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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Re. Doctor Who bid rumours, can anyone confirm or refute my *very* vague recollection that Jed Mercurio was previously quite sniffy about DW, probably around the time of Invasion: Earth? Brief Googling only found this, which go into any detail: underthreehundred.blogspot.com/2025/07/publ...

Screengrab of a couple of paragraphs from the linked blog post, text reads:

1998

If any year could be considered Doctor Who’s annus horribilis it would have to be this one. Two years have passed since the broadcast of the Paul McGann TV movie, and its much-anticipated follow-up series has failed to materialise. Not because the TV movie wasn’t a success; if anything it proved that with sufficient promotion, a decent budget and a charismatic lead actor there was still a large appetite for new Doctor Who in the UK. But it also proved that there was an even stronger appetite for Roseanne in the USA, and that any attempt to re-launch the show as an American co-production would be doomed to flounder half-way across the Atlantic.

Doctor Who was, basically, a victim of its own success. The BBC – and Alan Yentob in particular – were keen to make more episodes of the programme, but only if they could be funded with American dollars, as making a show that could compete with the X-Files and the various Star Trek iterations was beyond the BBC’s means. During the 90’s, the BBC all-but gave up on science fiction – and whenever it did attempt a new science fiction or fantasy series, it got its fingers burned. Invasion: Earth was the BBC’s single attempt at science fiction during 1998, a co-production with American money and American stars which failed to find an audience on either side of the Atlantic despite the best efforts of writer Jed Mercurio. It’s telling that when Invasion: Earth was being promoted in the Radio Times, its makers were keen to stress that it wouldn’t be like Doctor Who (as though trying to avoid being like a show which had achieved ratings of over nine million viewers two years previously was a recipe for success). But that’s how Doctor Who was regarded; as a short-hand for cheap, old-fashioned, childish and wobbly-setted science fiction. It was a relic of the past that could only be appreciated ironically as a piece of kitsch nostalgia.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

(via Amazon email) Nancy Kress' Steal Across the Sky - £1.59 (£1.99 at Kobo) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... I don't know anything about this one, but it was a Locus and Campbell Memorial finalist, and appeared on the Hugo Best Novel longlist #UKSFFBookBargains

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Liz Williams' The Ghost Sister is £1.99 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GX1MQ6GF www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... This was a PKD and Locus finalist back in the day. (The blurb on Amazon says it was also a BSFA finalist, but that doesn't seem correct.)

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The Ghost Sister

The Ghost Sister eBook : Williams, Liz: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Kindle daily deal - Ice by Jacek Dukaj is £1.19 (seemingly not reduced on Kobo, which shows £5.99) www.amazon.co.uk/Ice-Jacek-Du... At around 1200 pages and half-a-million words, this one will probably keep you busy for a while... #UKSFFBookBargains

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Ice

Ice eBook : Dukaj, Jacek, Phillips, Dr Ursula: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So Twitter has a fake trending item based on a fake news item on a fake site (dailyexpress.uk.com, the "real" site is .co.uk) for about two hours now...

Fake news story/trending item on Twitter, deliberately not doing proper alt text so as not to give it any more credence

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@nwhyte.bsky.social Might be someone you know, or have crossed paths with? "Graham Andrews is a professional freelance writer with over 30 years’ experience; living in Belgium since 1982 and originally from Belfast Northern Ireland" grahamandrews.wordpress.com

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Graham Andrews - Professional Freelance Writer

This is the official website for European based freelance writer: Graham Andrews.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Possibly of interest to UK SF fans on BBC4 tonight? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Screengrab of linked BBC web page, about a Mastermind episode from 1977 being reshown on BBC4 tonight at 9pm, with blurb stating "Magnus Magnusson hosts from Reading University. Specialist subjects include PG Wodehouse, Vincent van Gogh, science fiction and John Buchan."

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New variant of the overused "Perfect for fans of..." book marketing cliche spotted... (Source: www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Si... )

Screengrab of the linked UK publisher page for Daniel Kraus' The Sixth Nik. Relevant part of the text reads:

'Perfectly aligned for readers of Iain M. Banks’s The Culture series and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”...'

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Ad-hoc survey at a multimedia fan convention of Hong Kong/Chinese fans favourite Doctor Who - quite different from the results you'd see in the west, I think? Source: xhslink.com/o/LaWviGjbAM (No idea why Rowan Atkinson - as Mr Bean? - is there...)

