Karen Joy Fowler: Cory told me that you, and I quote, "knocked it out of the park" last week.
Me: (flustered) Uh … I … well, I, uh, wrote a story I thought he might like. As I did with Bob … I mean, I don't TAILOR my stories to each instructor but–
KJF: –but you thought @KellyLink and I would enjoy a story about eating children?
Me: Uh …
Anyway, the story that @pluralistic liked is in ParSec #10 today:
As problematic as it can be, I like it when a sci-fi/fantasy world has races with characteristics that are more feckless and derpy than others. The universe shouldn't be composed only of warrior classes; it needs it's Hobbits, Podlings, or Ewoks.
Into #ttrpgs since the mid-90s, mostly playing #osr-style #dnd, #callofcthulhu, #shadowrun, #dsa, #harnworld, but open to others. I write (not as often as I want) and paint (even less), and post moody b/w photos on my pixelfed. In IT and might talk about some obscure computer stuff.
New arrivals! The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope (Special Edition), The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) & Return of the Jedi. Lots of concept art for the original trilogy when pencil, paper and paint were creating worlds! #artbook #conceptart #starwars #scifi
A treat for readers for this episode. Since this is the first freshly written (from scratch) material from this year, I have decided to post the entire 56 (paperback) page episode directly here in the website for a limited time.
On May 10, Ncuti Gatwa starts his first full season as the Doctor — the first Black and first openly queer man to take on the role. Entertainment Weekly talked to him about the responsibility he feels to get things right. “I was really cautious about getting it right throughout filming,” the Rwandan-Scottish actor explains. “It’s 60 years’ worth of legacy and 60 years’ worth of a show that people have loved and watched with their families. It lives in people’s hearts, so I really wanted to protect that.”
'Doctor Who' is kicking off a new era as Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor takes control of the TARDIS. Go inside the exciting next chapter of the beloved sci-fi series!
"A Thousand Suns episodes 1-6 are now online. We would like to keep making these until the heat death of the solar system so if you like what you see, please spread the word. " https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXaVgAxtYFI #scifi
Introducing A THOUSAND SUNS, a mind-bending science fiction anthology series of short stories that explores visions of humanity’s future, shaped by the actio...
Twice in one day I have to shout "what in the actual fuck?"
Apparently #paramountPlus decided to cancel Star Trek: Lower Decks, ending with the 5th season. It's bad enough "seasons" these days are an anemic 10 episodes (if that!), and then they get cancelled while still going strong? ugh..
The Mended Drum is a Discworld-themed Mastodon server for anyone who remembers Sir Terry Pratchett and his works. Also welcomes fans of @neilhimself, Douglas Adams, Charles Stross, @dianeduane and more.
Coyote, a stowaway on the spaceship Ares that brought the First Hundred to Mars, was a prominent figure of the underground resistance in #KimStanleyRobinson's #MarsTrilogy.
Here we see one of his hideouts, on the other side of the Neretva Vallis riverbank 🙃 🤣
THE WHITE DRAGON (1978) Acrylic on Masonite - 20" X 30"
Although this is the third book in the series, this was my first Pern cover, and I was determined to create the dragons as faithfully to Anne McCaffrey's description as possible. 1/4
