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Humble Book Bundle: The Cory Doctorow Novel Collection
www.humblebundle.com Humble Book Bundle: The Cory Doctorow Novel Collection by Tor BooksExplore the work of visionary author Cory Doctorow with this bundle! Get 18 books, including Little Brother & help support the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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Harlan Ellison Directory
ndhfilms.com OTHER PROJECTS | HARLAN ELLISONA directory of Harlan Ellison’s work, including short stories, essays, screenplays, and novellas.
Hello,
I wanted to share one of my ongoing project. This is a directory of works by Harlan Ellison. Ellison was one of the most popular writers of science fiction in his time, but sadly most of his work is out of print. This directory includes summaries of his short stories, essays, book introductions, and teleplays.
Some of Ellison's best-known works include I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman (which influenced V for Vendetta), A Boy and His Dog, Dangerous Visions and the Star Trek episode The City on the Edge of Forever.
So, far, 21 books have been added.
I hope this directory helps keep his work alive. If you're a fan and would like to contribute some write-ups of a book that's not been added yet, let me know.
- www.noahpinion.blog In defense of science fiction
New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
- www.humblebundle.com Humble Book Bundle: The John Scalzi Collection: Old Man's War, The Interdependency, and More, by Tor
Dive into Hugo Award winner John Scalzi's beloved sci-fi! Get Old Man's War, Redshirts, and other great books & support First Book with your purchase!
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Iconic Sci Fi Audiobooks by Blackstone Audio
www.humblebundle.com Iconic Sci Fi Audiobooks by Blackstone AudioLose yourself in iconic sci-fi & fantasy series like Ringworld, Runelords, Hell Divers, and more with this bundle of 20 audiobooks!
Especially the Ringworld series audio-books are great.
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Worf's Crazy Chair
Created a 3D model of the craziest chair in sci-fi a while back and figured I'd share it to remind everyone that Worf had the craziest chair in sci-fi.
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Philip K. Dick predicted ChatGPT
www.salon.com Philip K. Dick predicted ChatGPT and its grim ramificationsDick's novel "The Penultimate Truth" already showed us how AI that writes according to prompt can be corrupted
- c4ss.org Earthseed for Anarchists
Science fiction has always been an important playground of radical politics for anarchists, libertarians, and socialists alike. My personal favorite is Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents (the two completed novels of her Earthseed series), which tell the story of a Unite...
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Free Book about a Space Traveling Piano Player - Jely Fride
I hope this is allowed...
If so- because I'm happy about finding an alternative to Reddit and because I'd kind of like for someone to read this eventually- here it is:
http://funkboxing.com/wordpress/?p=2749
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BOOM! Sci-Fi Feat. The Expanse (ebook bundle)
www.humblebundle.com BOOM! Sci-Fi Feat. The ExpanseWe’ve teamed up with BOOM! Studios for our newest bundle. Get comics like The Expanse. Pay what you want & support Freedom to Read!
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‘Critical Mass’ by Daniel Suarez
www.wsj.com Science Fiction & Fantasy: ‘Critical Mass’ by Daniel SuarezThrilling fiction and scientific fact combine in a tale of a space rescue with global consequences.
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/299894
> #ScienceFiction
- arstechnica.com Sci-fi becomes real as renowned magazine closes submissions due to AI writers
Clarkesworld wrestles with flood of machine-made submissions—over 500 in Feb. alone.
- www.leftvoice.org Five Years after Ursula K. Le Guin’s Death, We Need Her More Than Ever - Left Voice
Ursula K. Le Guin tended the embers of revolt in a new age of imperialism and counterrevolution. She tasked us with stoking them into a blaze.
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Becky Chambers' A Psalm for the Wild-Built
www.npr.org /2021/07/18/1017119290/a-monk-and-a-robot-meet-in-a-forest-and-talk-philosophy-in-this-new-novelHugo Award winner for 2022 best Novella.
Haven't read it myself yet, but other books by Becky Chambers are quite good.
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Science Fiction As Tech Criticism
www.techwontsave.us Science Fiction As Tech Criticism w/ Brian Merchant and Claire Evans - Tech Won’t Save UsScience fiction is often wielded by tech billionaires to justify their business plans, but does it have to be that way? Brian Merchant and Claire Evans discusses how science fiction can be used to criticize exploitative tech and the futures being sold to use by tech companies.
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New Godzilla movie in the works
boingboing.net Toho has a new Godzilla movie in the works | Boing BoingAmerican Godzilla films are weird. Although Godzilla movies financed by American studios have stellar special effects, there’s just something that always seems a little of…
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Dystopia, Octopus Intelligence, and What Makes Us Human
therealnews.com The Chris Hedges Report: Dystopia, octopus intelligence, and what makes us humanRay Nayler's new sci-fi novel 'The Mountain in the Sea' uses the premise of corporate exploitation of a hyperintelligent octopus species in a dystopian future to deliver a stinging critique of our present.
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The best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022, so far
www.polygon.com The best science fiction and fantasy books of 2022Impressive debuts, returning favorites, and much more
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I came up with a sci-fi thought experiment/writing prompt - thoughts?
I came up with a science fiction writing prompt/thought experiment that I'd like to share. I'm aware this is a little silly.
Background:
There exists an aether throughout the universe which I am going to suggestively name "soul". Soul can congeal, and congealed soul can take on a multitude of different states. Consciousness is congealed soul, and the states it takes on are emotions. Organisms have evolved to interact with soul, and over time the emotions they are able to evoke have become less rudimentary and increasingly varied.
The prompt/thought experiment:
A utilitarian mad scientist designs blueprints for a soul virus, which causes the aether permeating everything to congeal and then permanently crystallize in a joyful state. It will spread and eventually unify all consciousness into one. This leads to the question of whether universal bliss is worth the price of a total loss of individuality.
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The Billionaire’s Bard
thebaffler.com The Billionaire’s Bard | Rob MadoleNeal Stephenson might be the most influential novelist among business tycoons since Ayn Rand. What does he believe?
On the rationalist fictions of Neal Stephenson
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The Long Chase - A Short Story by Geoffrey A. Landis (2002)
www.lightspeedmagazine.com The Long Chase - Lightspeed Magazine2645, January. The war is over. The survivors are being rounded up and converted. In the inner solar system, those of my companions who survived the ferocity of the fighting have already been converted. But here at the very edge of the Oort Cloud, all things go slowly. It will be years, perhaps deca...
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Bruce Willis Suits Up for Alien War in 'Cosmic Sin'
www.hollywoodreporter.com Cannes First Look: Bruce Willis Suits Up for Alien War in ‘Cosmic Sin’ (Exclusive)Exclusive first look of Bruce Willis in new sci-fi actioner ‘Cosmic Sin’. ‘The Fifth Element’ and ‘Armageddon’ star plays one of a group of rogue soldiers fighti…