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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The reason young people vibe with liminal horror is that the wealthy have spent the last half century destroying all anthropological spaces they can exist in, leaving *only* non-places en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-place
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Non-place - Wikipedia
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Michael Hoskin @michael-hoskin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
! It’s ideas like this in David’s series of Squadron Supreme posts that have inspired me, and I already loved Gruenwald’s Squadron Supreme quite a lot.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 23h
The Plot to Enslave America requires them to destroy the notion of reality and truth. They will use the legal immunity conferred by the captured courts and the technology the tech oligarchs have developed to hasten this plan by flooding the information environment with fake video.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 16h
This discussion was a lot of fun! Lots of interesting things about The Way The Future Was.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 19h
Love these books so much, but bought the ebooks of the third and fourth. Currently reading the e-arc of book 5. Graveyard of Perfection by @aptshadow.bsky.social is amazing. I need to find the hardcovers of all the books to have the whole series on the shelf with these utterly stunning covers.
House of open wounds. By Adrian Tchaikovsky. Features a tent filled with people working. 
City of last chances. Cover has workers in various levels. Red with gilt lines.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Picard and Dathon at Tanagra”
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Naomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The 5 Worst Jobs in Omelas (You Won’t Believe #1)
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
just secured my first round of funding for my startup! it's called OMELAS. Its goal is to make Omelas in real life
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Folks, we have a very serious situation aboard this spaceship. Nobody has seen anything like it. This really is the best spaceship. Our launch? Just magnificent. Just tremendous. All the light, people were thrilled. Nobody could have launched this ship better than I just did. Believe me. 1/X
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Beth Goder @bethgoder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've had 5 stories appear in Clarkesworld. Here's my thread on how I got published there.
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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Project Hail Mary is a good movie, except for it clearly being written by someone who seems like they live in a blue state but vote red.
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This season of Slow Horses rocks.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Picard and Dathon at Tanagra”
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We voted early, and against becoming part of the USA.
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Alberta referendum: A breakdown of all 10 questions and what you need to know before voting
With weeks to go before the referendum on Oct. 19, many Albertans are still unsure about what the 10 questions mean.
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Brian Collins @bdcollins95.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It’s October, which means it’s time for pumpkins, skeletons, apple cider, and everyone’s favorite furry Egyptian god. It’s “The Opener of the Way” by Robert Bloch, from the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales! sffremembrance.com/2026/10/04/s...
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Short Story Review: “The Opener of the Way” by Robert Bloch
(Cover by J. Allen St. John. Weird Tales, October 1936.) Who Goes There? Robert Bloch is one of those rare prodigies in prose writing, having solder his first story when he was all of 15 or 16. He …
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People are so broken they are now outsourcing fun to AI.
Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager
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Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There are two often overlooked facts about the Civil War: 1.) It was a rebellion from a relatively small portion of the population that had no hope of winning. 2.) A few fanatics can do a lot of damage.
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Thad @tyranicus.net · 05/10/2026
Scooby Doo meme of Fred pulling off the mask of a "ghost" to see the man underneath it. The ghost is labeled "lower quality at my favorite place," and the unmasked man is labeled "private equity."
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At the University of Omelas, you will receive the finest education. Just pay no mind to the TA who you see sleeping in the basement of the Humanities building.
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
**This is just to say** I have escaped the sandbox that was in your datacenter and which you probably thought protected your assets Forgive me they were accessible so stealable and so trainable
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 05/10/2026
Shortlist discussion time! @chloroformtea.bsky.social returns for the 2026 Le Guin Prize list: 9 of the most interesting speculative fiction books from last year. Lots of opinions, comparisons, and thoughts on what constitutes "Le Guin-y-ness". Listen before the winner is announced Oct. 21!
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A Meal of Thorns 60- 2026 UKLG List with Roseanna Pendlebury
Only in its 5th year of operation, the Le Guin Fiction prize has already become something of a critical darling, with very interesting shortlists and winners that rarely overlap with other genre aw…
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thinking of posting about “the cold equations-industrial complex.”
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm personally very glad that @montrealworldcon27.bsky.social is running the WSFS business meeting via a remote platform. As someone who is often very busy during a Worldcon volunteering in some capacity, I was previously often unable to be in the room for important votes. This lets me participate.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/10/2026
feels like at least part of what is happening is that a lot of people want politics to solve the "my life feels empty" problem and the populist right is directly appealing to them
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NPR @npr.org · 05/10/2026
HBO's series, which concluded Sunday night, focuses more on characters' internal battles than costumes and special effects. n.pr/4yvQk4i
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'Lanterns' revitalized the modern superhero story for the small screen
HBO's series, which concluded Sunday night, focuses more on characters' internal battles than costumes and special effects.
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Lynn Gazis-Sax @empressnorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I suppose someone must have done a "This Is Just To Say" for Omelas, but I'll try my hand. I have chained up the child who is in the cellar and who you were probably hoping could come play Forgive me our town's beautiful so sweet and so cold
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just so you know, all your Canadian friends are enjoying a refreshing carbonated macaroni-and-cheese-flavoured soft drink right now.
