“Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson has me thinking about the evolution of consciousness, and the ways biology facilitates it. It makes me even more certain that consciousness is not emergent, but fundamental to the universe.
I realize that the main thesis I have in my books is that "the flesh is not a prison, it is training wheels”. Biology can obviously be overridden by a sufficiently developed mind (the Marshmallow test is a concrete example).
Passengers (2016): The Avalon, art by production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas
“I thought, what would happen if we took the donut and connected it to a series of elongated, pod-like shapes, so that it almost looked like one of those electricity-generating wind turbines?" (Wired) #scifi#movie#spaceship#conceptart#passengers#avalon
@Rhube@ianturton@SusannaShore@bookstodon Weird. Must be a mess up somewhere. But is that by Tor, by Amazon, or by the printer maybe, not getting the stock to Amazon in time. Hope your order arrives swiftly from Blackwell's!
Murderbot!!! Book 7 of the Murderbot Diaries has arrived. I'm so excited. This is one of my all-time favorite scifi series. Stop talking to me so I can consume my media 😆😆 #Murderbot#SciFi#SFF#ScienceFiction#Bookstodon
@markw@bookstodon The only thing holding me back is that I'm currently making a big push to finish #WheelOfTime and I'm kind of hesitant to be reading multiple sci-fi/fantasy novels at once, it can get confusing
@diazona@bookstodon@markw I’ve only read a few so far and I adore them. I’m trying not to gobble the whole series down at once. So far succeeding but one day I’ll break. #murderbot
@colinchick@weirdadmiral@TheSpaceshipper Interesting, thanks. I read the book years ago and I was/am sure that Orson wrote in the intro that he had done the book then worked on the screenplay. Happy to be corrected, thanks again.
Scavengers Reign ended three days ago, but another original sci-fi show starts today! It's an adaptation of a Hugh Howey (Silo) novel.
Welcome to Beacon 23 (MGM+), where a man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships. #scifi#tvshow#beacon23#spacestation