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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 5h

Hi Folks, new video 🎥! I run through all the books I read last month, but which were the top 3? Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #wrapup youtu.be/UK__c7zUPvY

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What were the 3 Science Fiction Books I Absolutely Loved?

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Visiting #4 child in Bristol, did a bit of bookshopping. Found a rare copy of Booker contender Mike Harrison’s first novel in the paperback first edition. VG condition. This is a book you grab when you see it (almost) regardless of cost and condition. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I take a look at some of the less well-known influences behind an obscure book about worms. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #dune #frankherbert youtu.be/CGUTtehK4Co

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What REALLY inspired Dune?

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I take a look at some of the less well-known influences behind an obscure book about worms. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #dune #frankherbert youtu.be/CGUTtehK4Co

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What REALLY inspired Dune?

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here's one from a few months back. I run through my 50 favourites of the 400+ science fiction books that I'd read then since starting my YouTube channel. Check it out 👀, add some quality books to your TBR! #SciFiBooks #sciencefiction #booktube youtu.be/92LsLHEs5A4

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Top 50 sci-fi books from over 400 I've read in 3 years on BookTube

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Up early at dark o'clock this morning. Couldn't see to find the Le Guin I was reading so picked this up instead. I shall return to Ursula soonest, once I'm done visiting with Alma, P.I. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading

By the Pricking of her Thumb by Adam Roberts.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Experiencing some insomnia recently and I must say it sucks arse. Best read a book I suppose.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 01/10/2026

📕 Following along in the wake of The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social I’ve today made a start on “The Cruel Stars” by @birmo.bsky.social and @headofzeus.bsky.social Met the calm Lieutenant, the grumpy old boy, and now a gang with the cold head 😳 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

A hand holding up a paperback edition of John Birmingham’s “The Cruel Stars” against a clear blue sky. A yellow bookmark pokes out of the top of the book.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Books I read in September. Two were intended to be October reads and one was inserted for the sheer hell of it. Wrap up video on Sunday if I can write the reviews in time. #scifibooks #sciencefiction

Pile of 12 SF books, too many to list I'm afraid.

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jeffjefferies.bsky.social @jeffjefferies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@scifiscavenger.bsky.social You gotta check out Carter’s World: 2084 It’s the opposite extreme of Orwell’s 1984

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Classic SF with Andy Johnson @andyjohnson.xyz · 01/10/2026

Eon (1985) by Greg Bear ✅ - a hollow asteroid arrives in Earth orbit, full of empty cities and incredible technology. Will its presence prevent, or cause, a catastrophic nuclear exchange?

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Since I've finished The Cruel Stars ahead of schedule and with book 3 out soon, I think I'll add book 2 to the list for October. Such fun. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #tbr #spaceopera

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Chalk Scribblers @chalkscribblers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Exactly one week from right now, we'll be gathering online to hear Charles Stross @cstross.bsky.social read from his latest novel and to answer questions about... well, about whatever you'd like to ask him. Sign up on Eventbrite to join us for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000172679...

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Chalk Scribblers meet the author: Charles Stross

An evening with leading science fiction novelist Charles Stross.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the books of Peter F Hamilton and Iain M Banks had a drunken shag and got knocked up, the resulting book-baby might turn out something like this. Tremendous fun, I had an absolute blast. #nowreading #scifibooks #sciencefiction #spaceopera #militarysf

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Munters" is not an insult you see very often in a science fiction book. I approve.

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really really love a great short story collection and THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON by Ken Liu is a truly luminous addition to my library. Liu's third collection soars with heart, with bold speculation, with keen understanding. Rooted in the present moment, always looking toward the future. Glorious!

A hardcover of THE PASSING OF THE DRAGON AND OTHER STORIES by Ken Liu in golden dawn light on a crowded mantel.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nice photo. Looks like the first bird has burst out of the belly of the 2nd. No? Just me? OK....

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The stringy bits on bananas then, what are they called? Obviously they're poisonous and must be removed before eating.

