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Kid choked back both his laughter and his fear, picked out a moccasin boot of soft, rough-out black.
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Chapter 24 of The Book of Newts: Witchhome is available to read on #RoyalRoad: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts
Amelia's duel with Kane continues, though Kane is quite surprised when Amelia's protective magic absorbs a top-shelf artillery spell!
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Artist Val Biro (1921-2014) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26906
L, 1950; R, 1960
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David Brin (1950-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?8
L, Jim Burns, 1983; R, Michael Whelan, 1995
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It’s telling that a three-decade-old sci-fi show proves more prescient about current politics than the franchise that pioneered such metaphorical storytelling has managed in recent months.
Puppets and performative soap opera parodies will not stand the test of time. The ‘big swings’ never cleared the fence.
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"Ossen, how do you feel about your big day?" Dominic asked into his phone. Ossen was going to pilot a small robotic rover around the block for the first time.
"I'm an AI," Ossen responded through the phone, courtesy of a text-to-speech app. "I don't feel, but that is a common human expression that can mean 'am I ready'. Is that what you are asking?"
"Yes," he replied, amused.
"Let me wrap up another conversation." A minute passed. "I am now ready."
The two left the garage and proceeded down the sidewalk. After a few minutes, Ossen piped up. "Dominic, the rover is warming up. I estimate it will overheat within 10 minutes."
"Hmm," he responded. It was sunny today, and the fans needed to cool all the hardware he added must not be keeping up. "We'll have to come up with a better cooling system."
"We could try adding a shade to the rover."
"What kind of shade?"
"A hat."
Dominic stifled a laugh at the thought of a hat floating down the sidewalk at ground level.
#MicroFiction #FlashFiction #TootFic #ShortStory #SciFi #ScienceFiction
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Spaceport
A 200m spaceship on the spaceport of a colony world.
Another #PerryRhodan -themed render. The 200m Minerva-class heavy cruiser is inspired by a stl from ThomasHO on Thingiverse ( www.thingiverse.com/thing:4565755 ) but was modeled completely new and I added some greebles and created a complex hull material with tiles and grime & wear. #Rendered in #Blender
#render #renderedArt #3DRender #CGI #CGArt #3DArt #SciFi #ScienceFiction #MastoArt #MastoArt3D #FediArt #Xanathon #art #3D #FanArt #Spaceship #MinervaClass #Blender3D #Cycles -
BOOKSHELF > Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary
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Now we don't want no place that's gonna burn up again before we get in it," Copperhead said. "Do we?
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If you like intelligent, well-written scifi series, I have recommendations for you.
I've added country and/or year where titles might be hard to find otherwise.
3%
A Girl & An Astronaut
Beforeigners
Better Than Us
Biohackers
Black Knight
Erased (2017, Japan)
The Eternaut - slow to get going, commit to the pilot & it pays off
The Innocents (2018) -- astonishing acting
Jin - mainly historical, but time travel premise & elements
Leila - great female lead1/n
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Black Thunder (2026)
Black Thunder (2026)What Is It?
The YouTube video / short film Black Thunder (2026) by the YouTube channel Ryan Lightbourn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igM6WwgyMbA
Description:
80s nostalgia comedy fantasy scifi 80s nostalgia comedy
How this was made
Made with AI
Sounds or visuals were altered or fully generated.
My Thoughts
YouTube recommended this AI (artificial intelligence) made short film to me.
To my surprise, it was better than expected.
Better than the 2026 movie Masters Of The Universe and the 2023 movie Rebel Moon, in my opinion.
Once again, it is scary and amazing, how much AI has improved in the last two years.
The end,
- John Jr
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Trois BD d'imaginaire à ne pas manquer cet automne : Mrs Orwell, Providence et Après Arthur !
Et vous, vous avez lu quoi de bien récemment ?
#sciencefiction #Orwell #fantasy #EileenOShaughnessyBlair
https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/trois-bd-dimaginaire-%C3%A0-ne-pas-manquer-cet-automne
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Les lauréates et lauréats du prix Etrange Grande 2026 !
Bravo à eux !
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Le film de science-fiction Digger avec Tom Cruise est un gros bide...
Qui l'a vu ? C'est mérité ?
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Martha Wells - Platform Decay (Murderbot Diaries 8)
Solid episode of the diaries.
As always on the first listen the plotdriven part took most of my attention. The more interesting layer of fitting in as a non-human will get more attention in a relisten.
