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Ryek Darkener<p>Unter dem Hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RandomtextRyek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomtextRyek</span></a> könnt ihr zufällig ausgewählte Textausschnitte aus meinen Romanen lesen. Und sie – wenn ihr wollt – gern kommentieren, Fragen dazu stellen oder teilen.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lesen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesen</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)<p>This delightful <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> short story by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@sarenaulibarri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarenaulibarri</span></a></span> is FREE this week, so snag it and then pick up the Bright Green Futures anthology (releases Earth Day next week!).</p><p>FREE short story: <a href="https://lnk.to/BGF24S2website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnk.to/BGF24S2website</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>anthology: <a href="https://lnk.to/BGF24website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnk.to/BGF24website</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bats</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/climatefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatefiction</span></a></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>A Night on Isvalar by C Litka : <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1557474" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smashwords.com/books/view/1557</span><span class="invisible">474</span></a></p><p>Happy reading! </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Lydia Schoch<p>Nude Descending the Stairs Forever by Shoyu Monsieur de la Défense Robotique: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1747292" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smashwords.com/books/view/1747</span><span class="invisible">292</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> </p><p>Book cover for Nude Descending the Stairs Forever by Shoyu Monsieur de la Défense Robotique:. Image on cover shows a white metal or plastic humanoid robot bending over and dancing gracefully.</p>
Lydia Schoch<p>The books I’m sharing are free as of today in Canada and usually the United States of America, too. If you do not live in those countries or are reading this after April 17, 2025, I do not know if they are free or available for you. </p><p>Please tag me if you want a boost for your lists of free speculative fiction books from other parts of the world. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeculativeFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeculativeFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paranormal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBooks</span></a></p>
Owen Tyme<p>Chapter 17 of Jigsaw City is available to read on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoyalRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalRoad</span></a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/108234/jigsaw-city" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">royalroad.com/fiction/108234/j</span><span class="invisible">igsaw-city</span></a></p><p>Separate plot threads converge when the Architect of Kurg uses the city's mental pathways to reach out to Nicole, asking for her help.</p><p>He voices his desire to be freed from the confines of the closed and sealed section of the city he's been trapped in for millions of years.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indieauthor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actionadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>actionadventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webseries</span></a></p>
Gerard Thomas ⭕️<p>012-25 </p><p> Sub Orbital Machinery &gt; Exploded &gt; Bic on copypaper </p><p> <a href="https://iamgerardthomas.com/?p=102752" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">iamgerardthomas.com/?p=102752</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConceptSketching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConceptSketching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DailySketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailySketch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFictionArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFictionArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sketch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SketchBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SketchBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sketching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SubOrbitalMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SubOrbitalMachine</span></a></p>
Nerdjunk.de<p>Hallo liebe Nerds,</p><p>heute gibt es ein kleines Update auf dem Blog. Freue mich über jeden Like und Boost von euch. Folgt mir auch gerne, um direkt benachrichtigt zu werden bei neuen Updates.</p><p>Heute geht es um:</p><p><b>Kleines Review zu The Devil Conspiracy</b></p><p>Um ehrlich zu sein, wollte ich meine kleine Meinung zu diesem Film nicht schreiben. Dies liegt zum einen daran, dass mir biblische Geschichten überhaupt nicht liegen, genauer gesagt die letzten, die ich gesehen habe, nicht wirklich zugesagt haben. Sofern wir Serien wie Luzifer einfach mal ausblenden. Trotzdem habe ich mich dazu hinreißen lassen, mir wieder ein B-Movie anzusehen, und was […]</p><p><b>Hier geht es direkt zum Beitrag:</b></p><p><a href="https://nerdjunk.de/kleines-review-zu-the-devil-conspiracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nerdjunk.de/kleines-review-zu-the-devil-conspiracy/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/amazon-prime-video/" target="_blank">#AmazonPrimeVideo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/b-movie/" target="_blank">#BMovie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/horror/" target="_blank">#Horror</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/science-fiction/" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/streaming/" target="_blank">#Streaming</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/tv/" target="_blank">#TV</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/video-on-demand/" target="_blank">#VideoOnDemand</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://nerdjunk.de/tag/vod/" target="_blank">#VoD</a></p>
