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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Fallout 1&2 Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Planescape: Torment Breath of Fire 3&4 Morrowind Curse of Monkey Island The Dig

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Favorite recent sff authors: Arkady Martine, Teixcalaan @byzantienne.bsky.social Tamsyn Muir, Locked Tomb Travis Baldree, Legends & Lattes @travisbaldree.bsky.social Ann Leckie, Imperial Radch @annleckie.com Katherine Addison, Goblin Emperor @pennyvixen.bsky.social Becky Chambers, Wayfarers

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Bookshops and Bonedust - @travisbaldree.bsky.social, 2023 Cover by Carson Lowmiller

Front cover of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, showing an orc woman in simple clothes leaning against a counter with an open book in one hand and pastry in the other and a saber belted at her waist. A bandage is wound around her right leg. On her right is a dog-like creature with the head of an owl looking expectantly at the pastry and to her left is a bipedal mouse writing on a notepad with a feather pen. Features a blurb from a Nicholas Eames.

Rear cover of Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree, featuring blurbs from Heather Fawcett, Seanan McGuire, Cassandra Khaw, and T Kingfisher.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Neena Gathering by Valerie Nieman Colander, 1988 Cover by Keith Parkinson

Front cover of Neena Gathering by Valerie Nieman Colander, showing a young woman in rough clothing leaning against a tree amidst a ruined landscape while a bald man with a large head and glowing eyes wearing a heavy coat stands off in the distance behind her.

Rear cover of Neena Gathering by Valerie Nieman Colander.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison, 2025 Cover by Chris Gibbs

Front cover of The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison, showing various black bones arranged in a spiral on a metallic orange background with a massive claw in the center. Features a blurb from T. Kingfisher.

Rear cover of The Tomb of Dragons by Katherine Addison, featuring blurbs from NPR, Literary Hub, The New York Times, Library Journal, Margaret Rogerson, John Scalzi, and Ann Leckie.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey, 1987 Cover by Jody Lee

Front cover of Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey, showing a young woman in plain brown clothes sitting atop a bright white horse in blue and white livery with forest and mountain in the background.

Rear cover of Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

An old paperback book. Cover faded, crinkly with water damage, sun-bleached, dog-eared. Every word still readable.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Alien Blues by Lynn S Hightower, 1992 Cover by Richard Hescox

Front cover of Alien Blues by Lynn S Hightower, showing a male human police officer and an alien police officer, who looks like a blue and purple manta ray, standing outside a futuristic police cruise with their weapons at the ready.

Rear cover of Alien Blues by Lynn S Hightower

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing but nobody else remembers Back in the mid-90s I had several of those 100 Games in 1 CD collections that was all the rage at the time. One game I remember playing at the time was Hot Rod Harry, an adventure game where you tried to get parts to build a hot rod.

Main screen from the early 90s PC adventure game Hot Rod Harry.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Congress needs to be writing up articles of impeachment RIGHT NOW.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Patrick Swayze Christmas, everybody!

Joel, Crow T Robot, and Tom Servo, dressed in their Christmas best, sing Crow's new Christmas standard: Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Restoree - Anne McCaffrey, 1967 Cover by [unknown]

Front cover of Restoree by Anne McCaffrey, showing a young woman in skimpy, flowing clothes as she walks through a surreal, dreamlike landscape.

Rear cover of Restoree by Anne McCaffrey.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Those Who Hunt the Night - Barbara Hambly, 1988 Cover art by Edwin Herder

Front cover of Those Who Hunt the Night by Barabara Hambly, showing two men standing over and open coffin, one has dark hair and a mustache and the other has white hair and long fangs.

Rear cover of Those Who Hunt the Night by Barabara Hambly.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"Don't judge a book by its cover." Yes, but covers are still important! For most people the cover is the first impression they have pf the work. And a good cover helps it stand out against the hundreds, or thousands, of other books trying to catch a reader's attention. Good covers matter!

