Dave Fischer
Dave Fischer  ·  2 days ago

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I'm reading some sci-fi written in 1964 that takes place May 19th, 2025. The scenario seems way off though... unless there's a nuclear war in the next 13 days that drives all survivors deep underground.

Which is not impossible...

#SciFi#PKD

Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕
Annie Hsh 👾🖖☕  ·  6 days ago

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Caught up with this week's Doctor Who episode, and I... have thoughts. Lots of things I liked, but not my favourite of the season. It was good to see Ruby and her family again, and also to see how UNIT operates when the Doctor isn't there, setting up the spinoff nicely. Really looking forward to seeing more of those characters.

On the other hand, parts of the plot felt weak. Things happened way too easily, and escalated and deescalated pretty fast too. I thought the themes it tackled with how certain social media personas and alt-right grifters are responsible for the spread of disinformation were 100% spot on, but the way everything played out felt a bit sloppy.

Tl;dr, I liked what the episode had to say, but found the execution a bit lacklustre. At the same time I'm very here for Ncuti's speech at the end of the episode and for Kate Stewart's zero-nonsense, entering a grey area, badass approach to handling things.

#DoctorWho#DrWho#TV#SciFi#Television#Entertainment

Patrick O'Beirne
Patrick O'Beirne  ·  last week

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Question for old #scifi readers.
Which story (maybe 50 years old) opened with a sentence about a tall apartment where "... a piano was playing a man"?
Like Huxley's feelies.
Google failed me and LLM (I know, but sometimes you gotta try to peek around copyright walls in the interest of 'fair use' research) invented the usual plausible but wrong answer.

#sciencefiction #pulp

Joachim Boaz
Joachim Boaz  ·  3 weeks ago

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What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading? + Update No. XXI https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/04/20/what-pre-1985-science-fiction-are-you-reading-update-no-xxi/

Come join the discussion!
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

John Boston and Damien Broderick’s Building New Worlds: 1946-1959: The Carnell Era, Volume One (2013), New Worlds: Before the New Wave, 1960-1964: The Carnell Era, Volume Two (2013) and Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 (2013)
John Boston and Damien Broderick’s Building New Worlds: 1946-1959: The Carnell Era, Volume One (2013), New Worlds: Before the New Wave, 1960-1964: The Carnell Era, Volume Two (2013) and Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 (2013)
John Boston and Damien Broderick’s Building New Worlds: 1946-1959: The Carnell Era, Volume One (2013), New Worlds: Before the New Wave, 1960-1964: The Carnell Era, Volume Two (2013) and Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 (2013)
Four books: Jean-Louis Curtis’ The Neon Halo (1956, trans. 1958). I’m a sucker for lesser-known SF in translation. Here charts the evolution of modern society between 1995-circa 2100 with an unusual focus martyrdom and persecution. Edgar Pangborn’s Davy (1964). One of my absolute favorites. I should have a review of another Pangborn novel posted soon. Stay tuned. Octavia Butler’s Mind of My Mind (1977) is the second-published and second chronological installment of her Patternist series of novels (1976-1984), that chart the dystopic and hyper-violent development (and destruction) of a telepathic society. Damon Knight’s Far Out (1961)–worth acquiring for “The Enemy” (1958), “You’re Another” (1955), and “Cabin Boy” (1951).
Four books: Jean-Louis Curtis’ The Neon Halo (1956, trans. 1958). I’m a sucker for lesser-known SF in translation. Here charts the evolution of modern society between 1995-circa 2100 with an unusual focus martyrdom and persecution. Edgar Pangborn’s Davy (1964). One of my absolute favorites. I should have a review of another Pangborn novel posted soon. Stay tuned. Octavia Butler’s Mind of My Mind (1977) is the second-published and second chronological installment of her Patternist series of novels (1976-1984), that chart the dystopic and hyper-violent development (and destruction) of a telepathic society. Damon Knight’s Far Out (1961)–worth acquiring for “The Enemy” (1958), “You’re Another” (1955), and “Cabin Boy” (1951).
Four books: Jean-Louis Curtis’ The Neon Halo (1956, trans. 1958). I’m a sucker for lesser-known SF in translation. Here charts the evolution of modern society between 1995-circa 2100 with an unusual focus martyrdom and persecution. Edgar Pangborn’s Davy (1964). One of my absolute favorites. I should have a review of another Pangborn novel posted soon. Stay tuned. Octavia Butler’s Mind of My Mind (1977) is the second-published and second chronological installment of her Patternist series of novels (1976-1984), that chart the dystopic and hyper-violent development (and destruction) of a telepathic society. Damon Knight’s Far Out (1961)–worth acquiring for “The Enemy” (1958), “You’re Another” (1955), and “Cabin Boy” (1951).
Alex Keane
Alex Keane  ·  3 weeks ago

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Looking for some book recommendations:

Trying for some non-military based space opera. Some recent ones I've enjoyed are Annihilation Aria by Mike Underwood, the Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper series by Nathan Lowell, and not sure if it counts as space opera quite but get the same feeling in Mary Robinette Kowal's Lady Astronaut books.

#Bookstodon#SciFi#SpaceOpera

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