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Joachim Boaz<p>Artist John Berkey (1932-2008) was born on this day. Bibliography: <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?22975" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?22975</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Art: cover for the National Geographic Picture Atlas of Our Universe (1980)<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
Joachim Boaz<p>Mary C. Pangborn (1907-2003) was born on this day. The sister of Edgar Pangborn, she wrote a handful of speculative fiction short stories: <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?878" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?878</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>L, Roger Zimmerman, 1979; R, uncredited, 1982<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
Joachim Boaz<p>Martin Bax (1933-2024) was born on this day. He founded the literary journal Ambit in 1959. He published one work of science fiction -- The Hospital Ship (1976)</p><p>My review: <a href="https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/07/20/book-review-the-hospital-ship-martin-bax-1976/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencefictionruminations.com/</span><span class="invisible">2017/07/20/book-review-the-hospital-ship-martin-bax-1976/</span></a></p><p>L. uncredited, 1976; R, Bob Carlose-Clarke, 1976<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Paul Semel<p>Started reading the <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> anthology "Dancing With Destruction."<br><a href="https://amzn.to/4lx2J0X" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/4lx2J0X</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>📖👽🔫<br>Curious to see what the different contributors have to say about the guy on the cover.<br><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/MilitarySciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarySciFi</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/ShortStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStories</span></a></p>
Cycling Europe<p><a href="https://www.cyclingeu.com/693091/voyage-au-centre-de-la-terre-%f0%9f%8c%8d%f0%9f%a7%ad/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyclingeu.com/693091/voyage-au</span><span class="invisible">-centre-de-la-terre-%f0%9f%8c%8d%f0%9f%a7%ad/</span></a> Voyage au Centre de la Terre 🌍🧭 #<a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/aventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aventure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AventureLitt%C3%A9raire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AventureLittéraire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/axel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>axel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bicycling" 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dmarlicarr<p>Serial Fiction in Pieces “Backlog and Breakthroughs” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers<p>Amazing Stories vol. 14, no. 12 157 1940 12 (December 1940)</p><p>I don't know who or what Adam Link is, but I'm sure I have followers who know. Possibly even have written articles about him or it.</p><p>I like this but it's somehow static-looking despite the action.</p><p>Original magazine: <a href="https://archive.org/details/Amazing_Stories_v14n12_157_1940-12" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/Amazing_St</span><span class="invisible">ories_v14n12_157_1940-12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MagazineCover</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PulpFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
retech<p>Borrowed a sweet DSLR for these. I'm doing environmental shots later in the week.</p><p>OMEGA 137BR</p><p>A consciousness transfer vessel; post Conflict era. Fully functional, comms are a bit fuzzy and will need plus work. Overall, considering the age and what they were working with, this is a doubleplus good accomplishment. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biomech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biomech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifiart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunkart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunkart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postapocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postapocalyptic</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sculpture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sculpture</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scifi@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.zip/c/cyberpunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cyberpunk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sciencefiction" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sciencefiction</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.zip/c/cyberpunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cyberpunk</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://feddit.org/c/scifi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scifi@feddit.org</span></a></span></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 754 — SC POV: Do you have children? If not, do you want to have children someday?</p><p>Dante: I don't have any. And no, dear god... No, I don't want any, either. Not in this economy, and not on this planet. I wouldn't do that to a poor, innocent child, bringing them up in this godforsaken world. Maybe if I ever left, otherwise no.</p><p>(Sounds a bit like Earth at the moment too, eh? Citune and Earth aren't so different, after all.) </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romance</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
ReadbeanA Guest of Ganymede by C. C. MacApp <br> <br> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53015" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53015</a><br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/reading?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstodon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/scifiart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefictionart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sciencefictionart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retro?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrofuturism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrofuturism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulpfiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pulpfiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pulp?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pulp</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookart</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookcovers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookcovers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/coverart?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coverart</a>
Shiro<p>Interesting <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a>. </p><p>The Shamrock Incident: <a href="https://share.google/luRCkzcQ8APXPUIi0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.google/luRCkzcQ8APXPUIi0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Michael J Burgess<p>I am a huge fan of Star Trek, and one of my favourite characters is Data.<br><br>Currently, I'm watching&nbsp;"The Offspring"&nbsp;from Star Trek: The Next Generation,&nbsp;an episode that never fails to fascinate me. As always, Data tries to mimic humanity, holding up a mirror to the way we perceive ourselves and what “being human" truly means.<br><br>In this episode, we meet Lal, Data’s daughter. She is an extraordinary character. Her youth, combined with her robotic nature, creates a childlike innocence from a unique perspective, that of an android. Through her, we see both the curiosity of a child and the programmed logic of a machine, highlighting the many ways we define and recognise humanity.<br><br>I've always believed that an android with the intelligence and interactive capabilities of Data and Lal would be a new form of life. Sentient in their own right. Not simply machines, but a race beginning its own journey deserving of recognition, rights, and respect, just as we afford to other sentient beings.<br><br>I also admire Captain Picard for standing up for Data's rights in the earlier episode, "The Measure of a Man," which defines him and others like him as a form of life.&nbsp;Yet in The Offspring, we see this challenged again. An admiral attempts to take Lal away, claiming Data and the Enterprise are not fit to teach her.<br><br>That made me think about parenthood itself: is any parent truly "capable" of teaching a child in a perfect, complete way? There is no universal rulebook for raising a living being. In my view, the answer is no. Wisdom can be gained.&nbsp;They can guide their children to become themselves, and maybe even a better version of those who raised them.<br><br>This episode blends science fiction with deep, very human questions: What makes someone a person? How do we decide who has the right to raise a child? And are we ready, as a species, to accept that one day life may exist beyond biology?