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Ken MacLeod

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Science fiction writer

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Eddie Cochrane's avatar Eddie Cochrane @cobrabay.bsky.social
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So my theory as to why Sir Kier Starmer went to the Admiralty Building first before going to No. 10 was to add his name to the treaty with the Deep Old Ones.

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Ken MacLeod 's avatar Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social
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Thank you! And thanks for the link to the article about ANE gods. I read Gilgamesh around the time I wrote Engines of Light.

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Charlie Stross's avatar Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social
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You can order UK books for shipping from a variety of bookstores including amazon: I'd prefer you to buy mine from Transreal Fiction here in Edinburgh (hint: you can get them signed: transreal.wordpress.com )

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SF Encyclopedia's avatar SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social
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RIP Brian STABLEFORD sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stable... Including translations, he produced nearly 600 books, and also authored and co-authored many entries for the SFE - he was a contributing editor to the 1979 and 1993 editions.

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Peter Ellis's avatar Peter Ellis @almostconverge.bsky.social
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this is why i prefer place names like ravenbluff or deepford in fantasy instead of xobergroth or plintfau also expect most of your rivers to just be called "river" by the locals, and mountains to be "big mountain" and "little mountain"

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Ken MacLeod 's avatar Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social
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Yes, I had just read the Epic of Gilgamesh for the first time!

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Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures's avatar Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures @glasgow2024.bsky.social
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Our technical platform will be based on Hopin Events from RingCentral for video streaming and Discord for text interaction and community forums.
You can find more information about this here:
glasgow2024.org/online-conve...
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Neil Williamson's avatar Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
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Got to love discovering a mysterious cardboard box outside the front door. Author copies are always a good surprise.

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E.M. Faulds's avatar E.M. Faulds @bethkesh.bsky.social
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Hey, want to support women writing fantasy? Here's my collection which includes fantasy / SF / horror / weird short stories. Won a BFA last year. šŸ˜ Get it from the biggie online retailers or direct from the small press here or online libraries!
www.ghostmothpress.com/product/unde...

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Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures's avatar Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures @glasgow2024.bsky.social
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Glasgow 2024 Fan Meetups are also happening in Edinburgh! We're meeting at 7pm on Thursday 15th February and Thursday 4th April at Jeremiah's Taproom, 7-8 Elm Row, Edinburgh. (1/3)

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Christian Lipski Fan Account's avatar Christian Lipski Fan Account @christianlipski.bsky.social
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Priest wrote stories that made my brain wonder. As a kid I read The Inverted World, about life in a moving city on an impossible world, and it really dazzled me. The Prestige is another one that you may know, with a similarly wild premise. RIP

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Martin Greenwood's avatar Martin Greenwood @fichtheit.bsky.social
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Utopia heads! Deadline extended on our CfP for Utopia and the Return of History at University of Manchester 29th-30th April. New deadline for abstract submissions: 26th January.

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John Sundman's avatar John Sundman @jsundman.bsky.social
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Free dystopia! Sign up for an author's newsletter, get a free ebook. This one includes my illustrated dystopian phantasmagoria The Pains. (Or as SF grandmaster Ken MacLeod calls it, 'Orwell's 1984 as told by Philip K. Dick.')

All boosts appreciated. #sciencefiction #scifi @booksky.bsky.social

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SF Encyclopedia's avatar SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.social
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Charles Stross was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: [couldn't identify], Lee Gibbons, [couldn't identify] and Stephan Martiniere):

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Association for Scottish Literature's avatar Association for Scottish Literature @scotlit.bsky.social
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I picked up a nodular mass of blue limestone, and laid it open by a stroke of the hammer. Wonderful to relate, it contained inside a beautifully finished piece of sculptureā€¦

ā€”THE OLD RED SANDSTONE by Hugh Miller ā€“ born #OTD, 10 Oct 1802
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Read on Project Gutenberg:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63923

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Tobias S. Buckell's avatar Tobias S. Buckell @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social
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Youā€™re thinking, hey, Tobias has a book coming out in print this month and Iā€™d love to win a free copy? Then head over to Goodreads to enter into a chance for a free copy!

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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