It’s cherry blossom season in Japan. 🌸

Many overseas authors post photos of their books when they’re published. There are quite a lot of pictures of authors happily showing off copies they’ve just received.
I don’t see that very often among Japanese authors. I think I’ll give it a try with my own book. I won’t show my face, though…

I attended a live recording of the podcast "ワンボタンの声"(Voice of One Button). The podcast culture in Japan is quite different from that in the United States.
Given the challenging podcast environment in Japan, it’s truly impressive that it has been continued almost single-handedly for nearly 20 years.

Ancillary Mercy: week four The journey we began during ScifiMonth has ended: our little crew has completed our read-along of the Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie. The inevitable confrontation with Anaander Mianaai is at hand. Can Breq and her allies defeat the ruthless manipulator who has ruled the Radch for thousands of years?

The journey we began during ScifiMonth has ended: our little crew has completed our read-along of the Imperial Radch trilogy by Ann Leckie. The inevitable confrontation with Anaander Mianaai is at hand. It’s our last read-along discussion …for now.

円安で海外作品の文庫が高いのを見ながら、同時に$=360円、今よりも貧しい中で海外作品を紹介してきた先人たちへの尊敬を新たにしてる。

HIROATME Books

My novel 'Deathbed Master Phong', which I originally posted on Royal Road, is now complete. After making a few minor revisions based on reader feedback, I have published an ebook edition.
You can get the ebook version from the link below:
sites.google.com/view/hiroatme

今年読んだ本は336冊、95％は小説、一番読んだ作家は笹沢左保
I read 336 books this year, 95% of them novels. The author I read the most was Saho Sasazawa.

Re-reading 'Death' by Shelly Kagan. It’s a fascinating book no matter how many times I return to it.
I like to think that if you take the essence of this book and add #AGI #sci-fi, it becomes my novel 'Deathbed Master Phong'—though that may be presumptuous of me.

Roomba maker iRobot files for bankruptcy, pursues manufacturer buyout iRobot , the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, saying that it would go private after being bought by Picea Robotics, its primary manufacturer.

So iRobot has gone bankrupt—what should I do when it’s time to replace my next one…?
Among robotics papers, the one I read most seriously was founder Rodney Allen Brooks’s work on Subsumption Architecture.
www.reuters.com/technology/i...

A History of Sci-Fi Book Cover Trends From pulp sci-fi covers to Art Deco to paintings and now digital art, here is a tour through sci-fi covers through the centuries.

#amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction #amwriting #science-fiction #BlueskySciFiWriters #SciFiWriters #sf #scifi #sciencefiction #syfi #amwritingsf #SciFi #scifichat #LectureSFFF

眉村卓はインサイダー文学論を掲げSF小説『司政官』シリーズを執筆。インサイダー文学とは体制側の内部から体制に変革をもたらすことができるのではないか、というものである。『司政官』シリーズは1979年に泉鏡花文学賞受賞。『司政官 全短編』が創元推理文庫から。早川書房から『司政官』。竹書房から日下三蔵編の奇想短編集二冊がある。

Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away "The problems are tractable, but they're still difficult”

It’s surprising to hear it could be possible in ten years. I just can’t believe AGI lies along the same path as LLMs.
www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-kar...

The story I’ve been writing, ‘Deathbed Master Phong,’ is finally complete. Chapter 0x10 contains a major homage to TRON(1982).

“Tron: Ares” was absolutely fantastic.
I felt it paid more respect to the 1982 original than “Tron: Legacy” did.
Even though the visuals and story are new, it still carries a sense of nostalgia.

The reason dystopian novels are so popular is that the human brain evolved to react more strongly to negative things. However, I believe the world today is already dystopian enough, so I try to write stories about how we might escape from dystopia.
#scifi #sf #scifichat #SciFiWriters

0x11   Epilogue - Deathbed Master Phong 0x11One Year Later Bogazkale, Turkey A single motorcycle with a sidecar was slowly climbing the sloping road through the grassy hills leading to the church from Bogazkale. On the motorcycle’s seat, Ph...

