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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 21h

Weekend reviews pt. 3: the Museum of the Moving Image is off the beaten path (Astoria Queens), but it has an ongoing Jim Henson exhibition. Even if you're not a huge Muppet fan, it's fascinating (and often bizarre) what he achieved in his work. And if you are a huge Muppet fan, it's the place to be

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Weekend reviews pt. 2: it's good that I waited until now to see the Frick collection, because I would've had no clue earlier in life how amazing it is--all greats with very little filler. The paired Holbeins of Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell were a particular highlight for me.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reviews from weekend, part 1. #OperationMincemeat: The Musical is awesome--a madcap mostly comedic stage show where five actors play over 100 characters without regard to gender and with a few gut punching emotional moments. And all based on a real, macabre WWII deception operation that saved lives

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My @capclave.bsky.social schedule this weekend! Saturday 10 AM Academia in Speculative Fiction 1 PM Beyond the European Castle - new locales/new cultures 4 PM My Reading 8:30 PM Mass Autograph Session Sunday 10 AM Morally Gray Characters 1 PM Alternate Apollos www.capclave.org

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

NYC-area friends: author @adrianmckinty.bsky.social (Adrian McKinty) will be at the @mysteriousbookshop.com tonight at 6pm. Should be a good evening!

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just finished reading Kyle Harper's new book, "The Last Animal: Human History and the Fate of Life on Earth from the Ice Age to the Sixth Extinction," and folks, it's a banger. He really did the dang thing. Beautifully written, extraordinarily well-researched and thoughtful, paradigm-defining.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why was this week's #TedLasso so much better than the all the previous episodes this season?

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Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It a double Eating the Fantastic birthday for past guests @tomdoyle.bsky.social and @stevetem.bsky.social! Celebrate their latest spins around the sun by taking your seat at the tables as we chat and chew on Episodes 4 and 80 of the podcast. pod.link/1083737796

Photos of the two across the table from me during their meals. Tom's photo is food-free, but Steve is holding up a piece of his fish and chips in each hand.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Jack White's 7 Nation Army came from him mishearing the words "Salvation Army." So, the main riff is appropriately akin to a brass band as played by guitars. The song is then adopted by sports events--in part because college bands could play it so easily on brass instruments, thus coming full circle

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Bruce Campbell announced he has five years left to live, more or less. So thought of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Obj...

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Five Years (2012 Remaster)

YouTube video by David Bowie - Topic

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Graphic Audio @graphicaudio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Part supernatural spy adventure, part historical romp, The League of Set is the beginning of a fast-paced GraphicAudio Original series in the ancient world. Listen to the full cast audio trailer for Agent of Exiles by @tomdoyle.bsky.social loom.ly/nD595qg

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Agent of Exiles 1: The League of Set by Tom Doyle (GraphicAudio Original Trailer)

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 03/09/2026

IGN just posted an article calling A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS “the weirdest new superhero comic of 2026.” I’ll take it!

A comic panel showing a six-legged dear outside of a movie theater.

"THE WEIRDEST NEW
SUPERHERO COMIC OF 2026*
IGN

A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS
ALEX DIOTTO
TAYLOR ESPOSITO
OLIVER MERTZ

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

@tkingfisher.com Just saw the 1960 #HouseOfUsher this evening (in glorious CinemaScope at the AFI Silver), and of course there was some discussion of What Moves the Dead. (Alas no fungal experts in the Corman/Matheson story.)

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

1/2 Tom is very foolish & yet lucky, part 102: I finally viewed the 1960 #HouseOfUsher film w/ Vincent Price, and I'm so glad I didn't see it while writing American Craftsmen, because the anxiety of influence would've killed me.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When I was in college, the 19th century seemed sometimes strange but comprehensible. But now I'm reading about 19th century Paris, and it seems batsh*t.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just had a delightful online viewing with remote friends of the truly awful #InTheHandOfDante on Netflix. We gave it the full Mystery Science Theater treatment throughout--no film has ever deserved it more.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 21/08/2026

I should note that this (3000-word) piece is slightly less “general public” than most of my writing, since I wrote it for a newsletter intended for researchers. But if you’re interested in dark energy, there’s way more about it in my first book, “The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)”!

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social Psst! One of the Capclave panel selections is Dune (the original trilogy).