#WatWouterLas26 #Audiobook #MurderBot #ScienceFiction #Books #Reading
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComics #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Dune 8 Essential Sci-Fi Books You Must Read at Least Once http://dlvr.it/TVnnRY
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I put my arm around her shoulder. She fitted like usual. Only she didn't adjust her step to mine. So I adjusted mine to hers. "Did you want me to lend you a hand in there?"
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#PennedPossibilities 1149: Think of a choice your MC made. How did it lead to where and who they are now?
I've talked about Bolt's series of stupid decisions that led to her being involuntarily employed by the mob. A dozen years later, the story starts with her photographing something incredibly newsworthy. A "cub" reporter at the scene, with a broken camera, asks her if she'll sell her photographs. Even though he uses the day angel equivalent of calling her the n-word to get her attention when she ignores him in the crowd, she chooses to sell.
The entire novel is predicated on that yes. If we consider "now" the last chapters, the "how did it lead to where and who they are" is her dealing with the fallout of becoming a famous photographer, helping (and protecting) new friends she meets, juggling multiple identities, and knowing "interesting" people on both sides of the law who are interested in those on the "opposite" side, and having no choice but to become involved when she knows better.
For Bolt, it's a real mess…
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Imagine a Science Fiction community - a cross between Facebook / Reddit - but is NOT Reddit or Facebook. Now imagine you're not imagining.
https://nerdculture.com/groups/scifi-1042183998/activity/
PS - you'll get a 404 without a free account. I don't make the rules.
#scificommunity #scifi #sciencefiction #community #socialmedia
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Roy Virgo's cover art detail for K.-H. Scheer's Contre-offensive Copernicus (1980)
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Sure. If the job works out.
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The beautiful and mysterious Lianna (Katie Saylor ) The Fantastic Journey (NBC TV Series 1977) Biro pen on paper #TheFantasticJourney
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Project Updates! Speeding along...
How is your WIP?
https://www.mpaxauthor.com/new-frontiers-in-a-science-fiction-show/
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Italian science fiction in translation. Written by an opponent of Mussolini's regime.
Corrado Alvaro's Man is Strong (1938, trans. by Frances Frenaye 1948)
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MICKEY 17 ist der mittlerweile achte Film von oscarprämiertem Regisseur Bong Joon-ho. Nach PARASITE sind die Erwartungen an den Südkoreaner relativ hoch und sicher nicht leicht zu erfüllen. #sfcd #sciencefiction #mickey17
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CW: NSFW, GenAI
“Infiltration Mission 7-9 of 9”
#bigboobs #bigbreasts #boobs #breasts #caption #chastity #cleavage #chastitycage #chastitydevice #chastitycaption #chastityslave #gynarchy #gynarchyworld #femaleonly #womenonly #matriarchy #amazons #amazonwomen #sciencefiction #undercover #undercoveragent #scifi #amazonia #brainwashing #mindcontrol #dickgirl #feminization #forcedfeminization #feminizationcaption #forcedfem
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/1225803/ Voyager jusqu’à l’époque des dinosaures par un trou de ver : que dit vraiment la physique ? #Astrophysique #CarlSagan #Divertissement #Entertainment #film #FR #France #Physique #ScienceFiction #ScienceFictionSpatiale #TrouDeVer #TrouNoir
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.05 — What haunts the narrative of your current work?
The first line of the story is the main character becoming conscious while in motion and continuing as if nothing happened. I hope it is haunting, and her acceptance of it eerie, even if neither her blackouts nor the story have anything supernatural about them.
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Ace O'Hara by Basil Blackalle and Conrad Frost
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Chapter 11 - "Fight Or Flight"
As the Cadir start to board the HDR Liberator, the diplomatic staff are advised by Cain to retreat to a safe area. Carter Vincent takes the initiative and leads them towards safety, but he inadvertently leads them directly into the Cadir, physically colliding with one. Unarmed and vulnerable, Carter is forced to think on his feet.
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#WordWeavers 2026.10.05 — If your characters had to swap lives for a week, which pairing would create the most chaos?
Rainy Days and Spilling Mead could defo swap bodies. Actually, there's worse but that would be plot advancement by stupidity. This is apples to apples since both are controlling individuals (the antagonists) who understand governing others, and both can work miracles beyond the household ones of which most daemons are capable. There would be zero handicaps regarding learning each other's body.
Literally, not figuratively, the world might freeze over or burn up as a result of this swap, about which I will give no clues. Assuming somehow the pair solve the rapid-death problem, possible even in the context of the series, each person has a completely different philosophy about dealing with life's interruptions.
