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Best SF (Mark Watson) @bestsf.bsky.social www.bestsf.net : reading SF since 1969 and reading and reviewing short SF since 2000 (on and off), and back in the groove in 2023... whoops back out of the groove ... hey back in the groove in late 2025
Gary K Wolfe @garykwolfe.bsky.social Critic, obsolete academic
Simon Vance @simvan.bsky.social Actor, and audiobook narrator (of some repute, I say humbly). I'm not always as humble as I think I am. British (30 years in California, but still British). Proud father of two sons and grandfather to an incredible granddaughter. I like to grow things.
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social Writer: alternate history, other sf, fantasy, historical fiction. Severely allergic to fascism.
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com 🇺🇸 Guardian US https://bsky.app/profile/us.theguardian.com 🇦🇺 Guardian Australia https://bsky.app/profile/australia.theguardian.com
Ars Technica @arstechnica.com Original news, reviews, analysis of tech trends, and expert advice on the most fundamental aspects of tech.
Judith Herrin @judithherrin.bsky.social Historian: especially of Early Christendom, the Middle Ages, Byzantium, Ravenna, and the role of women.
Madeline Miller @madelinemiller.bsky.social Writer (The Song of Achilles, Circe), reader, theater lover. Cats, Long Covid. She/her.
Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of the Southern Reach series, including Annihilation. Agent Joe Veltre at Gersh / speaker bureau Authors Unbound. To contact, use the contact form at jeffvandermeer.com. PDX, anti AI, he/him
George R. R. Martin @grrm.bsky.social author, television writer, and television producer.
Margaret Atwood @margaretatwood.bsky.social Writer of this and that... www.margaretatwood.ca and margaretatwood.substack.com;I also have an Instagram account, though I don't know how to use it much, beyond posting pictures...
Abigail Nussbaum @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social Blogger, critic, 2017 and 2025 best fan writer Hugo winner. Blogs at wrongquestions.blogspot.com and www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com Review collection TRACK CHANGES available at briardenebooks.uk/shop/ Member of the 2026 Otherwise Award jury
Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social Writer, FRSL. Prof, RHUL. Literature and science fiction. https://profadamroberts.substack.com/ "Frankenstein Rex" coming in October: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Rex-Adam-Roberts/dp/1399617729/
The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year. clarkeaward.com
The Coode Street Podcast @coodestreet.bsky.social Official account for the Hugo Award-winning and World Fantasy, BSFA, and Locus Award-nominated podcast from Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe. Since May 2010. Perth and Chicago
Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social Author, punster, baseball fan, whisky lover, cocktail maker. Limericks happen here. Written on the Dark now released in paperback, Canada, U.S., U.K. Print, ebook, audiobook.
Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social SFF author, triple Hugo award winner (and three times Locus award too), over a million books sold. Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
Lev Grossman @levgrossman.com Bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, The Magicians trilogy, The Silver Arrow books and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things. And The God of Sleep.
Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.bsky.social Writer. First Law. Shattered Sea. The Devils. On bluesky you'll find me at @joeabercrombie.com
Brandon Sanderson @brandonsanderson.com #1 NYT Bestselling Author The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Tress & more Finished Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Joe Abercrombie @joeabercrombie.com Lord Grimdark (self-appointed). Writer of the First Law and Shattered Sea books and the Devils. Part-time Witch King of Nihilism, deep in a jaded literary sewer etc. etc.
William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
Neal Stephenson @nealstephenson.bsky.social Maker of books and other things
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys
Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social Professor Emeritus (University of Manchester), writes on biology, history of science & French Resistance. Most recent book: a biography of Francis Crick. Now writing THE IDEA OF HEREDITY. Link to publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8258-4913
Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social I had a marvellous time ruining everything. Professor of Genetics @UCL, Public Humanities Fellow @SAS. Ex-President of @Humanists_UK Genetics, race, eugenics, books, cricket, +–=÷× @kbjmanagement adamrutherford.com
NonZero @nonzeronews.bsky.social Writing and podcasts about politics, human nature and tips on averting the apocalypse. Led by journalist and author @robertwrighter.bsky.social. Subscribe at nonzero.org
Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social Ex NY Times, now author of Substack Paul Krugman. Nobel laureate and, according to Donald Trump, "Deranged BUM". Also Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the GC-CUNY Stone Center.
Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social Asst. Professor of Communication, Journalism and (by courtesy) Sociology at Stony Brook University. Author of, "We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite" -- out now via Princeton University Press.
Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info Writing history, usually in Manchester, when possible in Italy. 'Renaissance skulduggery' - The Guardian. THE FIREARM REVOLUTION out now. Previous books include THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR; ROADS TO ROME.
Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social Award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 https://buttondown.email/matociquala THE FOLDED SKY https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ ANGEL MAKER https://books2read.com/u/3kzy2W
Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: A Wall Is Also a Road, Automatic Noodle, We Will Rise Again bylines: New Scientist, Flaming Hydra, etc. pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • opinions my own
SomethingAboutBooks23 @shonaholmes23.bsky.social 📚👋Bookblogger of ARC’s, NetGalley & a never ending TBR list! Reviews posted here, Twitter & #Bookstagram (Insta: @SomethingAboutBooks23) 📚Current Read: Someone Is Lying
Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social Writer of SF and fantasy. Superintelligent shade of the colour blue. "Even better than cold carrots." Vocateur reader. Philhellenist. Loves tea, trains, travel.
Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social Daily #ShareGoodNewsToo Novelist (SF & fantasy), historian (UChicago Renaissance, censorship, radical thought), composer (filk, Norse myth), disability (chronic pain), manga/anime (Tezuka), pics #SomethingBeautiful Blog exurbe.com Podcast “Beforecast”
Yoko Ono @yokoono.bsky.social Official Yoko Ono account, administered by Yoko’s office, Studio One. IMAGINE PEACE: Think Peace, Act Peace, Spread Peace. ䷊⊙🏳️
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of @inequalitymedia.bsky.social and @imcivicaction.bsky.social. Substack: http://robertreich.substack.com Buy my new book: https://sites.prh.com/reich Visit my website: https://rbreich.com/
Guardian US @us.theguardian.com With 200 years of history and staff across America and the world, we offer a global perspective on US news. We keep our fact-based news paywall-free. Become a Guardian supporter: support.theguardian.com
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.eurosky.social Heading the Computational Social Science group within SynoSys & ifK at TU Dresden, where we study how online information environments impact public discourse and develop alternatives that benefit democracy. CSS-Group: https://css-synosys.github.io/
Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com Professor of Empirical Economics & Data Science at TU Munich | Heilbronn Data Science Center (HDSC) | Co-founder of causalscience.org http://www.p-hunermund.com
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Nick Timiraos @nicktimiraos.bsky.social Chief economics correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social Born in the 50s, but still living in the glorious 70s! Escaped here from Twitter and loving every minute of it.
Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social I’m a music nerd posting nearly every Hot 100 hit (plus some UK) from 1955 on in alphabetical order, plus #AlbumADay. #beatles #GenX #teacher #powerpop #Sounders #Everton #MLS https://www.youtube.com/@danotalksmusic 🐈‍⬛👨‍🏫🎸🎤🎶📻⚽️⚾️🏒🎧☮️🇺🇦📺
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com Neil Clarke: Editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year series, and more. Four-time Hugo Award Winner for Best Editor Short Form. Four-time Chesley Award-winning art director. clarkesworldmagazine.com neil-clarke.com
Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects. https://beacons.ai/reactormag
Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social Posting human made Sci-Fi art My band 👉 All India Radio https://linktr.ee/allindiaradioband https://linktr.ee/Scifiart
70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social Get my art book 'Worlds Beyond Time!' https://linktr.ee/70sscifiart Publishers Weekly says my "obvious love for the form animates the volume." And I'll animate again! I'll never stop animating volumes
Frazetta Girls @frazettagirls.bsky.social 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂 Official Frazetta Girls™ Brand FrazettaGirls.com
John Scalzi @scalzi.com I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com Astrophysicist
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
Lawrence M. Krauss @lkrauss1.bsky.social Theoretical physicist. Best-selling author. Science & public policy advocate. Producer, Free Speech advocate http://Lawrencekrauss.substack.com. President of The Origins Project Foundation Host of The Origins Podcast. .
Paul Bloom @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social Psychologist who studies and writes about human nature—including morality, pleasure, and religion. Sustack: https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/
Michael Shermer @michaelshermer.bsky.social Publisher Skeptic Magazine | Host The Michael Shermer Show | Skeptic columnist: http://michaelshermer.substack.com | NEW BOOK Conspiracy: http://amzn.to/3Eza8Lf
Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/
Peter Singer @petersinger.info Author, Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, The Life You Can Save, The Most Good You Can Do, Animal Liberation Now. Podcast: petersinger.info/podcast AI Persona: PeterSinger.ai Professor of Bioethics, Emeritus, Princeton University.
