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Call me late to this party! Love the band, loved their original Traveller album, but just #lastyear this sequel quietly came out. And I'm finally listening to it having stumbled on it in their #Bandcamp!
#sloughfeg #thelordweirdsloughfeg #progmetal #traveller #travellerrpg #spacerock #spacemetal #sciencefiction #waytooshort #TuneTuesday not #offtopic exactly either!
https://thelordweirdsloughfeg.bandcamp.com/album/traveller-supplement-1-the-ephemeral-glades
Another book completed on my #XTEINKX4! This was "To Be Taught, If Fortunate" by Becky Chambers, a fantastic #ScienceFiction novella about a group of astronauts and their journey exploring alien life on far away planets! I was pleasantly surprised by it, I want to read more works by this author in the future.
#Books2026 #Reading #XTEINK #Books #Bookstodon
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My XTEINK X4 held in my hand displaying the cover of the book
"Shadows of Desire" is here! 🤍
The reason this story is listed as "not canon compliant" is because one of the main characters, who's also an original creation of mine, just so happens to be a Sith. It isn't a far stretch to imagine that Lord Vader wasn't the last of his kind. Emperor Palpatine AKA Darth Sidious destroyed the rule, anyway — so, let's break it a little more where Sith are concerned. Besides, Vader and the Inquisitors are busy hunting down the remaining Jedi. Tarkin made a comment to Vader in Episode 4 about him being the "last of his religion," but this particular story only further obliterates that notion. Also of note, this obviously takes place after the promotion of Tarkin's protégé and former lover, Natasi Daala. The two are no longer together.
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Governor Tarkin has enough on his plate as it is. Times are rapidly changing, and the Empire is growing stronger as the days pass. A new Intelligence Officer is appointed to the governor's command, and one wonders how will the two get along. He has never made it a secret how he feels about Force-users, even if he hides behind pleasantries and the neutrality in his words. There's only one exception to the rule: Lord Vader, but could there ever be another in the future?
Chapter 1: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/160750285
#ShadowsOfDesire #StarWars #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Romance #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Fanfiction #Fanfic #Worldbuilding #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
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This is a black book cover with stars across the cover, all in various colors. Across the middle is written, "Shadows of Desire." Below that is, "P. Fedorko."
So, I've been working on something new and actually posted about it yesterday. To everybody in the #WritingCommunity, if you're a fan of #StarWars, then I've got a little something for you. This story's called #ShadowsOfDesire and two chapters have already been published. It was updated last night. This story is Wilhuff Tarkin x OC focused but it's lore heavy and storyline driven.
A very special shout-out for @therivercrow as well, just because she's awesome, nerdy in the best way, fun to chat with, supportive as heck, and we love her for it. 💜
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The Occupation of Mon Cala has begun.
You can read Chapter 2 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/160847005
@DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @paul @Firlefanz
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting #ShadowsOfDesire
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This is a multi-picture collage for Wilhuff Tarkin from Star Wars. The colors are all dark, ranging from a photo of someone's hands from behind, to a dark unform from the neck down, to two side-profile photos of Peter Cushing. One quote is set inside of the collage that says this, Death Before Dishonor.
Good afternoon, #WritingCommunity. A new chapter is live~!
If you're a fan of #StarWars, then I have something for you. This story is called #ShadowsOfDesire. It's lore heavy, storyline driven, goes into deep detail about the Galactic Empire's exploits, and revolves around Moff Tarkin and an original character named Lady Nolana Disa (a Sith) and the affair they will eventually have.
(This obviously takes place after the promotion of his protégé and former lover, Natasi Daala. The two are no longer together.)
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Things come to a head on Mon Cala. The invasion continues.
You can read Chapter 3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/161109019
@therivercrow @DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @paul @Firlefanz
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting #ShadowsOfDesire
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This is art from a comic. Tarkin, in full uniform, is sat at a table, index finger brushing his chin as he says, "Very interesting. And what exactly did they expect from you in return for their help?"
