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Andrew Liptak

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Andrew Liptak writes Transfer Orbit, a personal blog at transfer-orbit.ghost.io about writing and culture. Since 2021, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “An ACX audiobook narrator was scammed into narrating a new edition of Dune”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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Links on Hacker News per year · peak 21 in 2021

Dispatches from the world of science fiction, reading, writing, and the future.

Most-linked posts?

  1. An ACX audiobook narrator was scammed into narrating a new edition of Dune
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-09

What Hacker News says?

  1. Submitted New sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this August as a story · 69 points

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  2. Submitted The Challenges of First Contact as a story · 26 points

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  3. Submitted Science-fiction novels imagining different climate futures as a story · 6 points

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  4. Submitted Murderbot author Martha Wells on writing an anxiety-prone AI as a story · 4 points

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  5. Submitted Asimov's Foundation became the story that powered space opera as a story · 3 points

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  6. Submitted New sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this September as a story · 3 points

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  7. Submitted An ACX audiobook narrator was scammed into narrating a new edition of Dune as a story · 3 points

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  8. Submitted Tech CEOs should stop using sci-fi as a blueprint for humanity’s future in space as a story · 3 points

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  9. Submitted A free military science fiction anthology about the future of special forces as a story · 2 points

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  10. Submitted The Art of Future War as a story · 2 points

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  11. Submitted New sci-fi and fantasy books to check out this November as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted A bunch of Sci-fi / fantasy books coming out in October to read as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted The rise and fall of storytelling platform Curious Fictions as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted Inaudible as a story · 2 points

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  15. Submitted Apple's Foundation looks like it'll be a refreshing update on books as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Wayfarers author Becky Chambers on writing optimistic sci-fi as a story · 2 points

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  17. Submitted Automatic Noodle is a delightful story about robots, noodles, and community as a story · 1 points

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  18. Submitted Some new sci-fi books to check out this December as a story · 1 points

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  19. Submitted A good lesson on the value of failing, throwing something out and starting over as a story · 1 points

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  20. Submitted Interview with The Expanse's James S.A. Corey about writing, TV, and sci-fi as a story · 1 points

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  21. Submitted How The Expanse went from game idea to book series to TV show as a story · 1 points

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  22. Submitted The role of the military's science fiction as a story · 1 points

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  23. Submitted Some new sci-fi / fantasy books to check out this month as a story · 1 points

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