FOR READERS/WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: What exactly do you consider fantasy? What does it mean to you? How broad, how narrow? Writers: You are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
The librarian hadn’t fallen under a magical spell, but he still felt enchanted when he unexpectedly discovered seven handwritten parchments detailing the legendary adventures of Merlin and King Arthur. For years, the documents had lain hidden at the University of Bristol in England. The parchments were discovered in a book dating to the 16th century, Michael Richardson, the Bristol special collections librarian, said in a statement. He happened across the parchments while seeking materials for students who needed historical documents from medieval times. Specifically, the parchments were found bound inside a four-volume edition of the writings of French scholar and … Read more
QSFer Layla Dorine has a new MM paranormal book out: Ta Weezo’s Blues. Sabre never had any intentions of becoming the teacher’s pet. In fact, most of his school years have been spent trying to avoid attention. The scar that mars his cheek has made him wary of strangers, their questions and prying eyes leave him feeling exposed in ways he’s uncomfortable with. Accustomed to blending in, he lurks around the shadows in the back of classrooms, turning in exemplary work but rarely taking part in discussions. Professor Locklear’s Native lit class is different though. Sabre’s interest in the subject … Read more
FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Hank T. Cannon: How do you find the books you want: search patterns, key words, special techniques, etc? How do you find the stories you want to read? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat
Solo developer James Patton’s cyberpunk management sim Spinnortality launches today 1st on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux. Here’s the new launch date trailer: In the game, players found a company, spread fake news, start riots and become immortal. In this cyberpunk management sim, wealth is power and corporations are king. Can players monopolize the globe and build a corporate empire that will stand forever? Nations have merged into massive, politically stagnant super-states. Some are so-called “democracies”, some are dictatorships, and some are ultra-capitalist dystopias. These societies are in a state of flux; your company will determine their future. As … Read more
QSFer M.D. Neu has a new queer sci fi book out – “Contact” – book one in his “A New World” series. And there’s a giveaway! A little blue world, the third planet from the sun. It’s home to seven billion people—with all manner of faiths, beliefs, and customs, divided by bigotry and misunderstanding—who will soon be told they are not alone in the universe. Anyone watching from the outside would pass by this fractured and tumultuous world, unless they had no other choice. Todd Landon is one of these people, living and working in a section of the world … Read more
FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Anastasia Vitsky: Let’s have a day devoted to spec fic by and about authors of color. If that’s you, pipe up and share what you write with us! If you’re a reader, let us know who your favorite writers of color are, and why. #ownvoices Writers: This is a reader & writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/profile/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat
Experiment H21 is an adult short film featuring an all-female cast, exploring medical fetish and extra-terrestrial encounters. The story takes place in an alien medical room as two extra-terrestrial nurses perform erotic experiments on their patient. The film runs for 13 minutes, and is a gift to anyone who loves science fiction or medical fetishes. With a soundtrack reminiscent of the X-Files, the colours, alien nurse costumes and medical bay design will captivate the imagination. You will be unable to look away. It is mysterious and erotic all at once, offering a sci-fi delight to fans. Experiment H21 was screened … Read more
Physicists have built a ring in which pulses of light whip circles around each other and the normal rules that govern light’s behavior no longer apply. Under normal circumstances, light displays certain kids of physical symmetry. First, if you were to play a tape of light’s behavior forward and then backward, you would see it behave in the same way moving in both directions in time. This is called time-reversal symmetry. And second, light, which can move through the world as a wave, has what is called polarization: how it oscillates relative to the motion of the wave. That polarization usually … Read more
Jacqueline Rohrbach has a new MM sci fi book out: Parallel Larry. And there’s a giveaway! Larry’s search for love didn’t include Greg, his regular waiter at his favorite restaurant. Always too busy daydreaming about a handsome doctor, Larry fails to notice Greg’s shy advances. But when Greg finally finds the courage to ask Larry out, he’s suddenly killed in a freak car accident. Only then does Larry realize how perfect they could have been together. No one gets a second shot at true love. Or do they? Inexplicably, Larry is drawn into a parallel reality, and in this new … Read more