scifi

OK.

Now to the questions that truly matter:

Which one is the best #SciFi #TV series ever?

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#Introduction #Scifi #GSBCW #author

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#FeaturedServer #NerdCulture #Fandom #SciFi #Fantasy #GeekCulture #Geeks #Nerds #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Hey folks, I'm adding this pinned post on advice from @FediTips
(whom I recommend you follow)

My interests are #HigherEd, #education in general, #SciFi, how people network through #SocialMedia (less the biz/marketing stuff, though I make exceptions).

I'm more active on Bluesky, tbh. I'm @ harmonygritz.bsky.social. You'll find my longtime "rainbow" profile image from Twitter/X there.

Fast food for thought. New worlds, cool cats, and fresh ideas—follow Inkican for fun sci-fi stories and friendly vibes. Change the world by changing yourself- one story at a time.

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#SciFi #ScienceFiction

Time to bring ‘Magnus Robot Fighter’ back #scifi

It suddenly struck me the other day that generative AI used in government and media has a very Memoirs Found in a Bathtub quality about it. One of the premises of Lem's (amazing) novel is that paper disintegrates for unknown reasons, leaving very few hard records of anything. The book is a mock diary of a person who lived through the disorienting chaos that ensued.

#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #tech #dev #StanislawLem #fiction #SciFi #ScienceFiction #cybernetics

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#freestuff #free #freebies #giveaway #frugal #scifi #Sciencefiction #books #booksforkids

My novelette All Rights Reserved is now available IN PRINT! Order direct from your favourite online storefront, request it from your local bookstore or library, or get a signed copy when you join the Patreon at the Posthuman tier or above!

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#SciFi #ScienceFiction

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Anyone remember Asimov's "Franchise?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franchise_(short_story)

#Books #Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Asimov #IsaacAsimov

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Chapters 27 and 28 of "A New Faith" are up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats

#solarpunk #hopepunk #clifi #book #bookstodon #novel #fiction #scifi #climate #adaptation #migration #mystery #thriller #booksky #amwriting #authorsky #WritersCoffeeClub #WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers #PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #climatefiction

My novelette All Rights Reserved is available now for 50% off in the SmashWords End-of-Year Sale! An uploaded consciousness is appropriated as intellectual property and enslaved in a far-future corporate dystopia. If that sounds like your jam, it's going for only $0.99USD!

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#scifi #ScienceFiction #LabourRights

Thousands of years from now... humans have long since left a depleted Earth, and much of what we know about it is forgotten or confused.

But the arts are thriving, and two drama graduates find something unexpected when they make a pit stop to find parts to fix their tea machine...

An Unscheduled Stop: a short story inspired by Orford Ness
https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/

#ShortStory #WritersOfMastodon #SciFi #Hopepunk

Palisade Green, sequel to Atraxian Blue available as ebook https://books2read.com/u/3RrNwn or print https://books2read.com/u/m0XB6y

Renny thought he'd escaped from his father. He thought he had his addiction under control. Then a bot turns up on his doorstep with a message that changes everything.

#scifi #writing

You are walking at a nearby park when suddenly a beautiful being with pointy ears asked you question in a language that seems alien. What will be your first thought or yoyr first words?

Tags: #Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Elf #Vulcan #Warcraft #DnD #StarTrek #LordOfTheRings #Fae

You finished your lunch meeting and on your way back to your office when suddenly a handsome being with pointy ears asked you question in a language that sounds elvish and a voice that is soothing to your ears. What will be your first thought or your first words?

Tags: #Fantasy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Elf #Vulcan #Warcraft #DnD #StarTrek #LordOfTheRings #Fae

This photo reportage is genuine, created in a real Homo sapiens brain, and produced without any AI rubbish: an #expedition to a distant #planet where strong evidence of life had been found: the planet Elder 0815, part of the famous Mosslich-system. https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039

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I'm thinking I'll get myself a copy of Samuel Butler's Erewhon. It's on Project Gutenberg but lately I've been acquiring paper books and this seems like a good one to have in hard copy. I feel vaguely embarrassed that I've never read it, given how closely it relates to what I've researched in computer science (evolutionary algorithms and artificial life) and what I spend my time thinking about these days (clarifying why I believe machines cannot be alive or intelligent in the way we usually mean these words).

Apparently Giles Deleuze and Felix Guatarri were influenced by this book and Butler's other writings on machine life. The Butlerian Jihad of Dune is possibly named after him (so far haven't found a definitive statement of this, though a very similar event happens in Erewhon). Even Alan Turing references it. Butler, in turn, was heavily influenced by Darwin's On the Origin of Species. So there is a fascinating confluence around this book.

Without spoiling it, does anyone have thoughts about Erewhon?

#Erewhon #Butler #fiction #SciFi #ScienceFiction #evolution #MachineIntelligence #AI #ArtificialLife #ComputerScience #EvolutionaryBiology

I've got new bonus content up on Patreon! Follow my profile for a free sneak peek at the opening chapter of my cyberpunk novel Hashing Function. More to come, locked to followers and patrons only!

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#ScienceFiction #SciFi

#Introduction that I'm never happy with:

I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that's what we're calling it.

You may know me from:

• @alexicon@tech.lgbt (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)
• @alex@firefish.lgbt (RIP) (Aug 2023)
• @alex@xim.ca (Sept 2023-May 2024)
• @alex@kitty.social (May 2024-Oct 2024)
• @alex@anarres.family (Oct 2024-Aug 2025)

I'm a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD[?] ), ace/aromantic pan/aegosexual, 40s year old from #Ottawa, #Canada. 🇨🇦

Interests include:
• #scifi (including #StarTrek & #DoctorWho)
• #Linux
• #history
• #genealogy
• #politics
• #travel (when I can afford to)
• ....way too many special interests.

(Please don't reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)