THE INTEGRAL TREES (1984)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 38"
Being suspended in space, floating unencumbered yet in control of one's flight, is as close to pure freedom as I can imagine. 1/4
THE INTEGRAL TREES (1984)
Acrylic on Illustration Board - 28" x 38"
Being suspended in space, floating unencumbered yet in control of one's flight, is as close to pure freedom as I can imagine. 1/4
Maniac, Watchmen, and Station Eleven are among the best sci-fi miniseries every fan of the genre must watch.
https://collider.com/best-sci-fi-miniseries-must-watch-ranked/
William Gibson (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?172
L, James Warhola, 1984; R, Rich O'Donnell, 1986
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One Back to the Future fan theory, the "Marty Martyr" theory, is so dark that Doc Brown himself, Christopher Lloyd, had to set the record straight.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/marty-martyr-the-darkest-back-to-the-future-fan-theory #BTTF #backtothefuture #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk
Big questions need big dreamers. Accessibility makes accountability. Kids need thoughtful scifi now.
https://inkican.com/stl-kids-need-thoughtful-scifi-right-now/
Let's talk scifi maturity models. Would you believe that it's possible to grow scifi as a genre and community? Let's talk about how.
@Ratchman The Void; S01E02 Who the Hell is Buck Rogers?
The title sets the tone for this work--and it does not have anything to do with Buck Rogers. It is a description of a day in the life of a man brought out of a 2,000 year stasis, from the present time it would seem.
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https://www.ratchman.com/episodes/the-void-the-long-cold-dark-s01e02-who-the-hell-is-buck-rogers
This haven of quirky and offbeat independent scifi stories lets me take narrative risks and avoid conventional sci-fi tropes.
Weird Tales vol. 26, no. 1 (July 1935)
Oh so that's what happened to Atlantis? A volcano erupted and it shot all the Atlanteans out into the sky? Because of this young woman and her nun friend?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Weird_Tales_v26n01_1935-07_ATLPM-Sas
The SF I write was always "not mainstream"—YA then singularity stuff but not the way many in the genre showcased SV's toxic tech religion...
But since I've been writing #solarpunk, it's the clearest rebuttal to this history of fashy SF.
Good review: http://www.nerds-feather.com/2025/03/review-speculative-whiteness-science.html
Want some help getting kids into STEM? It's easier than you think
The world can be a better place - it's in our hands to do so.
This haven of quirky and offbeat independent scifi stories lets me take narrative risks and avoid conventional sci-fi tropes.
I've finished: Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
Rakesfall is a work of art, it requires experience in order to appreciate it. This is not a novel I will gift to friends that are not deep into Sci-Fi.
I was able to grasp that I was looking at something beautiful, but I needed the final chapter to understand much of what Vajra Chandrasekera was aiming at.
Rakesfall proposes a cosmology that integrates mythology and technology. It involves possession, gods, demons, time travel and a multiverse, and it takes us all the way from colonial history to the heat death of the universe.
Yet, it is very much a novel of our time, of the powerful, the greedy and corrupt who wish to attain godhood and those who will oppose them.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/eca894b2-fc35-4eb8-af56-107b1cad4c47
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One of my favorite, indie, #scifi short films!
'Who Among Us' is set in a near-future in which a Japanese game show has contestants from across the globe try to determine who among them is an android.
The twist: the android believes it is human.
The prize? $500 million
Watch this fascinating short film with interesting commentary on the human condition:
Astounding vol. 42, no. 6 (February 1949)
Yeah no idea what's going on here, it's all a little mad. What are those three disks? Are those space-text-messages supposed to be literal, as in, he can see them floating in space? Or less literal, like he can hear them or see them on a console but they're reproduced for us?
Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v42n06_1949-02_cape1736
I'm reading for the excellent Strong Women, Strange Worlds next Thursday, March 20 at 4:00 PDT/7:00 EDT—with all these fantastic writers of speculative fiction! These online readings are free—and there are prizes! Sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-women-strange-worlds-33460611105 to attend. See you there? @Writing_Norse #Bookstodon #FreeBooks #AuthorReading #WomenAuthors #EnbyAuthors #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #FantasyFiction #HorrorFiction
10 Lesser-Known Sci-Fi Movies For Those Who Feel Like They've Seen All The Decent Ones
https://screenrant.com/lesser-known-sci-fi-movies-for-those-seen-decent-ones-list/ #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk
We must use scifi to build our future together in our dystopian reality https://inkican.com/scifi-to-build-our-future-together/ #scificommunity #scifi #sciencefiction #sciencefictioncommunity #ideasworthspreading #tedtalk