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Kevin Guertin
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📚 Avid reader of #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy. I will post a lot about #books.

I'm a #webdeveloper. I'm a leftist, but you won't find politics here. #Cat lover. #Linux user. #Punster. #Gay. 🏳️‍🌈

I live in #Ottawa, #Ontario, #Canada 🇨🇦
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Kevin Guertin @leonivek.bsky.social · Nov 28
Enjoy my #List, #BookLover! 💙📚

#books #BookSky #FantasyBooks #ScienceFiction

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My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
www.kickstarter.com
September 24, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Another amazing cover from Joe Wilson for the final main volume in the Tyrant Philosophers series.
cobaltcorvid-sf.bsky.social Cobalt Corvid @cobaltcorvid-sf.bsky.social · 3d
Cover reveal for The Grave of Perfection by @aptshadow.bsky.social, the final instalment of the Tyrant Philosophers series! Available in February 2027, full details and pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/grave-of-...
#booksky #fantasy
Cover of The Grave of Perfection by Adrian Tchaikovsky
September 23, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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solarisbooks.bsky.social
Great to see Andy Weir recommending @maryrobinettekowal.com alternate history SF LADY ASTRONAUT novels in this article!

👉️ www.slashfilm.com/2232943/proj...

Buy
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A screenshot of Andy Weir's recommendation for The Lady Astronaut novels by Mary Robinette Kowal next to a compilation of their UK covers.
August 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
MUPPET TREK MUPPET TREK!!!

ALL HAIL MUPPET TREK!!!

#StarTrek
The Vulcans, the Dreamers, and Me — Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Level-Five Transporter Accident” - Reactor
Did we really need the clichéd ending?
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August 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Amazing Polish cover for Children of Memory.
kemott.bsky.social Tomasz Chyrzynski @kemott.bsky.social · Jul 7
You can expect Polish edition of Children of Memory by @aptshadow.bsky.social in my #translation still in July. The best one of the four in my humble opinion.
July 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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torbooks.bsky.social
Tor can’t legally threaten you, but if you spoil VICTORIOUS and an ancient curse settles upon your bloodline, know that actions have consequences.
June 2, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Salvation's Child, my first graphic novel and one that expands the universe of the Final Architecture, is now out!
paulcornell.bsky.social Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · May 26
It’s out! My first graphic novel as publisher! Salvation’s Child is a mind-blowing SF saga by @aptshadow.bsky.social a prologue to his Final Architecture series. In association with @comixology.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Archit... 1/3
Cover of Salvation’s Child, art by Steve Stone.
May 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
leonivek.bsky.social
Been looking for a #hardcover of Night Shift by @stephenking.bsky.social for many years. I came across a first edition today at a used bookstore, but without the dust cover. I don't usually buy #books without it, but I had to get this one. CAD $7.50. I found it with the dust cover on AbeBooks for...
The cover of Stephen King's Night Shift, first edition.
May 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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kobobooks.bsky.social
It's official 🤭 you've been asking for this and we heard you loud and clear... Kobo 🤝 @thestorygraph.com coming your way next month!
May 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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thestorygraph.com
It’s official! You’ve been asking for this and we heard you loud and clear. @kobobooks.bsky.social x StoryGraph coming your way next month! 🎉
Deeper reading insights unlocking this June. Starting in June, Kobo users can track their reading progress more easily than ever with automatic StoryGraph sync. This integration supports both ebooks and audiobooks. The integration will be available for all Kobo account-based content in June. Stay tuned!
May 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
My first ever graphic novel, delving into the past of the Final Architecture series.
cosmiclighthouse.co.uk Cosmic Lighthouse Comics @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk · Apr 27
Our first book, Salvation's Child, written by @aptshadow.bsky.social with art by @mikecollins99.bsky.social, comes out in just over 4 weeks' time!

US readers can preorder the electronic edition on Amazon for just $6.99 (for a full graphic novel!)

