I’m making my way through the Strugastky brothers’ works, found out about them through roadside picnic but i just finished “Monday starts on Saturday” and enjoyed it just as much. Edit to add: it’s a science fiction novel from the perspective of a soviet programmer who stumbles into magic. He meets a lot of people for...
I read Piranesi by Susanna Clarke recently, in about 2 sittings, it was amazing. Very fantastical and weird.
By the same author, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - alternate British history set around 1800 where magic is real, one of those books that you just live in the whole time you’re reading it (also made into a very good BBC miniseries)
My friends and I recently challenged each other to list our top five starship classes and were surprised by how different our opinions were despite being generally in agreement with what we like about the various series....
There’s a person in the top right which might help with scale, I think that section is about 20 metres. The orange plants are bracken after it’s died off in the autumn
Paint it black (startrek.website)
Otterule (startrek.website)
What have you done throughout this year?
Hey, nerdheads, what's a good book you've read recently?
I’m making my way through the Strugastky brothers’ works, found out about them through roadside picnic but i just finished “Monday starts on Saturday” and enjoyed it just as much. Edit to add: it’s a science fiction novel from the perspective of a soviet programmer who stumbles into magic. He meets a lot of people for...
Let's talk starship classes!
My friends and I recently challenged each other to list our top five starship classes and were surprised by how different our opinions were despite being generally in agreement with what we like about the various series....
Star Trek: Canada - Wood for a starship sounds good, eh? (i.pinimg.com)
Sheffield Town Hall rising above Peace Gardens (lemmy.world)
The sheer vertiginous drop from Stanage Edge (lemmy.world)
Stanage Edge, Peak District, England
Whose a good comedian that never fails to make you laugh?
What's your favorite spaceship?
Mandatory bees (startrek.website)
God damn them all. (lemmy.world)