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Ada Hoffmann

@ada-hoffmann.bsky.social
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Spec fic writer, poet, autist. They/them. Philip K. Dick Award finalist, Rhysling & Elgin nominee, & author of the OUTSIDE series. Canadian. More about me and my books at ada-hoffmann.com

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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All I'm going to say is I've been watching a lot of James Bond movies lately, so this strategy of "Give us a trillion dollars so our product doesn't destroy humanity!" feels, shall we say, familiar
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 27/09/2026
hey all!!! got my contributor copy of "Your Body is a Fever Dream" from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social !!!! you can pre-order this amazing book of trans body horror too! click the link: bookshop.org/beta-search?...
the book "Your Body is a Fever Dream" on a table full of stickersmy story "All Her Rows of Teeth" in the book "Your Body is a Fever Dream" on a table full of stickers
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*clears throat* Apparently even some longtime followers don't know I have a newsletter, so. NEWSLETTER! buttondown.com/ada-hoffmann... Now with a whole bunch of more fiction recommendations that I just sent out today!
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Stories I Read In the Sun
Summer is a weird time, both in publishing and in academia. Structure dissolves. Everyone’s off traveling, either for personal reasons or for urgent work...
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 23/09/2026
The question, which was reportedly intended to be rhetorical, was answered in harrowing detail by Sabeen Bhatt, 46, who began by describing every possible calamity in her immediate surroundings, before moving on to the world at large.
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Bystanders traumatised after autistic woman asked “what’s the worst that can happen?”
Bystanders have reportedly been left “traumatised” after overhearing an autistic woman answering the question “what’s the worst that can happen?” The question, which was reportedly intended to be…
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Adam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just absolutely wild to see so many people discovering the massive influence of the rationalists in real time and say things like "I wish I could unlearn what I've learned in the last 24 hours." I, and others, have been researching these people for YEARS. There is so much I wish I could unlearn.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone want to rec a SFF book/story that depicts a process of restorative justice (or any of the other types of non-carceral justice) actually working? Especially if the world of the book is built such that restorative justice processes are the norm (as opposed to a new, controversial thing)
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Usually people is like "don't have the characters just say how they feel! real people don't talk that way!" and I say they have never met an autistic person HOWEVER I am now discovering that if you do let them be reluctant to say how they feel then this can make a scene 10x more delightfully awkward
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
tfw the publisher asks me for comp titles and instantly my brain is empty and i cannot remember reading a book in my life ever
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Sussysawit @sussyvr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want a dark academia novel about the provost's hiring freezes and operating cuts turning university staff into a cult of dark magic building Frankenstein monsters to help manage the work and take on all of our unpaid overtime.
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Joanne Merriam @joannemerriam.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Folks going to Can*Con, and folks looking for cool mostly-Canadian SFFH writers to follow, I made a starter pack with the folks I could find from the program: go.bsky.app/SE8c2SQ #BookSky @canconsffh.bsky.social
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think she (using the pronoun advisedly b/c I was an egg back then) would be very impressed by most of it, somewhat disappointed by other parts, but also just... baffled. Like, by 20 y/o me's standards, my 38 y/o life is just so weird and outré.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To my own chagrin I think the highest body count 🔪 is Yasira Shien from THE OUTSIDE, who makes a snap decision early on in the series to let about a hundred people die so that a few hundred more can escape. Other characters are responsible for more death, but we don't actually watch them do it.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ninja had a queasy tummy this morning and demanded to go outside (with harness/leash, of course) to chew the grass, and I'm pretty busy today but I'm glad I went with her because that sunrise was GORGEOUS. Good instincts, kitty.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Renovating a hospital incorrectly
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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Finished reading Ada Hoffmann's "Ignore All Previous Instructions" amzn.to/4wl2MmK 📖💻🖊️🪐 This was a really good #SciFi story, but an even better story about interesting people dealing with shit they shouldn't have to. #ScienceFiction @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social #BookSky
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hey folks If you liked the queer coming-of-age in IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS But you also like atmospheric fantasy with trippy magic rituals watch this space I might have some news for you soon 👀
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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Writers... The industry can be *challenging*. Do the best you can. Find joy where you can. Celebrate everything you can. If you're putting down words, doing edits, critiques, sending submissions or queries, & more? Quick reminder: -rejection- DOES NOT MEAN you are a bad writer!!! Keep. Going. ❤️‍🔥
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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Started reading Ada Hoffmann's "Ignore All Previous Instructions" amzn.to/4wl2MmK 📖💻🖊️🪐 Okay, so it's a #queer character study crossed with a #SciFi crime story. Got it. Totally on board. #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social @tachyonpub.bsky.social #BookSky
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 06/09/2026
i also ABSOLUTELY LOVED "Ignore All Previous Instructions" by @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social. which is a wildfire of a ride through transness and a takedown of GenAI that i needed right now. if you want this too? i highly recommend!
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Ignore All Previous Instructions
A script supervisor for an AI media conglomerate is caught between her intense need for an orderly life and her deeper, darker queer desires. From the creator of the Outside trilogy, a heartfelt inter...
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It's apparently Bisexual Visibility Month so I will cheerfully mention here that, although I often write lesbians, I am actually very bi (& that, as a bi genderfluid person with transmasc tendencies, I wish more discourse acknowledged bi trans people exist...)
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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@sfwa.bsky.social Emerging Technology's tool comparison matrix, which I've been working on for months, is finally up in beta! See how your favorite word processors, browsers, and search engines compare to alternatives on intrusive AI and user data collection: sfwa.org/emerging-tech/
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Emerging Tech Committee - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Emerging Tech Resources On Saturday, September 24 at 1pm Pacific Time, we are honored to present “Humanizing Assignments” to SFWA […]
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What gif pops up when you type in your name?
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Zara Cute: Sepertinya Ada Kejutan!