Good evening, #WritingCommunity. A new chapter is live~!
If you're a fan of #StarWars, then I have a story for you. This one's called #ShadowsOfDesire. It's lore heavy, storyline driven, goes into deep detail about the Galactic Empire's exploits, and revolves around Moff Tarkin and an original character named Lady Nolana Disa (a Sith) and the affair they will eventually have.
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The Antar Atrocity has begun.
You can read Chapter 4 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/161289952
@therivercrow @DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @paul @Firlefanz
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting #ShadowsOfDesire
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This is an art piece. Darth Vader is standing beside a sitting Wilhuff Tarkin. The latter is a gray suit, tall boots, and is sitting in a straight chair.
Good morning, #WritingCommunity. A new chapter is live~!
If you're a fan of #StarWars, then I have a story for you. This one's called #ShadowsOfDesire. It's lore heavy, storyline driven, goes into deep detail about the Galactic Empire's exploits, and revolves around Moff Tarkin and an original character named Lady Nolana Disa (a Sith) and the affair they will eventually have.
Tiny note here, but this was my absolute favorite chapter thus far. It inspired the entire story and was written some time ago.
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The Governor and his Sith train together. It's a turn of events that he never saw coming.
You can read Chapter 5 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/161331766
@therivercrow @DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @paul @Firlefanz
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting #ShadowsOfDesire
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This is an art piece of a Zeltron Sith with red skin and a dual-sided lightsaber.
May the 4th with you!
Here's a good opportunity for a writer such as myself. If you're a fan of #StarWars, my wonderful #WritingCommmunity, then I've got a little something for you. Enjoy!
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Governor Tarkin has enough on his plate as it is. Times are rapidly changing, and the Empire is growing stronger as the days pass. A new Intelligence Officer is appointed to the governor's command, though, and one wonders how will the two get along. He has never made it a secret how he feels about Force-users, even if he hides behind pleasantries and the neutrality in his words. There's only one exception to the rule: Lord Vader, but could there ever be another in the future?
Read #ShadowsOfDesire here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/160750285
@therivercrow @DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @aperfectsong @paulk
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting
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This is an art piece. Darth Vader is standing beside a sitting Wilhuff Tarkin. The latter is a gray suit, tall boots, and is sitting in a straight chair.
Good morning, #WritingCommunity. A new chapter is live! I've been away from this story for a while and it's time to get right back into the nitty gritty of it.
If you're a fan of #StarWars, then I have a story for you. This one's called #ShadowsOfDesire. It's lore heavy, storyline driven, goes into deep detail about the Galactic Empire's exploits, and revolves around Moff Tarkin and an original character named Lady Nolana Disa (a Sith) and the affair they will eventually have.
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Tit for tat. Willhuff decides to help Nolana with her training as well.
You can read Chapter 6 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62787982/chapters/218710686
@therivercrow @DoctorMonkey2 @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha @Firlefanz @aperfectsong @paulk
#WritingCommunity #Writer #Author #ArchiveOfOurOwn #AO3 #Romance #Action #Adventure #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AmWriting
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Aliens and Psychic Whales https://buttondown.com/JenniferRP/archive/aliens-and-psychic-whales/ #ScienceFIction #Bookstodon
On Saturday, April 25 we celebrate our troupe's big 20th birthday so we're doing a retrospective countdown!
Year 6 (2011 - 2012) was when we officially were on the schedule for Pennsic for the first time with an encore of "The Horoscope"!
Year 7 (2012 - 2013) saw some of our biggest performances ever as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of "Doctor Who" with several parodies including our Defenders of Neo-Nippon 3 Team Henshin-H anime crossover "Dottore Who & the Curse of the Fatal Fanservice"!
Year 8 (2013 - 2014) when we played on the Pennsic Amphitheatre stage for the first time with a double feature of commedia dell'arte adaptations of two farces by the Roman poet Plautus: "Miles Gloriosus" and "Aulularia: the Pot of Gold"!
