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🚀 Sci-Fi Fans: Part 1 is COMPLETE!
Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn is FREE to read on Wattpad!
Join James Fong and his team of scientists, technologists & warriors as they fight to reclaim humanity’s future in a dystopian world among the stars.
🔗 https://authormulhall.com/hindsight-station-ashes-reborn-is-free-to-read-on-wattpad/
Part 2: Domination Star arrives this winter. 🌌
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #DystopianFiction #Wattpad #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera
📚 The Glass Hotel by: Emily St. John Mandel
Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass-and-cedar palace on the northernmost tip of Vancouver Island. New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis owns the hotel. When he passes Vincent his card with a tip, it's the beginning of their li...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-glass-hotel
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #dystopianfiction #mysterydetective #literaryfiction #generalfiction
Apparently I have too much time on my hands, because I’ve gone and finally finished a short story. 😇
“State of Correction” is now up on my Ko-Fi (completely free to read):
-> https://ko-fi.com/post/State-of-Correction-U5G826QY95
It’s a dystopian little tale about trans people, authoritarianism, resistance, and the stubborn human refusal to abandon one another in the dark.
It’s angry. It’s bleak. It has rifles, rain, drones, government oppression, and things like that.
So, you know. Light bedtime reading. 💜
If you enjoy my writing, do have a peek, and perhaps buy the chronically under-caffeinated enby a coffee while you’re there. ☕💜
#DystopianFiction #TransLiberation #QueerResistance #SpeculativeFiction #ResistanceFiction #AntiFascism #TransFiction #MutualAid #Solidarity #Writing
Alastair’s father died for the truth. Now Alastair must decide whether to use it… or let the world die a gasping death.
#DystopianFiction #postapocalypticfiction #beverlylanderson #beverlylandersonbooks #sciencefiction #scifantasy #queerliterature
Beyond the forests around Milltown Village, an ancient secret has survived for a thousand years. Meet the Tuatha De Cernon, the mysterious Fae whose hidden history changes everything.
Milltown Village may seem like the destination of Priest Justice Preston's assignment, but the forests surrounding it hold a much older story.
Their presence expands Heretic beyond a story about church politics and forbidden documents. While the Church of Jamari has shaped the accepted story of its founder, the Tuatha De Cernon preserve another version—one that challenges the authority of the institution claiming to speak for the past.
These beings are not simply mysterious figures waiting to be discovered by human characters. They have survived for centuries, adapting to the danger posed by the outside world. Their concealment is a choice shaped by experience, not a sign of weakness. To emerge openly would mean more than introducing themselves. It could expose them to those who have spent generations controlling spiritual expression and rewriting history.
At the center of the Tuatha De Cernon's story is Cernon, their High King. He sees Justice's discovery as an opportunity. If the Church can be enticed into violating a millennia-old agreement, his people may have a reason to leave seclusion.
But Cernon's plan adds another layer of uncertainty. The truth about the Jamari is not only a moral question; it is also political leverage. Justice may believe he is deciding whether to expose the Church, while Cernon sees the same revelation as a means to protect and advance his people.
Heretic asks who gets to define civilization, which histories are allowed to survive, and what it means to remain hidden in order to endure. The Tuatha De Cernon are not merely a fantastical discovery. They are living proof that the official story has never been the whole story.
#QueerFantasy #MythicFiction
#DystopianFiction #darkfantasy
#shamanism #thatthingIJustRead #lgbtq
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News Podcast: Amazon Rips Up Rare Books to Train AI; Kobo Returns to Best Buy Blurb
On this week's Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway rounds up a busy week for indie authors: the rise of "Summerween," BookTok's new blend of sunny settings and Gothic dread; Kobo's return to big-box retail through Best Buy; and the report that Amazon has been ripping up and shredding books, including rare out-of-print titles, to train its AI. He also digs into KDP trend data showing dystopian fiction bouncing back and self-published titles claiming 38 percent of the US top 100, and closes with Ingram's new Covered platform, which puts digital advance copies in front of 50,000 booksellers and librarians.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-amazon-rips-up-rare-books/
#Podcast #AmazonAItraining #dystopianfiction #IngramCovered #KDPtrends
🚀 Sci-Fi fans: Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn is here!
Part 1 of this dystopian science fiction saga is free to read on Wattpad.
Join James Fong and a team of scientists, technologists & warriors fighting to reclaim humanity’s future—from dystopian collapse to the stars.
