Link to the ig post and a screenshot
Thought this was pretty exciting reveal to get just before Christmas! Miller is definitely one of my recent favourites, both Song and Circe being absolutely beautiful, touching stories which really scratch that mythology itch.
We can presume this will be the story of Persephone’s kidnapping and subsequent events from her perspective. What kind of events or slant do you predict will feature in the book?
I’m talking like all-consuming binge, ignore your family, friends, responsibilities and sleep, lasting for as long as it takes for you finish or continues far beyond (doesn’t have to be as exaggerated or extreme as this really). Also can be sci-fi as well.
I’ve gotten into the habit of, when I really really loved a book, trying to contact the author to tell them as much. However, I worry that it’s strange and invasive. Do many other people do this?
I had a dealer table at WorldCon this past week, where I was hawking my books and swords.
My usual M.O. is to ask passersby, “Can I interest you in an Asian-themed epic fantasy?”
This Asian woman walks over and replies, “I write it” and holds up her badge,
Nghi Vo.
I was absolutely blown away by her Empress of Salt and Fortune, for which she earned a Hugo nomination, so I’m totally geeking out.
I had seen a book dealer selling her The Chosen and the Beautiful, so I dashed over, bought it, dashed back, and got her to sign it.
Meanwhile, she seems kind of freaked out that I’m showering so much adulation on her…
Fun times.
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Link to the ig post and a screenshot
Thought this was pretty exciting reveal to get just before Christmas! Miller is definitely one of my recent favourites, both Song and Circe being absolutely beautiful, touching stories which really scratch that mythology itch.
We can presume this will be the story of Persephone’s kidnapping and subsequent events from her perspective. What kind of events or slant do you predict will feature in the book?
Just finished Clarke’s 1973 classic, some thoughts:
It’s fast and wonderful! I guess I expected this book to feel…well, old. And it is indeed culturally and scientifically outdated in some ways. But it holds up as well as–better than–most modern works of SF. Why? First, Clarke is a capable storyteller: he generates curiosity and moves from plot point to plot point quickly–there is not a lot of excess. Second, and most importantly in my view, is the centrality of the sense of discovery and wonder, rather than trying to wow the reader with the novelty or bizarreness of the ideas. This is perhaps the prototypical Big Dumb Object book. Maybe there are more interesting things to do with the BDO trope, but has anyone else so purely and effectively drawn out the sense of exploration and questioning that such an encounter might involve?
Several times comparisons are made to the archaeologist who first poked his head into King Tut’s …
(Or since 2000 if you want to stretch it a little further.) And is it possible to explain in what way without spoilers?
I thought that people here may find the journal article “Sophons, Wallfacers, Swordholders, and the Cosmic Safety Notice: Strategic Thought in Chinese Science Fiction” interesting, it appeared in the most recent issue of Air University’s (US Air Force) Strategic Studies Quarterly. Abstract:
Science fiction, due to its ability to encourage creative thinking in environments estranged from our own, can be employed in strategy development and inspiration. Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem trilogy focuses on galactic relations and defense in a rich and nuanced way and provides insight into Chinese thought. An analysis of four strategies—sophons, wallfacers, swordholders, and the cosmic safety notice—highlights the ways in which Chinese strategic thinking systematically differs from Western modes of thinking.
I go through tons of audiobooks. Especially with all the books audible includes for free now in their prime subscription. I love sci fi and have well over 150 books in my library now.
Going through sci fi like its popcorn in a bucket I have come to terms with a lot of things other people don’t seem to like. Like im not a good judge of what is bad writing or writers using crutches. So I forgive a lot when it comes to plot holes.
One thing that has started to stand out to me as one of the most imersion breaking things is when distance is treated as basically inconsequential. I am not talking about FTL travel , thats simply a tool to get stuff done.
But I’m listening to a book right now which shall remain unnamed and its character is involved in this battle in which all sense of scale just vanishes. One moment hes barely dodging a star then the next hes swooping into the atmosphere of a gas giant. With no indication that he went ftl to get there or that any time has …
This movie is like main lining Christmas spirit for me. It has a warmth and love to it, like food made by someone who cares about you. Quoteable, kitschy, oozing charm, its well-written, upbeat, ear-worm songs stick with you long after watching it. (“We’re Marley and Marley, avarice and greed!”) Michael Caine plays the straight man, an inspired choice that gives the world a little bit of gravitas and grounding, keeping it from slipping fully into the madcap or cartoonish–thereby allowing cartoonish and madcap moments to really pop when they occur. (“Light the lamp, not the rat, light the lamp, not the rat!”)
Have a great holiday, y’all, and be sure to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol. After all, there’s only one more sleep ‘til Christmas.