liminalfiction

design_law, 8 months ago to random

"For me, Mastodon and the so-called 'Fediverse' are rewinding the clock on social media in the best way possible. Its usage is more intuitive on both the publishing and subscription side without a big-A Algorithm deciding what your see. If you found utility using early Twitter and early Facebook, then you’ll instantly find Mastodon a more pleasant and intuitive experience."

• @chrlschn

https://chrlschn.medium.com/mastodon-is-rewinding-the-clock-on-social-media-in-a-good-way-8998f6d9f1aa

liminalfiction, 8 months ago to scifi

My second SFS - we're just 5 days from the release of our new hopepunk antho Transform the World:

Income inequality is worse than it was in the Roaring Twenties. Corporations are moving fast and breaking things, and the social contract seems to be falling apart, aided by social media disruption and division on steroids.

We asked fourteen sci-fi writers to come up with innovative ways the world could work better.

https://www.otherworldsink.com/book/transform-the-world/

#SpecFicSaturday #SciFi #HopePunk #ScienceFiction

liminalfiction, 8 months ago to philosophy

What are your fave books set on a space station? Writers, what have you written?

#Reader #Readers #Discussion #WritersofMastodon #Writers #Authors #Writer #Author #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceStation

liminalfiction, 8 months ago to sciencefiction

Time again to share our indie and small press authors' latest new releases:

https://www.limfic.com

Summoned by Dragons
Joan Marie Verba
Fantasy

https://www.limfic.com/book/summoned-by-dragons/

To Love the Dragon King
Antonia Aquilante
Fantasy

https://www.limfic.com/book/40421/

Enimnori: Challenge
Jeff Webber
Sci Fi

https://www.limfic.com/book/enimnorichallenge/

Mirror Maze
Michaele Jordan
Fantasy

https://www.limfic.com/book/mirror-maze-2nd-edition/

#NewRelease #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Poetry #SciFi #bookstodon #books @antoniaaquilante @jeffwebber

Cover - Enimnori: Challenge by Jeff Webber - earth and the moon as seen from space
Cover - Summoned by Dragons by Joan Marie Verba - A toung white firl with long dark hair in profile wearing a white shirt, in front of a purple dragon with golden eyes, stars in the background
Cover - To Love the Dragon King by Antonia Aquilante - A person with long dark read hair in a deeb blue cloak faces away from the viewer at the base of a hill, surrounded by swirls of red magic, looking up at a castle and red dragon in flight under a cloudy sky

liminalfiction, 8 months ago to random

I love sharing some of my author friends with y'all. Check out A.J. Alexander (Fantasy, Paranormal):

I'm a romance author working on a paranormal romance/fantasy series, "The Council Of Twelve" series. The books are mainly suitable for young adult readers, but I heard there are quite a number of readers beyond their teenage years who enjoy them...

https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/a-j-alexander/

#DiscoverNewAuthors #SpeculativeFiction #LiminaFiction #AuthorSpotlight #Bookstodon @bookstodon #author @ajalexander

Cover - Demon Tracker by A.J. Alexander - w white woman with a form-fitting corset and leather neck brace and demon horns stares off to the sideas lines of flames flicker in the starry background

liminalfiction, 8 months ago to scifi

For my first SFS: we have a new hopepunk anthology coming out in about three weeks:

Fourteen Ways to Change the Planet

Income inequality is worse than it was in the Roaring Twenties. Corporations are moving fast and breaking things, and the social contract seems to be falling apart, aided by social media disruption and division on steroids.

There has to be a better way.

PREORDER NOW:

https://www.otherworldsink.com/book/transform-the-world/

#NewRelease #SciFi #NearFuture #HopePunk #NewRelease #ComingSoom

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to random

One of the many hats I wear is that of book formatter. As an indie author/press, it made sense to do it for myself, and now I do it for other folks too. :)

Need a re-release formatted? Have a new book you want to self-publish, but just don't quite know how to prep your book files? We use Vellum for the Mac, and do formatting for ePub (all formats) and pdf/print.

https://www.otherworldsink.com/formatting/

#bookformatting #formatting #vellum #ebooks #paperbacks #otherworldsink #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to Futurology

What's your fave period in the past for alt history or historical fantasy? Why? Authors?