🔥 Part 2 arrives this winter.
🔗 https://authormulhall.com/dystopian-sci-fi-hindsight-station-ashes-reborn/
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #DystopianFiction #Wattpad #IndieAuthor
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
📚 Ready Player One by: Ernest Cline
In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days.
When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, bas...
https://bookblabla.com/book/ready-player-one
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #dystopianfiction #thrillers #general
Introducing Max - the heroic loner starring in Apocalypse Baby. Amazing survival skills, lockpicking ability, and a tough exterior that not many could melt through.
Max is autistic, and often struggles to relate and communicate with others, but doesn't let that stop him!
Art by:
https://www.instagram.com/anna.sketches/
#apocalypsebaby #comics #graphicnovel #horror #dystopianfiction #actuallyAutistic #lockpicking #zombies #moodboard
**ATTENTION READERS**
Please boost!
Quick note that the ebook version of my wife's award-winning dystopian thriller, Imber, is available for a (very) limited time for $0.99!
This will likely only ever happen once, so please make the best $0.99 purchase you'll make all week!
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
Here's a little Apocalypse Baby mood board, to give you a little teaser of what the book is about!! :neocat_happy_blep:
Image by https://www.instagram.com/anna.sketches/
#apocalypsebaby #comics #graphicnovel #teaser #moodboard #horror #dystopianfiction #books #bookstodon
I've just finished reading Anita Mason's 1988 novel "The War Against Chaos". I'd never heard of her, nor this book, despite her being shortlisted for a Booker Prize for her second novel. (This is her third novel.)
It's darkly, unrelentingly brilliant. Yes, the atmosphere in the early chapters invokes Orwell's "1984", but to me it also has some of the dislocating feel of Russell Hoban's "Riddley Walker" (published eight years before this book).
The themes are totalitarianism, anarchy, community, the self and the collective, subversion, corruption, revolution, power and control. It's a novel of the Cold War, but in our modern technofascist age, I found it chillingly relevant.
Perhaps an underappreciated gem worth rediscovering. It's still in print.
Perilous Comics released “The Company Feast”
https://powershopz.com/PerilousComics/286768
A 128 page, 370 render 3D comic set in the Dolcettville universe, where five citizens receive unexpected notices directing them not to the usual processing plant, but to the county hall. Their stories converge into a dark corporate spectacle orchestrated by Zenith Capital’s CEO, blending bureaucratic tension, high stakes drama, and Perilous Comics’ signature dystopian worldbuilding.
#3DArt #DystopianFiction #PerilousComics #DigitalComics
Perilous Comics released “The Home Conversion”
https://powershopz.com/PerilousComics/286765
A 70 page, 176 render 3D comic set in Perilous Comics’ dystopian universe, where citizens receive notices for “processing” and must choose between the state system or a private alternative. This episode follows Sarah and her friend as they navigate that world’s rules and undergo a home based conversion instead of reporting to the central facility.
This release leans into Perilous Comics’ signature mix of surreal bureaucracy, dark satire, and high detail 3D storytelling.
#3DArt #DystopianFiction #PerilousComics #DigitalComics
ICYMI: Klara And The Sun: The Tale Of A Robot And Her Favorite Celestial Body https://popgeeks.com/klara-and-the-sun-the-tale-of-a-robot-and-her-favorite-celestial-body/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro #RobotMovies #DystopianFiction #ColumbiaPictures
Klara And The Sun: The Tale Of A Robot And Her Favorite Celestial Body https://popgeeks.com/klara-and-the-sun-the-tale-of-a-robot-and-her-favorite-celestial-body/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #KlaraAndTheSun #KazuoIshiguro #RobotMovies #ScienceFiction #DystopianFiction
Shameless Plug
For those of you who don't do kindle, my book is now available on the Google Play Store at the following address. I am also working on a prequal so be on the lookout for that one.Beyond the Facade: The Cruciblehttps://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/shameless-plug/
🚀 Sci-Fi readers: Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn is entering its final stretch!
The last 2 chapters of Part 1 drop in just 2 days.
Follow James Fong and a team of scientists, technologists, and warriors as they fight to reclaim humanity's future from the ashes of a dystopian collapse.