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Minion Holding Banana and Saying Banana

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Matt Casamassina @mattcasa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've signed with Pink Beam Press for my next novel: THE DEEP, DARK DOWN, coming 2027. It's going to be extremely fucked up. I read a snippet to my wife last night and she looked like she wanted to throw up. This is the desired result. #booksky @locusmag.bsky.social @scifiscavenger.bsky.social

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'Forged in Fiyah' is here. Behold, the table of contents. If you don't want to be left out there faking the funk, get thee to your favourite retailer and buy it.

Cover 'Forged in Fiyah' shows man and woman with hammers on an anvil with a holy grail looking thing with sparkly glowy magic swirls, in a forest

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just finished this, getting ahead of the game on October's reading. Enjoyed it so I expect I'll pop the sequel (a rarity for Prof Roberts) in its place next month. I was expecting cerebral detecting, & that is there, but also rather kinetic, one might even say action-packed. #scifibooks #nowreading

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I shall be recording October's book haul video later on. What with my most recent collecting obsession, it will in large part be cyberpunk or cyberpunk-adjacent. A cyberhaul. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting #bookhaul

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Science fiction TBR stack for me to read next month. Might not get through them all, but I'll have a good time trying. Should be a great reading month! What do you plan to read in October? #scifibooks #sciencefiction #tbr

stack of science fiction books for me to read in October. list here, not in order.
Adam Roberts The Real-Town Murders
John Birmingham The Cruel Stars
Paul McAuley The Quiet War
Harry Harrison West of Eden
Ursula Le Guin Planet of Exile
Robert Silverberg Dying Inside
John Calvin Batchelor The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctic
Christopher Priest The Affirmation
Octavia Butler Parable of the Talents
Aliya Whiteley Skyward Inn

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi Folks, new video 🎥! Time to see what I'll be reading in October (clue: nothing deliberately spooky!). Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #tbr youtu.be/vmxR-UfeZw0

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What SF will I be reading in October 2026? Let's find out!

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

20% in and let's just say you no longer want to connect to the all-pervasive net! Wowsers.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

📆 It’s a lot of fun watching The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social 🎱🎲 select not only his own TBR, but parts of mine too, as I see what selections also sit on my own library shelves. This month, three. But as I haven’t read Butler’s 📕PotS I doubt I’ll keep up 🧐 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

An array of three paperback books arranged side-by-side on a table. The image is captioned “October Bingo Balls & Destiny Dice”.

John Birmingham’s “The Cruel Stars”, Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Talents” and Paul McAuley’s “The Quiet War” are shown in alphabetical order.

McAuley’s book is an unfortunate trade paperback accident from back in the day when I would get caught out. And Butler’s book is captioned with “Book 2” as I haven’t read the first book yet, so that means doubling up which is probably at the extreme end of my monthly reading bandwidth, so I probably won’t include this in my own October TBR.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi Folks, new video 🎥! Time to see what I'll be reading in October (clue: nothing deliberately spooky!). Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #tbr youtu.be/vmxR-UfeZw0

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What SF will I be reading in October 2026? Let's find out!

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hi Folks, new video 🎥! Time to see what I'll be reading in October (clue: nothing deliberately spooky!). Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube #tbr youtu.be/vmxR-UfeZw0

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What SF will I be reading in October 2026? Let's find out!

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Joanna Corrance @joannacorrance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The best kind of mail! Chuffed to feature in this anthology alongside such great company. Pick up your copy here: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/something-pe...

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RJ BaHarker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Like CATS? Like SPACE? Like MECHS? Like SHOOTING STUFF. Like QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ETHICS OF CONSENT IN UPLIFTING ANIMALS AND ALSO THE HEALING OF TRAUMA THROUGH KINDNESS Then, my friend, put the 6TH OF OCTOBER in your diary. Audio and EBOOK release of BEASTS OF THE WILD BLACK. (Tell everyone.)