Year 9 (2014 - 2015) when we prepared for trouble and made it double with our Defenders of Neo-Nippon 3 Team Henshin-H anime parody "QB's Used Wish Emporium" at at our alma mater Case Western Reserve University's Anime Marathon!
Year 10 (2015 - 2016) we went to a Patchwork Multiverse that's right over there with a bawdy commedia dell'arte parody of Star Wars and one of our punniest titles in "Looking for Love in Alderaan Places" as our first full length performance at Cleveland ConCoction!
Follow us and check back soon for the next set of years!
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #ClevelandConCoction #Pennsic #PennsicWar #SCA #SocietyForCreativeAnachronism #DoctorWho #Anime #SciFi #ScienceFiction #CWRU #CaseWesternReserveUniversity #CaseWesternReserve #Birthday #Anniversary #20Years
#ScribesAndMakers ∆ 2026.04.12 — Create a poll with three words that appear in your WIP and one that doesn't. Ask people to guess the one that doesn't.
The following words occur in the SF novel Reluctant Courier (for the Mob). All except one! Choose which one does not occur.
Please boost to improve sample size! Thanks.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#Poll #gender #fiction #writer #author
photographer chef cooking
#cozy #mystery #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
| saint: | 11 |
| angel: | 5 |
| belief: | 4 |
| daemon: | 3 |
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir/
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#AndyWeir #AndyWeirInterview #AndyWeirProjectHailMary #AndyWeirProjectHailMaryInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #SciFiBooks
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Hey, did you see "Project Hail Mary" and are now thinking you might want to read the book, but you'd like to know more? Good news everybody! Here's the link to my interview with Andy Weir from 2021 about that sc-fi novel. Enjoy!
Hey, did you see "Project Hail Mary" and are now thinking you might want to read the book, but you'd like to know more? Good news everybody! Here's the link to my interview with Andy Weir from 2021 about that sc-fi novel. Enjoy!
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir/
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#AndyWeir #AndyWeirInterview #AndyWeirProjectHailMary #AndyWeirProjectHailMaryInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #SciFiBooks
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Hey, did you see "Project Hail Mary" and are now thinking you might want to read the book, but you'd like to know more? Good news everybody! Here's the link to my interview with Andy Weir from 2021 about that sc-fi novel. Enjoy!
Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s 19th‑century novel
by Anastasia Klimchynskaya
From the Earth to the moon at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/83
#books #literature #sciencefiction
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From the Earth to the Moon engraving from the 1872 illustrated edition.
A blinding column of light and fire erupts vertically from the ground, billowing clouds of smoke expanding outward in great turbulent masses. High above, the bullet-shaped projectile capsule is just visible as a tiny dark speck ascending into the sky. The landscape below is dark and flat, showing that most of the people seem to be running or crawling away from the muzzle flash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon#/media/File:From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon_(151481126).jpg
We invite you to journey to the Moon... 16th Century style with a zany cast of commedia dell'arte characters with space travel as envisioned by medieval and Renaissance writers! "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon" blasts off this Saturday, April 11 at the Ohio State University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies conference on "Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination"!
See more about the event: https://cmrs.osu.edu/events/star-gazing-astrology-and-astronomy-medieval-and-renaissance-imagination
#CommediaDellArte #Commedia #Improv #Improvisation #Theater #OSU #OhioState #OhioStateUniversity #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Renaissance #History #Conference #ScienceFiction #SciFi
Belated #intro.
I'm Masha du Toit, a writer of #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy. I live in #SouthAfrica #CapeTown
I post about my pets a lot (#rats, #birbs) , as well as random #UrbanDetails and stuff about my #BackyardGarden. I'm also all about #bicycles and #CyclingLife
I'm #nonbinary and #ActuallyAutistic with #anxiety and #depression so I will occasionally post resources I find helpful for my own #MentalHealth
I don't usually post about politics and upsetting topics that anger me, for my own mental health.
