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Dive into the @fictionable , with readings and interviews from @mjohnharrison Joyce Carol Oates, Etgar Keret, Diana Evans, Evie Wyld and more…

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Climb into the Fictionable archive, with exclusive from @mjohnharrison Joyce Carol Oates, Ali Smith, Sarah Hall, Diana Evans, Etgar Keret, Sabba Khan and more …

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Is that sleigh bells jingling?

Give the gift of a year's free access to the best and from all around the world, with from Joyce Carol Oates, Etgar Keret, Ali Smith, Lizzy Stewart and lots, lots more in 2024…

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From Deborah Eisenberg to James Salter, Naomi Wood selects her top five

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On the @fictionable we go looking for mushrooms with Catriona Bolt.

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On the @fictionable we explore the magic of fiction, as Shauna Mackay summons up the voices that haunt her

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Wrestling with work and illness, @seanbirnie dissects the everyday horrors of office life on the @fictionable

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We turn it up to eleven on the @fictionable with Irena Karpa and her short story, Fellow Traveler.
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On the @fictionable @mjohnharrison looks forward, and looks back.

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Have you done all your shopping yet?

Give the gift of a year's free access to the best and from all around the world, with from Joyce Carol Oates, Etgar Keret, Ali Smith, Lizzy Stewart and lots, lots more in 2024…

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'Flowers are useful to no one.' Catriona Bolt stitches a growing obsession in her mycological short story, Bloom.

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Annie's watching telly in the staff flat and wondering when her life will really start in Matching up the Pattern at the Join by Shauna Mackay.

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When Lowe applies for an internship, he’s offered a job. @seanbirnie calculates profit and loss in his short story The Medical Room.

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When we offer a stranger help, where should we draw the line? Irena Karpa tests the boundaries in Fellow Traveler, translated by Kate Tsurkan.

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A series of letters arrives on sheets of old paper in I Can't Tell by @mjohnharrison But what are they communicating?

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… we've checked and it's definitely In fact, for those who celebrate, it's

So let's do it again: tell us three you've enjoyed recently and we'll see if we can come up with something else you might like.

Who knows? You might even be able to find it in a

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@golgaloth @bookstodon Hmmm… killer robots, first contact with the Compact and an anarchist deer spirit… you must have read Alastair Reynolds's House of Suns by now, but what about Nick Harkaway's Titanium Noir?

Here's Sally Adee in New Scientist:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834400-700-titanium-noir-review-gripping-philosophical-science-fiction/

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@toxy @bookstodon OK… Bugworld writ large, more killer robots, classic 20th-century history and a bonus: a clear-eyed look at determinism… Have you given Daniel Dennett's From Bacteria to Bach and Back?

Here's Tim Adams waxing lyrical:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/mar/06/bacteria-bach-back-minds-daniel-dennett-review

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@bookstodon …such interesting you folks are

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@boab @bookstodon OK… so radical memoir/biography, a deep dive into the ocean and a terrifying killer… How about Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea?

Steven Poole reckons it's 'successful entertainment as well as a warning':
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/the-mountain-in-the-sea-by-ray-nayler-how-to-speak-octopus

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@MardraS @bookstodon So… a comedy crime caper, an old man in the jungle and trouble simmering in County Wexford… How about Anne Enright's The Wren, the Wren?

Fintan O'Toole hails her 'vividness of characterisation' and 'wry, almost surreal wit':
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/20/the-wren-the-wren-by-anne-enright-review-a-supple-spellbinding-scrutiny-of-familial-relationships

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@JonChevreau @bookstodon OK… the first time we beat the fascists, the war on democracy and a history of war… Maybe we all need Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark?

Here's Rachael Nevins in 2020, reminding us that 'even now, in the midst of widespread suffering, the moment of creation is alive':
https://blog.pshares.org/reading-rebecca-solnits-hope-in-the-dark/

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@sandsoftime5050 @bookstodon OK… loyalty in the darkness, foul-mouthed fantasy horror SF snark and hidden Hollywood… How about The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard?

Here's a chunk of it on Literary Hub:
https://lithub.com/the-talented-ribkins/

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon OK… a road trip round disinformation, a weird western and life down the bunker with Hugh… How about another Nick Harkaway: Gnomon?

