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james_davis_nicoll

I think the schtick is the crew gets sent out to investigate potentially revolutionary tech and it's always legitimately amazing but also not what they're expecting. Case in point, they were looking into a supposed teleporter and now everyone is ant-sized.

Among my other ideas

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Having successfully fled her home city with the proceeds of a spectacular heist, Aiah must now build a new life on that foundation.

City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams

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Two vehicles launch off the Highway 8 flyover, one driver dead

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Third-party tabletop fantasy roleplaying sourcebooks and adventures for The Arcane Library's old-school FRPG, Shadowdark.

Bundle of Holding: Shadowdark Compatible

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So yeah, kind of hard to concentrate on work while being consumed by rage. I've been to conventions in the Minneapolis area and I have a lot of friends up there, and one of my goddaughters and her husband live there.

For instance, this is Greg Ketter, from DreamHaven Books, where I've done signings, at the protest and running into tear gas:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XHDR1PnqPeg

I've been doing mutual aid and sending donations where I can (https://www.standwithminnesota.com/) which is helping my sanity somewhat.

Other stuff I should link to:

Interview with me on Space.com https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-books/martha-wells-next-murderbot-diaries-book-is-the-family-roadtrip-from-hell-on-ringworld-interview

Weather permitting, I'll be guest of honor this coming weekend at AggieCon in College Station: https://www.aggiecon.net/

That's all I've got right now. Abolish ICE.

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Fostering a teen is a challenge at the best of times. The end of civilization is not the best of times.

The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing

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I got an email from Riotminds providing me with a free preview of their upcoming Wicked Dew - Victorian Horror RPG. What caught my eye is that it seems to be entirely online. I've asked if there's a downloadable rulebook I overlooked, but I can see why a company might adopt a purely online approach.

[Update]

There will be a printed book.

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Su Lin dutifully accepts a social obligation, only to find herself embroiled in another murder and further colonial machinations.

The Angsana Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, volume 8) by Ovidia Yu

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DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – Following his poorly-received and rambling address at the World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump angrily demanded that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney personally give him the standing ovation he earned for his speech yesterday.

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Canada denied spot on the Bored of Peace.

This is roughly on par with being denied a lifetime supply of dogshit popsicles.

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An unhappily married man's quest for the truth leads into a past almost everyone has forgotten.

The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W. P. Kinsella

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This all-new Dead Air Bundle presents English-language ebooks for Dead Air: Seasons, the post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game from Italian publisher The World Anvil Publishing about a Blighted world forever changed.

Bundle of Holding: Dead Air: Seasons

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Should we attempt to bring older works into the modern age?

Adventures in the Public Domain: On Updating Out-of-Copyright Works

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I read the press release and have no idea what this imprint will publish.

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Nanao must chose between staying with her abusive family or accepting the offer of marriage from handsome, wealthy, sincerely considerate Yako. A dilemma for the ages!

The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride, volume 1 by Midori Yuma & Mamenosuke Fujimaru

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Further developments here.

A routine bus trip from New York City to D.C. took a harrowing turn for passengers last night (Monday) when the driver reportedly decided to ditch their intended destination for a journey into the unknown.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland,

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One of Canada's great missteps was not mining the border. The other was not building intermediate range nuclear-armed missiles.

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November 25, 2026 would have been Poul Anderson’s 100th birthday. As there is no guarantee any of us will see November 25, 2026, I’ll borrow an idea from Tom Lehrer’s That Was the Year That Was and start writing something appropriately celebratory now.

Homeward By Starlight

Improve your sword and sorcery through inspirational verisimilitude!

On Thud and Blunder by Poul Anderson

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The tabletop fantasy roleplaying game of early 19th-Century folk horror.

Bundle of Holding: Sleepy Hollow

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james_davis_nicoll - So, in my Outgunned
james_davis_nicoll - City on Fire (Metropolitan, volume 2) by Walter Jon Williams
james_davis_nicoll - This is a death trap
james_davis_nicoll - Bundle of Holding: Shadowdark Compatible
marthawells - Abolish ICE
james_davis_nicoll - The Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing
james_davis_nicoll - This is interesting
james_davis_nicoll - The Angsana Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, volume 8) By Ovidia Yu
james_davis_nicoll - Trump demands Carney give him his standing ovation from Davos
james_davis_nicoll - Tragic
james_davis_nicoll - The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by W. P. Kinsella
james_davis_nicoll - Bundle of Holding: Dead Air: Seasons
james_davis_nicoll - Adventures in the Public Domain: On Updating Out-of-Copyright Works
james_davis_nicoll - Admission of ignorance
james_davis_nicoll - The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride, volume 1 by Midori Yuma & Mamenosuke Fujimaru
james_davis_nicoll - Huh
james_davis_nicoll - The old order is not coming back
james_davis_nicoll - Mistakes were made
james_davis_nicoll - Homeward By Starlight & On Thud and Blunder by Poul Anderson
james_davis_nicoll - Bundle of Holding: Sleepy Hollow

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