Alt: A young girl moves a rainbow unicorn toy out of the frame and picks up a pink bowl. The caption says "Ada surprise!" A faint logo in the corner says "Zara Cute" which I assume is the name of a YouTube channel or something
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: After having found a sense of purpose on a spiritual pilgrimage, a young man reaches out to his estranged, disabled father.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
for no particular reason whereidlive.com/s/4vdpktxw
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Canada: where I've been
Fill in your own version and see where the two of you disagree.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
whoops it's me again
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
And then I wandered away and forgot about this for a while, but if you want to listen to the recorded event yourself, it's here: findingavoiceoncfrcfm.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/a...
findingavoiceoncfrcfm.wordpress.com
August 7, 2026, 4-5pm – first hour of a two hour show featuring, from an April 15th lit event in Goodwin Hall on Queen’s campus, you’ll hear author Ada Hoffmann pre-launching their latest work, a nove...
Visit the post for more.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Dear my computer: No, I do not want an AI summary of A RECIPE.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
not me, working on my WIP about a messy trans trauma survivor, stoically not looking at the discourse
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Gillian (Jill) @youdontknowjill.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I found this recently at my local library and it is so so excellent. In a lot of (mostly unfortunate) ways, it's extremely timely as a story about censorship of queerness and tech capitalists ruining society. It also has fantastic neurodivergent characters. A+, highly recommend.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Maybe the best self-help advice from TikTok yet: Be like a data center. Consume large amounts of books and water and become a problem for your local government.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I know I recced something in my rec post two months ago that argued the exact opposite of this, but now I've read this version and I can't stop thinking about it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/narrow...
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The Narrowing Door:- Neurodiversity, Capitalism, and the Invention of the Abnormal Mind
An essay on autism, ADHD and the political economy of diagnosis by a Mum who is just trying to figure out what is happening. I.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I've heard the saying that academic politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small, but I'm not sure it holds water. What is the higher stakes, lower drama thing you are comparing it to? Federal politics? LOL.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today I worked on a scene that I wrote the first version of over a year ago, and the old version was fine! But the emotions coming up as I rewrite it are *different* this time and this is just endlessly fascinating to me. You are never the same writer twice. Wouldn't it be boring if you were?
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I am on team "didn't actually watch Nolan's Odyssey movie, but eating up the Odyssey discourse with a spoon because a lot of the deep dives into what does/doesn't make a good adaptation are actually really interesting"
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I have been working on a page one rewrite of a WIP, and five years ago I could not imagine saying this, but I have started to love big revisions. It's almost like writing sequels, which I also unfortunately love. You get to go back to the world & characters and do a whole different set of things!
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
“I better not write this thing I love, or else jerks might interpret it the worst way possible—” Fun fact: if you ever hear this voice, you are legally allowed to beat it to death with mental hammers.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tomorrow the recording of my April pre-launch reading from IGNORE - in which two eight-year-olds learn to jailbreak a LLM-powered robot, and mayhem ensues - will be broadcast on CFRC! And if you're not local and able to tune in, it will be on their website too: findingavoiceoncfrcfm.wordpress.com
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finding a voice on cfrc 101.9fm
This is a showcase of a weekly series of spoken word shows, 'finding a voice', aired on CFRC 101.9fm, Kingston, ON - Show's host/blog space manager, Bruce Kauffman at bruce.kauffman@…
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The Artist Formerly Known as 386dx4 @386dx4.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I just finished reading this book. I can't praise it highly enough. It is worth your time, it is worth your energy, it is worth your attention, it is worth a visit to your local library or your purchase. It may even have helped inform me as an ally in some subtle ways. 100% great stuff.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Some days the author inbox is a wasteland of AI-generated "Let me rephrase the back cover blurb of your book and offer to market it in some absurd way!" scam emails, but some days there is still that rare, precious gem of a heartfelt letter from an actual human and let me tell you. That matters.
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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 01/08/2026
Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.
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Finn McLellan @saranadosfiction.com · 29/07/2026
Sure is interesting how the moment a lot of women/girls/AFAB folks start being diagnosed with something, suddenly we get an upswing in 'it's overdiagnosed'/'it's not real'/'it's just a fad'.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 27/07/2026
Writers are people who have imposter syndrome and main character syndrome at the same time
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Summer is a sort of weird time in my profession. On the one hand, you have all this free time, and it's sunny and often nice out, when things aren't on fire. On the other hand, the structure and the reward systems and the colleagues that you depend on during the rest of the year are just... gone.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 25/07/2026
Admin assistant Natasha Weaving, 23, has acquired a reputation for saying whatever is on her mind at any given time – but this is reportedly due to people around her having no idea how fucked up it actually is in there.
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“Unfiltered” autistic woman actually thinking many atrocious things she’s not saying
An autistic woman described by colleagues as “totally unfiltered” actually, alarmingly does have a filter that’s catching a high proportion of her horrifying thoughts, it has been rumoured.  Admin…
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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.co.uk · 16/07/2026
It's #DisabilityPride Month, so here's some writing tips from me, a full-time professional author who is disabled and lives with multiple chronic illnesses. I deal with chronic pain and fatigue, executive dysfunction, brain fog, and mobility issues. I have been a professional author sinve 2021.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Kelli works for a media company, and Rowan's entire job is smuggling queer media to people who clandestinely need it, so... actually they would both be good at this? But they would both go about it in two very different ways, and probably jealously compete to see whose approach was working better.
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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I wanted my book about censorship to be science fiction, but
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I, a human, wrote and drew this cartoon with my human body and sent it to human art printers who printed it with their human hands and you a human (?) can now buy a ltd edition print of it in my shop! Link in bio
[Scene is a kitchen, a person is boiling some peas on the hob]

