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Elizabeth Bear@matociquala.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey folks! I'm going to have a little medical downtime in early September (cataract surgery) so I'm taking advantage of that enforced rest to offer 4 writing mentoring sessions at $750/each.

gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods

On an (as yet) unsuccessful quest to find a human translation of Ivan Adamovič's article (K)Anály kyberpunku, I stumbled across an English language retrospective of his describing the emergence of SF in Soviet-influenced Prague. "In the Grey Zone of Science Fiction"

The Czech Zine Scene (Part 2): Science Fiction Fanzines — Pop Junctions

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In which I jump for joy and also drop from exhaustion because there's SO MUCH great #SFinTranslation out there to get one's head around: Essay: SFT Overload: www.sfintranslation.com?p=17348

I've been curious about non-English/international reactions to the Cyberpunk movement as it was unfolding in the US, so will hopefully post some fun observations as I make them for a time. The first comes from this Czech language magazine ("Ikarie"), November 1991.

I got to meet this crew and play their game at Origins (and was also lucky enough to see a great panel with art director @irenekaoru.bsky.social along with her colleagues from R.Talsorian and Neuroscapes). This is worth checking out!

Night Crew Games@nightcrewgames.bsky.social · 2w ago

Night Crew is headed to #gencon You can find us and Cyberpunk Legends in Hall C! And also at the Asmodee booth!

Donations are being matched if you sign up for @clarionwest.bsky.social 's gamified recommendations. - The game is perfect for a lunch break unwind - The recommendations were fucking good - The donation is the point There are worse places for your money to go, and it's being matched!

Play The Story Oracle

Introducing Clarion West’s Story Oracle, a text game written by friends and alumni of Clarion West! Make a donation during the campaign and be transported to a narrative labyrinth where you’ll be…

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If anybody DARES tell you that, well, there probably isn't much #SFinTranslation out there, point them here: www.sfintranslation.com?page_id=11605

Fun Fact: If you put mid-80s James Patrick Kelly in a box, then he is both a Humanist and a Cyberpunk until you open the box and take a look.

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Years after the death of the human it was supposed to help, a digital assistant wakes and searches for a way to exist independently. "No Agency Without Identity! Stay in Character Always!" by James Patrick Kelly is out now! Art by @wentingthings.bsky.social Edited by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social

Gardner Dozois only wrote bangers. I just re-read "Executive Clemency", co-written with Jack Haldeman II. The story is startlingly relevant to today, and I recommend checking it out. - Omni Nov 1981 Is available on Internet Archive - Geodesic Dreams is full of required reading, including this.

Novum Idea: DNA as data storage. Information density is such that a few grams could contain the knowledge of a civilization. Generational seed banks as a means to surreptitiously deliver massive informational payloads to the future.

Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) on X

The Cherokee Nation has become the first Native American tribe in the United States to preserve its ancestral seeds in the Arctic. Nestled deep within a mountain on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalb...

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I just became aware of @rachelcordasco.bsky.social's new zine "Small Planet" via @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org. She will be helping connect international works of SF to English language readers. The first issue has plenty of commentary on the meta of translating SF and I'm hyped for more!

@clarionwest.bsky.social 's Oracle game led me to this story which shook me up a bit. I recommend it. And that pen name doing some work.

In My Homeland Memories Are Forbidden - Electric Literature

“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord

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Last week I was lucky to attend Origins where I listened to Winter Jaye discuss art direction for @rtalsoriangames.bsky.social Later I watched M.Pondsmith GM a CP Red game for actors from Edgerunners. Yesterday, this appeared on my porch, signed by both. My friends are thoughtful and sneaky!

I appreciated that @thebookloft.bsky.social participated with a booth at Origins this year. I picked up Jared Shurin's "The Big Book of Cyberpunk". His inclusions are KILLER with many translated and otherwise new-to-me works, along with well-informed selections that give me confidence in the rest.

More from Denvention Two, 1981. Cynthia Felice and Connie Willis don wearable technology to aid the fans. Their first co-authored novel would see publication in ~4 months after this photo. I've never read anything by Felice but got a chuckle out of their bit! (📷 Frank Olynyk via Fanac.org)

The inimitable Terry Carr seen here at the Denvention Two World Con in 1981. It was here that he signed William Gibson to contribute a debut novel to the 3rd Ace Specials series. He had notes on Gibson's proposed title of "Jacked In". (📷Frank Olynyk via fanac.org)

Very tickled by this image of @marthawells.com reading The Murderbot Diaries to a very attentive audience at Texas A&M! (Image via her official site)