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Fansite for the Craft Sequence series of books and games

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Which page???

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I've made the decision not to finish something if I'm not enjoying it enough to rank it highly, so knocked a couple off that way, but so many of them are right up my alley. Close to finished novels and novellas, need to start novelettes and short stories! In the same boat re Astounding and Lodestar.

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I've been speedrunning Hugo writing nominees over the past week (because I forgot earlier and the voting deadline is 20 July) and I probably shouldn't be surprised but WOW I have found some new favourite writers here. This is fun.

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I can only apologise for this one.

Here's 1800 words about a potential timeline issue that is probably actually a typo but which has been bothering me for FOUR YEARS and now it's finally out there and I can breathe.

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/tar...

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Just finished an article that is essentially me laser focusing on a single line in FOUR ROADS CROSS that was probably a typo / character error because it has driven me up the wall since 2020. Why am I like this.

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Ok this obviously isn't how the Arsenal and the body of Ixzayotl are described in WICKED PROBLEMS and yet....... This is major Arsenal and Ixzayotl vibes. [As seen on Twitter]

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Tory since 1832!!!!!

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The awful Tory MP in my formerly safe Conservative seat is OUT. Fuck. Yes. I'm so happyyyyyyy.

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✅️ Business card bookmarks ORDERED ✅️ Hotel BOOKED ✅️ Emotional support friend CONFIRMED (I'm nervous af, my first con...) Who's going to Worldcon? Would love to do a Craft Sequence meet up if possible!

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Ngl this message made me book it so thank youuuu

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Also lol doing this when I still haven't booked my hotel

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Because I'm going to Worldcon I've decided to make bookmark business cards and yay this is so fun. Except as usual I have too much to say. Why can I never be succinct?

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UPDATED: Craft Sequence timeline (and character ages) figured out from clues in the series and updated post Wicked Problems.

EXCEPT. WE ARE NOW MISSING 9 YEARS. WHAT IS GOING ON. YES THIS HAS KEPT ME UP TOO LATE AND I NEED ANSWERS.

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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UPDATED: Craft Sequence timeline (and character ages) figured out from clues in the series and updated post Wicked Problems.

EXCEPT. WE ARE NOW MISSING 9 YEARS. WHAT IS GOING ON. YES THIS HAS KEPT ME UP TOO LATE AND I NEED ANSWERS.

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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Me: happily taking notes to update the Craft Sequence timeline article. Me: actually updating the article and realising there are now SEVEN YEARS unaccounted for.

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📢📢 DEAD COUNTRY audiobook pre order link is now LIVE!!!!

(Forgive the ugly link, lifted it directly from Gladstone's newsletter because I think it auto redirects to the correct link for your country)

substack.com/redirect/90a...

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📢📢 DEAD COUNTRY audiobook pre order link is now LIVE!!!!

(Forgive the ugly link, lifted it directly from Gladstone's newsletter because I think it auto redirects to the correct link for your country)

substack.com/redirect/90a...

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Oh I have definitely angered the gods. Train I managed to get (last 2 cancelled, 1 per hour) is terminating a third of the way through the journey and we're being kicked off at a random train hoping they actually send the final train at 22.42. Seril save me.

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An extremely pedestrian non Craft Sequence post my god London Euston is a truly dreadful station. What have I done to have to suffer this place.

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I HAVE NOT thank you for sharing!!

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"Wow. That was thoughtful insightful and the bit about the Skazzerai... My hat is off to you!"

If you haven't read EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT CRAFT SEQUENCE VAMPIRES you're missing out, says this commenter.

You know you want to:

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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“They’ll come for you. And then the spiders will. We need a plan.” “The plan,” she said, “is: we fuck them up.” “I like it. Missing some details as regards the how.” Wicked Problems

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I've read FAR too much Gladstone since my first Bookburners read in 2017. Now I immediately recognise which episodes are his by a handful of lines.

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“They’ll come for you. And then the spiders will. We need a plan.” “The plan,” she said, “is: we fuck them up.” “I like it. Missing some details as regards the how.” Wicked Problems

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A most excellent scene (chapter 6)

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There's a scene in @maxgladstone.bsky.social's Four Roads Cross that's set in a pizza shop where, no, the two big guys there have no idea how to make pizza or coffee nor any inclination to do so.

