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waciuk, 21 days ago to SF

'A Matter For Men' anticipates what is needed to more a population to war. Its warning is needed now more than ever.

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http://incompletefutures.com/2024/05/20/a-matter-for-men-is-a-matter-for-everyone/

waciuk, 2 months ago to SF

'Damnation Alley' is a mythological swashbuckling adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world in typical Zelazny style.

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http://incompletefutures.com/2024/04/01/damnation-alley-races-to-its-obvious-end/

SFRuminations, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

First day of spring break — books and taro milk tea #scifi #sciencefiction #books

waciuk, 2 months ago to SF

Blindsight tackles the nearly impossible task of understanding the strange motivations beyond our own minds. And there's aliens.

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http://incompletefutures.com/2024/03/11/blindsight-explores-the-pain-of-first-contact/

waciuk, 3 months ago to random

@pluralistic I just finished The Bezzle and I have to ask: Did you make any of it up?

It reads like you took real events and you just cut and pasted Marty's name where needed. And that SCARES. THE FUCKING. SHIT. Out of me.

In all seriousness though, I defy anyone to read it and not come away disillusioned, furious, and chilled.

waciuk, 3 months ago to random

I’m looking forward to The Bezzle by @pluralistic appearing in my inbox. obsessively refreshes inbox

waciuk, 4 months ago to SF

'Bolo' is big and imaginative but not without its flaws. War is hell on everyone and everything.

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http://incompletefutures.com/2024/01/15/bolo-envisions-the-machines-of-future-war/

lowqualityfacts, 10 months ago to random

SPOILERS I just saw Oppenheimer, and I am appalled by the number of historical inaccuracies in it:

1. Oppenheimer only spoke in the third person. In the movie he says "I'm hankering for a ham sandwich, when he should have said "Oppenheimer is hankering for a ham sandwich".

2. Oppenheimer had a severe phobia of chairs. Yet the film confusingly shows Oppenheimer sitting in numerous chairs without screeching or sobbing.

3. Oppenheimer was married to John Wayne, but no mention of this is made.

waciuk, 1 year ago to random

I have a request for fans of @pluralistic ’s #RedTeamBlues. If you happen to live close to any of the places described in the story and have the chance, could you snap a photo of that place with the cover and post it here? No pressure, though. Cheers.

alberto_cottica, 1 year ago to random

Finished @pluralistic 's "Red Team Blues". I am going to stick my neck out, and claim it is to the 2010s what "Neuromancer" was to the 1980s. Out with cyberpunk cowboys, enter forensic accountants with a TOR browser and a SIgnal account. The insane, criminal billionaires and their minions are still around.

caseynewton, 1 year ago to random

This will be familiar to anyone who has been watching the rapid unscheduled disassembly of Twitter https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1649045802332073986?s=61&t=Vqm9FnxVwEfRYYt9aGnAeA