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The winner of the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) is Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null. “[T]his book could legitimately help a lot of people understand themselves.” — SPSFC 4 winner Wick Welker
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The runner-up in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) is ab initio by Jacob Terracina. “This was that book that I was reading on train, waiting at bank, at the cafe, and got annoyed every time I was interrupted.”
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Third place in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) goes to Generations by @NoamJosephides. A "slow-burn conspiracy theory space opera" on a generation ship 80 percent of the way to a new home.
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Fourth place in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) goes to Artificial Selection by Marianne Pickles. A cozy mystery in a hopeful climate apocalypse starring a benevolent AI and the Head of Awkward Questions.
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Fifth place in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) goes to FrostByte by N.S. Chaudhury. A Desi cyberpunk novel of illegal resurrection. Judge: "Ngl, I adored this book."
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Sixth place in the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC) goes to Time Traitors by Eli Donovan. Judges called it a romp with a "cast of scientific and seedy characters all trying to avoid becoming dinner."
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ALT The cover of Eli Donovan's science fiction novel Time Traitors, which depicts an athletic woman and man carrying hefty rifles they probably need, given that they are standing in a jungle with a dinosaur in the foreground that looks like a Triceratops and another in the background that's a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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The winner announcement for SPSFC 5 is coming today and being written as we speak. Hold all calls. Clear your calendars.
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I wish I could get a job as a roving copy-editor, tasked with correcting spelling and grammar mistakes wherever they occur. Paid per mistake fixed across any and all media. I would also fix errors in transcription.
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The final finalist is Generations by @noamjosephides, an epic about a colony ship that carries the last hope of humanity and a centuries-old conspiracy.
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The fifth finalist is Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null, a quantum thriller of romance, recreated realities and who we're truly meant to be.
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The fourth finalist is FrostByte by N.S. Chaudhury, a South Asian cyberpunk novel about illegal resurrection and solving your own murder.
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The third finalist is Artificial Selection by Marianne Pickles, a post-apocalyptic mystery full of awkward questions and hope.
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The second finalist is ab initio by Jacob Terracina, an artificial intelligence courtroom thriller about what it means to be human.
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The first finalist is Time Traitors by Eli Donovan, a tale of dinosaurs, poachers and a broken time machine.
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ALT The cover of Eli Donovan's science fiction novel Time Traitors, which depicts an athletic woman and man carrying hefty rifles they probably need, given that they are standing in a jungle with a dinosaur in the foreground that looks like a triceratops and another in the background that's a tyrannosaurus rex.
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Six books have advanced to the finals of the fifth Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC). We'll announce them in random order in the next six posts.
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I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.
The winner of the fourth #SPSFC is Saint Elspeth by @wickwelker, a tightly crafted tale of a doctor who survived first contact and nuclear apocalypse.
"They just arrived, inadvertently triggered humanity to tear itself to pieces, landed, and vanished."
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With four places announced out of six, the fourth #SPSFC faces the dilemma of what to announce next.
By a margin of just 0.392, second place goes to "action packed" On Impulse by @HTexle, led by migraine-afflicted ex-space cop Reliance Sinclair.
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Third place in the fourth #SPSFC goes to the second chances resurrection romp Yours, Celestially by Al Hess. Judge: "I needed this in my life right now at a time where I had more than a few negative thoughts in my head about being who I am."
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Fourth place in the fourth #SPSFC is claimed by the "rollicking space opera" Whiskey and Warfare by @SongMagick. A found family of golden-years space mercs reunite to stop a genocide.
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