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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 20h

I've been in touch with the director of the press, who says this was not intentional and a data entry error that is being corrected. Thanks Suzanna!

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 22h

If you worked with Wesleyan University Press on a book, check your Anthropic allocation. In the last few days they went through and assigned themselves 100% of the allocation.

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Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ME BEFORE LORD OF THE YEAR: where the hell is my arkenstone! ME AFTER LORD OF THE YEAR: well yes obviously John 10:16 is about faeries. Oh my god hold on my arkenstone is missing again

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh.

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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The first ep of Experts in a Dying Field, a culture and politics podcast with me, @zunguzungu.bsky.social & @lililoofbourow.bsky.social, is up. We talk 100 Years of Solitude's Netflix adaptation and why no one is talking about it until we perish of self-contradiction www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLyj...

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Netflix's One Hundred Years of Solitude | Ep. 1 Experts in a Dying Field

YouTube video by Experts InADyingField

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

oops the aliens who designed us forgot to lock off dev mode

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Most read article | Science Fiction Film and Television 'Toward a general theory of digital identities: Overlooking Serial Experiments Lain' ➡️ Read the article online: bit.ly/4xRoGP6 @gerrycanavan.bsky.social @baftss-sff-sig.bsky.social, @horrorlex.bsky.social @profsaabbott.bsky.social

Promotional banner for Liverpool University Press’s science fiction film and television series, featuring a green panel with a slogan about encouraging scholarly dialogue across science fiction, film and television studies, set over an abandoned industrial interior and a dark sidebar listing

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

one of those Star Trek episodes where you live an entire other life in the span of a few minutes but it's just the deeply bizarre dreams I have the night after I get a covid shot

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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Milwaukee! I'll be at Marquette on October 16 thanks to my esteemed colleague @gerrycanavan.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zETp...

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Whopper Sings About Milwaukee

YouTube video by Pillsbury Giggles

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Scott Selisker @sselisker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sent a quick note to a scholar whose work I admire shortly after seeing this, they replied warmly but briefly, our days were both a little better, 10/10 recommend.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

this week's Strange New Worlds gimmick was "what if we made a great episode?" and I'm strongly in favor

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh fun the latest AI book marketing scam is basically like “why are you such a bitch?”

Hi Maris,
I came across / Want to Burn This Place Down, and something about the way you examine power, exploitation, and the frustrations built into modern work caught my attention.
It made me curious:
What made you choose such a direct and confrontational voice rather than take a more measured approach to discussing these problems?
I ask because questions like this often lead to the most interesting conversations between authors and readers.
They open up the thinking behind a book, not just what It says.
I'm currently organizing live reader discussions centered on that kind of conversation, giving readers a chance to explore the ideas, choices, and experiences behind a book.
Would you be open to hearing how the discussion works?
Best,
RAJ
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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

LLMs constantly sending these cloying, fawning fan letters as part of a "book club" scam has really ruined what used to be a very nice part about being a writer.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CFP: Seeking Chapters for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

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Keifer @dannyvegito.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

[guy who can’t fully remember that Gramsci quote] it’s Monster Time

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

as things fell apart / nobody paid much attention

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

a center for teaching AND learning? in this economy??

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I've got my fall syllabi together for my every-other-year Lord of the Rings class and my only-once-a-decade Infinite Jest course! Check them out if you're interested, with more bespoke "don't use AI" statements than you can shake a stick at...

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Of course it ain't true, but I want to make the son-of-a-bitch deny it

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B. Pladek @bpladek.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

new one from me @lightspeedmagazine.com: a bird-and-people refuge/e camp in a water-wars future; children learning violence despite their parents’ best efforts; a ghost; a tragedy; maybe an epiphany. This one’s sad.

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I'm appealing this capitalist realism one guys but the people in charge REALLY don't want to consider any alternatives

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My sources say the death penalty, for crimes against humanity, is being considered for the people who made the Star Trek puppet episode. I am pro-life and take no pleasure in reporting this.

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

10/5: Le Guin Prize shortlist w/ @chloroformtea.bsky.social 10/19: Lee's REVENANT GUN w/ Alexandra Pierce of @speculativeinsight.bsky.social 11/2: Szilard's THE VOICE OF THE DOLPHIN w/ @gerrycanavan.bsky.social 11/16: Danielewski's HOUSE OF LEAVES w/ @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I went to read the Joanna Russ papers and I wrote about what I learned.

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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Nerds everywhere! Vincent's book on DBZ is out today!

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Pendant to @gerrycanavan.bsky.social's post on the episode: latestartrek.substack.com/p/snw-44-wel...

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SNW 4.4 We'll Always Have Tom Paris

There's something very familiar about all this...

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𝓐𝓾𝓫𝓻𝓮𝔂 @aub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

stricken suddenly with thoughts about the conditions

two guys on a bus meme

both saying

we live
in history

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

my face when the boys on Shelved by Genre (@ckunzelman.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social @austinwalker.bsky.social) want more cynical realpolitik in the main text of THE LORD OF THE RINGS

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

“The overall effect of the homage might be well be described, like the artistic technique of chiaoscuro from which it takes its name, as a strategy to bring the illusion of depth to a flat object.”

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

like Cassandra, I was born to know the future but powerless to prevent it

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Episode 540! Mike chats with @vincenthaddad.bsky.social, author of the new book "Next Time on Dragon Ball: Playing with a Manga and Anime Franchise" out now from University of Minnesota Press. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytn2...

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Kanzenshuu - The Podcast: Episode 540 -- Interview with Vincent Haddad ("Next Time on Dragon Ball")

YouTube video by Kanzenshuu

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 06/08/2026

at long last we have created the Uzumaki from the famous Junji Ito manga "don't create the Uzumaki"

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

turning a big dial taht says "Thanksgiving" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

my face when my entire feed is suddenly people taking Francesca Hong to the woodshed

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Gerry Canavan @gerrycanavan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Today is August 4, 2026," said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, “in the city of Allendale, California." users.wpi.edu/~zrbutzke/Do...

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