This was one of my most beloved books as a kid. I read this so much it fell apart. I just got a new copy from online. I'm so happy. #sciencefiction #books #comics
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Ursula K. LeGuin, interviewed by Bill Moyers, about the film adaptation of her novel The Lathe of Heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1bZe7bdXMw #story#ScienceFiction
Ursula K. LeGuin, interviewed by Bill Moyers, about the film adaptation of her novel The Lathe of Heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1bZe7bdXMw #story#ScienceFiction
Just read Missing Helen by Tia Tashiro in Clarke world Magazine. https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/tashiro_07_25/
Great short story about a woman whose ex-husband gets engaged to her clone! Excellent use of an unusual semi-second person viewpoint.
#reading#scienceFiction
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#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.
Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.
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#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.
Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.
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[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory
Some may think science-fiction conventions are all about flights of fancy - but a lot of serious subjects were addressed at #Seattle#Worldcon 2025. Here's a story recapping what futurists and authors had to say about the past, present and future of #surveillance. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/18/how-watching-the-watchers-could-help-stop-big-brother/#Tech#BigBrother#ScienceFiction
#GameOfThrones author George R.R. Martin explains how one of Edgar Allan Poe's stories helped send him on a twisty trail to literary stardom. Also: #Murderbot author reflects on her success, and an awkward moment at #Worldcon attracts notice. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/game-of-thrones-creator-science-fiction-worldcon/#ScienceFiction#Fantasy
Tonight's #Hugo Award ceremony marked the climax of Seattle #Worldcon 2025, this year's edition of the world's premier science-fiction convention. Check out this report about the new crop of Hugos, mostly because there are links to all of the award winners. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/16/star-trek-lower-decks-doubles-up-on-hugo-awards/#HugoAwards#ScienceFiction#Books#Space#StarTrek#StarTrekLowerDecks
What is your favorite ship name from the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks?
Mine is the Offensive Unit named, in small print, "I Said, I've Got A Big Stick".
Controversies over the use of #AI stirred up a lot of buzz in advance of Seattle #Worldcon 2025, the big science-fiction convention taking place this week. They're also a big topic at the event, and not just because intelligent machines are standard plot devices in #science #fiction. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/worldcon-ai-concerns/ #sciencefiction #tech
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Opening my doors to new editing clients. I specialize in #ScienceFiction, #fantasy, #romance including #YA and #Queer books are welcome! Get an experienced editor at a great price!
https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/editing-services/
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Opening my doors to new editing clients. I specialize in #ScienceFiction, #fantasy, #romance including #YA and #Queer books are welcome! Get an experienced editor at a great price!
https://eponaauthorsolutions.com/editing-services/
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Thousands of science-fiction and fantasy fans are converging on #Seattle for #Worldcon 2025 - which marks the first time the world's premier sci-fi convention has been held in the Jet City since the techno-optimistic times of the Seattle World's Fair in the 1960s. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/worldcon-2025-past-future-science-fiction-seattle/#Space#Tech#ScienceFiction#Fantasy
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Warning: If you spot a small pod similar to this, do not go near it.
#FlashFiction #MondayBlogs#Halloween#ScienceFiction#Sci-Fi #ShortStory#ShortStories
Warning: If you spot a small pod similar to this, do not go near it.
#FlashFiction #MondayBlogs#Halloween#ScienceFiction#Sci-Fi #ShortStory#ShortStories
Zuletzt beendetes Buch: The Last Dangerous Visions, die legendäre dritte Anthologie, herausgegeben von Harlan Ellison (und nach dessen Tod J.Michael Straczynsky), über 50 Jahre erwartet, vor wenigen Monaten erschienen. #sciencefiction#HarlanEllison #bookstodon @bookstodon zum Teil gruselig zeitgemäss, wobei das beim Beitrag von @pluralistic kein Wunder ist, der überzeugt ja fast immer.
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Sci-fi author Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and I are working on a script that extracts economic concepts from reviews of science fiction novels. We are interested in observing convergences: are there alternative economies that feel believable to several authors? Here is a first shot, using reviews mostly written by myself over the years. Authors reviewed include @pluralistic , @bruces @annaleen, @KarlSchroeder, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others.
https://edgeryders.eu/t/what-if-we-turned-the-sci-fi-economics-wiki-into-data/19688/13?u=alberto