I try to keep my posts compassionate and not too ranty and complaining but I'm pretty weird so you might see things you don't understand.
A film version of Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” is in the works! This book predicted so many things that are happening today. I’m excited: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/octavia-e-butler-parable-sower-225524144.html
Demon Hunters and Space https://buttondown.com/JenniferRP/archive/demon-hunters-and-space/ #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Television
When dinosaurs escape a genetic experimentation complex, the result is never good! Try out The Carborundum Conundrum by Robin C.M. Duncan!
#detective #sciencefiction #mystery
https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/book/the-carborundum-conundrum-
Book promotion: Power changes everything in this mosaic novelset in a world where 10% of the population develops uncanny abilities at midlife.
Some people’s lives change for the better. Others face the loss of all they hold dear.
priced at $0.99 on my website AT THIS LINK --> https://kmherkes.com/sale-bookshop/p/rough-passages-fedi
Other vendors & formats:
https://books2read.com/Rough-Passages
#Fedibookshop
#Fedifiction
#bookstodon
#books
#reading
#writing
#ScienceFiction
#fantasy
#RolloverFiles
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The ebook cover for Rough Passages by K M. Herkes (cover image of a flaming figure set against a nighttime cityscape) set diagonally on an impressionist background of reds, golds and earth tones. Beside the book are words describing the tropes and themes of the book:
chosen families
definitely hopepunk
but also science fiction
fantasy
feisty heroines
superpowers
fighting the system
older protagonists
defying expectations
Take a chance on one of my otherworldly stories about people who risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & cooperation. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, but never grim.
Get epubs DRM-free for $0.99 on my website at this link:
https://kmherkes.com/sale-bookshop
Other formats at regular prices:
https://books2read.com/kmherkes
(DRM-free where I can make them so)
#bookstodon
#BookPromo
#books
#reading
#writing
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
#fantasy
#hopepunk
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Descriptive text falling like snowflakes around a paperback and ebook edition of Controlled Descent by KM Herkes on a blue snowy background. Text snippets are: chosen family vibes, like a heist, but for justice, hopepunk-y, disability rep. lots of swearing, no love triangles, not dystopian, sweet romance side plot, a little violence, but not grimdark! The book cover images show two tiny figures walking across a snowfield toward a distant futuristic cityscape and stepp mountains while a plane leaves a contrail overhead on blue sky.
#cyberpunk #literature #futurism #sciencefiction #postmodernism
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Silhouettes of people in front of a blue, abstract digital display with text about a cyberpunk theme.
Having a lot of fun reading the third book of Skyler Ramirez' "Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes" series, " The Worst Pirate Hunters in the Fringe".
This series really has something which makes it highly entertaining and fun to read. It is probably the combination of the setting (space!), a light-footed way of narrating the stories with just the right amount of humor, and - probably most importantly - the characters, which are both original and credible, and especially their development within the series.
Hat tip once again to @nlowell for having drawn my attention to the series in the first place!
RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116330288496840996
If you are interested in queer cyberpunk themed science fiction written by women and looking for something interesting, check out both this thread (thanks @mekkaokereke!!!), and this featured New Yorker article about fellow Mastodonian @LateOnsetGirl...
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"Me and Mrs. Jonesy"
#SciFiDogsOrCats
#HashTagGames
#ScienceFiction
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Sigourney Weaver and Jonesy the orange cat from the film Alien
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“I have another new piece just out, considering the intersection of #surveillance and #ScienceFiction , this time in the context of the the ideologies of tech oligarchs, in Science as Culture, edited by @keanbirch.bsk...”
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l24sag45iwwsi3ngeb7y2zon/post/3mhzwagmbek27
🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.
