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As a consequence of living under capitalism, I am sometimes forced to tell people about the books I write.

Today, I want to talk about 🎲 Non-Player Character ✨

NPC is a novel about a highly anxious autistic person in their 30s who joins a tabletop role-playing group...and then all of them get transported to the world of their game.

It's cosy, it's queer, it has asexual romance, and it's very much about found family.

You might like it! You can find buy links here.

veocorva.xyz/books/non-player-character-by-veo-corva/

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You'll never convince me that "Scrivenor" isn't a pseudonym

It kept very much to the themes of the original: genocide, greed, betrayal, and the sheer amount of damage a few bad-faith actors can do in a system not designed to account for them

Finished just in time for #SFFBookClub sequels month 😅

#SFFBookClub pick for April 2024

The only novel from the Nebula finalists that wasn't already on my list

Overall good scifi and world building, with what I consider appropriate cynicism/realism around human behavior in first contact scenarios

Also in exciting today news: my new book is out! Coauthored with @SparksMaths@mathstodon.xyz and @sam_hartburn@mathstodon.xyz, it's called "Maths: 100 Ideas in 100 Words", and what we learned from writing it is that a) there are more than 100 ideas in maths and b) 100 is not enough words to write about them, but we did our best:

mathstodon.xyz/@stecks/112053651847510809

The fediverse has broken me to the extent that I read Au'aua as awawa

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Hi lovely folk,

I am surprised and delighted to say that my novel The Beautiful Decay is up for various awards at the Queer Indie Awards!

If you enjoyed it, it would mean a lot if you'd vote for it. 💙

Discoverability is incredibly difficult as a self-published author and awards can be a big help.

Voting closes 26th Jan!

qiawards.wordpress.com/voting-22/

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A series of bleak, gritty glimpses of what's in store for us over the next few decades.

The tone is lightened a bit here and there with injections of optimism, but I think it works against itself a little when the optimism feels unwarranted.

The way that the characters from the different stories are linked reminds me a bit of Cloud Atlas (although I only saw the movie (sorry)).

#SFFBookClub

Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.

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