SL Huang [THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS is out!]🎇🦑🌌]
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THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS, April 2026. "Hugo award winner Huang stuns in this philosophical sci-fi exploration of linguistics and lost civilizations" - PW (⭐) "Fast paced and sharp" - LJ (⭐)
Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
Pinned
The Language of Liars
"Pitch-perfect science fiction about linguistics and consequences. This book destroyed me."—Yoon Ha Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Ninefox Gambi...
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💥 "devastating" - Rebecca Roanhorse
💥 "destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
💥 "f*king fantastic" - Samantha Mills
💥 "i AM NOT OKAY" - Mia Tsai
💥 "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
💥 "heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
💥 "brilliant" - Wole Talabi
💥 "SF at its best" - Kate Elliott
💥 "devastating" - Rebecca Roanhorse
💥 "destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee
💥 "f*king fantastic" - Samantha Mills
💥 "i AM NOT OKAY" - Mia Tsai
💥 "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke
💥 "heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei
💥 "brilliant" - Wole Talabi
💥 "SF at its best" - Kate Elliott
I hit repost too fast bc I needed to add THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN 😭😭😭
also "full immersion study abroad program all-time champion" for a character who jumps bodies by increasing language fluency is *chef's kiss*
brb changing the tagline of the book everywhere 🚀🦑
also "full immersion study abroad program all-time champion" for a character who jumps bodies by increasing language fluency is *chef's kiss*
brb changing the tagline of the book everywhere 🚀🦑
This book gave me so many feelings I had to draw tonally inappropriate silly fanart about it!! We love our foreign language full immersion study abroad program all-time champion Ro!!!
June 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I hit repost too fast bc I needed to add THIS IS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN 😭😭😭
also "full immersion study abroad program all-time champion" for a character who jumps bodies by increasing language fluency is *chef's kiss*
brb changing the tagline of the book everywhere 🚀🦑
also "full immersion study abroad program all-time champion" for a character who jumps bodies by increasing language fluency is *chef's kiss*
brb changing the tagline of the book everywhere 🚀🦑
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This book gave me so many feelings I had to draw tonally inappropriate silly fanart about it!! We love our foreign language full immersion study abroad program all-time champion Ro!!!
June 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This book gave me so many feelings I had to draw tonally inappropriate silly fanart about it!! We love our foreign language full immersion study abroad program all-time champion Ro!!!
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i just finished "The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com and holy WOW. this is a book that nails the novella format so well, especially for reading slowly and carefully. picking it apart.
it's a book for:
- language nerds
- travelers (time or otherwise)
- people who like their friends
- people
it's a book for:
- language nerds
- travelers (time or otherwise)
- people who like their friends
- people
The Language of Liars
Check out The Language of Liars - <p><b>A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, <i>The Language of Liars</i> is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning au...
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June 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
i just finished "The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com and holy WOW. this is a book that nails the novella format so well, especially for reading slowly and carefully. picking it apart.
it's a book for:
- language nerds
- travelers (time or otherwise)
- people who like their friends
- people
it's a book for:
- language nerds
- travelers (time or otherwise)
- people who like their friends
- people
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Happy Pride! As far as I know, none of my books are on sale, but if you want a romance involving an anxious bisexual man or a museum ethics adventure with a princess lesbian and a feral knight bisexual woman, I got you.
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Bitter Medicine - Tachyon Publications
[STARRED REVIEW] “Sparks fly in Tsai’s refreshing and enchanting paranormal debut. . . . With brilliantly developed, multifaceted characters; a clever magic system; and witty prose, the pages of this ...
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June 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Happy Pride! As far as I know, none of my books are on sale, but if you want a romance involving an anxious bisexual man or a museum ethics adventure with a princess lesbian and a feral knight bisexual woman, I got you.
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I don't usually crosspost my Tiktoks here but I thought this one might be Of Interest*:
7 Women of Color Who Wrote Speculative Fiction Before 1980
www.tiktok.com/@s.l.huang/p...
