So I'm definitely going to have to move off a Stux-run instance. I am #queer, #disabled, #neurodivergent, I like #VideoGames, #SciFi and #plants and I'm an #immigrant in the #UK. Anyone got any instance recs? Good moderation and robust systems to stop one mod from nuking the instance very much wanted. #fedihelp
These are the 4 events in the original trilogy era that were the most difficult, requiring the perfect amount of precision and luck. Which do you say was the most challenging to accomplish?
40something #Creative#GenX#INFJ#Freelance#GraphicDesigner in the #UK recovering from the design industry. Enjoying figuring myself out. Determined to be happy. I’m going to finally be myself here.
Like it when things line up. Proud but exhausted parent. Cracked egg. My best friends are all computers.
Man, I can't believe I'd been sleeping on Ursula Le Guin for so long - after reading The Dispossessed and LHOD, she's becoming one of my favourite authors.
Which of her other books would you recommend? I've already got A Wizard of Earthsea, The Word for World is Forest and some short stories (like The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas) on my list.
(Also open to recommendations for similar authors)
🎉 “From some point today every episode of Red Dwarf will drop on BBC IPlayer. This is the first time ever all the shows have been available to watch at the same time in the same place. Let the Dwarf binge begin.” - @DougRDNaylor
Bookshop.org is the alternative to Amazon that supports independent bookstores, so when it offers something of mine, I provide their link to the book. The science-fiction / technothriller crossover, SUBORBITAL 7 is a paper book here (and at Amazon etc)--and is also an #ebook.
I suppose I could introduce myself... that seems to be the protocol here?
I'm Emily (she/her), a 30something professional computer-toucher, although you probably won't catch me posting programming-related stuff here often. My main hobbies include #gaming (right now i'm playing #FFXVI, #FFXIV, #HonkaiStarRail, and #GenshinImpact in various amounts), #books (mainly #scifi and #fantasy), and #knitting & #crochet. Would love to have people to follow for any of these subjects ❤️
Really I'm mostly here to vibe. I'm not exactly new to the Fediverse (I made a Mastodon account back when Elon bought the birdsite) but I am relatively new to actually trying to engage with it (and social media in general TBH, until now I've never been much of a poster!). It seems like a comfy place to hang out that the corporate places never were, so I'm looking forward to meeting all of you!
Hello, Mastodonians! Utopia Science Fiction is very pleased to join the fediverse. As an #introduction, we have been publishing since July, 2019 and are a growing science fiction magazine. #sff#scifi#writing#science#amwriting
We're dedicated to publishing quality science fiction short stories, science articles, and poetry. We put out a new issue on the 30th of every other month, and we release a free story and poem every three weeks.
I just read an unimaginably stupid article asking why #SciFi always envisions a capitalist future and demanding that science fiction must break away from it. My response to that is simple: science fiction IS a critique of #Capitalism It, as a genre, exists in response to capitalism, not divorced from it. Think of every science fiction universe that you have ever fallen in love with: #StarWars#StarTrek#Expanse#Foundation#Dune etc. Almost all of them present a vision of the future either after rejecting capitalism, languishing under it, or exploring the reality of a post-capital fascistic and/or feudal society. Science fiction begs us to grapple with contemporary issues or yearn for a world where those issues do not exist, just as every literary movement has before it. To loudly proclaim that science fiction must cease capitalist critique because it is overplayed is an admission that you do not understand the genre.
"The feeling is definitely there. It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits."...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams - 1979 (pdfhost.io)
Don't panic, and bring a towel....
They Live - 1988 - Starring Roddy Piper, Keith David and Meg Foster. Written and directed by John Carpenter. (movie-web.app)
"The feeling is definitely there. It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits."...