What are some of my favorite book series? Show one a day for 25 days? Okay.
Day 3: Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse by @jimchines.com .
This is the funniest sci-fi series. The Sanitation crew of a starship needs to save themselves and humanity.
Brilliant!
#booksky #novels #favoritebookseries
Kobo has FIFTH QUARTER on sale for $4.99 until Tuesday, April 7th. Emotionally constipated assassins make the best Easter reading!
www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...
A set of screenshots from DEEP SPACE NINE. An old Klingon throws his arms around Dax and shouts "Curzon, my beloved old friend!" Dax returns the hug and says "I'm Jadzia now." The Klingon grabs her shoulders, smiles, and says "Jadzia, my beloved old friend!"
Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.
Since the "keep politics out of stories" argument is popping up again, I'm just gonna link to this article from 2015.
"What 'entertainment without politics' means is 'entertainment that regurgitates the norm and doesn’t challenge my assumptions in any way.'"
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/poli...
Large black fluffy dog and large long-haired tabby cat sprawled together in a sunbeam, mocking those of us who are forced to toil at our jobs…
Sunbeam love ❤️
Bumblebee is my favorite of the films so far.
FWIW, I didn't think it was the worst of the live-action Transformers movies, at least?
Thanks! As well as can be hoped for these days, I'd say.
The trade edition of Mei-Mei is adorable!
There's not an eyeroll emoji big enough for someone complaining about "cancel culture" while discussing an author who currently has an HBO special coming out and rakes in $60-$80 million in royalties each year.
Two still adds up to a whole ass book club, though!
Thank you! So glad you liked it 😊
No sequel plans at the moment, but we’ll see what happens!
Three emails from Mr. Halfassbookclub so far…
Rude 😠
This month's review for supporters over on Patreon is the NAACP Image Award-winning DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, by @nnedi.bsky.social.
It's thoughtful, powerful, truthful, challenging, and important. I expect to see it show up on more award lists before the year is over.
www.patreon.com/posts/review...
Please tell me that's supposed to be lipstick
“55% of horses returned to barn after barn doors ripped off by anti-door conspiracists.”
I’m working on these lectures further defining Africanjujuism and I talk about being chased by masquerades (mmuo, “spirits”) when I was little and that being where my obsession with them and what they were began (no one explained ANYTHING to us back then, lol!!). THIS is what I’m talking about:
That … sounds about right for this year, actually.
The staggeringly fabulous cover for CE Murphy's BONE & BLOOD, a retelling of "Snow White, Rose Red" features two women standing back to back: one is garbed all in blood red, with dark red hair and a black mask; the other wears flowing white, with wheat-pale hair and a glittering mask. Cover art & design by Ravven.
#Booksky! Today is RELEASE DAY for BONE & BLOOD!
There is a story of a widow & her two daughters, Snow White and Rose Red, the most perfect & darling little girls who had ever lived.
This is not—quite—that story.
I'm so proud of this one, guys! Please RT! :)
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXFPLQW...
Jim C. Hines
New essay! "Endings and Other Lies" by Jim C. Hines! buff.ly/1XCTxZ8
For those wondering who we were bringing into the GenCon Writers Symposium as special and featured guests, wonder no longer… www.gencon.com/gen-con-indy...
@tananarivedue.bsky.social @kundalinisteve.bsky.social @justinaireland.com @kwamembalia.bsky.social
Which is rather ironic, I think.
My essay in the new issue of Uncanny.
I almost emailed @michaeldthomas.bsky.social to ask if I could update the ending after the events of the past week…
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/endi...
Covers for Kitemaster and Slayers of Old on a space background. Text reads "2025 Award Eligibility"
Nebula noms close on March 1.
Hugo noms close on March 28.
Grammys first round voting closes in mid-October.
The Ellie Badge--wait, that doesn't have open voting.
The Masked Singer voting is...I think it's going on right now?
KITEMASTER and SLAYERS OF OLD are eligible for at least two of these...
It's a very hard life.
I've got to get on track with Patreon stuff--I owe folks a reading.
But in the meantime, here are this month's reviews. The review of DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL should be readable to everyone, while the review of the STRANGER THINGS ending is Patrons-only.
www.patreon.com/posts/review...
If a million of y’all would order signed copies of Slayers, I’d be happy to find out!
Today's writing-related search: "Is piss-poor hyphenated?"
(The answer appears to be yes, at least according to @merriam-webster.com.)
#ProfessionalWriterAtWork