(who you can still read today! in english 😅)
[*perhaps especially to @nisishawl.bsky.social @jdnicoll.bsky.social]
7 Women of Color Who Wrote Speculative Fiction Before 1980
www.tiktok.com/@s.l.huang/p...
(who you can still read today! in english 😅)
[*perhaps especially to @nisishawl.bsky.social @jdnicoll.bsky.social]
June 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I don't usually crosspost my Tiktoks here but I thought this one might be Of Interest*:
7 Women of Color Who Wrote Speculative Fiction Before 1980
www.tiktok.com/@s.l.huang/p...
(who you can still read today! in english 😅)
[*perhaps especially to @nisishawl.bsky.social @jdnicoll.bsky.social]
7 Women of Color Who Wrote Speculative Fiction Before 1980
www.tiktok.com/@s.l.huang/p...
(who you can still read today! in english 😅)
[*perhaps especially to @nisishawl.bsky.social @jdnicoll.bsky.social]
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I’m 30% in and The Language of Liars is excellent. @slhuang.com
May 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I’m 30% in and The Language of Liars is excellent. @slhuang.com
POV a few months from now: we're all bringing back webrings to get around the internet 😭
May 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
POV a few months from now: we're all bringing back webrings to get around the internet 😭
oh my god every time I see that title 🤣
THIS SATURDAY: join me at the Red Wing Library as I discuss my community reads book, Cheddar Luck Next Time, & get personal about life as a cheese-loving autistic person!
🧀 10AM in the Foot Room.
(The free books have already been given away! They went fast!)
🧀 10AM in the Foot Room.
(The free books have already been given away! They went fast!)
May 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
oh my god every time I see that title 🤣
I'll do you one better, I thought Yo-seh-mih-tee and Yah-seh-might were two different parks
...I was an adult before I figured it out
...I was an adult before I figured it out
Confession: I used to think “Yosemite” was pronounced like “marmite”.
A guest just pronounced popsicles like Pericles and I might have found a new best friend
May 27, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I'll do you one better, I thought Yo-seh-mih-tee and Yah-seh-might were two different parks
...I was an adult before I figured it out
...I was an adult before I figured it out
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Anatidae. Quack! Honk!
A sleeping mallard drake, down on the Wandle Delta. Or is he? I may have been spotted...
#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #wandle #mallard
A sleeping mallard drake, down on the Wandle Delta. Or is he? I may have been spotted...
#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #wandle #mallard
May 26, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Anatidae. Quack! Honk!
A sleeping mallard drake, down on the Wandle Delta. Or is he? I may have been spotted...
#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #wandle #mallard
A sleeping mallard drake, down on the Wandle Delta. Or is he? I may have been spotted...
#birds #birding #wildlifephotography #wandle #mallard
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The Forbidden Lamp
CarmesJocelin
CarmesJocelin
May 26, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The Forbidden Lamp
CarmesJocelin
CarmesJocelin
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linguistics is literally as sexy as you can getttt (trust me guys i have two degrees in it i am expert)
May 26, 2026 at 12:13 PM
linguistics is literally as sexy as you can getttt (trust me guys i have two degrees in it i am expert)
Lololol completely forgot about my 4am shitposting until l woke up to packed notifs; glad everyone enjoyed!
If all that sound like a sexy time to you the book is THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS. I can haz romantasy monies now? 😚🤣
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
If all that sound like a sexy time to you the book is THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS. I can haz romantasy monies now? 😚🤣
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The Language of Liars
A story of secrets, body jumping, and the power of language, The Language of Liars is a poignant, thought-provoking new masterpiece from award-winning author...
us.macmillan.com
May 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Lololol completely forgot about my 4am shitposting until l woke up to packed notifs; glad everyone enjoyed!