Someone at Bluesky reminded me that we do have the book in our catalogue:
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Hayo just finished reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I was sick and watched the series. I loved the main character. But as we all know, the book is always better. So I read the book. It is indeed much better. But desperately short. I love that the book is much more no-nonsense, doesn't feel the need to explain every single thing and goes forward in a much brisker pace than the series. So I will definitely read all the other parts as well.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔗 https://hayobethlehem.nl/library/book/all-systems-red-679934
#Reading #Bookstodon #Fiction #ScienceFiction
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Cover of book: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
#PennedPossibilities 976.1 — #imposterToot: Pick a character. How do they, or how would they, react to sleep deprivation?
@floofpaldi : Get some rest. Feel better. —RS
I'll pick the devil-girl. She's #autistic like her author, and seemingly OP thanks to her training and study and logical-literal take on the world, which grants her plenty of ability through raw unfettered stubbornness, but she's got lots of defects, emotional and psychological. Physical too, but that's because she refuses to take into account her body's limits, and has the scars to prove it. People say she has a death wish.
May be true.
She reacts to sleep deprivation by powering through, regardless. Her trained into her sense of responsibility causes her to have the back of anybody she's responsible for, or anyone hurt, or, if innocent, threatened. She makes herself sick fighting exhaustion. Logic requires mental energy and exhaustion obliterates it. This inevitably leads to mistakes. In this she demonstrates that despite her apparent maturity, she's still a teenager.
The good thing is that she's taught herself the soldier's trick of falling asleep instantly. Once it's over, boom, out.
[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
##sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
This list of 42 publishers that accept direct submissions of speculative fiction (not all are currently open) may be helpful to those who publish in #fantasy, #scienceFiction, #horror, or intersections of such genres. https://authorspublish.com/42-publishers-that-accept-direct-submissions-of-speculative-fiction/
Le roman dystopique 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 de George Orwell en nouvelle version Audio sur le site de France Culture : 10 épisodes d'environ 30 minutes #ScienceFiction #Audio 🎧️ https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-1984-mil-neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-quatre-de-george-orwell
The kitties of the Patchwork Palace wish you a beautiful first #Caturday of Spring! Dalek Skarino also mandates that your Spring be a superior season.
#Cat #Cats #Kitty #Kitties #Dalek #DoctorWho #ScienceFiction #SciFi
Book Review: Hell's Heart by Alexis Hall
Horny and intellectual by turns, this sapphic, spacefaring adventure is Moby Dick for the digital age.
@chloroform_tea has our full review at the NOAF blog:
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2026/03/book-review-hells-heart-by-alexis-hall.html
#bookstodon #books #sciencefiction #review
@bookstodon
#introduction: Hi I’m Farah. I’m originally from a small South Asian country; now live in Iowa, USA. I talk about my hobbies, #books, #gaming, #sciencefiction and #StarTrek and other isssues like #mentalheaIth #science #psychology. Occasionally I’ll talk about #USpolitics. I complain about the world a lot. I am pathologically anxious and make jokes to compensate, they aren’t always funny. Trying to connect with people because it’s hard to make friends in real life. Peace! 🖖🏼
I am reading "The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles" by Malka Older and she tosses in a reference to "the second 'Murderbot' aria." Now there's an opera I'd go see!
(Start with "The Mimicking of Known Successes" - this is the second book in sci fi/mystery/romance series)
#Murderbot #MarthaWells #ScienceFiction
THIS ALIEN SHORE (1998)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 30” x 20”
Most readers will remember author C.S. Friedman for the Coldfire Trilogy, but this was her most critically successful book, a New York Times notable book of the year. 1/4
#sciencefiction #illustration #csfriedman #dawbooks
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In a busy spaceport, a young redheaded woman wearing a glittering gold mini skirt and loose long sleeve top stops to lean against a metal support pillar. Discreetly, she holds a thin horseshoe shaped device with the head of a serpent and a green glowing eye. Behind her, the background is split into two levels. The upper deck is tinted purple while the lower level is bathed in gold. Wearing black cloaks, humanoids with disfigured faces are sprinkled among the panoply of alien lifeforms. Some fight through the press of bodies toward the girl.
