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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-21 09:28 am

Project Farcry by Pauline Ashwell



Dr. Jordan's weird kid Richard is the key to unlocking first contact... and much more.


Project Farcry by Pauline Ashwell
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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-08-20 11:59 pm
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on the bright side

Went back and set up the opening more.

Fortunately, I realized that the next stage of action can kick off immediately now. The drama was pent up.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-20 04:22 pm
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Bundle of Holding: TinyZine



The complete four-year run of TinyZine, the tabletop roleplaying magazine from Gallant Knight Games that supports the streamlined minimalist TinyD6 rules system.

Bundle of Holding: TinyZine
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-19 10:14 am
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Five SF Works About Repurposing Organs and Other Body Parts



Sometimes organ donation is voluntary. Sometimes, people (or aliens) just take what they want.

Five SF Works About Repurposing Organs and Other Body Parts
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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-08-18 05:05 pm
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-18 02:09 pm

Bundle of Holding: Tiny Dungeon MEGA (from 2023)



An assortment of tabletop roleplaying games from Gallant Knight Games that use the streamlined, minimalist TinyD6 rules.

Bundle of Holding: Tiny Dungeon MEGA (from 2023)
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-18 10:27 am
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Clarke Award Finalists 2010

2010: Cadbury falls into shadow, electoral loss sends the Labour Party off on a delightful journey of reinvention, and millions of travelers spontaneously learn how to spell Eyjafjallajökull.

Poll #33506 Clarke Award Finalists 2010
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32


Which 2010 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

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The City & The City by China Miéville
32 (100.0%)

Far North by Marcel Theroux
0 (0.0%)

Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
6 (18.8%)

Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
2 (6.2%)

Spirit or The Princess of Bois Dormant by Gwyneth Jones
0 (0.0%)

Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
2 (6.2%)



Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2010 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
The City & The City by China Miéville
Far North by Marcel Theroux
Galileo's Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
Spirit or The Princess of Bois Dormant by Gwyneth Jones
Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-17 06:28 pm
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-17 12:26 pm

2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners

The 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, and Astounding Awards Winners are as follows

Best Novel: The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett

Best Novella: The Tusks of Extinction, Ray Nayler

Best Novelette:"The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea”, Naomi Kritzer

Best Short Story: “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is”, Nghi Vo

Best Series: Between Earth and Sky, Rebecca Roanhorse

Best Graphic Story or Comic: Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio

Best Related Work: Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, Jordan S. Carroll

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Dune: Part Two, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve & Jon Spaihts, directed by Denis Villeneuve

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form: Star Trek: Lower Decks: “The New Next Generation”, created and written by Mike McMahan, based on Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, directed by Megan Lloyd

Best Game or Interactive Work: Caves of Qud, co-creators Brian Bucklew & Jason Grinblat; contributors Nick DeCapua, Corey Frang, Craig Hamilton, Autumn McDonell, Bastia Rosen, Caelyn Sandel, Samuel Wilson (Freehold Games); sound design A Shell in the Pit

Best Editor, Short Form:Neil Clarke

Best Editor, Long Form: Diana M. Pho

Best Professional Artist: Alyssa Winans

Best Semiprozine: Uncanny, publishers and editors-in-chief Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; poetry editor Betsy Aoki, podcast producers Erika Ensign & Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine: Black Nerd Problems, editors William Evans & Omar Holmon

Best Fancast: Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones, presented by Emily Tesh & Rebecca Fraimow

Best Fan Writer: Abigail Nussbaum

Best Fan Artist: Sara Felix

Best Poem: “A War of Words”, Marie Brennan

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: Sheine Lende, Darcie Little Badger

Astounding Award for Best New Writer: Moniquill Blackgoose
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-17 12:19 pm
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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-08-17 11:14 am
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vignette

This week's prompt is:
abusive 🤕

Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
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james_davis_nicoll ([personal profile] james_davis_nicoll) wrote2025-08-17 09:16 am

Galaxy: The Best of My Years by Jim Baen



Jim Baen's version of a single perfect issue of Baen-era Galaxy.

Galaxy: The Best of My Years by Jim Baen
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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-08-16 11:37 pm

inventing saints

I exclude saints, I invent saints, I include saints. . . and I give existing ones new patronages, too.

High fantasy Christian milieux have me having an interesting time with saints.  Obviously I don't include Renaissance or later if the milieu is medieval-ish, and I tend to avoid ones within the era most closely equivalent.

But the other world would, no doubt, have other saints.

I think I should avoid putting the same imaginary saint into two different world, to avoid their being confused.  Such is the logic of world-building. 
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marycatelli ([personal profile] marycatelli) wrote2025-08-16 07:57 pm

Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius #21

Agatha Heterodyne, Girl Genius #21: An Entertainment in Londinium by Kaja Foglio and Phil Foglio

Spoilers ahead for the earlier volumes

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