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Finished reading Theo LeGro's "Don't Let It Kill You: Poems" amzn.to/4yBMlDf 📖🖊️ This was so good but so sad, and even sadder that it's all we'll ever get from her, a real loss. R.I.P. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 13h

ICYMI, here's the link to my exclusive interview with author Claire North about her interesting new #TimeTravel #SciFi novel, "As We Fall Through Time," which is out today. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖⏰

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As We Fall Through Time · Claire North · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "As We Fall Through Time" Author Claire North \ In which they talk about this time travel science fiction novel.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 14h

As much as some people appreciate their alone time, most people probably wouldn't want to be all alone on an asteroid like the main character in A.T. Sayre's new #SciFi novel "The Asterist." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖☄️

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Screw kid wizards; give me someone old enough to know how to work their magic. Like Tovah in author Deborah Wilde's new #UrbanFantasy novel "Golem For Broke," which she talks about in this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧙‍♀️

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

While the first-person stealth action / survival horror video game "Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival" is not great, it will be a bloody good scare for fans of Clive Barker and the titular movies. Here's the link to my review. paulsemel.com/clive-barker... 🎮📍📍📍📍

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Started reading Theo LeGro's "Don't Let It Kill You: Poems" amzn.to/4yBMlDf 📖🖊️ (Rough (in the best possible way) to read #poems about cancer when her bio says she "was." #books #reading #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Started reading Dennis E. Taylor's "Heaven's River: Bobiverse, Book 4" amzn.to/4y9w9sY 📖🚀💻 Interesting. Seems like this is the most Bob-centric installment since the first book... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #Bobiverse #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Finished reading Andrew Dana Hudson's "Absence" amzn.to/4nV5mMo 📖🗯️📋 While this was a bit too long, it was also a really engaging and often clever story. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CosmicMystery #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Finished reading Kelsey L. Smoot's "Soulmate As A Verb: Poems" amzn.to/4y97PGC 📖🖊️ This was exceptional, especially the more obviously personal #poems. #books #reading #poetry @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In this exclusive interview with authors Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon, they talk about what inspired their philosophical #SciFi / #fantasy novel "Maya: Seed Takes Root," which is the first part of a much larger saga. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🌳🌳🌳

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Finished reading Ian Shoales' "Veni Vidi Venti" amzn.to/4xphp82 📖👄🖊️ While I liked his other books more — and like hearing him say stuff even more than that — this still had a lot of good stuff, especially the topical pieces. #books #reading #essays #ShortStories #ShortStory #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Artificial Intelligence Gulf Of Mexico Lake Ontario The Kennedy Center U.S. Institute Of Peace As Sinead O'Connor said (about someone else): "Fight the real enemy!"

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In my new interview with author Karen Lord, she says her new novel "The Angel At The Gates," "[is] about hospitality and sanctuary, and how the breaking of that social trust can lead to generations of trauma." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🖊️

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Started reading Kelsey L. Smoot's "Soulmate As A Verb: Poems" amzn.to/4y97PGC 📖🖊️ Oh, this is really good so far... #books #reading #poems #poetry @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So the first season of #Lanterns is done, and people have thoughts. People like me, and Raymond, and Mac. All of which you can hear for yourself in this new episode of "RPad TV 3000." 📺💍🦸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSQ...

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Lanterns Season 1 Review | RPadTV Episode 163

YouTube video by RPadTV

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In my new interview with author Humphrey Hawksley, he talks about "Operation Icebreaker," the fifth book in his "Rake Ozenna Thriller" series, which seems to be a bit topical... paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧊🌨️🌨️🌨️

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In my new interview with author T.K. Bush, she talks about how her "psychological thriller with romantic-suspense elements" novel "Unveiled" both connects — and, to her husband's satisfaction — doesn't connect to her real life. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖😷💕

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Finished reading Hieu Minh Nguyen's "Staying Still: Poems" amzn.to/4794MTN 📖🖊️ The longer ones were exceptional. #books #reading #poems #poetry @hieuminh.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ICYMI, here's my review of #GearsOfWarEDay's campaign, one of the year's best #VideoGames, best shooters, best #Xbox games, and best reasons to ignore anyone who complains about #woke shit. paulsemel.com/gears-of-war... 🎮🔫🧌🧌🧌..like you need a reason.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In my new interview with authors S.M. Stirling and Melissa Olthoff, they talk about their new #AltHistory #ScienceFiction novel "Rome To The Stars," which has ROMANS... IN... SPAAAAAACE!! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀⚔️

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Started reading Andrew Dana Hudson's "Absence" amzn.to/4nV5mMo 📖🗯️📋 An entertaining story of a bureaucrat investigating people who disappear like if The Rapture or the MCU's blip were incremental. #books #reading #CosmicMystery #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Read Kim Bo-Young's "A Plagued Sea" tonight. amzn.to/3Twtbzo 📖🐠🌊 A rather interesting medicinal Lovecraft-ian / "Wicker Man"-ish story, albeit one that was more disturbing than scary. #books #reading #horror @tornightfire.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So, #Lanterns is the best thing in the new DCU so far. Which isn't saying much; hence why I'm curious to see how John Stewart becomes more superheroic in Supes' next movie, but not curious enough to see it in theaters. 📺💍

