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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 30/09/2026

I’ve registered for #worldcon2027 in Montréal. This’ll be my first time attending. Early bird rates are valid until midnight September 30th. montreal2027.ca 🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #sciencefiction #hugoawards

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 11/09/2026

Five Camels for the Simplification is a near-future novelette that explores the roles of community and hope in helping us through the coming crises. www.lancerobinsonwriter.com/store#fiveca.... 📚🪐 🐪🐪🐪🐪🐪 #fivecamels #rangelands #sciencefiction #hopepunk

Cover art for Five Camels for Simplification by Lance Robinson.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 08/09/2026

Pre-orders for the paperback version of “Five Camels for the Simplification” are doing okay. Ingram/IngramSpark is my printer and distributor for the paperback. This is from their dashboard. Find where to buy your copy at books2read.com/fivecamels. 🐪🐪🐪🐪🐪 #fivecamels #sciencefiction #hopepunk

IngramSpark author dashboard showing "Five Camels for the Simplification" sitting at no. 1 in its category.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/09/2026

If you're wondering why authors are getting so rabid here: First Anthropic stole our books. Then we got denied compensation because of US unjust copyright law and publishers failing to meet their contractual obligations. Then publishers and agents apparently claimed author shares. Now this.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 30/08/2026

I love Banks' worldbuilding, especially the way he matter-of-factly imagines a universe in which humanity has got its collective shit together.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 23/08/2026

Stepping back from the politics of the moment to take a wide view can be frightening but healthy, if you can find an honest reason for hope. Here's a sober but hopeful take on the direction we're headed: www.theguardian.com/wellness/202.... #weaponizedhope

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Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it

Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 09/08/2026

“Truth is, there’s very little ambitious science fiction left; most of what little is still published is fungible military SF or space opera with no intellectual or emotional heft. The genre that was once rich with speculation and social comment has shrunk to a tiny puddle of escapism.” (Yup.)

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 09/08/2026

Now reading: Sawyer On Science Fiction. I'm not far in yet, but as I expected, so far there’s no shortage of incisive insights. ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #SawyerOnScienceFiction #sciencefiction @robertjsawyer.com 📚🪐

Book cover for Sawyer On Science Fiction, by Hugo & Nebula Winner Robert J. Sawyer

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 07/08/2026

Recently, I was a guest on the Kino Isaac podcast. We talked about climate change, hope, community, and my soon-to-be published novelette. open.spotify.com/episode/1ELX.... ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🪐 #speculativefiction #climatechange #fivecamels

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Climate Change, Community & the Power of Story: Nomad to Award Winning Author with Lance Robinson

The Kino Isaac Podcast (Live) · Episode

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 31/07/2026

Recently, my novelette “One Step Away”, which was originally published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, appeared in translation in Science Fiction World, the premiere SF magazine in China. Today my author copies arrived in my mailbox. ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸 #iwritesciencefiction

Science fiction writer Lance Robinson holding the May 2026 issue of Science Fiction World, the Chinese SF magazine in which his novelette "One Step Away" appears in translation.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 18/07/2026

I started writing a joke about Pandora, but I'm afraid of thinking outside the box...

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 11/06/2026

OMG, yes! I should just be detached, and focus on writing the next story. An answer from the magazine will come when it comes. Instead, I check the Grinder daily (sometimes twice a day), and update my expectations each time using dubious mathematical techniques.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 27/05/2026

Gotta feel bad for Percy Shelley. He didn't realize she was actually a fembot.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 23/05/2026

Had my first sale of the morning at Thunder Bay LitFest. 🛸🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀 #iwritespecfic #thunderbay #tbaylitfest

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 16/05/2026

Keycon 42 is underway in Winnipeg! I’m in authors’ alley. #keycon42 #sciencefiction #winnipeg

Lance Robinson award winning science fiction writer at Keycon 42

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 15/05/2026

Hey, Trevor Q. was busy today. I just sold a story to Analog today too! Congrats!

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 12/05/2026

CBC radio’s “Up North” did a little piece on my Thunder Bay coffee mission. I had a nice little chat with host @jonathanpinto.bsky.social . www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #upnorth #coffeelife #thunderbay #iwritesciencefiction @rnccoffee.bsky.social

Screenshot of the web page for the CBC Radio program Up North, with a link to an interview with science fiction writer Lance Robinson.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 06/05/2026

Winnipeg’s premiere #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy convention Keycon is happening soon, and I’ll be there. The marketplace is open to the public; convention passes not required. Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites, 1800 Wellington Ave. from May 15th to May 17th. @keycon.bsky.social #winnipeg #keycon42

Science fiction Lance Robinson with his short story collection Chasing New Suns. He will be at Keycon42 in Winnipeg.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 02/05/2026

Back in December, I embarked on a mission to do some writing in every coffee shop in Thunder Bay. Check my newsletter for reflections on the journey, and accolades for some of my favourite stops along the way. lancerobinsonwriter.substack.com/p/newsletter... ✏️🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀 #thunderbay #iwritesciencefiction

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Coffee Shop Quest—Newsletter issue no. 10

Lance Robinson, SF writer. May 2026. Back in December, I gave myself a goal of writing in every coffeehouse and coffee shop in Thunder Bay.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 20/04/2026

I’ve fallen behind on #Sci-fiMovies I want to watch, but I’m starting to catch up. This week I watched #Metropolis (1927, directed by Fritz Lang), and, Wow! Special effects have come a long way since Le Voyage dans La Lune. Next, I think I’ll watch H.G. Wells’ Things to Come. It’s a “talkie”! 🚀🛸🚀🛸🚀

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 18/04/2026

In the best SF, the world the author creates is not just “setting”; it becomes a character in the story and vehicle for exploring ideas. I recently finished Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, which does this brilliantly. 🪐📚 #sciencefiction #worldbuilding #childrenoftime

Book cover: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 25/03/2026

I found this Substack blog on the topic, from the perspective of someone educated in Africa, was very instructive: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-....

