#scienceFiction
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03924-j272-a-breath-of-fresh-air
#sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
Oh, and direct link to the book if you'd like to read Angus McIntyre's award-nominated story! It's a wonderful #GenreMashup and the whole anthology has some real gems.
#cyberpunk #ScienceFiction #SciFiBooks #FairyTales #FairyTaleRetelling #SmallPressAward #Capclave
https://www.worldweaverpress.com/store/p182/Trenchcoats%2C_Towers%2C_and_Trolls.html
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 1 #25 — What keeps you striving concerning your writing goals?
/The lights are on, but you're not home
Your will is not your own (it's the MC's)
Your heart sweats, your teeth grind
Another few paragraphs and the chapter'll be done
Whoa, you'd like to think you're immune to a good turn of phrase, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to writing/
Chorus: /Might as well face it, you're addicted to writing.../
I'm addicted. I can't stop writing.
[I'm hoping this counts as satire or reasonable use. A riff off of /Addicted to Love/ a
song by Robert Palmer. A great song, btw.]
#BoostingIsSharing
#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders #music #song #lyrics #addiction
Things have made you what you are," she recited "What you are will make you what you will become.
The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.
S03E10 - Foundation Day
The Republic celebrates the birth of their democracy, and the HDR Liberator crew finally get a chance to join in, dispersing to join their families on this momentous day.
Captain Carl Schafer remains alone, but the holiday is about to offer him an unexpected opportunity.
Even a grim universe can have a holiday special.
https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s03e10-foundation-day
„In Science-Fiction-Romanen und -Filmen gibt es eine solche Antigravitation seit Langem. (…) Doch ein Zusammenschluss von Forscherinnen und Forschern erteilt solchen Träumereien nun eine Absage. Ihnen zufolge kann ausgeschlossen werden, dass es so etwas wie Antigravitation gibt.“ #physik #scifi #sciencefiction
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/antimaterie-schwerkraft-cern-1.6258372
I've been toying with the idea of taking one of my projects and releasing it as a sort of serial on a blog.
This is a great idea and it looks like you did. There's no guarantee you'll get feedback, but it will stretch your mind to new dimensions.
Being /Shy/ is difficult for writers, and not uncommon. I am also horribly shy... in person. It prevented me from networking when I got an agent, sold, and could get in to all those fabulous parties and meetups at Worldcon and other SF conventions. It's difficult, and crippling. But now you are on the Internet. You can have blogs, you can have webpages, and you have a Mastodon account. You can write to prompts, practice, and get things out there. Like I am.
I recommend following these hashtags /and participating/. Practice makes perfect, and writing lots of stories helps suppress the fear about starting and finishing, and having troubles coming up with ideas.
Remember this about feedback you may get: It is only the opinion of the person providing the feedback (advice, etc.), and it is up to you to decide if it is relevant in anyway to accept or ignore at your whim.
#wordweavers
#PennedPossibilites
#writerscoffeeclub
#writever
#writingwonders (defunct, but a very good read.)
These will give you a sense of community:
#writer #writers #author #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #sf #sff #fiction #scifi #ScienceFiction
#WordWeavers 9.27 — Do any children under two or older people factor into your story?
I can't remember a story with children under two, though if one MC turns out to be pregnant, she may be fighting against the end of the world with a baby in tow.
Older people show up as the story requires them. The ages of the main players in the SFF WiP are 17, 18, 26, 35, 71, and 135. Different humans have different lifespans. The 71 year-old looks grey and somewhat wrinkled, and is the butt of agist humor, but he's the bad guy's muscle and a force to contend with. The 135 year old is, well, let's say, /unique and special?/ Read an interaction with him here: Ms George and the Dragon https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110603595653290409
I also have a character who's hundreds and hundreds of years old. I don't know her actual age because it hasn't come up as important enough in any story. But... she's always 24 years old. If she takes a fancy to your guy, she's not shy at seducing him away, either. Interestingly enough, the age of majority is 25 where she lives.
#BoostingIsSharing
#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders
I wanted to post a relevant page from the script but I don't seem to have a copy anymore. But, I did unearth my rejection letter. Check out that nifty #DS9 letterhead!