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I like that during the 80s all you needed to be successful in anime was a cool giant robot design and a weird name like Dougram or Dorvack or Xabungle or Galatt.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Went to the bookstore today. No, I don't have a problem.

Lots of old fantasy and scifi paperback books.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Spread Me - Sarah Gailey, 2025 Cover by Anders Røkkum

Front cover of Spread Mr by Sarah Gailey, showing a hexagonal research building with lots of tendrils and filaments growing from its base. Features blurbs from Chuck Wendig and Grady Hendrix.

Rear cover of Spread Me by Sarah Gailey, featuring blurbs from Clay McLeod Chapman, Kate Robert, Chuck Wendig, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Hailey Piper, and David Demchuck.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

In fiction we like to give villains backstory and nuance as motivation for their actions to make them more "realistic," but most villains in real life are just greedy, self-centered sociopaths who enjoy hurting people different than themselves.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

China Mountain Zhang - Maureen F McHugh, 1992 Cover by Wayne Barlowe

Front cover of China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F McHugh, showing an Asian man with a long ponytail in a white jumpsuit firing a large mining laser. Features a blurb from the New York Times.

Rear cover of China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F McHugh, featuring blurbs from the New York Times, Robin McKinley, Isaac Asimov's Scince Fiction Magazine, Walter Jon Williams, Norman Spinrad, and Locus.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The Grief of Stones - Katherine Addison, 2022 Cover by Chris Gibbs

Front cover of The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison, showing ornate metal work with a large orange gem set in it. Features a blurb from John Scalzi.

Rear cover of The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison, featuring blurbs from Ann Leckie, Margaret Rogerson, and I09.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The Beast Master - Andre Norton, 1959 Cover by Laurence Schwinger

Front cover of The Beast Master by Andre Norton, showing a man in Native American dress with an eagle on his shoulder and a mountain lion walking beside him as he approaches a group of shadowy figures performing a ceremony around a huge fire.

Rear cover of The Beast Master by Andre Norton, featuring a blurb from the New York Times.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Dawn - Octavia E Butler, 1987 Cover by John Jude Palencar

Front cover of Dawn by Octavia E Butler, showing a woman lying asleep inside of a giant flower while DNA strands float in the air around her. Features a blurb from Washington Post.

Rear cover of Dawn by Octavia Butler, featuring blurbs from Locus and United Press International.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Chanur's Venture - C J Cherryh, 1985 Cover by Michael Whelan

Front cover of Chanur's Venture by C J Cherryh, showing a feline aline wearing red pants and carrying a rifle while pulling shut a metal bulkhead as laser blasts criss-cross through the gloom.

Rear cover of Chanur's Venture by C J Cherryh, featuring blurbs from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Kliatt.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The Jewels of Aptor - Samuel R Delany, 1962 Cover by Jeff Jones

Front cover of The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R Delany, showing a tranparent woman in a flowing robes standing amidst a pile of bones and a tale stone decorated with a jeweled necklace while a large moon or planet hangs in the background. Features a blurb from Judith Merril.

Rear cover of The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R Delany, featuring blurbs from Analog and New Worlds.

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness - Tanith Lee, 1981 Cover by Dawn Wilson

Front cover of Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness by Tanith Lee, showing three figures dressed in flowing robes. One has a purple robe that is pristine on one side and tattered on the other, mirrored on his face which is partly healthy and partly sickly. The middle figure is pale and dressed all in black. The right figure has dark skin and is dressed in all white.

Rear cover of Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness by Tanith Lee, showing a women with dark, flowing hair and holding a spear wearing flowing, white robes

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Dr. Erasmus Dog @sophisticateddog.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Ten authors I've read more than five books from: Arthur C Clarke Raymond E Feist David Eddings Ursula K Le Guin Robert Jordan Hideyuki Kikuchi Elizabeth Moon Terry Pratchett J R R Tolkien Timothy Zahn Most of those are from when I was younger.

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