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Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays. Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Hugo nominated. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Etcetera Opinions mine. He/him
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Leonardo da Vinci sketched the hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli (for participating in the Pazzi conspiracy). Apparently, the writing dispassionately details the clothing.

submitted 3 hours ago • 3 comments

I have an old Windows 8.1 machine in my study. Offline. Bit clunky. It has Word 97 and some office apps. I love it like an outdated droid. Anyway, it started blue screening with 'bad pool error'. Panic! Opened it, dusted the mother board, reset the ram, fixed. It lives to clunk another day.

submitted 4 hours ago • 3 comments

"Why do you all like Twin Peaks so much?" -A sort of body-hopping serial killer demon. -Absolutely anything can happen -Super strong cheerleader -The best TV FBI agent (who might have ESP powers) -Dream sharing -UFOs -Log Lady -Controlled melodrama -Diane Weird and compelling, in short.

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

"Science fiction lends itself readily to imaginative subversion of any status quo. Bureaucrats and politicians, who can't afford to cultivate their imaginations, tend to assume it's all ray-guns and nonsense, good for children." - Ursula K. Le Guin (2012) [Anthology idea: Ray-guns and Nonsense]

submitted 18 hours ago • 23 comments

More and more, I'm keep running into writers who say they use genAI to produce either ideas or some kind of first draft or both. A writer friend on a collaborative project said the other guy used genAI to create ideas, and he (friend) couldn't keep up. I suppose this is the future. But not mine.

submitted 21 hours ago • 20 comments

Bookmail: Roadside Picnic (Folio Society edition).

submitted 23 hours ago • 13 comments

I've endorsed MANDY (2018) in the past on this platform. What I failed to do is give a warning: it's got a lot of flashing lights. Enough to be a danger of photic seizure activation. So, yeah, freaky, stylish, weird horror.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

"I couldn't figure out their thinking as those they put on the top struck me as lacking in basic humanity. These were my first lessons in "adult" socialisation. The sociopaths rose to the top. Their lack of shame and empathy was a beacon of confidence." Frankenstein/ Pearce, 'How to Make a Monster'

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