#scifi #sciencefiction #StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine #DeepSpace9 #screenwriting #screenwriter 🧵
The scene was more than just a random moment I wanted to include. It was setting up an expositional dive into how replicators work, b/c the episode hinged on it. OK here's the pitch: An antimatter torpedo, powerful enough to obliterate the station, pops out of the wormhole from parts unknown and attaches itself to DS9. It hacks the station's main computer and forces all the replicators onboard to start making copies of itself. The station starts filling up with bombs. They can't shut down the replicators b/c if they do, the bombs are so programmed that one will detonate, destroying DS9, and the rest of the warheads will be scattered through local space.
#scifi #sciencefiction #StarTrek #DeepSpaceNine #DeepSpace9 🧵
Annibale Siconolfi
Heavy Rain (2022)
#CyberPunk
#Digital3D #ConceptArt #ScienceFiction
#ArchitecturalConcepts
Welcome back to Trek Long Island award-winning #1 New York Times bestselling author, pop culturalist, Trekspert, publishing professional, and author of more than 70 books Robb Pearlman! Whew, try saying that in one breathe!
Treklongisland.com
#startrek #author #childrensbooks #sciencefiction
I didn't watch Star Trek: Deep Space Nine when it aired, so I'm watching them now. In S4 E19 Molly puts the dirty dishes from dinner back into the replicator and zaps them away. I jumped up off the couch and yelled "FINALLY!" I'd been waiting to see a #StarTrek character do that since the 1990s. And, this toot explains exactly what flavor of nerd I am. 🧵
#scifi #sciencefiction #DeepSpaceNine #DeepSpace9
They're Made Out of Meat - Terry Bisson, short story
https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-2065-146b-9e17-343563272600
"Es ist nicht wichtig, dass eine Geschichte geglaubt wird. Viel wichtiger ist es, dass sie erzählt wird (...)."
Und vor allem muss sie gelesen werden! Unbedingt.
#ScienceFiction von Sven #Haupt ist nie einfach und oberflächlich. Das ist auch "Niemandes Schlaf" nicht. Wirklich gute deutsche SciFi mit Tiefgang. Unbedingt lesen!
Anomalien
Det er lidt at spoile næsten, når man siger, at en roman stiller spørgsmålstegn ved virkeligheden, for så ved man som læser, at der kommer til at ske ting og sager her. Men nogle gange er det også svært at fortælle om en roman uden at spoile. Som nu “Anomalien” af Hervé Le Tellier – “der er et fly, som kommer ind i en storm, og mere vil […]
Regisseur Gareth Edwards über KI: „Anti-amerikanisch ist er nicht“
#ScienceFiction-Film #TheCreator: "Die Dinger da unten haben mehr Herz als ihr!"
#GarethEdwards präsentiert seine philosophische Geschichte über Menschen und #KI in Ultra-Widescreen. Es ist einer der besten Science-Fiction-Filme des Jahres.
THE FINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (1984)
Acrylic on Primed Masonite - 30" x 22"
I used myself as a model for this. Audrey took my picture on the driveway with a Polaroid as I posed for the figure. 1/4
#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #sff #illustration #gordonrdickson
Thrilling Wonder Stories vol. 25, no. 2 (1944)
I love this, it's so wild. I love the expression on the captured woman's face particularly. She looks resentful rather than terrified.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Thrilling_Wonder_Stories_v25n02_1944-Winter
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
#captainfuture #capitaineflam #kult #scifi #sciencefiction #spaceopera #space #80er #zeichentrick #anime #lieblingsserie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAPTAIN FUTURE...!
Heute vor 43 Jahren wurde zum ersten Male eine Folge „Captain Future“ im deutschen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt...
#captainfuture #capitaineflam #kult #scifi #sciencefiction #spaceopera #space #80er #zeichentrick #anime #lieblingsserie
Hach, was für ein Wochenende...
Es war grandios! Endlich mal wieder unter „normalen Leuten“ 😎
Letztes Jahr hatte es wegen Corona ja leider nicht geklappt, dafür haben uns dieses Jahr die Besucher fast die Bude eingerannt – es waren so viele an unserem Stand wie noch nie.
Vielen lieben Dank von uns Captain-Future-Fans! Es war uns eine Ehre, mit dabei gewesen zu sein.
We're less than a week away from the start of season 2, so now's a great time to catch up on any episodes you might have missed.
EPISODE 15 - OCTOBER 3RD, 2023!
