Hey #bookstodon - What's your favorite #speculativefiction book? Don't say anything by Octavia Butler. (I've already read her stuff and loved it all!) Bonus points if it's got #solarpunk vibes.
@1dalm One of the more thought provoking books I have read over the past few years is "The Years of Rice and Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. Its central premise is that if Europe was wiped out by the Black Death, history would have unfolded roughly in the same manner but in different places. So the Renaissance happened in Samarkand and the Industrial Revolution took place in South India in Travancore. So yes, I think it would have happened.
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#TheMortalInstuments
was good enough to hold my interest. It wasn't best one I have read, no eather worst one. There were times when I really enjoyed reading and times, when I was just thinking oh my, how awkward. Unfortunately the Netflix-serie was strongly in my mind influencing my reading experience. I actually hoped I hadn't seen the show (even thought I lived it).
@bookstodon#TheDarkArtifices was way better. I loved characters and plot was more interesting. Of course one reason could be that I didn't know what was going to happen.
But I didn't like everything. In the end the problem of the Nephilim and the Parabats was not resolved nicely. I think there were too big holes in the final result, how closure were built. This was reason I wouldn't give 5 stars. #books#bookstodon#reading#speculativeFiction#Fantasy#CassandraClare
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"Geostationary orbit is roughly 22,236 miles above the Earth's surface. ... Effectively, a cable would descend from a satellite structure anchored in geostationary orbit that would act as a "counterweight" down to Earth."
If one were to fail—as do all human-made structures—it would wrap itself around the circumference of the Earth at the equator. That's 24,902 miles. The orbital momentum of the fall would throw debris considerably further. Don't expect one soon, if ever. (This would make a great story prompt, though. I once wrote a short story about one.)
If you missed Ronald McGillvray's big birthday book giveaway this past weekend, you should still check out, buy, and read his stuff. Worth every penny, and every moment of your time. Give him a follow and get ready for his next release!
Happy 268th Birthday to my boy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Here’s a story about a time-traveling Mozart that I wrote. (originally published in Strange Horizons). #writing#writingcommunity#speculativefiction
We're less than a week away from the Kindle edition release of "The Spiral and The Threads" and there's never been a better time to explore The Nod/Wells Timelines!
Hey you know that lovely @sagetyrtle? Her novella 'The King of Elkport' is out today in ebook form!
If you like near future speculative fiction, if you like Groundhog Day, if you’re curious about a novella that answers the question, “Is there really a cure for loneliness?” this is the story for you.
I have a new paper out on #solarpunk and discussions of #technology! Read "Towards a Solarpunk Theory of Technology" along with the rest of the proceedings from the 2023 Solarpunk Conference: