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Happy September! 🍁Here's the weekly THU-THU 🐘 #Mastodon / #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar 📅
SEP 4-11, 2025

🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰ All times US Eastern

NOTE: cancellations & time changes

#scifi #Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #SilentFilm #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon #WatchPartyAlert

🍁🍂 THANK YOU FELLOW HOSTS 😎 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @greenpepper22 @theotherbrook @rsmon77 @hyde

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Five cutting-edge Scottish sci-fi writers you need to read next

“Scotland has a long and proud tradition of science fiction writing – due, perhaps, to the country’s proficiency in both penmanship and scientific endeavour”

Barry Didcock looks at Martin McInnes, Ever Dundas, Anne Charnock, Rachelle Atalla, & TL Huchu

https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/25450575.five-cutting-edge-scottish-sci-fi-writers-need-read-next/

#Scottish #literature #sciencefiction #scifi

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Terry Pratchett's Pyramids is a magical book which explores the preposterousness, and cost, of following ancient traditions for the sake of it.

https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=pyramids

#terrypratchett #gnuterrypratchett @bookstodon #reading #scifi #pyramids

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Your fun-packed, not at all murder and political intrigue-packed voyage through the stars will depart shortly…

#books #SciFi #sciencefiction #LittleBluePlanetTours #XanaduAffair @bookstodon #teasertrailer #upcomingreleases #humoroussciencefiction #newbooks

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Happy Almost Autumn! (she said, with AC blasting)🍁Here's the weekly THU-THU 🐘 #Mastodon / #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar 📅
SEP 18-25, 2025

🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
⏰ All times US Eastern

#scifi #Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #PreCodeMovies #Movies #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon #WatchPartyAlert

🍁🍂 THANK YOU FELLOW HOSTS 😎 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @greenpepper22 @theotherbrook @rsmon77 @hyde

watch party event listing for SEP. 18-20 (THU-SAT)

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Book Promo: Behold the glorious chaos of my Rollover Files series.

Rough Passages: get old, gain superpowers. Not as fun as most people hoped it would be.
https://books2read.com/Rough-Passages

Sharp Edge of Yesterday: middle-aged mom develops superpowers, makes the military nervous, and still has to deal with her ex-husband and her teenage daughters.
https://books2read.com/SharpEdge

#RolloverFiles #bookstodon #reading #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #scifi #books #Fedibookshop @bookstodon

series promotional graphic for The Rollover Files, with the book covers for Rough Passages and The Sharp Edge of Yesterday shown surrounded by trope keywords and phrases relevant to the book plots:
power changes everything
chosen families
so much swearing
definitely hopepunk
but also science fiction
fantasy
feisty heroines
superpowers
fighting the system
older protagonists
defying expectations
Rouvh Passages

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Autumn's here! (she said, with her AC still blasting)🍁Here's the weekly THU-THU 🐘 #Mastodon / #Fediverse #WatchPartyCalendar 📅 9/25 - 10/2

🚨UPDATES, links & details➡️ http://bit.ly/MastodonWatchParties
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#scifi #Westerns #Music #Mysteries #Action #Comedy #FilmMastodon #CineMastodon

🍁🍂 THX HOSTS 😎 @MatthewTitus88 @MirrorAyako @Taweret @lilymarswrites @analgesicsleep @greenpepper22 @rsmon77 @hyde @bunnyhero

A schedule for Oct. 1-2, 2025 events on social platforms Bluesky and Mastodon, listing various themed discussions and movie viewings, categorized by date and time. Notable events include #CultShelf, #FrightClub, and #VundaHalloweenathon.

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A schedule of online events from September 25 to 27, featuring film screenings, themed watch parties, and music content on platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon. Events include discussions, movie nights, and special features such as #FridayThrillerClub

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For a lighter take on AI, may I recommend Asimov's "The Machine That Won the War" (1961, about 2k words).

https://archive.org/details/the-machine-that-won-the-war-by-isaac-asimov

#AI #SciFi

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Having some fun with halftone textures.

#scifi #scifiart #mech

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That's why I write #SpeculativeFiction things are always right if I'm making everything up 😜😂
Also, did you know to create a fictional world from scratch you have to start with creating the #Multiverse? At least that's what I've been told... 😅

@bookstodon @books
@worldbuilding @humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Memes #Humor #Humour
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic #Whatever
#Book #Books #Bookstodon
#BoostingIsSharing

Why researching before writing is so, so important.

Screenshot from book MADERING MILLER: His skin was the color of just-pressed olive.

Picture of just pressed olive that is an alien looking lime green.

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The Fifth Element was released in movie theaters 27 years ago today.

This movie is an absolute masterpiece.

#Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon #SciFi

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Happy book birthday to @voidcricket's THE LEGEND LIMINAL, a surreal found-family road trip novella, is now available. Order from your favorite bookseller or find purchasing links at: https://www.starsandsabers.com/books/the-legend-liminal/
#books #NewBooks #NewRelease #ScienceFiction #Scifi #Surreal #Family

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I am rereading "The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern" now in preparation for its sequel. I wanted something fun to read before bed. If you are looking for a imaginative Lunarpunk YA adventure, I highly recommend it!!