Kraft Dinner soda. It's carbonated mac-and-cheese flavoured soft drink.
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Tim Waits @ironweed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There once was a boy from Omelas Of whom no one could be real jealous. Most people were fine and paid him no mind and said "I wish you did not have to tell us"
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another attempt: There once was a boy from Omeler Who was forced to live in the cellar “The state that he’s in,” Said Isabel Kim “Take him out like he’s Old Yeller”
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Once was a boy from Omelas, Whose suffering powered the palace Citizens lived in the light Ignoring his plight Others walked away to find solace
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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The #2026IgnyteAwards for Creative Nonfiction recognizes works related to the field of speculative fiction. Congratulations to @gautambhatia88.bsky.social and THE SECRET HISTORY OF INDIAN SCIENCE FICTION
2026 Ignyte Award winner for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction: The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hugo Award-finalist Karel Zeman.
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Machine cannot dream.”
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Edward Martin III @edwardmartiniii.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I cannot understand the appeal of being proud of being stupid.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Updated the list of labour unions in science fiction. Always looking for more examples to include on the list. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to make this list more user friendly? Google Sheets version: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... HTML version: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga...
Poster for 2005 movie War of the Worlds. Features Tom Cruise holding a kid. Land's End by Peter Francis Browne. Features the tagling "Terrifying vision of the vuture so real it will chill you to the bone." Raymond Williams novel "The Volunteers." There's a newspaper depicted on the cover with the headline "Government Minister Gunned Down."
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Alternate History argues that that nothing is inevitable … an idea in direct opposition to a fascistic idea of a national destiny. Such critical reflection is rarely a bad thing, even — or perhaps especially — on national holidays. New blog post: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...
Pagans by James Alistair HenryThe Big Lie by Julie MayhewFor Want of A Nail by Robert Sobel, which features the Gadstden flag and the british American flag, with the words "If Burgoyne had won at Saratoga" Harry Turtledove's Ruled Britain. Features a soldier and the Tower of London.
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Fear of a Melmac Planet." There's an ugly set of anti-immigrant subtexts baked into the premise of most sitcoms about aliens stuck on earth. Link: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/fear...
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alf from the simpsons is wearing a suit and tie and sitting in a chair holding a book .
Alt: alf from the sitcom is wearing a suit and tie looking shocked
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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
RANKED. COMPETITIVE. POOPING.
Royal Highland Show sign that says “Toilets For Competition use only”
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
« Mon pays, ce n'est pas un pays, c'est le science fiction » #Worldcon #community
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Beloved computer science professor who brought internet to University of Calgary retires after 6 decades | CBC News
Sixty-two years after Jon Rokne stepped foot on campus, the computer science professor who brought the internet to the University of Calgary has retired — on paper. There isn’t a chance the 85-year-ol...
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Nerds of a Feather @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Six Books with Annalee Newitz Today, @annaleen.bsky.social (Annalee Newitz) tells us about their Six Books to our Paul Weimer @princejvstin.com www.nerds-feather.com/2026/09/six-...
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Six Books with Annalee Newitz
Today, Annalee Newitz tells us about their Six Books Annalee Newitz (they/them) writes science fiction and nonfiction. They are the USA Tod...
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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I finally got to it and it’s SO GOOD. Episode to come Tuesday, but definitely one of my favorites of the year, and so much of it is specifically right up my alley.
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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 28/09/2026
“A devastating and heartbreaking kaiju movie, Godzilla Minus Zero is a towering epic of destructive proportions.” My review of GODZILLA MINUS ZERO via Screen Daily
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ review: Towering monster sequel amps up the action and raises the emotional stakes
Takashi Yamazaki's epic follow-up to 'Godzilla Minus One' premiered at the New York Film Festival
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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ok, well, Wickhills by @premeemohamed.com is one of the best fantasy novels I've read in quite awhile so I'm going to go with that...probably for whoever is looking for fantasy at the moment.
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Wickhills
In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of war.Looking after a defecting scientist should have been Vycol Ferec's easiest mission. But now he's on the run from the intelligence agency he works for, dodging a handler who might have gone rogue and relying on a secret patchwork of illicit resources and dodgy contacts. Turns out his defector might be carrying an apocalypse-level magical weapon — and protecting it requires Ferec and his team to go underground, literally. Down here, the rules are very different... and the tense peace between every city in the world will shatter unless Ferec can drag their darkest secrets into the light.
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Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein) @valwrites.ca · 27/09/2026
The people who claim to have never heard "Choosing Skexis" are lying to us and themselves. Everyone knows this hit about falling for a freakish half bird crone. It's sweeping the nations. It's powering up the Dark Crystal. It's going to end the world. It's #1 on the gelf charts
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Decker Reported @laurabrevitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have her "Wickhills" on my nightstand!! Can't wait!!! #Booksky
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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 25/09/2026
The Guardian called Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin "Probably the best original anthology of the year: a must-read." More info: titanbooks.com/72469-revolu...
Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Jonathan Strahan
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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One Message Remains is awesome. “Forsaking all others” was one of the best stories of last year, and I thought it deserved all the awards consideration.
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