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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 18/09/2026

Bandit heroes, horse-dragons, beheadings that don't stick, and warlords who become gods. Old Chinese lit is wayyy trippier than you think. And John Zhu built a podcast that retells it in English! See our #flightsoffoundry interview with him at 7PM CDT tonight: www.accelevents.com/e/flights-of...

Picture of John Zhu under the "Flights of Foundry" banner, with "Guest of Honor: A/V Narrative" and the dates and slug of the Flights of Foundry convention (Sept 18-20 Virtual, https://flights-of-foundry.org, "The round-the-clock, international convention for speculative creatives and fans")

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I read THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS by @slhuang.com last night for a bedtime story and was very very very unprepared for how much that ending would devastate me. Guh. (Do read it.)

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 18/09/2026

How do you plan a creative project that will last 3+ years? John Zhu knew bringing ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS to English podcast form would take at least that long. 12 years and 4 Chinese epics later... See us interview him 7PM CDT at #flightsoffoundry! www.accelevents.com/e/flights-of...

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Sisters of Sci-Fi Podcast @sistersofscifi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Literally just finished the audio book of The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com and when I tell you I cried buckets, I am not exaggerating. Highly highly recommend this stunning work. And, speaking as a voice actor and director, the audio performance was perfect!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Language of Liars

Check out The Language of Liars - <p><b>A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, <i>The Language of Liars</i> is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning au...

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 18/09/2026

Ancient Chinese literature is rife with melee fights, larger-than-life characters, & the supernatural. John Zhu is making these epics accessible to modern English audiences -- as a podcast! We'll interview him as #flightsoffoundry Guest of Honor, today 7PM CDT: www.accelevents.com/e/flights-of...

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I finished @slhuang.com's powerful, poignant THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS in one sitting. I'm a sucker for SFF that involves linguistics and social issues; this novel has both in spades. I figured out the endgame pretty early but that by no means diminished my enjoyment. Superbly done.

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 09/06/2026

I hit repost too fast bc I needed to add THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN 😭😭😭 also "full immersion study abroad program all-time champion" for a character who jumps bodies by increasing language fluency is *chef's kiss* brb changing the tagline of the book everywhere 🚀🦑

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Dana Berube @dana-berube.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This book gave me so many feelings I had to draw tonally inappropriate silly fanart about it!! We love our foreign language full immersion study abroad program all-time champion Ro!!!

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 03/06/2026

i just finished "The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com and holy WOW. this is a book that nails the novella format so well, especially for reading slowly and carefully. picking it apart. it's a book for: - language nerds - travelers (time or otherwise) - people who like their friends - people

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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Happy Pride! As far as I know, none of my books are on sale, but if you want a romance involving an anxious bisexual man or a museum ethics adventure with a princess lesbian and a feral knight bisexual woman, I got you. tachyonpublications.com/product/bitt... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 01/06/2026

I don't usually crosspost my Tiktoks here but I thought this one might be Of Interest*: 7 Women of Color Who Wrote Speculative Fiction Before 1980 www.tiktok.com/@s.l.huang/p... (who you can still read today! in english 😅) [*perhaps especially to @nisishawl.bsky.social @jdnicoll.bsky.social]

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Nelson @nappell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I’m 30% in and The Language of Liars is excellent. @slhuang.com

Audio cover of the language of liars by SL Huang

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 27/05/2026

POV a few months from now: we're all bringing back webrings to get around the internet 😭

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 27/05/2026

I'll do you one better, I thought Yo-seh-mih-tee and Yah-seh-might were two different parks ...I was an adult before I figured it out

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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 26/05/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Anatidae. Quack! Honk! A sleeping mallard drake, down on the Wandle Delta. Or is he? I may have been spotted... #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #wandle #mallard

A duck with its head tucked under its wing, sat on a mossy surface. Its iridescent head is purple, its body and wings grey and russet, with a black back and curled tail feathers.

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Rich Tate 🎃 @richtate.com · 26/05/2026

The Forbidden Lamp CarmesJocelin

A giant moth clinging to a lighthouse on a pink sunset.

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kathryn raver 🦉 @kathrynraver.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

linguistics is literally as sexy as you can getttt (trust me guys i have two degrees in it i am expert)

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 26/05/2026

Lololol completely forgot about my 4am shitposting until l woke up to packed notifs; glad everyone enjoyed! If all that sound like a sexy time to you the book is THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS. I can haz romantasy monies now? 😚🤣 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Language of Liars

A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author...

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 26/05/2026

no YOU invented a species that reproduces via asexual budding and thus doesn't even HAVE sex also they've forgotten how to do THAT I've graduated from books without sex to entire worlds without sex, am I doing this romantasy thing right

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 26/05/2026

what do you mean alien linguistics isn't sexy sexytimes ohhhhhh give me that inflection, make it both future AND perfect, yessssss

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 26/05/2026

You can continue to expect my books to get thinkier and less romantic, bah who needs to pay bills

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Chris @kodiak.app · 25/05/2026

I'm in the middle of Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social ; it's amazing so far. It's a sequel to Hench, one of my all-time favorites. Just finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com , heartbreaking and wonderful. Also Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social was a bunch of fun.