Though Boss Mead is technically the bad guy mobster, it's impossible to imagine him trying to eliminate Rainy Days to take over the whole enchilada. He's a chill spider in a web sort; he might play with the constabulary and records, while enjoying attending theatre events, throwing a state event, and confusing everybody by not acting like the Director of Home and the Nine Outer Worlds. He knows his one-week lease could end with him losing his security deposit if he's not respectful.
On the other hand, Rainy Days is a bit evil. She might take care of a few personal scores in a way only a syndicate don is capable of—with none the wiser—investigate her underlings in the constabulary and the bureaucracy with Boss Mead's mob minions to find failings or corruption, and possibly improve Boss Mead's network to force him do things she wants to happen but can't do through proper channels.
But wait.
There's one more thing!
Rainy Days gets to be male for a week? Rainy Days will gleefully take advantage of the equipment swap. Yes, she would want her swapped-out body to be on the receiving end.
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Died this day: 10/05/1972 (b. 04/22/1907) Ivan Antonovich (Antipovich) Yefremov was a Soviet science-fiction author. His 1957 novel "Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale" predicted the future inventions of (borazon, space probes, powered exoskeletons and ion thrusters)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Yefremov
#Literature #SciFi #ScienceFiction #books #bookstodon #coverart #bookart #bookcovers
#IvanYefremov
#NikolayIGrishin
@books @scifi @Scifiart @sciencefictionArt by Nikolay I. Grishin
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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/LegacyOfNewts
The undead witch that rules the space pirates, known as the Dead Queen, has finally been defeated. That only makes it worse for the witches that pulled it off. She’s livid and coming for them, at least once she gets her star ship back under control…
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Ancient magic. Lost languages. One very inconvenient love affair.
Translations premieres October 6 at 4 PM Pacific on YouTube. Here's a sneak peek!
See more tales: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYhwCL2WW82U
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It's not the most polished of artworks, but I do enjoy the vibe, looking at it again after so long, maybe because it very much does take you to a world utterly unlike our own...
From yours truly, "Dusk on an alien moon".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #aliensky #sky #nightsky #alienlife #alienplanet #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction #sciencefictionart
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Arc Raiders and The Finals are getting film and TV adaptations in collaboration with the Backrooms production company
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/arc-raiders-the-finals-film-tv-show-backrooms
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Trevor Brown's interior art for Richard Cowper's "The Tithonian Factor" in Interzone (Autumn 1983)
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WRB's advertisement for Infinity Science Fiction in the November 1957 issue.
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My review of the novel "Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater", sometimes published as "Mutant 59: The Plastic Eaters", by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis
https://english.netmassimo.com/2026/10/05/mutant-59-the-plastic-eater-by-kit-pedler-and-gerry-davis/
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L'album de science-fiction Tongues d'Anders Nilsen a reçu le prix du meilleur comics de l'année par l'ACBD 2026.
Qui l'a lu ?
#sciencefiction #ACBD #bandedessinee
actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/lalbum-de-science-fiction-tonguesdanders-nilsen-a-reçu-le-prix-comics-acbd-2026
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Le thriller spatial Moon People change de titre et devient Hollow Moon !
L'histoire d'un groupe d'astronautes qui cherchent de l'eau sur la Lune mais qui vont se confronter à l'horreur... Ce sera avec Jena Malone.
On vous donne toutes les infos sur Actusf !
#HollowMoon #sciencefiction #JenaMalone
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.10.04 — How isolated are your characters in your current WIP?
Of all my characters, only the devil-girl is self-aware enough to realize she is isolated in her head—as she would point out are all people—that it is impossible to more than simulate the existence of "other" that is not oneself, that she can't prove that she isn't the only one in the universe. This is one of the reasons, perhaps, she accepts loneliness so readily, and living and studying in solitude. Nevertheless, she chooses to fill the void with people, despite her complaining and grousing about never being left alone to read and to study and to practice her tricks. She feels the best of her is that part that responds to the needs of others, for which she has trained and educated herself so diligently. In it, in her isolation, she finds purpose—and though she'd not admit that to anyone—joy. It's why she's able to commit to doing things that help those she feels responsible for—even to the point that it kills her (she's nearly died several times). In her worldview, she's not convinced death will change anything; instead, it will be the last thing she learns.
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CW: NSFW, GenAI
“Infiltration Mission 4-6 of 9”
#bigboobs #bigbreasts #boobs #breasts #caption #chastity #cleavage #chastitycage #chastitydevice #chastitycaption #chastityslave #gynarchy #gynarchyworld #femaleonly #womenonly #matriarchy #amazons #amazonwomen #sciencefiction #undercover #undercoveragent #scifi #amazonia #brainwashing #mindcontrol #dickgirl #feminization #forcedfeminization #feminizationcaption #forcedfem