If all that sound like a sexy time to you the book is THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS. I can haz romantasy monies now? 😚🤣
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
If all that sound like a sexy time to you the book is THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS. I can haz romantasy monies now? 😚🤣
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
no YOU invented a species that reproduces via asexual budding and thus doesn't even HAVE sex
also they've forgotten how to do THAT
I've graduated from books without sex to entire worlds without sex, am I doing this romantasy thing right
also they've forgotten how to do THAT
I've graduated from books without sex to entire worlds without sex, am I doing this romantasy thing right
Glad for all the romantasy readers who're living in their golden age but when will fiction drenched in unsentimental cynicism starring women who give no fucks be on trend again (asking for myself and my career)
May 26, 2026 at 10:35 AM
no YOU invented a species that reproduces via asexual budding and thus doesn't even HAVE sex
also they've forgotten how to do THAT
I've graduated from books without sex to entire worlds without sex, am I doing this romantasy thing right
also they've forgotten how to do THAT
I've graduated from books without sex to entire worlds without sex, am I doing this romantasy thing right
what do you mean alien linguistics isn't sexy sexytimes
ohhhhhh give me that inflection, make it both future AND perfect, yessssss
ohhhhhh give me that inflection, make it both future AND perfect, yessssss
Glad for all the romantasy readers who're living in their golden age but when will fiction drenched in unsentimental cynicism starring women who give no fucks be on trend again (asking for myself and my career)
May 26, 2026 at 10:30 AM
what do you mean alien linguistics isn't sexy sexytimes
ohhhhhh give me that inflection, make it both future AND perfect, yessssss
ohhhhhh give me that inflection, make it both future AND perfect, yessssss
You can continue to expect my books to get thinkier and less romantic, bah who needs to pay bills
Glad for all the romantasy readers who're living in their golden age but when will fiction drenched in unsentimental cynicism starring women who give no fucks be on trend again (asking for myself and my career)
May 26, 2026 at 10:27 AM
You can continue to expect my books to get thinkier and less romantic, bah who needs to pay bills
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I'm in the middle of Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social ; it's amazing so far. It's a sequel to Hench, one of my all-time favorites.
Just finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com , heartbreaking and wonderful.
Also Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social was a bunch of fun.
Just finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com , heartbreaking and wonderful.
Also Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social was a bunch of fun.
May 25, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I'm in the middle of Villain by @nataliezed.bsky.social ; it's amazing so far. It's a sequel to Hench, one of my all-time favorites.
Just finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com , heartbreaking and wonderful.
Also Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social was a bunch of fun.
Just finished The Language of Liars by @slhuang.com , heartbreaking and wonderful.
Also Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social was a bunch of fun.
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I went in to "The Language of Liars" knowing nothing but the title because luckily the first mention I saw was more or less "do yourself a favor and don't read anything else about it befoe you read this book!" 100% agree, top tier experience.
I didn't even read the jacket copy or the inside flap. 😂
I didn't even read the jacket copy or the inside flap. 😂
so many people saying they wish they didn't know anything about THE LANGUAGE OF LIARS going in
sadly hard to tempt people to read and... not say anything about the book...
just gotta become this year's Sixth Sense where everyone's all DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU ANYTHING JUST READ
sadly hard to tempt people to read and... not say anything about the book...
just gotta become this year's Sixth Sense where everyone's all DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU ANYTHING JUST READ
May 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I went in to "The Language of Liars" knowing nothing but the title because luckily the first mention I saw was more or less "do yourself a favor and don't read anything else about it befoe you read this book!" 100% agree, top tier experience.
I didn't even read the jacket copy or the inside flap. 😂
I didn't even read the jacket copy or the inside flap. 😂
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My latest newsletter issue is up! With book recs for works by @shaykauwe.bsky.social, @slhuang.com, and S. Hati. buttondown.com/amandahelms/...
Book Rec Quick Hits
Greetings, readers, from the other side of two months of deadline rush! Over April and May, I was hard at work with edits on my forthcoming book, The Upper...
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May 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
My latest newsletter issue is up! With book recs for works by @shaykauwe.bsky.social, @slhuang.com, and S. Hati. buttondown.com/amandahelms/...