<br><br>Star Trek tackled these questions decades ago, and they still feel relevant, perhaps more so today as AI and robotics evolve.<br><br>If you're a fan, I'd love to know your thoughts. Would you consider beings like Data and Lal to be part of a new race? And do you think we're ready for what that means?<br><br><a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/thenextgeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNextGeneration</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/lal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lal</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/startrektng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrekTNG</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/theoffspring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheOffspring</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/sentience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sentience</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/startrekfan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrekFan</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/picard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Picard</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/startrekdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrekDiscussion</span></a> <a href="https://social.beitmenotyou.online/tags/philosophyinscifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyInSciFi</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2025.08.12 — On a scale from 1 to 10 — how comfortable is your MC’s life?</p></blockquote><p>A question like this almost demands a discussion on cultural relativism. Projecting what we think is right, practical, ethical, or moral on another culture has often lead to religious wars or marginalization. The MCs story takes place in a world very different than ours but, through what paleontologists define as convergent evolution, it is also very familiar. It's developed, it's urban, it's modern, with cities and trains and interstellar flight, but without much utilization of electricity. Consent is far more important to them than it is to us, so when it is violated it is more of a big deal. It is <em>not</em> a chaste society, and for good reasons I shan't go into here.</p><p>Bolt's life from the outside is pretty reasonable. She eats regularly. She has shelter from the endemic furious heat. She has money, though she's allowed barely enough. She's in great physical condition, and occasionally has men in her life. What she lacks is agency. She has been blackmailed. She has no consent in the jobs she takes, though they're rarely onerous except when someone decides to beat up the messenger, her. Some readers might see her as being used or abused physically, but what constitutes that is fungible in her society unlike in ours, and relies on her perception of consent. What's important is that she often has no consent when she might otherwise withhold it. She knows she's where she is because of her own mistakes (her perception, at least) due to ignoring the advice of teachers and parents; she's become apathetic.</p><p>Bolt's story is about how her hobby leads to her taking more control of her life. </p><p>Her life is reasonably comfortable, except when it isn't. A 4, with 10 being exceptional.</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/cozy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cozy</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>This list stems from a post from John Scalzi that my husband told me about. The gist is this: when asked to recommend good science fiction (or frankly, any genre) do your best effort to stick to things published within the last ten years. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_08/excellent_scifi_2016_2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comm</span><span class="invisible">ents_08/excellent_scifi_2016_2025.html</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Featherstone<p><a href="https://www.thequillandthequasar.com/martin-macinnes-in-ascension/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thequillandthequasar.com/marti</span><span class="invisible">n-macinnes-in-ascension/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
Ratchman<p>The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera. </p><p>Daedaric Varr:</p><p>Terrorist or freedom fighter depending on your allegiance. Highly principled individual desperately trying to mount some opposition to Conn Teel and his dynasty.</p><p>The realities of conducting a guerrilla resistance are the cause of constant torment to this idealistic individual, and the weight of collateral casualties sits heavily on his shoulders.</p><p><a href="https://www.ratchman.com/characters/character-profile-daedaric-varr" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ratchman.com/characters/charac</span><span class="invisible">ter-profile-daedaric-varr</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifibooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifibooks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
tombud<p>SF Buchcover Motiv mit fiktiver Beschriftung.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midjourney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalphotocreations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalphotocreations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tombud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tombud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gimp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebookcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ebookcover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookcover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookcover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autorileben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autorileben</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfpublisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfpublisher</span></a></p>
John Harden<p>The film I wrote makes its World Premiere in Hollywood later this month! <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/screenwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>screenwriting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/indiefilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indiefilm</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FilmMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FilmMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <br>&gt; My film ANESTHESIA will have its world premiere at the North Hollywood Cinefest on Thursday, August 28, <a href="https://www.nohocinefest.com/2025program" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">nohocinefest.com/2025program</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>
&gt; ANESTHESIA has also been accepted to the Studio City Film Festival, where it plays August 31, <a href="https://www.studiocityfest.com/team-4-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">studiocityfest.com/team-4-1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>
&gt; I will attend both screenings</p><p><a href="https://mailchi.mp/5890d4362545/a-world-premiere-in-hollywood-august-28" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/5890d4362545/a-worl</span><span class="invisible">d-premiere-in-hollywood-august-28</span></a></p>
Claude Trudel<p>L’instituteur du village&nbsp;<br>👍 Une nouvelle littéraire : deux récits entrelacés<br>Par Liu Cixin, l’écrivain de&nbsp;science-fiction&nbsp;le plus célèbre en Chine <br><a href="https://cltr.blogspot.com/2025/08/linstituteur-du-village-liu-cixin.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cltr.blogspot.com/2025/08/lins</span><span class="invisible">tituteur-du-village-liu-cixin.html</span></a><br><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roman</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/histoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histoire</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/espace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>espace</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>société</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/%C3%A9ducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>éducation</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/physique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>physique</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Chine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chine</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/guerre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guerre</span></a></p>
Paul Levinson<p>Enjoyed this article about Neanderthals by Tony Dunnell <a href="https://historyfacts.com/science-industry/article/whats-the-difference-between-homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">historyfacts.com/science-indus</span><span class="invisible">try/article/whats-the-difference-between-homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals</span></a> Here's my take on Neanderthals in my 1999 Locus-Award winning first novel The Silk Code <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/dp/B0091W43JW/ref=n</span><span class="invisible">osim/?tag=dexter2a-20</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>