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Octavia E. Butler's "Star Trek" novel SURVIVOR is finally getting republished!

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2026-04-23/octavia-butler-survivor-new-edition-reprint

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Octavia Butler's disfavored novel 'Survivor' will be republished

Octavia Butler publicly denounced 'Survivor,' the third novel published in her 'Patternist' series. Here's why it's being reprinted anyway.

Los Angeles Times

Steven Mayoff 1d ago

My spoken lyric video Poor Man’# Opera is now up on YouTube.

Steven Mayoff is a Canadian novelist, poet and lyricist. His web site is www.stevenmayoff.ca

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https://youtu.be/iciqbW3Dhg4?si=k-kJEbuNfvmMat9q

Poor Man's Opera (spoken lyric)

YouTube

Paul Semel 1d ago

In this exclusive interview with author Glen P. Vecchione, he explains how his occult speculative fiction thriller novella "The Crows" started out as a short story, and ended up as three interconnected stories that comprise a larger narrative.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-crows-author-glen-p-vecchione/
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Paul Semel 1d ago

In this exclusive interview with author Glen P. Vecchione, he explains how his occult speculative fiction thriller novella "The Crows" started out as a short story, and ended up as three interconnected stories that comprise a larger narrative.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-crows-author-glen-p-vecchione/
📖🕓🕝🕤
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Michael Shotter 1d ago

My latest read: "Haunted Hamburger House" by Frank J. Edler

A tasty treat for fans of multi-genre speculative fiction, with a dash of absurdist humor, and clowns! 🤡👍

Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8556771355
Book Radar
https://thebookradar.com/review/5430
StoryGraph
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bde3af02-3810-4241-bdb7-353cae069905

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Brick Cave Media 1d ago

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RichardsonsRubicon 1d ago

Wow, look at this! 10,000 streams & downloads! I'm stunned!
Authors, there's a pause on interviews but you can be notified when the calendar reopens by visiting the site and enabling notifications, or follow me on your social media of choice.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author 2d ago

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5 Sci-Fi Writing Prompts Based on Novums

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦2d ago

A brand new blog post. The second instalment of my very occasional series on #Canadian #sciencefiction, it explores five #books by #RobertJSawyer. #BookSky #RobertCharlesWilson doncurren.blogspot.com/2026/04/occa... #sci-fi #speculativefiction

Curren(t) Thinking

Occasional Chronicles of Canadian Science Fiction - Episode 2

Michael Shotter 2d ago

As if yesterday's news wasn't exciting enough, "The Nod/Wells Timelines - Volume 2" has hit #1 on Amazon's Metaphysical Science Fiction chart more than a month before launch. Again, a huge thank you to everyone who's pre-ordered!

Find the eBook/paperback at your favorite store: https://books2read.com/nwt2

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