YouTube:
http://youtube.com/@ThePostMortemReport
Official Site:
http://postmortemreport.com
#speculativefiction #podcast #authorcast #speculative #fiction #talkshow #horror #scifi #sciencefiction #paranormal #fantasy #bookstodon #booktodon @bookstodon @horror @scifi@a.gup.pe @scifi@kbin.social
Was bringt der Oktober wohl so an neuen #ScienceFiction und #Fantasy #eBooks mit sich? Finden Sie es im Blog heraus:
“Papa Ardyn!” Myria cried out, running toward them. “I made a gift for you!”
“Oh, it’s beautiful! Did you make it?” Ardyn asked.
Nodding with a shy smile, she looked up at Jevan. “There’s another gift inside, and one is for you, Papa Jevan!”
https://medium.com/prismnpen/artifact-of-the-dawn-maalanaa-a-queer-sci-fi-adventure-db0bb658813b?sk=df4cb8662cec8542957138a16fa48b8f
#LGBTQ #Fiction #Queer Fiction #ScienceFiction #SerialFiction
Nouvel article sur le blog ✍
Cette semaine, je reviens sur Les îles du soleil de Ian R. MacLeod, un auteur que j'aime décidément beaucoup (et j'ai bientôt fait le tour de tout ce qui a été traduit 😥).
https://nevertwhere.blogspot.com/2023/09/les-iles-du-soleil-ian-r-macleod.html
#MastoLivre #Lecture #VendrediLecture #SFFF #Imaginaire #Uchronie #ScienceFiction
Yes." The word was dough in his mouth. "Ah… thanks for my—" he almost shook his head again, but remembered—"my notebook.
Have you ever wanted to start reading 2000 AD? This week's prog (#2351) is a great jumping-on issue, with all-new stories starting.
I've read it and it's heaps of fun.
You can get it at comic book shops and newsagents in the UK from today. Also availability digitally on the 2000 AD webshop: https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/PRG2351P/2000-ad-prog-2351
(It'll be available in comic book shops outside the UK at a later date - there's always a bit of a delay.)
#Comics #ComicBooks #2000ad #JudgeDredd #ScienceFiction #SFF
awaiting maintenance after the handjobs got too vigorous for its user and burned out the #bicep motor
#maleasfr #maleandroid #maleandroids #asfr #androids #sexbot #cock #xxx #gayxxx #gayporn #dick #penis #naked #nude #buff #hairyman #bearded #gaybears #gaybeard #gaybear #gaynaked #gaynude #nudist #photoshop #photoart #photoedit #scifi #sciencefiction
➡️«ENKI: Tales from the Past» 🗓️ Schedule 🗓️
✅1 new episode this Thursday!
✅1 new episode next Sunday!
★ Listen NOW with your favorite podcast platform ★
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#enki #narrative #audiodrama #ancientaliens #podcast #sciencefiction #podcasting #podcastshow
HELDEEP443: The Weather Up There #art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Photoshop #Sketch #SpeedPaint #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Character #PostApocalyptic
A FlipBoard presentation of my illustrated Science-Fiction-Fantasy Adventure Trilogy entitled, ‘Alex The Inventor’ which is loaded on Amazon and Draft2Digital. The series is for all ages 12 and up. Enjoy a great escape into the unique story-world of Alex Faraway (Alex The Inventor). #SciFi #sciencefiction #amazon #ebooks
The science of Around The Twist
Have you ever felt like this?
https://youtu.be/-JZo7acdznc?si=2rw4EGAr1qvHTUi9
#Australia #YourABC #AroundTheTwist #Science #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionTV
#UnoLibri
#UnoFantascienza
#ScienceFiction
#IsaacAsimov
La palla da biliardo (The Billiard Ball), 1967
Isaac Asimov conosceva bene il caravanserraglio della scienza, e ci regala un breve racconto che descrive l'eterno "scontro" tra scienziati ed ingegneri; non solo #Fantascienza, ma anche una spruzzata di giallo. Potete leggerlo da qui:
https://www.yeyebook.com/it/racconto-di-isaac-asimov-testo-completo-la-palla-da-biliardo/
#Filmtipp #ScienceFiction #Spoiler - The Creator - Film von Gareth Edwards - "'The Creator' aber übertrifft an Schönheit wie an Weisheit Spielberg, Lemire und Nguyen, weil Edwards erstens ambivalenteres Material aufbietet und es zweitens schlüssiger verdichtet." - Rezension von Dietmar Dath - Eventl. € https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kino/film-the-creator-geopolitik-und-kuenstliche-intelligenz-19202036.html
#Filmtipp #ScienceFiction #Spoiler - The Creator - Film von Gareth Edwards - "Gareth Edwards präsentiert seine philosophische Geschichte über Menschen und KI in Ultra-Widescreen. Es ist einer der besten Science-Fiction-Filme des Jahres." - Rezension von Peter Osteried - Eventl. € https://www.golem.de/news/science-fiction-film-the-creator-die-dinger-da-unten-haben-mehr-herz-als-ihr-2309-177917.html
For your entertainment, today's #flashfiction
https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-03923-j271-good-game-friend
#sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
#PennedPossibilities 84 — Did your SC fit in with the family they grew up with? If not, why?