A cat is looking out of a human space suit at you. That's what we call in the trade, a visual metaphor. Now comes the blurb.

Years ago, Deep Strike cadet Min Law was left behind during what was meant to be a routine operation. Though he survived, the resulting trauma almost ended his career. Now, as captain of the DST Thunberg, he is preparing to take his crew on a similar journey to a seemingly quiet world following a garbled distress signal. The mission is simple on paper: find the source of the call, offer aid, return home.

But nothing is simple in the Wild Black at the edges of the unexplored universe. As the crew of the Thunberg searches for the signal’s source, they find strange ships and corpses that shouldn’t be there. The mysteries begin to pile up. What happened out here? And why does some of the technology look horribly familiar?

Fortunately, Min’s team of animal counterparts is prepared for anything. The bear, Sitka Pete, is eight hundred pounds of loyal muscle. The rooks are quick and coordinated, perfect for reconnaissance. And the cats, Oz and Hinder, well, they’re just cats. But together they’re more than up for whatever the Wild Black can throw at them—even if this region isn’t quite so unexplored after all . . .

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I liked it when bands burned bright for a few years then faded away. It pinned them to a place and time in your life. Why is there a new U2 LP? Any ful know they peaked 40-odd years ago with The Joshua Tree.

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here is one I made earlier, somewhat the trigger for my recent #cyberpunk collecting obsession, and also why I'm (mainly) focused on the 1980s. Check it out 👀! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube youtu.be/UeCJF7sLI4U

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The Surprisingly Brief History of Cyberpunk

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Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Latest video about a mass signing of 'Dark Reading Matter', published Oct 2026, UK and North America... youtube.com/shorts/VT-Hv...

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'Dark Reading Matter' Mass Signing at the Hachette Book Distribition Centre (vertical version)

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With The Forever Dead (bk 3) due out soon, I've yanked this forward from my yet to be announced October TBR. I've enjoyed a few of @birmo.bsky.social's earlier books over the years, so looking forward to this. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading #spaceopera

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@nickharkaway.com hello Nick, just finished Sleeper Beach. I have very much enjoyed both the Cal Sounder books. Will there be more? Asking for a friend.

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Please Sir Oliver Twist

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Damien Walter @damiengwalter.com · 24/09/2026

I'll put this here. We're going to need to talk about it. Get the audiobook 🔗👇👇👇 amzn.to/4yZhdxC

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Arrival today, a cyberpunk-adjacent tale from Michael Swanwick. His debut novel from 1985, it didn’t appear in the UK until 1989 in this rather lovely hardback from Legend. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi Folks, new video 🎥! Prompted by a couple of recent reads, I take a look at some science fiction books that contain other books, one way or another. Check it out 👀 ! #scifibooks #sciencefiction #booktube youtu.be/7BHgYQGqwhI

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10 Science Fiction books that contain other books!

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 23/09/2026

My relentless assault on your good nature and your Autumn/Winter shopping list is beginning... Bookshop.org is offering a 20% discount on pre-orders of The Taper Man until 27th of this month (code below). Get 'em while they're hot!

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Another arrival, another cyberpunk acquisition target achieved. I read the paperback earlier this year, very vivid. In my humble opinion, the cover on the UK paperback is a better artwork, but a 1st edition is a 1st edition. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting #cyberpunk

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SciFiScavenger @scifiscavenger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Arrival today. The easiest and least expensive of @greatdismal.bsky.social's Sprawl trilogy to find in a 1st edition (🇬🇧 in this case). Fills another gap on my cyberpunk collecting list. The remaining gaps will be what my kids would call "spenny*" to fill. #bookcollecting #cyberpunk *expensive

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Sue Burke @sueburke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aliens are captivating, but Semiosis is a first-contact story that skips aliens entirely and gives us a stranger complication.

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8 Most Underrated Hard Sci-Fi Books, Ranked from Must-Read to Absolute Masterpiece

These smart books are seriously underrated.

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