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John Scalzi
scalzi
1. So, indulge me for a minute while I say something here about a thing my detractors do, and why, and what I think about it. The thing is to
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Bibliotropic
bibliotropic
1/ Seeing posts from people talking about how the SFF of the past was relevant and had Things To Say and that nearly all modern SFF is pulp trash that
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Ben Norton
BenjaminNorton
In addition to being a gov snitch, fraud George Orwell spent WWII demonizing the USSR as it defeated NazismAs the Red Army sacrificed millions fighting Hitler, and as the Nazi
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Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍
0x49fa98
In "The Feeling of Power" (Asimov, 1958), ubiquitous computation causes humanity to forget the fundamentals of math, including how to count. A technician rediscovers it by studying computer schematics, and
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People_of_Space: Julie
People_Of_Space
Sometimes, science fiction can accidentally stumble into science facts... that's the case with Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels... In the book, the mythical Laputans reveal their advanced knowledge of Mars and
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Roderic Day
RodericDay
the only people who misunderstand Orwell's 1984 are those that go around trying to imagine it has a "leftist" message yeah I'm sure every child in the english speaking world
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Lisa Messeri
lmesseri
I watched The Social Dilemma last night. If anyone is curious why STS scholars could be so upset with a documentary that at its core espouses an agreeable and important
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Davina Owombre
dee_owombre
I didn't know this interesting fact about Elon Musk and Richard Branson when I said reading fiction can make you more creative, among other things.I just knew from my own
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The Claremont Run
ClaremontRun
From an IP-building standpoint, a team book with a rotating cast of character is counter-productive and (presumably) alienating to the audience’s character attachments, but it might focus the reader’s attention
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Nelson Valdez
NelsonSince94
Look, I thought I was well equipped. I packed a couple of decent guns, it was supposedly difficult but I had confidence.If it was direct confrontation, they would've wrecked me
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Venkatesh Rao
vgr
I think I have my tactical ducks in a row now, but still missing the coup d’oeil. The problem with a virus as an adversary is that it makes for
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Marianne Kirby
TheRotund
Y’all, I had a pretty lonely childhood and I salved that by applying any and every book I could get my eyeballs on. I have read the “canon” and, frankly,
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Alpha Patriot 🇺🇸🎖
AlphaPatriotMan
robocop, neill blomkamp films, ghost in the shell, prozd, black lives matter, anonymous, antifa, xena warrior princess, female cosplayers, resident evil franchise, bayonetta, tomb raider, suda51 games, metroid, kingdom hearts
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Jeffro Johnson
JohnsonJeffro
Around 1980 or so, pop culture ceased to be an expression of culture, but instead because a SUBSTITUTE for culture. With each succeeding decade, it has become more infiltrated, more
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Conan, Esq
conan_esq
Why is fantasy/sci-fi and fandom generally so degenerate?Because for decades it was formed and controlled by a mafia cabal of satanic child abusing perverts who promoted filth within the genre.
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Your Opinion on Dune Is Invalid
IDEASOFICE_FIRE
Sci-fi opinions thread:1. David Tenant Should come back to play Dr.Who. 2. Interstellar is good but ultimately derivative of 2001 a space Odyssey. 3. Stranger Things should have ended at
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