Victor Hugo Kebbe<p>I finally finished reading Revelation Space, a hard Science Fiction by Alastair Reynolds. I wrote my review here, I would appreciate it if you could comment:</p><p><a href="https://hardcover.app/books/revelation-space/reviews/@factolvictor?referrer_id=7506" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hardcover.app/books/revelation</span><span class="invisible">-space/reviews/@factolvictor?referrer_id=7506</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a>📚🪐</p>
SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers<p>Science Fiction Stories vol. 10, no. 1 (March 1959)</p><p>Interesting! Clearly they had illustrations which were, you know, OK, a little dull, then someone said "hey let's invert them!" and now they're much cooler and sciencefictiony.</p><p>Someone remind me to invert this whole image and reply with it so you can compare and contrast.</p><p>Original magazine: <a href="https://archive.org/details/Science_Fiction_Stories_v10n01_1959-03" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/Science_Fi</span><span class="invisible">ction_Stories_v10n01_1959-03</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Magazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagazineCover</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PulpMagazine</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PulpFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Horror</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illustration</span></a></p>
Spooky Panda 🇺🇦<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 645 — What was the most unexpected challenge you encountered while writing your WIP? </p><p>My answer might not be one you're expecting... This particular SFF and cyberpunk tale of mine happens to be one that I once posted elsewhere but is currently on AO3. (I feel like I have a bajillion chapters to upload, because I do, and I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Sorry, readers!) But, yes... All of that needed to be shared before I say more. In the world, there are people who unfortunately love cyberpunk stories but HATE anything <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a>+ / <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a>+ in the slightest. Twats exist. We knew this. The main romance in the first story in the series is between two MEN. The series features an array of interesting characters, genders, sexualities, etc. Such is life. Don't like it? F*ck off. Feel like you need to air your homophobic grievances with me? Again, f*ck off. Wanna hate on me next? I'll say it again. F*ck off. I don't have the time for it. Dealing with all of that was an unexpected challenge. I had a lot of hate, which is why the series is over on AO3 now before its eventual publishing. People. Just... People. 🤬</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TheCityOfOpulence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCityOfOpulence</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalDystopiaSeries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDystopiaSeries</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a></p>
Negative12DollarBill<p>You know what's a billion-dollar movie series waiting to be made? Earthsea. </p><p>Is there some copyright nonsense with it holding us back? Did the failure of that wrongheaded Ghibli version put people off?</p><p>It has everything <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LOTR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOTR</span></a> has, without the audience fatigue; it has everything <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a> has, without the problems, including an escalating maturity and increasing darkness; it would succeed where <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Narnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Narnia</span></a> failed. </p><p>Why we aren't ploughing all our resources into this IP is beyond me. </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/leguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leguin</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Inkican<p>Mid-Month Madness: TRON Screams and an update on other scifi movies. I know I said this on Monday but, we'll see.<br> <a href="https://inkican.com/mid-month-madness-tron-screams/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inkican.com/mid-month-madness-</span><span class="invisible">tron-screams/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifiart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeffBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffBridges</span></a></p>
