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Fury,
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Got a new idea for a novel. Pre-industrial society on nameless planet. Disabled people sometimes disappear and come back “fixed”. It’s the aliens. The kicker is they’re purifying the gene pool and replacing the people in synth bodies. I know this might trigger some disabled people, but what I wouldn’t give to be in a non disabled body with the same mind…

dilmandila,
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@Fury No publisher would touch such a book. I was asked to tone down on character's quest to heal his body. He eventually doesn't succeed, but they said the quest in itself was problematic, which didn't make sense since all my life I have longed for a solution to a disability that made my childhood a nightmare.....

dilmandila,
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@Fury Anyway. Sidenote. In the 90s, HIV/AIDS in Africa got so much attention that it became a lucrative industry. Victims got free food + grants to start businesses + free education for their children among many other benefits from NGOs. Thus to a poor person, getting AIDS was a way out of poverty, and I heard stories of people deliberately infecting themselves to get all this free stuff.

leapingwoman,
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@bookstodon Just finished Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh, as I work my way through the Hugo Award finalists. It's fantastic!

mpax,
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Finished the extra helping of The Afterworlds for the exclusive early edition. Starting final edits.

panther_modern,
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Blocking out crewed module interiors

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mpax,
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Rebel Moon - A Riveting Sci-Fi Epic with Promising Sequel Potential: - M. Pax https://www.mpaxauthor.com/rebel-moon-a-riveting-sci-fi-epic-with-promising-sequel-potential-scifi-moviereview/

SFRuminations,
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James Blish (1921-1975) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?7

L, Darrell K. Sweet, 1979; R, Chris Foss, 1981

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SFRuminations,
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Isidore Haiblum (1935-2012) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?3088

L, Larry Kresek, 1977; R, uncredited, 1979

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