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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My new novel doesn’t drop until May 4th, but suddenly it’s available for pre-order on the usual sites, and…wow, I guess it’s real. Forty years in this business, and every time feels like the first time. @tachyonpub.bsky.social

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Forty Million Summers : Wilson, Robert Charles: Amazon.ca: Books

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Here’s another instalment of my Substack series looking at Library of America’s SF novels of the 1950s (no paywall, free to read). This time it’s Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man.

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Against Nostalgia: Reading Library of America’s Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s

Part Five: The Shrinking Man

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Here you go: the official cover reveal for my new novel Forty Million Summers, due next May. Maybe I should be jaded after forty years in the business, but I have to say I’m especially proud of this big, far-ranging book and pleased that it found such a good home.

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Forty Million Summers - Tachyon Publications

“I can’t think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well.” —The New York Times An inexplicable ecological disaster is rapidly making the Earth uninhabitable...

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Another instalment in my Substack series looking at Library of America’s collection of science fiction novels of the 1950s. This time it’s Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow.

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Against Nostalgia: Reading Library of America's Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s

Part Four: The Long Tomorrow

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

So this happened last week: Canadian production company Skywild announcing the acquisition of rights to three novels, including one of mine. It’s only an option, so nothing is guaranteed, but it’s super nice to be included here.

hollywoodreporter.com

Tom Ryan’s Murder Mystery ‘The Treasure Hunters Club’ Optioned for TV Adaptation (Exclusive)

Skywild Pictures has also picked up rights to two other novels, ‘Our Little Secret’ and ‘The Affinities,’ for similar page-to-TV treatments.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Just posted: part three of my Substack series on Library of America’s SF novels of the 1950s. This time around it’s Theodore Sturgeon’s More Than Human. This was fun to write but hard to boil down to a readable length—there’s so much more I could have said.

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Against Nostalgia: Reading Library of America's Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s

Part Three: More Than Human

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The latest instalment of my series about Library of America’s collection of science fiction novels of the 1950s is up at Substack. This time I take a look at The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth. robertcharleswilson.substack.com/p/against-no...

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Against Nostalgia: Reading Library of America’s Science Fiction Novels of the 1950s

Part Two: The Space Merchants

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I originally published this story in my Substack newsletter—you can read it there (in English) free of charge. open.substack.com/pub/robertch...

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Homage to Pandora

A Tiny Little Short Story

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The latest issue of the French magazine Bifrost is a tribute to the long and fascinating history of Amazing magazine, but they found room for my little micro-story “Homage to Pandora,” ably translated by Gilles Goulet.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Here’s my new Substack post: some thoughts about my forthcoming novel Forty Million Summers, plus Loren Eiseley and Ray Bradbury. Still free to read and subscribe, no paywall.

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Forty Million Summers and Other Books

Loren Eiseley, Ray Bradbury, and the Paleontology of Words on Paper

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I’ve posted so sporadically here that I’m not sure who’s listening, but for those of you who might be interested, my first new novel in ten years is called Forty Million Summers and it’s been acquired by Tachyon Publications. So I’m doing my happy dance today.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I haven’t been especially active here, but I like the platform and might start posting more soon. Pleased to meet you, in any case, and thanks for the kind words.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Coincidentally, I saw this shortly after reading the first page of Three Miles Down. Now I have to put The Royal Scam on the turntable.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

One of the first rules of professional writing I learned was “Never give away anything for free.” But I’m old enough to break the rules if the spirit moves me. This is a tiny little brand-new science fiction story, which I hope might make you laugh…or not, depending on the mood you’re in.

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Homage to Pandora

A Tiny Little Short Story

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This might have been more appropriate for Halloween, but, like a pumpkin-spice latte on a hot September day, it arrived before its time.

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Why We Don't Ask Why

Close Encounters, The Exorcist, And The Questions We Don't Ask

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I haven’t been active here for a while, and I apologize to anyone who follows me. Part of the reason is that I’ve been busy setting up a Substack newsletter. This is the latest post—witches, beatniks, the Lavender Scare, and a movie I watch every Christmas. (Subscriptions are currently free.)