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#Sugar season 2 ep. 3 has some of the music from #BloodSimple, and wow, that was like a haunting from an old ghost indeed. A nice demonstration of how the protag is constantly being triggered to think of images from noir films.

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Concerned Citizen Dave @djl71.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It was another busy week in the political world. Please read my free newsletter for the latest news. davelelacheur.substack.com/p/synthesizi...

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Synthesizing Sense, Vol. 83

An attempt to cut through the fog to see what is really happening and how it matters, through the lens of wargames, sports, history, scifi, and music.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@larisa-labrant.bsky.social Good to see you on the bluesky today! What have you been up to? Just watched The Kid Detective--interesting, offbeat film.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

@hotgpod.bsky.social What special episode(s) had your sights to see in each part of Germany? Have a friend who's traveling there, and I'd also like him to listen to the whole podcast. Thanks!

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Tomorrow Aug. 4th 2026 is "There Will Come Soft Rains" day from The Martian Chronicles. The best way to honor it is probably to live it like it's your last.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@patrickwyman.bsky.social knows his collapses (see his Fall of Rome podcast), and this is a good tight discussion of the links between Nolan's Odyssey, the late Bronze Age, and our current moment.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

TL;DR: The Odyssey is a great engaging film. See it on the biggest screen you can. More details: Probably does the best job with the big emotional hits of the story of any adaptation I've seen (and maybe of any Nolan that I've seen). Other details later

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

RIP Glen Hansard. "Falling Slowly" may be my favorite Oscar moment of all time--the performance, the audience energy, the win, Jon Stewart's response to the thank you cutoff.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Any other writers receiving phishing spam from Cirencester Radio / Penny's Picks? It's almost certainly another scam, but they're being unusually persistent for scammers.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Raven Scholar is an amazing work of ever-changing perceptions of its characters. Starting with red herring tropes that make the reader think they know who's who, the author continually expands the narrative and gracefully flips and flips again our views of most everyone in the tale.

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Jean Marie Ward @jeanmarieward.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Jean Marie Ward interviews R.F. Kuang, award-winning, bestselling author of fantasy and literary fiction. Recorded at Balticon 2019, the interview is published here for the first time in cooperation with Buzzy Multimedia LLC. youtu.be/o0fXhIwCPXY #babel #thepoppywar #RFKuang

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hey @matociquala.bsky.social, just reached the part in Carnival in which Vincent is discussing his people's Gnosticism--as you already know but others may not, that's an excellent choice, as that's what flourishes when an imperium seems inescapable in the physical realm.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#BastilleDay is a good occasion to remember that the French people have had a handful of republics, and each time they lost one they persisted until they got a new one. That's the sort of resilience we need.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This arrived today with my new story, “The Dark Wood”—enjoy!

Cover of Bullet Points magazine, Volume 14, Fantasy-Themed Issue.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Now listening to The Best of All Possible Planets--the latest SF humor from @alexshvartsman.bsky.social!

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Senator Claghorn rises to respond. "I say, that's no joke son! That's not a funny!"

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Big thank you to everyone working on @readercon.bsky.social this past weekend--an awesome con again this year!

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Off shortly to my next Readercon panel at 3pm on Karel Capek with fellow panelists John Kessel, Kit Sedia, and Brent Cox.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My third panel yesterday at @Readercon yesterday was Classical Reception in Contemporary SFF with fellow panelists Alexander Jablokov, Sonja Ryst, and Sonya Taaffe--all with very wide and deep knowledge of ancient Greece and Roman and their many roles in SF/F.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My reading yesterday at @readercon.bsky.social was my story "The Dark Wood"--which after 14 years will be coming out in Bullet Points #14 this week!

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My 2nd panel of the day on Friday at @readercon.bsky.social was Alternate Apollo: The Space Race Goes On with fellow panelists @matthewkressel.net, @rwwgreene.bsky.social, and @romiesays.bsky.social--folks with a lot of collective knowledge of space culture.

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Larisa LaBrant @larisa-labrant.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Wohoo! @tomdoyle.bsky.social second book in the American Craftsman trilogy is on kindle sale for $2.99 Since 1 & 3 were on sale in June, can complete owning the trilogy. #booksky #amreading

Illustrated cover to The Left-Hand Way by Tom Doyle showing the heroine armed with a pistol, in front of a very large bald black man, a sword over his shoulder, a gun in his other hand, tactical vest and short sleeve tee completing his look. The background is a magical glow and military helicopters.

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