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Minnesota State Fair Enthusiast. Awards Connoisseur. Senior Editor at Nerds of a Feather. Hugo and Ignyte Award Winner. He / Him.

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That’s because Wisconsin counts ponds and puddles as lakes and Minnesota actually has standards for our bodies of water

07.09.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m missing this by one day! I’m so bummed it’s only a 4 day exhibit (with the bonus NASA stuff)

24.08.2025 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sidewise Award Judge Application The Sidewise Award for Alternate History is looking for new judges to join the award committee. Established in 1995, the Sidewise Award honors excellence in fiction that explores β€œwhat if” scenarios t...

Hey all! The Sidewise Awards are looking to broaden their group of judges to recognize some really dope and transformative alternate history.

Apply here forms.gle/Qv5UdJzkCJN9...

22.08.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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World’s shortest #mnstatefair sad story:

For Sale
Pronto Pup
Never Used

20.08.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't remember if there were stairs at Glasgow (I think maybe no, but shorter ramp?), but I know there were center stage stairs at DC. It does seem like multiple options would be an easy win.

17.08.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because that is the floor of courtesy and respect.

17.08.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to present awards on a monthly-ish basis on a much smaller scale (but still in front of an audience of 100+) and to people i mostly know but may not have ever said their full names before.

I always check pronunciations and write a phonetic guide so i get it right in the moment.

17.08.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is particularly egregious. Pretty sure finalists were asked for a pronunciation guide this year as they have in past years. It’s the most basic courtesy.

17.08.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same as it ever was

08.08.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And marlboro.

25.07.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nanoreviews: Demon Daughter. Installment Immortality, Overcaptain Demon Daughter, by Lois McMaster Bujold A very gentle story, one of my favorites of the series. In Demon Daughter a young girl, Atta, is wa...

Nanoreviews: Demon Daughter. Installment Immortality, Overcaptain. Senior Editor @joesherry.bsky.social has a trio of short reviews at the blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/07/nano...

22.07.2025 09:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @aidanis.fun you mentioned Nintendo Force on your pod. How’s the print edition?

11.07.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m really digging Mira Grant / Seanan McGuire’s new novel Overgrowth.

It’s *very* McGuire and feels like a successor to Newsflesh. Overgrowth is a different sort of book, but, like, it tracks that the same person wrote them.

Basically it’s my gross, uncomfortable comfort read.

11.06.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The October Daye Reread: A Killing Frost Welcome back, dear readers. Today we’re going to revisit the fourteenth novel in Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series: A Killing Frost. We a...

The October Daye Reread: A Killing Frost
Senior editor @joesherry.bsky.social continues his Seanan McGuire re-read at the NOAF blog
www.nerds-feather.com/2025/06/the-...

10.06.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A blue-tinted room full of white statues on marble plinths. One plinth is empty and bloodstained. The title text reads THROUGH GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD | SEANAN MCGUIRE.  At the top, smaller text reads "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy."  - NPR on Every Heart a Doorway

A blue-tinted room full of white statues on marble plinths. One plinth is empty and bloodstained. The title text reads THROUGH GATES OF GARNET AND GOLD | SEANAN MCGUIRE. At the top, smaller text reads "A mini-masterpiece of portal fantasy." - NPR on Every Heart a Doorway

Are you ready to follow Nancy Whitman back through her pomegranate-gate, into the Halls of the Dead?

Hope so.

22.05.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 475 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 22

Pining for a Orin and Jodotha novel over here

10.05.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

More Kate Elliott is always the answer

10.05.2025 23:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Psh, a sequel to Black Wolves, by Kate Elliott.

I’ll second Daniel Keys Moran. The Long Run hit me at just the right time (and google tells me that he’s apparently been serializing more Continuing Time novels so excuse me while I go look those up)

10.05.2025 23:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Deryni. Can’t type today

10.05.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From Kurtz’s Deeyni series, that is. If you look at the geneologies you’ll notice a LOT of notable characters died that year

10.05.2025 22:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Otherwise I want Katherine Kurtz’s long rumored 948 book that I am quite certain isn’t going to happen.

10.05.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It should be Melanie Rawn’s The Captal’s Tower to close out a trilogy I haven’t started, but I kind of want another Dragon Prince book from Rawn even though it was all fairly well closed out.

10.05.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with long hair and a beard is holding a flag that says ' freedom ' on it ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a flag that says ' freedom ' on it
26.04.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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two women are talking to each other and one of them says shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior . ALT: two women are talking to each other and one of them says shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior .
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a boy in a baseball uniform is holding his helmet and says play ball ALT: a boy in a baseball uniform is holding his helmet and says play ball
26.04.2025 12:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(There’s totally more)

25.04.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe don’t tell me πŸ˜€

25.04.2025 22:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I kind of assumed it was a Piers Anthony novel. Was not

25.04.2025 22:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Woooooooooo!

06.04.2025 20:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi I have a confession to make: when I first heard of When the Moon Hits Your Eye I was *deeply* skeptical. I’ve been riding with John Scalzi ...

Book Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi

Senior editor @joesherry.bsky.social has our review on whether it is gouda or not, as always at the NOAF blog.

www.nerds-feather.com/2025/04/book...

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