MODEL by Adrian Tchaikovsky THIRTEEN WAYS TO KILL LULABELLE ROCK by Maud Woolf #sciencefiction #booksky

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🌅 If you're feeling anxious these days (and who isn't?) there are some pretty good ideas in this thread for simple ways to help yourself feel better and calmer.

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Everett Wins Pulitzer Prize locusmag.com/2025/05...

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‘The Comprehensive Bookshop” - my cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

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Fields of Gold Balsamroot and Purple Lupine in full bloom on a lovely day in eastern Washington yesterday! 📍Olalla Ridge

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This #bookwormsat we celebrate mankind’s best friend, throughout the cosmos, to the end of time. #booksky

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2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Announced Congratulations to all these wonderful creators! locusmag.com/2025/05...

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#oldknees #northernparula

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This is a new image from #JWST. The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is a galaxy. Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

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🪶Happy International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day to all who celebrate! My backyard crows are celebrating NOISILY—because I just gave them a big pile of peanuts!🥰 (Old pic, tho, from a few winters ago.)

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In Dorothy Dunnett’s Ringed Castle a golden eagle is used for hunting at the 16th cent. court of Ivan the Terrible: “...a demoniac presence, dark and vengeful as the Stymphalian Bird with wings, beak, and claws of iron...” [Stymphalian birds are from Greek myth, Labors of Heracles] #BookWormSat

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Counting down to Wyrd & Wonder - it’s just 10 days until we set sail for a month of fantastical adventures, guided by our whims, our friends and our annual prompt challenge. Will you join us? onemore.org/2025/04/21/p...

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