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Krista @kristas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I went in to "The Language of Liars" knowing nothing but the title because luckily the first mention I saw was more or less "do yourself a favor and don't read anything else about it befoe you read this book!" 100% agree, top tier experience. I didn't even read the jacket copy or the inside flap. 😂

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 23/05/2026

"The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com this one is so good, i am sitting with it a lot. it's giving me so much to think about and consider that i don't want to go through it quickly. wanna read 2 chapters and then do BIG THOUGHTS

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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Self-promo time: The Subtle Art of Folding Space Are people rewriting the physical laws of the universe for their own personal gain? What if the only things preventing anyone from doing this are norms? What do you do? us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026

I have like 12,000 things to do today and this wasn't on my list but there are currently 2 ways to support the Ignytes: General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/ Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-... If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Preorders are a gift from you to: 🎁Your future self 🖊️The author (seriously, it helps!) ✨With this book, also your childhood self: the one who dreamed of finding a hidden door to Narnia, or traveling the stars to see new worlds. Treat yourself: hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-... #BookSky #sffbooks

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 21/05/2026

Oops I should have specified, this is about various factors affecting BOOK sales This is a bookish thread XD

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 21/05/2026

I am still very sick so have a ramble about "r"! In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?

Slides that show various factors affecting book sales, with lots of text:

(slide 1)
Book characteristics correlated with sales

Size of author advance r = 0.4
Relative fame of author (includes major awards) r = 0.4
“Carryover” (association with something famous) r = 0.4
Cover likability score r = up to 0.4
Number of Amazon reviews r = 0.4
Number of author’s Twitter followers r = 0.3
Starred reviews in SLJ, PW, or Booklist r = 0.3
Higher number of pages (likely due to crossover appeal) r = 0.3

These are all marketing factors

(slide 2)
Book characteristics likely correlated with sales

Book was acquired at auction or in a pre-empt r = 0.2
Book was acquired as part of a multi-book deal r = 0.2
Book is part of a series r = 0.2
Author has and maintains a website r = 0.2
“The book made me feel ‘yearning’” r = 0.2

These are primarily marketing factors

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 21/05/2026

Phone ate a Bluesky thread I was working on and it was incredibly demoralizing and then I got an email from my agent that THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is entering a second printing!!! Y'all are so wonderful, go little book go us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author...

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Nara Monteiro @notesfromnara.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This thread was extremely neat

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 20/05/2026

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 19/05/2026

The outage last night effed me up doing this thread (grr) & I thought I put everything back but I missed one post Fortunately it was an extension of the alt text on the graph, about how we want the blue line, that's cumulative cases So uh the alt text may help if the graph's confusing! Sorry!

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 19/05/2026

A thing knocking about my head re: the recent ~discourse about assuming bad author politics from problem characters. Could we be (harmfully) forgetting how to just hate a book? Ex. I *detest* that authorial decision in Liveship Traders (you know the one). HATE it. Cool, Robin Hobb is still great

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 19/05/2026

What is the mathematics of word of mouth? My latest book THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS seems to be having exceptionally good word of mouth, so I found myself wondering...what does "good word of mouth" mean? You know. Mathematically.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 18/05/2026

Oh and as part of prep for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY, I'm making a list of science fiction novels by BIPOC or non-Western authors that include either 1) First Contact or 2) a Big Dumb Object (BDO) or 3) A Hivemind. Really want to get as many as possible. All recommendations welcome!

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nobillie.bsky.social @nobillie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I just finished “The Language of Liars” by @slhuang.com. What a marvelous and sobering tale about the stories we tell ourselves in the name of science and commerce. Thank you.

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Wow so thrilled to see MAKE ME BETTER on the Guardian list of Best 100 Novels of All Time!! What an incredible honor this is 🥹. See the full list here: bookshop.org/categories/m...

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Anne, Cranky Cat Crone @anned13.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com this afternoon. I am impressed and distressed both. It’s so good and so very sad. After that I needed something familiar and comfortable. So I’m rereading Ninefox Gambit, hi there @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social . My brain is a strange place.

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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

A pair of Ruddy Turnstones in breeding plumage. They're making a quick rest stop in North Dakota on their way to the high Arctic tundra. #birds #nature #wildlife #PhotographersUnited

A horizontal of two Ruddy Turnstones standing on large rocks along water. The Turnstones have reddish brown wings with black mixed in along the periphery and center of the wing. The underparts are a bright white. The bird has a black band across the chest. The head is bright white with ablack band that extends upwards from the breast, behind the eye, and ending on the side of the neck. Another band of black goes from the chin, through the eye and extends forward between the eyes. The bird has bright orange legs and feet and a black bill.

The water surrounding the bird is slightly choppy and reflecting the bright blue sky above.

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SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌] @slhuang.com · 13/05/2026

BUT NOT TOO BOLD, by Hache Pueyo (excellent, with spiders!) where heard: book club! everyone was more on it than me apparently

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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The Subtle Art of Folding Space gets a terrific review from @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social at @reactorsff.bsky.social ! "a stunning achievement from a creative powerhouse." reactormag.com/book-review-...

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Alex Brown reviews "a stunning achievement from a creative powerhouse."

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Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 13/05/2026

Recently finished reading this one and all of these quotes are 100% accurate. What a heartbreaking, beautiful story.

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