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Zodiac Carousel

Bell, Book and Candle and the Hinges of American Culture

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

There was a bit of Tipler in there, as I recall—not that I necessarily endorse all of Tipler’s ideas.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Maybe different for aquatic creatures, since the planet is perhaps wholly oceanic? But I’m no expert—it’s an interesting (if purely speculative) question. Sentient life would surprise me, but even single-celled life would be an amazing discovery.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Extremely interesting, if far from conclusive. K2-18 wouldn’t be a comfortable place for human beings—more than twice as large as Earth and nine times as massive, orbiting a red dwarf star—but it’s fun to imagine a big watery world teeming with sentient seaweed or philosophically-minded jellyfish.

theguardian.com

Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system

Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial life

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

If you want to support something reliably Canadian instead of products tainted by their connection to the US, choose: —Laura Secord, not Hershey’s —Maple Leaf, not Oscar Mayer —Mark Carney, not Pierre Poilievre

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Real Americans are all-in for our great neighbor Canada.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The more I see of Mark Carney, the better I like him. He’s smart, knowledgeable, at ease at the podium, and a perfect foil for the attacks on Canada’s sovereignty emanating from south of the border. The opposite of Poilievre, whose shallow sloganeering is instantly tiresome.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’d kinda forgotten that this is the book’s 20th anniversary. Without question, the most popular and most commercially successful of all my novels.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Taking a little time for some vintage science fiction, especially the work of John Christopher, whose opus I somehow neglected. (I did read and enjoy his Tripod trilogy many years ago, and I’m looking forward to No Blade of Grass, The Long Winter, and The Ragged Edge.)

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A Publishers Weekly article about the near-death of the mass market paperback, and you can spot a copy of my novel Spin in the photo that illustrates it. Sort of like coming across your own name on a tombstone.

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Sharry Wilson 🇨🇦 @sharryw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Fellow Canadians! 🇨🇦 Consider signing the petition below asking the Prime Minister to consider revoking Elon Musk’s dual citizen status and revoke his passport immediately. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

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Petition e-5353 - Petitions

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 21/02/2025

It's Nice To Be Disliked (By One Of Those)

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Celebrating Flag Day today—and reclaiming the flag from the “convoy” quislings, at a time when we face an unprecedented threat from south of the border. (Also bracing for the winter storm heading for southern Ontario!)

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

An American draft resisters crew, Toronto. 4th from left is Mary M from Georgia. She was a spirit guide to my wife and I. 3rd is Phillip from Texas. He taught me to be a carpenter. During Vietnam many young Americans came here, built lives, changed our politics. Maybe we need that influx again.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Trump has backed down…for now, in exchange for some fairly trivial gestures from Ottawa. But we still have a gun pointed at us—the US administration is still hostile and shockingly authoritarian—and I’ll be buying Canadian and boycotting US products until that changes.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Pierre Poilievre is currently on the CBC trying to promote himself by lending credence to Trump’s ludicrous rationale for tariffs. “Tariffs are wrong, but…” But nothing. Quisling.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Trump’s “reasons” for imposing tariffs on Canada are so implausible that he obviously has a different motive—presumably to crush Canadian independence, economically or politically or both. Buy Canadian, boycott American. True north strong and free.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We’re shopping more carefully now that Canada is under economic threat—postponing big purchases, planning more plain-&-basic meals, avoiding US products, buying Canadian wherever possible. This country is worth any sacrifice we might have to make. Canadians have done it before & we can do it again.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

“Number 24” is a poignant dramatization of the experience of Norwegian WW II resistance fighter Gunnar Sønsteby. Maybe especially poignant for Canadians, at a time when the apparently psychotic leader-in-waiting of the country to the south of us is making mouth noises about annexing our country.

rogerebert.com

Number 24 movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert

A sturdy, handsomely mounted period piece depicting the emotional toll required for freedom.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Every year after Christmas dinner Aunt Felicia would entertain the family with her reenactment of a scene from Ridley Scott’s Alien.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Once a year I have to take the platter off my sixty-year-old idler-drive turntable and oil all the mechanical bits that need lubricating. This is the sort of entertainment you don’t get with Spotify.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Some Canadian art for tomorrow’s solstice: Lawren Harris, “Winter Morning,” 1914. I don’t mind these dark and moody winter days—great for sitting by the window and writing—though they tend to wear out their welcome by the time February staggers into March.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Listening to this as I book tickets to see the Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This 4-LP boxed set was distributed by the Book of the Month Club in 1964, and they must have made a million of them—they’re a yard sale mainstay, the opposite of “collectible” vinyl. But it’s actually a pretty good introduction to the pre-Dylan folk scene.

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Robert Charles Wilson @wilsonspin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The incoming US president called our prime minister the “governor” of a “state,” so I thought I’d check, and as of dawn’s early light the flag was still there.

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