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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Kidnapped child? Idk about that; I need more copper for this generator

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’m told there is a plot line in Fallout 4 but I am too busy building camps to follow it

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yesterday was #NationalReadABookDay in the UK, but we'd never get through our TBR mountain like that! To help you read every day of the year, here's a selection of Solaris SFFH Series starters ft: standalones in the same universe, continuing series, & thematically linked. Which would you pick up?

Books ft:
BENEATH THE RISING by Premee Mohamed
SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan
WEAVE THE LIGHTNING by Corry L. Lee
NORTHERN WRATH by THILDE KOLD HOLDT
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux
THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD and THE GOBLIN EMPEROR by Katherine Addison
THE BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks
THE HOUSE OF STYX and THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN by Derek Kunsken
THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
GORSE by Sam K. Horton
IRONCLADS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier
MOONSTORM and NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee
WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L D Colter
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
QUEEN OF NONE and NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron
MICKEY7 by Edward Ashton
THE CALCULATING STARS by Mary Robinette Kowal
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF by Taran Hunt
INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
TUNE IN TOMORROW by Randee Dawn
UNDER FORTUNATE STARS by Ren Hutchings
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER by C.S.E. Cooney
BLESS YOU HEART by Lindy Ryan

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is my favorite kind of Star Trek episode. My second favorite kind of Star Trek episode is the “we ran out of money; let’s put the characters in a bottle and psychologically torture them.” Which feels still on brand. (So happy you’re enjoying it!)

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It absolutely was. Tears are the source of my arcane power. The more I gather, THE STRONGER I GROW.

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Thank you so, so much! I love them too, and I love writing them!

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A-boo-etha: Large Haunted Parsnip Split-Level @abbaetha.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#booksky 💙📚 Read The Unkillable Princess by sequel to The Immortality Thief, by @taranhunt.bsky.social . I’m still blown away by this series. The Immortality Thief is some of the best liminal horror I’ve read and I recommend it constantly - creepy drifting spaceship with … things … in it. The

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m auditioning a new hairstyle today: The French twist. So far I feel 1/2 smugly like Seven of Nine and 1/2 worried it’s going to unfurl on the subway and throw bobby pins like darts

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Major points for the accent aigu in belovéd

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Next year, @taranhunt.bsky.social 's belovéd KYSTROM CHRONICLES concludes! Sean and the gang's antics began with cosmic horror adventures in THE IMMORTALITY CYCLE, took a turn into spy drama in THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & will end...with THE DEATHLESS COUNCIL! geni.us/TheImmortali... geni.us/unkprin

The Kystrom chronicles:

The book covers for THE IMMORTALITY THIEF, THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS and a mock up for THE DEATHLESS COUNCIL.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This evening, a timely compilation of Solaris scifi to read after watching the eclipse! Including books from Adrian Tchaikovsky Mary Robinette Kowal @lavanya.bsky.social Edward Ashton Ren Hutchings R.T. Ester Premee Mohamed & more! 1/7

A tiled compilation of book covers for Solaris SciFi to read after watching the eclips!

MICKEY7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR, THE FOURTH CONSORT, AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton
THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester
THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN by Caspar Geon
LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow
THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING by Jon McGoran
SINOPTICON edited by XUETING NI
THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE HUMAN SON by Adrian J. Miller
REDSIGHT by Meredith Mooring
NINEFOX GAMBIT, RAVEN STRATAGEM, REVENANT GUN, MOONSTOM, STARSTRIKE by Yoon Ha Lee
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF and THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS by Taran Hunt
UNDER THE FORTUNATE STARS and AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings
THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel
THE MISHEARD WORLD, SKYWARD INN and THREE EIGHT ONE by Aliya Whiteley
THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN, THE QUANTUM GARDEN, THE QUANTUM WAR, THE HOUSE OF STYX, THE HOUSE OF SAINTS by Derek Kunsken
THE CALCULATING STARS, THE RELENTESS MOON, THE FATED SKY, THE MARTIAN CONTINGENCY, THE SPARE MAN by

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This was a really great panel with a ton of great discussion! Go watch it and find out if The Lord of the Rings is a utopia…or a dystopia

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If anyone missed @tbrcon.bsky.social ‘s THE POLITICS OF UTOPIA VS DYSTOPIA panel last night, you can see it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=kH08...