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"The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com
this one is so good, i am sitting with it a lot. it's giving me so much to think about and consider that i don't want to go through it quickly. wanna read 2 chapters and then do BIG THOUGHTS
this one is so good, i am sitting with it a lot. it's giving me so much to think about and consider that i don't want to go through it quickly. wanna read 2 chapters and then do BIG THOUGHTS
May 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
"The Language of Liars" by @slhuang.com
this one is so good, i am sitting with it a lot. it's giving me so much to think about and consider that i don't want to go through it quickly. wanna read 2 chapters and then do BIG THOUGHTS
this one is so good, i am sitting with it a lot. it's giving me so much to think about and consider that i don't want to go through it quickly. wanna read 2 chapters and then do BIG THOUGHTS
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Self-promo time: The Subtle Art of Folding Space
Are people rewriting the physical laws of the universe for their own personal gain? What if the only things preventing anyone from doing this are norms? What do you do?
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Are people rewriting the physical laws of the universe for their own personal gain? What if the only things preventing anyone from doing this are norms? What do you do?
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
May 25, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Self-promo time: The Subtle Art of Folding Space
Are people rewriting the physical laws of the universe for their own personal gain? What if the only things preventing anyone from doing this are norms? What do you do?
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Are people rewriting the physical laws of the universe for their own personal gain? What if the only things preventing anyone from doing this are norms? What do you do?
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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I have like 12,000 things to do today and this wasn't on my list but there are currently 2 ways to support the Ignytes:
General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-...
If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.
General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-...
If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.
Sponsor the Ignyte Awards | The Ignyte Awards (Powered by Donorbox)
Support the Ignyte Awards as a sponsor and receive treats at the following tiers:$250-$499: "sponsored by" credit for yourself or your brand/organization for one award cycle $500-$999: all of the...
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May 21, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I have like 12,000 things to do today and this wasn't on my list but there are currently 2 ways to support the Ignytes:
General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-...
If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.
General Donations: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
Sponsorship: donorbox.org/sponsor-the-...
If you're local to the ATL area, I'm also looking for help packing trophies.
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Preorders are a gift from you to:
🎁Your future self
🖊️The author (seriously, it helps!)
✨With this book, also your childhood self: the one who dreamed of finding a hidden door to Narnia, or traveling the stars to see new worlds.
Treat yourself: hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...
#BookSky #sffbooks
🎁Your future self
🖊️The author (seriously, it helps!)
✨With this book, also your childhood self: the one who dreamed of finding a hidden door to Narnia, or traveling the stars to see new worlds.
Treat yourself: hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...
#BookSky #sffbooks
*checks watch*
It’s time to preorder THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH (a standalone sci-fi yarn by @jomiles.bsky.social) because Future You in July is super cool and deserves a gift from
Current You, who is also turbo rad. Available everywhere, but you get a discount and goodies if you order from us!
It’s time to preorder THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH (a standalone sci-fi yarn by @jomiles.bsky.social) because Future You in July is super cool and deserves a gift from
Current You, who is also turbo rad. Available everywhere, but you get a discount and goodies if you order from us!
May 21, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Preorders are a gift from you to:
🎁Your future self
🖊️The author (seriously, it helps!)
✨With this book, also your childhood self: the one who dreamed of finding a hidden door to Narnia, or traveling the stars to see new worlds.
Treat yourself: hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...
#BookSky #sffbooks
🎁Your future self
🖊️The author (seriously, it helps!)
✨With this book, also your childhood self: the one who dreamed of finding a hidden door to Narnia, or traveling the stars to see new worlds.
Treat yourself: hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...
#BookSky #sffbooks
Oops I should have specified, this is about various factors affecting BOOK sales
This is a bookish thread XD
This is a bookish thread XD
I am still very sick so have a ramble about "r"!
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?
May 21, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Oops I should have specified, this is about various factors affecting BOOK sales
This is a bookish thread XD
This is a bookish thread XD
I am still very sick so have a ramble about "r"!
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?
May 21, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I am still very sick so have a ramble about "r"!
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?
In my Mathematics of Word of Mouth thread, someone linked me to these very cool slides by @swilua.bsky.social
They show correlation between various factors and sales. But what is "r"?