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #scifi #fantasy #lunarpunk #reading

From: @jendiagammon
https://wandering.shop/@jendiagammon/115300837241530734

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Amplitudes is out and available! I have a story in this! The feminine aspect of the Holy One fucks a closeted trans woman! There are lots of other good stories too! Read it!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/

#books #bookstadon #scifi #shortstory #trans #lgbtq #queer

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We're so happy to announce that "Final Lap" by @Jess_Alter is now out in print - but even better, we worked with her to get a *direct from distributor* link to give folks a big discount off the cover price.

Such a great hopepunk sci-fi story about friendship through adversity, found families, and determination. All set against the backdrop of the incredible world Jessica Alter designed for our games.

Check it out:
https://blog.longplay.games/final-lap-now-in-print/

#IndieAuthor #SciFi #HopePunk #BookStadon

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Now for something completely different: a novel

Sometimes I take a break from writing programs to make art to write English to make art. Out Oct 1st: Atraxian Blue. Space opera. Our hero is an artist (usually).

Buy it, get it from the library, or just drop me a line. Ebook/print (link). It's about freedom & friendship & forging your own path. Perhaps not your cup of tea, and it has flaws, but I am frightfully proud of myself for making it.

#scifi #writing

https://books2read.com/u/b6ElAx

Cover image of the book "Atraxian Blue" by Mary Holstege. There is some kind of design of many overlapping loops, with ants marching along it, etched into some kind of metal with an odd patterned sheen. The work is signed RS. (Spoiler: Renny Samson, the main character.) The actual creator of this image is me.

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#SciFi #SciFiArt #AbandonedFuturism #ByReiver

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Do you want to hear a story about a robot caregiver and his cancer-stricken owner? My audiobook narrator said this story made him cry “A LOT.”

https://youtu.be/A_Dm3IHi6KY?si=R8dq1SkldnA3DJY2

#bookstodon #sciencefiction #scifi @books@lemmy.ml @books

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Silas Morlock is a book written by a reader for readers to read about readers reading, by Mark Cantrell. Despite a somewhat silly underpinning, it takes itself so seriously that the reader will find themselves hooked, and in the end it turns out to be an entertaining romp over well-worn science fiction tropes, with plenty of action.

https://khleedril.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=silas-morlock

@bookstodon #scifi #reading #silasmorlock

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#GardnerDozois 's yearly #SciFi collections are slowly taking over my bookshelf. This one from 1991 starts extremely strongly with Nancy Kress's 'Beggars in Spain', which I believe she later reworked into her most well known novel. She really is the best writer in SF at handling themes of class and wealth inequality I think. Other highlights are by Alexander Jablokov, Geoffrey A. Landis, Rick Shelley, and two Greg Egan stories I already own in his Axiomatic collection. #Bookstodon @bookstodon

Best New SF 6 (published elsewhere under the title 'The Year's Best Science Fiction, Ninth Annual Collection), edited by Gardner Dozois

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It's here!! THE SECRET OF THE SAPPHIRE SENTINEL is now available! Written by me as J. Dianne Dotson, this is the sequel to my Nebula & BSFA finalist novel, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN. Order from your favorite bookseller!
#scifi #fantasy #sff #newbooks #books
https://jendiagammon.com/the-secret-of-the-sapphire-sentinel/

The Secret of the Sapphire Sentinel
NOW AVAILABLE!
Sequel to THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN
A Nebula & BSFA Award Finalist
J. DIANNE DOTSON
"Beautifully immersive"
"Fun and fantastic!"
"Colorful, exciting, and brimming with life"
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Secret or the Sapphire Sentinel
"Filled with courage and determination"
The Exciting Sequel to Nebula & BSFA Award Finalist THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN
by Jendia Gammon, writing as J. Dianne Dotson

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I've got a new patron-only post up on Patreon! Want to influence the future of my release schedule? Pledges start at $1USD/month, which includes free copies of two short ebooks (with more to come!)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-2025-140873438?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#AmWriting #WritersLife #SciFi #ScienceFiction

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FREE SHORT STORY: Minotaur, a story of alien abduction. https://youtu.be/t-6Ih7iZMaQ?si=IeU9-liKHudabFaw

#bookstodon #audiobook #scifi @books @bookstodon

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finished reading Skyward Flight: The Collection: Sunreach / ReDawn / Evershore 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑
by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson.

While the hero of the series is lost in the Nowhere, her fellow pilots get on with being awesome and taking the fight to the oppressors. Decent YA fare with lots of dogfights, light humour and a little romance. The hyperslugs are adorable.

#BookReview #Books #Bookstodon #SFF #SciFi #YoungAdult

@WildWoila @wildwoila@wyrms.de

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“We live in a bully culture right now. We have bullies everywhere — you don’t need me to point the finger at who, but there are all these bullies. In this movie, Biff is a bully. Time is a bully. For me personally, Parkinson’s is a bully. And it’s all about how you stand up to them and the resolve that you take into the fight with them. It’s about your resilience and your courage. I think there’s a lot to that right now, I think a lot of people are responding to the movie because it strikes chords they wouldn’t otherwise recognise.” - Michael J. Fox

'Back To The Future At 40: Michael J Fox And Christopher Lloyd On Why It Still Resonates' 🔗 https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/back-to-the-future-40-michael-j-fox-christopher-lloyd-interview/

#BackToTheFuture #BTTF #Movies #MichaelJFox #ChristopherLloyd #Cinemastodon #FilmMastodon #Quotes #Quote #SciFi