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My poetry site: https://utopiary.wordpress.com Site about speculative fiction: https://fantastes.com

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The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award: My own take In less than a month, the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society judges' decision about the winner of the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award will be announced at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3, 2026. I always enjoy reading the short-listed novels for these speculative fiction awards, so if you are doing that too and you're reading through this list, you have only a few more weeks to finish up.

The 2026 Philip K. Dick Award: My own take

In less than a month, the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society judges' decision about the winner of the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award will be announced at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3, 2026. I always enjoy reading the short-listed novels for these…

11.03.2026 20:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I hate this. By the time we get them in college, they are completely turned off.

11.03.2026 16:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is an interesting story and I want to know more. The story sounds like an editorial, though, not news that I can use to think the issue through.

11.03.2026 16:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: CITY OF ALL SEASONS In this post, I review the last of the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. I have proceeded through the list alphabetically. See earlier posts in this series for all the rest. A reminder–the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon‘s annual conference on April 3, 2026.

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: CITY OF ALL SEASONS

In this post, I review the last of the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. I have proceeded through the list alphabetically. See earlier posts in this series for all the rest. A reminder–the awards are made by the…

10.03.2026 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Government by ignoramus

10.03.2026 15:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Get a new GP now.

10.03.2026 15:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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10.03.2026 15:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Go, little salamanders! Go!

10.03.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sad. Was so hoping he did cheat. Makes me realize how many of my neighbors and acquaintances must actually approve this cruelty and madness. Do we even have an America any longer?

10.03.2026 14:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: SCALES After a brief hiatus to catch up on reading (fast!) the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award, I'm returning to my reviews of each one. See earlier posts in this series for all but the last, coming soon. A reminder–the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon‘s annual conference on April 3, 2026.

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: SCALES

After a brief hiatus to catch up on reading (fast!) the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award, I'm returning to my reviews of each one. See earlier posts in this series for all but the last, coming soon. A reminder–the awards are…

10.03.2026 06:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We did not know ourselves. Now we do, and it’s hard to look ourselves in the mirror.

10.03.2026 03:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And now, a word from the universe. . . As I take a quick break from my reviews of the finalists for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award, here is a quick reflection on the nature of things. As usual--we are tampering with it: I love DST, by the way. Everyone else in my family hates it.

And now, a word from the universe. . .

As I take a quick break from my reviews of the finalists for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award, here is a quick reflection on the nature of things. As usual--we are tampering with it: I love DST, by the way. Everyone else in my family hates it.

09.03.2026 04:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just ordered a book of his

07.03.2026 21:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maeshowe is amazing, and these words nail it.

07.03.2026 16:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is gorgeous. I’ve never heard of this poet. Now I have! Thanks!

07.03.2026 16:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I haven’t been doing this, but thanks, because now I know what I’ve got to do.

07.03.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wow, it really is the anti-Araby! I loved that! Loved the whole thing. Thanks for writing it.

06.03.2026 21:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES Here’s my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder–the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon‘s annual conference on April 3, 2026. The Nominees: Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press) Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey (Orbit) Casual by Koji A. Dae (Tenebrous Press)

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES

Here’s my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder–the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon‘s annual conference on…

06.03.2026 20:35 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Anyone else having to log in repeatedly? This happens to me on ipad but not my phone. Tried to ask about it via Help but no success.
#loginproblems
#blueskyglitchy

06.03.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN Here's my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder--the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3, 2026. The Nominees: Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press) Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey (Orbit) Casual by Koji A. Dae (Tenebrous Press)

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN

Here's my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder--the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3,…

05.03.2026 21:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN Here's my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder--the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3, 2026. The Nominees: Sunward by William Alexander (Saga Press) Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey (Orbit) Casual by Koji A. Dae (Tenebrous Press)

2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee: THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN

Here's my next post reviewing the seven short-listed nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award. A reminder--the awards are made by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and will be presented at Norwescon's annual conference on April 3,…

05.03.2026 21:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Inconceivable!

05.03.2026 16:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Thanks for these posts. Really helpful to get citizens’ eye views & not just official pronouncements esp when legacy local media not too helpful

05.03.2026 16:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.03.2026 16:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here’s another World Fantasy Award Nominee The 2025 World Fantasy Awards will be announced at the World Fantasy Convention, held this year in Brighton UK on Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 2025. I’m heading toward the end of my quest to read and revi…

Here’s my review of “The Bright Sword,” if you’re interested fantastes.com/2025/10/23/h...

05.03.2026 15:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Item Information | Le Morte Darthur / by Syr Thomas Malory ; the original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introduction and glossary by H. Oskar Sommer ; with an essay on Mal...

You can read the whole thing (but a late 19th c edition) on the U of Michigan library’s web site quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/Malory...

05.03.2026 15:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You all are convincing me to do it. I almost always wait until election day because I have the (irrational?) fear that somehow my early vote will get caught up
in some sort of GOP chicanery that will keep it fr getting counted. And I NEVER vote by mail, postal service captured by GOP lackies

05.03.2026 15:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0