Readers in the UK can preorder it for just £4.19!
The cover to the graphic novel Salvation's Child by Adrian Tchaikovsky. The cover is set in deep space, and is green-to-dark green in tone. It shows several small space ships fleeing from an enormous vessel.
April 27, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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lainejohnson.bsky.social
Looking for used books? Meadowlands Public School is holding a BIG Book Sale on Sat, April 18, 9-2. It's at the school, 10 Fieldrow St. And the funds raised go to the school! Yay!
Poster showing kids with books and the details outlined in the post.
April 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
leonivek.bsky.social
Here goes nothing! Not sure I'm ready for a 35-book series? 🤷‍♂️

#avidreader #magicofrecluce #books #FantasyBooks
March 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Pretty, innit? Available to pre-order on the Broken Binding website.
🪐🚀 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #spaceopera
Broken Binding Special edition of Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Soldiering on despite, I’ve a 25 retrospective/26 release schedule up on the site adriantchaikovsky.com
Adrian Tchaikovsky, science fiction and fantasy author
Books, novels, novellas by Adrian Tchaikovsky
adriantchaikovsky.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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bookishsff.bsky.social
The eagerly awaited follow-up to @aptshadow.bsky.social's bestselling Children of Time series, Children of Strife follows our MC as she tries to determine what has happened to her crewmates who left the ship to explore an interstellar ark.

Signed preorder: www.waterstones.com/book/childre...
💙📚🪐
An image of the book cover: a ringed planet in greens and blues with organic-looking growths seeing to sprout from the rings, and a spaceship in the foreground.
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
For those who haven't come across the Terrible Worlds series - these are standalone novellas, entirely separate to one another in setting and plot, but loosely grouped in conceptual trios...
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Nov 29
Next year, a new TERRIBLE WORLDS novella is coming your way from @aptshadow.bsky.social !

Preorder PREACHING TO THE CHOIR now: https://geni.us/preachtc

And dive into the rest of the thematically linked series whilst you wait. Each novella is a standalone but 1-6 are available in bind ups too!
Against a gold space background, an infographic of the different novellas in Adrian Tchaikovsky's TERRIBLE WORLDS series.
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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thebrokenbinding.bsky.social
We are excited to unveil our special edition of Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky in association with @torbooksuk.bsky.social 🌠
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
This story is getting wilder - not only is it a known solitary spider species living communally, but it's cohabiting with a second species, a type of commensalism(?) not before observed. Would be very interested to see if the species are cooperating with weaving/hunting, and how that works.
hailseitan.bsky.social Ryan Wilson @hailseitan.bsky.social · Nov 6
@aptshadow.bsky.social Children of Time as prophecy?
the-independent.com The Independent @the-independent.com · Nov 6
This ‘arachnid megacity’ may be largest spider’s web ever found
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
Cover reveal for my Science Fiction Gothic Horror (!) novella out next year.
solarisbooks.bsky.social Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Oct 17
ICYMI, our friends over @scifinow.bsky.social have revealed the cover (designed by @petitecreme.bsky.social ) for the next instalment in @aptshadow.bsky.social 's TERRIBLE WORLDS series of standalone novellas: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR!

Learn more: www.scifinow.co.uk/books/preach...
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
leonivek.bsky.social
#writing
An image with text. Each sentence is highlighted in a colour that reflects the amount of words in the sentence. It reads: This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. ​Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals-sounds that say listen to this, it is important. ​So write with a combination of short, medium, and long sentences. Create a sound that pleases the reader's ear. Don't just write words. Write music. ​-Gary Provost 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
September 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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misterkristoff.bsky.social
Announcing the EMPIRE OF THE DAWN World Tour!

Alsoooo, behold our exclusive double-sided EMPIRE OF THE DAWN dust jackets, only available for sale on stops this tour.

Tix here: linktr.ee/Jaykristoff

See you on the road 🖤⚔️🦇
September 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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aptshadow.bsky.social
We have a cover for next year's Children of Strife!
September 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
leonivek.bsky.social
I'm so excited! 🤩 Finally starting #DisquietGods right now. I just finished Dregs of Empire and the two collections of short stories so I can finally delve into the penultimate #book of #TheSunEater series by Christopher #Ruocchio. My favourite #ScienceFiction series!

#avidreader #BookSky 💙📚
A picture of the book Disquiet Gods by Christopher Ruocchio.
September 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM