U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701: Full Deck-by-Deck Tour (1973 Blueprints) Experience the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 in 4K high-fidelity detail. A definitive 1:1 scale reconstruction of the Constitution-class internal architecture. [THE MISSION] This technical walkthrough…

Geeking out on the 3D "Deck Tour" of the U.S.S. Enterprise on YouTube. Yup, the ship even has a bowling alley ... sign me up.

It's a must for #Trekkies! #StarTrek #GoBoldly

Image of the Zethera colonists' form, indemnifying the UPA of any damages in the case of injury of death. On a new exoplanet with 1.2 gravity, it makes sense.

Jay, our pilot, found (or stole) a form that Zethera colonists signed before leaving for the planet. The smart-ass even signed my name and Ronny's.
He can thread a needle, even in manual mode.
His humor?
Let's say he won't be appearing at comedy clubs on Circulus Station anytime soon. #HardSF

In 2021, I needed an emergency operation and spent the next 1 1/2 year of my life in pain. What saved my sanity was my #spotify playlist of #HallAndOates. When the pain wasn't unbearable, I played my bass along to those songs. Thank you @thedarylhall.bsky.social ; your music got me through. ❤️‍🩹 #music

25. Mars Express (Jérémie Périn)

Historia interesante, diseños guays, robots, detectives, robots detectives y muchos homenajes a pelis, series y animes de sci-fi.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Chopper, the talking reindeer. From Netflix's "One Piece" live action series.

Is there anyone else choking back tears watching #OnePieceNetflix, S2 E7 "Reindeer Shames?

Look behind the animation, CG and outrageous costumes from the show and you will see that Chopper is not only adorable, it is character arc writing at its finest. #Amwriting #OnePiece

Fantastic work!!

This is what my crew and I are risking our lives for. I’ve seen better art projects from my daughter’s class, and Maddy is only ten.
Dafür riskieren meine Crew und ich unser Leben. In der Klasse meiner Tochter habe ich schon bessere Kunstprojekte gesehen – und Maddy ist erst zehn. #HardSF #sci-fi

What ate up my time was the Onboarding; being forced to add emails, etc. Then I got caught in a Reader loop instead of Author. I created the publication, but Substack could not link it to my profile and it then duplicated my profile. Nonsense like that (and much, much much more).

Anyone else in the #WritingCommunity lose hours of their live trying to setup or post on #Substack that they will never get back?

#Amquerying #Amwriting.

This is will be my only rant post. Spent 2 mornings setting up my SubStack. THE ONBOARDING IS A FARCE. THE USER INTERFACE IS A FARCE. Menu bars? A joke.

If #Substack wanted money to use, I wouldn't. This site uses the 90s Microsoft mentality: release half-assed, fix it later. Or maybe never fix it.

About - DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin A war hero turned three-time felon must lead an untested crew through AI sabotage, a double-cross, and the crushing physics of a 1.2g world. Click to read DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin, by L.T. McQueen, a S...

Now hosting a public preview of my manuscript's opening chapters to build a readership while I query.

deeporbit.substack.com/about

#Sci-Fi #HardSF #Amquerying

Concept Art. Interior view of the central Promenade on Circulus Station, orbiting Mars. From my hard sci-fi novel, DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin.

If you like the newest visuals, check out the other DEEP ORBIT accounts. Here, Maya and Veronica share behind-the-scenes info and pics related to the novel's content. No spoilers here, I promise. #HardSF #Amquerying #Sci-Fi

@maya-intel-zethera.bsky.social

@veronica-engineer.bsky.social

Illustration of the effects of space flight on the human body.

George Lucas once said, “People don’t realize Star Wars is actually a soap opera and it’s all about family problems — it’s not about spaceships.”

Am I "science nerd" like Weir? Sadly, no.

At its core, my novel is not about orbital mechanics and astrophysics, but the people trying to survive it.

Concept art of Dale Ransom and Veronica Vega on the 1.2 gravity world of Zethera, an exoplanet beyond our solar system. The image is for my hard sci-fi novel, "DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin".

Another fun visualization of Ransom and Vega on the high-gravity world of Zethera for my novel, "DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin. In this scene, they are on their way to a dig site to recover an alien relic. #HardSF #Amquerying #Sci-Fi

Anyone else in the #WritingCommunity use concept art for inspiration?

Stunning photography. I don't know how you capture these moods so consistently, but keep it up.