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Vampires are creatures of Craft, trading their deaths for inhuman senses & eternal hunger. We meet a vampire early in Three Parts Dead but few others - until Wicked Problems. With no plot spoilers for the latter, this is everything we know about vampires:

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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My essay on SAINT (and RAKESFALL, and two other South Asian novels) is still percolating through publication, so you'll have to take my word for it that it's basically running around and screaming about them (particularly in terms of their fascinating metafictional threads)

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Got my two pots of tea on a terrace. Wonder what I'll write today

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Vampires are creatures of Craft, trading their deaths for inhuman senses & eternal hunger. We meet a vampire early in Three Parts Dead but few others - until Wicked Problems. With no plot spoilers for the latter, this is everything we know about vampires:

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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I haven't been posting enough gay content for Pride but I'm currently reading this and the cast is very queer. And they have all found their way to each other so naturally. I love this world and will always shout about it. I keep joking about it being my Infinity War but it is giving me those feels

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Well THIS looks like fun @kevinhearne.bsky.social @maxgladstone.bsky.social

Pity I don't live near Salem...but maybe YOU DO.

Both Max and Kevin are awesome people to talk to. Together...well, can Copper Dog handle that much awesomeness? Go and find out!

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Craft Sequence vampires article draft 1 finished, editing tonight!

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Sounds like a Deathless Queen name! I'm sadly badly allergic to cats but love seeing them online.

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I can't actually find the mentioned YouTube link but it does seem to be available on podcast feeds so check out @maxgladstone.bsky.social and others on SFF Addicts podcast!

Will add to site later with links, in an airport with dodgy signal ATM.

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I work adjacent to politics so have had no free time for a week (yay snap election) buuuut I'm off on holiday tomorrow so expect some Craft posts coming soon! - Craft Sequence vampires - halfway done - timeline update - something Tara related - maybe a how magic works?

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I work adjacent to politics so have had no free time for a week (yay snap election) buuuut I'm off on holiday tomorrow so expect some Craft posts coming soon! - Craft Sequence vampires - halfway done - timeline update - something Tara related - maybe a how magic works?

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"Tara had seen people with the curse before, of course. One of her best friends back in Alt Coulumb had it, and so did at least 4 professors at the Hidden Schools, though no one had ever been sure about Professor Amano. You found people experiencing vampirism in any city." WICKED PROBLEMS

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"Tara had seen people with the curse before, of course. One of her best friends back in Alt Coulumb had it, and so did at least 4 professors at the Hidden Schools, though no one had ever been sure about Professor Amano. You found people experiencing vampirism in any city." WICKED PROBLEMS

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Oh this is FUN! I hope they did it on purpose!!! Also just realised I haven't cited translator names on the site, must rectify. ...and now I realise I can't even find the Spanish translator's name!

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“There are too many pieces to this puzzle. We’ve got a murder, an attempted assassination, a divine death, and a case of piracy that may or may not be linked to any of the above.” THREE PARTS DEAD

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Also my friend saw this in person this weekend and agrees that you can't tell the scale in a photo. This is GLORIOUS on my wall. Mum thinks I should frame it.

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Conspiracy Wall 2.0 is now complete in my living room. Updated post coming soon.

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Finally updated the Craft Sequence reading orders to include WICKED PROBLEMS.

Though, spoiler, all I've done is put it at the end of each order. It does not work earlier, though feel free to convince me I'm wrong.

www.thehiddenschools.com/articles/cra...

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My old uni department is offering a course called Speculative Fiction and Global Politics and WHY WASN'T THIS OFFERED WHEN I WAS THERE I'm going to email and ask for the reading list because I need this in my life.

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No Craft Sequence in today's random bookshop visit but found a wild LAST EXIT

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Seeing tiktoks about Fleet Week and I feel compelled to remind everyone that Captain Raz Pelham is described multiple times as wearing a white uniform. He may be a (vam)pirate but I'm pretty sure he's dressed like this.

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