If your adoptive mother is the ruler of the world, she pawns you off on her physician to raise, and you've got more "magical" ability in your pinky finger than any of your high school teachers, you're going to find it difficult to fit into any family. She became a bully, made sure everybody knew she'd succeed her mother (wrong), did a lot of teenage drinking and later intelligence-enhancing drugs, and couldn't get laid for trying (the worst!).
#BoostingIsSharing
#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/surrealestate-season-2-first-look-photos?amp
One week until #SurrealEstate S2 premieres October 4th on #Crave, #CTV #Scifi Channel, #Syfy US with ’Trust the Process.’
Diverse, talented main cast. Deadpan delivery of well crafted wry and quirky Canadian scripts. #TimRozon #SarahLevy #AdamKorson #MauriceDeanWint #SavannahBasley
Don’t sleep on this show. It may be true that ‘The House Always Wins’ - or not.
Worlds of IF (March 1952)
Very low-res image, but this is an all-time classic. Space ship, sexy woman, tiger, no explanation whatsoever necessary.
She's the Tiger Lady but she's dressed in leopard skin. Are leopards the enemies of Tiger People? Is her dress a warning to the tiger to behave itself or else?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/1952-03_IF
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
#WritingAndRobots 3.2 — Do you have any opening lines that you’re proud of? What’s the line, and why do you like it?
I'd seen t-shirt and chain-wearing ruffians much like these specimens before, loitering around Baltimore and harassing people.
I reviewed a few dozen stories to come up with this one. I'm dancing in the street if I can come up with a good opening paragraph, let alone a first line. This one really sets the stage. It of course brings up the question why not concentrate on a slam-bang opening line?
For me, spending too much time working on getting a perfect start prevents me from starting. I think I'm going to try a strategy of coming back to the beginning after writing chapters and see if I can come up with that line, being inspired by other events later.
Here's a two others that I like. The first could be written with semicolons and said in one breath, so I say it counts.
“Gah! Mark, you’re doing it again! Get out of my bed!"
and
It's hard to reminisce about the naïve events of your childhood when you can't help but remember seeing the princess of your adopted homeland murdered.
#BoostingIsSharing
#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 1 #27 — What's the strangest research you've done for your writing?
Well... I studied folklore and mythology and got a degree specializing in it. My day job ended up being a programmer, not a curator, though my background served me well as an SF & F author. One of the best parts of attending university was the university library. They had a Lesser Key of Solomon there (I think it was the lesser). An original edition from the 1700s—old books rock! And smell, interesting. The contents creeped me out as I imagined how to make it work. I never succeeded in summoning demons. I'm a lot less credulous these days. Studied a lot of real life magic, voodoo, and Sámi and native American shamanism. I learned lucid dreaming and tried to do soul travel (but failed, though I have a great treatment for an SF soul travel story). I often use technical terms in my writing, like "contagious magic," when describing particular spells or magical apparitions because I understand why. Sorry I can't be more specific, but school was decades (millennia) ago...
#BoostingIsSharing
#CommentingIsCool
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders
A modern steampunk-style apartment room
#steampunk #apartment #home #room #architecture #interior #midjourney #ai #aiart #aiartwork #scifi #sciencefiction
Traitor’s Run launches this weekend at Conflux. If you can’t make it, you can pre-order copies at https://books2read.com/traitors-run-keith-stevenson
#TheLenticular #ScienceFiction
One Star Wars Director has been promoting his upcoming movie, The Creator, and was asked about Lucasfilm and their troubled history with creatives. In a new interview with Uproxx, Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) respectfully disagrees that Lucasfilm removing creators is a problem. https://comicbook.com/starwars/amp/news/star-wars-rogue-one-addresses-filmmakers-frequently-leaving-lucasfilm/ #scifi #sciencefiction
"The dangerous philosophy of Ursula Le Guin" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRC0cK_MSA0 - worth a look.