New Chapter!! This chapter is an epilogue.
#RoyalRoad #scifi #sf #BlueskySciFiWriters #booksky #SciFiWriters #cyberpunk #AGI
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0x10 20550902 Yokota Kowloon - Deathbed Master Phong 0x10 20550902 Yokota Kowloon Layla and Phong’s glider quickly crossed over the Tama River. Ahead of them stretched the vast grounds of the former Yokota Air Base, its long runway still intact. With a ...

New Chapter! This chapter (0x10) is the final chapter—excluding the epilogue (0x11). All of the mysteries will be revealed.
#RoyalRoad #scifi #sf #BlueskySciFiWriters #booksky #SciFiWriters #cyberpunk #AGI
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I started writing Erased after years of frustration with the direction of our world.

Feeling like people were blind to the truth.

This is by far one of the best compliments from a reader so far. She understood what Erased is.

#books #fiction #scifi #booksky #bookreview

27 more days! Not that we’re counting.

We’re counting.

#scifimonth2025

Last night was the Full Moon — in Japan, it’s called Jugoya, the full-moon festival. On nights like this,
I always find myself rereading 'The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress.' #sf #scifi

I 100% agree with this review. This book is fascinating — but the fact that my mind finds it fascinating is a little frightening.

Great point! Many sci-fi works like "Blade Runner" explore what it means to be human. "More human than human" raises questions about AI's soul. Do you think AI could ever truly feel? 🪐📚 #SciFi

0x0F 20550902 Yokosuka, Japan - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0F20550902Yokosuka, Japan The ship carrying Phong had departed from Shanghai’s ferry port the evening before last. It crossed the East China Sea, passed south of Jeju Island in Unified Korea during ...

New Chapter !!! In this chapter (0x0F), the setting shifts to Japan—and there’s even a little dance scene(I always love dance scenes)
#RoyalRoad #scifi #sf #sciencefiction #BlueskySciFiWriters #booksky #AGI
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0x0E  20550830   New York, United States - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0E20550830New York, United States The long-distance bus carrying Maria and Alejandro had departed Toronto Coach Terminal in Canada that morning. Only about one-third of the seats were occupied, yet ...

New Chapter !!! This chapter… suddenly shifts to New York, and from there the story begins converging toward its climax.
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0x0D 20550831 Shanghai, China - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0D20550831Kaohsiung、Taiwan The Rudra's ship, carrying Layla and Shirley, entered the port of Kaohsiung the following morning. Kaohsiung’s harbor was immense. Once renowned as one of the busiest cont...

New Chapter !!! This chapter is a preparation for the climax.
#RoyalRoad #scifi #sf #sciencefiction #BlueskySciFiWriters #booksky #SciFiWriters #cyberpunk #AGI
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0x0C 20550830 Hong Kong - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0C20550830Hong Kong Phong simply walked. After somehow pulling himself to his feet in the parking lot of the Museum of Humanity, he began moving slowly. Heading east, he soon reached Nathan Road, th...

New Chapter!! This chapter is about revival after defeat, and it also includes a small food scene (and I always love food scenes).
#RoyalRoad #scifi #sf #sciencefiction #BlueskySciFiWriters #booksky #SciFiWriters #cyberpunk #AGI
0x0C 20550830 Hong Kong
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Science fiction offers hope in the dark The Ministry for the Future is a fiction that can help us understand the reality of climate justice and social justice.

#science-fiction #BlueskySciFiWriters #SciFiWriters #sf #scifi #specfic #sciencefiction #syfi #amwritingsf #SciFi #scifichat #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #writingcommunity

0x0B  20550830  Hong Kong - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0B20550830 Hong Kong The eVTOL eV-300, carrying Edmundo and his entourage, was a model decommissioned from the U.S. Air Force. It was an electric craft capable of vertical takeoff and long-range fl...

New Chapter!! This chapter… the journey continues, after all. And with it, a touch of love story
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0x0A   20550830   Hong Kong - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0A In the South China Sea in August, the weather was unusually stable and the waves calm. With rising sea temperatures due to global warming, storms could erupt at any moment in this season, yet for...

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0x09 20550829 South Dong Song - Deathbed Master Phong 0x0920550829South Dong Song Layla was dreaming. She was looking down from the sniper room. The National Square was packed with spectators. The balcony had become a stage, and Sally was singing. Launc...

New Chapter!!　　　The story has entered its second half. The chase continues
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#royalroad #booksky #hardscifi #scifi #AGI #StrongAI