NEAR-FUTURE NOIR THRILLER, set in a Pacific Northwest sodden with “broken weather,” combines lots of action and a colorful cast of characters for a highly entertaining read. B PLUS
This was a re-read. All I really remembered from 30ish years ago was enjoying it. It aged pretty well. Yes, the unconscious sexism made me roll my eyes. My favorite example? It costs a lot to bring colonists to settlements outside our solar system, so let's send pregnant women and have them just drop the babies off, thereby diversifying the gene pool! The solution is both ridiculous and elegant in its simplicity.
Day 2 of my #NaNoWriMo was quite productive. After a hard first day of writing & researching for my #SciFi book The Closed Tunnel, I was able to write freely based on the curated material.
I suppose #Research is one of the hardest parts of creating #ScienceFiction. I don't trust the first or even the fourth source I see on the web. My background in physics and the #space industry helps me to at least have an idea if an article is crap or not. 😄 @scifi@bookstodon
This just went out to backers of the Tome of Intriguing Options #Kickstarter for Honor + Intrigue. It is an early access draft of our next H+I project; a monster book called Horrifying + Fantastic Creatures. If you were a backer, check your inbox/spam folder for the codes. For now, this is exclusive to backers. @ttrpg#ttrpg#ttrpgs#fantasy#scifi#sciencefiction
@stevefoerster@bookstodon
Hi Steve, nice to meet you in the Fediverse.
Unfortunately my author site is currently under reconstruction after a provider change and the conversion to Joomla5. However, my novels of the NEBULAR series can be found in almost all common eBook stores, in German, French, English, and recently also in Italian, Spanish and Dutch translation. At the moment, the first 42 novels and 11 anthologies are still bound at Amazon and available for Kindle Unlimited, but by the end of the year I will release them from the contract and offer them again in all stores. Currently I have 75 novels published (an Addition of three more as a spin-off) and I am about to publish the next regulär one shortly. Some examples for my novels, attached. #autorenleben#selfpublisher#sciencefiction#spaceopera#ebooks
Why do I love my #Kobo? Not just because I can read 1-handed, though that's critical. When I am on holiday far from home with long passages of passenger travel ahead, I have a diverse library at my fingertips, as my "currently reading" list @thestorygraph shows
Regency Romance, Golden Age style locked room mystery, indigenous Māori/Pasifika shorts, physics popsci and however one categorises @scalzi 😁#AmReading#ebooks@bookstodon#Aotearoa#Mystery#ScienceFiction#Science#Romance
After years of being an archived state, it would seem that SF Signal, a bastion of SF online for many years (and with the Hugo awards to prove it), is no more. John DeNardo really has finally GAFIATED.
Archive dot org has SOME but not all of the archives of SF Signal. Much appears lost.
Trying to find more #StarTrek folks to follow. If you see the mention of that hashtag and this post let's meet. I promise I always try to be nice. All Trek is Trek.
Mam kilka takich pozycji, które może nie do końca mnie interesują, ale chcę je poznać ze względu na status klasyki lub odwołania w innych pozycjach. W ten sposób jestem na świeżo po "Wojnie Światów" i powiem Wam, że... nie dziwię się, że kiedyś słuchowisko radiowe wystraszyło ludzi.
Całkiem zgrabnie i realistycznie opisana inwazja Marsjan, która przypomina reportaż lub wręcz blog. Oczywiście, czuć tę archaiczność, a fabuła jest bardzo przewidywalna, ale w wolnym czasie warto poznać, o co było to całe halo.
I’ve #read the #anthology Adventures in Bodily Autonomy, edited by Raven Belasco. This collection of short stories “exploring reproductive rights in fantasy, science fiction & horror” supports NARAL, which has since been renamed Reproductive Freedom For All. My favorites were Pod Rendezvous by K Ibura and Bullet Point by Elizabeth Bear. #fantasy#sciencefiction#books#reading@bookstodon
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Too hot to handle!
Too cold to hold!
Thank you for bringing back Ghostbusters theme for Halloween. This was an unambiguous banger back then + Bobby Brown was just fine. :ablobcatattention: #ScienceFiction#Fantasy