#Historical #AltHistory #HistoricalFantasy #bookstodon @bookstodon #Reader #Readers #Discussion #WritersofMastodon #Writers #Authors #Writer #Author #Book #Books

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to Scotland

WRITER FUEL A new look at eight skeletons from two Pictish cemeteries in Scotland reveals that the enigmatic Picts weren't from afar, as medieval historians suggested, but that they had local roots.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/08/07/writer-fuel-who-were-the-picts/

#Scotland #History #Archeology #Picts #PaintedPeople #Genetics #WriterFuek

MissInformation, 9 months ago to random German

In 1905, Dutch entrepreneur Jonathan van Mastodon invented the first social network in his father's grandfather clock factory. Due to the sparse use of the Internet, the network had to be brought from user to user in a cumbersome manner, but this did not detract from the popularity of the system. Just a few years later, several institutions had set up instances of the network, laying the foundation for today's federation.

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to Futurology

What are your fave sci-fi tales having to do with science experiments?

#Reader #Readers #Discussion #WritersofMastodon #Writers #Authors #Writer #Author #SciFi #ScienceFiction

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to scifi

It's Speculative Fiction Saturday - authors, pop in and tell us about your latest success. New book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on!

HOW IT WORKS:

—Post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on it directly
—Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too!

Use hashtag #specficsaturday

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #fantasy #paranormal #supernatural #horror #announcements #NewReleases #Reviews SelfPromo

ai6yr, 9 months ago to space

Okay, NOW you have me interested in window shopping for real estate. #space #spaceflight #UFO #RealEstate #Zillow h/t @NaN https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/166-E-300-N-Hurricane-UT-84737/68889843_zpid/

ALIENS! THERE ARE TWO ALIENS IN TUBES!
TO THE BRIDGE!

MnemosyneSinger, 9 months ago to random

Happy Sunday!

liminalfiction, 9 months ago to scifi

It's Speculative Fiction Saturday - authors, pop in and tell us about your latest success. New book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on!

HOW IT WORKS:

—Post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on it directly
—Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too!

Use hashtag #specficsaturday

#SciFi #ScienceFiction #fantasy #paranormal #supernatural #horror #announcements #NewReleases #Reviews SelfPromo

liminalfiction, 10 months ago to sciencefiction

It's that time of week once again, when I share our indie and small press authors' latest new releases. Today I have 2 for you:

https://www.limfic.com

Sons to Keep: Sister Seekers Prequel
A.S. Etaski
06/30/2023
Fantasy, Horror

https://www.limfic.com/book/sons-to-keep-sister-seekers-prequel/

The Desert: Tales of Miurag 2
A.S. Etaski
05/28/2023
Fantasy, Horror

https://www.limfic.com/book/the-desert-tales-of-miurag-2/

https://www.limfic.com/book/a-fallen-leaf/

#NewRelease #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Poetry #SciFi #bookstodon #books @etaski

Cover - The Desert by A.S. Etaski - desert dunes in the foreground, a series of minarets and low buildings in the background nestled against a hill

liminalfiction, 10 months ago to Futurology

We're watching For All Mankind, and it's fascinating. What would we need to do to build a functioning, long-term moon base?

#Reader #Readers #Discussion #WritersofMastodon #Writers #Authors #Writer #Author #Moon #Space #LunarBase

liminalfiction, 11 months ago to space

WRITER FUEL: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a picture of WR 124, a rare Wolf-Mayet star 30 times the size of our sun, ejecting a luminous cloud of cosmic dust as it starts to go supernova.

https://www.limfic.com/2023/06/05/writer-fuel-james-webb-telescope-captures-star-going-supernova/

#JamesWebbTelescope #NASA #astronomy #supernova #space

liminalfiction, 11 months ago to space

How cool is this? The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found polka-dot sand dunes on Mars. What's next? A plaid volcano? :P

https://www.limfic.com/2023/05/26/writer-fuel-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-finds-polka-dot-sand-dunes/

#WriterFuel #Mars #SandDunes #MRO #NASA #Space #Astronomy

hankg, 11 months ago to random

I know I’m in the minority that likes the song and intro to Enterprise. I still found this funny seeing it again in a chat just now :) #scifi #StarTrek #GeekHumor #humor

arstechnica, 11 months ago to random

How NASA plans to melt the Moon—and build on Mars

3D-printed melted regolith may be the way to build on the Moon and Mars.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/how-nasa-plans-to-melt-the-moon-and-build-on-mars/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social