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TBRCon @tbrcon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Feeling Orwellian or Banksian? Join @taranhunt.bsky.social @krystlematar.bsky.social @wtalabi.com.bsky.social @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social @stricklandia.bsky.social & Brian Penn as they discuss the Politics of Utopia vs Dystopia in 1 HOUR from now! #tbrcon2026 #scifi #utopia #dystopia #books Link⬇️

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Thank you!! ❤️❤️❤️

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TBRCon @tbrcon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

How do you write the politics of a utopian or dystopian society? We bring you the perfect panel to solve every last question you have! Right? Right..? Join @taranhunt.bsky.social @krystlematar.bsky.social @wtalabi.com.bsky.social @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social @stricklandia.bsky.social & Brian Penn!

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It was wonderful to talk to Jason! If you like to hear authors talking craft, go listen to Words, Images, and Worlds!

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Repeatedly jumpscared myself tonight after I decided to do some sewing while listening to a creepy podcast and left my dress form standing in the middle of the living room

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My ability to impress the neighbor rests solely on the indigo plant

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’ve only planted tomatoes (one of the easiest plants to keep alive), my long-suffering lemon tree (still alive! Such a trooper), a questionable hami melon seedling I bought from a sketchy guy in Flushing, and—most interestingly—what I hope is a successful sprout from some false indigo seeds

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m very bad at keeping plants alive, so my plan was to buy a sequence of increasingly large fake plants from a home depot and change them out every few weeks to create the illusion of successful growth

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Decided to start a little vegetable garden on my balcony. My neighbor two balconies over just brought out a bunch of very healthy potted plants to form a larger, better vegetable garden. This means war

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Little bit obsessed with the liminal horror of Exit 8

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

So do I! (Thank you so much for reading!!! ❤️)

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

When the definition is given as “soft-bodied (as of an animal)” I think, you know, fuzzy bunnies. Soft kittens. Me in my cozy sweater. Not “lacking bones or exoskeleton”

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Discovered that the definitions in my flashcard Chinese vocabulary app might occasionally be misleading after I walked up to my wife and confidently declared myself an invertebrate

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Just got to the episode of DS9 where Kira confronts space Goebbels and damn. Damn

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Panicked at the Chinese bakery and came home with 18 buns, 7 dumplings, and 2 orders of duck

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

a graph of Tamara Gupta’s blood pressure shows a precipitous rise every April 1st

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

For #AprilFoolsDay & as an antidote to dark times, here's a selection of our Books to have a laugh with: Inc @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's comic scifi, @csecooney.bsky.social's very nice necromancer, shenanigans in @taranhunt.bsky.social 's KYSTROM CHRONICLES & @randeedawn.com's TUNIVERSE & more!

A compilation of Solaris Books that you can have a laugh with:
MICKEY 7, ANTIMATTER BLUES, MAL GOES TO WAR, THE FOURTH CONSORT and AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton
THE MIRROR REALM CYCLE (THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS) by Ariel Kaplan
LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow
TUNE IN TOMORROW and WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM by Randee Dawn
THE CHOSEN TWELVE and THE GODS OF SPENSER ISLAND by Jame Breakwell
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF and THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS by Taran Hunt
THE DOOR ON THE SEA and THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN by Caskey Russell
THE HIDDEN LEGION and THE SILENT EMPEROR by Snorri Kristjansson
SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD by C. S. E. Cooney
CHARMING and BEAST by Jade Linwood
SNOWBLOODED by Emma Sterner-Radley