Photo from the linked RedNote/Xiaohongshu post showing an ad-hoc survey of people's favourite Doctor. Tennant #1 and Matt Smith look to be top, Capaldi not far behind, then the rest of the nuWho era Doctors. Only Tom Baker (2 votes) and Hartnell, Pertwee and McGann (1 each) got votes for the classic era.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Something I'd not have ever expected to see: Chinese Doctor Who-themed itasha ("art cars"). Sources: xhslink.com/o/2Zf4KJjG3Vf xhslink.com/o/4NfqbXQVhd5

Two Doctor Who-themed itasha/art cars, seen (I think) at a recent event in Shanghai

Different angle of the same two Doctor Who-themed itasha/art cars, seen (I think) at a recent event in Shanghai

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"France's"??? From a literary org??? (Or is this some in-joke that went over my head?) Source: www.facebook.com/britishfanta...

An image from the linked Facebook post by the British Fantasy Society touting "France's (sic) White"

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hmmm, looking at Profile Books' Wikipedia page, I'm not seeing much SFFnal, and ISFDB only records 32 publications over a decade-and-a-half, nothing since 2018. www.thebookseller.com/news/profile... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profile... www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/publ...

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Profile Books acquires SFF and horror imprint Solaris from Rebellion

Profile Books has acquired SFF and horror imprint Solaris from Rebellion Publishing for an undisclosed sum, taking over all turnover and e-book distribution from 1st July 2026. Physical books will rem...

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Kobo-only #UKSFFBookBargains The first four volumes of Solvej Balle's On the Calculation of Volume are 99p each. www.kobo.com/gb/en/series... (They are all showing as £8.49 each on Amazon for me; I haven't checked other sites such as Google Play Books.)

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Search results for "On the Calculation of Volume" at Rakuten Kobo. Read free previews and reviews from booklovers. Shop eBooks and audiobooks at Rakuten Kobo.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

So I just thought I'd check to see if a shortlist for the Aldiss Award had been published. It hasn't, but my eyebrow is raised by the fact that the long list seems to have had over a dozen titles - all from Penguin or Penguin imprints *I think* - added since the original March 2026 announcement.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Has Burnham given - or been asked to give - an opinion on all the social media/VPN ban stupidity that Starmer/Kendall/et al have been trotting out the past couple of days?

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

@hugobookclub.bsky.social Is this one maybe relevant to your list? I see you have Steele's Orbital Decay, but not this. I don't know anything more about it than what is in this blurb. www.amazon.co.uk/Lunar-Descen... (Currently 99p in the UK #UKSFFBookBargains )

Screengrab of Amazon UK listing for Allen Steel's Lunar Descent.

Blurb reads:

The former head of a lunar mining operation returns to the moon and is immediately sucked into a dangerous morass of labor troubles, lies, larceny, and corporate wrongdoing in this wildly entertaining science fiction thrill ride
There is big trouble on the moon. The blue-collar working stiffs of Descartes Station, who mine the surface for minerals and the North Pole for water, have become increasingly dissatisfied with Skycorp's general disregard for its employees' well-being. Following the most recent spate of layoffs, the labor strike grumblings have only grown louder, so the company is sending former base administrator and recovering alcoholic Lester Riddell back into the fold in an attempt to boost morale and output alike.

The truth, however, becomes shockingly apparent to Riddell almost immediately upon his return. Not only has he been unceremoniously dumped into a muddled mess of larceny, piracy, and corporate malfeasance, it appears that Skycorp is purposely setting him up to fail—which could spell finis for Descartes Station and every trash-talking, pot-smoking, porn-loving Vacuum Sucker and Moondog who toils there. But as the Skycorp suits are about to discover, they've just made the biggest mistake of their corporate lives—because Lester Riddell is nobody's fall guy.

Three-time Hugo Award winner Allen Steele has seen the near future, and it isn't pretty—it's noisy, dirty, dangerous, and chaotic. Thrilling, wildly inventive, delightfully profane, and totally outrageous, Lunar Descent is one hell of rocket ride, with a master of science fiction at the helm.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm curious why the London library ebook system has bought 88 copies of a fairly obscure (165 ratings/37 reviews on Goodreads) non-fiction work. For context, most stuff only has 1 copy in the system, and for some Sarah J. Maas titles - about as popular as things get? - they only have 6-15 copies.

