Gideon Marcus (he/him)
@gideonmarcus.bsky.social
San Diego-based professor, space historian, and science fiction author. I go to a lot of protests these days. https://gideonmarcus.com Like science fiction and time travel? Go here: https://galacticjourney.bsky.social/
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My 9 anime ^_^ This was a tough pick, and it doesn't have anything from the '60s and '70s (or the '00s, for that matter), but I think this is pretty representative of what I love.
Finally wrote the first 500 words of a story that's been burbling just below the surface for weeks. We'll see where it goes!
We don't make enough of the fact that under George W. Bush the solar system lost 11% of its planets.
Slopopedia is a stoppedapedia Grokipedia isn't dead as such, but it has stopped updating. I discussed this on BlueSky on July 17 It's hard to tell, but I think the GenAi-slopopedia known as Grokipedia stopped updating articles about 2 months ago.Lindsey Graham is still alive on Grokipedia, so are…
Slopopedia is a stoppedapedia
Grokipedia isn't dead as such, but it has stopped updating. I discussed this on BlueSky on July 17 It's hard to tell, but I think the GenAi-slopopedia known as Grokipedia stopped updating articles about 2 months ago.Lindsey Graham is still alive on Grokipedia, so are Sam Neil & Bonnie Tyler. Chuck Norris is dead (March), but not Anthony Head (June). The last update on Strait of Hormuz was in May1 There's supposed to be a rotating display of recent edits on the home page, but that appears to have stopped.
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Some people have "Rizz". Others, depending on class, have "Reng", "Tel", "Zdo", "Stit", or "Ter".
Hail Mary is definitely a curate's egg of a movie...
Hello out there! Want to make me the happiest writer? Leave a review! :) Goodreads, Amazon, Storygraph... reviews are the lifeblood of the author. They're also fun to read. Even the bad ones...
Folks, give my publishing house, @journeypress.bsky.social , a follow, wouldja? They're way cooler than me. ^_^ #queeraf #queer #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #awesome
FIFA makes for interesting hashtags that look like exciting wargame scenarios. "Canada vs. Morocco" — what would *that* look like?
Check out Gideon Marcus Sci Fi A Serling-winning and five time Hugo Finalist science fiction author, Gideon has just finished Hyvilma, third book in The Kitra Saga, a YA space adventure series featuring themes ... www.limfic.com/mbm-book-aut... #AuthorSpotlight @gideonmarcus.bsky.social
At Journey Press, EVERY month is Pride Month... but especially June. Looking for your title? You can't go wrong with pretty much anything we publish... journeypress.com/titles/ #queer #queeraf #pride #lgbtqia+
Did you know that Galactic Journey produces ~1000 pages of content every year? Of course, that doesn't include the weekly Science Fiction Theater, or the weekly British SF broadcast, or the radio station(s), or the Apollo mission coverage, or the Trekzines, or...
“If you were in charge of star trek what would you do?” Bring back Jewish Vulcans...
Hey gang! I am going to be talking about the last century of #ScienceFiction at Verbatim Bookstore in North Park this Friday at 7pm! Y'all come!
BOOK 4 IS OUT! BOOK 4 IS OUT! BOOK 4 IS OUT! #Majera #KitraSaga
A gay shitpost on MY BLUESKY??? 🎵Music credit: "I'm Just a Sidh in Ireland" by The Sidh #HeatedRivalry #BardCore #TheEighthKey
Hey! Queer Sci-Fi featured my latest book! www.queerscifi.com/new-release-...
New Release: Majera – Gideon Marcus
QSFer Gideon Marcus has a new queer sci-fi book out (ace, bi, gay, lesbian, poly): Majera. Their last flight? Testing a new Jump drive far beyond the Frontier, Captain Kitra Yiilmaz and her friends pl...
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"Truly amazing book— the exact book I wish I’d had as a kid— space travel, adventure and queer characters I would have been so happy to see myself in— and that now, I get to make sure the kids in my life have a chance to see!" journeypress.com/titles/kitra/
The Kitra Saga: Kitra - Journey Press
Nineteen-year-old Kitra Yilmaz dreams of traveling the galaxy like her Ambassador mother. But soaring in her glider is the closest she can get to touching the stars — until she stakes her inheritance ...
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My talk on the bleak future for commercial spaceflight went well at #UCSD. No one called me a commie pinko this time...
Coming next month. The fourth book in #TheKitraSaga, and then end to this arc. You'll like it. #Space #notSpaceOpera #Queer #QueerAF #GoodScience
Would it help all the prologue and epilogue haters if we just renumbered them Chapters 1 and [last number]? Since our books are already published, could you, you know, just mentally do that? Thanks!
Folks, this may be of value to you. The most power we have right now, aside from our vote, is where we put our dollars. You can choose businesses that align with your values. Behold, "Lorelei's List". Ping me with other companies you'd like us to research! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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