Jason Sheehan imagines Harkaway sitting down to write it and thinking to himself: 'It's going to be about everything — from ancient Egypt to the distant future. Love, death and traffic flow patterns. Sharks and monsters. EVERYTHING.'
https://www.npr.org/2018/01/07/573582683/gnomon-starts-simply-and-then-it-goes-sideways

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@LunarLioness814 @bookstodon Right… Agatha Christie meets Glass Onion, big fun in Japan and crafting your way to happiness… Do you already know Ryan North and Erica Henderson's Squirrel Girl?

Jeff Lake is right, 'she's pretty freaking great':
https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/08/the-unbeatable-squirrel-girl-1-review

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@albnelson @bookstodon OK… conquering incomprehension in space, a family investigation and reportage on the reservation… Have you tried The Nutmeg's Curse by Amitav Ghosh?

Shaan Kashyap calls it 'urgent reading':
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2022/05/20/book-review-the-nutmegs-curse-parables-for-a-planet-in-crisis-by-amitav-ghosh/

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@templetongate @bookstodon Right… genderqueer wuxia from the margins, when Buffy meets Harry and a witchy, contemporary Hamlet… Did you already read Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone's This Is How You Lose The Time War?

Jason Sheehan (again) calls it an 'experimental, collaborative, time-travelling love-and-genocide novel':
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/742651647/letters-serve-to-bond-time-traveling-rivals-in-this-is-how-you-lose-the-time-war

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@sandsoftime5050 @bookstodon … a pleasure…

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@Zjaan @sandsoftime5050 @bookstodon … a brilliant tool…

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@Weltenkreuzer @bookstodon Right… 20,000 words under the sea, the sun on the fritz and magic in an alternate 18th century… Did you already read Alastair Reynold's Century Rain?

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@toxy @Jennifer @bookstodon … looks very interesting -- thanks…

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@utbluegirl @bookstodon OK… a clear eye on an ancient scourge, a rebuke to Hobbes and a celebration of indigenous culture… How about keeping up the nonfiction jag with James Bridle's Ways of Being?

Elizabeth Wainwright calls it 'absorbing, existential and ultimately hopeful':
https://geographical.co.uk/book-reviews/ways-of-being-by-james-bridle

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@utbluegirl @bookstodon … you're in for a treat…

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@Barros_heritage @jendefer @bookstodon … Becky Chambers is a star…

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@jendefer @bookstodon So… a meander through friendship (in space), thievery in an alternate Mediterranean and a shapeshifting sidekick who steals the show… How about Isabel Greenberg's Glass Town?

James Smart salutes her protagonists who 'look wonky but feel wonderfully real':
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/22/glass-town-isabel-greenberg-review

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@albnelson @bookstodon Great stuff – enjoy…

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@VernAFish @kimlockhartga @bookstodon … it's a cracker…

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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon … aw, thanks…

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@templetongate @bookstodon … but didya like it?

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@TEG @bookstodon OK… a robot explores what it is to be human, a hymn to love and an assassin with a dragon familiar… Have you tried Naomi Novik's Temeraire?

Cory Doctorow's a fan:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/08/temeraire/#more-4615

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@sylwylvia @bookstodon Right… a second-world-war library on the tube, more Novik – ha! – and deep waters… Have you already read Kate Atkinson's Life After Life?

Alex Clark says it's a 'marvel':
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/06/life-after-life-kate-atkinson-review

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@LunarLioness814 @bookstodon … sounds great…

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@TEG @bookstodon … excellent…

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@sylwylvia @bookstodon … great stuff – it's terrific…

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@TEG @bookstodon … and Pern too… all that klah… great stuff…

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@aj @bookstodon … missed this yesterday… how about Elan Mastai's All Our Wrong Todays?

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@Scotter @MardraS @bookstodon … missed this as well… Have you tried The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams?

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@Scotter @MardraS @bookstodon … great – hope you like it…

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of our free e-sampler - read Doreen Anyango's short story "Manifesting" from - just watch the video here and follow the link: https://youtu.be/CSem6BBT5mU?feature=shared

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@lizzyattree 'We have become people who don’t greet each other in the
morning…'

Read Doreen Anyango's Manifesting and more in Captive. For a limited period only, download the sampler here:

http://shortstorydayafrica.org/captive

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