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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Manchester United did this against Southampton in a Premier League game about 30 years ago; the justification was that the third kit that they were wearing was too hard to see against the crowd in the sunshine so they changed at half time

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💀 skeletori amos 💀 @rivalconga.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

A photo of Tony Head with a fan, standing in a barn near a horse. Tumblr post from dracofidus: If you EVER think Anthony Head is anything less than an angel then you'd best remember that I have always been a huge fan of his and we've always had a little contact over the years and he heard I'd come out as Trans and was having a hard time and that I was kind of sad that the photos I had from conventions with him were of me with long hair and no binder and they were all signed to "Sarah" and so he invited me to spend the day with him at his farm and he picked me up from the station and we just hung out and had lunch and he insisted on paying and look loads of photos and had them printed on photo paper the same day so he could sign them to Jay, along with other photos of him as Giles and Utger and he literally spent five hours chatting with me and got all the pronoun stuff right every time and then he dropped me off at the station, gave me a massive hug. Waved me through the ticket barrier and insisted I message him when I got home so he knew I was back safe.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

@benjaminsolak.bsky.social you can't just go round saying Monroe Freeling's height in that tone of voice, my children have gone wild

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Dungeon Crawler Carl (Books 1-7), Matt Dinniman - FINE, ALRIGHT, THEY'RE GOOD. Definitely won't be for everyone, and some will bounce off the tone and genre, but everyone that likes fantasy/sci-fi should try at least the first one. Much more thought, heart and soul to them than you may first think.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Got to go the Mighty Ducks 2 playbook and disguise him as the goalie

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Quick Gregg, manifest more trades

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Katabasis (R.F. Kuang) - gently enjoyable read, despite not a lot actually happening. A similar vibe to A Cautious Traveler's Guide to the Wasteland, which I preferred, though that's possibly because I'm not smart enough to catch every literary and philosophical reference in this book.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Sword of Kaigen (M.L. Wang) - incredibly punchy character-driven fantasy, with insightfully explored themes of grief, isolation and trauma. I had a few issues with pacing, and for a standalone it hints at a lot of plot that's never explored, but I couldn't put it down for the last 300 pages.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Murderbot Diaries (Martha Wells) - easily enjoyable sci-fi. It's Ann Leckie's Ancillary trilogy but it doesn't make me feel like I'm not smart enough to appreciate it. On the other hand, identifying so much with an introverted, neurotic and anti-social robot probably isn't a good sign.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Priory of the Orange Tree (Samantha Shannon) - Just as enjoyable on a second pass. The depth of the world building, the different textures of the characters, settings and story beats, and the deft handling of such a heavy plot are all admirable. A lovely mix of the familiar and the refreshing.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Me trying to get out of bed during the school holidays

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The other two spots on the mountain, once you've chiselled Tolkien in to his equally inarguable place, are much harder to land upon. I've been flipping between Jordan, McCaffrey, Hobb and Le Guin, occasionally bringing up Lieber and Howard if I want to pretend that I'm literary

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I read a lot of books, but every time I go back to Pratchett I'm astonished anew by how clever, warm and funny everything he wrote was. They're so frictionlessly flawless that I blast through a Discworld book I've read a dozen times before in 48 hours. Assured a spot on fantasy's Mount Rushmore.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The whole smoke from the Sistene Chapel thing would be much better if they got it to form the face of the new Pope, like Gandalf showing off to a hobbit

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Nice to have it confirmed that I am not, in fact, a decent British person

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I don't know when publishers realised that hardback books with spray painted edges could be used as a direct attack on my bank balance, but the war has now reached it's 500th day and I'm hemmed in by exclusive editions on all sides

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shanodin (Ali Rees) @shanodin.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I wrote this article about the amazing work @netrunner.nullsignal.games is doing and the excitement surrounding the world championships being in Edinburgh this year!

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The Raven Scholar (Antonia Hodgson) - really enjoyed this one. Political intrigue is more central than the promised murder mystery, but great world building, characters, humour and plotting. Expect something veering slightly more towards YA than epic fantasy, but a really fun read.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Taking things to the charity shop might be the most awkward social encounter in modern Britain; both sides extremely but politely uncertain about who is doing who a favour

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shanodin (Ali Rees) @shanodin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Check out my latest article for Brig's sister magazine, Braw, on the reclamation of the word "queer". It's quite personal, and was fun to write and cathartic to think about. I'm chuffed with how it came out and have alreadt received some amazing feedback on it brignews.com/2025/02/15/r...

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Reclaiming Queer

Queer - is it an insult, or can it be reclaimed by the community it is used to denigrate? Read this reflection on the word.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The Empire of the Wolf trilogy (Richard Swan) - vividly bleak writing, like Joe Abercrombie but with more political wrangling and despair. Some might be disappointed that the murder mystery of the first book gives way to examinations of religion and mysticism as the trilogy unfolds.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Illuminae (Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff) - I love these two writing together. It's a typical sci-fi story but uniquely written as excerpts, data entries and transcripts, and the result is a book that I found refreshing, fun and gripping. The Aurora Cycle by the same authors is also excellent.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Just saying 'I don't like Romantasy' is lazy and a little bit snobbish. But it's valid to say that most examples of the genre are very character focused, and you prefer your fantasy to be based on intricate world building, epic events and twisty plots. Keep an open mind though! It's just a label.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The Familiar (Leigh Bardugo) - a strange book. Setting a book in the Spain of the Inquisition is refreshing, but too often it assumes familiarity rather than giving it to you. The plot meanders sweetly without ever being exhilarating. Still hunting for that high of Six of Crows.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Finished 'The Teller of Small Fortunes' (Julie Leong): this didn't grip me as much as some other cosy fantasy, so wouldn't be where I'd recommend new readers of the genre start, but still a very pleasant and well crafted read if you've enjoyed others. Plus the Waterstones edition is gorgeous.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Went to see War of the Rohirrim and had a lovely time. Having said that, you could put Howard Shore's score over footage of a colonoscopy and I'd probably sit there riveted so I might not be the most objective critic.

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Nemamiah @nemamiah.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Picked up The Village Library Demon Hunting Society (by C.M. Waggoner) based on the cover and pithy title and finished it within a day - think Thursday Murder Club with a fantastical bent. Enjoyably quirky easy-reading.

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