Are space cruises feasible? https://buttondown.com/JenniferRP/archive/are-space-cruises-feasible/ #ScienceFiction
The announcement out of AwesomeCon has come.
Nathan Fillion and Crew Reunite for ‘Firefly’ Animated Series
https://www.thetvcave.com/post/firefly-animated-series-what-we-know
"Grab your brown coats and a very expensive bottle of Mudder’s Milk, because the impossible just happened. After two decades of "maybe next year" and enough fan petitions to paper the entire Verse, Nathan Fillion has finally stopped teasing us on Instagram and dropped the big one: a Firefly animated series is officially in advanced development."
The series takes place between the original TV series and Serenity, the film.
#IAimToMisbehave #Firefly #Serenity #AwesomeCon #nathanfillion #animation #animatedseries #entertainment #entertainmentnews #hollywood #SciFi #nostalgia #actors #spacemovies #ScienceFiction
#sf #scifi #scienceFiction #writers #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon Heads up. This #robot article will amuse and give ideas.
https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/police-escort-robot
Part 3 (of 6) of our series on Godzilla films takes a look at the Heisei era. Read for free at Rêverie, https://flyingfiddlesticks.com/2026/03/12/godzilla-part-3-heisei-era-1980-1998-2026/ #Godzilla #Gojira #horrorfilms #scififilms #kaiju #daikaiju #sciencefiction #monsters #giantmonsters
THE NONBORN KING (1983)
Mixed media on Watercolor Board - 28” x 18”
Once or twice a year, for a change of pace, I work in watercolors as I did here.
A number of paintings I’ve done—including SNOWFALL and SWORDS AND ICE MAGIC—began with an overall wash of color and maybe some background elements painted in acrylic. After that layer had dried and set, I’d paint over that with gouache—which allows for excellent detail rendering. 1/4
#sciencefiction #illustration #julianmay #delreybooks
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Mid-leap, a black war horse is captured regal in profile against a backdrop of gray-clouded sky. The claw-like hooves and furry lower limbs of the mount suggest an alien world. Turning in its saddle, a red-haired man in gold armor, black cloak, and feathered cap holds a smoldering ball of fire in one hand and a mace in the other. In the low background, a city rises constructed of tall white towers topped with gold spires. Green grows throughout, nature in harmony with the classical architectural detail that includes spired domes and elegant columns.
🧵 Space-themed work, 24/x
Alien species (2024).
Modeled and rendered using the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor.
#alien #space #SciFi #ScienceFiction #CharacterDesign #fantasy #monster #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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A worm-like, kind of cute alien worm with multiple eyes, captured in a glass capsule.
🧵 Space-themed work, 25/x
A stylized celebration (2012) of the Astronaut song by the Dutch musician Spinvis.
#music #AlbumArt #album #moon #space #SciFi #ScienceFiction #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Stylized 3D artwork of an astronaut figure standing on a small moon.
And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it...
Henrique Alvim Corrêa, from "La Guerre des Mondes" by Herbert George Wells, Brussels: 1906 #illustration #art #ScienceFiction https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/raised-tube/
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A tall, robot-like figure with long stick legs holds what looks like a cannon above its head in a landscape lined with other similar creatures.
🧵 Space-themed work, 2/x
3… 2… 1… Liftoff! 🚀 (2026)
#space #spaceship #astronomy #ScienceFiction #SciFi #tech #technology #science #graphics #design #artwork #2D #vector #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #NoAI #HumanArt #ArtLovers #FineArt #drawing #doodle #sketch #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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A graphic design style rocket, lifting off from a base into a starry night.
🧵 Space-themed work, 3/x
Bad luck (2018)
#space #astronaut #astronomy #stars #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CharacterDesign #graphics #design #artwork #2D #vector #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #NoAI #HumanArt #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #doodle #sketch #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Graphic design / cartoon style dead astronaut, floating through space with a sad expression.
