I’m not really on social these days for The World reasons, BUT I’ll be in London in a few weeks & would love to say hi if anyone wants to meet up for a coffee or anything like that.
Adorable office dogs for the algorithm
Amid the excitement of the @strangehorizons.bsky.social fund drive, we also have a standard issue this week (we are rockstars).
In Reviews so far: Eatough on Waterblack and Pheby’s Cities of the Weft (@galleybeggars.bsky.social); @marinaberlin.bsky.social on Wheel of Time’s third and final season.
When the real pros step into the podcast recording booth
So true. And I think if you’re going to with IP as iconic and sprawling as Dune, you have to be confident that you’re telling A Good Story & consider the IP only after that, or it doesn’t work
I LOVED the acting (as detailed in the review), and I think the biggest weakness of the show was that the creators didn’t believe their story could work without existing IP.
That aspect of it truly felt like such a waste! Either commit to original material or make it an extension of the movies
New @strangehorizons.bsky.social review to start the week: @marinaberlin.bsky.social on the strange potential of the odd bit of contemporary SF television known as Dune: Prophecy.
It's Wednesday, it's review day at @strangehorizons.bsky.social. Here's @marinaberlin.bsky.social on Appupen and Lauren Daudet's AI intro, Dream Machine.
"At least 80 per cent of the book is an introduction to and explanation about AI, and about 20 per cent is concerned with characters and plot."
I’ll be at Worldcon #glasgow2024, would love to see folks and say hi. Absolutely terrible at making plans this time for Reasons but looking forward to SFF fun
Kind of bummed that there’s the built-in option on here to add alt-text to images but not to the profile header.
So if anyone clicked through to see it - the translation is “everything will be all right, but everything will be different.”
The Eidolon by KD Edwards
After a long break from reading picked up @kdedwardsnc.bsky.social’s latest and loved sinking back into this comforting world
Trying out being in this space a bit more, so following some friends from Twitter/if you know me elsewhere & want to say hi: 👋
It’s been an amazing honor to write an essay for this series. (I told my family about it offhandedly last year & later found out my mom found my essay, Google translated it & read it to her brother & they both teared up)
Anyway, there’s a list of all the amazing writers in the 🧵, check them out
Omg yesssssss I’m so glad you read & enjoyed it! I liked it so much I got some friends to do a virtual book club for it with me lol because I just needed to talk about it with people
*hangs Under Construction sign*
*disappears again*
Omg can’t wait
Omg that’s out already?!