I need your help #bookstodon. One of the classes I'm taking at the graduate level this semester is Religion & Science Fiction. I read more fantasy, and would like to do my research paper on something that's not obvious (like ST/BS5/Matrix/etc.) & I'd love to use more modern sf rather than the golden age classics.
Anyone have any interesting ideas for my research paper on regarding the intersection of religion and science fiction?
I need some new science fiction to read, who has some suggestions? I don't like military sci-fi. For reference, my favorite series is the Expanse, I also enjoyed Scalzi's Collapsing Empire, I love Robert Charles Wilson's books. I mostly enjoy space operas and unique stories about technology, for example I really liked the recent book Mountain in the Sea about AI and intelligent octopus. Suggestions from the awesome Bookstodon community? @bookstodon#Bookstodon#Scifi#ScienceFiction
10 authors, of whose books I've read at least five:
Ursula Le Guin
Kim Stanley Robinson
Octavia Butler
N. K. Jemisin
Becky Chambers
Iain M. Banks
Martha Wells
M. R. Carey
Lois McMaster Bujold
Vonda McIntyre
#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 1: What are your writing related New Year Resolutions?
I don't really do resolutions, but let's try this: I'll actually send my work out more this year. Get serious and make a list of agents, and just go through the list.
I like doing economic analysis of #sciencefiction work (man needs a hobby, I guess). Looking for advice: what do I read next? Preference for recent work depicting #solarpunk economic systems.
📚Les #utopiales2023 sont ouvertes, et la soirée d’inauguration commence fort avec la « Leçon du président » Roland Lehoucq. Faire tribunes pleines sur le sujet de l’antimatière dans la #sciencefiction, il n’y a qu’ici qu’on peut voir ça 😀 #utopiales#sff#sf#sfff#mesutos2023
Okay, this might be a mean question to ask you, but what is the BEST science fiction movie you've ever seen (and why)? Mixed genre movies qualify as long as your choice clearly has a SF aspect to it.
(Boost if it pleases you to get more eyes and I hope) more suggestions/opinions/discussions)
Really, really, really still trying to find My People here on Mastodon. Am I on the wrong server or something? I'm a self-employed #artist / #maker / #writer ... I make #ceramics ( #pottery )... dye #yarn ... #knit ... read #sciencefiction ... have two #dogs and eleven #cats ... am a recent #widow who loves to talk about what a wild ride #grief is ... and I'm a #Floridian scared shitless for my #BiPOC and #lgbtqia friends and family. Is that enough tags? Hello? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Dzieło przez duże "D". Owszem, da się znaleźć wady tej książki, ale jak mało kiedy czułem tutaj, że chcę to czytać i napawać się każdym słowem. Niby nie jestem fanem fantastyki naukowej, zwłaszcza, kiedy istnieje szansa, że jest "ambitna i filozoficzna", ale mam wrażenie, że autor wyczuł tutaj idealny balans pomiędzy pewnym przekazem, a po prostu ciekawą historią i w dodatku przybliżeniem nauki. Polecam gorąco.
Anybody have recs for single-author science fiction and/or fantasy/paranormal short story collections? I'm especially interested in marginalized authors.
My faves so far:
'Nathan Burgoine's Of Echoes Born (paranormal)
Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad (fantasy/paranormal)
Iona Datt Sharma's Not For Use In Navigation (mix of science fiction and fantasy)
Był moment, w której chciałem dać książce 9/10, ale skończyłem na 7/10. Wspominałem już o tym, że środkowy rozdział jest piękny, bardzo podobała mi się też opowieść o pani detektyw, ale... wszystko zepsuła końcówka, która naprawdę jest niesatysfakcjonująca. Tym niemniej, świat dobrze przedstawiony i sięgnę po drugą część. Kiedyś. Wartościowa książka.
In honor of the passing of Lou Gossett Jr (RIP), gonna watch some Enemy Mine on #VHS. This is another one that my brothers and I watched ad infinitum on cable when we were kids. Let's see how it holds up, shall we?
Going to try creating a sci-fi gun in MagicaCSG. I'm not very experienced in detailed hard-surface modeling, so it's going to be an interesting challenge.
Disclaimer: I hate real-life guns. My sci-fi gun will emit a peace beam. ✌️😉
Do you reply to your last toot, or do you reply to the initial toot of the thread? Why? (Please reply to the thread.) Please boost for a bigger sample size..