Screengrab of https://tlc.overdrive.com/tlc-enfield/content/media/12658145?cid=31031 , the Overdrive London Library Consortium page for the ebook of Yi-Ling Liu's The Wall Dancers, showing they have 88 copies

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

(via BookBub) The Iron Garden Sutra by A. D. Sui is £1.48 - BookBub says £1.99, but it shows cheaper for me. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FBJ2Y718 This is a 2026 release which IIRC has reviewed well. AFAIK this hasn't had a proper UK release (yet?) so this deal may well apply globally?

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The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel Book 1)

The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel Book 1) eBook : Sui, A.D.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Just seen an upcoming trade paperback from a UK Big 5 imprint listed for £18.99 - not that long ago that would have been hardback territory. Perhaps reflecting current world issues, when I scraped data for it a month ago, it was listed at "only" £16.99... [contd]

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Chinese Duolingo course seems to have been broken - worked fine for me this morning (UK time), but I've just tried to start the app, and it seems to have reset my account? Seems I'm not the only one: www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/c... Maybe I should take this as a hint to use a better language app...

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Explore this post and more from the duolingo community

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

5 paperbacks for £5 in total from Forbidden Planet: forbiddenplanet.com/catalog/?off... (Dunno what the postage cost might be on top of that.) Via HotUKDeals: www.hotukdeals.com/deals/5-for-... #UKSFFBookBargains

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Products @ ForbiddenPlanet.com - UK and Worldwide Cult Entertainment Megastore

Products @ ForbiddenPlanet.com - Your Cult Entertainment Megastore

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Another new book title that I suspect comes across differently to UK readers than USians... (Explainer: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... ) (No disrespect to Nigels intended - I have one as a cousin, and one of my best friends at infant/junior school was a Nigel.)

Cover of novel "Nigel" by Lilith Saintcrow, showing a hunky topless bloke, presumably the title character.

Source: ISFDB

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Some real bargains here... 😳 historical.ha.com/c/search/res... via www.reddit.com/r/printSF/co...

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Interesting "What's the point of hardbacks?" piece linked herein. I always assumed part of their continued existence was because libraries prefer them because they are - in theory? - more robust than paperbacks, but this piece doesn't mention libraries at all, so I dunno?

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

One of these things is not like the others... (Given that I'm not in the US, and have no especial interest in US politics, I don't *think* this is like the Twitter trends where there's some element of personalization.)

Screengrab of the Bluesky Trending widget, showing "Hugo Finalists" at #4, alongside four US politics topics

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Heads up for fellow UKers who are too too stingy to fork out for Sky/HBO - Freeview channel Sky Mix are showing all 5 episodes of the drama Chernobyl each night this week at 9pm. www.skygroup.sky/en-gb/articl... (Annoyingly the first ep clashes with an interesting-looking Channel 4 doc about Suez)

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Multi-BAFTA-winning Chernobyl makes its free-to-air debut, marking 40 years since the disaster

To mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Sky will bring its multi-BAFTA-winning Sky Original drama Chernobyl to free-to-air TV for the first time, airing nightly on Sk...

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

This came as a surprise, to say the least. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1035444224/

Screengrab of the linked Amazon UK page, showing a forthcoming edition of Octavia E. Butler's Survivor, which has been out of print in English for decades.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Ian McDonald's collection Empire Dreams is 99p www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Dream... (Curiously blatant ripoff of a Star Wars X-Wing fighter on the cover...) #UKSFFBookBargains

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Wonder if there was any contemporary fandom/fanzine discourse about this list (that has survived)? www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/awar... Three anthologies & an omnibus seems cheating slightly, but the lack of Stapledon, 1984, Brave New World or Frankenstein seems weird? Did US fans not consider them SF?