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

🚀💫Last chance! There are 2 Solaris Books on sale for just 99p each in Amazon UK's Monthly Kindle Deals! THE IMMORTALITY THIEF: 1st in @taranhunt.bsky.social 's Kystrom Chronicles & ANTIMATTER BLUES: @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's 2nd book following the adventures of Mickey Barnes!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

In spring 2027 @taranhunt.bsky.social 's KYSTROM CHRONICLES draws to a close with THE DEATHLESS COUNCIL! So, it's a perfect time to start the series with THE IMMORTALITY THIEF, only 99p in Amazon UK's March Kindle Deals! Join Sean, Indigo, Tamara & their allies for spectacular SciFi Shenanigans!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚀💫It's a SciFi double bill! There are 2 Solaris Books on sale for just 99p each in Amazon UK's Monthly Kindle Deals! THE IMMORTALITY THIEF: 1st in @taranhunt.bsky.social 's Kystrom Chronicles & ANTIMATTER BLUES: @edashtonwriting.bsky.social 's 2nd book following the adventures of Mickey Barnes!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I think I clearly need to play Dead Space 👀

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Learned today that the Chinese word for a particular type of New Year cake, 发糕, sounds very similar to the English “fuck off!” If spoken rapidly and at high volume by a native speaker This is most shocking when that speaker is your father in law, to you, in the middle of the market

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

TSA guy unprompted told me that I went through the metal detector perfectly so like I am winning at this airport thing

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Two roads diverge before me from this point: try to sleep on the plane (doomed), or commit to consciousness and drink coffee for fifteen continuous hours (frightening to my seatmate)

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

On way to the airport for a midnight flight really testing the limits of my afternoon latte

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

After our romance picks yesterday, here's a selection of Solaris titles that either have no romance or aren't focused on romantic relationships! Perfect for those who are fed up of all the Valentine's fuss! Ft Premee Mohamed Sam K Horton @vajra.me Lorraine Wilson & more! 1/4

THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS by Premee Mohamed
THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester
THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN by Caspar Geon
THE GRIEF OF STONES and THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD by Katherine Addison
MAL GOES TO WAR and THE FOURTH CONSORT by Edward Ashton
WHEN THE WINDS SING by L. D. Colter
RED RABBIT by Alex Grecian
THE IMMORTALITY THIEF and THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS by Taran Hunt
WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by Lorraine Wilson
THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera
RAGWORT and GORSE by Caskey Russell
SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Accidentally looked suspicious while bringing down the carrier and the cat caught on

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Yes! The third book in the Kystrom Chronicles, THE DEATHLESS COUNCIL, will come out in 2027 😊

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We are DELIGHTED to see many Solaris titles on the BSFA Longlist! Ft @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @taranhunt.bsky.social @caspargeon.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @csecooney.bsky.social & covers by Sam Gretton, Veronica Park & Kate Forrester!

The Solaris Books on the BSFA Shortlist:

Best novel:

Anderson Versus Death, Anna Smith Spark
The Salt Oracle, Lorraine Wilson
An Unbreakable World, Ren Hutchings
Ragwort, Sam K. Horton
The Unkillable Princess, Taran Hunt
The Fourth Consort, Edward Ashton
The Immeasurable Heaven, Caspar Geon

Best Cover:
The Door on the Sea (Sam Gretton)
The Immeasurable Heaven (Sam Gretton)
The Salt Oracle (Sam Gretton)
Saint Death's Herald (Kate Forrester)
Ragwort (Veronica Park)

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

MY NON-THEATER FRIENDS AND RELATIVES: showstopping! Thrilling! Make it work, designer! MY COLLEAGUES, WHO SEW, EVERY DAY, FOR A LIVING: [with genuine concern] You know they sell those, right? You can go out and just buy a wedding dress. You don’t have to do this

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I decided, months ago, that I was going to make the wedding dresses for both my bride and myself. I have gotten two different reactions to this plan: PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SEW: Oh my god! That’s amazing! How romantic!! PEOPLE WHO DO SEW: What the fuck is wrong with you?

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Taran Hunt @taranhunt.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Dearly hoping for a Blake’s 7 remake

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