#sf #sciencefiction
(4/6) Looking for a way to procrastinate productively? Try monthly flash fiction contests! https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/
It's finally here! After 8 long years of working on this novel, I'm excited that it's finally published.
🌟🌟🌟
Within the forbidden woods lies a secret that could change everything.
"Artifact of the Dawn," an exciting sci-fi adventure by Grayson Bell, available now. https://bit.ly/GraysonBell-SciFi
🌟🌟🌟
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiNovel #SciFiSeries #QueerFiction #LGBTQ #Amazon #AmazonBook #AmazonKindle
Okay, now I want to know if there are any academic journals devoted to speculative fiction. I know there are the anthologies like BtVS and Philosophy (or the book I have on my TBR, the Religions of Star Trek).
If there isn't, must look up what it takes to start one, because that would certainly fall under the umbrella of something I'm working on.
Amazing Stories vol. 28, no. 4 (September 1954)
Giant red Trojan horse! Obviously it's OK to try that trick on aliens, they don't know the story. They are pretty unhappy though. Maybe giant red objects being lowered onto them are an unnatural phobia they have.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v28n04_1954-09_cape1736
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
heise+ | AR-Designer: "Etwas erschaffen, das eine andere Realitätsebene darstellt"
Designer Keiichi Matsuda hat mit "Hyper-Reality" einen dystopischen Kurzfilm über die AR-Zukunft geschaffen. Im Interview erklärt er, wie es weitergehen könnte.
#AugmentedReality #Design #Infotech #VirtualReality #ScienceFiction #news
Reading these reports is like reading a sci-fi novel, making me curious what amazing scenarios they will conjure up next.
https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-roadmap-a-global-pathway-to-keep-the-15-0c-goal-in-reach
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GreenGrowth #NetZero #ScienceFiction
One week to go in our Goodreads Giveaway. Win 1 of 3 paperback copies of Traitor's Run. US and Canada only (soz). https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/371943
#TheLenticular #ScienceFiction
Stoked to be moderating a #panel at this year's #CanCon on #Gentrification #Climate and #Infrastructure - @annaleen and @premeesaurus be prepared for me to stalk you a lot. I don't think Mark Robinson has a Masto account, so I'll have to search him up the old fashioned way.
#sff #sf #fantastika #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Convention #Canada #ClimateCrisis #solarpunk @sciencefiction@a.gup.pe @sciencefiction@lemmy.world
Authentic Science Fiction Monthly 74 (November 1956)
This is clearly a remake of “Wages of Fear” only instead of transporting nitroglycerine through a jungle, the challenge is to transport the world's largest BabyBel cheese across an alien planet.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Authentic_Science_Fiction_Monthly_074_1956-11_SLiV
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
Sooo... as it was getting near the end of S11E10 of #Futurama (All The Way Down), I thought... they're not, are they?
And, yep, they did. They copied one of the plot points from @gregeganSF #GregEgan's #PermutationCity which came out in 1994.
So, my theory that #ScienceFiction moves from hardcore to mainstream in around thirty years is, once again, VINDICATED!
They'll rue the day they expelled me from the academy, those CLAMS!
On today's #GreatestGen, Icheb has to take his eyes off the stars and put his hands in the dirt when he's reunited with his agrarian parents. But he's not too keen on leaving the Voyager for the post-Borg rustic life.
Listen to the full episode at http://gagh.biz/greatestgeneration
#GreatestGen #StarTrek #GreatestTrek #MaxFun #MaximumFun #Podcasts #FriendsOfDesoto #Fod #Comedy #StarTrekVoyager #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Podcast
@StarTrek
Last-ditch attempt to get you all to grab copies of my books before I take them offline, hopefully not for long but potentially a couple years (admin reasons). eBooks are $2.99, see https://szattwell.com
I love my story and hope you will too. This isn’t (mainly) about sales.
#books #scifi #ScienceFiction #dystopian #ClimateChange #ClimateFiction #clifi #bookstodon
Science Fiction Stories vol. 6, no. 3 (November 1955)
No idea what's going on here. Those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them, maybe the guy is saying, so let's save them from the post-apocalyptic rubble.