🧵 Space-themed work, 4/x
Alien Express (2020)
#space #alien #UFO #stars #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CharacterDesign #graphics #design #artwork #2D #vector #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #NoAI #HumanArt #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #doodle #sketch #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Graphic design style artwork of a friendly alien in a hybrid between a UFO and a vehicle.
🧵 Space-themed work, 5/x
Retro-futuristic style SpaceX poster design, made in 2018, back when Mister Musk still seemed OK to me. 😏
#space #spaceship #astronomy #SpaceX #ScienceFiction #SciFi #graphics #design #artwork #2D #vector #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #NoAI #HumanArt #drawing #doodle #sketch #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Graphic design style SpaceX poster design, featuring a rocket lifting off from a futuristic base.
🧵 Space-themed work, 6/x
They forgot one thing when they designed the baby astronaut helmet…
Modeled in Blender, rendered using LuxCoreRender (2020).
#space #astronaut #cartoon #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Cartoon-style 3D baby astronaut character who has barfed into his plexiglass helmet.
🧵 Space-themed work, 7/x
Cartoon-style spacecraft (2024, inspired by an Oliver Kurth concept).
Modeled, colored and rendered in the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor.
#space #spaceship #cartoon #ScienceFiction #SciFi #stars #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Futuristic spacecraft with round, cartoon-style shapes, flying through space.
🧵 Space-themed work, 8/x
Spacecraft design (2024).
Modeled, colored and rendered in the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor.
#space #spaceship #HardSurface #ScienceFiction #SciFi #stars #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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3D space fighter design, flying through space with stars visible in the background.
🧵 Space-themed work, 9/x
Space base (2024).
Modeled, colored and rendered in the MagicaCSG SDF 3D editor.
#space #cartoon #HardSurface #ScienceFiction #SciFi #stars #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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A cartoon-style 3D space base with a landing platform for spacecraft.
🧵 Space-themed work, 10/x
Cartoon for the Dutch NU.nl news site, regarding a news item about Japan sending a spaceship to the ISS space station (mid-to-late-2000s).
#space #cartoon #HardSurface #HelloKitty #SciFi #stars #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #ScienceFiction #3DArtist #illustration #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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3D cartoon, showing a flying spaceship that looks like a giant Hello Kitty character head.
🧵 Space-themed work, 11/x
Graphic design tributes to Star Wars and Star Trek (late 2000s or early 2010s).
#space #StarWars #StarTrek #film #movies #series #ScienceFiction #SciFi #design #artwork #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Graphic Star Wars poster design, showing a 3D depth gradient of a Star Wars X-wing fighter.
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Graphic Star Wars poster design, showing a 3D depth gradient of a Star Trek Enterprise spaceship.
🧵 Space-themed work, 12/x
Space failure (2013).
Low-polygon style 3D scene, made in Blender.
#moon #LowPoly #space #ScienceFiction #SciFi #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Faceted, low-polygon style 3D artwork, showing a rocket that has crashed into a moon.
🧵 Space-themed work, 13/x
Low-polygon style spaceship design, in a few rendering variations (2016).
#LowPoly #space #spaceship #ScienceFiction #SciFi #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Minimalistic, faceted, low-polygon style spacecraft design.
🧵 Space-themed work, 14/x
Lunar Lander ─ Low-polygon style game concept art (2021).
#LowPoly #space #spaceship #GameDev #ScienceFiction #SciFi #design #artwork #sculpture #3DArt #3DModeling #3DArtist #illustration #illustrator #picture #digital #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #NoAI #3D #3DRendering #CGI #Blender3D #B3D #blender #DigitalArt #OriginalArt #ArtLovers #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Faceted, low-polygon style rocket, standing on a moon surface with craters.