Book cover of Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel", published October, 1953

While we celebrate spring, Sci-Fi fans celebrate the visionaries. 🚀
Isaac Asimov (who passed in April 6, 1992) once said, "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
📚 #Asimov

Promo still for Veil of Shadows, a new fantasy limited series on Netflix Germany.

As if "Judge Dee's Mystery" and Unveil: Jadewind" weren't enough, this series demonstrates that China leapfrogged Hollywood as masters in visual storytelling ages ago.

If they make a Chinese GoT, American cable TV shows are doomed.
#veilofshadows #movies #storytelling #amwriting

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social
The Internet Con by @doctorow.pluralistic.net
Silicon Values by @jillian.bsky.social
The AI Con by @emilymbender.bsky.social & @alexhanna.bsky.social
Blood in the Machine by @bcmerchant.bsky.social

Image of WASP-193b, the "cotton candy" planet, 1,200 light years away from Earth.

Did you know there are planets in our galaxy with the density of cotton candy? 🍭
WASP-193b is 1,200 light years away, 50% larger than Jupiter but 7x less massive. If you had a bathtub big enough, it would float. #SpaceFacts #Exoplanets #Astronomy

The cover has an Easter theme, with Tintin, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson, and Thompson in a field with several Easter eggs on the ground or in a basket. However, a rocket ship has burst through the page, sending them running, and we can see images through the hole it went through, as if we are seeing the interior of the magazine. It says “Joyeuses Paques!” (Happy Easter)

Tintin magazine, cover dated April 9, 1952.

genuinely I am still mad about this

Captain's ship log, from the hard science fiction novel, Deep Orbit.

From my new #HardSF novel, DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin.

We are technically functional.
For now.
That’s about as good as it gets out here.

Post-Easter blues hit a bit different for the Ithaca crew.

#Amquerying #sci-fi #WritingCommunity #sciencefiction

Special Intelligence officer Maya Martin (left) and engineer Veronica Vega from the freighter the Ithaca

To secure his daughter's future, a war hero turned three-time felon must lead a dysfunctional crew through an AI sabotage, a corporate double-cross and the crushing physics of a 1.2g world.

DEEP ORBIT: Zero Margin
@maya-intel-zethera.bsky.social
@veronica-engineer.bsky.social
#AmQuerying #SciFi

Maya Martin and Veronica Vega at the holograph table in the governor's antechamber on the exoplanet Zethera. #DeepOrbit # HardSF #SciFi

If you want to see what my characters are up to, here are their acccounts: @veronica-engineer.bsky.social and @maya-intel-zethera.bsky.social

I, or rather they will be adding content in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.
#Amquerying #HardSF #SFF #SciFi #WritingCommunity

The calcium in your bones and the iron in your blood were forged in the heart of a dying star billions of years ago.

We aren't just in the universe; the universe is in us.

Happy Easter to all you sentient pieces of stardust. ✨ #Cosmos #Science #Stardust

Astronaut on a planet surface holding an easter basket full of eggs

Fun Science Fact for Easter:

Every rabbit, every egg, and every human watching the spring bloom is made of "recycled" materials. ⚛️

Movie still of space station from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey

The version shown at the premiere was 19 minutes longer. After the D.C. and the subsequent New York premiere (April 3), Stanley Kubrick spent the next few days re-editing the film, cutting the "excess" to create the tighter, more atmospheric cut that eventually became a hit.

Movie still from 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL lip reads the astronaut's conversation.

The movie premiered on April 2, 1968, in Washington, DC, at the Uptown Theater. During the premiere, 241 people walked out of the theater. Among them was movie star Rock Hudson, who reportedly stood up and famously asked, "Will someone tell me what the hell this is about?"

Movie still from the 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey

April 1968: The world changed when Kubrick’s '2001: A Space Odyssey' premiered. 🎥

Before we even landed on the Moon (July 16, 1969), we had a film that predicted tablets, video calls, & the threat of sentient AI. 🤖

What’s your favorite "HAL 9000" quote? #SciFi #2001ASpaceOdyssey #Kubrick

Veronica Vega's Engineering Guild Union Card from Circulus Station. #amwriting #SciFi #HardSciFi

Would you partner with a sassy, brilliant engineer who is as comfortable with a tactical weapon as she is with a torque wrench? 🔧🔫
If the ship's AI is the "brain" of the Ithaca, Veronica Vega is the soul.
#HardSciFi #amwriting