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Stories_v06n03_1955-11_cape1736
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
FINAL WEEK for these 4 titles!
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Part of the curated library of #LiminalFiction #Indies! 😍
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Join the #Queer #SciFi weekly #newsletter, and receive 4 #FreeBooks , PLUS the opportunity to request featured #books EVERY month! 💪📖
@bookstodon @fantasy @specfic @horror @paranormal @lgbtqbookstodon @sffbookclub
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Wondering if this will have a #CJCherryh vibe…?
And why haven’t any of the #AllianceUnion books been brought to screen yet?
#1980s #Scifi #ScienceFiction #SpaceStations #AsteroidMiners
HELDEEP439: Battle Wagon #art #DigitalArt #MastoArt #DigitalPainting #Photoshop #Sketch #SpeedPaint #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Vehicle #Cyberpunk #Decals #Car
Space ray guns. 🔫
I designed the grey on-board cannon as a replacement part for the 1970s Star Bird toy spaceship. It can be ordered in my 3D print store:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/GS32CBGGQ/star-bird-toy-gun-turret
#3d #b3d #MoI3D #art #artwork #space #guns #weapons #SciFi #ScienceFiction #DigitalArt #HardSurface #FediArt #MastoArt
Thanks, yes I see them there.
And I’ve just realized that the mysterious asteroid of #Space1999 S01 E03 ‘Collision Course’ must surely be #Bennu - based on its unique shape.
Except that the real life Bennu was only officially discovered by astronomers on September 11, 1999.
How fun is that?
(#ScienceFiction preceding #ScienceFact.)
Hello, all! I just moved here from mastodon.social.
I am an Associate Professor of English at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY, where I coordinate the City Tech Science Fiction Collection and teach classes on #sciencefiction, #language, #writing, #multimodal #composition, #law through #literature, and #technicalcommunication.
I co-founded the annual City Tech Science Fiction Symposium, and I am a former director of the Bachelor of Science in Professional and Technical Writing Program.
I am also into #artificialintelligence, #ai, #generativeai, #neuroscience and neuroscientific discourses, #retrocomputing, #emulation, #linux, #lego, #making, #starwars, and #skateboarding.
Looking forward to the conversations!
DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28" x48"
When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book.
#sciencefiction #scifi #scifiart #illustration #raybradbury
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Robert Heinlein really raised awareness about blood donation in 1976 when he started getting fans at the World Science Fiction Conventions to donate.
It just hit me tonight that this inadvertently led to the death of his biggest rival, Isaac Asimov, who died in 1992 from complications of HIV from tainted blood transfused during bypass surgery.
I was so! excited! that today's my birthday, I was up and about at 3am 🙂 🎂 🥳
Well, part of the truth is, the author, along with the cover artist, of this freshly printed book we published over at @trubadurs_mag will be passing through Sofia on her way to Plovdiv for the annual #ScienceFiction convention #BulgaCon, where they'll attend the premier of the book. And at 7am, I must be ready to rush out and toss them these copies of it so they'll have something to show for while they are at it.
And if so then does that make them basically the same species as the #Silurians
( #DoctorWho )?
#GerryAnderson #Fanderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Stingray #FireballXL5
How did the aquaphibians on the planet Zofeit ( #FireballXL5 ) manage to get to the Earth?
( #Stingray )
Or, did they evolve on Earth first?
#GerryAnderson #Fanderson #ScienceFiction #SciFi
Today is LAUNCH DAY for an anthology I edited!
#RosalindsSiblings: Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders.
The Rosalind Franklin memorial anthology!
ToC + direct purchase from publisher:
https://www.atthisarts.com/product/rosalinds-siblings/
#SFF #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Anthology #Science #SciComm #RosalindFranklin #QueerBooks #Feminism #AtthisArts @bookstodon @shortsff @shortstory #Bookstodon #Books #SpeculativeFiction #SpeculativePoetry #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity
Amazing Stories vol. 26, no. 12 (December 1952)
Did the guy bring his special nuclear-explosion goggles to wear, just in case?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v26n12_1952-12
#Magazine #MagazineCover #PulpMagazine #PulpFiction #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Art #Illustration
We are excited to announce the list of stories/authors that will be in our first issue!
