I explore other worlds, writing science fiction & fantasy. Journey to Mars, Titan, & beyond. Find me at favorite online bookstores - Amazon, Apple, B&N, Kobo, and more! https://books2read.com/Kate-Rauner #scifibooklover #sciencefiction #scifihttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3myut2jqttk2fRecently, many of my novels became available in multiple languages via Amazon translations. But they don't make them easy to find in the USA store. Go to your internet browser Search for: Amazon Foreign Language Fiction More instructions in Comments27 Oct 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3myut2jqttk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3myuou25fck2iPlanning your kids' Halloween? Real crimes spook us -click the link- but poisoned trick-or-treat candy is vanishingly rare. Try alternative daytime events, or at night, a flashlight, reflective tape & tight grip on kiddo's hand crossing streets 👽 skeptoid.com/episodes/1064 #Halloween https://skeptoid.com/episodes/106427 Oct 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3myuou25fck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mys6cfrzss2oAn actor who could play heroes and villains. Remember him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Koenig [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Oct 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mys6cfrzss2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mydwu4civc2pA survivalist in desperate need of money. A hustler seeking a credible partner. Together they sell doomsday Will any crime cross the line? For a clean technothriller to read in one sitting, with action that bypasses bloody gore, pre-order now &receive before Thanksgiving www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNPFHF6P21 Oct 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydwu4civc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mydg7uanqk2u20 Oct 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mydg7uanqk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3my3bhd7h322lReaders FYI. Amazon allows AI written books in their store. Recently, however, in an attempt to fight AI slop, they apparently cut the number of new titles an author account can create on KDP to two per format per week. Will this reduce AI slop? Do you care? #amreading #author #BookSky17 Oct 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3my3bhd7h322lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mxm26pyvrs2e😆Ruin a Book by Adding a Word https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qrz3lhbyuxbeilrc6nekdqme/feed/23a18c61ad4811 Oct 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxm26pyvrs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mxezdtstf22lDon't let anyone steal your vote. In my town of Silver City, New Mexico, you can carry your mail-in ballot into the Grant County Admin Building during business hours or drop it in the box in the parking lot. 🗳️✅🗽 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxezdtstf22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mxabtnoy522rNikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are out. Here's my favorite aong the finalists, but there are lots more pictures at https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/finalists-win-big-laughs-in-the-comedy-wildlife-photography-awards-look/ #photography #wildlife #nature06 Oct 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxabtnoy522rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mwvgs5fmvc2sIn my state, New Mexico, there is Same Day Registration at early voting locations (starts Oct 6) and on Election Day. If you want to count, you've got to vote 🗳️✅ 🇺🇸 [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvgs5fmvc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3muztnauxvs2x60 years & counting. "'Star Trek' is unusual for its close connections to NASA, both in its storylines &in the real world. Decades of “Star Trek” adventures have ignited a love of spaceflight across generations, inspiring many who now work as space professionals." Deana L. Weibel #StarTrek #TOS08 Sep 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muztnauxvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3muwu7vxzs22sLooking for novels in languages other than English? For a book on Zon's USA site, you must be logged in to see the little blue link "see all languages and editions" below the title on the book's page. Or search Amazon like this example: Kate Rauner languages Amazon runs the translation programs07 Sep 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwu7vxzs22shttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mudii46vic2aI see "Billionaires build doomsday bunkers" is trending today. If I wrote a story "Armageddon, One Sucker at a Time" would the title intrigue you? Would you be interested in reading? (I have a draft) #scifi #doomsday #fantasy #amwriting #amreading30 Aug 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudii46vic2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mu5y3chi3c2kLast night, distant lightning flashed on the horizon while I viewed the lunar eclipse through a convenient break in the clouds. A solar eclipse is exciting - a lunar eclipse is peaceful #lunareclipse #astronomy #AstroSky28 Aug 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5y3chi3c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3msv7cea5ts2iScifi authors, reality has overtaken you. Build your own cyborg cockroach today https://backyardbrains.com/products/roboroach #sciencefiction #ScienceSky #STEM No, I haven't tries this, but if you have, I'd love to hear what you think12 Aug 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv7cea5ts2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3msnocgpmfs2oSomeone read the German translation of my #scifibook Winnie Bravo, Space Pilot &gone on to start Book 2 of the trilogy. I guess that means Amazon's translation was decent. Written in American English, now available in several languages. For German: https://www.amazon.com/Mondbasis-Winnie-Bravo-Raumpilotin-German-ebook/dp/B0HCTR4FB3 #BookSky09 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnocgpmfs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3msisul3uhk2eDo you read Spanish, French, German, Italian, &Portuguese? On Amazon find AI translations. Click the little blue link under the title - see all languages &editions. Choose language in upper left of window that pops up. You may need to be logged in for this to work! More in comment below #bookSky07 Aug 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msisul3uhk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3ms7grxjbqk2kAmazon has a Beta test to translate an English-language book into... well, there's a growing list of language options. I've been invited to translate one of my books! I'll try it... but, oh my. Will it be lame? Here are my originals books2read.com/Kate-Rauner #BookSky #scifibook https://books2read.com/Kate-Rauner#BookSky03 Aug 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7grxjbqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mrpn6phg4c2l#sciencefiction #authors, take note: human brains from organ donors, sustained by machine, anesthetized with propofol, used to study neurodegenerative disorders https://www.science.org/content/article/not-alive-not-dead-disembodied-human-brains-used-drug-testing28 Jul 2026 14:38 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpn6phg4c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mrdba5hul22y50 years ago, NASA's Viking 1 sent first clear, ground-level photos of Mars - a rock-strewn desert. But interest never waned & we kept exploring. Until you can travel there IRL, read scifi. Some day, real settlers will tell stories like this books2read.com/GloryonMars #sciencefiction #BookSky https://books2read.com/GloryonMars23 Jul 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdba5hul22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mranf5bijk2qAlways fun to come across one of my sci-fi novels in a bookstore &here's two! My stand-alone scifi/fantasy colonization/first contact story and collection of short stories with my best local author friends #scifi #sciencefictionbook #BookSky Can't get to Silver City? https://books2read.com/Chronicle-Scfi-Fantasy-on-an-Alien-World22 Jul 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mranf5bijk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mramwtr7bc2qMonsoons are underway in New Mexico - mushrooms and black tarantulas appearing in the Gila Forest. Also mud that holds foot prints, like this bear print I found yesterday on my evening walk #nature #wildlife #bear22 Jul 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mramwtr7bc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mqpzm4auw22yI tell myself stories about my readers. A download of Lunar Base on 6/1... then 2nd book 6/5 & final book 6/11. I tell myself, that's all one person and they liked it 😊 Makes me feel good #BookSky #sciencefiction www.amazon.com/dp/B0B64BSF63 Find Winnie Bravo, Space Pilot on 'Zon &other fav stores https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B64BSF6316 Jul 2026 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpzm4auw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mqn6bakixc2aActually... the good guys [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqn6bakixc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kate-scifi-author.bsky.social/post/3mptwwmpgxs2wSmall town celebration #july #4th https://katerauner.wordpress.com/2026/07/04/july-4th-2026-celebration/04 Jul 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:i6a2jgbvozv63eojootkbsd4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptwwmpgxs2w