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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first review is in and I am deeply honored: reactorhistorynews.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sugar Season 2 tenoften.substack.com/p/910-sugar-...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How to write Volume II differently to Volume I, so that it doesn't take 2 decades? Be clear on the "plot beats" over the three and a half decades.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I haven't read the entire Booker shortlist for two decades. But now might be the time. #5 is done and #1, #2, & #6 sit by the bed. And #3 plus #4, new to me, sound lovely.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sad to hear Joe Romm just died at an early age. No doubt you, like me, read all his climate crisis books when no one else was writing on the subject.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A dear friend died by his own hand. Unable to bear this fact, my mind drifts back to a northern beach: shade, sun, water, not a human in sight. Go well, all.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You love to work gazing upon rippling pond, pebbly beach, or sun-speckled window? Me, when I’m rammed up onto a bench seat, I find the passage of cars (quiet behind thick glass) to be a balm.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Good evening. No doubt your thoughts are unburdened by the messiness of my addled doodles. Well done!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Platform Decay by Martha Wells tenoften.substack.com/p/910-platfo...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NYT’s Michelle Goldberg re the new doco NAZA. Can’t wait for it to hit Australian screens.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I posted yesterday about the November 30 publication date and said "Coming in a month and a half." Over enthusiastic, that's what I am, two and a half months from my magical date.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

November 30 is the official big date. Get your copy of of VISIONS: VOLUME I, 1942–1957, the first volume of the trilogy REACTOR: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER. Check out this newsletter for the ebook and paperback options, with indicative pricing: reactorhistorynews.substack.com/p/november-3...

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November 30 publication

Preorder now!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Wonderful Washington Post interview of Marlon James (can’t wait for The Disappearers): “Björk made me think recklessness could be a good thing. And falling apart could be a good thing, and you know that the way forward is through—which never made sense to me—made sense to me after that.”

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Bear Season 5 tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A month ago, we did a wee little hike up and down, from Horseshoe Bay to Radical Bay. Not radical at all, just a pristine beach to swim at.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Procrastination is circling a big shift from book production and promotion to real writing. I step inward through the circles. Good morning to you all.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oozy, oozy mind, the icky, frungy schlibell of boolgy idea. Good morning indeed.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Onward fly the memories: at Ingham in northern Queensland, three evenings by this magical pond at Tyto Wetlands, eating simple dinners, spotting birds in the last of the light.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Who is my tribe? Puzzling today over social media: who to follow, who to champion, how to engage, what's the point of any of it?

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Library returns chute: a classic (grumpy, forced to read by book group), another book group so-so read, a must-read I've no time to tackle.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout open.substack.com/pub/tenoften...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Fewer than ninety days until publication and a daily occurrence is a spasm of intense fear. I hope you’re all free from such panic.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wallaman Falls, another memory. Apparently the highest, permanent, single-drop falls in Australia. Hope you have memories of the faraway...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I like to read Hugo Award winner but haven't done so for a few years. Alix E. Harrow's THE EVERLASTING won the big prize last Saturday and goes on my to-read list.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My unboxing video doesn’t make clear how awesomely huge this book is. See how thick it is, thicker than my chin’s outreach. And at 7’x10’ dimensions, its pages are 30% larger than a typical 6’x9’ paperback. Phew!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The hanging gardens of Babylon? As if…

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A daily social media campaign containing not a single action item? Get to work, Andres. And also … whoever you are, hope your day finds you energetic and happy.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sitting outside, Blue-Winged Kookaburra chortling nearby, mind planning the next five weeks, I didn’t relish returning to the southern winter. Good morning to you.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The first proof copy has arrived. Alongside emotions of regret (the strain on me and my family), relief (at last after all those years!), is this dominant feeling: hooray, I'm bringing something wonderful into the world.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

On Magnetic Island, I tarried at Island Spice cafe seven times. I worked soundly. Reverting to huddling in a Melbourne cafe at the tail end of winter doesn’t appeal. But home is home, right?

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Canada is going to have to teach America how to be a real country

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I didn’t expect to ever summon the gumption to swim in ocean waters again. Too old, I thought. A trek up and down to Radical Bay changed my mind. A glorious paddle in a pristine location.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A construction triumph of spiders. Enjoy your day!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Tyto Wetlands, at Ingham in the north of Queensland, are a birdwatchers paradise. We did two big morning sessions and one less productive late afternoon jaunt. I’ll be back!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I came to Magnetic Island to relax but brought along three reference books to process. It was marvellous to sink into the 70s and 80s. And I managed to get through all three of them, a minor triumph.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Dear You by Hongchun Lan tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Funny what you remember from long-ago songs. From Free’s “Soon I Will Be Gone”: Watch my hand/Writing this last letter/Watch my hand ..,. /Soon I will be gone.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Falls near Ingham, I forget which ones. A sweaty hike up, pleasant lingering once there. Hope you are all well.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Don't Call It Art by Austin Kleon tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Distracted today, anticipating a long overdue holiday up north, away from Melbourne’s cold. But I’ll knuckle down to my task list when I get home. Otherwise the jobs will follow me.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast by Lisa McGee tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Looks fascinating. I have been so slack these past two years with my sci-fi reading. Put this on the list…

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Cover reveal! The first volume of REACTOR: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF NUCLEAR POWER is called VISIONS: VOLUME I, 1942– 1957. Publication will be in November.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We “walk to dinner” once a week. This is just north of the inner city metropolis of Melbourne. Brilliant!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Okay, I’m about halfway through an exhilarating but hiking-through-mud slow task. Keep going!

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

My website NUCLEAR POWER HISTORY (nuclearpowerhistory.com), covering the upcoming book and the next two books in the history trilogy, is up and running. It's a work of art created by webmeister Caro Begin at www.gocreate.me

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Isn’t this marvelous (thanks, Bill McKibben) … solar panel installers eating ice cream from a solar-powered ice cream shop in Maine.

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Andres Kabel @andreskabel.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Apple by David Pogue tenoften.substack.com/publish/post...

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