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InkicanOrwell was right: The dystopia of ‘1984’ is already here <a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-26/orwell-was-right-the-dystopia-of-1984-is-already-here.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-05-26/orwell-was-right-the-dystopia-of-1984-is-already-here.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifiart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyberpunk</a>

SciFi/Fantasy Magazine CoversNew Worlds vol. 11, no. 31 (January 1955)Love it. It tells a story, it sets the scene, it asks questions and makes you want to know what happens.Why does sci-fi favour barren desert landscapes? Remember how transgressive it felt when that trailer came out with X-wings flying over water and Jedi facing off in a forest?Original magazine: <a href="https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_031v11_1955-01" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/New_Worlds_031v11_1955-01</a><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Magazine</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/MagazineCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MagazineCover</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PulpMagazine</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/PulpFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PulpFiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Horror</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illustration</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 2025.06.09 — Tell us about the book that received the fewest votes yesterday.</blockquote>Ratha's Creature by Clare Bell.Clare Bell is an emotive and talented author of a number of what might be considered YA books. Ratha's Creature fits my description of science fiction as a story about how technology affects people. In this case, it's the discovery of how to use fire. The people here, however, are sentient leopard-like cats, but make no mistake, they are human stand-ins with a different biology and a very different society. You know you are no longer in Kansas, Toto, yet the main character is very accessible and easy to empathize with. A lot is said about fearing change, about being female, and about abuse. The latter is devastatingly subtle and you might find yourself not noticing it, but the author realized it in a sequel, which is well worth reading, also. The story is poignant and a good, fast read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommentingIsCool</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> photographer chef cooking <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

ThuH'Trio number One' a Concrete & Steel table lamp. Only three made.Dimensions and weight: Width: 12.5 cm / 5 Inches Depth: 12.5 cm / 5 Inches Height: 22 cm / 8 5/8 Inches Weight: +/- 1.6 Kg / 3.5 lbs<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/4307429130/trio-number-one-a-concrete-steel-table?ls=r&ref=hp_rv-1&content_source=802b129fd9e82a49388c5f1a80fd09f1b452b155%253A4307429130&logging_key=802b129fd9e82a49388c5f1a80fd09f1b452b155%3A4307429130" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/listing/4307429130/trio-number-one-a-concrete-steel-table?ls=r&ref=hp_rv-1&content_source=802b129fd9e82a49388c5f1a80fd09f1b452b155%253A4307429130&logging_key=802b129fd9e82a49388c5f1a80fd09f1b452b155%3A4307429130</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lighting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#robots</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moonlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moonlanding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aliens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interior</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyberpunk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brutalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brutalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kunst</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artefact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artefact</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/object" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#object</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#light</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightingdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightingdesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lightsculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lightsculpture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/concrete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concrete</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#steel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handmade</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a>

Joachim BoazMiss communities on blogs? 1) If you're a new blogger, visit other sites you like and participate! 2) Established writers: do you reach out to new sites on similar topics? I remember my first days writing reviews, a comment meant everything. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/blogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogs</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a>

Project GutenbergWhy H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine” Is a Timely Warning to the WorldWells turned the future around in his novel.<a href="https://www.thecollector.com/hg-wells-time-machine-eternal-timeliness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecollector.com/hg-wells-time-machine-eternal-timeliness/</a>Books by H. G. Wells at PG<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=h.+g.+wells" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=h.+g.+wells</a>Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy at PG<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a>

Daniel PomarèdeJust completed watching Star Trek Voyager. 172 episods. What a journey!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrek</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Voyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Voyager</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrekVoyager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarTrekVoyager</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SevenOfNine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SevenOfNine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Borg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Borg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheBorg</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BorgQueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BorgQueen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/series" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#series</a>

Solarpunk Presents Podcast7.7: Ariel & Christina Discuss Living with a Disability as a SolarpunkToday Christina talks to Ariel about what it's been like to live as a solarpunk with a visible - and then invisible - disability. Science fiction has spent decades dreaming of how future tech will make disabled people able to function as if they were fully abled. Now solarpunk has arrived on the scene to ask why should disabled bodies have to always be the ones to adapt? It can be uncomfortable, intrusive - not to mention expensive. Solarpunk wonders why can't cities, society, workplaces, and the like be the ones to use the tech to make themselves more accessible to and inclusive of disabled people?Tune in as Ariel and Christina discuss the portrayal of disability in science fiction and solarpunk and how having to suddenly live with a disability opens your eyes to many of the ways cities fail people with disabilities.<a href="https://youtu.be/nITURrKfwvI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/nITURrKfwvI</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarpunkPresentsPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarpunkPresentsPodcast</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Episode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Episode</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SeasonSeven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeasonSeven</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/spoony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spoony</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SpoonTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpoonTheory</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/spoonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spoonies</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ChronicPain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChronicPain</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ChronicFatigue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChronicFatigue</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SolarpunkAndDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarpunkAndDisability</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ableism</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InvisibleDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InvisibleDisability</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SciFiAndDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFiAndDisability</a>