Jerry Coyne @evolutionistrue.bsky.social
Jonathan Haidt @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social Social psychologist at NYU-Stern, working to roll back the phone-based childhood. Please visit anxiousgeneration.com & afterbabel.com
Daniel Gilbert @danielgilbert.bsky.social Professor of Psychology, Harvard University | Author of “Stumbling on Happiness” | Host of “This Emotional Life” on PBS
Very Bad Wizards @verybadwizards.bsky.social a podcast featuring @tamler and @peez
David Pizarro @peez.bsky.social Brother J. says “yuck”
Philosophy Matters @philosophymatters.bsky.social
Robert Wright @robertwrighter.bsky.social Author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True. Writing a book about AI. Publisher of the Nonzero Newsletter & host of the Nonzero Podcast. https://nonzero.substack.com/
Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS. Academic, author, broadcaster. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey, https://jimal-khalili.com https://www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledScience
LSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social #Philosophy News from The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) at #LSE
Philosophy Bites @philosophybites.bsky.social Philosophy Bites podcast - co-hosted by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton
MuseumNerd @museumnerd.bsky.social I am rather enthusiastic about museums
F Freakonomics @freakonomics.bsky.social
Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com Five Books is a book recommendation website where experts pick the five best books in their subject (as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases) http://fivebooks.com
Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social Neuroscientist: consciousness, perception, and Dreamachines. Author of Being You - A New Science of Consciousness.
Robin Hanson @robinhanson.bsky.social Let’s skip witty repartee & discuss fundamental questions. Views are mine, not GMU’s or Virginia’s. Books: http://ageofem.com, http://elephantinthebrain.com
Andrew Sullivan @anvilwalrusden.bsky.social Cranky Canuck Torontonian. Failed repeatedly to get a job as corporate philosopher. Internet smarty-pants. These opinions are mine and not someone else’s. Pronouns: it/they, or whatever else you like, but I will absolutely respect yours.
Thomas Chatterton Williams @chatterton.bsky.social Writer (The Atlantic). Current 📕: SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT (Knopf). Non-resident fellow (AEI). Senior fellow, visiting prof. of humanities (Hannah Arendt Center, Bard College). Representation (APB; Wylie). Student & Teacher. Instagram: @chattertonwilliams.
David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social Staff writer for the Atlantic. Host of the David Frum Show webcast. Formerly ... quite a lot of things. Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. Reach me via Producer@TheDavidFrumShow.com DMs open to followers
Quillette @quillette.bsky.social Where Free Thought Lives. 📧 subscribe: https://quillette.com/#/portal/signup
marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social Classicist
Stefan Rudnicki @stefansecho.bsky.social Audiobook narrator, publisher, and GRAMMY-winning producer. Voice of Ender, Matt Helm and Mike Hammer, Albrecht Entrati... among others. skyboatmedia.com. American by adoption; citizen of the world.
The Rest Is History @theresthistory.bsky.social History + bad accents, with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. From Goalhanger Podcasts
Empire: World History @empirepoduk.bsky.social Podcast on empires and world history 🌎 A Goalhanger production with Anita Anand and William Dalrymple
Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan.bsky.social Historian. Coffee drinker
Bettany Hughes @bettanyhughes.bsky.social Author, historian, broadcaster - planet and people-lover
Anita Anand @anitaanand.bsky.social I present programs on TV and Radio, write history books and present a podcast called Empire with William Dalrymple. NOT IN THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT!
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet.
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social SFF author, speaker, lawyer, programmer; rep by Russ Galen; The Dandelion Dynasty & “The Paper Menagerie"; latest: The Passing of the Dragon and Other Stories
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination. https://locusmag.com linktr.ee/locusmagazine
SF Signal @sfsignal.bsky.social 3-time Hugo Award-winning SF/F/H blog. 🚀🚀Best Fanzine + 🚀Best Fancast = Awww yeah. Mmm...bagels...
Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social Times and Sunday Times best-selling author Medieval Historian Mother of Doggos SCEPTRED ISLE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY OUT MAY 2025 (Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House)