Some of my Stargate based art.

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I read Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler ages ago, of course I loved that book. I don't remember much from it. I might need a re-read.

This an interesting list. I can't speak for the rest of the books or if "parasites" is even the right descriptor. Bookriot is kinda hit or miss.

I Love Parasites in the Springtime: 5 Great Sci-Fi Tales That Will Get Under Your Skin
https://bookriot.com/parasite-sci-fi/

SpaceshipADay Redux 1565. 2.5x3.5” Sketch Card. Want it? Message me! #scifi #sketch #spaceship #starship #conceptart #drawing #mastoart https://linktree.com/jeffzugale

Some of my Babylon 5 art.

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Terra Incognita has updated: https://terra-comic.com/
Comic intended for mature audiences only

“It’s Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien” is a really funny #SciFi #Tentacle romp by Chloe Archer.

River is a huge science fiction nerd. He also believes that aliens live amongst humans on Earth, and he’s now convinced his new neighbor is one of them. When the neighbor drives off in the middle of the night, River and his uncle follow him out to the Nevada desert. What they find there will change River forever.

This book is a hilarious romp about extraterrestrials living and working alongside humans on Earth. The story is clearly inspired in large part by the movie “Men in Black,” which is definitely acknowledged. You will definitely need to be up to speed on all the popular science fiction movies and television shows to get all the references River makes.

https://michaeljoseph.info/blog/2024/review-not-unusual-loved-by-alien-chloe-archer/?ref=mastodon

PHANTASTISCHE WELTEN 2026 enthält erlesene Titelbilder aus PHANTASTISCH!, EXODUS und COZMIC.

Von mir stammen das Deckblatt und die gesamte Gestaltung.

Alle Infos:
https://timokuemmel.wordpress.com/2025/04/16/phantastische-welten-2026/

The bravest and most horrifying book I’ve read in ages https://www.davideriknelson.com/sbsb/index.php/2025/04/the-bravest-and-most-horrifying-book-ive-read-in-ages/ #newsF #reading #recommendations #RecommendedReading #revies #ScienceFiction #scifi

Yesterday's links:

OD&D castle inhabitants
https://talesoftheramblingbumblers.com/2020/02/03/dd-castle-inhabitants/

Star*Drive
https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-archive-star-drive-for-d-d-and-traveller.712729/

Sandbox: downtime
https://elmc.at/sandbox-settlements-downtime/

Great design according to S John Ross
https://dice.camp/@SJohnRoss/114341366621938210

The village of Hommlet (read the comments)
https://underdarkgazette.blogspot.com/2011/06/village-of-hommlet.html

#TTRPG #OD&D #Hommlet #worldbuilding #scifi #setting #downtime

From the British Fantasy Society:

In this monthly column, we pose your questions to an expert in a specific field of speculative fiction. This month, critically-acclaimed award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky tackles questions about being a traditionally-published author, as asked by BFS members in our dedicated Discord channel.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/ask-an-expert-april-2025/

Some of my Stargate based art.

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#WordWeavers Apr 16: If your MC wasn't involved with the story, what would they do with their life?

If time forks... he'd have been looking for a tenure-track postdoc position somewhere, when he hears about a nuclear meltdown at the Time Eye project. (No one would know about the virus sent back in time that forked off an alternate history.)

But if history got *overwritten* and Jim wasn't in the only place in the universe to survive? Then he would no longer have existed.

Estoy leyendo la saga de "El Libro del Nuevo Sol", de Gene Wolfe, de ciencia-ficción/fantasía, del subgénero de "tierra moribunda" y la verdad es que me parecen unos libros muy machistas, donde las mujeres que aparecen son meros intereses sexuales del protagonista. Protagonista que empieza el libro siendo más bien un niño y poco después, que no pasa mucho tiempo (¿un año?), parece un señor hecho y derecho. El trasfondo y tal está bien pero otras cosas, buf, además la manera de narrarlo que se nota que ya tienen décadas los libros, y encima te pone palabros que nadie sabe a qué se refiere, pues yo qué sé.

We only have 3 books on our upcoming list for @mcrscifi so it will soon be time to pick the next batch of books to read! If you want to suggest something for us you can see everything we've read, suggested and rejected on our book database:

https://mcrsf.xk7.net/

Criteria (not always strictly adhered to): sci-fi, up to 400 pages, novels rather than short story collections, not something we've read before, diversity in authors & types of story.

The Archangel #SciFi #MMRomance series by C.J. Dragon follows the adventures of Raphael, a child of the Mars colony, the main outpost for humanity since Earth is no longer habitable. He is also a powerful empath, so while he loves his extended family, he sometimes needs time alone to keep their thoughts from overwhelming him. That's easily accomplished by taking his small scout ship Agatha out to look for minerals in the asteroid belt. It's on one of these trips that he encounters a Chi'NoSa ship that accidentally damages Agatha. Lord Commander Teo of the ship orders Agatha and Raphael to be brought aboard. Teo has never met a human, is fascinated by Raphael, and wants to keep him around. Thus begins a series of adventures as the two men become lovers and attempt to bridge a vast cultural gulf between their two races.

https://michaeljoseph.info/series/archangel/?ref=mastodon

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Wordle banned 1984 (part 6) #Wordletrek

Finished the book Spock. Sad to think the freedom of Wordling probably wouldn't exist in Orwell's fun forbidding future.

The word police would be stopping; jokes, truth, laugh and happy answers.

Dangerous words imprisoned in some joyless grey cell Sir.

Life would be hopeless

It wouldn't just stop at Wordle either
Maybe different Trek writers to cut out the fun Sir

Not the Tribbles

"Obscure Researches" Linoprint in its natural habitat. 70x100cm - Statogami paper & Cranfield traditional relief ink Gold