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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 12h

hahaha in the end we are all at the mercy of the great spirit of story

Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 17h

The whole writing business is crazy-making but also revelatory. I'm often reminded of the way Big Mama LeGuin described the production of great art as a journey into the self to pull from the Jungian "collective unconscious" (something I experienced so much with my new novel, I quote Jung directly)

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 18h

Heh. I'd like to hear this ramble when the time comes.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 19h

I'm thrilled to be interviewed by Arley Sorg in this, the super special 20th anniversary issue of the amazing Clarkesworld magazine. We talk about my new novel THE FIST OF MEMORY, stories as a kind of meaning-making technology, The Sauúti Collective, and much more. Go check it out y'all!

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 19h

It all started on this day. Thank you for a wonderful twenty years.

Text in the center reads: 20 Years Oct. 2006 - Oct. 2026, clarkesworldmagazine.com

(right) Cover art for issue 241 by Marcel Deneuve is "Labyrinths of Azarax" and features a blue and white mechanical eye in a circular opening looking at a small, white, glowing humanoid figure standing on a large pipe in the tunnel. Many pipes line the walls, all heading out to the main room. Pipes are yellow and gray. Room beyond is blue.

(left) Cover art for issue 1 by Tomasz Pietrzyk is "The Town of the Towers" and features a surreal town of yellowy white distorted towers with reddish orange roofs that overhang the towers and rise to a point. Mishapen dark windows and doors are scattered about on the buildings. Orange sky gives the entire piece a warm tone.

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Bart Leib @metafrantic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMG Becky Chambers’ new book AS YOU WAKE, BREAK THE SHELL is one of October’s free Librarian ALCs on Libro! And so is @wtalabi.com’s upcoming THE FIST OF MEMORY! Library workers, if you’re not signed up for Libro, get on it now!

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 19h

Ah that would be my wife. She's gotten very good at capturing me in motion 🙂

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 01/10/2026

Ha! Thanks! I love a good flying knee. At least when people ask about some of the fight scenes in The Fist Of Memory, I can demonstrate a few of the moves :-)

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 01/10/2026

All I'll say is: buy, preorder or ask your library to request a book by a black author if you can. A few SFF suggestions: Kamilah Cole-Wicked Endeavors Adam Oyebanji-Line Of Descent Tananarive Due-Mazywood Eugen Bacon-Crimson In Quietus Forged In Fiyah (antho) Cadwell Turnbull-All The Hidden Places

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 01/10/2026

The science fiction authors curse: to see the shittiest, stupidest, most exploitative version of the technology you envisioned in your story come into existence.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 30/09/2026

I kinda really like this picture. I think its the symmetry.

Wole Talabi attempting a flying knee in front of a temple in Shanhaiguan, China

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 30/09/2026

Oh wow. I'mglad so many people are interested but sad you missed it. I certainly hope they have many more copies coming. 🙂

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 30/09/2026

Youre welcome! I hope you had an awesome day.

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 24/09/2026

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi. The central concept of this -- Nigerian gods mounting a heist on the British Museum to liberate an antique of sacred value to them -- is simple but brilliant. I love godpunk, and the Orishas are a fascinating pantheon.

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Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

The debut fantasy novel from an award-winning Nigerian …

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Primordial Platypus @perfectclarity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You think the descriptions can't get any better and then they do

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 30/09/2026

Happy birthday Effie! and instead of sharing my work for a boost, I'll share yours! The Metamorphosis is excellent! (and Bots All The Way Down is too!)

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 30/09/2026

Thank you! I think it is but I'm biased 😃

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026

Thank you so much for this message Sean! It really means a lot to me. And just in case you're interested, I have a follow up story in another anth5out later this year - mitpress.mit.edu/978026205487...

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Vaster Than Empires

Vaster than Empires is a global anthology of original science fiction stories that explores the philosophical and scientific frontiers of life, intelligence,...

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026

Ha! True. They should just call it "Ongoing Crisis"

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Jean's Sands @jeans-sands.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hello books

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026

It means the Final Crisis is almost upon us. Or something.