Flipboard Art & Photo Desk<p>When artists imagine the future these days, it looks bleak and dark — and actually, fair enough. But for Boomers, it was colorful, shiny, and sometimes sexy — and that's at least partly down to the late Syd Mead, the concept artist who worked on "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," "Tron" and "Blade Runner," and also depicted futuristic vehicles and alien vistas, imbued with optimism rather than evil. Six years after his death, Mead has his first retrospective, Future Pastime. Read more about it in the Art Newspaper's story here, and see it in New York until May 21. Story may be paywalled.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/rehpaC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/rehpaC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Futurism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BladeRunner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BladeRunner</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tron</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SydMead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SydMead</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 2504.16 — If your MC wasn’t involved with the story, what would they do with their life?</p></blockquote><p>Wow! That's a <em>very</em> interesting question. This character is well-storied, so let's unwrap.</p><p>Current story: It was a turning point. In the previous story she'd learned something very essential about how people work, something she thinks she can <em>fix.</em> If she never gets to be in the current story—where she learns she can trust friends and then finds love—she turns the path toward evil.</p><p>-1 Story: She attends a school like Princeton with her saved prizefighting money. She becomes a professsor in thaumology and a spinster. Because she doesn't intervene in mob family politics, the main series antagonist may be assassinated. Whether that kills her is another matter.</p><p>-2 Story: She works as a grocery clerk and doing other odd jobs, possibly even performing "magic" tricks, eventually ending up in a lessor college. In this path she becomes an eccentric because she doesn't really trust people (she's autistic and can't really read them), something like Nikola Tesla. She likely invents something evil.</p><p>-3 Story: Having never run away, she grows up an increasingly angry and dissatisfied elite, with power she feels she has not earned. She governs a small but prosperous prefecture well enough that she is well loved, which confuses her. She marries someone suggested to her and has children who end up squabbling over accession. Being as they are <em>her</em> children, one will be evil. The author will ensure she's female and has to fight her brothers, which sours her.</p><p>-4 Story (unwritten, hinted at in backstory): The immortal main series antagonist has been practicing eugenics, amongst her other sins. In her case, it's encouraging the migration of peoples between towns and prefectures, also doing some careful matchmaking. The MC's mother was one such highly "magical" methodically bred endpoint, and one of the main antagonist's lessor students. Had the woman not encouraged the MC's future mother's thaumaturgy and singing talent, the woman would not have met (read: been strategically introduced to) the MC's father. </p><p><strong>The MC would not have been born,</strong> and neither would the MC's mother died an untimely death having being caught on a spy mission. (Of course, <em>that death is assumed.</em> The author gets to retcon that fact in a later story, as has already been done <em>but not confirmed</em> for the simultaneous death of the MC's father.)</p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thriller</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>
Martin Kay<p>All diese Neologismen sind so zahlreich, dass jeder Band der Serie ein eigenes Glossar enthält - neben umfangreichen Registern zu Völkern, interstellaren Regierungen und handelnden Personen. Ein kleines Lexikon dieser fremden Welt.</p><p>Wie seht ihr das: Macht eine eigene Sprache und Begriffswelt eine Science-Fiction-Geschichte authentischer oder erschwert sie den Einstieg für Leser?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/B%C3%BCcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bücher</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Schreibprozess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schreibprozess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autorenleben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autorenleben</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>Water filter with nanoscale channels selectively removes stubborn 'forever chemicals'</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-filter-nanoscale-channels-stubborn-chemicals.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-filter-n</span><span class="invisible">anoscale-channels-stubborn-chemicals.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunkart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunkart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecopunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecopunk</span></a></p>
Ryek Darkener<p>Unter dem Hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RandomtextRyek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RandomtextRyek</span></a> könnt ihr zufällig ausgewählte Textausschnitte aus meinen Romanen lesen. Und sie – wenn ihr wollt – gern kommentieren, Fragen dazu stellen oder teilen.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lesen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesen</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>Marvel Fusion secures additional €50 mn for its laser nuclear reactor programme</p><p><a href="https://energynews.pro/en/marvel-fusion-secures-additional-e50-mn-for-its-laser-nuclear-reactor-programme/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">energynews.pro/en/marvel-fusio</span><span class="invisible">n-secures-additional-e50-mn-for-its-laser-nuclear-reactor-programme/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyberpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunkart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunkart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecopunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecopunk</span></a></p>
Ray Ingles<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 644. Do your MC’s current actions reflect their past experiences?</p><p>Of course. That's pretty much the point!</p><p>You explore another culture, you're *gonna* be confronted by your own expectations and background.</p><p>The question is, how far are you willing to adapt? How far are you *able* to adapt? What are you unwilling to compromise on?</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p>