Screengrab of the linked ISFDB page, showing the top 10 in an "All-Time Best Book" poll run by Analog magazine in 1952.
The top ten are:
1 Adventures in Time and Space Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas
2 Slan A. E. van Vogt
3 Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells (variant of Seven Famous Novels) H. G. Wells
4 The Man Who Sold the Moon Robert A. Heinlein
5 Who Goes There? John W. Campbell, Jr.
6 The Best of Science Fiction Groff Conklin
7 The Martian Chronicles Ray Bradbury
8 The Green Hills of Earth Robert A. Heinlein
9 Science Fiction Omnibus Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
10 The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I won't claim to be an expert on the book publishing industry, but this opening statement of a Goodreads review strikes me as v. unlikely? (I know selfpub stuff can have a quick turnaround, but this is a novella that had a ltd hardback edition & was from a publisher that uses a Big 5 distributor.)

Opening text from a Goodreads review that I am choosing not to link to (although I might if someone asks). Text reads:

All you need to understand is that this was published March 2021, which means it was written end of 2020. Yes, that 2020. You know, the one we began with baking bread together, creating song reels, and planting gardens, and ended up fighting about absolutely everything? By the time the book ends, you too will understand.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This one showed up as an Amazon recommendation; must confess it had completely passed me by, but it did get a write-up in The Guardian's monthly SFFH roundup a year ago. www.amazon.co.uk/Line-Have-Tr... www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... (99p, doesn't seem to be a daily deal) #UKSFFBookBargains

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Line You Have Traced

Line You Have Traced eBook : Dunnett, Roisin: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Some stunningly original and imaginative titling being shown by the UK publishing industry this week. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/meg-s...

Screengrab of the linked publisher page for Meg Shaffer's The Book Witch, published today, a day after The Bookseller announced an identically titled book from a different UK publisher

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

After (IMHO) a few very lean years, the SF Masterworks series is putting out some more interesting works this year. www.waterstones.com/book/paprika... Can't wait to read XXXXX's intro too ;-)

Cover of the SF Masterworks edition of Yasutaka Tsutsui's Paprika, taken from linked page.

Part of the blurb for the SF Masterworks edition of Yasutaka Tsutsui's Paprika, taken from linked page. Text reads:

"With a new, authorised English translation by Helen O'Horan, and an introduction by XXXXX (sic), Yasutaka Tsutsui's mind-bending masterpiece joins the SF Masterworks."

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A couple of ebooks on my Amazon wishlist went cheap (£1.99) yesterday: Sue Burke - Immunity Index www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GJRHHF2/ Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski - The Killing Star www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CVMY5L1B/ #UKSFFBookBargains (although both are US pubs, so might be cheap everywhere?)

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Immunity Index: A Novel

Immunity Index: A Novel eBook : Burke, Sue: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Prograft @prograft.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Following the promo post, Chinese covers for the first three Children of Time books are all revealed in the next day. src: weibo.com/6045346855/Q... There is also a Chinese cover reveal for Cage of Souls on the same day, the Sci-Fi Day - since the month and the day spell out 42 (in Chinese format)

Chinese ed. of Cage of Souls (灵魂囚笼), whose translation has been serialised on their monthly magazine before, with a similar cover design.

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Chinese Children of Time cover reveal - one of the few that actually features spiders, I think? - plus April Fool's social media promo posts. /cc @aptshadow.bsky.social (Sources: weibo.com/6045346855/5... , weibo.com/5989953755/5... , xhslink.com/o/6riumVal0Zd )

Cover of Chinese edition of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time

Source: linked Xerosoul Weibo post

Promo image from linked 8 Light Minutes Weibo and Xiaohongshu/Rednote posts. Google Image Translate claims the text is "Caveat! Indiscernible / small thermal line", but I'm pretty sure it hasn't got that right

Original Chinese text from the linked 8 Light Minutes Xiaohongshu/Rednote post

Machine translated text from the linked 8 Light Minutes Xiaohongshu/Rednote post

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Curious that there are at least 2 titles on this longlist that weren't in the originally published longlist: Firstborn of the Sun and Outlaw Planet. Both of those now do show up on the "official" list on the award's site. thealdissaward.com/the-2026-ald... [1/3]

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The 2026 Aldiss Award Long List - The Aldiss Award

We're absolutely thrilled to have such an excellent list of publications for consideration for The Aldiss Award for world-building in speculative fiction this year. Amongst the list, there are plenty ...

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's his film and music work that's getting mentioned in articles and posts, but worth pointing out that the late Philip Castle was also responsible for this iconic image of 1980s British computer games. (Source: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c... , which also lists some Andre Norton Witch World covers)

Cover art by Philip Castle the computer game Elite (specifically the accompanying The Dark Wheel novella by Robert Holdstock)

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Noticed an interesting (?) pattern in user activity on Goodreads for some of the higher-profile SFF novellas from last year: activity ramps up at the end of October, and then drops exactly at the end of the year. Granted, this is more noticeable on some books than others. [1/5]

Goodreads activity chart covering the past 6 months for But Not Too Bold, showing an increase in activity at the end of October, and a bigger drop at the end of December

Goodreads activity chart covering the past 6 months for Automatic Noodle, showing an increase in activity at the end of October, and a drop at the end of December

Goodreads activity chart covering the past 6 months for Murder by Memory, showing an increase in activity at the end of October, and a drop at the end of December

Goodreads activity chart covering the past 6 months for The River Has Roots, showing an increase in activity at the end of October, and a drop at the end of December

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Maybe a #UKSFFBookBargains ? Hardback edition of R. F. Kuang's Katabasis is £7.31 today only at Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Katabasis-SU... I don't pay enough attention to hardbacks to know if going this cheap is standard or not. (p/b is due in a couple of months, but will be dearer than this.)

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Katabasis: 2025’s INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES best-seller from the author of YELLOWFACE

Katabasis: 2025’s INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES best-seller from the author of YELLOWFACE : Kuang, R.F.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The UK publisher pages for the (apparent?) AI-written novel are still up, and include some blurbs from a few fairly high profile authors, including a multiple Hugo finalist. www.hachette.co.uk/titles/mia-b... Blackwell's and Waterstones still have it listed, but ebook sites have all pulled it.

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Shy Girl

**Includes a never-before-seen bonus chapter, and an additional spine-tingling short story titled HAROLD** Sometimes, the only way to heal is to rage ....

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

57th Seiun 星雲賞 (Japanese Nebula) Award finalists, just the translated categories, 'cos I'm too lazy/thick to do the domestic ones. www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2026r... (Apols for any errors I failed to spot and rectify in this Google Translated text)

Novel
"The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands" Written by Sarah Brooks, translated by Yasuko Kawano
"The Book of Elsewhere" Written by China Miéville and Keanu Reeves, translated by Rei Yasuno and Masayuki Uchida
"The Tusks of Extinction " Written by Ray Nayler, translated by Hiroshi Kaneko
"Eversion" Written by Alistair Reynolds, translated by Naoya Nakahara
"Some Desperate Glory" Written by Emily Tesh, translated by Hiroshi Kaneko
"Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution" Written by R.F. Kuang, translated by Yoshimichi Furusawa
"The Paradox Hotel" Written by Rob Hart, translated by Ken Mogi.
"Shambling Towards Hiroshima" Written by James Morrow, translated by Masayuki Uchida

Short fiction
"Blowout" Written by Wole Talabi, translated by Masato Naruniwa
"Hémisphères" Author: Tristan Garcia, Translator: Kei Takahashi
"Two Truths and a Lie" Written by Sarah Pinsker, translated by Izumi Ichida
"After Zero " Written by Greg Egan, translated by Makoto Yamagishi
"Five Views of the Planet Tartarus" Written by Rachael K. Jones, translated by Chiori Sada
"The Terror of the Gaze" Written by Han Song, translated by Tachihara Touya

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Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I am very unconvinced by this award. If this is everything submitted, the administrators did not do a great job of soliciting submissions. If it is an actual longlist, it is all over the place. thealdissaward.com/the-2026-ald...

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The 2026 Aldiss Award Long List - The Aldiss Award

We’re absolutely thrilled to have such an excellent list of publications for consideration for The Aldiss Award for world-building in speculative fiction this year. Amongst the list, there are plenty ...

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Hugo/Locus/Le Guin award finalist novella* The Past is Red by Cat Valente is £1.99. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GZW6KF3/ (* - arguably it's a collection of two stories, the first being a previously published novelette you can read here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/valente_03_1... ) #UKSFFBookBargains

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The Past Is Red

The Past Is Red eBook : Valente, Catherynne M.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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ErsatzCulture @ersatzculture.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

TIL "nominatees" is a word, although it doesn't seem to differ in meaning from "nominees". en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nominatee

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nominatee - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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