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Exploring Far Flung Worlds and Speculative Ideas through the medium of books

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

Published in 2002, Across the Nightingale Floor is one of those under appreciated stories that I don't hear enough about.

It's often bundled with the YA label but I actually think it has more to offer than that.

I’ve written more about this on my Substack

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@ITalk21 Have you read any John Scalzi? Old Man’s War is good fun for a sci fi vibe

[Penguin Classics @PenguinClassics]

Happy birthday to the great John Steinbeck, whose Nobel Prize-winning voice and unforgettable characters echo through generations of readers and writers alike 📚

Let us know which of his works is your favorite 👇

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

One is crossing a continent. The other is leaving the planet.

A rocket launch seen from commercial plane ✈

[Asimov's SF @Asimovs_SF]

In this week's blog post, Rick Wilber lays out the unique writing process and history behind his series of stories about the generation ship he created with friend and coauthor Kevin J. Anderson
https://t.co/nFrVhSuFL7

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@binding_broken So far? I’ll go for Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. I’ve gone down a NASA themed rabbit hole

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

Those books, gotta catch ‘em all!

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@DurhamWASP Great bookshop. It also has a model railway going round and round above your head!

[BuschidoEra @BuschidoEra]

@orsonscottcard "So I decided to be content with Dune as a standalone novel"

Taps the sign.

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@luke_leisher_ Great selection. If these are first time reads you are in for a treat. I’ve added Liftoff to my TBR!

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@samleham @HigginbothamA This is on my list as part of a grander NASA arc I’m working my way through

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

I’m supporting the King family:

King Sorrow, Joe Hill (William Morrow)

The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand, Christopher Golden & Brian Keene, eds. (Gallery)

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

2025 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot https://t.co/yjlDBkX8Zs

[Los Angeles Review of Books @LAReviewofBooks]

“I began to think of the archive as a 'paper sematary' where interred ideas still speak to, and through, researchers who enter and open themselves to listen.”

Andy Hageman visits the Stephen King archive: https://t.co/DYyJtFb1Vz

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@dnrrom Averaging a book a week

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

This is where the future writers get started and need to be supported so they can thrive

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

Great (and slightly depressing) deep dive into the sci fi and fantasy magazine market from @locusmag

“A number of outlets called it quits; some simply ran their course, but many couldn’t make the financial piece of the puzzle fit”

[Locus Magazine @locusmag]

Year-in-Review: 2025 Magazine Summary https://t.co/cgeCiuWuQC

[SFX magazine @SFXmagazine]

To celebrate The Lord Of The Rings' 25th anniversary, we’re giving away Limited Edition 4K Steelbooks of the original trilogy! Explore The Lord Of The Rings collection @amazonuk @hmvtweets. RT this to enter. UK entrants only, 18 or over. A winner will be chosen at random on 3 Mar

[The Book Club @bookclubpodhq]

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

📚NEVER LET ME GO📚

This week Tabby and Dominic discuss the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro:

🤔How to accept the inevitability of death
🫶Can your soulmate save your life?
🧬The chilling truth at the heart of the novel

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@ParsifalBooks Great selection but it’ll have to be The Road, Cormac McCarthy. One of my favourite books full stop.

[5paceman @Outlands_Review]

@TheCinesthetic I liked the film BUT loved the book. It has a beautiful melancholic and mournful undercurrent