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PERSON 1:
Oh dear! 

PERSON 2:
What is it babe?

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PERSON 1:
I am so overwhelmed with cooking these peas...

PERSON 2:
You mean you’re not using AI peas?

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PERSON 1:
AI peas?

PERSON 2:
They’re peas with AI!

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PERSON 2:
AI powered peas harness the potential of your peas

PERSON 1:
What

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PERSON 2 [Now in voice-over as hi tech meaningless graphics play]:

Taking your peas to the next level with new AI features powering your peas

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PERSON 2 [V/O over increasingly ridiculous graphics]:
Each pea has AI in a way we haven’t quite worked out yet but it’s fine

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PERSON 2:
Putting  AI to work for your peas and connecting every corner of your peas
 
PERSON 1:
Peas don’t have corners 

PERSON 2:
It does not matter!

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PERSON 2:
Our game-changing PEA-AI gives you the freedom to get the peas done 

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PERSON 2:
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas

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PERSON 2:
to spending millions on adding AI to the peas and then having to work out what that means

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PERSON 1:
Is it necessary to - 

PERSON 2 [grabbing her buy the cardigan]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET

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[Advert ending image showing the product, a bag of peas, with its slogan]

PEA-I AI PEAS WITH AI

Just ‘peas’ for God’s sake buy the AI peas


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Ada Hoffmann @ada-hoffmann.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
5 living authors I've read 5 books by (but without the 5 year limit because I am not quite *that* good): Lois McMaster Bujold, Catherynne M. Valente, RB Lemberg, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Martha Wells.
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 09/07/2026
An autistic woman truly believes she’ll make it to the pub on a Friday night, despite that being an objectively hilarious notion, sources have explained. Read this and other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheDailyTism...
An exhausted woman is asleep on a pile of paper on her desk in an office
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