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Dan Simmons, born on April 4, 1948, is a celebrated American author known for blending science fiction, horror, and historical fiction. His most famous novel, Hyperion (1989), won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1990 and the Locus Award the same year. Hyperion cemented Simmons as a master of speculative fiction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Simmons
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Lights, camera, but will there be any action at the Imperial on East 14th Street? Julian George dims the lights in The Movie Lovers.
https://www.fictionable.world/stories/the-movie-lovers-julian-george
Image: Krish Shah
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Are you in Chicago or Cincinnati? Tomorrow (April 5th) at 11am, the Under Cover Book Club will be hiding copies of my novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISION around the city! Check Instagram for clues to the secret location: undercover513 for Cincinnati or undercoverbookclub312 for Chicago. Happy hunting!
https://www.undercover513.com/home
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“I could barely breathe while devouring this.”
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It may look like I am trolling my American friends, but it's a coincidence that I am reading this book with this title. It's old library sale loot that just happened to reach the top of my To Be Read pile now.
Heads up Fantasy, SciFi & Horror readers, there's a 200+ indie book sale on this weekend.
Store options include direct from authors, DRM-free & downloadable files.
Prices free-$1.99 (US, or similar in your currency). https://indiebook.sale/
Book search options include by genre & character representation.
Book 1 of my epic, portal, queer-led YA Fantasy is included, and my whole #RuarnonTrilogy is on sale too: https://elisecarlson.com/ruarnon-trilogy/
This was an eye-opening introduction to the history of Ferris State University. As a Michigander, I have only been to Big Rapids twice in my life, was never interested in FSU as a high school senior. But it appears they have some interesting history that more people should know about. Give this a read. I really liked it a lot and will make the journey to the Jim Crow Museum there sometime.
Hey Milwaukee! I'll be selling books (and poetry tarot cards) tomorrow at the Triple Taproom from 12-3pm! Come say hi! Many other cool writers will be there too with a vast assortment of fantasy, romance, and fantasy romance books. Yay!
Authors say their books have been taken. They say that because their books ***have*** been taken.
Book Review: Point of Hearts by Melissa Scott
Continuing the story of Philip and Nico, and their secondary world next door fantasy city of Astreaint.
Our @Princejvstin has the review at the NOAF blog for your Friday
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/04/book-review-point-of-hearts-by-melissa.html
Leigh Bardugo - Hell Bent is badass and escapist at the same time in a world with shamanic demon powers. Loving it.
'In my view, to fixate on words misses much of what translation is.'
Michelle Chan Schmidt talks to Matt Reeck about his philosophy of #translation
Just don't call it a #philosophy
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#Meta stole my books: Cuentos incatásticos and Pachamama, diosa extraordinaria. Meta used the #LibGen dataset, full of pirated works, to train their AI.
META must #DoTheWriteThing
Please continue to support authors by purchasing our work and using your local library #makeitfair
My books are available at https://linktr.ee/helenpugh
The siege is over but the war goes on. ‘The Eye of Horus’ is an atmospheric World War Two thriller with settings that move from the Highlands of Scotland via Gibraltar to Malta.
Valletta has a central part to play in the story. Bob and Monique stay in the city and their exploration of some of its seamier areas produces leads about the fate of the men they are seeking.
Find out more on our website:
https://www.arachnid.scot/book-eoh/index.html
About a third of Ancillary Justice read. Had to go reserve the next two in the series to continue with it immediately!! Also pleased to see there's a lot more to read from the author. 
This reminds me a lot of the Teixcalaan duology, and I have to keep reminding myself that Leckie went there first. Luckily it's also a lot better than either of the duology so I don't feel too frustrated about the similarities!
I guess there's not that many ways to build a space empire that takes over other worlds, the politics be politicking.
Book 14 of 2025. Yet another book about dealing with autocracy. Sure sucks to see my country become so stupid and so divided so fast. Facebook fucked the whole thing up. Bye bye USA.
I listened to this one on audible. Read by @anneapplebaum herself.
[Tepid Jemisin spoilers]
Im at the part of the book where desperation is hitting & so the people are trying "something different" - aka, coexisting in s quasi-egalitarian commune made up of humans, stone eaters, & orogenes - in lieu of ordering based on caste, empire, caste, & race.
Reminds of what it might need to take to get us past capitalism.
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“Burden” from Threnody, my 2nd volume of #poetry available now here: https://www.nihtgengapress.com/product/threnody-new-poems
Only 2 copies left! Thank you for helping give an independent #poet the gift of “sold out”
I have finished reading:
13: George Gipe - Back To The Future.
I am now reading:
14: Craig Shaw Gardener - Back To The Future pt2.
Here's something nice: the New York Review of Books @nybooks has joined the party. Worth following. https://newsie.social/@nybooks/114275637845132010
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