“I could go on for ages about SF’s direct links to Woolf and modernism – the subjective and the impersonal, different levels of perspective, a single day in the life of a character and vast deserts of eternity”
With his latest novel, IN ASCENSION, longlisted for the #BookerPrize 2023, Martin MacInnes discusses the interconnectedness of life – & why arts & sciences belong together
#introduction: Hi I’m Farah. I’m originally from a small South Asian country; now live in Iowa, USA. I talk about my hobbies, #books, #gaming, #sciencefiction and #StarTrek and other isssues like #mentalheaIth#science#psychology. Occasionally I’ll talk about #USpolitics. I complain about the world a lot. I am pathologically anxious and make jokes to compensate, they aren’t always funny. Trying to connect with people because it’s hard to make friends in real life. Peace! 🖖🏼
I like this promo image for my latest novel "500" that's been making the rounds on some other social media platforms lately, so I thought I'd share it here.
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No one ever called Otto Binder #BOTD (1911-1974) lazy.
Writer of the Adam Link, Robot series in the pulps which were a huge inspiration to #Asimov and others. Then drifted to comics with long runs at Fawcett and DC and short runs at most others. DC editor E. Nelson Bridwell assessed Binder’s total output at "almost 50,000 pages of comics".
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Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001) was born 100 years ago #OTD, 25 Aug, in Dunfermline. She is best known as a writer of #HistoricalFiction – in particular the six-part LYMOND CHRONICLES that begin with those three fateful words:
So this just happened. I was watching a Battlestar Galactica reaction video on Youtube, and there's this scene where Leoben (a Cylon) tells Starbuck "Do you realize I could kill you before they came back in the room..." and my WATCH heard that, and responded with (roughly) "Here are some capsules that could help you with that." !!!! WTF Samsung ?! #ScaryAI is a fan of BSG's Cylons.
What a great graphic novel ! I really love how Jonathan Hill uses science fiction to explore the themes of difference, fear of rejection and immigration. It is truly a very smart story : Identity is at the center of the plot, but in a very unexpected way.
I just watched the teaser trailer for "Rebel Moon," on Netflix, and this is my reaction:"Zack Snyder Rips Off EVERYTHING!"
It's pretty. It's stylish. And every single bit of it seems stolen from some other well known movie or franchise. Star Wars, Dune, Avatar, You name it, chopped up like coarse sausage and squeezed into a glossy Zack Snyder skin.
!!! Sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter for this super cool Ukrainian SFF anthology launches! Many stories, both translated from Ukrainian and written originally in English.
I read this book last year and I loved it so much, it's one of my all-time favorite books. So of course I had to tell my friend Kriti about it, and now that she's read it too, we had a little chat about it! Check it out at : https://armedwithabook.com/the-last-gifts-of-the-universe/
This book also recently won #SPFSC which I was so excited to hear about! (Check out more amazing #SelfPublished sci-fi books at @spsfc ).
I have finished reading A Memory Called Empire. I am angry at this book. It decided to become quite good for the last 100 pages. And now I want to read the follow-up. 😂
I give it 3.25 Stars out of five. It was an uneven, but overall enjoyable read for me. I don't think I'll immediately jump to the next one though.
I think the second book, A Desolation Called Peace, is even better with more intrigue, adventure and perspective. The second book also brings together several threads in an interesting way.
Virgil Finlay illustration for the 1919 H.P. Lovecraft story "Beyond the Wall of Sleep" for it's reprint appearance in the March, 1938 issue of Weird Tales. It was later inscribed and gifted to another giant, "To A. Merritt, a master of fantasy. From Virgil Finlay"
Anybody have recs for single-author science fiction and/or fantasy/paranormal short story collections? I'm especially interested in marginalized authors.
My faves so far:
'Nathan Burgoine's Of Echoes Born (paranormal)
Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad (fantasy/paranormal)
Iona Datt Sharma's Not For Use In Navigation (mix of science fiction and fantasy)