It will be out on the 21st of December, so there is still a bit of time left to get really really excited 😀
https://hearthstories.org/issues/1.html
#speculativefiction #fantasy #scienceFiction
@sarahijackson @aphowell @alicia @JenniferShelby @emily_writes @cjyeates
What is the organization Frontiers of Science? Are they behind a string of mysterious deaths in the scientific community?
All will be revealed when Three-Body Problem, the mind-blowing Chinese sci-fi epic, premieres on September 23 at 9 PM. https://bit.ly/461rJWk
On today's #GreatestGen, a deceased crewmember returns to the Voyager with a new face, a new race & she has Harry's hormones all over the place. It's no fun & games for the Borgs kids when Seven's in charge of the day's play.
Listen to the full episode at http://gagh.biz/greatestgeneration
#GreatestGen #StarTrek #GreatestTrek #MaxFun #MaximumFun #Podcasts #FriendsOfDesoto #Fod #Comedy #StarTrekVoyager #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Podcast
@StarTrek
@ScienceDesk
#toilets #friction #Science #sciencefiction @bookstodon
Chapter 27 in The Mote in God's Eye, By Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle: the Moties make a toilet for the earthmen that is frictionless like this, and uses no water.
All very good, but what will we read about that silicone oil (or the other bits) in a few years?
More "forever chemicals" to screw us up?
This is the kind of super good idea we tend to take to without doing any homework...
@bookstodon I'm looking for book recommendations for an 11yo who reads at a much more advanced level. He likes sci-fi. He has read the Hitchhiker's Guide series and loved them. I think he would enjoy some more 'hard' sci-fi as well. He needs something challenging but without subject matter that is too mature. Thanks for any help! #sciencefiction #bookstodon
#WritersCoffeeClub Ch 1 #17 — How do you promote your writing?
This is the reason I am on Mastodon. I hope that didn't sound callus or self-serving, but it is a first step for me going from traditional commercial agent-mediated publishing to publishing commercially myself.
By being here, I am making an effort to help others with my experience as a published author and am encouraging writers who are feeling the less fun side of writing. As always, I am open to questions either as public comments because #commentingIsCool or via private mention toots.
I'm also getting samples of my writing out there, and preparing to go with a website in the near future. In the background, I'm revising unpublished manuscripts and publishing some non-commercial novel-length works on another site under different alias.
I also feel I'm networking. I'm connecting with lots of other authors and hopeful I'm find some of my Clarion buddies one day.
I am very much looking forward to other answers to this prompt! I really need ideas.
#fiction #fantasy #sf #sff #sciencefiction #writing #writer #writers #author #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #WritingWonders
I finally got around to watching Denis Villeneuve's 2016 film, ARRIVAL. The screenplay is based on a short story by Ted Chiang, and it feels a lot like an Arthur C. Clarke kind of story. In other words, there's something of the grand yet intimate classic science fiction stories of the golden age of scifi. A true "first contact" story with deep meaning, mystery, and socio-political questions. I feel it's a rather remarkable and excellent film.
A new #introduction
My name is Spencer and I decided to join Mastodon because I like the idea behind the #fediverse and a more decentralized system. I also think the alternatives are becoming crappier by the day ...
What social media I've done involves my #hobbies of #gardening and building a #scalemodel when I have time.
My other interests are #reading #sciencefiction and #electronics
I have a background in #Science ( #Physics ) as well.
I hope to make some new connections here! 🙂 🖖
Nice examination of how gender and pronoun use evolved in SFF over the last century, with David Lindsay, Ursula Le Guin, and Ann Leckie as mini case studies. By @ergative @NerdsofaFeather:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2023/09/lindsay-leckie-and-leguin-century-of.html #SFF #ScienceFiction #gender
Happy to share the I’ve got a new flash story out in Radon Journal (@radonjournal).
A colony ship’s AI committed to saving humanity no matter the cost. You can read it here.
https://www.radonjournal.com/issue5/the-colony-ship's-companion
#writer #writers #author #authors #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #sciencefiction #flashfiction #RadonJournal
In a galactic network known as the Keangal, where space is accessible…
...get ready for Season One: Iris and the Crew Tear Through Space!
Learn more about this #Disability #ScienceFiction #Hopepunk series where bodyminds are celebrated (and maybe also cake). PEW-PEW-PEW!
This week's net.wars, "Doom cyberfuture", goes to speculative law conference #GikiiUtrecht2023, where AI overwhelms science fiction: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/09/15/doom-cyberfuture/ #NetWars #Gikii #AI #law #ScienceFiction