In my exclusive interview with author Wil McCarthy, he discusses his new sci-fi space opera political spy thriller novel "Poor Man's Sky."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-poor-mans-sky-author-wil-mccarthy/
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#WilMcCarthy #WilMcCarthyInterview #WilMcCarthyPoorMansSky #WilMcCarthyPoorMansSkyInterview #WilMcCarthyRichMansSky #WilMcCarthyBeggarsSky #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #Thriller #Espionage #SpyNovel #HardSciFi #HardScienceFiction

Finished reading Cristin Terrill's "The Stars Between Us"
https://amzn.to/3wKmo6M
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Though more of a star-crossed romance than the #SciFi story I was expecting, this was still an entertaining and engaging read.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

Read Toi Derricotte's "Natural Birth: Poems" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3X0ZSRU
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Wasn't planning on reading this impressive collection in one sitting, but given their narrative / thematic connections, I couldn't help myself.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

"Apex Magazine" is one of the pre-eminent online sites for original #SciFi and #fantasy short stories. Don't believe me? Check out their new anthology, "Apex Magazine 2021," which you can learn more about from this exclusive interview with co-editor Lesley Conner.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-apex-magazine-2021-co-editor-lesley-conner/
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#LesleyConner #LesleyConnerInterview #LesleyConnerApexMagazine2021 #LesleyConnerApexMagazine2021Interview #LesleyConnerApexMagazine #DarkFantasy #ShortStory #ShortStories

Finished reading Edward Hirsch's "Stranger By Night: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3GBAvB6
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As with so many books of #poetry that I like, it was the more narrative #poems that I appreciated most.
#books #reading

This is a fun article about how some of the January 6th traitors got caught in the dumbest ways.
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-ridiculous-ways-accused-january-6-rioters-got-caught-2022-12
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Started reading Cristin Terrill's "The Stars Between Us"
https://amzn.to/3wKmo6M
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Interesting...seems like it's a #SciFi take on a rather un-sci-fi story.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

Finished reading Beth Revis' "Star Wars: The Princess And The Scoundrel"
https://amzn.to/3T74tkb
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A very fun — and, for a bit, somewhat "Love Boat"-y — post "Jedi" adventure.
#books #reading #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #SpaceFantasy #StarWars

Started reading Edward Hirsch's "Stranger By Night: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3GBAvB6
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Yet another long-time / multi-book poet I'm just now getting to in my 50s...
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Started reading Beth Revis' "Star Wars: The Princess And The Scoundrel"
https://amzn.to/3T74tkb
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Seems like this is going to be a fun, a little smoochy, but not entirely fluffy, "Jedi" postscript.
#books #reading #SciFi #SciFiBooks #ScienceFiction #SpaceFantasy

Finished reading Anni Liu's "Border Vista: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3Vo7ahQ
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So good, especially the ones that were recollections. Hope to read more of her #poems soon.
#books #reading #poetry

I really hate that now, if I make the joke about being "Jew-ish," people are going to think of this lying dipshit.

Started reading the archeological #SciFi #ShortStory anthology "Worlds Long Lost."
https://amzn.to/3W8ytND
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Only read the first one so far — Adam Oyebanji's "The Wrong Shape To Fly" — but it was really clever, so...
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

Started reading Anni Liu's "Border Vista: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3Vo7ahQ
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Good stuff so far, especially the remembrances.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Yesterday was my Uncle Bunny's 93rd birthday.
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And yes, while he is 93, and spent his life as a professor of physics at Standford University, I still call him Uncle Bunny — and he wouldn't have it any other way.
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Finished reading Ama Codje's "Bluest Nude: Poems"
https://amzn.to/3i7MVGt
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This was super good, especially when she was especially raw and honest ones.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

So, #BlackAdam was really bad. Not #Shazam or #WonderWoman1984 bad, but certainly #Snyderverse bad. Though I was surprised by how unoriginal it was, how much it blatantly and badly took from the MCU. Though the cast was good. Ah well.
#LetTheDCUDie

Started reading C.T. Rwizi's "Scarlet Odyssey"
https://amzn.to/3OU6RHM
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Only just started this epic, but so far it's walking a fine (and interesting) line between #SciFi and #Fantasy, with a little #cyberpunk for seasoning.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction

Read Bendi Barrett's "Empire Of The Feast" tonight.
https://amzn.to/3v4QmB0
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A thoroughly engaging and inventive (and sexually charged) #SciFi #SpaceFantasy story. Good stuff.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #SciFantasy

Finished reading Yudhanjaya Wijeratne's "The Salvage Crew."
https://amzn.to/3WhLV22
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Really, really dug how this seamlessly went from being a Scalzi-meets-Murderbot-ish situationally funny #SciFi #SpaceOpera to an epic bit of hard #ScienceFiction.
#books #reading