📖 Free to read:
https://authormulhall.com/hindsight-station-ashes-reborn-is-free-to-read-on-wattpad/
Sequel or prequel next? 👀
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #DystopianFiction #Wattpad #IndieAuthor #SpeculativeFiction
Perilous Comics releases “The Last Call,” a collaboration between FantasyForge Comics and Para232, combining Para232’s renders with FantasyForge’s signature captioning style. This chapter follows Victoria as she navigates a dystopian society in a dark, atmospheric visual narrative told through 213 HD images.
https://powershopz.com/PerilousComics/280518
#DystopianFiction #GraphicStorytelling #IndieComics #VisualNarrative
🚀 Sci-Fi readers: the final 4 chapters of Part 1 of Hindsight Station are dropping this month!
📖 Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn is FREE to read on Wattpad. Follow James Fong and his team of scientists, technologists, and warriors as they fight to reclaim humanity's future from a dystopian collapse and reach for the stars.
🔗 https://authormulhall.com/hindsight-station-ashes-reborn-is-free-to-read-on-wattpad/
Sequel or prequel next?
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #Wattpad #IndieAuthor #SpaceOpera #DystopianFiction #Books #WritingCommunity
Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?
Margaret Atwood, the prolific Canadian author, penned the dystopian masterpiece ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ Published in 1985, this chilling novel explores themes of oppression, feminism, and totalitarianism in the near-future Republic of Gilead. Its powerful storytelling and enduring relevance have cemented Atwood’s status as a global literary icon. 🇨🇦 #CanadianLit #MargaretAtwood #DystopianFiction
📚 The Last Contract of Isako by: Fonda Lee
Isako is a legendary swordswoman, but every legend must come to an end. When her long-time client unexpectedly retires, she plans to follow—to walk out into the frozen wasteland of their planet with her head held high and her family enriched by her dea...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-last-contract-of-isako
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #sciencefiction #cyberpunkfiction #dystopianfiction #actionadventure
All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
This story is set in the future with a group of people living on the roof of New York’s Museum of Natural History. Global warming has happened and everything is flooded worldwide. Millions of people are killed and the ones who survived are not always people you want to live with. There are groups of wild people and in the cities, dogs run in wild packs that kill.
The survivors must hunt and scavenge for food, water, and medicines. They are running out of everything. There is no way to communicate with anyone else, there is no electricity or fuel for vehicles, or public transit of any kind.
There are research ships in the ocean that are a beacon of hope.
The group at the museum spend their time trying to preserve the displays. They only use the items they need.
The story is told by Nonie, a young girl. She survives with her father, her sister Bix, a museum employee Keller, and a handful of other people.
As the story starts most of the other people have died. Nonie’s mother needed a new kidney so couldn’t keep going. The others die over the few years that they are struggling. Their stories are told as things Nonie remembers.
The building that they are living in is called the American Museum of Natural History. They call the place Amen. It feels appropriate because of their situation.
They keep being hit by harder and more dangerous storms. Eventually a hypercane hits and Nonie, her father, Bix, and Keller must leave. They decide to go north to her mother’s family farm. They heard from someone traveling through that there was dry land in the north. They leave in an ancient boat from the museum.
The story follows their travel north. Their struggle is real and I did root for them to succeed.
This was not an easy story. Life was difficult and the author doesn’t spare you from their danger.
The writing flows smoothly and the description lets you see and feel what they are experiencing along the way. The characters are well developed, and I grew to care for them.
I enjoyed this story more than I thought I would. I am glad that I read it.
I have so many books to read that I have decided that I won’t read books that don’t grab me.
This was a book club book, and I do belong to book clubs so that I will be introduced to books I might not choose on my own. This one was good. I would recommend it to anyone who likes a little fantasy. That said, science is saying that global warming is real. Because they do, I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in saving our planet. If half of what is in this book is true, we have a problem.
First published January 7, 2025
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What I am currently reading:
Dog Person by Camille Pagan
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
I think it is interesting that the two books I am reading have animal characters. Dog Person is told by a dog named Harold. In The Last House on Needless Street, we have a cat as one of the points of view.
I attended a local author event last night for Maria Semple. Her newest books is Go Gentle. I look forward to reading it eventually. She wrote for television, Where’d You Go Bernadette, Mad About You, Arrested Development, and Saturday Night Live were a few. She did convince me I need to read Go Gentle but I have so many books I need to read, I will wait until I am ready. You could always read it and let me know what you think.
I hope you are enjoying spring so far.
You can find some of the books I have reviewed in the past at my Pango book shop – Get Lost in a Book Shop – https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/virginia468417
Happy Reading!
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