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Kay Orchison @kayorchison.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're a species that can anthropomorphise a toaster, cry over a spavined Mars rover running out of batteries Too easy to get us seeing minds in a reconstituted purée made out of thoughts we've already had or read

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DAW Books @dawbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026

Hey US friends! Want to read a novel that's kinda Nigerian John Wick meets Arrival by way of The Three Body Problem, Or what you'd get if Carl Sagan's Contact and Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai had a very African baby? I've got you. Win a free copy here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Book giveaway for The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026

Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026. We're giving away 10 copies of a unique and philosophical sci-fi t...

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 28/09/2026

Alright folks, this is one of the best stories I've read all year. Its about. Ancestors. Vampirism. Justice. Haunted houses. Storytelling. And so much more. Go check it out y'all. Run, dont walk.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 26/09/2026

Support the things you like, friends. They may not continue to exist without it.

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Chris McLaren ☢️ @chrismclaren.com · 23/09/2026

Actor Jesse Rath, wearing nerd glasses, puts a comforting hand on the shoulder of a man facing away from us. He says "There's nothing women like more than physics well applied."

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 26/09/2026

Been travelling a lot recently and barely had time to write anything new but glad to have managed to co-write a new Sauútiverse story with one of the collective members. This one came together on trains, boats, planes, airports and long drives but it came together anyway. The story found a way.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 26/09/2026

When people ask me what kind of books/stories I write, instead of giving a long answer, I just describe my new novel. Its the purest distillation of all my interests. The Fist Of Memory is an SF thriller about a Nigerian assassin & a South African astronomer an alien object heading towards Earth.

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Jay @tarvolon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Coming this fall: The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi is an action thriller in a Nigerian setting all wrapped in a first contact www.tarvolon.com/2026/09/23/s...

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This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Fist of Memory will be

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 23/09/2026

Stories are how I learned to make meaning of the world and to explore ideas so I'm not sure I could ever completely stop writing them even if I tried.

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 23/09/2026

Thanks for including "Decent" here and for mentioning @genni.bsky.social's excellent @sauutiverse.bsky.social novel too. 🙏🏾

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Fantasy Cafe, aka Fantasy Book Cafe @fantasycafe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Anticipated 2026 Speculative Fiction Releases, Part 2, featuring THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES; THE FIST OF MEMORY; BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE*; and THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/09/anti... *I've read this one. It's wonderful! #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Cover of THE SLANTWISE HISTORIES: COLLECTED STORIES from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, Alix E. Harrow. It is bright orange with some birds with a variety of animal heads like a tiger, a horse, a seal, and a wolf. There's a black border with intricate designs around the edges.

Cover of THE FIST OF MEMORY by Wole Talabi, the Hugo and Nebula Award Nominated Author of Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon. It shows some triangular designs in various blues against a midnight blue to blue-black background with what appears to be the curve of a planet below.

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"Absolutely masterful." - Annalee Newitz

"Unique." - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Cover of BONES OF JADE, FLESH LIKE ICE: A NOVEL by Gracie Marsden, showing the side view of a woman with white butterfly silhouettes covering her neck and parts of her face. She is wearing a jade pendant around her neck and golden ornaments in her dark hair, and other than her clothing, jewelry, eyes, and the butterflies, the cover is shades of red and black.

Cover of THE EMPIRE BURNS AT DAWN by Fatima Al-Shemary, showing a figure standing atop a black peak with additional mountain peaks in the background in shades of brown, orange, and blue. There is a large bird of prey in flight toward the upper right corner.

Cover Text: "One daughter to rule them. One daughter to break them."

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 19/09/2026

unfortunately he was added before the cowardice was revealed. plus the song was a big part of the writing process for one chapter

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Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New blog entry: Wole Talabi's forthcoming great novel THE FIST OF MEMORY www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2040

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Wole Talabi, THE FIST OF MEMORY – The Pinocchio Theory

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