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Growing up is hard enough without the entire world falling apart around you.

Five Novels About Coming of Age During the Apocalypse

james_davis_nicoll

Why do Cheolma Rehabilitation Hospital patients keep plummeting from the 6th floor, and why do none of them bleed when they hit the tarmac? The explanation is outside Detective Suyeon's field of expertise.

The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran

andrewducker

1. The Commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe warns that Britain's treatment of trans people could breach the ECHR: (tags:rights europe uk transgender lgbt )
2. Have you made the Ur-Ur error?: (tags:language history )
3. A human-faced stone from 12 thousand years ago was found in Karahan Tepe (Turkey): (tags:turkey archeology prehistory )
4. Afghanistan commando who served with British Army is deported to Taliban (because the Home Office failed to get paperwork done): (tags:Afghanistan UK military migration OhForFucksSake )
5. How UK recognising Palestine helped win Arab support for Trump's Gaza deal: (tags:UK Gaza Israel diplomacy )
6. Enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.: (tags:organdonor technology GoodNews )
7. Waymo's Robotaxis Are Coming to London in 2026: (tags:taxis automation Technology london uk )
8. So far, in 2025, Britain has wasted more than £1Billion switching off wind turbines and paying gas plants to switch on.: (tags:waste electricity uk OhForFucksSake )

james_davis_nicoll

Skull morphology diverges between urban and rural populations of red foxes mirroring patterns of domestication and macroevolution

andrewducker

Today I spent £108 on getting myself vaccinated against Flu and Covid.

Which led me to wonder what the cost of days off is to the economy. And how far off we are from it being worth the government vaccinating everyone.

james_davis_nicoll

Fallen Woman turned private investigator Sarah Tolerance is hired to recover a fan. Carnage ensues.

Point of Honour (Sarah Tolerance, volume 1) by Madeleine E. Robins

james_davis_nicoll

James Hetley, 78, passed away on October 8 as a result of a bike crash.

james_davis_nicoll

During which I encountered:

* A person supine on the sidewalk, having apparently been struck by a car exiting the expressway. There were EMTs so I didn't interfere.

* A person driving their RC car on the LRT tracks as the train was approaching, who seemed put out that I told him to get off the tracks.

* An angry screaming apparently deranged guy between me and where I needed to be to catch the bus.

james_davis_nicoll

This all-new Huckleberry Bundle presents Huckleberry, the mythic Wyrd West tabletop roleplaying game about tragic cowboys in a world doomed to calamity – unless you save it.

Bundle of Holding: Huckleberry

james_davis_nicoll

2018: Tories vote to pitch the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, PM May’s Brexit progress is strangely uneven, while Prince Harry and Meghan Markle conduct an experiment to determine the depths of British racism.

Poll #33722 Clarke Award Finalists 2018

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Which 2018 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

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Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
1 (16.7%)

American War by Omar El Akkad
2 (33.3%)

Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
4 (66.7%)

Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
0 (0.0%)

Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
1 (16.7%)

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař
1 (16.7%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2018 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
American War by Omar El Akkad
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill
Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfař

james_davis_nicoll

On Spec to close. From the editorial:

Earlier this year, I announced that I’d be retiring and leaving On Spec at the end of December, and my final issue as Managing Editor would be VOL 35 No 4. After much soul-searching, and discussion with the rest of our editorial staff, the Board of the Copper Pig Writers’ Society has made the difficult decision to end publication of On Spec with that issue.

andrewducker

1. Wikipedia:List of citogenesis incidents: (tags:Wikipedia fraud memetics )
2. Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport: (tags:transport cycling )
3. The UK Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence (and has been for years): (tags:UK rights law OhForFucksSake )

james_davis_nicoll

A diverse assortment of (mostly) non-Future History science fiction stories from Robert A. Heinlein.

The Menace From Earth by Robert A. Heinlein

james_davis_nicoll

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE POST A NAKED URL HERE.

Asking politely has failed for 20 years. Therefore, comments with naked urls will be deleted, as they break Recent Comments. To post links, follow the advice below.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE POST A NAKED URL HERE.

OK, results of this have not been what I wanted.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE POST A NAKED URL HERE.

I am beginning a count now (1:23 PM Oct 13) and if the naked url count hits ten, and I don't think it's someone trying to game what I am going to post, I will turn off anonymous comments for a week. If after that, I get another ten naked urls, I will try a month, and then a year.

If the offender has a DW account, I will block them.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE POST A NAKED URL HERE.

james_davis_nicoll

13 works new to me. Four fantasy, two horror, one non-fiction, one thriller, and five SF, of which at least three are series.

Books Received, October 4 to October 10

Poll #33712 Books Received, October 4 to October 10

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 55

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Which of these look interesting?

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The Seed of Destruction by Rick Campbell (July 2026)
2 (3.6%)

Uncivil Guard by Foster Chamberlin (November 2025)
8 (14.5%)

Crawlspace by Adam Christopher (March 2026)
6 (10.9%)

The Girl With a Thouand Faces by Sunyi Dean (May 2026)
16 (29.1%)

Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein (April 2026)
5 (9.1%)

Blood Bound by Ellis Hunter (April 2026)
1 (1.8%)

Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim (June 2026)
19 (34.5%)

Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher (March 2026)
25 (45.5%)

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three edited by Stephen Kotowych (October 2025)
17 (30.9%)

Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills (April 2026)
16 (29.1%)

The Body by Bethany C. Morrow (February 2026)
4 (7.3%)

I’ll Watch Your Baby by Neena Viel (May 2026)
5 (9.1%)

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward (July 2026)
9 (16.4%)

Some other option
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
38 (69.1%)

andrewducker

The children have located Christmas.
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

james_davis_nicoll

I mean, what could possibly go wrong?

Five Extremely Convincing Reasons We Should Build Armed Bases on the Moon

james_davis_nicoll

Old friends unite for one last adventure without fully understanding the implications of the group's latest recruit.

Roll For Initiative (The Last Session, volume 1) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws

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Five Novels About Coming of Age During the Apocalypse

The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran

Interesting Links for 15-10-2025

Are (some) foxes self-domesticating?

Surely someone has done the maths on vaccinations.

Point of Honour (Sarah Tolerance, volume 1) by Madeleine E. Robins

Interesting Links for 14-10-2025

James Arthur Hetley Aug 15, 1947 - Oct 8, 2025

I ran an errand

Bundle of Holding: Huckleberry

Clarke Award Finalists 2018

RIP On Spec

Interesting Links for 13-10-2025

The Menace From Earth by Robert A. Heinlein

New Policy: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE POST A NAKED URL HERE.

Books Received, October 4 to October 10

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Five Extremely Convincing Reasons We Should Build Armed Bases on the Moon

Roll For Initiative (The Last Session, volume 1) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws

Interesting Links for 10-10-2025

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