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@ColesStreetPothole Isn't it just the BEST? One can't buy marketing this good!

(And yes, this is the book that garnered the famous pearl-clutching "fuck God" Amazon review.)

The first Tale of the Underdark! MOON'S KNIGHT is $2.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, until 2/18. https://books2read.com/moonsknight

A lightning storm, a woman on the run--and a man trapped in dark armour. From 12/19 to 1/2, Chained Knight (the second Tale of the Underdark) is $1.99USD in ebook. https://books2read.com/chainedknight

"The pleasure was immediate. Familiar sounds crystallized into verbs and nouns, as if there were some base material of Welsh already within me."
https://yalereview.org/article/dan-fox-learning-welsh

UPDATE: And the blowback was so massive, so instant, that an about-face was issued.

(I would, however, think twice about membership in this organization. You do you.)

https://www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/press-release-december-19-2025-2/

For the curious (and strong of stomach): https://www.sfwa.org/2025/12/19/press-release-december-19-2025/

I was initially set to not comment on this more than obliquely, but on reflection… it just makes me more and more irritated.

How dare you, @SFWA. How DARE you treat your members, who have already had their work stolen by the plagiarism machine techbros, like this? Shame on you.

Not just egregious and shameful but predatory, and rendering any prize thus awarded utterly unworthy of any prestige.

I’m not even going to say “do better” because the institutional rot appears long-term.

Full disclosure: I haven’t been a member since a high-up person in the org (who has since left) informed me years ago that my books had too much romance (“too much kissing” were the words used) and therefore I did not “deserve” to be there. Even had that not occurred, I find this egregious.

You know what? To hell with being @SFWA is saying it’s perfectly fine to use the plagiarism machine *”trained” on work stolen from its dues-paying members* to qualify for a Nebula, and that it in fact encourages doing so.

This is utterly shameful.

So... the Calibre release 8.16.2, dated December 4, includes new "AI” features. It might be time to stop updating.

https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new

The first Tale of the Underdark! From 11/25-12/2, Moon’s Knight is on sale for $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, through these retailers. https://books2read.com/moonsknight

I do not want that stupid app.
It’s spyware-bloated, full of crap.

I want appliances that work,
without tattling to some techbro jerk.

I’m sick of “AI” garbage-spew,
Sick of silo’d platforms too.

To analog I shall return,
and wait for all this mess to burn.

"This chart used to go back to 2007 and 2000, but my assistant cut those parts off before I could take a look. Now I can focus on the future, and on this rapidly growing hollow globe."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-stock-market-is-not-a-bubble-its-just-a-clear-hollow-orb-that-is-rapidly-expanding

(This is indeed the "fuck God" book, for which some Amazon reviewer gave a pearl-clutching I remember fondly to this day.)

The very first Tale of the Underdark! MOON'S KNIGHT is on sale for $1.99USD (and CAD) in ebook, until 9/29. https://books2read.com/moonsknight