johnshirley2024

johnshirley2024, 6 months ago to random

Okay so NOW this FREE cyberpunk collection (which is so old you can see on the cover that it was only $3.50 for a paperback copy), is available as an #ebook download (FREE, I said!) as well as just opening it to read on your device. If you want it in that format, you can go there and try out the two ebook download systems it's offered on, let me know if it's not working.

https://rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/

#ebooks #scifi #sff

johnshirley2024, 6 months ago to random

Good cyberpunk touch for cybermonday. A free book pirated by its authors. For many years in print, we decided to allow it to be free online...

The MIRRORSHADES cyberpunk story collection, the original, with stories by William Gibson, Rudy Rucker, Greg Bear, Lew Shiner, Marc Laidlaw, Pat Cadigan, Bruce Sterling, Tom Maddox, Paul Di Filippo , James Patrick Kelly, and, yes, me--

https://rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/

#scifi #sff #ebook #books #ebook #ebooks

Did I mention it's free?

johnshirley2024, 7 months ago to random

Military science-fiction. It's a thing. In this one, we kick the Russian military's ass--and we do it in space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc5pWez-ttc

#scifi #militarysf #books

johnshirley2024, 7 months ago to random

#FediBookFair

The book trailer, from Random House/Titan Books, for my #scifi technothriller SUBORBITAL 7.

Mad at Russia? In this novel, Russian forces get their ass kicked in space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc5pWez-ttc

johnshirley2024, 7 months ago to random

Still pondering the supposed scientific proof of determinism; its claim of "there is no free will". 1st, seems likely there's much we don't know about the cause & effect of experience & behavior. There may be a sort orthogonal or gestalt factor we're unaware of. 2nd, determined events happen within time. It is possible to seat the mind outside of time, in eternity. Not figuratively, actually. Once there, conscious choice becomes possible, outside the subjective routine of cause & effect.

AutisticAdam, 8 months ago to actuallyautistic

Many autistic people struggle with “multiple choice” and “select the right answer” exam questions. A key reason for this is that the options available can feel - to our brains - like such vague simplifications or awkwardly worded answers that they all feel somewhat incorrect. 1/2

@actuallyautistic #actuallyautistic

Scientists Want to Melt the Moon to Make Lunar Roads (www.syfy.com)

Dozens of lunar-landing missions are in the works, so we might need a way to manage Moon traffic. See how we're planning on building Moon roads.

johnshirley2024, 8 months ago to random

Science fiction/ fantasy legend Terry Bisson is now written up in The New Yorker. Why, after Big Ink ignored him all these years? Because of his "This Month in History" series in Locus. Terry Bisson is a friend of mine, an editor of mine, and a mentor of mine. Avoiding any paywall, you can read the article here: https://archive.ph/k0RRI

Terry now has colon cancer...

#scifi #fantasy

EGeertsPhD, 8 months ago to philosophy

My talk on the haunting spectro(micro)politics of memes can now be watched online via the Posthumanism Research Institute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFimXLEmzs8 #memes #hauntology #micropolitics #altright #posthumanism @philosophy

johnshirley2024, 8 months ago to random

Two very short very dark "technotales" -- modern tech extrapolated into flash fiction. Free (as everything is) at the Freezine:

TWO TECHNO TALES
by John Shirley

1. To Live and Die in Googletown
   &
2. Flibbertigibbet.

https://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2023/09/two-techno-tales.html

#flashfiction #scifi #sff #tech

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

Two Techno Tales by John Shirley --hey! that's me!-- appear at THE FREEZINE today. Good illustrations. Each piece is short, essentially flash fiction. Check out the Freezine generally--it is, yes, free and requires no registration. Lots of good stuff there.

The first piece is To Live and Die in Googletown. The second is Flibbertigibbet.

#scifi

#flashfiction

https://freezineoffantasyandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2023/09/two-techno-tales.html

dbellingradt, 9 months ago to histodons German

This painting by Peter Cramer is rich in detail, dear #histodons - peppercakes, street selling activities in an early modern European urban setting, broadsheets glued to a wall, etc.

But what on earth is the highlighted child transporting on its shoulders? A wooden box full of what? Your help is appreciated! @histodons

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

Today and Sunday! I'm doing a Mini Book Tour with Cody Goodfellow and David Agranoff. I'll be signing SubOrbital 7 & talking at two events:

16 September 2023 at 3:00 p.m.: Artifact Books 603 S. Coast Hwy 101 Encinitas, CA 92024.
17 September 2023 at 3:00 p.m.: Dark Delicacies 822 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505.

I'll sign anything but a check. I'll talk to anyone but the Men In Black. #scifi #bookstodon #sff #horror

Star Wars Admits Its Mandalorian Character In Ahsoka's Show Is Just Pure Fan Service (screenrant.com)

This Mandalorian character is Ahsoka fan service.

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

Are you in LA area? I'll be at Dark Delicacies bookstore with these fellow writers (see pic) this Sunday the 17th starting around 3 pm. We'll be reading excerpts, signing, answering questions, scratching our privates, and generally hanging out. I'll sign anything but a check. 822 N. Hollywood Way
Burbank, CA 91505

#scifi #thriller #sff #space #horror

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

A good alternative to Amazon for ordering books online is bookshop.org. It supports indie brick and mortar bookstores.

THE FEVERISH STARS - new and previously uncollected stories

Richard Christian Matheson: "Byronic gangster John Shirley’s writing is distinguished by swans and knives of style; divine menace."

#scifi #books #bookstodon #sff #horror

available as paperback or #ebook

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-feverish-stars-new-and-uncollected-stories-john-shirley/17032418?ean=9788831959872

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

"QAnon 2.0: 'Sound of Freedom' and the Rise of MAGA Vigilantism," which analyzes the bizarre success of SOUND OF FREEDOM, Trump's dystopian Agenda 47, and the rise of MAGA vigilantism at the southern border:

https://www.salon.com/2023/09/02/qanon-20-sound-of-freedom-and-the-rise-of-maga-vigilantism/

johnshirley2024, 9 months ago to random

I'm in this huge CYBERPUNK book, along with William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic and lots more.

The Big Book of Cyberpunk arrives September 26. Editor Jared Shurin tells File 770, “As with any attempt at a definitive collection, I suspect (and hope) it will provoke conversation!”

At over a thousand pages it is the largest anthology of the genre, with authors from over two dozen countries. #bookstodon #sff #scifi #books

johnshirley2024, 10 months ago to random

[you won't mind looking like a naked mole rat as long as you can live longer]

Longevity gene from naked mole rats extends lifespan of mice

The successful transfer of a gene that produces HMW-HA paves the way for improving the health and lifespan of humans, too.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230823165402.htm

johnshirley2024, 10 months ago to random

One strange thing about consciousness is that it doesn't know what consciousness is. That is, most discrete consciousnesses do not know themselves. Consciousness is baffled by consciousness. It's like a blind man that can feel and smell but can't see itself in a mirror. If consciousness increases its level of consciousness it can see itself and know what it is. Til then, this disability will prevent programmers and developers from understanding that AI cannot become conscious.

georgetakei, 10 months ago to random

People are complaining that Trump’s bond was only $200K, and that he could easily wind up fleeing justice.

Okay, but if he does, please let it involve a golf cart chase. OJ style if possible.