Massimo Luciani<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> Writer Joe Haldeman turns 82 <a href="https://english.netmassimo.com/2013/06/09/happy-birthday-joe-haldeman/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://english.netmassimo.com/2013/06/09/happy-birthday-joe-haldeman/</a>

oceaniceternityI just read the entire <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/murderbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murderbot</a> series by Martha Wells in one go. In many respects it reads like a fanfic or aliens. Or, maybe aliens crossed with Asimov's Caves of Steel. In any case I absolutely loved it. Especially the novella lead in series to the big novel.I also really liked how the books played with the growing public anxiety about the growing influence of corporations.<a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amreading</a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 694 — MC POV: Do you have siblings? If so, what are their names and ages?</blockquote>[Streak, male day angel] I have two sisters and they dislike me. With my uncle gone, I've been tasked with raising them since I was 10. My younger sister [unnamed sister 1] is 16 and she's a prat. She forgets to do homework, ignores curfew, and I've had to sweet talk the principal a couple times out of suspending her. I worry she'll never graduate. My older sister, [unnamed sister 2] is a jackass who thinks she owns mother's business already and takes pride in criticizing everything I do at the warehouse. She even berates me when I don't cook her favorite meals at home. She's 20. I'm still very annoyed that they cheered and teased me when Mom demanded I attend to Stone Fruit [a female saint] despite my relationship with Thorn Rose. She's the daughter of one of Mother's more profitable clients and mother had no intention of the denying the 25-year-old's uncomfortable passion for me. She expects me to bring in new business. [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

quangobaudfirst parts of new ridiculous Quangobaud science-fiction story <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpaceWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceFiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Quangobaud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quangobaud</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wordpress</a> <a href="https://quangobaud.wordpress.com/lance-de-boyle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://quangobaud.wordpress.com/lance-de-boyle/</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 2025.06.08 — Create a multiple choice poll listing 4 books you've read, then ask “Which of these have you read?”</blockquote>Sorely wanted to include a book from me. In any case, please boost for a larger sample size.Which of these have your read?[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> photographer chef <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2025.06.08 — Talk about something you wrote and later removed, and why.</blockquote>It surprised me upon reflection that I sometimes remove tracts. I looked and found examples.<ul><li>I removed a scene between the praetorian Cyanic and Thorn. It wasn't that it showed her acting sexist (it's established as a facet of the gender reversals in the story), but it was totally gratuitous. I saved the scrap for her mentioning the best details to Streak to wheedle him.</li><li>I removed a large one paragraph epigraph that essentially explained the background for the Reluctance Series in Rainy Day's POV. There are too many stories I could generate from that infodump, and Rainy Day's origin story is just one of them!</li><li>I jettisoned the "Jacket Blurb" chapter from Mars Needed Women. Even though it was half a page, it read like… wait for it… a jacket blurb. It set the wrong tone for the story. The actual jacket blurb on the actual cover art is copied from an inner chapter and is far catchier.</li><li>I cut a Ramen-eating food court scene because I'd written it in Streak's POV. I wrote it again from scratch in Thorn's POV because her mildly sexist salacious talk comes across better with her POV thoughts backing them.</li></ul>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

InkicanIt’s tough out here, forcing us to sacrifice our joy and passion for stability and survival. In times like these, it’s important to remember that giving of ourselves is the first step.<a href="https://inkican.com/free-stuff-scifi-stories-wallpapers-space-cyberpunk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inkican.com/free-stuff-scifi-stories-wallpapers-space-cyberpunk/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freestuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freestuff</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#free</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freebies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giveaway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#giveaway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frugal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksforkids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksforkids</a>

Joachim BoazA massive project begins! My review of Galaxy Science Fiction, ed. H. L. Gold (October 1950) (Simak, Sturgeon, MacLean, Matheson, Leiber, Brown, Asimov)I plan on reading all 116 issues under Gold's editorship. <a href="https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/06/08/magazine-review-galaxy-science-fiction-ed-h-l-gold-october-1950-simak-sturgeon-maclean-matheson-leiber-brown-asimov/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2025/06/08/magazine-review-galaxy-science-fiction-ed-h-l-gold-october-1950-simak-sturgeon-maclean-matheson-leiber-brown-asimov/</a><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/magazines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazines</a>

Inkican"I teach middle school and my students would read the hell out of that." Parents and teachers LOVE Mesh - can you help me find the right home for this middle-grade scifi thriller?<a href="https://inkican.com/mesh-middle-grade-scifi-thriller/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inkican.com/mesh-middle-grade-scifi-thriller/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmQuerying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmQuerying</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ideasworthspreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ideasworthspreading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tedtalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tedtalk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AskAgent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskAgent</a>

Mark A. Rayner★★★★★ "The Fatness is an ideal suggestion for fans of Christopher Moore's absurdist delights, or for readers of dystopian fiction who could use a side of levity with their otherwise totalitarian buffet." ~IndiePicks Magazine On sale this June: $3.99US! ($6 off)Amazon: <a href="https://geni.us/TheFatness" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://geni.us/TheFatness</a> Other vendors: <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4X80k5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://books2read.com/u/4X80k5</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#satire</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/obesity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#obesity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epidemic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkhumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkhumor</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/darkhumour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#darkhumour</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2025.06.07 — Describe some facet—hidden or overt—which can be found in each and every one of your works.</blockquote>Women succeed or you're outraged that they're prevented from doing so. It can be very subtle, or in your face like in Mars Needed Women. I even got a beta reader to gasp reading the story, but I think he got that thinking you're a feminist doesn't mean there isn't parts of you that won't be offended when certain patriarchal programming we get from living in our society is violated. While that story wasn't subtle, I think I achieved a minor paradigm shift in that reader.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminist</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2025.06.06 — What are the conventions of the genre in which you write? How strictly do you follow them?</blockquote>I follow the conventions of SF, even when writing fantasy. <ol><li>The posited science (or magic) has discernible rules and limits.</li><li>One or maybe two things are different from normal reality (with FTL being a freebie if you need it). Otherwise normal reality and physics apply.</li><li>The reader should be able to deduce what could happen next if they are paying attention, or in retrospect think I should have figured that out.</li><li>The story is about the effect of technology (which may be magical) on the lives of people.</li></ol>I follow all these conventions. I will admit in the Reluctance Series deriving everything (from flying Day Angels to a type of necromancy) from a single added force of nature is difficult and convoluted, and much won't be explained unless the series goes for a long time, but I am trying to follow convention 2.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

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