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I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 21/03/2026

This is my 2nd favorite Brunner novel after The Sheep Look Up. The description of what we now know as the Internet was truly prescient (even if his speculations didn't get everything right). If, for some reason, this isn't classified as cyberpunk, then it's certainly the grandfather of cyberpunk.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 06/03/2026

Award season is upon us. And CSFFA members, Aurora Award nominations are now open (in case you’re in a nominating mood). lancerobinsonwriter.com/stories/awar... ✏️🇨🇦🚀🛸 #auroraawards #bestnovelette #canadiansciencefiction

Science fiction novelettes by Lance Robinson in 2025.

Interconnections and Porous Boundaries, published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, May/June 2025.

One Step Away, published in Analog Science Fiction & Fact, November/December 2025.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 26/02/2026

The #PublicLendingRight program of the Canada Council for the Arts provides modest payments to creators to compensate them for their books in public libraries. I just received my very small, but very heartwarming payment for 2025. This feels like what a civilized country does. 🇨🇦 #BringTheArtsToLife

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Keycon @keycon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Announcements! 📣 Marketplace emails are out! If you applied, check your inbox; and your spam folder just in case. AND… exciting news! Authors’ Alley is coming to Keycon 42! 📚✨ Come meet amazing writers, discover new stories, and celebrate the literary side of Keycon. More announcements soon!

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 16/02/2026

Of those two choices, I prefer "Recommended Reading". But now suddenly I'm wondering about coming up with a unique phrase. "Other Noteworthy Stories"? (I'm not recommending that--just thinking out loud.) "Recommended Reading" feels like it lacks oomph.

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Arley Sorg @arleysorg.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Caine Prize submissions close soon! short fic betw 3K & 10K pub between 27 Feb 2021 & 27 Feb 2026 authored by an African Writer: "An ‘African writer’ is taken to mean someone who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality." www.caineprize.com

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The Caine Prize for African Writing

The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award. In addition to administering the Prize, we work t...

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 13/02/2026

The latest issue of Uncaged Book Reviews has a review of the urban fantasy Hex and City by @markleslie.bsky.social and Julie Strauss. It also includes my column, in which I muse about short stories, Ray Bradbury, and dumplings. online.fliphtml5.com/blsto/Uncage... 🪐📚 @uncagedbooks.bsky.social

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Uncaged Book Reviews February 2026

Feature Authors: Aviva Orr, Christine Donovan, Holly B. Gutwillinger and S.E. Tschritter<br><br>Guest Columns<br>Book Reviews

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Andy W. Taylor @sooguy68.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Canadian writers! Please do this. Help others discover your work. Stephen’s Best of Volumes are an amazing snapshot of not just the best short fiction out there but also a great summary of the previous year in publishing.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 04/02/2026

One of the basic truths of physics that struggles to find a comfortable home in my brain is that there is no such thing as cold…. I’ve been thinking about how the same thinking might apply to concepts like love and hate, justice and injustice. lancerobinsonwriter.substack.com/p/cold-doesn...

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"Cold doesn't exist." Really?—Newsletter issue no. 9

There’s no such thing as cold (but it’s still a good idea to light a fire). Lance Robinson, science fiction writer, newsletter - issue no. 9.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 20/01/2026

And I also love that the article also mentions Reboot.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 20/01/2026

Another example to complement the reference to Red Green.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 19/01/2026

Tchaikovsky does deep-time worldbuilding on the same level as Asimov, Herbert, and Brin.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 19/01/2026

The first four are worth reading. But if you enjoy Dune, then some of Herbert's non-Dune work are worth a read: The Whipping Star, The Dosadi Experiment, Destination Void, and The Jesus Incident.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 19/01/2026

A different take on #AI #CopyrightInfringement in this Walrus article. Instead of leaning further into "my artistic creation is my private property" and fighting giant corporations on their terms, should creators instead fight to re-establish art as a public good? thewalrus.ca/suing-ai-com...

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My Book Was Stolen by an AI Company. Why Does Suing Them Feel Wrong? | The Walrus

The courtroom isn’t where this fight belongs—each lawsuit legitimizes the very system artists oppose

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 17/01/2026

Lately I’ve been enjoying old sci-fi movies from the dawn of cinema. My favorite so far is the 1927 film Alfalfopolis, in which a coven of millennia-old beings who do not age and appear as children battle against wealthy industrialists who have taken control of the world. #fritzlang #scifimovies

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 14/01/2026

A few days before Christmas I embarked on a quest: do some writing in every coffee shop in #ThunderBay by 31 Mar. ’26. I didn’t realize how many coffee shops the city has! I am now thoroughly caffeinated and feeling creative. ☕✏️🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🛸 #iwritespecfic #coffeelife

Thunder Bay Writer's Challenge: Write in Every Coffee Shop in the City by 31 March 2026.

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Lance Robinson @lancerobinsonwriter.com · 06/01/2026

Please enjoy this lady tree stretching after getting out of bed.

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

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I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

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