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Finished reading Adam Christopher's "Crawlspace" amzn.to/4nNfMxR 📖🚀 A bit too familiar — especially as someone who's read, seen, and played a bunch of scary #SciFi stuff — but it was still good. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #Horror #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Started reading Hieu Minh Nguyen's "Staying Still: Poems" amzn.to/4794MTN 📖🖊️ His stuff is always so good. #books #reading #poems #poetry @hieuminh.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Started reading Adam Christopher's "Crawlspace" amzn.to/4nNfMxR 📖🚀 In which the test flight of a prototype spaceship goes awry...and then things get worse. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Horror @adamchristopher.me @tornightfire.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finished reading Alex Dimitrov's "Together And By Ourselves: Poems" amzn.to/4eKzGW7 📖🖊️ Lots of really good #poems in this collection, especially the longer one at the end, "Days And Nights." #books #reading #poems #BooKSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Though still every bit a #GearsOfWar game, the campaign in #GearsOfWarEDay evolves this military #SciFi shooter series in some engaging and exciting ways. Here's the link to my review of the campaign. paulsemel.com/gears-of-war... 🎮🔫🧌🧌🧌

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Started reading Ian Shoales' "Veni Vidi Venti" amzn.to/4xphp82 📖👄🖊️ As eclectic as the man himself. #books #reading #essays #ShortStories #ShortStory #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

While its moody atmosphere and basic gameplay make it an engaging #ScienceFiction #horror shooter, some unfair mechanics and disproportionately hard enemies ultimately undermine #EndOfAbyss. Here's the link to my review of this scary #SciFi video game. paulsemel.com/end-of-abyss... 🎮🔫🧟

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"End Of Abyss" Review

"End Of Abyss" Review (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC) \ A critical assessment of this science fiction horror shooter video game.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Started reading Greg Bear's "Halo: Silentium: Book Three Of The Forerunner Saga" amzn.to/4oGIYqA 📖🎮🔫🚀 Once more into the breach. Er, flood. Flood. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #MilitarySciFi #VideoGames #BooKSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Finished reading Jeremy Robinson's "Parallax." amzn.to/4dtzawa 📖🧠 Like the other books of his I've read, this got pretty wild and crazy and very enjoyable (though not, oddly, very Steve Martin-y). #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Thriller #ScienceThriller @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Like other products, games need to be tested for quality assurance. But in Kyle Walker's new #horror novel "The Ship Of Death," two people testing a new TTPRG board game don't get to pass "Go!" To learn more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚢☠️🎲🃏

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The Ship Of Death" · Kyle Winkler · Exclusive Interview · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "The Ship Of Death" Author Kyle Winkler \ In which he discussing this board game-related horror epistolary novel.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Started reading Alex Dimitrov's "Together And By Ourselves: Poems" amzn.to/4eKzGW7 📖🖊️ Strong stuff so far, though his stuff usually is strong. #books #reading #poetry #poems #BooKSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m not an author. Just a reader. And a guy who interviews real authors for my website.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Started reading Jeremy Robinson's "Parallax." amzn.to/4dtzawa 📖🧠 His stories always go in interesting directions, and I suspect this X-Files-ian one about ESP will as well. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Thriller #ScienceThriller @jrobinsonauthor.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Read Saou Ichikawa's "Hunchback" amzn.to/4hDxlii 📖👩‍🦼 A striking and uncomfortably good semi-autobiographical story about a dark, blunt, and very self-aware disabled Japanese woman. #books #reading

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Hunchback: A Novel

Hunchback: A Novel [Ichikawa, Saou, Barton, Polly] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hunchback: A Novel

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finished reading Douglas Manuel's "Trouble Funk: Poems amzn.to/3STh7rD 📖🎶🎶 Some of these #poems were interesting, but I don't feel a pressing need to read anything else by him. #books #reading #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Finished reading J.P. Lacrampe's "Valet" amzn.to/4ol8QIs 📖🤖🐶 This was very entertaining, like "Murderbot" if it was domesticated. Or C-3PO if he shared his inner thoughts as much as he shares stats. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The tactical RPG / dating sim video game "Ledgerbound" has been called "Fire Emblem" meets "Baldur's Gate 3"...but horny. What does that mean? I asked Game Director Russ Nickel to explain in this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 🎮💕⚔️

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Ledgerbound Game Director Russ Nickel · Interview · Video Game · paulsemel.com

Exclusive Interview: "Ledgerbound" Game Director Russ Nickel \ In which he details this humorous / horny narrative tactical RPG/dating sim.

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Started reading Douglas Manuel's "Trouble Funk: Poems amzn.to/3STh7rD 📖🎶🎶 Read while listening to some live Miles in the background; seemed fitting. #books #reading #poems #poetry @redhenpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Started reading J.P. Lacrampe's "Valet" amzn.to/4ol8QIs 📖🤖🐶 This engaging #SciFi story about a robot valet and his hapless charge is giving me "Murderbot" vibes...in a good way. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Green City Wars" amzn.to/4v7Y4XP 📖🦝🧬🕵️ Not my favorite book of his (I prefer his space opera ones), but this #ScienceFiction #CyberNoir story of sentient animals was still a fun #noir #SciFi tale. #books #reading #BookSky

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Finished reading Camille Bordas' "One Sun Only: Stories." amzn.to/3Q0XSdV 📖🌞 One of my favorite writers, especially her #ShortStories. And this collection did not disappoint. #books #reading #ShortStory #BookSky

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One Sun Only: Stories

Amazon.com: One Sun Only: Stories: 9780593729885: Bordas, Camille: Books

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh, man, sorry, but I'm scheduled to be taking a shit at that time. 📺💩💩💩💩🧻

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Paul Semel @paulsemel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Finished reading Patrick Rosal's "Brooklyn Antediluvian: Poems" amzn.to/4hcDXCP 📖🖊️ Dug this a lot, especially the longer ones like the titular epic at the end. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

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