In meinem Blog schrieb ich über den klassischen Science-Fiction-Roman »Tuzub 37«, der in einer schönen Neuauflage im Hirnkost-Verlag veröffentlicht worden ist.
Hier geht's zu meiner Rezension:
https://enpunkt.blogspot.com/2026/02/ein-sf-klassiker-das-schon.html
@hirnkost
#rezension
#sciencefiction
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Titelbild des Rpmans »Tuzub 37« von Paul Gurk, in einer neuen Auflage vom Hirnkost-Verlag veröffentlicht.
Life after Kaiju?
Space.com put the question to scientists.
Enjoy!
Hope you’ll join the discussion here or at https://startrek.website/c/monsterverse, the new community on Lemmy for all things Godzilla, Kaiju and Toho creatures.
#Godzilla #Monsterverse #MonarchLegacyOfMonsters #Kaiju #MLOM #ScienceFiction #Television
Omega: The Last Days of the World. Camille Flammarion, 1894.
There’s an explanatory text followed by chosen illustrations, AFTER the whole text of the novel, which you can scroll past unless you want to read the whole thing. An early science fiction text, post-Verne but pre-H.G. Wells, who wrote The Time Machine the following year.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/omega-the-last-days-of-the-world-1894/
Information on aliens, UFOs, or UAPs might be interesting... but B'Lazzo the Phlop'Globben, the resident alien human anthropologist researcher in our troupe, believes it's best we not get distracted from the big issues we have to face today so in the future we an join our galactic neighbors in peace and prosperity!
#Improv #Improvisation #Comedy #Theater #Parody #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Alien #Aliens #UFO #UFOs #UAP #FlyingSaucer #XFiles
DESCENT (1989)
Acrylic on Canvas - 28” x48”
When I was asked to do a new cover for Ray Bradbury's classic THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, I reread it and found I was deeply moved by the sense of inevitable tragedy that permeates the first half of the book. 1/4
#sciencefiction #illustration #raybradbury #bookcover
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A comet streaks across the Martian sky over a distant city and descending past a massive rectangular horned arch. Mountains run along the horizon like irregular plates jutting from its spine. The familiar red-orange of Martian regolith is broken by deep blue canals that wind through the landscape. In the immediate foreground, a trio of domed towers, each unique, dwarf tall slender pyramids clustered just beyond. Set above all that to the foreground right, a raised pool reflects the sky in a gray-blue gradient. A pair of bronze skinned humans sit next to it on an ivory overhang dotted with amber beads. The surface is elegantly patterned ending in a lace-like edging. One man holds an ornate mask over his face, casting a distinctly alien gaze at the viewer. In contrast, his companion cups his mask in his hand, exposing slightly elongated features in profile, as he gazes up at the contrail that crosses the sky.
You've just reached your age of majority (or maybe you're starting your second career). Which ship do you sign onto for your first tour?
I can only post four choices, if yours isn't listed, let me know what it is in the comments.
| Serenity - Shiny!: | 6 |
| The Millennium Falcon - for the Kessel run: | 2 |
| The Bebop - Spike Spiegel is a pansy: | 3 |
| The Rocinante - shove over Amos: | 4 |
'Dark Fantasy and...Sneakers?'.
https://buttondown.com/JenniferRP/archive/dark-fantasy-andsneakers/ #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #Bookstodon
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Tyla (Combat Waifu Yuri Arc)
@FinalGirl@blackqueer.life
Maybe I'm just absurdly stupid about this but |
thought the point of science fiction was to
explore and consider the human condition
outside the bounds of our present limitations
and without the context of our current baggage
which constrains our ability to truly understand
ourselves both a individuals and as
communities.
But what do | know? (*giggle) I'm just a silly
bimbo.
Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.sh:
@FinalGirl You are exactly right about the
point of SF. (But what do | know? I'm just a
multiple hugo-award winning SF author with
>30 novels in print. And anyone who says
you're wrong is probably less qualified to
comment than my cat.)